Blunt force
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Blunt force is a non-elemental hazard in the Pikmin series, and consists of two physical forces: crushing and stabbing. Rock Pikmin can withstand blunt force attacks, and because they have such a solid body, their attacks could almost be considered blunt force in and of themselves.
Crushing
Pikmin have weak bodies that cannot resist most forms of crushing forces, except for Rock Pikmin. Once a Pikmin is crushed, it becomes flat in whatever direction it was crushed, then disappears with a soul, with no way to save its life. However, Rock Pikmin merely become partially buried in the ground, unharmed, and must be left to unearth themselves automatically after some seconds.
Leaders are not immune to crushing either. If a leader is crushed, they will become flat for a second, and slowly return to their original size. Being crushed normally causes considerable damage, and recovering from the hit may allow the leader to be hit by a different attack while they are unable to react.
Stabbing
Stabbing is a force similar to crushing, in that Rock Pikmin are immune to it. Whereas most Pikmin would get skewered, Rock Pikmin are simply knocked back from stabbing attacks. Leaders that suffer a stabbing attack either stay in place or are thrown back a fair distance from the impact.
Sources
The following is a sample list of sources of blunt force:
- Boulder – large rocks that can crush Pikmin they land on or roll over.
- Crystal nodule – chunks of crystal that are capable of crushing Pikmin they land on top of.
- Iron ball – iron balls roll down slopes, and can crush things in their path.
- File:P3 Yellow Wollywog icon.png Amphitubers – enemies that jump into the air and then fall down, crushing prey below them.
- Arachnorbs – many members of this family have large feet that can stamp on Pikmin and leaders.
- Burrow-nits – these enemies thrust their proboscis out to stab Pikmin with before consuming them.
- File:P2 Armored Cannon Beetle Larva icon.png Lithopods – lithopods can spit out rocks that crush everything in their path.
- Crystalline Fingerslip – carries a crystal nodules between its legs, and drops it on top of Pikmin.
- Emperor Bulblax – the Emperor Bulblax's jumping attack can crush Pikmin under it.
- Plasm Wraith – the Plasm Wraith's normal attack involves a series of stabbing movements, and the creature can spit out Elemental Plasms that shape into crystal blocks, capable of crushing Pikmin.
- Skutterchuck – the crystal nodules they lob crush anything under them.
- Speargrub – if non-Rock Pikmin are thrown at the creature, its spikes will kill them.
- Sprinting Dirigibug – skewers Pikmin on its sharp front legs and then stuffs them into its mouth to eat them.
In fanon games
Below this point is where users place their version of blunt force.
In Pikmin: Wide World
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Blunt force is a common hazard in Pikmin: Wide World, having three forms, which are crushing, impaling, and pinching, and being utilized in a large variety of ways by many creatures native to PNF-404. Any Pikmin that is crushed will become flat in whatever direction it was crushed in and emit a distinct sound, before dying and leaving behind a soul. A Pikmin that is impaled becomes stuck on whatever impaled it and often the only way to save its life is to kill whatever had impaled that Pikmin, although in rare cases impaled Pikmin can instead be whistled to safety. Pikmin that are pinched emit a distinct shriek and run around frantically in panic for a brief time. Rock Pikmin are immune to all three forms of blunt force; being crushed partially embeds them into the ground for a short time, and they eventually unearth themselves after some seconds, although this can be accelerated by whistling them; attempts to impale them result in them being knocked back a distance equivalent to the force enacted upon them; lastly, their hard, dense bodies prevent them from being able to be pinched. Leaders may reduce the amount of damage they take from being bitten, crushed, impaled, and pinched by equipping the Metal Suit Z.
Additionally, some larger enemies have a chance to cause boulders to fall from the cave ceiling upon colliding with a wall hard enough, even if they don't directly utilize earth.
Many lithopods, namely Armored Cannon Grubs, Armored Cannon Beetles, Decorated Cannon Grubs, Decorated Cannon Beetles, and Rusted Cannon Beetles, defend themselves by launching boulders from their mouth, and the properties of the boulders vary with each lithopod. Stonespitting Dirigibugs regurgitate rocks, which crush anything they land on and crumble upon impact with the ground. Skutterchucks weaponize small objects, an example being crystal nodules, and lob them onto Pikmin and leaders. Sparkling Dirigibugs regurgitate a few Sparklium stones of random quality before fleeing. Stony Flint Beetles attempt to crush their attackers by rolling objects over them, an example of one such object being boulders.
Boulders are large, spherical rocks that are used offensively by enemies and can fall from cave ceilings. Rocks are essentially small boulders that can be picked up and thrown by leaders to inflict heavy damage to enemies, eventually breaking after some uses. Sparklium stones may be used identically to rocks, but yield a wealth of Sparklium upon breaking, which scales up along with its quality. Crystal nodules are small pieces of crystal that may be weaponized by various enemies.
Armored Cannon Grub
Battering Groink
Calcified Crushblat
Cloaking Burrow-nit
Clumsy Blubbug
Crammed Wraith
Crawbster Young
Creeping Chrysanthemum pins those it sets on
Crystal Kettlebug
Crystalline Bulborb does not stab
Crystalline Crushblat
Dangling Splurchin
Decorated Cannon Grub
Dwarf Crystalline Bulborb does not stab
Elongated Mockiwi
Fandangled Isleclops can only kick pikmin away
Fiery Wollywog
Fleeting Splurchin
Flighty Joustmite
Ghost Wollywog
Greater Grabbit
Jackwig only stings
Joustmite
Large Splurchin
Magnetic Joustmite
Pale Wollywog
Peach Bulborb
Pinching Sheargrub
Prickly Splurchin
Sandy Speargrub
Shearblug
Shearpion
Skutterchuck
Sparkling Dirigibug
Speargrub
Spiny Burrow-nit
Spiny Coppeller
Stonespitting Dirigibug
Trampling Mamuta
Volatile Splurchin
Yellow Wollywog
Ancient Bulblax
Angler Bulblax
Armored Cannon Beetle
Armurk
Baldy Long Legs
Beady Long Legs
Bullwog
Clawed Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
Decorated Cannon Beetle
Diamond Long Legs
Ebony Waddlepus
Emberglow Phosbat crashland
Emperor Bulblax
Emperor Bulbot
Emperor Pinchipede
Empress Breadblax
Empress Orange Bulblax
Empress Red Bulblax
Empress Spotty Bulblax
Frosted Arcticlops
Greater Bladed Beeb
Greater Bulbot
Greater Studded Beeb
Grimacing Cremblub
Hydroe Host
King Beeb
Luminous Long Legs
Monochromatic Pinchipede
Monster Dumple
Mossy Long Legs
Noxious Crawbster
Plasm Wraith
Quaggled Mireclops
Raging Long Legs
Rusted Cannon Beetle
Sandbelching Meerslug
Segmented Crawbster
Shaggy Long Legs
Spiny Snagret
Stamping Long Legs
Stony Flint Beetle
Titan Cottonade
Titan Dweevil
Titan Webber Dweevil
Translucent Wollybot
Tusked Elephog
Vehemoth Phosbat crashland
Waterwraith
Woolly Mammhog
Yellow Wollybot
Bramble
Spiny Spiderwort
Thorned Posy
Boulder
Crystal nodule
Crystal stalactite
Iron ball
Material block (soil, packed soil, cobblestone, metal)
Rock
Snowball
Sweetgum pod
Wooden stake require blunt force to clear
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