Buried treasure
Buried treasure is a a form of obstacle introduced in Pikmin 2, in which certain treasures can be encountered buried or partially buried and must be dug up to be retrieved. Only White Pikmin can dig up fully buried treasures, while all types of Pikmin can dig up partially buried treasures. Whether a treasure is buried or partially buried is actually a property of the treasure itself and not its locations; the treasure will always have this trait no matter where it is generated. In Pikmin 3, fruits and pellets sometimes appear partially buried, though nothing is ever fully buried due to the absence of White Pikmin in story mode, and no fully buried treasures appear in Mission Mode.
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Buried Treasures
In Pikmin 2, these treasures are always fully buried and require White Pikmin to obtain:
- Spiny Alien Treat
- Child of the Earth
- Onion Replica
- Pilgrim Bulb
- Olimarnite Shell
- Fortified Delicacy
- Memorial Shell
- Essential Furnishing
- Nouveau Table
- Superstick Textile
- Regal Diamond
- Essence of Rage
- Essence of True Love
- Pink Menace
- Gemstar Husband
- Universal Com
- Flame Tiller
Partially Buried Treasures
The following treasures are always partially buried and can have any Pikmin obtain them: