Onion: Difference between revisions

|name      = Lillium pikminporta

|areas    = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Forest Navel]], [[Valley of Repose]], [[Awakening Wood]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Distant Tundra]], [[Twilight River]], [[Rescue Command Post]], [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]], [[Serene Shores]], [[Hero's Hideaway]], [[Giant's Hearth]], [[Primordial Thicket]]

Onions seem to have some level of sentience, in that if all Pikmin of the same color are lost, the corresponding Onion will produce a single seed the following day to prevent [[Pikmin extinction|extinction]]. An Onion can also spit out a Pikmin seed if it detects that the only Pikmin available cannot be reached, as is the case when [[Louie]] first finds the Red Onion in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. Captain Olimar notes this on his [[Olimar's voyage log]].{{cite quote|When all of one color are lost, the Onion instinctively puts out new seeds... How does it know to do this? What a mysterious life-form!|Captain Olimar|his logs about a partial Pikmin extinction}} In addition, they seem to "awaken" when a [[leader]] approaches them for the first time, and are capable of following the ship at daybreak. They know that as a general rule, they should not suck in leaders that are being [[carry|carried]] (and will issue [[Easter eggs#Fireworks|fireworks]] if that is attempted). However, Onions do suck in leaders and [[castaway]]s if someone is trying to make a [[leafling]] out of them, as in {{p4}} and [[Olimar as Pikmin|to Olimar]] in the bad ending of ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]''; this suggests that Onions can understand nearby Pikmin and [[Moss]]'s intentions.  

In ''Pikmin 4'', two Yellow Onions can be found by the leader character or Oatchi. One is behind a [[bag]] in the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]] that must be flattened by throwing ten Pikmin on top of it, the other is on top of a flowered hill accessible via a ramp in the [[Blossoming Arcadia]]. In Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, Yellow Onions are present on the right side of the Sun-Speckled Terrace as well as in the Blossoming Arcadia. In both modes, Yellow Onions [[weight|weigh]] 20 units and getting a second Yellow Onion propagates 20 Yellow Pikmin.

''Pikmin 4'' marks the first time in the main series that the Onion is not the last to be found, with the first one located near the first [[Dandori Battle]] cave in [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]], although it cannot be brought back until the water nearby is frozen with a large amount of Ice Pikmin, or until enough wild Blue Pikmin to carry it across have been found. It can also be collected without either type using Oatchi's [[Oatchi#Super Buff|Super Buff]] and [[Oatchi#Doggy-Paddle|Doggy-Paddle]] with an [[Ice Blast]]. Another Blue Onion can be found in [[Serene Shores]], near the encounter with the [[Crusted Rumpup]] in a small pool beyond a climbing wall which must be built. Since it is submerged and Oatchi cannot access this area, Blue Pikmin must already be found to collect it. In Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, there are Blue Onions in the Blossoming Arcadia and Serene Shores. Regardless of game mode, a Blue Onion weighs 20 units.

The Rock Onion is the Onion that holds [[Rock Pikmin]]. It can be found in the Garden of Hope, right in the cave next to the area in which Brittany was being held. A [[Medusal Slurker]] guards the [[crystal]] holding the Rock Onion, and it is holding six Rock Pikmin inside of it. Near the Rock Onion there are 3 crystals, two of which hold 1-[[pellet]]s, and the last of which holds a [[Data File]] explaining how carrying works with multiple types of Pikmin holding the object. The Medusal Slurker can also be carried back to the Onion. In ''Pikmin 4'', a single Rock Onion can be found in the [[Giant's Hearth]], guarded by a [[Sovereign Bulblax]]. It weighs 30 units.

The Winged Onion{{cite quote|Save the Winged Onion!|Title of a day where the player has discovered but not saved the Winged Onion|the [[day selection menu]]}} is home to the [[Winged Pikmin]]. Upon reaching the [[Twilight River]] and walking around, the player will get a [[cutscene]] showing that the Winged Onion is trapped in an [[Arachnode]] web. However, the Onion is located across the River, and a rather large [[bridge]] must be built across it to reach the other shore. Once the Onion is freed from the web, it will spit out one Winged Pikmin seed. Near the Onion are many Flukeweeds, which hold 1-pellets, 5-pellets, [[nectar egg]]s, and [[Female Sheargrub]]s underneath them. There is also a [[Glitches in Pikmin 3#Early Winged Pikmin|glitch]] that allows the player to reach the other shore without the need to build the bridge, though it is recommended as it will help with carrying back objects.

 

In ''Pikmin 4'', a single Winged Onion can be found in the [[Primordial Thicket]], on a ledge next to a [[Dandori Challenge]] and a bottomless bog. It is one of the few in the game that is not buried when it is discovered. It weighs 10 units.

