Armored Nut

Armored Nut
Number	21
Series	Xenoflora Series
Value	× 60
Weight	4
Maximum carriers	8 Pikmin
Location	Wistful Wild
Challenge Mode levels	Hot House, Cave of Snarls, Rumbling Grotto

For the larger Acorn, see Corpulent Nut.

The Armored Nut (ヒラノミ^?, lit.: "Low-grade Employee's Seed") is a treasure in Pikmin 2. It is a small acorn that falls under the Xenoflora Series. It is found in the Wistful Wild inside a Creeping Chrysanthemum.

As Olimar's notes on the treasure indicate, it's location lines up perfectly with where the Onions - specifically the Blue one - landed at The Impact Site in Pikmin.

Collecting the treasureEdit

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Location of the Armored Nut.

The following article or section contains guides.
The strategies shown are just suggestions.

The Creeping Chrysanthemum that is nearest to the Hole of Heroes has the Armored Nut. The path the Pikmin take back to the Ship is filled with a variety of enemies that will likely all need to be killed, such as the Cloaking Burrow-Nit and Yellow Wollyhop in the area with the bridge, and the Decorated Cannon Beetle close to the Ship itself. The roaming Gatling Groink, if it has not been killed, is a priority, as it may ambush Pikmin carrying the Armored Nut back.

Notes

Olimar's journal

“I've never tasted a nut quite like this. It's difficult to explain, but it tastes like...sorrow.

PS: I can't shake the feeling that I've been here before. Aha! This must be the exact spot where I crash-landed last time!”

Sales pitch

“This common, ordinary nut somehow reminds me of myself and fills me with sadness.”

GalleryEdit

Artwork for the Armored Nut.
The Armored Nut in the Wistful Wild.
The Armored Nut being analyzed by the Hocotate ship.
The Treasure Hoard icon of the Armored Nut in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
An acorn from the real world.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒラノミ^? Hira no Mi	Low-grade Employee's Seed, hira being Japanese slang for low-grade employee.
French	Noisette Mélancolique	Melancholic Nut
French (NoA)	Noisette blindée	Armored nut
German	Gepanzerte Nuss	Armored Nut
Italian	Noce corazzata	Armored Nut
Spanish	Fruto acorazado	Armored fruit

