- This article relates to the canonical games. See Pikipedia's "S.S. Drake" article for more canonical information.
The S.S. Drake, simply referred to from the Koppaites as the Drake, is the main ship in Pikmin 3. It was built by and named after Alph's grandfather. Much like the other ships from the Pikmin series, it serves as the main storage unit for all the gathered objects found by the leaders. Its other purpose is to transport the leaders from place to place. Charlie is its captain and Alph is its engineer.
Appearance
The S.S. Drake is not designed like a traditional rocket along the lines of the S.S. Dolphin or the Hocotate ship, instead being more closely resembling a lander vehicle, particularly with its communication antenna which sits on top of the vehicle, plus its much rounder and stouter body providing a living space on foreign bodies. It also appears to be far more advanced than either of them, as the vehicle contains a small satellite that is used for surveying purposes, and instead of sitting on fins on the ground, the vehicle features four extending landing struts on which it sits on the ground, plus a set of other minor details. Several pieces of Koppaite text are written on the outside of the Drake.
Cosmic-drive key
The cosmic-drive key is one of the most valuable parts of the Drake. It is necessary in order to achieve warp-speed, a maneuver needed to go from Koppai to PNF-404 and vice-versa.
In fanon games
This is where users type their version of the S.S. Drake.
In Pikmin: Wide World
The S.S. Drake has a minor appearance in the opening cutscene of Pikmin: Wide World, and is never seen after that. It is used by Alph, Brittany, and Captain Charlie to return Captain Olimar and Louie to Hocotate before they themselves return to Koppai to end the famine plaguing their planet.
| Pikmin: Wide World
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| Locations
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| Planets
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| Hocotate • PNF-404 • Mentioned (Koppai)
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| Areas
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| Balmy Highlands • Arid Oasis • Frigid Tundra • Ancient Metalworks • Mycelial Sepulcher • Endless Sea
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| Dens
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| Balmy Highlands (Temperate Den, Desolate Dugout, Scornet Hive) • Arid Oasis (Dune Den, Castaway Cove, Sunbaked Sauna) • Frigid Tundra (Snowy Cove, Hot Hole, Stone Dugout) • Ancient Metalworks (Hidden Scrapyard, Polluted Pond, Wasted Waterworks) • Mycelial Sepulcher (Subterranean Spring, Gray Court, Phosbat Hideout) • Endless Sea (Dark Den, Watery Grave, Scarpanid Nest)
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| Caves
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| Balmy Highlands (Grassy Grotto, Humid Hole, Watering Hole, Wayward Citadel, Forgotten Mine) • Arid Oasis (Subterranean Sands, Gritty Getaway, Lost Kingdom, Concrete Complex, Wooden Fortress) • Frigid Tundra (Lonely Quarry, Flaming Trench, Icy Crevasse, Frozen Fortress, Wracknid Nest) • Ancient Metalworks (Chemical Reservoir, Corroded Complex, Clogged Pipeline, Robot Workshop, Dim Greenhouse) • Mycelial Sepulcher (Dank Depths, Fungus Forest, Sunlit Pit, Divers' Delight, Black Abyss) • Endless Sea (Muddy Murk, Overgrown Garden, Neglected Aqueduct, Cursed Chasm, Chance Pit)
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| Battle Mode
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| Close Quarters • Forest Frenzy • Tan Battleground • Cold War • Planked Peril • Hard Fought • Reinforced Fortress • Frantic Factory • Tiled Tossup
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| Challenge Mode
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| Pretty Prairie • Forgotten Garden • Serene Shore • Frozen Fields • Timber Maze • Rocky Road • Rebar Labyrinth • Steel Stronghold • Perplexing Paradise • Dingy Dugout • Foreboding Forest • Sandstone Citadel • Preserved Pit • Wooded Expanse • Impenetrable Prison • Weathered Field • Corroded Catwalk • Mosaic Maze • Breadbug Den • Jellyfloat Pool • Mandiblard Nest • Cement City • Arctic Abode • Study Floor • Balmy Highlands Trial • Arid Oasis Trial • Frigid Tundra Trial • Ancient Metalworks Trial • Mycelial Sepulcher Trial • Endless Sea Trial • Battle Bosses (The Titan Cottonade, The Frosted Arcticlops, The Plasm Wraith, The Titan Webber Dweevil, The Winged Snagret, The Grimacing Cremblub)
