Stellar Orb

Stellar Orb
Number	190
Series	Explorer's Friend Series
Value	× 100
Weight	5 (normally)
Maximum carriers	10 Pikmin
Location	Subterranean Complex
Challenge Mode levels	None

The Stellar Orb (日焼けマシン^?, lit.: "Suntanning Machine") is a treasure found in Pikmin 2. It is actually a lightbulb. The treasure can be found on the last (9th) sublevel of the Subterranean Complex, and is held by a powerful Man-at-Legs. When this treasure is retrieved, it unlocks the Solar System component of the Exploration Kit. Like some other treasures, if the player defeats the Man-at-Legs, but does not have enough Pikmin to carry the Stellar Orb, which requires the strength of 5 Pikmin, it will change weight to match the player's army. Oddly, the treasure has an opposite effect on sublevel 10 of the Cavern of Chaos: the sublevel will be darker if the Stellar Orb was retrieved.

Notes

Ship's dialogs

“That mechanized monstrosity is no longer functional!

An insect and a machine forming a symbolic relationship? Life-forms here are beyond odd!

Initiating area scan... Glass sphere detected!

If I combine this glass sphere with the synthetic sun I have been secretly developing...

Processing...complete. I have manufactured a Solar System.

The artificial sunlight it emanates will brighten underground areas.”

Olimar's journal

“The technology behind this impressive gadget is totally unknown to my people... It appears to replicate the intense solar beams of the sun. Space exploration has given me a ghostly pallor. Maybe I'll use this orb to catch a few rays...”

Sales pitch

“This tanning machine is based on primitive science principles. Come, you pallid recluses and sun-starved hermits! You, too, can have a healthy, stylish glow!”

Gallery

The Stellar Orb's discovery cutscene.
The Stellar Orb in the Subterranean Complex.
Closeup of the treasure.
The Stellar Orb being analyzed by the Hocotate ship.
The Stellar Orb being viewed in the Treasure Hoard.
The final sublevel of the Subterranean Complex, before retrieving the Stellar Orb.
Same sublevel, after retrieving the Stellar Orb.
Sublevel 10 of the Cavern of Chaos before collecting the Stellar Orb.
Same sublevel, after collecting the Stellar Orb.
The Treasure Hoard icon of the Stellar Orb in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
A light bulb in real life.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	日焼けマシン^? Hiyake Mashin	Suntanning Machine
French	Globe Stellaire	Stellar Globe
German	Sternenkugel	Star Orb
Italian	Globo stellare	Stellar Globe
Spanish	Orbe estelar	Stellar orb

Exploration Kit

Mega Tweeter (Amplified Amplifier)	Pluckaphone (Professional Noisemaker)	Solar System (Stellar Orb)

Metal Suit Z (Justice Alloy)	Scorch Guard (Forged Courage)	Anti-Electrifier (Dream Material)

Rush Boots (Repugnant Appendage)	Rocket Fist (Brute Knuckles)	Treasure Gauge (Prototype Detector)

Sphere Chart (Spherical Atlas)	Survey Chart (Geographic Projection)	Napsack (Five-man Napsack)

Treasure Hoard
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Note: The Nintendo Switch port uses the US treasures in all regions.