Treasure Hoard
Succulent Series	Cupid's Grenade • Sunseed Berry • Combustion Berry • Seed of Greed • Disguised Delicacy • Insect Condo • Citrus Lump
Nature's Candy Series	Spiny Alien Treat • Anxious Sprout • Child of the Earth • Love Nugget • Infernal Vegetable • Anti-hiccup Fungus • Toxic Toadstool • Growshroom • Onion Replica
Xenoflora Series	Science Project • Pilgrim Bulb • Arboreal Frippery • Conifer Spire • Armored Nut • Corpulent Nut
Gourmet Series	Meat of Champions • Hideous Victual • Meat Satchel • Taste Sensation • Triple Sugar Threat
Sweet Tooth Series	Compelling Cookie • Impenetrable Cookie • Bug Bait • Imperative Cookie • Comfort Cookie • Succulent Mattress • King of Sweets • Enamel Buster • Diet Doomer • Pale Passion • White Goodness • Chocolate Cushion • Sweet Dreamer • Confection Hoop • Pastry Wheel
Paleontology Series	Possessed Squash • Fossilized Ursidae • Colossal Fossil • Leviathan Feather • Olimarnite Shell • Fortified Delicacy • Scrumptious Shell • Memorial Shell • Mysterious Remains (US/EU only)
Ancient Secrets Series	Crystal King • Future Orb • Gyroid Bust • Unknown Merit • Lustrous Element • Mirrored Element
Cook's Arsenal Series	Vorpal Platter • Invigorator • Milk Tub • Broken Cooking God (JP only) • Merciless Extractor (US/EU only) • Broken Food Master (US only) • Divine Cooking Tool (EU/JP only) • Utter Scrap
Tortured Artist Series	Decorative Goo • Master's Instrument • Manual Honer • Implement of Toil • Heavy-duty Magnetizer • Harmonic Synthesizer • Emperor Whistle • Director of Destiny
Modern Amenities Series	Sud Generator • Flame of Tomorrow • Lightning Bolt (JP only) • Impediment Scourge (US/EU only) • Family Raft (JP only) • Dimensional Slicer (US only) • Time Capsule • Lip Service (US/EU only) • Mirrored Stage • Behemoth Jaw
Frigid Series	Joy Receptacle • Fleeting Art Form • Danger Chime • Spouse Alert • Innocence Lost • Essential Furnishing • Icon of Progress
Hyper-technology Series	Temporal Mechanism • Mystical Disc • Vacuum Processor • Indomitable CPU • Network Mainbrain • Space Wave Receiver • Sulking Antenna • Nouveau Table
Industrial Set	Omega Flywheel • Spirit Flogger • Superstrong Stabilizer • Repair Juggernaut • Adamantine Girdle • Massage Girdle • Superstick Textile • Exhausted Superstick • Furious Adhesive
Husband's Tears Series	Petrified Heart • Eternal Emerald Eye • Regal Diamond • Tear Stone • Princess Pearl • Crystal Clover
Space Love Series	Unspeakable Wonder • Essence of Rage • Essence of Despair • Essence of True Love • Essence of Desire • Pink Menace • Joyless Jewel • Frosty Bauble • Gemstar Wife • Gemstar Husband • Universal Com
Crystallized Emotion Series	Omniscient Sphere • Crystallized Telepathy • Love Sphere • Crystallized Telekinesis • Mirth Sphere • Crystallized Clairvoyance
Dream Series	Maternal Sculpture • Extreme Perspirator • Rubber Ugly • Paradoxical Enigma • Silencer • Wiggle Noggin • Coiled Launcher • Magical Stage (EU/JP only) • Boom Cone (US only) • Flame Tiller • Doomsday Apparatus • Aquatic Mine • Ultimate Spinner (JP only) • Stupendous Lens (US only) • Air Brake • Worthless Statue • Priceless Statue • Boss Stone • Luck Wafer • Talisman of Life • Strife Monolith • Chance Totem
Blast from the Past Series	Dream Architect • Stone of Glory • Glee Spinner • Cosmic Archive • Remembered Old Buddy • Fond Gyro Block • Memorable Gyro Block • Lost Gyro Block • Favorite Gyro Block • Treasured Gyro Block
Mystical Energy Series	Proton AA (US/EU only) • Proton X (JP only) • Durable Energy Cell (US/EU only) • Omegatron (JP only) • Courage Reactor (US/EU only) • Yell Battery (JP only) • Fuel Reservoir (US/EU only) • Revised Eternal Fuel Dynamo (JP only) • Love and Courage Reactor (JP only) • Alternative Reactor (JP only)
Massive Receptacle Series	Container of Knowledge (EU only) • Container of Sea Bounty (EU only) • Drone Supplies (US only) • Patience Tester (US/EU only) • Endless Repository (US only) • Perfect Container (EU only) • Fruit Guard (US only) • Nutrient Silo (US/EU only) • Stringent Container (US only) • Survival Container (EU only) • Endless Repository (EU/JP only) • Open Architecture (EU/JP only) • Permanent Container (EU/JP only) • Empty Space Container (EU/JP only) • Open Archive (EU/JP only) • Plentiful Tank (EU only) • Drone Supplies (EU only)
Survival Series (US only)	Survival Ointment • Healing Cask
Mystery Disc Series (JP only)	Estimated Object GF • Coiny The Refined • Milky Team • Milk Lid • Good Old Memories • Paper Slider • Understood Person Symbol • Flying Saucer • Universally Best Art • Inviting...Thing • Idea Assistant • Seat of Enlightenment • Milky Cradle • Anywhere Floater
Ancient Ad Series	Abstract Masterpiece (in this series in US only) • Optical Illustration (US only) • Thirst Activator (US only) • Yellow Taste Tyrant (US/EU only) • Salivatrix (US/EU only) • Gherkin Gate (US/EU only) • Alien Billboard (in this series in US/EU only) • Activity Arouser (in this series in US only)
Odd Logo Series	Alien Billboard (in this series in JP only) • Hypnotic Platter (US/EU only) • Massive Lid (US only) • Pondering Emblem (US/EU only) • Happiness Emblem (US/EU only) • Abstract Masterpiece (in this series in EU only) • Activity Arouser (in this series in EU only) • Quenching Emblem • Drought Ender • Creative Inspiration (US only)
Explorer's Friend Series	Spherical Atlas • Geographic Projection • Prototype Detector • Five-man Napsack • Brute Knuckles • Repugnant Appendage • Stellar Orb • Forged Courage • Dream Material • Justice Alloy • Amplified Amplifier • Professional Noisemaker • The Key
Titan Dweevil Series	Shock Therapist • Flare Cannon • Comedy Bomb • Monster Pump • King of Bugs
Note: The Nintendo Switch port uses the US treasures in all regions.