- For answers to commonly asked Sickness questions, see below.
Sometimes a Piñata will get sick. A sick piñata gets a green tint, and lies on the ground looking and sounding unwell. Players may call Doc Patchingo to heal a sick resident piñata for a small fee. If left untreated, the witch doctor Dastardos will make his way to the sick piñata and eventually break it once he reaches the piñata. A sick non-resident piñata in Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise will break quickly on its own. An alert will appear when a piñata gets sick.
Reasons why a Piñata gets sick are:
- Losing a fight. This increases the "times injured" count, but otherwise has the same effects as getting sick by other means.
- Eating Sour Candy.
- Getting whacked with the shovel multiple times.
- Near poisonous plants, like the toadstool.
- Not enough room to roam, due to being trapped or confined in a fenced area too small.
If there is a resident Chewnicorn in the garden, it is possible to direct it to a sick piñata to heal it. Note that after a Chewnicorn has healed a piñata, some time must pass before it can heal again.
Additionally, the Halo of Hardness accessory will automatically heal a sick piñata that has it on.
Broken piñatas
When a resident piñata is broken, it will float to the edge of the garden and reform as a wild piñata, losing its name, stats, and any accessories it may have been wearing. The candy in the piñata will be left in the garden for other piñata to eat.
Also, if a certain type of Piñata is beaten too much, they will be reluctant to visit the garden.
Commonly Asked Questions
What can I do about sick non-residents?
Use a Chewnicorn to heal a sick non-resident (if it's within the garden).
Lots of my animals are suddenly coming down ill... what can I do?
Make sure the garden doesn't have any Weeds like the toadstool, which will make piñatas ill, or the thistle, which will irritate piñatas and make them fight. In Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, the Hemlock weed causes piñatas to fart Sour Candy when eaten, and spreads quickly due to being eaten and dying afterwards, so if lots of alerts about stunted plants pop up along with this, Hemlocks are probably the cause.
| Gameplay elements | |
|---|---|
| Player | Tower of Sour · Chocolate Coin · Alert · Award · Achievement · Gardener level · Journal · Camera · Concept art · Player Permissions · Training episode · Label · Label Designer · Crate |
| Garden | Weather · Day and night cycle · Fertilizer · Transformation · Candy · Shop · Pinometer · Helper · Piñata Vision · Bouncer Board · Garden Store · Trap · Playground · Just for Fun · Cursor |
| Tools | Watering can · Shovel · Surface Packet · Trick Stick · Seed Bag · Fertilizer Bag · Bait Bag |
| Piñatas | Species · Variant · Wild · Resident · Egg · Cocoon · Sour · Evolution · Romance · Conflict · Fight · Sickness · Wild-card · Happiness Rating · Food chain · Accessory · Costume · Trick · Item level · Reluctance to return |
| Minigames | Great Piñata Paperchase · P-Factor |