Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)

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Screenshot of the Piklopedia, on the Dwarf Bulborb's entry.

The Piklopedia (生物図鑑^?, lit.: "Creature Field Guide") is a field guide in Pikmin 4. It is an in-game collection of all of the enemies that the player has beaten so far, as well as encountered members of the Pikmin family, pellet weed family, and candypop family.

Like the Pikmin 2 version of the Piklopedia, the subjects can be seen live rather than in pre-recorded videos, and Pikpik Carrots can be thrown at enemies to see their reactions. In Pikmin 4, the player can use a variety of other items as well, such as Bomb Rocks and Lightning Strikes. This also means enemies can now be defeated within the Piklopedia, a feat impossible in the previous versions. New to this version is also the ability to engage subjects with a squad of Pikmin and Oatchi. This allows the player to better study the attack patterns of especially troublesome enemies without the risk of suffering any permanent Pikmin losses.

The Piklopedia can be unlocked by rescuing the castaway Dalmo. The game will still keep track of entry encounters before it is unlocked, but after it is unlocked, the game will give notifications to the right side of the screen. Most enemies are counted as discovered when the player walks near them.

Entries

#	Icon	Name	Scientific name	Family	Active During	Weight	Max. carriers	Sparklium value	Seeds	Notes
1		Dwarf Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii russus	Breadbug	day	3	6	3	3
2		Albino Dwarf Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii larva (1st molt)	Grub-Dog	night	3	6	3	3
3		Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii russus	Grub-Dog	day/night	10	20	10	10
4		Jumbo Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii russus (polyploid)	Grub-Dog	day/night	20	40	15	15
5		Dwarf Orange Bulborb	Pansarus pseudooculii orangium	Breadbug	day	3	6	3	3
6		Orange Bulborb	Oculus kageyamii orangium	Grub-Dog	day/night	10	20	12	12
7		Dwarf Bulbear	Oculus terribilis dotticum larva (2nd molt)	Grub-Dog	day/night	3	6	3	4
8		Spotty Bulbear	Oculus terribilis dotticum	Grub-Dog	day/night	12	24	12	15
9		Dwarf Frosty Bulborb	Oculus stomagelus larva (2nd molt)	Grub-Dog	day	3	6	3	3
10		Frosty Bulborb	Oculus stomagelus	Grub-Dog	day/night	10	20	10	12
11		Fiery Bulblax	Oculus vulcanus	Grub-Dog	day/night	12	24	12	15
12		Whiptongue Bulborb	Oculus longolingua	Grub-Dog	day/night	10	20	12	12
13		Bulborb Larva	Oculus kageyamii larva (premolt)	Grub-Dog	day/night	-	-	-	-
14		Empress Bulblax	Oculus kageyamii matriachia (hypertrophic, gravid)	Grub-Dog	day	20	40	20	50
15		Emperor Bulblax	Oculus supremus	Grub-Dog	day/night	15	30	15	20
16		Sovereign Bulblax	Oculus supremus (advanced age)	Grub-Dog	day	30	60	20	50
17		Fiery Blowhog	Sus draconus	Blowhog	day	5	10	5	5
18		Watery Blowhog	Sus loogiens	Blowhog	day	5	10	5	5
19		Snowy Blowhog	Sus nivisventis	Blowhog	day	5	10	5	5
20		Titan Blowhog	Sus draconus (hypertrophic)	Blowhog	day	15	30	15	15
21		Blizzarding Blowhog	Sus nivisventis (hypertrophic)	Blowhog	day	15	30	15	15
22		Tusked Blowhog	Sus magdentum	Tusked Blowhog	day/night	7	14	7	6
23		Armored Cannon Larva	Granitus chukkulinae (larva)	Lithopod	day	7	14	7	8	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
24		Horned Cannon Beetle	Granitus ferrous	Lithopod	day	30	60	20	50
25		Arctic Cannon Larva	Granitus frostitum (larva)	Lithopod	day	7	14	7	8	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
26		Arctic Cannon Beetle	Granitus frostitum	Lithopod	day	30	60	20	50
27		Female Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa (f)	Mandiblard	day	1	2	1	1	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
28		Male Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa (m)	Mandiblard	day/night	1	2	1	2	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
29		Mama Sheargrub	Himeagea mandibulosa (neotenic)	Mandiblard	day	10	20	10	10	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
