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Viva Piñata, like most games, has its share of glitches and bugs. Some of them can be beneficial, while others are annoying and even destructive. This collection of glitches and bugs in Viva Piñata is meant to inform players of potential problems (or benefits), how to avoid (or reproduce) them and possibly remedy them.
 
Viva Piñata, like most games, has its share of glitches and bugs. Some of them can be beneficial, while others are annoying and even destructive. This collection of glitches and bugs in Viva Piñata is meant to inform players of potential problems (or benefits), how to avoid (or reproduce) them and possibly remedy them.
  
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=Classic=
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== Typographic and Grammatical ==
 
== Typographic and Grammatical ==
 
<!-- Add any typos or grammar errors and where they are found here. -->
 
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=== Cluckles misspelled in the encyclopedia ===
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=== Incorrect Resident Requirement spelling for Sour Macaracoon ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: In the [[encyclopedia]], [[Cluckles]] is spelled as 'Cluckle' in the Resident Requirements section for [[Sour Macaracoon]].
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: In the Resident Requirements section for [[Sour Macaracoon]] in the [[Encyclopedia]], [[Cluckles]] is spelled as "Cluckle".
 
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=== Mismatched Visit Requirement text and icons for Chippopotamus ===
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=== Mismatched Visit Requirements text and icons for Chippopotamus ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: In the Visit Requirement section for [[Chippopotamus]] in the encyclopedia, the text and icons for the three listed plants are mismatched.
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: In the Visit Requirements section for [[Chippopotamus]] in the Encyclopedia, the text and icons for the three listed plants are mismatched.
  
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=== Incorrect descriptions for Whirlm Variants ===
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=== Incorrect Variant descriptions for Whirlm ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: In the Variant section for the [[Whirlm]] in the encyclopedia, the text indicates that the Whirlm must eat a [[Water Lily]] flower for Variant 2 and a [[Watercress]] flower for Variant 3. However, both variants are achieved by eating those respective seeds.
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: In the Variant section for the [[Whirlm]] in the Encyclopedia, the text indicates that the Whirlm must eat a [[Water Lily]] flower for Variant 2 and a [[Watercress]] flower for Variant 3. However, both variants are achieved by eating those respective seeds.  
  
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=== Incorrect spelling for Pretztail residency requirements ===
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=== Incorrect Resident Requirements description for Bunnycomb ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: In the encyclopedia, it says that a Pretztail must eat "1 Bunnycombs" to reside. It's supposed to say one Bunnycomb.  
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: In the Resident Requirements section for the [[Bunnycomb]] in the Encyclopedia, the text reads "Has eaten 3 [[Carrot|carrots]]" but it only needs to eat 2.
  
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=== Incorrect description for Bunnycomb resident requirements ===
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=== Incorrect Orange Variant description for Bunnycomb ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: In the Resident section for the [[Bunnycomb]] in the encyclopedia the text indicates that the Bunnycomb must eat 3 [[Carrot|carrots]] to reside. However, it only needs to eat two.
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: In the [[Journal]], the Orange [[Variant]] of the Bunnycomb is listed as requiring a [[Pumpkin|pumpkin seed]] when in fact it requires a grown pumpkin.
  
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=== Incorrect description for the Bunnycomb orange variant ===              
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=== Incorrect White Variant description for Eaglair ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: In the [[Journal]] the Orange [[variant]] is listed as requiring a [[Pumpkin|pumpkin seed]] when in fact it requires a grown pumpkin.
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: In the Journal, the White [[Variant]] for the [[Eaglair]] is listed as requiring drink 4 bottles of milk when it need only drink one.
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=== Incorrect Romance Requirements description for Buzzenge ===
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;Description
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: In the Romance Requirements section for [[Buzzenge]] in the Encyclopedia, the text indicates that the Buzzenge must eat 2 [[Pudgeon]]s and 2 [[Sparrowmint]]s but it only needs to eat 1 of each.
  
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=== Incorrect Description for the Buzzenge Romance Requirements ===
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=== Incorrect Resident Requirements description for Sour Cocoadile ===
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;Description
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: In the Resident Requirements section for [[Sour Cocoadile]] in the Encyclopedia, it reads "Has eaten 2 [[Swanana]]s", but it only needs to eat 1.
  
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=== Incorrect Visit Requirements description for Cocoadile ===
 
;Description
 
;Description
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: In the Romance section for [[Buzzenge]] in the encyclopedia, the text indicates that the Buzzenge must eat two [[Pudgeon]]s and two [[Sparrowmint]]s. However, the Buzzenge must simply to eat one of each.
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: In the Visit Requirements section for [[Cocoadile]] in the Encyclopedia, the text indicates that 5 [[Quackberry|Quackberries]] are needed, but it is 6.
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== Cosmetic ==
 
== Cosmetic ==
 
<!-- These glitches are merely cosmetic. They do not affect gameplay.
 
<!-- These glitches are merely cosmetic. They do not affect gameplay.
 
This makes them similar to the spelling and typographical errors.
 
This makes them similar to the spelling and typographical errors.
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They may be amusing or annoying. They may have an impact on enjoyment of the game.
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They may be amusing or annoying. They may have an impact on enjoyment of the game.
 
