Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)

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Document what needs to be done to open each creature's entry. Some need to be defeated, and others need to be touched, but there may be more complex mechanics.
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Screenshot of the Piklopedia, on the Red Bulborb's entry.

The Piklopedia (生物図鑑^?, lit.: "Creature Field Guide") is an in-game list of all the enemies and plants in Pikmin 2 that the player has come in contact with throughout their exploration. The player can access the Piklopedia's menu by pressing / / when on the area selection menu.

This catalog also keeps track of how many Pikmin have been lost to each enemy, how many of said enemy the player has defeated so far, and how many Pokos the enemy is worth. For fields that cannot be counted, four dashes appear instead. On top of that, it also contains notes written down by Olimar and Louie. Selecting the slot of a creature that has not been seen yet will just produce static on the main "screen", and their grid slots will show their Piklopedia number, instead of their icon.

Pikpik carrots can be thrown at enemies to see their reaction, although the throws cannot be directly aimed – not even with the New Play Control! version's enhanced cursor – and are loosely based on the direction the camera is facing. Ultra-bitter sprays can also be used on the non-plant creatures by pressing / / ; this does not affect the in-game spray count, and can be used before those sprays are even discovered.

The Piklopedia is the counterpart to the Treasure Hoard, which shares the same music.

Once the debt is repaid, both the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard's unseen entries become shown, albeit still unfilled. This was most likely added to help the player track down the last few entries they are missing.