30		Shearwig	Himeagea volaris	Mandiblard	day/night	1	2	1	3	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
31		Shearflea	Suprictis rubro	Springjab	day	1	2	1	2	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
32		Joustmite	Trilobitins reversa	Burrow-nit	day/night	7	14	5	6
33		Flighty Joustmite	Trilobitins reversa volanti	Burrow-nit	day/night	7	14	5	8
34		Swooping Snitchbug	Scarpanica kesperens	Scarpanid	day	3	6	3	4
35		Skitter Leaf	Rus pseudoarbicans	Skitterling	day	1	2	1	1	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
36		Desiccated Skitter Leaf	Rus mortifeuillea	Skitterling	day/night	1	2	1	3	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
37		Fiery Dweevil	Mandarachnia napalmens	Dweevil	day	2	4	2	3	If hiding under an object, has to be agitated to be discovered.
38		Anode Dweevil	Mandarachnia volticula	Dweevil	day	2	4	2	3	If hiding under an object, has to be agitated to be discovered.
39		Hydro Dweevil	Manarachnia aquadis	Dweevil	day	2	4	2	3	If hiding under an object, has to be agitated to be discovered.
40		Iceblown Dweevil	Mandarachnia glacies	Dweevil	day	2	4	2	3	If hiding under an object, has to be agitated to be discovered.
41		Venom Dweevil	Manarachnia venenum	Dweevil	day	2	4	2	3	If hiding under an object, has to be agitated to be discovered.
42		Arachnode	Clavo fictusphera	Awrapnid	day	3	6	3	4
43		Baldy Long Legs	Pseudoarachnia calvitium	Arachnorb	day/night	-	-	-	-
44		Man-at-Legs	Pseudoarachnia navaronia	Arachnorb	day	-	-	-	-
45		Groovy Long Legs	Pseudoarachnia discopedes	Arachnorb	night	-	-	-	-
46		Anode Beetle	Scarabum electrodea	Scarab Beetle	day	3	6	3	4
47		Iridescent Flint Beetle	Pilli envelopens	Flint Beetle	day	-	-	-	-	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
48		Doodlebug	Pilli flatularum	Flint Beetle	day	-	-	-	-	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
49		Iridescent Glint Beetle	Pilli auricus	Glint Beetle	day	-	-	-	-	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
50		Mitite	Mitivius infiltratus	Mitite	day	1	2	1	2	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
51		Skutterchuck	Hierodeciderit crystallosum	Heavil	day	3	6	3	3
52		Skeeterskate	Gerridus clavomacula	Spitterspatter	day	2	4	2	3
53		Muckerskate	Gerridus terraprojecta	Spitterspatter	day	2	4	2	3
54		White Spectralids	Fenestari albaprismatus	Flutterbie	day	1	1	1	1
55		Yellow Spectralids	Fenestari jaunoprismatus	Flutterbie	day	1	1	1	1
56		Red Spectralids	Fenestari russoprismatus	Flutterbie	day	1	1	1	1
57		Snowfake Fluttertail	Papilifictus nivedae	Snowswallow	day	15	30	20	20
58		Creeping Chrysanthemum	Taraxacum rovinia	Chrysanthemum	day	10	20	12	12	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
59		Startle Spore	Taraxacum fungensus	Chrysanthemum	day	10	20	12	12	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
60		Breadbug	Pansarus gluttonae	Breadbug	day	3	6	3	5
61		Giant Breadbug	Pansarus gigantus	Breadbug	day	12	24	15	15
62		Gildemandwee	Salamandra falsaurum (juvenile)	Amphibiland	day	5	10	5	6
63		Gildemander	Salamandra falsaurum	Amphibiland	day	20	40	20	30
64		Miniature Snootwhacker	Naspiralum melona (adolescent)	Snootwhack	day	7	14	7	6
65		Mammoth Snootwhacker	Naspiralum melona	Snootwhack	day	20	40	20	20
66		Sunsquish	Ovgoonium soleus	Squishsquirt	day	1	2	3	4
67		Foolix	Mononuclei stellacodus	Goolix	day	5	10	20	30	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
68		Downy Snagret	Shiropedes anacondii (fledgling)	Snavian	day	3	6	3	3
69		Burrowing Snagret	Shiropedes anacondii	Snavian	day	15	30	15	20	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
70		Waddlequaff	Sluppus gourdicus	Gourdfeather	day	7	14	7	8
71		Scorchcake	Conchcrustus emberio	Shellcake	day	7	14	7	10
72		Shockcake	Conchcrustus ampero	Shellcake	day	7	14	7	10
73		Freezecake	Conchcrustus kryonae	Shellcake	day	7	14	7	10
74		Puffstool	Fungirussus elasticis	Sporovid	day	12	24	20	20
75		Toxstool	Parasitus pseudofungi elasticus	Sporovid	day	12	24	20	20
76		Moldy Dwarf Bulborb	Parasitus pseudofungi elasticis hostus	Sporovid	day/night	3	6	3	3