-->
 
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=== Wildcard Eaglair has no visible differences from a normal Eaglair ===
 
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<!-- This is annoying, but does not interfere with game play -->
 
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; Description
 
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:  If you are lucky enough to breed a [[Wild-Card]] [[Eaglair]], there will be no visual difference between it and a normal Eaglair.  Rare has suggested that the Wildcard may be suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus Situs Inversus].
 
  
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=== Chippopotomas Glasses ===
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=== Black Roarios ===
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;Description
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: [[Roario]]s that are a variant appear black in their profile pages and [[Housing|houses]].
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=== Blue Plants ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: If a chippopotomus is wearing 'cool shades', they will be visible inside its mouth whenever it opens wide.
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: Plants retain blue 'overwatered' color for the rest of their lives, even though they are perfectly healthy and not overwatered. The perfect plants for a blue-variant garden.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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: Buy 'cool shades' for a resident chippopotomus.
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: You need both the [[Ivor Bargain#OnePourWonder|One-Pour Wonder]] [[Watering Can]] and a [[Helper#Sprinkling|Sprinkling]] in your garden. Wait near an underwatered plant. Allow the sprinkling to water it. Water it immediately with the One-Pour Wonder. There is a chance that the plant will now be blue for the rest of its life. This seems more likely to work if the Sprinkling slightly overwaters the plant before you water it with the One-Pour Wonder.  There are reports that this works with trees as well as with flowers and produce.
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=== Blue Plants ===
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=== Chippopotamus Face Glitch ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: Plants retain blue 'overwatered' color for the rest of their lives, even though they are perfectly healthy and not overwatered.  The perfect plants for a blue-variant garden.
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: If a Chippopotamus is wearing 'cool shades', or any of the larger hats (i.e. the Cowboy Hat) they will be visible inside its mouth whenever it opens wide.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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: You need both the [[Ivor Bargain#OnePourWonder|One-Pour Wonder]] [[Watering Can]] and a [[Helper#Sprinkling|Sprinkling]] in your garden.  Wait near an underwatered plant.  Allow the sprinkling to water it.  Water it immediately with the one-pour wonder.  There is a chance that the plant will now be blue for the rest of its life.  This seems more likely to work if the Sprinkling slightly overwaters the plant before you water it with the One-Pour Wonder.  There are reports that this works with trees as well as with flowers and produce.
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: Buy 'Cool Shades', 'Cowboy Hat', or a 'Dellmonty' from [[Paper Pets]] for a resident Chippopotamus.
  
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=== Leaving the Garden ===
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=== Awesome View of Pinata Island ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: Before your your [[Dragonache]] send it away. You will get a very good overview of the garden and outside of the game.
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: Get a very good overview of the garden and outside of the game area.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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: You need to tap your Dragonache with a shovel several times. It will begin fighting something. Right as you get the message saying it has started a fight, send it away. Afterwards, view the fight. You will get an amazing view of the island.
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: You need to tap your [[Dragonache]] with a shovel several times. It will begin fighting something. Right as you get the message saying it has started a fight, send it away (press {{button|x}} to bring up the menu, and select dismiss). Afterwards, view the fight. You will get an amazing view of the island.
 
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=== Piñata turned green but did not get sick ===
 
=== Piñata turned green but did not get sick ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: When a fight ends the piñata still stands, only with the colors of a sick piñata (ie:green) and wont do anything. (it sometimes will walk away)
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: When a fight ends, the losing [[piñata]] is still standing but has turned green (as if ill) and will not do anything (though it will sometimes walk away.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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: Select and redirect the piñata right before he gets hit by the finishing blow.
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: Select the piñata right before it gets hit by the finishing blow.
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: Doesn't work on sours
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: Does not work on [[sours]].
 
; How to avoid
 
; How to avoid
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: Wait untill battle ends then heal the sick piñata.
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: Wait until the fight ends then heal the sick piñata.
 
: Can be stopped if you hit it with the shovel or can fix itself, but will get sick in the end.
 
: Can be stopped if you hit it with the shovel or can fix itself, but will get sick in the end.
 
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=== Wildcard Eaglair has no visible differences from a normal Eaglair ===
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<!-- This is annoying, but does not interfere with game play -->
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; Description
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: If you are lucky enough to breed a [[Wild-Card]] [[Eaglair]], there will be no visual difference between it and a normal Eaglair.  [http://www.rare.co.uk Rare] has suggested that the Wild-Card may be suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus Situs Inversus].
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== Beneficial ==
 
== Beneficial ==
 
<!-- Add glitches and bugs that potentially benefit the player here. -->
 
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=== Gatherlings can sell unbought seeds===
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=== Gatherlings can sell unbought seeds ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
 
: A [[Helpers|Gatherling]] will collect seeds that have been placed but not yet purchased in buy mode.
 
: A [[Helpers|Gatherling]] will collect seeds that have been placed but not yet purchased in buy mode.
 
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=== Sell [[sours]] ===
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=== Sell sours ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: You are able to sell a [[sour]] [[piñata]] just before it is tamed
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: You are able to sell a sour piñata just before it is tamed.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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: Finish requirements and then wait for sell option to pop up
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: Finish requirements and then wait for sell option to pop up.
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: Sold for same price as the tame version
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: Sold for same price as the tame version.
  
