Merciless Extractor

The Merciless Extractor is a treasure in  and. It is actually a. In the US version of Pikmin 2, it is found in one of the corners of the first sublevel of the Shower Room, and the European version places it on sublevel 5. This treasure is absent from the Japanese version. In Pikmin 4, it can be found in the Doppelgänger's Den.

Collecting the treasure in Pikmin 2
This treasure is in the Shower Room, though the sublevel depends on the version: sublevel 1 in the US version, and sublevel 5 in the European version. There may be electric wires, falling boulders, Wollywogs, and Watery Blowhogs protecting the treasure.

Collecting the treasure in Pikmin 4
The Merciless Extractor is behind a corner near the northwest of sublevel 1 of the Doppelgänger's Den. It is inside of a hydro jelly, and is near a bubble geyser, which should be destroyed before attempting to transport it. The path the Pikmin will take back depends on which obstacles exist. To ensure the safest retrieval, kill the Skeeterskates in the nearby pond, destroy the hydro jelly on the southern corridor of the pool room, and open the ice wall north of the base. To collect this treasure, you must throw 7 Pikmin at it.

Trivia

 * In, the Merciless Extractor is the only treasure of the four fruit Series to be an inedible item.