Rare Truffle

The Rare Truffle (レアトリュフ) is an Emblem Heartless that is found in all Kingdom Hearts.

Locations

 * Olympus Coliseum
 * Hercules Cup, 6th Seed
 * Hades Cup, 45th Seed
 * Monstro – Throat
 * Halloween Town – Bridge
 * Neverland – Deck of Ship
 * End of the World – Linked Worlds

Journal Entry
''Non-attacking Heartless that are rarely found. They like to jump, so helping them stay in the air may bring good things.''

Strategy
Although the game identifies Rare Truffles as enemies, the mushroom-like Heartless never attack. Classified as a "friendly" Heartless, Rare Truffles love to jump, and are always found hopping. The more they jump, the happier they are. As the name implies, the Rare Truffle is the rarest "enemy" in the game. Its name is sometimes mistaken as being "Blue Truffle."

Like other Mushroom Heartless, the Rare Truffle yields extremely rare items. However, unlike the items dropped by White Mushrooms and Black Fungi, there is no true use to them. To obtain an item from a Rare Truffle, the player must use any means necessary to keep them in the air for as long as possible. Using the Keyblade or Aeroga is usually recommended. If the Rare Truffle touches the ground even once after the initial hit, it becomes enraged and departs, unless the item requirements are met.

The best place for Rare Truffle "bopping" is Neverland. They spawn on the deck of the ship, and can easily be trapped in corners for repeated hits with Aeroga. If Goofy has the MP Gift ability equipped, he will automatically restore Sora's MP, so all the player needs to do is keep Aero cast every 15-20 "bops" and they can easily get 100 hits.

A similar tactic is used in Kingdom Hearts II for a mini-game in Twilight Town, known as Grandstander.

Ranks
The player can reach certain ranks through "bopping" the Rare Truffle enough times. They both have no purpose except bragging rights, and are proof that the player has satisfied a Rare Truffle by bopping it into the air. They are called Shiitake and Matsuake Rank. Matsutake and Shiitake are both edible Asian mushrooms.


 * Shiitake Rank: "Bop" 50 times. Its resell value is 100 Munny.
 * Matsutake Rank: "Bop" 100 times. Its resell value is 500 Munny.

Trivia
This is the only Heartless in to appear alone in a seed in a Coliseum Cup, excluding the boss Heartless, Behemoth.