 
=== Piñata Central always issues request in new Garden ===
 
=== Piñata Central always issues request in new Garden ===
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: Within minutes of starting a new garden, [[Piñata Central]] will always ask for a single most valuable Piñata.
 
: Within minutes of starting a new garden, [[Piñata Central]] will always ask for a single most valuable Piñata.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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: Make a new garden, and send your most valuable Piñata to yourself via the [[Post Office]]. Keep doing this in new gardens, until your piñata becomes worth a ton.
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: Make a new garden, and send your most valuable Piñata to yourself via the [[Post Office]]. Keep doing this in new gardens to increase the value of your chosen piñatas.
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===Watchling healing sick non-residents===
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;Description
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:A Watching scaring a sick non-resident or [[sour]] will cure it.
  
 
== Annoying ==
 
== Annoying ==
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These glitches interfere with gameplay.
 
These glitches interfere with gameplay.
 
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=== Forever Sick and Stuck ===
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; Description
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: When you have a sick pinata with a halo of hardness let Destardos hit it it will not be destroyed but it will be stuck there in place forever.
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;How to fix it
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: The only way to fix it is to move everything into another garden and delet the garden that had the Pinata.
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=== Resident piñatas and other items on the garden border lose the ability to be interacted with ===
 
=== Resident piñatas and other items on the garden border lose the ability to be interacted with ===
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: Fruit that falls on the garden border cannot be selected.
 
: Fruit that falls on the garden border cannot be selected.
 
: Piñatas that get ill on the border cannot be selected or healed.
 
: Piñatas that get ill on the border cannot be selected or healed.
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; How to avoid
 
; How to avoid
 
: Plant fruit producing plants far enough away from the border that their goods can't fall on the border.
 
: Plant fruit producing plants far enough away from the border that their goods can't fall on the border.
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: The chances of an ill piñata ending up on the border and broken are low and usually not a huge deal. However if you want to make sure a prized piñata isn't lost this way, take steps to ensure its safety. Build a fence to keep important piñatas corralled, keep aggressive piñatas away or make sure the piñata is wearing the [[Accessories#Head Slot|Halo of Hardness]].
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: The chances of an ill piñata ending up on the border and broken are low and usually not a huge deal. However if you want to make sure a prized piñata isn't lost this way, take steps to ensure its safety. Build a fence to keep important piñatas corralled, keep aggressive piñatas away or make sure the piñata is wearing the [[Accessories#Head Slot|Halo of Hardness]].
  
  
 
=== Resident piñatas inside the garden cannot be selected or healed. ===
 
=== Resident piñatas inside the garden cannot be selected or healed. ===
 
;Description
 
;Description
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: Piñatas that get ill inside the garden that cannot be selected or healed, romanced, or sent to a party. They remain resident, preventing you from attracting more than 1 other resident piñata of the same species.
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: Piñatas that get ill inside the garden that cannot be selected or healed, romanced, or sent to a party. They remain resident, preventing you from attracting more than 1 other resident piñata of the same species.
 
;How to reproduce
 
;How to reproduce
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:Create a 1-square square fenced area. Plant a sour plant or seed inside. A piñata may eat it and become sick. The tight space may cause your piñata to become unselectable. The piñata will stay ill and unselectable in your garden forever.
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:Create a 1-square square fenced area. Plant a sour plant or seed inside. A piñata may eat it and become sick. The tight space may cause your piñata to become unselectable. The piñata will stay ill and unselectable in your garden forever.
 
;How to avoid
 
;How to avoid
 
:Avoid creating a 1-square fenced area.
 
:Avoid creating a 1-square fenced area.
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=== Piñata Sick Loop ===
 
=== Piñata Sick Loop ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: Larger pinatas get sick over and over again in a loop even if they have a Halo or the doc is called. Once the doc is called out and heals piñata, it immediately get sick again.
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: Larger pinatas get sick over and over again in a loop even if they have a Halo of Hardness or the doctor is called. Once the doctor is called out and heals piñata, it immediately get sick again.
 
; How to reproduce
 
; How to reproduce
 
: Have water to close to a fence or a fence to close to a house.
 
: Have water to close to a fence or a fence to close to a house.
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: If a piñata eats the required seed/plant to become a variant and is quickly romanced, the piñata will change color, but the variant award is not given to the player.
 
: If a piñata eats the required seed/plant to become a variant and is quickly romanced, the piñata will change color, but the variant award is not given to the player.
 
; How to reproduce
 
; How to reproduce
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: Fulfill the romance requirements for two piñata of the same species. Select one of the piñata and direct it to the plant/seed required to make it a variant. Quickly select the other piñata and direct it to the first one. The first piñata will change color but you will not be given the variant award.
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: Fulfill the romance requirements for two piñata of the same species. Select one of the piñata and direct it to the plant/seed required to make it a variant. Quickly select the other piñata and direct it to the first one. The first piñata will change color but you will not be given the variant award.
 
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; How to avoid
 
; How to avoid
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=== Piñata attacks get stuck in place ===
 
=== Piñata attacks get stuck in place ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: If you destroy a visiting [[Pinatas | Piñata]] that trys to eat something such as a [[plant]] their attack is sometimes frozen in place... '''''forever''''', and you wont be able to interact with it at all(it will stay '''''forever''''' even when you log back in).
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: If you destroy a visiting [[Pinatas | Piñata]] that tries to eat something (such as a [[plant]]) their attack is sometimes frozen in place '''''forever''''', it cannot be interacted with and will remain there even after logging back in.
 
