Kingcap
| Kingcap | |
|---|---|
| |
| Model from Pikmin 4. | |
| Appears in | Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4 |
| Scientific name | Unknown |
| Family | Unknown |
| Areas | Tropical Wilds, Distant Tundra, Sun-Speckled Terrace (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale) |
| Caves | Hectic Hollows, Engulfed Castle, Doppelgänger's Den, The Mud Pit, Subterranean Swarm |
| Collect treasure! levels | Tropical Forest, Twilight Hollow |
| Battle enemies! levels | Distant Tundra Remix |
| Side Story levels | Flower Garden, Inside Forest, Tundra, Pikmin Reunion, First Part Found |
| Dandori Challenge levels | Hotshock Canyon |
| Bingo Battle levels | None |
| Dandori Battle levels | None |
Kingcaps (マダラタケ?, lit.: "Spotted Mushroom") are a type of fungus in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4 that serve as obstacles. They are usually found blocking the way in corridors, and come accompanied with a series of Spotcaps. Only Pikmin can destroy Kingcaps in Pikmin 3, but in Pikmin 4, Pikmin, the rookie Rescue Officer, and Oatchi can destroy them.
Kingcaps have a lot of health and occupy a lot of space, but once cleared, they open up a path. Unlike the smaller Spotcaps, Pikmin can latch on to a Kingcap when thrown, and it has a health wheel.
Stats[edit]
| Game | Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 (?)
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1000 |
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1000 |
Poison Kingcap[edit]
In Pikmin 4, a poisonous variant of the Kingcap can be found. It is rarer than its normal counterpart, only being found in 2 caves, the Doppelgänger's Den and the Engulfed Castle. It functions nearly identically to normal Kingcaps, except it can only be attacked by White Pikmin, Glow Pikmin and Oatchi with the 
Pup Sniff Saver due to the poison emitting from it. Unlike normal Kingcaps, it can't be attacked by the rookie Rescue Officer.
Locations[edit]
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Kingcaps are almost always found with Spotcaps nearby.
Pikmin 3[edit]
Areas[edit]
Tropical Wilds[edit]
- A Kingcap appears in a non-obtrusive fashion in the cave next to the landing site, leading up from Alph's crash site.
Distant Tundra[edit]
- Two Kingcaps appear in the area around Captain Charlie's crash site. These serve as the game's first obstacle.
Side Stories[edit]
Olimar's Assignment[edit]
- Flower Garden
- There are three Kingcaps in this level. Two are located near a group of Dwarf Bulborbs and one is located near the Face Wrinkler and Skutterchucks and contains nectar.
- Inside Forest
- There are some non-blocking Kingcaps sitting southeast to the ship.
- Tundra
Olimar's Comeback[edit]
Mission Mode[edit]
Collect treasure![edit]
- Twilight Hollow
- The Kingcap is in the same place as in the Battle enemies! version of the map, but instead of Rock Pikmin, there's a Bulborb with many Sunseed Berrys inside of it.
Battle enemies![edit]
- Twilight Hollow
- There is a Kingcap to the east that leads to the Rock Onion.
- Distant Tundra Remix
- There are Kingcaps blocking the Yellow Onion on the west side of the map.
Technical information[edit]
| Pikmin 3 technical information (?) | |
|---|---|
| Internal name | mush
|
| HP | 1000 |
| Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill | 10 |
| White Pikmin ingestions to kill | 0 |
| Bomb rock explosions to kill | 1 |
| Bomb rock ingestions to kill | 0 |
| Number of direct hits on top to kill | 0 |
| Damage to leaders | 10 |
| Territory radius | 100 |
| Mission Mode value | 0 |
Gallery[edit]
Artwork of a Kingcap from the Nintendo Facebook Pikmin Photobook app.
The first Kingcaps encountered in Story Mode.
A few Yellow Pikmin attacking some Kingcaps.
A Spotcap next to a Kingcap in a cave.
A Kingcap and a few Spotcaps in Hotshock Canyon.
Trivia[edit]
- Spotcaps and Kingcaps share many similarities to Dwarf Bulborbs and Bulborbs, respectively. Spotcaps and Dwarf Bulborbs each have 100 health, while Kingcaps and Bulborbs each have 1000. Both are red with white spots, and both Spotcaps and Dwarf Bulborbs instantly get defeated when hit on top.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
マダラタケ? Madara Take |
Spotted Mushroom |
 French (NoE) |
Bulbolet | From bulborbe (Bulborb) and bolet (bolete) |
 German |
Gemeiner Punktpilz | Common Spot-mushroom |
 Italian |
Fungoleto | From fungo (mushroom) and coleto (Bulborb) |
 Spanish |
Superfungo moteado | Spotted superfungus |
See also[edit]
| Obstacles |
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| Minor obstacles |
