Pileated Snagret

Pileated Snagret
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Shiropedes ambulatria
Family	Snavian
Areas	None
Caves	Snagret Hole, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	Rumbling Grotto
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Pileated Snagret is a larger and more powerful species of the Snavian family. It has a green scaly body, and a much larger head, which is coloured with red-orange feathers. It is called 'pileated' because it has a crest of feathers on its head. Its eyes are also covered by some ear-like features. This Snagret is definitely more powerful, as it has a lot more health, and it is able to walk on the ground. It is also much taller than the slightly more common Burrowing Snagret.

This makes it very hard to hurt it by throwing Pikmin onto it. However, Purple Pikmin are the best choice, because it is still possible to throw them on there with good aim, but an ultra-spicy spray is strongly advised so that they can run fast enough and cause enough damage. The reason Purple Pikmin are great here is that when the creature emerges from the ground, the Purples will make the Snavian 'bounce', like in most cases of enemies, and in the small seconds of those bounces, the Pikmin attached to the Snavian will deal damage, and then it will probably return to the ground without eating any Pikmin. Sometimes, it may get stunned, making it extremely vulnerable. When this tactic is repeated, it should be easy to defeat this creature. As a side note, its cousin, the Burrowing Snagret, can't be stunned because it is attached to the ground.

Another, safer, yet more time-consuming strategy, is to run around and wait for the Pileated Snagret to emerge. Every now and then, the Snagret will have trouble coming out of the ground (similar to the Burrowing Snagret). Toss the Pikmin on it during this time. When it fully emerges, it'll be too weak to attack, and burrow underground again. Repeat until the creature dies. Of course, the creature can always be petrified when the head is emerging, even when it is not having trouble getting out, making it possible to attack the head easily.

The Pileated Snagret is found only in Pikmin 2. It can only be found on Sublevel 7 of the Snagret Hole, Sublevel 4 of the Hole of Heroes, and the last (2) sublevel of the Rumbling Grotto in Challenge Mode.

If a Pikmin stands directly where the Pileated Snagret dives into the ground, the Pikmin will be taken under the ground, and will die with the sound as if it were thrown off into an abyss. Sometimes the Pikmin will make the sound, but will not die. This is most likely because they were shoved into the ground, and then knocked back by the Snagret's foot at the same time, saving them.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This variety of snagret has the ability to both burrow underground and walk above it. Its earthy red coloration and distinct yellow ear and eye markings make it immediately recognizable. Despite featuring a chimeralike merging of serpent and avian features, the pileated snagret has poor eyesight for a bird, perhaps due to extended periods spent underground. To compensate for this, its nose features a thermal-sensing organ common to many snakes, making it a dangerously effective hunter.”

Louie's notes

“You haven't lived until you've tasted a mint-braised snagret shank! Or if you're feeling especially saucy, stuff a bird with a can of your favorite savory nectar, throw it on the barbeque, and let the juices mingle to make a mean beverage-canister snagret!”

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			snakewhole
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.05
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	5000
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	20
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.025
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.025
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.4
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	1000
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	380
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	100
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	100
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	400
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	200
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	40
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	0
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	0
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	0
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	100
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	50
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	10
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	0
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	0
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	225
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	130
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	5
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	50
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	0.01 (1%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	5
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	15
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	4
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	25
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	8
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	30
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	12
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	35
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	通常出現率	Regular unburrow chance (not stuck)	0.6 (60%)
fp11	潜る迄の時間	Unknown (time between burrows?)	0.5
fp12	地中での時間	Unknown (underground time?)	2.5
fp21	白ピクミン	White Pikmin poison damage	400

Gallery

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  Concept art of a Pileated Snagret.

See also

• Stuck Pileated Snagret, a glitch encountered in the Piklopedia's Pileated Snagret entry.