; How to reproduce
 
; How to reproduce
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: When a visiting Piñata trys to eat something whack it with your shovel rapidly to kill it (Must kill it before it gets to eat) and the attack that Piñata used may possibly get stuck in place (Doesn't happen everytime)
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: When a visiting Piñata tries to eat something whack it with your shovel rapidly to break it open (before it gets to eat) and the attack that Piñata used may possibly get stuck in place (this does not happen everytime).
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; How to avoid
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; How to avoid
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: Since the Piñata has already started eating you might as well let it finish since the plant or Piñata is dead anyways. When it finishes whack it freely and joyfully, then replace lost Piñata or plant.
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: As the wild Piñata has already destroyed your plant or Piñata, allow it to finish eating before whacking it with your shovel. Replace your lost plant or Piñata.
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; How to fix
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; How to fix
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: There is no known fix at this time.
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: There is no known fix at this time.
  
 
=== Bonboon music carries on when Piñata sold ===
 
=== Bonboon music carries on when Piñata sold ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: If you sell a resident [[Bonboon]] while it is stopping a fight, the music it dances to will carry on, and the two Piñata that were fighting will remain stuck, staring at the place where it was '''FOREVER'''.
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: If you sell a resident [[Bonboon]] while it is stopping a fight, the music it dances to will carry on, and the two Piñatas that were fighting will remain stuck, staring at the place where it was '''forever'''.
 
; How to reproduce
 
; How to reproduce
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: Sell the resident Bonboon while it is dancing
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: Sell the resident Bonboon while it is dancing.
 
; How to avoid
 
; How to avoid
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: Do not sell your Bonboon while it is dancing. Wait until it is finished.
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: Do not sell your Bonboon while it is dancing. Wait until it has finished.
 
; How to fix
 
; How to fix
 
: Re-start the game before it has a chance to save. If it saves them you will have to start a new garden and ship all of your Piñata there.
 
: Re-start the game before it has a chance to save. If it saves them you will have to start a new garden and ship all of your Piñata there.
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=== Piñatas get stuck permanently when about to be eaten ===
 
=== Piñatas get stuck permanently when about to be eaten ===
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; Description
 
; Description
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: When you make pinata eat its prey. It will be stuck there. You can whack it but it wont go away. When you load your garden up again the glitched pinata flickers.
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: When you make Piñata eat its prey, it will be stuck there. You can whack it but it wont go away. When you load your garden up again the glitched pinata flickers.
 
; How to
 
; How to
 
: When a pinata's about to eat another pinata whack the prey when the attack is being shot, the prey will look as if its been hurt badly. It may take some time to figure out the exact moment to hit it.
 
: When a pinata's about to eat another pinata whack the prey when the attack is being shot, the prey will look as if its been hurt badly. It may take some time to figure out the exact moment to hit it.
  
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=== The music in the store dissapears ===
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=== The music in the stores dissapears ===
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; Description  
 
; Description  
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:The background music in any store won't play
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: The background music in any store won't play.
 
; How to
 
; How to
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:Press the connection button (middle button) in one of the stores and wait for about a minute then exit out of the profile menu, the store should have no background music  
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: Press the connection button (middle button) in one of the stores and wait for about a minute then exit out of the profile menu, the store should have no background music.
 
; How to fix
 
; How to fix
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:Exit then re-enter the store
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: Exit then re-enter the store.
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=== Restarted Romance ===
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; Description
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: [[Syrupents]] having to romance a second time
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; How to
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: Place the Syrupent egg in a tight spot around around the house. If you did it correctly, when a [[Twingersnap]] (or Syrupent) baby emerges, it will get stuck. To fix this you have to sell the house & the baby will go into a cocoon. But if you look at the Syrupents, the "Has Eaten 1 Lickatoad" & "Have Syrupent House" is crossed off.
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; How to avoid
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: Place the egg where it will not get stuck.
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=== Salamango cannot overjoy ===
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; Description
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: The [[Salamango]]s cannot overjoy, even with the joy candy.
  
 
== Game Blocking ==
 
== Game Blocking ==
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=== Invisible piñatas and other objects ===
 
=== Invisible piñatas and other objects ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: Piñatas or other objects, such as homes, become invisible. The objects still exist and can be interacted with, however the game becomes a hassle to play.This problem can occur after a piñata is sent to a party.
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: Piñatas or other objects, such as homes, become invisible. The objects still exist and can be interacted with, however the game becomes a hassle to play. This problem can occur after a piñata is sent to a party.
 
; How to fix (courtesy of the [http://forums.vivapinata.com/forums/thread/1429.aspx official forums]) -- '''<font color="#ff0000">Warning! The following steps will erase all of your progress in the game!</font>'''
 
; How to fix (courtesy of the [http://forums.vivapinata.com/forums/thread/1429.aspx official forums]) -- '''<font color="#ff0000">Warning! The following steps will erase all of your progress in the game!</font>'''
 
; #Delete all of your saved Viva Piñata gardens and options from memory.
 
