Automatic Gear

Automatic Gear
This ship part is required for the S.S. Dolphin to escape the planet.
Weight	15
Max. carriers	25 Pikmin
Location	The Forest Navel

The Automatic Gear (オートマチック・ギア^?, lit.: "Automatic Gear") is a ship part in Pikmin. It chugs along at its own pace and it makes piloting easier, giving Captain Olimar time to concentrate on finer points of space travel. When collected, this part does not change the S.S. Dolphin's appearance.

Collecting the part

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Location of the Automatic Gear.

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

The Automatic Gear is found in The Forest Navel, on a ledge near the landing site, where a climbing stick must be built to get to it. As it is in a high place, Pikmin can lose their flowers when they fall off the edge while carrying it. The tilted ship part glitch can also occur due to the long drop.

To avoid your Pikmin getting deflowered, you can call them back just as they are walking off the edge. Another useful method is to simply walk away. If the Pikmin are out of the view of the camera, they will not get deflowered. This technique is also useful for getting other ship parts in the game. Due to several Shearwigs being in the area where the Pikmin fall, you must take precautions to ensure no Pikmin deaths.

Fiery Blowhogs can also wander into the drop point of the part later in the day, so it may be a good idea to use Red Pikmin. If doing a speedrun, have your Pikmin work on collecting this part while you discover the Blue Pikmin, as the Blue Onion and the part are very close together.

Notes

Olimar's monologs

“I've found the Automatic Gear!

This thing chugs right along at its own pace. It makes piloting much easier, giving me time to concentrate on the finer points of space travel.

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It has thin cracks running through it. I tried to fill them with dirt... I hope it will be all right.”

Gallery

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  The Automatic Gear on the high ledge it is found on.

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  The part being retrieved to the S.S. Dolphin.

Trivia

The icon.

• A very early Treasure Hoard icon for the Omega Flywheel resembles the Automatic Gear, but is yellow instead.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	オートマチック・ギア? Otomachikku Gia	Automatic Gear
French (NoA)	Engrenage de vitesses automatique (in-game) Engrenage (final results screen)	Automatic speed gears Gear
French (NoE)	Boîte Automatique	Automatic Box
German	Autom. Getriebe	Automatic Gear
Italian	Autonavigatore	Automatic navigator
Korean	오토매틱 기어	Automatic Gear
Spanish	Transmisión	Transmission