77		Moldy Slooch	Parasitus pseudofungi elasticis hostus	Sporovid	day/night	3	6	3	4
78		Pyroclasmic Slooch	Sulucina vulcanis	Slooch	day/night	3	6	3	4
79		Bearded Amprat	Porcellus barbavolta	Numbouse	day	7	14	7	6
80		Mamuta	Hortulanus asymmetria	???	day	10	20	10	12
81		Porquillion	Castanutum pricklirus	Sharpshell	day	12	24	12	20
82		Honeywisp	Nektara fatuus	Honeywisp	day	-	-	-	-	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
83		Puffy Blowhog	Sus inflata	Blowhog	day/night	1	2	7	5
84		Icy Blowhog	Sus aerfrigadae	Blowhog	day	1	2	7	5
85		Withering Blowhog	Sus decrepita	Blowhog	day	1	2	5	4
86		Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat	Cephalus dottalium	Jellyfloat	day	-	-	-	-
87		Greater Spotted Jellyfloat	Cephalus vortexia	Jellyfloat	day	-	-	-	-
88		Wolpole	Amphicaris frondiferorum (larva)	Amphituber	day	1	2	1	2
89		Yellow Wollyhop	Amphicaris frondiferorum	Amphituber	day	5	10	5	6
90		Wollyhop	Amphicaris albino	Amphituber	day	5	10	7	8
91		Chillyhop	Amphicaris frigadae	Amphituber	day	5	10	7	8
92		Masterhop	Amphicaris frondiferorum (advanced age)	Amphituber	day	15	30	15	15
93		Water Dumple	Ichthyosa felinis	Grub-Dog	day/night	3	6	3	4
94		Puckering Blinnow	Narrolingus piscatum	Elips	day	1	2	1	2
95		Pricklepuff	Piscpineous pardos	Pricklepuff	day	7	14	5	8
96		Waddlepus	Opisteuthidae iaciobulla	Flobbler	day	7	14	5	6
97		Aristocrab Offspring	Brachyurices esurio (hatchling)	Onionshell	day	3	6	3	4	If hiding, has to be agitated to be discovered.
98		Peckish Aristocrab	Brachyurices esurio	Onionshell	day	7	14	12	12
99		Grubchucker	Carabea vescora	Crablipps	day	12	24	12	15
100		Hermit Crawmad	Camabarus rustica	Crawmad	day	5	10	5	5	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
101		Bug-Eyed Crawmad	Camabarus subterranid	Crawmad	day	15	30	20	20	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
102		Crusted Rumpup	Derrierus capillium	Armrakid	day	20	40	20	30
103		Pearly Clamclamp	Ostrum mandimuscae	Snareshell	day	10	20	10	15
104		Toady Bloyster	Molluschid minionicus	Mollusking	day/night	3	6	7	10
105		Bloomcap Bloyster	Molluschid florera	Mollusking	day	1+7	2+14	10+5	10+15
106		Bogswallow	Gastropoidulus oculii	Polyocular Slug	day	7	14	10	10	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
107		Waterwraith	Amphibio sapiens	???	day	-	-	-	-	Has to be agitated to be discovered.
108		Smoky Progg	Magovum vaporus	???	night	-	-	-	-
109		Ancient Sirehound	Deicanis perditum	???	night	-	-	-	-
110		Moss	Folicanis amicaris	???	day	-	-	-	-	Must be encountered within Hero's Hideaway to be discovered.
111		Red Pikmin	Pikminidae rubrus	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
112		Yellow Pikmin	Pikminidae auribus	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
113		Blue Pikmin	Pikminidae caerula	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
114		Rock Pikmin	Pikminidae habisaxum	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
115		Winged Pikmin	Pikminidae volarosa	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
116		Ice Pikmin	Pikminidae habiglacius	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
117		White Pikmin	Pikminidae venalbius	Pikmin	day	1	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
118		Purple Pikmin	Pikminidae yokozunum	Pikmin	day	10	-	-	-	Must enter the player's squad (either through pluck or whistle) to be discovered.
119		Onion	Lillium Pikminiporta	Candypop	day	At least 3	-	None	20
120		Flarlic	Bulbus lillium	Candypop	day	5	10	None	Limit +10 if not at 100, otherwise produces nectar and Ultra-spicy spray	Must be collected to be discovered.
121		Candypop Bud	Flora expellus	Candypop	day	-	-	None	-
122		Pellet Posy	Amplus nutrio	Pellet Weed	day	1-10	2-20	None	1-10
123		Burgeoning Spiderwort	Pikflora baccae conditus	Pellet Weed	day	1	1	None	-	Must have collected 10 berries (1 Ultra-spicy spray worth) from any specimen to be discovered.
124		Glow Pikmin	Pikminidae supravelum	???	night	1	-	-	-
125		Lumiknoll	Collux aeternium	???	night	-	-	-	-