; #Delete all of your saved Viva Piñata gardens and options from memory.
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=== Bart gets stuck outside the garden ===
 
=== Bart gets stuck outside the garden ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: After requesting Bart to tinker one or more items, he becomes stuck outside the garden. From the garden, you can watch Bart as he jumps into his hat, gets ejected from his hat, and starts the process over again.
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: After requesting Bart to tinker one or more items, he becomes stuck outside the garden. From the garden, you can watch Bart as he jumps into his hat, gets ejected from his hat, and starts the process over again.
 
; How to fix
 
; How to fix
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: There is no known fix at this time. Bart does work in other gardens, so you can create a new garden and ship your pinata and other items out of the garden where the problem occurs.
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: There is no known fix at this time. Bart does work in other gardens, so you can create a new garden and ship your pinata and other items out of the garden where the problem occurs.
  
 
== Game Crashing ==
 
== Game Crashing ==
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=== Random Game Freezes ===
 
=== Random Game Freezes ===
 
; Description
 
; Description
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: The game freezes at seemingly random (but infrequent) times. Note that game freezes can also be caused by other factors, such as a defective console or a console with insufficient air circulation.
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: The game freezes at seemingly random (but infrequent) times. Note that game freezes can also be caused by other factors, such as a defective console or a console with insufficient air circulation.
 
; How to avoid
 
; How to avoid
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: Keep your Xbox 360 gaming system and power supply well ventilated. '''DO NOT''' keep your Xbox 360 gaming system on a carpeted floor. Try using a Nyko Intercooler EX if you are still having overheating issues.
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: Keep your Xbox 360 gaming system and power supply well ventilated. '''DO NOT''' keep your Xbox 360 gaming system on a carpeted floor. Try using a [http://www.nyko.com/nyko/products/?i=71 Nyko Intercooler EX] if you are still having overheating issues.
  
 
=== Specific Garden Always Freezes After Loading ===
 
=== Specific Garden Always Freezes After Loading ===
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: At the main game screen player presses start and xbox freezes during profile load.
 
: At the main game screen player presses start and xbox freezes during profile load.
 
; How To avoid
 
; How To avoid
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: Either delete your main Viva Pinata folder and create a new one or copy the gamer profile onto a memory card and run it from there. Please note that you cannot transfer your actual Viva Pinata folder.
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: Either delete your main Viva Piñata folder and create a new one or copy the gamer profile onto a memory card and run it from there. Please note that you cannot transfer your actual Viva Piñata folder.
  
 
=== Packing a non-empty Milking Shed Freezes Game ===
 
=== Packing a non-empty Milking Shed Freezes Game ===
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: Wait until the shed is empty before trying to pack it into a crate.
 
: Wait until the shed is empty before trying to pack it into a crate.
  
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=Trouble in Paradise=
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== Typographic and Grammatical ==
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<!-- Add any typos or grammar errors and where they are found here. -->
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=== Cluckles Romance Requirements ===
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; Description
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: For [[Cluckles]] romance requirements, it says eat worms instead of [[Whirlm|whirlms]].
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=== Elephanilla Visit Requirements ===
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; Description
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: For [[Elephanilla]] Visit Requirements, it says have 2 challis instead of [[chili|chilies]].
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=== Bullrush Full Bonus Growth Award===
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; Description
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: When you get the bonus growth award for the [[Bullrush]] the award message will say "Award for bulrush bonus growth!".
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=== Pigxie Hybrid Requirements===
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; Description
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: For [[Pigxie]] Hybrid Requirements (seen in [[Swanana]] and [[Rashberry]]) it says has eaten a joyous candy instead of a [[candy|Romance Candy]]
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=== Piñata turned green but did not get sick ===
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; Description
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: When a fight ends, the losing [[piñata]] is still standing but has turned green (as if ill) and will not do anything (though it will sometimes walk away.
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; How to
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: At the last Fight Attack, the [[pinata]] that loses will accidentally get out of the garden thus making it green
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: Does not work on [[sours]].
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; How to avoid
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: Wait until the fight ends then heal the sick piñata.
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: Can be stopped by waiting a couple moments
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===Pinata stuck in house===
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;Description
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: When exiting a house, a pinata may be stuck behind the house walking on air for a few minutes. This stops others of the same species from entering the house.
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; How to
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: (This works most frequently on [[Pretztail]]s.) Place the house as close to the border of the garden as possible, with the back of the house facing out the garden. Direct one of the species to the house they use. When they go in, they will shortly try to come out, but they will be stuck in the position.
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; How to avoid
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: Place the house further away from the border. If the glitch happens, wait until it eventually comes out, but this can last for up to 20 minutes.  (Selling the house should drop them to the ground.)
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=== The music in the stores disappears ===
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; Description
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: The background music in any store won't play.
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; How to
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: When you first get in the store press the B button before he/she finishes press B again that should get the music to disappear.
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; How to fix
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: Exit then re-enter the store.
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=== The music during romance disappears ===
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; Description
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: The background music during the romantic encounter and the romancing minigame won't play.
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; How to
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: Direct one romantic piñata to the other. Once romance music started, leave your garden to Dessert Desert or Piñarctic, then go back to your garden. The music should have disappeared.
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; How to fix
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: Finish or quit the romancing minigame.
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===Double Whirlms Glitch===
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:If you whack a fully grown Whirlm with a fully upgraded shovel, it will do one of two things. It will either get sick as per usual for a whacked Pinata, or it will split into two newborn Whirlms.
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=== Getting First Place Ribbion In A Challenge Event Even Though You Didn't Get The Most Candy ===
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:Sometimes after a Challenge Event you will see the First place Ribbion even though you didn't get the most candy.
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Latest revision as of 16:37, 14 May 2013


