Clipboard

Winged Pikmin lifting up a clipboard.

The clipboard is an obstacle found a few times in Pikmin 3. It is a wooden board with a pink handle on it, and it is connected to the terrain by a hinge. It can be lifted by the handle, where it either opens something concealed, or serves as a bridge to cross a gap with. Eight Winged Pikmin are required to lift a clipboard. When they finish lifting it, they will naturally follow a path back to the leader, but if they are whistled before reaching the leader, they will use the regular path-finding algorithm, which could result in them getting stuck behind the newly-lifted clipboard. Hence, it is advised to not whistle the Pikmin after they have finished lifting the board.

Locations

Twilight River

• Two clipboards appear on the plateau near the Tremendous Sniffer. Under the northern one are 15 red fragments; under the southern one are 8 Dwarf Orange Bulborbs.

Garden of Hope

• A clipboard is located to the southwest of the Blue Onion, where it hides a Velvety Dreamdrop.

Formidable Oak

• Near the end of the cave, there is a clipboard that acts as a shortcut to cross a gap.

There are no clipboards in Mission Mode, Bingo Battle, or the Side Stories.

Name in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バッタン被? Battan Hi	Thud cover

Gallery

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  A clipboard in the Twilight River.

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  A clipboard after being lifted.

See also

• Bridge
• Bamboo gate
• Flukeweed