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Appears in | Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4, Hey! Pikmin | ||
Scientific name | Hierodeciderit crystallosum Crystallosum securilis (EU version of Pikmin 3 Deluxe) | ||
Family | Heavil | ||
Areas | Garden of Hope, Tropical Wilds, Formidable Oak, Blossoming Arcadia (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale), Hero's Hideaway, Springpetal Cave | ||
Caves | Plunder Palace, Cradle of the Beast | ||
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages | Tropical Forest, Shaded Garden, The Rustyard, Clockwork Chasm | ||
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages | Twilight Hollow, Twilight River Remix, Fortress of Festivity, The Rustyard, Clockwork Chasm | ||
Side Story days | Flower Garden, Team Monster Hunt, Channel Gone Dry, Looking for Louie, Another Part Found | ||
Dandori Challenge stages | Toggle Training | ||
Dandori Battle stages | None | ||
Bingo Battle stages | Stagnant Sea, Twisted Cavern | ||
Attacks | Chuck crystal nodules, Chuck Bomb Rocks |
The Skutterchuck (エボシトバシ?, lit.: "Eboshi Launcher") is an insect-like enemy first encountered in Pikmin 3, and found again in Pikmin 4 and Hey! Pikmin. The creature has a black wafer-like body with an orange underside. It has a habit of picking up certain objects (like crystal nodules and Pikmin), similar to Dweevils. It uses its odd shape to scoop them up and carry them around, and also for throwing its load at an approaching enemy.
In Hey! Pikmin, it is slightly smaller and is brown. It simply walks forward, and when it passes through certain crystals, it will pick up a crystal nodule if it's not holding one already. It can also now crawl under and on the sides of platforms, as well as above. Because they can crawl on the ceiling, they drop their crystals rather than throwing them when the player or their Pikmin are nearby.
Stats
To do: find out its health in Hey! Pikmin by looking into the game files. |
Game | Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health | Regen. |
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3 | 6 (normally) | 3 | ![]() ![]() |
300 | No |
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3 | 6 | 3 | ![]() |
300 | No |
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N/A | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
No |
Notes
Alph's comments
“Structural flaw: back
Weight: 3
“Structural flaw: back
Weight: 3
Brittany's comments
Charlie's comments
Louie's comments
Olimar's comments
“Skutterchuck
Hierodeciderit crystallosum
Heavil family
“Skutterchuck
Hierodeciderit crystallosum
Heavil family
Hey! Pikmin logs
Dalmo's Notes
“Watching it move around on the very tips of its tippy-toes is like watching a ballet. If you offer to be a dance partner for this little spiky-toed sweetie, it will leap high in the sky. I bet this agile creature will have no trouble sticking the landing!”
Pikmin 3 Prima Guide
Pikmin Garden
Text
“黒光りする平べったい虫で、小石などを飛ばしてくる。触角と足の繊毛が発達し、暗い場所でも周囲の状況を把握できる。小石を確保するため、他の原生生物と共生することもある。
特徴 その1 ものを乗せる
- 背中がくぼんでいて、小石などを乗せられる。その姿が烏帽子を被っているようにも見える。
- (Image text: ゆるいU字型にくぼんでいる)
特徴 その2 ものを飛ばす
- 外敵から身を守るため、背中に乗せているものを飛ばして攻撃する。
- (Image text: 自分より重いものも飛ばすことができる)”
Translation
“A shiny black, flat bug that launches pebbles and other objects. It has well developed antennae and cilia on its legs, which allow it to sense its surroundings even in dark places. In order to secure pebbles, it coexists with other primitive creatures.
Feature #1: Carrying objects
- Its back is concave, and it can carry pebbles and other objects on it. It looks like it is wearing an eboshi.
- (Image text: "It has a gentle U-shaped depression")
Feature #2: Launching objects
- In order to defend itself from enemies, it attacks by launching objects it carries on its back.
- (Image text: "It can launch objects heavier than itself")”
Behavior
The Skutterchuck is mainly passive, but when a leader or group of Pikmin gets close, it will try to attack. It attacks by picking up and throwing crystal nodules at its targets. It will also use its crystals as cover when being attacked, with the only Pikmin type that can break through being Rock Pikmin. When not attacking, Skutterchucks wander around in a small area, searching for nearby crystal nodules and picking them up if they have none, or fold in their thin legs and lie dormant on the ground with their crystal as protection and camouflage.
If a Skutterchuck has no crystals to pick up, it will pick up and throw Pikmin into the air instead. If a Rock Pikmin is thrown at it and breaks its crystal, the Skutterchuck will quickly scurry away.
