Iron ball
- This article relates to the official games. See Pikipedia's "iron ball" article for more official information.
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An iron ball is an obstacle taking the form of a plain metal ball. Iron balls are always placed at the top of a slope, rushing down a fixed path once the twenty Pikmin needed to push it have set one in motion. With its momentum and weight, it will break open walls the Pikmin themselves could not have torn down, opening entrances and exits to other parts of an area. Creatures in the ball's path will be killed, but so will Pikmin that aren't Rock Pikmin.
In fanon games
Below this point is where users place their version of iron balls.
In Pikmin: Decayed Leaf
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Iron balls are a returning obstacle in Pikmin: Decayed Leaf. They are large, metallic spheres with a number etched on the front corresponding to the strength of how many Pikmin it requires to push it. If enough Pikmin push the iron ball, it will be sent down from the slope or hill it’s on, and it will travel down a set path. This usually sends it careening into a wall and destroying it. It can also be used to take out dozens of ferocious enemies. However, Pikmin can also die to the iron ball if crushed.
In Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers
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An iron ball can be found in sublevel three of Collapsed Reef in Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers. It is held within a branch of coral and must be pushed to break through a cage of dead, bleached coral skeletons to reveal the Coarse Surfboard. Unlike those in Pikmin 3, this one does not disappear upon reaching the end of its rolling course. Instead, it slams into the thick crystal wall and slightly but harmlessly cracks it.