Pikmin 5: Apex Predator/Difficulty

Pikmin 5: Apex Predator This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin 5: Apex Predator, a fanon game created by Green Crawbster.

Pikmin 5: Apex Predator has three defined difficulties to choose from, as well as a customizable difficulty in which elements are individually adjustable.

Easy

• The player character has all spacesuit upgrades active.
• Enemies are slower, have a smaller detection range, and have less health.
• Enemies have a very low limit on how many Pikmin an attack can affect.
• Enemy populations are lower and enemies take longer to reappear after death.
• Enemies provide 33% more seeds than normal when brought to the Onion.
• Only five berries are needed to concoct a spray.
• Hazards take 10 seconds on average to kill Pikmin, and ice and electricity are nonlethal.

Normal

• The player character has none of the spacesuit upgrades.
• Enemies have normal speeds, detection ranges, and vitality.
• Enemies have a normal limit on how many Pikmin an attack can affect.
• Enemies have normal population and respawn times.
• Enemies provide normal amounts of Pikmin when brought to the Onion.
• Ten berries are needed to concoct a spray.
• Hazards take 5 seconds on average to kill Pikmin, and ice and electricity can kill.

Hard

• The player character has none of the spacesuit upgrades.
• Enemies will go far from their territories to hunt Pikmin down and have higher speed and health.
• Enemies have virtually no limit on how many Pikmin an attack can affect.
• Enemies have much higher density and reappear much quicker after dying.
• Enemies only provide 66% of the normal Pikmin when brought to the Onion
• Fifteen berries are needed to concoct a spray.
• Hazards take 2 seconds on average to kill Pikmin, and ice, electricity, and fire are instantly lethal.

Custom

These factors can be changed on their own to create a custom difficulty. This way, new and seasoned players alike can enjoy the game how they want.

• Pre-obtained upgrades;
• Enemy speed, range, and health;
• Enemy attack Pikmin limit;
• Enemy population density and respawn time;
• Enemy seed yield;
• Berries per spray;
• Hazard lethality.