In Pikmin 4, they may also pick up and throw bomb rocks should there be any on the ground.
Strategy
The following article or section contains guides. |
A single Rock Pikmin is enough to destroy the crystal if it is thrown onto it. The Skutterchuck will flinch, and another thrown directly afterward onto the now bare Skutterchuck will kill it in one hit. The second throw should come quickly after the first one, as if there's too much of a delay, the creature will flee before the second Rock Pikmin hits it.
Other Pikmin types can also be used to attack the underside of the creature. The Skutterchuck may shake them off and attempt to throw rocks onto them, but it rarely hits on time. This method takes a bit longer, and destroying all crystals with Rock Pikmin before killing the enemies leaves the Skutterchuck helpless.
In Pikmin 4 skutterchucks now take 3 direct Rock Pikmin hits to be defeated, totalling 4 hits including the one required to break the crystal. This makes the use of throwing Rock Pikmin somewhat ineffective compared to how it was in Pikmin 3. Instead, the player can charge the Rock Pikmin at the Skutterchuck, as Rock Pikmin now deal 4 times the amount they used to while charged. This, combined with the relatively low health of the Skutterchuck means this beast can be immediately and safely defeated with 8 or more Rock Pikmin.
Alternatively, Purple Pikmin can defeat a nearby Skutterchuck in one throw with its shockwave. Beware that this will not work if the Pikmin is thrown on top of the crystal. A levelled up rush from Oatchi can also immediately defeat this beast.
It is possible to take advantage of the Skutterchuck's attack, as if the player positions a leader near another enemy, the Skutterchuck will throw its crystal at the leader, killing or damaging the other enemy in the process. Unlike other enemies that use weapons like the Careening Dirigibug in Pikmin 2, the Skutterchuck is not immune to the crystal nodules it throws, so this can be used to kill other Skutterchucks if they are in the area, or even the Skutterchuck that launched the nodule.
Technical information
Pikmin 3 technical information (?) | |
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Internal name | iwakko
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HP | 300 |
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill | 1 |
White Pikmin ingestions to kill | 0 |
Bomb rock explosions to kill | 1 |
Bomb rock ingestions to kill | 0 |
Number of direct hits on top to kill | 0 |
Damage to leaders | 10 |
Territory radius | 200 |
Mission Mode value | 5 |
Other information
- Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #51
Naming
- See more: Heavil family#Naming.
- Common name: Skutterchuck. It is a combination of "skutter", which is similar to "skitter", which in turn means "to run around quickly", and "chuck", referring to how it tosses rocks.
- Japanese nickname: エボシトバシ?. エボシ? is a black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan and トバシ? is from the verb 飛ばす? which can mean "to fire", "to hurl", or "to launch". This refers to how Skutterchucks hold crystal nodules on their heads like hats, and launch them to attack.
- Japanese name: ハラビロコハジキ?, lit.: "Wide-bellied small flicker".
- Scientific name: Hierodeciderit crystallosum (US); Crystallosum securilis (Europe). Crystallosum comes from crystallos, Latin for "crystal". The former name is also used in the Pikmin Garden website's Piklopedia.
- Internal names: In Pikmin 3, it is internally known as
iwakko
. In Hey! Pikmin, its internal name iseboshi
. 岩っ子? means "stone child" and 烏帽子? means "noble's headgear". Similar to all enemy internal names in Hey! Pikmin, it is a Romanization of the Japanese name, although it doesn't have the second word. Its generator name isenemy_hat_throw
, a literal translation of its Japanese nickname. - Prerelease: None.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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エボシトバシ? Eboshi Tobashi |
Eboshi Launcher | ||
(traditional) |
投石蟲 Tóushí Chóng |
Rockthrowing Bug | |
(simplified) |
投石虫 Tóushí Chóng |
Rockthrowing Bug | |
Smijtmijt | Flingmite | ||
Lancetok | Throweef | The name is a portmanteau of "lance" (throw) and "étoc" (reef) | |
Schleuderkrabbler | Catapult Crawler | ||
Lanciaquarzo | Throwequartz | The name is a compound of "lanciare" (to throw) and "quarzo" (quartz) | |
구체투수벌레 Guche-Tusu-Beolle |
Orb Thrower Beetle | ||
Besouro-atirador | Thrower beetle | ||
Insecto noducristal | Noducrystal insect | "Noducristal" is a portmanteau of "nódulo" (nodule) and "cristal" (crystal) |
Gallery
Pikmin 3
A Skutterchuck in the Tropical Forest.
A Skutterchuck being scanned in an early version.
Pikmin 4
The Skutterchuck's Piklopedia icon.
Hey! Pikmin
A Skutterchuck in the Creature Log.