Expedition: Difference between revisions

Different items collectable on expeditions have different [[carry]]ing weights and thus take a different number of Pikmin to carry. [[Red Pikmin]], [[Yellow Pikmin]], [[Blue Pikmin]], [[White Pikmin]], and [[Winged Pikmin]] can carry 1 weight unit. [[Rock Pikmin]] can carry 3 weight units. [[Purple Pikmin]] can carry 5 weight units. Below is a table of the weight of each collectable item (in weight units) and the maximum number of Pikmin that can carry it (as a number of Pikmin).

An expedition has 2 stages. First, the Pikmin run from the player's location to the location of the item. Then, they pick up the item and carry it back to the player. These stages take different lengths of time. The time it takes for the Pikmin to carry the item back also depends on the player's movement, as the expedition will not be over until the Pikmin reach the player's current location. If the player moves away from the expedition, it will take more time, and if they move towards it, it will take less time. This can make the time estimate from the beginning of the expedition inaccurate.

Each Pikmin type has 2 attributes that go into speed calculation: its carrying strength, and its speed modifier. These are listed in the table below. Note that the modifiers are inverted from what you might expect – for example, a modifier of 0.5 is twice as fast as a modifier of 1 (as it takes half of the time). The last column lists the relative speeds, but these values are not used for speed calculation.

!Speed modifier

|0.8×<ref group="note" name="pr">While the base speed of Purple Pikmin and Rock Pikmin may be lower then normal, their increased carrying strength means that they are actually faster than most types.</ref>

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The running speed of the group in meters per second is equal to 4 divided by the average speed modifier of all the Pikmin in the group. For example, a group with equal numbers of [[Red Pikmin]] and [[White Pikmin]] has an average speed modifier of 0.75, and 4 divided by 0.75 is approximately 5.333, so this group will run at about 5.333 meters per second.

The carrying speed of the group in meters per second is equal to the total strength of the group, divided by the weight of the object being carried, divided by the average speed modifier of all the Pikmin in the group. For example, a [[Fruit (Pikmin Bloom)|fruit]] (with a weight of 6), carried by 3 [[Blue Pikmin]] and 2 [[Purple Pikmin]] (with a total carrying strength of 13 and an average speed modifier of 1.1), will be carried at 13 / 6 / 1.1 = about 1.9697 meters per second.