Fragments are a gameplay object introduced in Pikmin 3. They appear in certain locations as a pile of small broken pieces of tile, rock or china, colored as green, blue, grey, or purple. When Pikmin are directed at a pile of fragments, they pick up pieces and set them down over a nearby gap or body of water. As the number above the fragment pile decreases, the pile will get smaller, and then Pikmin will form a bridge using the pieces they set down. When all the pieces are used up, the "puzzle complete" theme will play and the Pikmin will gather at the now depleted fragment pile, and become idle.
As long as Pikmin are left alone while working on a bridge, they will constantly march back and forth to the fragment pile until the bridge is fully built.
Most fragments appear near broken pots or ceramics in general, which have been broken in half, or sometime in the most random of place, such as inside Crystal Nodules, or just sitting in rather random areas in some areas.
Notes
Story Mode Hints
"After carrying Fragments, Pikmin return to where the Fragments were!"
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