Doomsday Apparatus

Doomsday Apparatus Treasure Hoard icon.
Number	136 (US) 135 (Europe)
Series	Dream Series
Value	× 3,000
Weight	1,000
Maximum carriers	100 Pikmin
Location	Wistful Wild
Challenge Mode levels	None

The Doomsday Apparatus is the heaviest and most valuable treasure in Pikmin 2. It is a blue, heavily rusted 1 kilogram dumbbell. It is found in the Wistful Wild, not too far from the landing site. Due to its weight, 100 Purple Pikmin are needed to be able to pick up this item; and even then, it takes at least a quarter of a day to carry back to the Hocotate ship.

Collecting the treasure

File:Doomsday Apparatus location.png

Location of the treasure on the radar. Click for a bigger image.

While carrying the treasure, it is advised to attack and defeat the Gatling Groink, Dwarf Bulborbs and Decorated Cannon Beetle – and if possible, Yellow Wollywog and Fiery Blowhog – in the area, so as to clear the way in advance for exploring the rest of the level.

The best place to amass Purples to reach 100 for the Doomsday Apparatus is the Subterranean Complex, as it has three Violet- and two Queen Candypop Buds on sublevel 8, along with many eggs and a geyser.

Weight

The label on this object says that the Doomsday Apparatus weighs 1 kilogram. This discovery has lead to a lot of confusion. Although creating a formula from this would allow easy conversion between the in-game weight units and real-world units, the theory breaks down when real-world objects are weighed and compared to the weights predicted. For example, the Proton AA treasure weighs 6 units, whereas actual AA batteries weigh as much as 25 grams.

Notes

Olimar's journal

“Perplexing mysteries are often solved in unexpected ways. When I was studying this item earlier today, I was astounded at its unbelievable bulk. It was so heavy! I would have never been able to move it without my burly purple Pikmin. Later analysis indicated this thing is in fact some kind of heavy artillery.”

Sales pitch

“An apocalyptic weapon made of super-heavy, gravity-compressed materials of unknown origin. The fact that its great weight makes it uncontrollable is, at times, a mild detriment.”

Gallery

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  The Doomsday Apparatus.

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  The Doomsday Apparatus being analyzed.

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  A real world 1k hand weight.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	超重ギガンティス?	Supermassive Giant
French	Haltère Obscur	Obscure Dumbbell
German	Höllenmaschine
Italian	Arma profetica
Spanish	Aparato apocalíptico	Apocalyptic device
Spanish (NoA)	Aparato apocalíptico	Apocalyptic device

See also

• Dream Series
• Purple Pikmin
• Wistful Wild