Environmental hazard

Environmental hazards are special hazards that permanently affect entire locations, but some have sources that can be destroyed, disabled, or otherwise altered to remove the environmental hazards they emit. In some games, normal hazards can be environmental hazards.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin: Before the Impact
Environmental hazards are a classification of hazards in Pikmin: Before the Impact that affect the environment in different ways. These hazards may appear aboveground and hinder progress or they can be found underground, in caves, affecting the climate down there. These kinds of hazards may stay constant at the end of the day or can be stopped from the source.
 * Geothermal radiation
 * Rain
 * Below-zero climate
 * Wind

In Pikmin: Infection in Progress
Environmental hazards are one of the new gameplay mechanics introduced in Pikmin: Infection in Progress. All areas except Withering Terrace possess a unique environmental hazard that adds a new twist to the area. Environmental hazards have an array of effects that affect all entities in a variety of ways.
 * Darkness: is encountered in the Overrun Laboratory. It reduces vision by a high degree. The President can only see a few feet around himself, but multiple light sources exist within the Overrun Laboratory, such as the beacons of Infected Scientists and the light emanated from Mushroom Pikmin.
 * Fog: is an environmental hazard that reduces vision, much like darkness but to a much lesser degree. It is encountered in Noxious Expanse. The President can see much farther than he can in darkness, although his vision is still impaired at a certain point. Many beings can emerge from the fog; caution is advised. A mighty beast prowls in the fog and should be avoided unless it must be confronted.
 * Mud patches: are environmental hazards only seen in Polluted Creek and are prevalent in the area. They slow down any small being that passes through it, such as the President and his Pikmin. Larger beings, however, like Zombie Bulborbs, are completely unaffected by mud patches.
 * Radiation patches: are one of the most dangerous environmental hazards in the game. They are only encountered in Toxic Barrens. Any being that passes through them is slowly damaged, save for glowing beings, which are instead healed. Pikmin that enter radiation patches die shortly after entering them, and the President is slowly damaged over time until the radiation patch is exited. They can be identified as glowing green clouds in the environment.
 * Spores: are environmental hazards encountered only in Fungal Grotto. They appear from Common Glowcaps upon disturbing them. They can also fall from the ceiling. After clinging to an enemy, spores emanate a glow that makes them very obvious to any nearby creatures. Spores eventually fall off of the entity they clung to, blackening and disappearing shortly thereafter.