Editing Arctic Cannon Larva

|image      = Arctic Cannon Larva P4 icon.png

|icon        = Arctic Cannon Larva P4 icon.png

|attacks    = Launch snowballs

The '''Arctic Cannon Larva''' ({{j|ユキフタクチ|Yuki Futa Kuchi|Snow Two-Mouth}}) is an [[enemy]] in {{p3}} and {{p4}}. Arctic Cannon Larvae are bright green, with lavender underbellies, and are a variant of the [[Armored Cannon Larva]] accustomed to cold conditions. They are the larval form of the [[Arctic Cannon Beetle]].

Unlike their rock-spitting relatives, Arctic Cannon Larvae launch giant snowballs. While mostly equivalent to boulders in functionality, snowballs are incapable of killing Pikmin, instead simply picking them up and carrying them along until they crash into something (even other snowballs); [[Winged Pikmin]] won't even be picked up by the projectiles, only knocked back. Leaders will be picked up as well, which also traps them until the snowball is destroyed. As a result, the creature is annoying at best, and is only a threat if the Pikmin it rolls away end up next to some other enemy or [[hazard]] without the player noticing, but can be killed with relative ease by any Pikmin type.

==Stats==

 

 

==Behavior==

===Pikmin 3===

 

While the Arctic Cannon Larva's behavior stays the same, the snowballs' properties have shifted. First of all, the snowballs now deal damage to captains and dogs if they hit a wall, but now can be broken out of by repeatedly pressing the button showcased.

 

More interestingly, the snowballs are now capable of friendly fire, unlike in Pikmin 3 where they broke on contact with another enemy. Snowballs can damage enemies and trap smaller ones just like how they do with the player. Additionally these snowballs can break frozen [[Hydro Jelly|Hydro Jellies]]. They cannot destroy [[Ice wall|Ice walls]].

 

During Pikmin 3's main game they are only found in Distant Tundra. Two reside on the hill in the North-Western corner with the [[Iron Ball]] and [[Whiptongue Bulborb]], one up the second step and one on the top step. One of them resides in Charlie's crash site where the [[Gear|Anti-Electrifier]] is located. The last one in this area is found at the end of a narrow elevated path next to the crystal holding the area's [[Zest Bomb]]. It spits snowballs down this path continuously when a leader is present.

 

 

 

 

===Pikmin 4===

In [[Frozen Inferno]] they can be found on Sublevel 3. One appears in the bottom south-east corner on an raised platform next to an [[Cold air|Ice block]]. The other can be found on another raised platform this time with the barracks that contains a [[Fire starter|Bonfire Altar]] and the [[Seed Hive]]. It shoots snowballs into the room east of itself.

 

The last place it appears is in two of the stories of [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]. It first appears on the 2nd Story: Snow Problem. The first one appears directly south of the base through the gate on the elevated L-shaped with the Bonfire Altar. The next is found in the hallway connecting the south-west room with the hexagonal room with the [[Icy Blowhog]]. The last one is found in the north-west corner on the elevated platform blocked by an ice gate, alongside a [[Dwarf Frosty Bulborb]].

 

The last Arctic Cannon Larva is found on the 10th Story: The Purple Jewel. It is found south of the player when they spawn in, but is behind a [[Paper bag|paper bag]] that weighs 100 Pikmin. Hence it will usually be the last enemy you face in the trial, shooting snowballs down the last hallway. This is also the only non-ice area it appears in.

Although harmless, the Arctic Cannon Larva can be quite the nuisance. Any [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] type can be used to take it down. Simply [[charge]] at the lithopod with your squad and, with time, it will be defeated. Although all Pikmin can get shaken off by its bucking attack, Winged Pikmin are immune to its snowballs, making them slightly more effective for long battles.

Arctic Cannon Larva P3 closeup.jpg|A close-up of an Arctic Cannon Larva in the [[Distant Tundra]].

Arctic Cannon Larva P3 side view.jpg|Side view of the Arctic Cannon Larva.

Arctic shoot.png|Close-up of an Arctic Cannon Larva shooting a snowball.

P3D Snowball.jpg|The snowball created by an Arctic Cannon Larva.

P3D Arctic Cannon Larva Defeated.jpg|The Arctic Cannon Larva defeated.

===Pikmin 4===

P4 Arctic Cannon Larva snowball.jpg|An Arctic Cannon Larva spitting a snowball in ''Pikmin 4'''s [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]].

Arctic_Cannon_Larva_Attack.jpg|An Arctic Cannon Larva's snowball hitting a group of Pikmin in [[Subzero Sauna]].

Arctic_Cannon_Larva_P4_Raw_Material.jpg|An idle Arctic Cannon Larva next to raw material in Subzero Sauna.

Arctic_Cannon_Larva_P4_Friendly_Fire.jpg|An Arctic Cannon Larva's snowball defeating a [[Freezecake]].

 

 

 

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