Rock Pikmin

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Rock Pikmin
Pikmin
Appearance in Pikmin 3.
Family	Pikmin

Rock Pikmin are a species of Pikmin with the special abilities of blunt force immunity and a different method of attacking. When crushed, they are simply driven into the ground and become temporarily partially buried; when a creature with a sharp proboscis tries to impale them, they are simply knocked away harmlessly. They resemble small polished rocks with Pikmin eyes and limbs and have lavender petals, like Winged Pikmin. The main part of their bodies seems to be a graphite texture that reflects light, whereas their stems, arms, and legs appear to be smooth and gray. Rock Pikmin have an Onion and are reproduced from it through collecting nutrients from pellets and corpses or by throwing other Pikmin into Gray Candypop Buds.

Their hard, rotund exoskeleton allows them to crack and eventually destroy crystalline solids, but prevents them from clinging on to most matter. When thrown towards an enemy or obstacle, they will bounce off and roll backward, inflicting a significant amount of damage that is often sufficient in defeating some smaller enemies in a single hit. Otherwise, they will repeatedly attack enemies and obstacles by charging head-on into them, rolling backward, and getting up again, doing less damage over time than other Pikmin types due to the lower attack rate. As such, the best way to attack with Rock Pikmin is to have leaders throw them, which causes more damage than a regular lunge. That said, when made to climb a structure or plant, or are attacking another Pikmin, they will cling on like the other Pikmin types, and they won't lunge except when attacking a leader.

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  Appearance in Hey! Pikmin ().

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  Appearance in Pikmin Bloom ().

In fanon games

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In Pikmin Forever

Pikmin Forever This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin Forever, a fanon game created by Scruffy.

Rock Pikmin are not a type of Pikmin in Pikmin Forever per se, but rather an enhancement of other types. Finding and harvesting rubble gives the leaders a storage of rocks, which they can use whenever they are holding a Pikmin for throwing. By pressing while a Pikmin is held, it will be coated in rocks, becoming a temporary "Rock Pikmin". Rock Pikmin are thrown like a track-and-field hammer, and inflict 100 damage when they impact. If thrown, a Rock Pikmin will revert back to its original Pikmin on impact, no matter what it hit. If is pressed again while holding a Rock Pikmin, or if the type of Pikmin is switched, the Pikmin will also revert and the rock coating will be earned back, so as not to waste a Rock Pikmin.

One Rock Pikmin can instantly destroy a crystal barrier, and inflict serious damage on other types of destructible walls. Rock Pikmin are needed to activate acoustic walls. Some enemies behave differently after suffering a hit from a Rock Pikmin, especially if they used crystal in some way.

In Pikmin Overgrowth

Pikmin Overgrowth This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin Overgrowth, a fanon game created by Starmin Maker.

Rock Pikmin The icon used to represent this Pikmin.
Resistance	Blunt force
Attack	Above average (1.5x) (lunge) High (2x) (throw)
Mobility	Below average
Throw	Average
Digging speed	High
Carrying capacity	1
Candypop	Gray Candypop Bud

In Pikmin Overgrowth and its timeline, Rock Pikmin can break crystals, have above average attack power while lunging and high attack power when thrown, and are somewhat slow.

In Pikmin: Adventure of Four

Pikmin: Adventure of Four This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Adventure of Four, a fanon game created by New Pikminjp.

Rock Pikmin The icon used to represent this Pikmin.
Resistance	Blunt force
Attack	High
Mobility	Average
Throw	Average
Digging speed	High
Carrying capacity	1
Candypop	Gray Candypop Bud

In Pikmin: Adventure of Four, Rock Pikmin are the fourth Pikmin discovered. They are immune to being crushed and can shatter crystal and glass.

In Pikmin: Before the Impact

Pikmin: Before the Impact This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Before the Impact, a fanon game created by StefyG.

Rock Pikmin The icon used to represent this Pikmin.
Resistance	Blunt force
Attack	High
Mobility	Average
Throw	Average
Digging speed	High
Carrying capacity	1
Candypop	Gray Candypop Bud

Rock Pikmin are the fourth Pikmin type discovered in Pikmin: Before the Impact. They can break crystal and glass with their hard, shiny bodies. Their comparatively softer limbs and stems are gray and on the end of their stem is, depending on maturity, a green leaf or a purple-petaled bud or flower. Rock Pikmin are found in Snakey Mists, trapped within a Medusal Slurker, and can only be created when other Pikmin are sucked up by a Medusal Slurker. Under the command of Brandon, Rock Pikmin have increased speed and can be thrown higher.