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| Characters
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| Main (Captain Olimar, Shacho, Marie, Louie, Dolphin Lander) • Side (Alph, Brittany, Captain Charlie, Dorris, Granny Marma, Libra, Margot, Sagittarius, S.S. Drake, S.S. Dreamstride) • Mentioned (Freight Voyager, SPERO, Bulbie)
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| Pikmin
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| Onion • Pellet • Yellow Pikmin • Blue Pikmin • Red Pikmin • Purple Pikmin • Green Pikmin • Rock Pikmin • White Pikmin • Winged Pikmin • Captmin (Captain Hunnigan) • Alien Pikmin • Mushroom Pikmin • Wild Pikmin • Parasitic Pikmin (Blue Bulbmin, Breadmin, Burrowing Snagmin, Cannon Beetlemin, Dweevilmin, Groinkmin, Hairy Bulbmin, Orange Bulbmin, Red Bulbmin, Spinermin, Spotty Bulbearmin, Wollymin)
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| Vegetation (list)
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| Asphyxiating Moldclump • Bloominous Stemple • Bouncy Mushroom • Bramble • Browncap • Burgeoning Spiderwort • Capstalk • Carnation Candypop • Colossal Glowcap • Common Glowcap • Crimson Candypop • Demantoid Candypop • Flukeweed • Golden Candypop • Hydroe Bramble • Ivory Candypop • Kingcap • Lapis Lazuli Candypop • Lily pad • Monarch Candypop • Mouthy Shootplant • Nectar Grass • Orbular Pollenspout • Pellet Posy • Pellet Vine • Shockcap • Slate Candypop • Sparklium Candypop • Spiny Spiderwort • Spotcap • Springpetal • Sunset Spiderwort • Thorned Posy • Vine • Violet Candypop • Weeping Posy • Wickweed
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| Collectibles
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| Data file (Pikminology, Wildlife Survival, Explorers' Tales) • Fruit (list) • Nugget • Sparklium (seed, stone) • Treasure • Upgrade (unlocks, Exploration Kit, ship part)
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| Nectars and sprays
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| Black nectar • Nectar (Capstalk, egg, Nectar Grass, rubble) • Burgeoning Spiderwort (ultra-bitter spray, ultra-spicy spray) • Spiny Spiderwort (ultra-toxic spray) • Sunset Spiderwort (ultra-hot spray, ultra-minty spray, ultra-sweet spray)
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| Hazards
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| Acid • Adhesive • Blunt force • Bubble • Electricity • Fire • Ice • Lubricant • Mud • Panic • Pit • Poison • Spore • Sunset • Water
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| Obstacles
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| Acidic water pool • Bamboo gate • Bomb rock (cryogenic bomb rock, dazzling bomb rock, incendiary bomb rock, mine, mine rock, smoke bomb rock) • Boulder • Bramble gate • Brick gate • Burrow-nit nest • Cardboard box • Climbing stick • Clipboard • Clog • Cobblestone block • Conveyor belt • Conveyor switch • Crystal • Crystal gate • Crystal nodule • Crystal stalactite • Electric bulb gate • Electric wire gate • Electrical wire • Electrode • Elevator block • Elevator platform • Escape geyser • Fire bramble gate • Fire geyser • Flame • Flukeweed dam • Fragment bridge (bridge fragment) • Frozen surface • Gas pipe • Glowstem • Hay slope (hay stack) • Ice chunk • Iron ball • Jackwig hive • Liftable elevator • Metal block • Metal pipe • Mitite bomb • Mud puddle • Nectar pool • Oil slick • Packed soil block • Phosbat Pod • Poison bramble gate • Pully elevator • Rain droplet • Rectangular paper bag • Reinforced gate • Rock • Rusted rod • Sand pit • Sky Dumple cluster • Snowball • Soil block • Soil gate • Soil mound • Stick bridge • Sweetgum pod • Tin box • Triangular paper bag • Trowel • Tunnel • Water pool • Water geyser • Web • Wooden stake
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| Gameplay
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| Achievements • Caravan • Changes during development • Group desertion • HocoPad • Options • Pikpik carrot • Soul • Temperature • Weather • Game modes (Story Mode, Battle Mode, Challenge Mode, Bottomless Abyss)
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