Pikmin 4

Lumiknoll

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Lumiknoll
File:Lumiknoll Render.png
Appears in Pikmin 4
Scientific name Collux aeternium
Family Unknown
Areas Sun-Speckled Terrace, Blossoming Arcadia, Serene Shores, Hero's Hideaway, Giant's Hearth, Primordial Thicket
Caves None
Dandori Challenge levels None
Dandori Battle levels None

Lumiknolls (ヒカリヅカ?, lit.: "Light Anthill") are large dirt mound nests found in night expeditions in Pikmin 4. They are the home to Glow Pikmin, similarly to how the Onion behaves for other Pikmin types.

Naming

  • Common name: Lumiknoll. It is a pun of "lumino-", Latin for small lights, and "knoll", a small hill.
  • Japanese nickname: ヒカリヅカ?, lit.: "Light Anthill". This refers to how it emits light and how it looks like an anthill.
  • Japanese name: トコヨノヒカリヅカ?, lit.: "Continuing All Night Light Anthill". It refers to how the Lumiknoll must be protected all night.
  • Scientific name: Collux aeternium.
  • Internal names: WASURENAGUSA.
  • Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
  Japanese ヒカリヅカ?
Hikaridzuka
Light Anthill From ヒカリ? (lit.: "light") and アリ塚? (lit.: "anthill")
  Chinese
(traditional)
發光巢穴
Fāguāng Cháoxué
Glowing Nest
  Chinese
(simplified)
发光巢穴
Fāguāng Cháoxué
Glowing Nest
  Dutch Gloeikolonie Glow colony
  French (NoE) Lumilière Glowing Anthill From "lumineux" (glowing) and "fourmilière" (anthill)
  German Leuchtbau Glow Burrow
  Italian Luminotana Glowing Den From "luminosa" (glowing) and "tana" (den)
  Korean 빛둑
bitduk
Light Anthill From「」(light) and「개밋둑」(anthill)
  Portuguese Lampireiro Firefly Anthill From "pirilampo" (firefly) and "formigueiro" (anthill)
  Spanish (NoE) Lumiloma Glowing Hill From "luminosa" (glowing) and "loma" (hill)