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Lumiknoll

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Lumiknoll
A render of a Lumiknoll  from Pikmin 4.
Appears in Pikmin 4
Scientific name Collux aeternium
Family Unknown
Areas Sun-Speckled Terrace, Blossoming Arcadia, Serene Shores, Hero's Hideaway, Giant's Hearth, Primordial Thicket
Caves None
Dandori Challenge levels None
Dandori Battle levels None
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Lumiknolls (ヒカリヅカ?, lit.: "Light Anthill") are large dirt mound nests found in night expeditions in Pikmin 4. They are the home to Glow Pikmin, and function similarly to the Onion, although their behavior is quite different.

Lumiknolls produce Glow Pikmin when fed with a certain amount of glow pellets. Smaller Lumiknolls, known as Tricknolls are also found within night expeditions and serve as an extension of the Lumiknoll, as all pellets transported to Tricknolls are transferred to the main Lumiknoll and propagate Glow Pikmin. Unlike Onions, when Glow Pikmin are produced, they will automatically appear at the player character's location. When successfully protected until morning, Lumiknolls produce an extract known as glow sap, which is used to cure castaway from their leafling affliction.

Naming

  • Common name: Lumiknoll. It is a pun of "lumino-", Latin for small lights, and "knoll", a small hill.
  • Japanese nickname: ヒカリヅカ?, lit.: "Light Anthill". This refers to how it emits light and how it looks like an anthill.
  • Japanese name: トコヨノヒカリヅカ?, lit.: "Continuing All Night Light Anthill". It refers to how the Lumiknoll must be protected all night.
  • Scientific name: Collux aeternium.
  • Internal names: WASURENAGUSA.
  • Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
  Japanese ヒカリヅカ?
Hikaridzuka
Light Anthill From ヒカリ? (lit.: "light") and アリ塚? (lit.: "anthill")
  Chinese
(traditional)
發光巢穴
Fāguāng Cháoxué
Glowing Nest
  Chinese
(simplified)
发光巢穴
Fāguāng Cháoxué
Glowing Nest
  Dutch Gloeikolonie Glow colony
  French (NoE) Lumilière Glowing Anthill From "lumineux" (glowing) and "fourmilière" (anthill)
  German Leuchtbau Glow Burrow
  Italian Luminotana Glowing Den From "luminosa" (glowing) and "tana" (den)
  Korean 빛둑
bitduk
Light Anthill From「」(light) and「개밋둑」(anthill)
  Portuguese Lampireiro Firefly Anthill From "pirilampo" (firefly) and "formigueiro" (anthill)
  Spanish (NoE) Lumiloma Glowing Hill From "luminosa" (glowing) and "loma" (hill)

Trivia

  • Lumiknoll's name could also be a pun on the chemical Luminol, used to detect trace amounts of blood in crime scenes. Like a Lumiknoll, Luminol emits a luminescent glow, although this glow is blue unlike a Lumiknoll's green.

See also