In ''Pikmin 2'' and ''Pikmin 3'', White Pikmin were only available by converting other-colored Pikmin into them with [[Ivory Candypop Bud]]s. However, the existence of a White Onion was proven in ''Pikmin 4''. After the player completes [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]], they will unlock a special [[cave]] in the [[Rescue Command Post]], called the [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]. In its 5th story, [[Trial of the Sage Leaf#5th Story: The White Key|The White Key]], the White Onion can be discovered behind a numbered [[gate]], requiring [[Pikmin 4 player character|the player]] to collect the "[[Sacred Sphere Series|nine dragon jewels]]" to open it. Once the player transports the onion to the [[S.S. Beagle]] and completes the story (with any rank), they will unlock the White Onion for use above ground. This Onion weighs 10 units.

Similar to the White Pikmin, Purple Pikmin were only available via [[Violet Candypop Bud]]s prior to ''Pikmin 4'' and were believed to not have an Onion. Like the White Onion, it can be unlocked in the [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]], this time within its 10th and final story, [[Trial of the Sage Leaf#Final Story: The Purple Key|The Purple Key]]. The Onion is on a ledge near the [[S.S. Beagle]], but across a small opening only [[Pikmin 4 player character|the player]] can go through, meaning the Onion must be carried through a maze of obstacles (including a patrolling [[Waterwraith]]). Once the player transports the Onion to the S.S. Beagle and completes the story (with any rank), they will unlock the Purple Onion for use above ground.

 

The Purple Onion is by far the heaviest one in ''Pikmin 4'', with a weight of 100 units.

The Ice Onion is home to ''Pikmin 4'''s [[Ice Pikmin]]. It can be found encased in [[hydro jelly]] in the north of the [[Hero's Hideaway]]. The Onion cannot be reached without traversing through the [[Frozen Inferno]], which by extension requires the player to have unlocked the [[Scorch Guard]] for both their character and [[Oatchi]]. This makes the Ice Onion in ''Pikmin 4'' the only Onion in the series to require an upgrade to obtain. The Ice Onion weighs 30 units.

Flarlic is introduced in ''Pikmin 4''. It does not fulfil the role of Onions in a typical sense, but the game's Piklopedia and completion counters count Flarlics as Onions. They simply increase the maximum Pikmin limit of an Onion by ten when brought back to the Master Onion, up to a maximum of 100. More Flarlics after that will instead force the Onion to produce [[nectar]] and [[ultra-spicy spray]].

* Four black, or possibly dark gray, akin to [[Rock Pikmin]].

* Two cyan, similar to the [[Ice Pikmin]].

* One lime-green. While [[Glow Pikmin]] are lime-green, they do not interact with Onions.

In ''Pikmin 2''{{'s}} [[2-Player Battle]], ''Pikmin 3''{{'s}} [[Bingo Battle]] and ''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} [[Dandori Battle]]s, each player has one Onion in their base. To earn points, a player must carry back objects to their assigned Onion which, unlike other game modes, will also accept [[treasure]]s and [[fruit]]s. These Onions act differently from any game's [[Story Mode]]: they cannot store extra Pikmin, and leaders cannot take Pikmin out or put them in. In the former two battle modes, they also spit out Pikmin to replace those that have been lost to enemy Pikmin without needing nutrients to do so.

In 2-Player Battles, the first player gets a Red Onion, while the second player owns a Blue Onion. In Bingo Battles the first player is assigned a cyan-colored Onion that pulses yellow, and the second player receives a magenta-colored Onion that pulses orange; these colors are merely used to tell teams apart and do not indicate which Pikmin types will be used in the battle.

In Dandori Battles, the first player (the protagonist in Story Mode) receives a cyan Onion while the second player is assigned a magenta Onion; like in Bingo Battle, these colors merely tell teams apart. Both players' Onions produce live Pikmin that do not go through the sprout stage. Onions in a Dandori Battle are susceptible to [[Sneak Bomb]]s, which, if delivered by the enemy player, will explode inside the Onion and force it to eject points in the form of a substance called Dandorium.

In {{hp}}, there's only one Onion and it is present since the beginning of the game, fully developed. It does, however, not have any impact on gameplay as it can only be seen in cutscenes, [[Pikmin Park]], and the results screen. Interestingly, this Onion contains colored swirls for all main Pikmin colors, including purple and white, which do not appear in the game and did not have Onions at the time of the game's release.

|common    = Onion. The [[Sage Leaf]] (who appears to have been a leafling since long before Olimar's first visit to PNF-404) instead refers to the Purple and White Onions as the "purple jewel" and the "white jewel" respectively.

**''Pikmin 4'' is the only game to feature more than one Onion per color and that Onions are not required to beat the game.