Viva Piñata, like most games, has its share of glitches and bugs. Some of them can be beneficial, while others are annoying and even destructive. This collection of glitches and bugs in Viva Piñata is meant to inform players of potential problems (or benefits), how to avoid (or reproduce) them and possibly remedy them.


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Typographic and Grammatical

Incorrect Resident Requirement spelling for Sour Macaracoon

Description
In the Resident Requirements section for Sour Macaracoon in the Encyclopedia, Cluckles is spelled as "Cluckle".

Mismatched Visit Requirements text and icons for Chippopotamus

Description
In the Visit Requirements section for Chippopotamus in the Encyclopedia, the text and icons for the three listed plants are mismatched.

Incorrect Variant descriptions for Whirlm

Description
In the Variant section for the Whirlm in the Encyclopedia, the text indicates that the Whirlm must eat a Water Lily flower for Variant 2 and a Watercress flower for Variant 3. However, both variants are achieved by eating those respective seeds.

Incorrect Resident Requirements description for Bunnycomb

Description
In the Resident Requirements section for the Bunnycomb in the Encyclopedia, the text reads "Has eaten 3 carrots" but it only needs to eat 2.

Incorrect Orange Variant description for Bunnycomb

Description
In the Journal, the Orange Variant of the Bunnycomb is listed as requiring a pumpkin seed when in fact it requires a grown pumpkin.

Incorrect White Variant description for Eaglair

Description
In the Journal, the White Variant for the Eaglair is listed as requiring drink 4 bottles of milk when it need only drink one.

Incorrect Romance Requirements description for Buzzenge

Description
In the Romance Requirements section for Buzzenge in the Encyclopedia, the text indicates that the Buzzenge must eat 2 Pudgeons and 2 Sparrowmints but it only needs to eat 1 of each.

Incorrect Resident Requirements description for Sour Cocoadile

Description
In the Resident Requirements section for Sour Cocoadile in the Encyclopedia, it reads "Has eaten 2 Swananas", but it only needs to eat 1.

Incorrect Visit Requirements description for Cocoadile

Description
In the Visit Requirements section for Cocoadile in the Encyclopedia, the text indicates that 5 Quackberries are needed, but it is 6.


Cosmetic

Black Roarios

Description
Roarios that are a variant appear black in their profile pages and houses.

Blue Plants

Description
Plants retain blue 'overwatered' color for the rest of their lives, even though they are perfectly healthy and not overwatered. The perfect plants for a blue-variant garden.
How to
You need both the One-Pour Wonder Watering Can and a Sprinkling in your garden. Wait near an underwatered plant. Allow the sprinkling to water it. Water it immediately with the One-Pour Wonder. There is a chance that the plant will now be blue for the rest of its life. This seems more likely to work if the Sprinkling slightly overwaters the plant before you water it with the One-Pour Wonder. There are reports that this works with trees as well as with flowers and produce.

Chippopotamus Face Glitch

Description
If a Chippopotamus is wearing 'cool shades', or any of the larger hats (i.e. the Cowboy Hat) they will be visible inside its mouth whenever it opens wide.
How to
Buy 'Cool Shades', 'Cowboy Hat', or a 'Dellmonty' from Paper Pets for a resident Chippopotamus.

Awesome View of Pinata Island

Description
Get a very good overview of the garden and outside of the game area.
How to
You need to tap your Dragonache with a shovel several times. It will begin fighting something. Right as you get the message saying it has started a fight, send it away (press Button x.png to bring up the menu, and select dismiss). Afterwards, view the fight. You will get an amazing view of the island.

Piñata turned green but did not get sick

Description
When a fight ends, the losing piñata is still standing but has turned green (as if ill) and will not do anything (though it will sometimes walk away.
How to
Select the piñata right before it gets hit by the finishing blow.
Does not work on sours.
How to avoid
Wait until the fight ends then heal the sick piñata.
Can be stopped if you hit it with the shovel or can fix itself, but will get sick in the end.

Wildcard Eaglair has no visible differences from a normal Eaglair

Description
If you are lucky enough to breed a Wild-Card Eaglair, there will be no visual difference between it and a normal Eaglair. Rare has suggested that the Wild-Card may be suffering from Situs Inversus.


Beneficial

Gatherlings can sell unbought seeds

Description
A Gatherling will collect seeds that have been placed but not yet purchased in buy mode.

Sell sours

Description
You are able to sell a sour piñata just before it is tamed.
How to
Finish requirements and then wait for sell option to pop up.
Sold for same price as the tame version.

Piñata Central always issues request in new Garden

Description
Within minutes of starting a new garden, Piñata Central will always ask for a single most valuable Piñata.
How to
Make a new garden, and send your most valuable Piñata to yourself via the Post Office. Keep doing this in new gardens to increase the value of your chosen piñatas.