Usable items

Similar to the option to throw Pikpik carrots in the original Piklopedia, there is an option to use and throw items at the creatures. These include:

• Pikpik Carrots
• Bomb Rocks
• Ice Blasts
• Lightning Shocks

When engaging in combat, the player is also given an infinite supply of the above items (along with Mines, Trackonators, Scrummy Bones, and Glow Seeds) to use.

When observing Pikmin in particular, the option to use Bomb Rocks or Ice Blasts is unavailable.

Area

Unlike the Piklopedia in Pikmin 2, the area does not change theme at all, being modeled after the Rescue Command Post from which it is accessed. The area is an oval shape with a flat grassy arena and a slope into a deeper portion.

When observing an aquatic enemy (such as the Wolpole), the latter's section will instead be flooded with water, and when observing the Bogswallow and Muckerskate the section will have mud. This section can be frozen with either an Ice Blast or 100 Ice Pikmin. Other features, such as treasures for the Breadbugs or Dweevils to pick up, may also be present. When observing the Man-at-Legs, breakable pots and dirt walls will be present to serve as protection.

Exclusively in the Empress Bulblax's entry, two brick walls will be present so that the Empress has flat surfaces to collide against while rolling from side to side.

Night

The area is also able to be viewed at night for creatures present in night expeditions. Creature behavior can also change when able, such as bulborbs now being fully awake. Lumiknolls are also added and can be activated by throwing an item onto it, which in turn causes all creatures in the entry to instantly grow red eyes and try to attack it.

In some cases, creatures can only be viewed during nighttime. Those being:

• Albino Dwarf Bulborbs
• Groovy Long Legs
• Smoky Progg
• Ancient Sirehound
• Glow Pikmin
• Lumiknolls

Pikmin fighting

For the Pikmin's entries in the Piklopedia, 5 of the specific type will be seen fighting an enemy (or multiple of the same species) they are resistant to or strong against to demonstrate their abilities. Unless the player engages, the enemy will never actually die from the Pikmin attacking it (nor can they be whistled away before the creature is defeated, similar to wild Pikmin).

Here is a list of each type's designated enemy:

• Red Pikmin will fight a Dwarf Bulborb.
• Yellow Pikmin will fight a Bearded Amprat.
• Blue Pikmin will fight 3 Wolpoles.
• Rock Pikmin will fight a Yellow Wollyhop
• Winged Pikmin will fight a Swooping Snitchbug.
• Ice Pikmin will fight a Snowy Blowhog.
• White Pikmin will fight a Moldy Slooch.
• Purple Pikmin will fight a Waddlepus.
• Glow Pikmin will fight a Bulborb.

If the enemy they attack has yet to be discovered and added to the Piklopedia, they will not appear and the 5 Pikmin will stand idle and cannot be interacted with at all when engaged.

Notes

As with previous versions, the Piklopedia comes with notes. Each are unlocked when the character writing them is rescued.

Dalmo

Dalmo, the castaway used to unlock and access the Piklopedia itself, has his notes unlocked by default. His manner of describing entries resembles the Creature Log from Hey! Pikmin, as he mostly provides anecdotes or personal opinions about the creature, the latter of which reflects his fondness for creatures as a whole.

Olimar

After rescuing Olimar, his notes become available. When possible, they are copied from previous Piklopedias with only minor changes. Creatures exclusive to Pikmin and Pikmin 4 have entirely new notes written in the same style, being dry scientific analysis. However, some of them also incorporate Olimar's personal theories as well.