In Pikmin: Dual Worlds

Duality: an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects, a dualism. This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Dual Worlds, a fangame created by MintyMoron64.

Rock Pikmin The icon used to represent this Pikmin.
Scientific name	Picminicus lapillus
Resistance	Blunt force
Attack	Average (lunge) Above average (throw)
Mobility	Average
Throw	Average
Digging speed	Average
Carrying capacity	1
Candypop	Slate Candypop Bud

Rock Pikmin appear in Pikmin: Dual Worlds much like they do in Pikmin 3, being resistant to crushing and stabbing and hitting harder when thrown. However, they are found in Quinacridone Quarry, which can be unlocked not long after getting Red Pikmin. Additionally, they have a one-in-fifty chance of having a special appearance when ejected from their Onion; they are called Rare Rock Pikmin and have an exoskeleton made of a unique material depending on the area in which they were sprouted.

Area	Material
Feverpitch Forest	Leaf fossil
Flamenco Forest	Bone shard
Silverlake Summit	Snowflake obsidian
Latitude Lavaflow	Molten rock
Aureolin Archipelago	Sea glass
Daybreak Desert	Strata
Patio Paradise	Chipped quartz
Salem Swamp	Stone
Quinacridone Quarry	Crystal
Red-Stage Rustland	Concrete
Infinite Ivory	Marble
Ebony Empire	Charcoal

Rare Rock Pikmin seeds are guaranteed to be ejected from the Rock Onion when given boss corpses or 50-pellets, and can be brought anywhere as their only unique quality is their appearance.

In Pikmin: Return to the Distant Planet

Pikmin: Return to the Distant Planet This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Return to the Distant Planet, a fanon game created by Neocraftz1553.

Rock Pikmin The icon used to represent this Pikmin.
Resistance	Blunt force
Attack	High
Mobility	Average
Throw	Average
Digging speed	High
Carrying capacity	1
Candypop	Gray Candypop Bud

Rock Pikmin appear in Pikmin: Return to the Distant Planet, acting as they do in Pikmin 3.

In Pikmin: Treasure Colonization

Pikmin: Treasure Colonization This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Treasure Colonization, a fanon game created by Knight Dog.

Rock Pikmin The icon used to represent this Pikmin.
Resistance	Blunt force
Attack	Above average (lunge) High (throw)
Mobility	Average
Throw	Average
Digging speed	High
Carrying capacity	1
Candypop	Gray Candypop Bud

Taxonomy
Note: all or most of this information may be fanon information.
Kingdom	Therobotania
Phylum	Pikosimilis
Class	Motopiknia
Family	Pikmin
Genus	Vivian
Species	Iwarius

In Pikmin: Treasure Colonization, Rock Pikmin are the fourth Pikmin type discovered and appear and function exactly as they do in Pikmin 3. They have purple petals, inflict high damage when thrown but only above average damage when lunging, can only latch on to targets in specific circumstances, and can destroy crystal and glass. Rock Pikmin are thirty millimeters tall, and while under the effects of ultra-sour spray, have a carrying capacity of five.

Notes

Captain Olimar

“These Pikmin have an exterior that resembles the look of a rock! This gives them their name, however, I'm still researching how and why they have such a body. What's even more surprising is that they rarely use their stem other than for sunlight.”

Tang

“My second favorite in combat, they deal massive damage when thrown. Being in numbers and charging is also a very viable strategy. Combine these guys with Purple Pikmin or Red Pikmin and you can have yourself power in either charging or throwing!”

Robin

“Their rock-like bodies are fascinating to me, as I wonder if there is any other Pikmin that is like this. What if a Ruby Pikmin exists? Or an Emerald Pikmin? Maybe even a Diamond Pikmin? And with such ideas of having Pikmin with the capability to have differentiating bodies, I wonder if there is a Tree Pikmin? How about a Robot Pikmin? Oops- looks like I let my imagination run for a bit long, I'll stop this log now.”

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