Sunseed Berry
(treasure)
Treasure Hoard icon.
The Sunseed Berry
Number 2
Series Succulent Series
Value Poko × 170
Weight 5
Maximum carriers 10 Pikmin
Location Awakening Wood
Challenge Mode levels Hot House
Sunseed Berry
(fruit)
Icon used to represent the fruit on the wiki.
Artwork of a Sunseed Berry.
Juice amount 1.0 (0.5 in Ultra-Spicy mode)
Mission Mode value Poko × 50
Weight 3
Max. carriers 6 (normally)
Locations Garden of Hope, Distant Tundra
Mission Mode locations Tropical Forest, Silver Lake, Thirsty Desert, Twilight Hollow, Shaded Garden, Thirsty Desert Remix, The Rustyard, Beastly Caverns, Clockwork Chasm
Bingo Battle locations None
Side Stories locations Flower Garden, Inside Forest, Tundra, Big Fruit Carnival
This article is about the smaller strawberry. For the larger strawberry, see Combustion Berry.

The Sunseed Berry (ヒダマリノミ?, lit.: "Sunny Spot Fruit") is a treasure found in Pikmin 2 and a fruit in Pikmin 3. It is a regular strawberry. In Pikmin 2, it is found on the Awakening Wood, while in Pikmin 3, there are four of them: three in the Garden of Hope and one in the Distant Tundra.

Collecting the treasure

 
Location of the Sunseed Berry.

The following article or section contains guides.
The strategies shown are just suggestions.

The Sunseed Berry is found sitting on a ledge just across from the landing site in Awakening Wood, and can be quite easily obtained. It is guarded only by a single Red Bulborb and two Dwarf Red Bulborbs. The ledge is low enough that any type of Pikmin can be thrown up to collect the treasure. Alternately, you can go around to the path that leads to the Snagret Hole and obtain it from there, but this is more time consuming, dangerous, and overall impractical.

Collecting the fruit

The following article or section contains guides.
The strategies shown are just suggestions.

Garden of Hope

 
Locations of the Sunseed Berry in the Garden of Hope. The leftmost is underwater, the uppermost one is at the lakeside, and the rightmost one is near Brittany's crash site.

Brittany's crash site

This Sunseed Berry is on a ledge next to Brittany's crash site, and is the very first fruit found in the game. It acts as a tutorial for fruit collecting, and will be obtained naturally during said tutorial. Defeat the Bulborb on the path back to the ship to ensure a safe recovery.

Lakeside

Another Sunseed Berry is on a ledge by a pile of fragments used to build an orange bridge. It is recommended to let the bridge be built before the fruit is carried, as it will reach the S.S. Drake much faster. Be sure to defeat the Skutterchucks nearby (or alternatively break all of their crystals), as they may launch the nearby crystal nodules at your Pikmin.

Underwater

Another Sunseed Berry in the Garden of Hope is underwater, past the large cinderblock that the Hocotatian blows up late into the game. It is near a dirt wall. It is protected by several Puckering Blinnows, which should be defeated so the Pikmin can safely carry the fruit.

Distant Tundra

 
Location of the Sunseed Berry in the Distant Tundra.

In the Distant Tundra, the only Sunseed Berry is inside one member of a duo of Pyroclasmic Slooches, which are in an enclosed area sealed off by a crystal wall. Along the way back there is a Joustmite and a Bearded Amprat; defeat these as well to ensure the Pikmin have a safe route back to the ship.

Notes

Olimar's journal

I found this fascinating fruit while out exploring today. The skies cleared up, and I felt peaceful watching the pink flower petals flutter in the wind. During this perilous expedition, it seems strange to have such softhearted, romantic thoughts. If I told my wife about this, I'm sure I'd get laughed at...again.

Sales pitch

This fruit is born of bright sunlight and cheerful warmth. Come, all you gloomy naysayers! One bite and even sad sacks will become foolhardy optimists. Eat one today and change your life!

Brittany's notes

  US version
As a scientist and as a food eater, I'm excited about this new source of potential nutrition. I just wish it didn't look like it was covered in pimples. Luckily, the taste of it is like delicious and scrumptious had a baby. Let's gather as many of these as we can!
  European version
I've never experienced anything like it. Scientifically speaking, the flavour straddles the boundary between scrumptious and delicious, and can only be described as 'scrumplicious'. On the down side, this fruit appears to have a nasty case of pimples.

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name strawberry
Juice 1.0
Juice color
(255, 50, 0, 255)
Mission Mode points 50
"Size"? 2

Golden Sunseed

Golden Sunseed  
 
Juice amount 0
Mission Mode value   × 200
Weight 3
Max. carriers 6 (normally)
Locations None
Mission Mode locations Tropical Forest, Silver Lake, Thirsty Desert, Twilight Hollow, Shaded Garden, Silver Lake Remix, Thirsty Desert Remix, Twilight Hollow Remix, Shaded Garden Remix, The Rustyard, Clockwork Chasm
Bingo Battle locations Unknown
Side Stories locations Flower Garden, Inside Forest, Tundra, Channel Gone Dry, Big Fruit Carnival

Golden Sunseeds (フキダマリノミ?, lit.: "Snowdrift Fruit") are fruits found in Mission Mode, Bingo Battle, and the Side Stories in Pikmin 3. They are a golden variety of Sunseed Berries, and are thus very valuable, being worth 200 Pokos. Aside from being worth four times as much as Sunseed Berries, they are functionally identical to their regular counterparts. According to a loading screen tip, they are packed with Piktamin U.

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name gold_ichigo
Juice 0.0*
Juice color
(255, 255, 0, 255)
Mission Mode points 200
"Size"? 2

Gallery

Trivia

 
The unripe strawberry.

Names in other languages

Sunseed Berry

Language Name Meaning
  Japanese ヒダマリノミ?
Hidamari no Mi
Sunny Spot Fruit
  Chinese
(traditional)
戀心果 Fruit of Love
  Chinese
(simplified)
恋心果 Fruit of Love
  French (NoA) Baie ensoleillée Sunny berry
  French (NoE) Baie Ensoleillée Sunny Berry
  German Sonnenkern-Beere (Pikmin 2)
Sonnenkernbeere (Pikmin 3)
Sunseed Berry
  Italian Bacca solare Solar berry
  Korean 봄빛담은열매
bombichdam-eun-yeolmae
  Spanish Baya solar Solar berry

Golden Sunseed

Language Name Meaning Notes
  Japanese フキダマリノミ?
Fukidamari no Mi
Snowdrift Fruit
  French Baie de l'astre d'or Berry of the golden star
  German Gold-Sonnenkernbeere Golden Sunseed Berry
  Spanish Baya combustiva Combustive berry Same spanish name as Combustion Berry.

See also

References

  1. ^ YouTube video showing the first trailer and strawberry (at 01:00)