Watchling healing sick non-residents

Description
A Watching scaring a sick non-resident or sour will cure it.

Annoying

Forever Sick and Stuck

Description
When you have a sick pinata with a halo of hardness let Destardos hit it it will not be destroyed but it will be stuck there in place forever.
How to fix it
The only way to fix it is to move everything into another garden and delet the garden that had the Pinata.


Resident piñatas and other items on the garden border lose the ability to be interacted with

Description
Fruit that falls on the garden border cannot be selected.
Piñatas that get ill on the border cannot be selected or healed.
How to avoid
Plant fruit producing plants far enough away from the border that their goods can't fall on the border.
The chances of an ill piñata ending up on the border and broken are low and usually not a huge deal. However if you want to make sure a prized piñata isn't lost this way, take steps to ensure its safety. Build a fence to keep important piñatas corralled, keep aggressive piñatas away or make sure the piñata is wearing the Halo of Hardness.


Resident piñatas inside the garden cannot be selected or healed.

Description
Piñatas that get ill inside the garden that cannot be selected or healed, romanced, or sent to a party. They remain resident, preventing you from attracting more than 1 other resident piñata of the same species.
How to reproduce
Create a 1-square square fenced area. Plant a sour plant or seed inside. A piñata may eat it and become sick. The tight space may cause your piñata to become unselectable. The piñata will stay ill and unselectable in your garden forever.
How to avoid
Avoid creating a 1-square fenced area.

Game becomes unpaused while in the Pause Menu

How to reproduce
Using a cordless controller, pause the game and wait for the controller to turn itself off. When you see the Controller Disconnected message on the screen, turn the controller back on. The message will go away, leaving you back in the Pause Menu, however the game is no longer paused in the background.
How to avoid
Save and exit the game instead of pausing when not playing for an extended period.
Use a corded controller.
How to fix
Re-pause the game.

Pinata temporarily unable to be sold

Description
Sometimes a piñata will become temporarily unsellable when it is forced outside a home that is then sold.
How to reproduce
Selling a home after tapping it to get the piñatas out will sometimes cause this to happen.
How to avoid
Sell the home without tapping it first or after all the piñatas have exited on their own.
How to fix
Reloading the game should cause the affected piñata to be sellable again.

Piñata Sick Loop

Description
Larger pinatas get sick over and over again in a loop even if they have a Halo of Hardness or the doctor is called. Once the doctor is called out and heals piñata, it immediately get sick again.
How to reproduce
Have water to close to a fence or a fence to close to a house.

How to avoid
For larger piñata, make sure there is walking room.
How to fix
If you want to save your piñata, fill in the water around the area he is getting stuck or break a fence.

Piñata variant award not given when variant quickly romances

Description
If a piñata eats the required seed/plant to become a variant and is quickly romanced, the piñata will change color, but the variant award is not given to the player.
How to reproduce
Fulfill the romance requirements for two piñata of the same species. Select one of the piñata and direct it to the plant/seed required to make it a variant. Quickly select the other piñata and direct it to the first one. The first piñata will change color but you will not be given the variant award.

How to avoid
Wait until you receive the variant award before romancing the piñata.
How to fix
Fulfill the variant requirements with another piñata.

Piñata attacks get stuck in place

Description
If you destroy a visiting Piñata that tries to eat something (such as a plant) their attack is sometimes frozen in place forever, it cannot be interacted with and will remain there even after logging back in.
How to reproduce
When a visiting Piñata tries to eat something whack it with your shovel rapidly to break it open (before it gets to eat) and the attack that Piñata used may possibly get stuck in place (this does not happen everytime).
How to avoid
As the wild Piñata has already destroyed your plant or Piñata, allow it to finish eating before whacking it with your shovel. Replace your lost plant or Piñata.
How to fix
There is no known fix at this time.

Bonboon music carries on when Piñata sold

Description
If you sell a resident Bonboon while it is stopping a fight, the music it dances to will carry on, and the two Piñatas that were fighting will remain stuck, staring at the place where it was forever.
How to reproduce
Sell the resident Bonboon while it is dancing.
How to avoid
Do not sell your Bonboon while it is dancing. Wait until it has finished.
How to fix
Re-start the game before it has a chance to save. If it saves them you will have to start a new garden and ship all of your Piñata there.

You can only ever get Whilrm twins

Description
It is curently impossible to obtain twins of any species other than Whirlms.

Piñatas get stuck permanently when about to be eaten

Description
When you make Piñata eat its prey, it will be stuck there. You can whack it but it wont go away. When you load your garden up again the glitched pinata flickers.
How to
When a pinata's about to eat another pinata whack the prey when the attack is being shot, the prey will look as if its been hurt badly. It may take some time to figure out the exact moment to hit it.

The music in the stores dissapears

Description
The background music in any store won't play.
How to
Press the connection button (middle button) in one of the stores and wait for about a minute then exit out of the profile menu, the store should have no background music.
How to fix
Exit then re-enter the store.

