Syrup

A syrup is a viscous fluid substance that leaders can ingest to benefit themselves or can be sprayed by leaders to create elemental effects.

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Syrups are a type of consumable item that comes in two varieties: teal, ultra-tangy syrup, and yellow, ultra-sweet syrup. In contrast with the more watery sprays, which affect Pikmin and enemies, syrups have a consistency similar to molasses and benefit leaders. Syrups can be obtained by harvesting the fruit of a Hanging Cocoberry, defeating enemies that don't leave a corpse, smashing eggs, and from some Teal Candypop Buds and Golden Candypop Buds.

As with sprays, using syrups is as simple as pressing a direction on the D-pad; in the case of syrups, pressing left or right will consume one dose of syrup. Unlike sprays, which affect the user's surroundings, syrups benefit the user directly and give them temporary buffs. Ultra-sweet syrup offers increased walking speed and throw rate and can be used by pressing left on the D-pad. Ultra-tangy syrup provides leaders with improved defense, restores the health meter of its user, and can be used by pressing right on the D-pad.

In Pikmin Evolution
In Pikmin Evolution Syrups are a consumable item that take the form of a thick vicious fluid, similar in texture to marmalade or jam, and they act as replacement to sprays. Syrups are collected by breaking the shell of a Hanging Cocoberry plant and harvesting the pulp within for self use. Syrups come in many different colors, eight in total, with each syrup containing a compound that triggers an elemental effect when exposed to the air. For safe keeping syrups are placed inside a ball which gets carried and tossed by the captain selecting the syrup in question, and when the ball gets tossed it ruptures and explodes triggering the syrups effects. The syrups that can be found and used in-game are red syrups, which when tossed ignite in the air burning anyone and anything that touches it. There are yellow syrups that create an electronic pulse when tossed, zapping anyone in the blast radius and activating machinery. Blue syrups are very watery and they can be used to extinguish fires and trigger plant growth. Purple syrups are a known carcinogen and breathing the stuff can badly poison anyone in the blast radius, as well as turn water into acid. Green syrups are highly acidic and they can melt materials such as metal and crystals as well as remove enemy armor. Cyan syrups are cold to the touch, and tossing them can freeze water and creatures solid, it can also be used to cool down hot items. Orange syrups are highly explosive when exposed to air, and in-game act as this game's equivalent towards Bomb-rocks, sharing the same affects as those items. Finally gray syrups contain a silicon-like substance that hardens in the air, creating crystal-like structures to trap enemies and make makeshift walls. Syrup plants can also be created in settlements with sparklium and the proper materials depending on the type of syrup being created, most notably the seed of the syrups respective species of Hanging Cocoberry, which is dropped by defeating a Foolix of the respective color. Syrup producing plants can produce one syrup each at the end of every night, and when destroyed during a raid explode into a highly concentrated version of the original syrup's effects, for instance a red syrup plant will create a fiery explosion and a green syrup will create an acidic explosion. Some explosions will do more harm to your settlements than the monsters attacking said settlements themselves, so one must be careful in the placement and maintaining of their syrup plants. Overall syrups are a highly useful, but in some cases highly risky, item to use and should be used with caution.