EntriesEdit

#	Name	Scientific name	Family	HP	Weight	Max. carriers	Value	Seeds produced	Notes
1	Red Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii russus	Grub-dog family	750	10	20	7	12	Can also contain Unmarked Spectralids; see here.
2	Hairy Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii folliculus	Grub-dog family	650	10	20	7	12	Can also contain Unmarked Spectralids; see here.
3	Orange Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii orangium	Grub-dog family	850	10	20	7	12	Can also contain Unmarked Spectralids; see here.
4	Dwarf Red Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii russus	Breadbug family	200	3	6	2	4
5	Snow Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii frosticus	Breadbug family	150	3	6	2	4
6	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii orangium	Breadbug family	250	3	6	2	4
7	Spotty Bulbear	Oculus terriblis dotticum	Grub-dog family	1200	10	20	10	12
8	Dwarf Bulbear	Oculus terriblis	Grub-dog family	500	3	6	2	4
9	Bulborb Larva	Oculus bambinii	Grub-dog family	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	Fiery Bulblax	Oculus volcanus	Grub-dog family	1400	10	20	10	12
11	Water Dumple	Ichthyosa felinis	Grub-dog family	200	5	10	3	5
12	Bulbmin	Parasiticus pikminicus	Pikmin family	300	7	14	3	10
13	Fiery Blowhog	Sus draconus	Blowhog family	1000	7	15	4	8
14	Watery Blowhog	Sus loogiens	Blowhog family	1000	7	15	4	8
15	Armored Cannon Beetle Larva	Granitus chukkulinae	Lithopod family	850/2000	7	15	4	8	Only the free-roaming variant counts; see here.
16	Decorated Cannon Beetle	Granitus decurum	Lithopod family	850	7	15	4	8
17	Puffy Blowhog	Sus inflata	Blowhog family	3000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	Withering Blowhog	Sus decrepitia	Blowhog family	1800	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
19	Gatling Groink	Megaplod calibersi	Unknown family	1200/700	10	20	7	12	Only the free-roaming variant counts; see here.
20	Iridescent Flint Beetle	Pilli envelopens	Flint beetle family	1000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
21	Iridescent Glint Beetle	Pilli auricus	Glint beetle family	1200	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	Doodlebug	Pilli flatularum	Flint beetle family	1500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	Female Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa	Mandiblard family	50	1	1	1	2
24	Male Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa	Mandiblard family	50	1	1	2	3
25	Shearwig	Himeagea volarus	Mandiblard family	200	1	1	2	4
26	Cloaking Burrow-nit	Trilobitins reclusiva	Burrow-nit family	300	8	16	3	8
27	Ravenous Whiskerpillar	Lepidoptera pluckieus	Whiskerpillar family	200	1	1	1	2
28	Anode Beetle	Scarabum electrodia	Scarab beetle family	500	5	8	3	5
29	Mitite	Mitivius infiltratus	Unknown family	50	1	1	1	2
30	Hermit Crawmad	Camabarus rustica	Crawmad family	500	5	10	3	8
31	Swooping Snitchbug	Scarpanica kesperens	Scarpanid family	1500	3	6	4	4
32	Bumbling Snitchbug	Scarpanica doofenia	Scarpanid family	1500	3	6	4	8
33	Careening Dirigibug	Flotillium circusmaximus	Dirigibug family	1500	3	6	4	8
34	Antenna Beetle	Mesmeri raiocontra	Kettlebug family	700	3	6	5	5
35	Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat	Cephalus dottalium	Jellyfloat family	2500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	Greater Spotted Jellyfloat	Cephalus vortexia	Jellyfloat family	4500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	Fiery Dweevil	Mandarachnia napalmens	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
38	Anode Dweevil	Mandarachnia volticula	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
39	Hydro Dweevil	Mandarachnia aquadis	Dweevil family	150	3	6	2	5
40	Munge Dweevil	Mandarachnia pungetis	Dweevil family	350	3	6	2	5
41	Volatile Dweevil	Mandarachnia explodus	Dweevil family	150	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
42	Toady Bloyster	Molluschid minionicus	Mollusking family	800	3	6	10	25
43	Yellow Wollyhop	Amphicaris frondiferorum	Amphituber family	800	7	14	5	8
44	Wollyhop	Amphicaris albino	Amphituber family	1100	7	14	7	8
45	Wolpole	Amphicaris frondiferorum	Amphituber family	200	1	1	1	1
46	Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud	Flora colbaltium	Candypop family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
47	Crimson Candypop Bud	Flora rufusia	Candypop family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
48	Golden Candypop Bud	Flora aurumia	Candypop family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
49	Violet Candypop Bud	Flora puniceus	Candypop family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
50	Ivory Candypop Bud	Flora niveus	Candypop family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
51	Queen Candypop Bud	Flora regina	Candypop family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
52	Creeping Chrysanthemum	Taraxacum rovinia	Chrysanthemum family	2500	10	20	7	12
53	Skitter Leaf	Rus pseudoarbicans	Skitterling family	120	1	1	1	1
54	Unmarked Spectralids	Fenestari prismatus	Flitterbie family	200	1	1	1	1
55	Honeywisp	Nektara fatuus	Honeywisp family	99999	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
56	Mamuta	Unknown	Unknown family	500	7	15	3	8
57	Breadbug	Pansarus gluttonae	Breadbug family	1100	3	6	3	3
58	Pellet Posy	Amplus nutrio	Pellet weed family	50	1/5/10/20	2/10/20/50	N/A	1/2/3/5/10/20
59	Common Glowcap	Fungi luminarium	Glowcap family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
60	Clover	Quattris infectum	Clover family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
61	Figwort	Scrophularia xenomium	Figwort family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Only the large healthy variant counts; see here.
62	Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Dandelion family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
63	Seeding Dandelion	Taraxacum ventulus	Dandelion family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
64	Horsetail	Equestrius vindico	Horsetail family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	Foxtail	Vulpes cauda	Foxtail family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
66	Glowstem	Nocturnica illuminati	Glowcap family	N/A	N/A	N\A	N/A	N/A	Only the red variant counts; see here.
67	Margaret	Luminosus croeaus	Chrysanthemum family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	Fiddlehead	Violinae orchestrus	Fern family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
69	Shoot	Unknown	Unknown family	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Only the large variant counts; see here.
70	Empress Bulblax	Oculus matriarcha	Grub-dog family	5000/3300	20	30	15	30
71	Burrowing Snagret	Shiropedes anacondii	Snavian family	1500/2500	5	10	10	15
72	Beady Long Legs	Pseudoarachnia armoralis	Arachnorb family	1300	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
73	Emperor Bulblax	Oculus supremus	Grub-dog family	1300/1800	20	30	15	30
74	Giant Breadbug	Pansarus gigantus	Breadbug family	700	10	20	10	4
75	Pileated Snagret	Shiropedes ambulatria	Snavian family	5000	5	10	15	25
76	Man-at-Legs	Pseudoarachnia navaronia	Arachnorb family	2800	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	Ranging Bloyster	Molluschid predatoria	Mollusking family	1500	3	6	15	25
78	Waterwraith	Amphibio sapiens	Unknown Family	1800/1500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
79	Segmented Crawbster	Parastacoidea reptantia	Creep-crab family	3000	20	30	15	30
80	Raging Long Legs	Pseudoarachnia furiendis	Arachnorb family	10000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
81	Titan Dweevil	Mandarachnia gargantium	Dweevil family	5000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