Restarted Romance

Description
Syrupents having to romance a second time
How to
Place the Syrupent egg in a tight spot around around the house. If you did it correctly, when a Twingersnap (or Syrupent) baby emerges, it will get stuck. To fix this you have to sell the house & the baby will go into a cocoon. But if you look at the Syrupents, the "Has Eaten 1 Lickatoad" & "Have Syrupent House" is crossed off.
How to avoid
Place the egg where it will not get stuck.

Salamango cannot overjoy

Description
The Salamangos cannot overjoy, even with the joy candy.

Game Blocking

Invisible piñatas and other objects

Description
Piñatas or other objects, such as homes, become invisible. The objects still exist and can be interacted with, however the game becomes a hassle to play. This problem can occur after a piñata is sent to a party.
How to fix (courtesy of the official forums) -- Warning! The following steps will erase all of your progress in the game!
#Delete all of your saved Viva Piñata gardens and options from memory.
#From the dashboard, navigate to System | Memory, select the HDD and press Button y.png.
#Press Button x.pngButton x.png Button lb.png Button rb.png Button x.pngButton x.png.
#Select yes when asked about disk maintenance.
#Restart the game.
Unfortunately, the game will not allow you to transfer your saved games to another storage device prior to performing the above steps. Please be sure you're willing to lose your progress!

Bart gets stuck outside the garden

Description
After requesting Bart to tinker one or more items, he becomes stuck outside the garden. From the garden, you can watch Bart as he jumps into his hat, gets ejected from his hat, and starts the process over again.
How to fix
There is no known fix at this time. Bart does work in other gardens, so you can create a new garden and ship your pinata and other items out of the garden where the problem occurs.

Game Crashing

Random Game Freezes

Description
The game freezes at seemingly random (but infrequent) times. Note that game freezes can also be caused by other factors, such as a defective console or a console with insufficient air circulation.
How to avoid
Keep your Xbox 360 gaming system and power supply well ventilated. DO NOT keep your Xbox 360 gaming system on a carpeted floor. Try using a Nyko Intercooler EX if you are still having overheating issues.

Specific Garden Always Freezes After Loading

Description
A Specific Garden freezes each time you load it. Other Gardens run fine.
How To avoid
Once this continues to happen, it seems that there is no hope for the specific garden, it will continue to freeze each time it is loaded. The only thing you can do is delete the specific Garden that is freezing. Be sure not to delete the main file or the other gardens you want to keep.

Specific Xbox Player Profile Always Freezes after Start Screen

Description
At the main game screen player presses start and xbox freezes during profile load.
How To avoid
Either delete your main Viva Piñata folder and create a new one or copy the gamer profile onto a memory card and run it from there. Please note that you cannot transfer your actual Viva Piñata folder.

Packing a non-empty Milking Shed Freezes Game

Description
The game freezes if you attempt to pack a Milking Shed into a crate while a Moozipan is inside the shed.
How To avoid
Wait until the shed is empty before trying to pack it into a crate.


Typographic and Grammatical

Cluckles Romance Requirements

Description
For Cluckles romance requirements, it says eat worms instead of whirlms.

Elephanilla Visit Requirements

Description
For Elephanilla Visit Requirements, it says have 2 challis instead of chilies.

Bullrush Full Bonus Growth Award

Description
When you get the bonus growth award for the Bullrush the award message will say "Award for bulrush bonus growth!".

Pigxie Hybrid Requirements

Description
For Pigxie Hybrid Requirements (seen in Swanana and Rashberry) it says has eaten a joyous candy instead of a Romance Candy

Cosmetic

Piñata turned green but did not get sick

Description
When a fight ends, the losing piñata is still standing but has turned green (as if ill) and will not do anything (though it will sometimes walk away.
How to
At the last Fight Attack, the pinata that loses will accidentally get out of the garden thus making it green
Does not work on sours.
How to avoid
Wait until the fight ends then heal the sick piñata.
Can be stopped by waiting a couple moments

Pinata stuck in house

Description
When exiting a house, a pinata may be stuck behind the house walking on air for a few minutes. This stops others of the same species from entering the house.
How to
(This works most frequently on Pretztails.) Place the house as close to the border of the garden as possible, with the back of the house facing out the garden. Direct one of the species to the house they use. When they go in, they will shortly try to come out, but they will be stuck in the position.
How to avoid
Place the house further away from the border. If the glitch happens, wait until it eventually comes out, but this can last for up to 20 minutes. (Selling the house should drop them to the ground.)


Annoying

The music in the stores disappears

Description
The background music in any store won't play.
How to
When you first get in the store press the B button before he/she finishes press B again that should get the music to disappear.
How to fix
Exit then re-enter the store.

The music during romance disappears

Description
The background music during the romantic encounter and the romancing minigame won't play.
How to
Direct one romantic piñata to the other. Once romance music started, leave your garden to Dessert Desert or Piñarctic, then go back to your garden. The music should have disappeared.
How to fix
Finish or quit the romancing minigame.


Beneficial

Double Whirlms Glitch

Description
If you whack a fully grown Whirlm with a fully upgraded shovel, it will do one of two things. It will either get sick as per usual for a whacked Pinata, or it will split into two newborn Whirlms.

Getting First Place Ribbion In A Challenge Event Even Though You Didn't Get The Most Candy

Desciption
Sometimes after a Challenge Event you will see the First place Ribbion even though you didn't get the most candy.
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