Main Engine

Main Engine
This is a mandatory ship part.
Weight	20
Max. carriers	40 Pikmin
Location	The Impact Site

The Main Engine is a ship part of the S.S. Dolphin, and the only one found on the first day in Pikmin. With it, Captain Olimar is able at least to lift off from the crash site to escape the planet's nocturnal beasts. He can transport this part with the help of the Pikmin he discovers upon landing on the planet. When the Main Engine is restored to the S.S. Dolphin, the ship flips upright, and the part is then installed on its bottom. Olimar is then able to continue on to The Forest of Hope to find more of his thirty lost ship parts. In Pikmin 2, the Dream Den replaces this part's location.

Collecting the part[edit]

Location of the part on the radar. Click for a bigger image.

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The first day consists of the main tutorial about the Pikmin. Once you get the first Pikmin, start collecting all the Pellets, including the ones on the two small stumps. Once Olimar has 10 or more Pikmin, command them to move the cardboard box. Once the box is out of the way you will find the engine. Head up the rocks where the box made a ramp and get all of the Pellets until you have 20-25 Pikmin. Now the Pikmin can pick up the most important part of the S.S. Dolphin. Once the Pikmin carry it back to the ship, the day will end, and they will automatically go back to their Onion.

Notes

Olimar's monologs

“Amazing! There's no mistaking it! My ship's engine rests before my very eyes! By a stroke of pure luck, I have already stumbled upon the most important piece of my damaged craft! Fate has smiled upon me! But... How will I get it back to the Dolphin?

It was pure luck that I found this piece first. With this I can at least lift off!”

Gallery[edit]

A close up of the Main Engine.
Captain Olimar discovering the Main Engine.
Red Pikmin carrying the Main Engine.
The Main Engine being sucked back into the crashed S.S. Dolphin.
The Main Engine on the S.S. Dolphin, at the bottom, upside-down from how it normally faces.
A prerelease ship part presumed to be the Main Engine.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
French (NoA)	Moteur principal du Dolphin (in-game) Moteur principal (final results screen)	Main engine of the Dolphin Main engine
French (NoE)	Moteur Principal	Main Engine
German	Hauptantrieb des Dolphins (in-game) Hauptantrieb (final results screen)	Main Propulsion of the Dolphin Main Propulsion
Italian	Motore principale	Main engine
Korean	메인 엔진	Main Engine
Spanish (NoA)	Motor principal del Dolphin (in-game) Motor principal (final results screen)	Main engine of the Dolphin Main engine
Spanish (NoE)	Motor principal	Main engine