NotesEdit

Both Captain Olimar and Louie write some notes about every entry in the Piklopedia. These notes are merely for fun and for world-building, and rarely contain any information useful for gameplay. Only the notes of unlocked entries can be seen. The comments written by both return in the Piklopedia of Pikmin 3 Deluxe and the Piklopedia of Pikmin 4, almost verbatim.

Olimar's notesEdit

For a full list, see Category:Olimar's notes.

Olimar's notes focus on giving information about the creature, including its scientific name, habits, biological features, and mysteries. They can be read by picking an entry and pressing / / . His notes are always available as long as the entry is available.

Louie's notesEdit

For a full list, see Category:Louie's notes.

Louie's notes provide recipes on how to cook the creature. They can be read by picking an entry and pressing / / . His notes only become available when the player defeats the Titan Dweevil and recovers Louie as a treasure for the first time. Once this happens, a global flag is set in the game's save data, and his notes become available forever, for any Story Mode slot, even if the original slot is deleted.

Recipe odditiesEdit

Interestingly, Louie references ingredients found on Earth (cultivated in oxygen). These ingredients could not possibly be known by Louie, as Hocotate has a severely different climate. A possible explanation might be that Hocotatians might have some ideas of what those ingredients are, or have a similar expression or object in their language, that are different from our world's ingredients.

In addition, the following notes conflict with the way enemies die in-game in some way:

These enemies do not leave a corpse (in Pikmin 2 specifically):
The Fiery Bulblax extinguishes itself upon defeat, but Louie's notes use the beast's flames as a cooking aid.
The Hairy Bulborb loses hair as it loses health, and has none by the time it is dead.
The Waterwraith is notable for not only not leaving any corpse, but its physical form being anchored to another dimension.

These same sort of oddities also exist in Pikmin 3 Deluxe's Piklopedia as listed here, many of which carry over to Pikmin 4's Piklopedia which are listed here.

ControlsEdit

See: Controls#Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard

AreasEdit

When using the Piklopedia and the Treasure Hoard, the scenery will change depending on what area the ship is hovering on, on the area selection screen. Each object seen will spawn in a different, pre-specified location of the area. The Valley of Repose, the Awakening Wood and the Perplexing Pool have some notable differences compared to their in-game counterparts, while the Wistful Wild is barely any different. For a list of differences in the two versions of an area, please read the corresponding area article. The following maps illustrate a top-down view of the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard versions of the areas, excluding the Wistful Wild, which only has differences in background theme and barely any changes to the level design at all.

These slightly changed areas were also seen in prerelease material.

Entry criteriaEdit

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To unlock an entry in the Piklopedia, the player must find one of that object during gameplay and do something specific to it, which varies from entry to entry.

