Prize Pod

The Prize Pod is an Unversed that is found in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. Although it is a variant of the Red Hot Chili, Blue Sea Salt, and Yellow Mustard Unversed, it is nonviolent, and is similar to the Mushroom Heartless from earlier games. Prize Pods appear in most worlds, and have conditions that must be met for them to appear, ranging from defeating the enemies in an area to simple random chance. Each time a Prize Pod is damaged, it will drop one of a specific set of Ingredients, depending on which world it is found in, and if not slain in a set amount of time, it will flee. Once a world's set of Prize Pods flee or are slain, they will not reappear until the character has left the world and returned.

Design
A Prize Pod is a small Unversed that resembles a pot or jar. Its lower half is dark purple and decorated by several small, violet diamonds. Its upper half is violet. Its lid is black and sports two small wings that it uses to fly. Its red eyes are set in a happy expression. Prize Pods' behavior and tendency to relinquish rare treasures are reminiscent of and likely based of the Bulky Vendor and Prize Bug.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

 * Dwarf Woodlands: Gaspberry and Nutty Nut
 * Terra: The Prize Pods appear in the Underground Waterway, on top of the waterfall near the exit to the Courtyard.
 * Enchanted Dominion: Bijou Bean and Rose Honey
 * Terra: The Prize Pods appear at the Waterside, near the wall of fire, if only four Scrappers appear at the first spawn point.
 * Castle of Dreams: Birthday Cake and Crystal Sugar
 * Terra: The Prize Pods appear in the Palace Courtyard, in the fountain, after the four Red Hot Chilis there are slain.
 * Radiant Garden: Soy Milk, Nebula Nectar, and Rocket Soda
 * Terra and Aqua: The Prize Pods appear in the Fountain Court, in the alcove beneath the stairs, after the four Red Hot Chilis there are slain.
 * Disney Town: Prickle Pepper and Toonbasco
 * Terra: The Prize Pods appear at the Raceway, on the balcony across from the exit to Pete's Rec Room.
 * Aqua: The Prize Pods appear at the Raceway, towards the registration booth and against the two walls opposite the stairs.
 * Deep Space: Bizarro Bean, Galactic Caramel Cream Fluff and Fizzy Tizzy
 * Terra and Aqua: The Prize Pods appear in the Turo Prison Hold, at the far end of the room.
 * Olympus Coliseum: Nutty Nut and Thundercracker
 * Terra, Ventus, and Aqua: The Prize Pods appear in the Town Near Thebes, at the far left corner, alongside four Red Hot Chilis.
 * Neverland: Dancin' Lemon, Golden Jam, Whipped Dream, Mermaid Salt and Rainbow Syrup
 * Terra: The Prize Pods appear at the Skull Rock: Entrance, in the left eye socket.
 * Aqua: The Prize Pods can be found in the Indian Camp after a wave of Unversed.
 * Mirage Arena, Risky Riches: Dancin' Lemon
 * Terra, Ventus, and Aqua: The Prize Pods appear in the third wave of Round Three, on the bottom floor of the arena.
 * Mirage Arena, Treasure Tussle: Open Sesame
 * Terra, Ventus, and Aqua: The Prize Pods appear in the fourth wave of Round Three.

Strategy
Prize Pods appear in exactly one location in nearly every world (usually a different location per character) and in certain matches in the Mirage Arena. They usually appear in groups of four, and will flee after thirty seconds without ever attacking. If they do not appear when the player character fulfills their appearance conditions, then the player can simply leave the room and try again, but once they appear in a world they will not reappear until the player leaves to the Lanes Between and then comes back. For every hit, they will drop an ingredient for making ice cream, and fighting Prize Pods is the only way to acquire these ingredients. Prize Pods drop two to three specific ingredients per character per world, so in order to get all the ingredients the player must defeat each set of Prize Pods in every world they inhabit.

To effectively and easily yield the most amount of ingredients from Prize Pods, it is recommended to have a repeating deck of a Magnet-type spell and then two Thunder-type spells, as well as a projectile-type Shotlock. Upon their appearance, use Magnera and then the following Thundaras. This will activate the Thunderbolt Command Style, nulling Magnera, so it should be recast. At this point step back and use a Shotlock to its maximum number of lock-ons. Once they have either been defeated or have fled, go in and collect the dropped ingredients.