Previously, the creature's family and scientific name were included within Olimar's notes, but now are listed separately (like in Hey! Pikmin's Creature Log) and can be viewed before his rescue.

Louie

After rescuing Louie, his notes become available. Like Olimar's, any returning enemies who already have notes in previous games are simply reused, with the majority of his notes being cooking recipes (some exceptions to this include the Pikmin, the Onion and the space dogs). For these creatures, his notes do not contain any information on how to cook the species and are much more apt and shorter, similarly to when he writes about a treasure that isn't edible in the Treasure Catalog.

Recipe oddities

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 would be that Hocotatian plants might have similar appearances to those found on Earth, meaning that Louie would be using the names he is familiar with for a completely different plant, this would also explain Olimar's knowledge of onions.

In addition, the following notes conflict with the way enemies die in-game as they do not leave corpses:

• Baldy Long Legs
• Bulborb Larva
• Greater Spotted Jellyfloat
• Groovy Long Legs
• Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat
• Man-at-Legs
• Waterwraith

These same sort of oddities also exist in Pikmin 2's Piklopedia as listed here. As well as Pikmin 3 Deluxe's Piklopedia as seen here.

Unlocking

To add a creature to the Piklopedia, the rookie Rescue Officer or Oatchi must simply be within a close enough range to the creature, typically the distance they are able to throw their Pikmin. If one of the player's Pikmin (this does not include wild Pikmin) is able to attack the creature without the player being near it, it will also count as a discovery. This also applies to when a creature is attacked using the Pebble Pitcher. There are some exceptions to this rule detailed above.

The game will keep track of these "new creature discoveries" without notifying the player, until Dalmo has been rescued and the Piklopedia itself is unlocked. Then, whenever a new creature is found, the game will have a small pop-up on the right side to notify the player. If the player rewinds time, they will lose any and all discoveries made within the reversed period.

Creatures first encountered within a Dandori Challenge or a Dandori Battle will count as a discovery, except for Pikmin. However, creatures first encountered in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale will not count as a discovery.

Gallery

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  The Bulborb icon used to represent the Piklopedia.

Trivia

• Glow Pikmin do not have their own death counts (including in the final results menu) but in the Piklopedia, their individual deaths are counted in the Pikmin Casualties total from the respective enemies they died to. This also includes wild Pikmin, as their deaths do not add to each Pikmin type death count.
• Uniquely, the Groovy Long Legs and Ancient Sirehound are only available at night, despite not being creatures seen in Night expeditions. Any Pikmin type can be selected as if it were during the day. This likely to emulate the dark caverns they belong to.
  • In the case of the Groovy Long Legs, it is also the only entry that changes the music of the Piklopedia, in this case into its own battle song.
• Some of the enemy previews show situations that are otherwise impossible to see during gameplay:
  • The Candypop Bud's entry depicts one bud of each color the player has collected the corresponding Onion for, allowing for all eight colors to be seen in the same area. During gameplay, the most Candypop Bud colors that can be seen at once is five, in Sublevel 19 of Cavern for a King. If the player engages the Candypop Bud, only one color will spawn.
  • The Mamuta's entry depicts it sitting behind a group of buried Pikmin. The Pikmin's colors are randomized, and dependent on the Onion types that the player has collected. It is therefore possible for Pikmin of as many as eight different colors to be seen buried in front of the Mamuta, more than can ever naturally be out in the field at once. If the player engages the Mamuta, none of the buried Pikmin will be there.
  • All of the Dweevil family member’s entries depict them carrying a randomly selected Treasure or Enemy, showing that the Dweevils can carry up to 150 times their weight as it’s possible for them to carry the King of Meats which weighs 300. The heaviest object which can be seen carried during normal gameplay is the Sovereign Bulblax in Giant's Hearth.
• The water and mud still exists when viewing a non-aquatic creature, just lower down.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	生物図鑑? Seibutsu Zukan	Creature Field Guide
Chinese (traditional)	生物圖鑑 Shēngwù Tújiàn	Organism Picture Book
Chinese (simplified)	生物图鉴 Shēngwù Tújiàn	Organism Picture Book
Dutch	Piklopedia	-
French	Piklopédie	-
German	Piklopädie	-
Italian	Piklopedia	-
Korean	생물 도감 Saengmul Dogam	Organism Picture Book
Portuguese	Piklopédia	-
Spanish	Piklopedia	-

See also

• Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)
• Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)
• Hey! Pikmin logs
• Treasure Catalog