To note is that some entries will only be unlocked, and their kill/death stats will only be updated, if the player interacts with a specific variant of that object. For instance, having a buried Armored Cannon Beetle Larva kill 3 Pikmin and then be killed will not result in any change in the Piklopedia. The following is a list of all entries with this limitation:

Armored Cannon Beetle Larva: only the free-roaming variant counts; the buried one does not.
Gatling Groink: only the free-roaming variant counts; the tower one does not.
Candypop Buds: throwing in one Pikmin is enough, it does not need to wither.
Figwort: only the large healthy variant counts; the small healthy, large dead, and small dead ones do not.
Glowstem: only the red variant counts; the green one does not.
Shoot: only the large variant counts; the small one does not.

Enemies that can dieEdit

Some enemies can actually die whilst on the Piklopedia.

Volatile Dweevils blow up when awakened.
Mandiblards will lose health if they touch water, and can even drown.
Due to a glitch, if one petrifies a Hermit Crawmad on dry land and throws several Pikpik carrots, the creature will gradually lose health, and can die.

GalleryEdit

Piklopedia menu showing a Waterwraith while it is stuck.
The Piklopedia when the sun is setting down.
The Piklopedia at night.
The Piklopedia during daytime.
The Bulborb icon used to represent the Piklopedia within the area selection menu and the Treasure Hoard. Interestingly, it appears to be an edited picture of a juvenile Bulbmin.

TriviaEdit

A dummy icon texture named zzdummy can be found within the Piklopedia's icon texture files. It's unused in the game, and it must have been used during development to represent enemies that had no icons at the time.
The icon textures for the Glowstem and Queen Candypop Bud have exact duplicates inside the game's files.
The icon for the Fiery Bulblax is 80 × 80 in size. This size is only used for boss icons, whereas normal enemies have icons that are 40 × 40. This indicates that in some early stage in development, the Fiery Bulblax was meant to be a boss, as are the other two "Bulblax" grub-dogs.
Thrown pikpik carrots will rotate to "face" the creature. Their stems will bend away from it.
If a pikpik carrot lands near a Red Bulborb, Hairy Bulborb, or Orange Bulborb just as it is about to go to sleep, its yawning and lying down animations will be sped up.
According to Louie's notes, the following creatures are inedible: Hydro Dweevil, Munge Dweevil, Volatile Dweevil, Crimson Candypop Bud, Golden Candypop Bud, Queen Candypop Bud, Mamuta, Glowstem, Clover, Foxtail, Shoot, Beady Long Legs, Waterwraith, Shaggy Long Legs, Baldy Long Legs, and Plasm Wraith.
- In addition, the Doodlebug has no cooking tips and is suggested to be inedible, but is not outright stated as such, the Ivory Candypop Bud is not suggested to be inedible, but spoils upon seconds of picking, and the Raging Long Legs, like the Doodlebug, is not outright claimed as inedible, but Louie's suggestion of feeding it to "unpleasant in-laws" implies that it probably shouldn't be eaten anyway.
The Bulborb icon used to represent the Piklopedia within the area selection menu is unique and does not seem to be exactly derived from any particular Bulborb variant in Pikmin 2. Peculiarly, when examined very closely, the icon seems to be derived from the model of the juvenile Bulbmin (as evidenced by its completely black eyes, leg coloration and proportions, and white spot placement) with the leaf stem removed. Interestingly, the internal name for the texture is chapy, whereas the internal name for Bulborbs is usually spelled chappy. In the Switch re release, a modified version of this icon is used as the standby icon for Bulbmin, strengthening the connection.
The Piklopedia bears many similarities to the Pokédex from the Pokémon series, as both are an encyclopedia of creatures, and both behave very similarly.
The entries of most of the returning enemies from Pikmin are derived from the descriptions given to the creatures in the Pikmin Nintendo Player's Guide.
According to Olimar's notes on the Shoot in the Japanese version, the team's reports on the planet's wildlife are based on information obtained using "portable scanners", with the hope that researchers will become interested in studying it.