Pikmin 3 progress value
Pikmin 3 uses a variable to store progression through the game. This progress value is used for lots of things, such as controlling the weather, changing object placement in areas, controlling the end-of-day voyage log, and controlling the objectives shown on the day selection menu. As the player progresses through the game's linear story, it counts upwards, sometimes in consecutive integers and sometimes in larger jumps. Multiples of 10 generally indicate a major milestone. In almost all cases, progress values are incremented by cutscenes. While they go up immediately, many of their effects are not seen until the end of the day or the next day. Progress values can also be subdivided based on certain events, and these subdivisions are generally used to make the voyage log more relevant.
The table below lists the known values and subdivisions the progress variable can hold, along with some additional information. The trigger column lists the cutscene that increments the progress value to the value on the left. The weather column indicates if that progress value has forced weather (instead of random weather), the area the forced weather occurs (in acronym form), and what the weather is (either sunny (shine), rain, or snow). The subdivision column states the subdivisions of the progress values – most have only 1 subdivision, but some have multiple, and if so, the cause of each is listed. The objective column states the objective shown on the radar in Pikmin 3 Deluxe. The table is not complete, as it is likely some values are missing from day 1, and some triggers are not known or not confirmed.
| Value | Trigger | Weather | Subdivision | Objective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p00 | Initial value | 00 | Exploration Day 1 | |
| p10 | Intro cutscene | DT Snow | 00 | |
| p20 | End of Charlie's section of Day 1 | TW Shine | 00 | |
| p22 | Get KopPad | 00 | Find S.S. Drake! | |
| p23 | Unknown (could be paper bag or dirt wall?) | 00 | Find S.S. Drake! | |
| p30 | End of Day 1 | GoH Shine | 00 | Where's Brittany? |
| p31 | Garden of Hope initial landing | GoH Shine | 00 - default | Find Brittany! |
| 01 - no juice | Find Brittany! | |||
| p40 | See Brittany | GoH Shine | 00 - default | Find the Fruit! |
| 01 - no juice | Find the Fruit! | |||
| p41 | See the Sunseed Berry | GoH Shine | 00 - default | Save Brittany! |
| 01 - no juice | Retrieve the Fruit! | |||
| 02 - collected the first fruit | Save Brittany! | |||
| p49 | Obtain Rock Pikmin | GoH Shine | 00 - default | Brittany and the Fruit |
| 01 - unknown, probably inaccessible | Brittany and the Fruit | |||
| 02 - collected the first fruit | Save Brittany! | |||
| p50 | Rescue Brittany | 00 - default | The Captain's Signal? | |
| 01 - unknown, probably inaccessible | The Captain's Signal? | |||
| 02 - collected the first fruit | The Captain's Signal? | |||
| 03 - seen the rotten tree cutscene | The Captain's Signal? | |||
| p51 | Get Olimar's data file in the corridor | 00 | Follow the Signal! | |
| p58 | See the Armored Mawdad | 00 | Defeat the Armored Mawdad! | |
| p59 | Defeat the Armored Mawdad | GoH Rain | 00 | Recover the Device! |
| p60 | Collect the Data Glutton | DT Snow | 00 | Find the Captain! |
| p61 | Distant Tundra initial landing | DT Snow | 00 | Find Alph! |
| p70 | Leave Brittany's cave | DT Snow | 00 - default | Reunite with Brittany! |
| 01 - second day in the Distant Tundra | Reunite with Brittany! | |||
| p71 | Distant Tundra third landing without saving Brittany | DT Shine | 00 - default | Reunite with Brittany! |
| 01 - fourth day in the Distant Tundra? | Reunite with Brittany! | |||
| p80 | Complete the double bridge | 00 - default | Where's the Captain? | |
| 01 - second day after completing the bridge? | Where's the Captain? | |||
| p88 | See the Vehemoth Phosbat | 00 | Defeat the Vehemoth Phosbat! | |
| p90 | Defeat the Vehemoth Phosbat | TW Shine | 00 - default | Find the Cosmic-Drive Key! |
| 01 - second day not in the Tropical Wilds | Find the Cosmic-Drive Key! | |||
| 02 - third day not in the Tropical Wilds? | Find the Cosmic-Drive Key! | |||
| p91 | Tropical Wilds initial landing after Charlie | TW Shine | 00 - default | Follow the Mystery Signal! |
| 01 - second day before seeing phone (any area) | Follow the Mystery Signal! | |||
| p97 | See the phone | TW Shine | 00 | The Sandbelching Meerslug |
| p98 | See the Sandbelching Meerslug | TW Shine | 00 | The Sandbelching Meerslug |
| p99 | Defeat the Sandbelching Meerslug | TW Rain | 00 | Recover the High-Tech Device! |
| p100 | Collect the Folded Data Glutton | TR Shine | 00 | To Twilight River! |
| p101 | Twilight River initial landing | TR Shine | 00 | Track the Mystery Signal! |
| p102 | See the Winged Onion | TR Shine | 00 | Save the Winged Onion! |
| p103 | Free the Winged Onion | TR Shine | 00 | Winged Pikmin! |
| p104 | Obtain Winged Pikmin | TR Shine | 00 | SOS from Olimar |
| p105 | Lift the dam | 00 | Save Olimar! | |
| p117 | See the Scornet Maestro | 00 | Defeat the Scornet Maestro! | |
| p118 | Defeat the Scornet Maestro | TR Rain | 00 | Retrieve Olimar! |
| p119 | Collect Louie (first time) | 00 | Find Fruit! | |
| p120 | Unknown (Louie's landing?) | GoH Shine | 00 | Follow Olimar! |
| p121 | Unknown (Louie's landing?) | GoH Shine | 00 - default | Follow Olimar! |
| 01 - start lifting Blue Onion | The Blue Onion | |||
| p122 | Lift the Flukeweed with the Blue Onion | GoH Shine | 00 | Blue Pikmin |
| p123 | Obtain Blue Pikmin | GoH Rain | 00 | Find the Hocotatian! |
| p128 | Awaken the Quaggled Mireclops | GoH Rain | 00 | Save the Hocotatian! |
| p129 | Defeat the Quaggled Mireclops | GoH Shine | 00 | Retrieve the Hocotatian! |
| p130 | Collect Louie (second time) | FO Shine | 00 | Head to the Formidable Oak! |
| p131 | Formidable Oak initial landing | FO Shine | 00 | Find Captain Olimar! |
| p132 | See Olimar | FO Shine | 00 | Save Captain Olimar! |
| p133 | Enter the cave in the Formidable Oak | FO Rain | 00 | Save Captain Olimar! |
| p134 | See the Plasm Wraith | FO Rain | 00 | Save Captain Olimar! |
| p140 | Defeat the Plasm Wraith | 00 - 0-32 fruits | ||
| 01 - 33-53 fruits | ||||
| 02 - 54-65 fruits | ||||
| 03 - all 66 fruits |
To do: Find missing or unconfirmed information, and if possible, add columns for the effects of progress values on other things. Also, elaborate exactly on how the variable works and what values it can contain. Is it a string? Is "p00" acceptable, or does it have to be "p00_01"? etc.
