Cleaner Pikmin

Cleaner Pikmin are a type of pale blue Pikmin, they are noted for their thin frame and their leaves having a string like appearance to them.

Cleaner Pikmin have a layer of fur over their mouths which act as a filter that allows them to be immune to Mold, as such they are the only type that can defeat Mold based enemies and Mold Vent hazards. There string enhanced bodies also gives them twice the stregth of a normal Pikmin.

They attack enemies with a brushing like motion rapidly giving them the fastest attack rate, this brushing motion allows them to remove the Mold off of Moldmin and purify them back into normal Pikmin without killing them like the other types.

Like the Honey Pikmin Cleaner Pikmin have to be spawned via Candypop buds but unlike the Honey Pikmin their buds are found exclusively aboveground.