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Repair-Type Bolt

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Repair-type Bolt
(Pikmin)
Icon used to represent the ship part on the wiki.
Artwork of the Repair-type Bolt.
This ship part is required for the S.S. Dolphin to escape the planet.
Weight 20
Max. carriers 40 Pikmin
Location The Distant Spring
Repair-Type Bolt
(Pikmin 3 Deluxe)
Icon used to represent the ship part on the wiki.
Weight 10
Max. carriers 20 Pikmin
Mission The Ship Restored

The Repair-type Bolt (リペアTYPEネジ?, lit.: "Repair-type Bolt") is a ship part lost by the S.S. Dolphin during Olimar's crash landing, one of the ten found in The Distant Spring. It looks like an ordinary bolt, but is actually a robotic marvel that can fix anything in a ship. It can be seen in the background as Olimar lands. In Pikmin 2, the place where this part is found was replaced by a small ledge that lets Pikmin build a bridge. The device highly resembles a wind-up key. When collected, this ship part does not change the S.S. Dolphin's appearance.

In Pikmin 3 Deluxe, another one with red paint on the bolt (the bolt does not spin by itself) appears as part of the Hocotate ship. This Repair-Type Bolt is worth Poko × 500. In Pikmin 4, multiple Repair-type Bolts must be collected in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale. These bolts are all red like the Hocotate Ship's, leaving the original unaccounted for in the mode.

Collecting the part

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In Pikmin

 
Location of the Repair-type Bolt.

Despite being located on a high ledge, Yellow Pikmin aren't required. Instead, take out 20 Blue Pikmin and go to the ledge northwest of the landing site and toss them up the ledge. Call them and guide them by moving the group (or simply making them follow you), to the ledge with the ship part. Dismiss them and have them carry the part back. As it is on a high ledge, Pikmin can get deflowered when carrying it. To avoid this, call them before they fall down or walk away and adjust the camera so they're not in your sight.

In Pikmin 3 Deluxe

This is one of the parts you must carry to the ship during the final mission of the Side Stories, The Ship Restored. It is located inside the Calcified Crushblat near the start. Defeating the creature frees the part from it, allowing it to be easily collected, provided the other creatures have been taken care of.

In Pikmin 4

Serene Shores

The Repair-type Bolt is buried on a small island near the Water's Edge landing site. Kill the nearby Aristocrab Offsprings and Hermit Crawmad to make sure they cannot disrupt its transport, then assign a group of Pikmin to dig it up. Blue Pikmin are required initially as the part is on an island, but any type can carry it back once water levels decrease at midday.

Notes

Olimar's monologs

I've found the Repair-type Bolt!

This robotic marvel can fix just about anything in the ship that's broken. That's good, because I get terribly bored fixing little glitches.


This looks like an ordinary bolt, but it is actually a repair bolt.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
  Japanese リペアTYPEネジ?
Ripea TYPE Neji
Repair-type Bolt
  French (NoA) Boulon de réparation (in-game)
Boulon de rép. (final results screen)
Repair bolt
Rep. bolt
  French (NoE) Boulon de Secours Emergency Bolt
  German Reparatur-Bolzen Repair Bolt
  Italian Bullone riparazione Repair bolt
  Spanish Perno reparador Repair bolt