Burrowing Snagret

Burrowing Snagret
Appears in	Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Shiropedes anacondii
Family	Snavian
Areas	The Forest of Hope, Valley of Repose, Awakening Wood, Twilight River
Caves	White Flower Garden, Snagret Hole, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	The Final Trial, Cryptic Cavern
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Shaded Garden Remix
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Silver Lake, Tropical Wilds Remix, Garden of Hope Remix, Twilight River Remix
Side Story days	None
2-Player Battle stages	None
Bingo Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Burrowing Snagret (ヘビガラス^?, lit.: "Grass Snake") is an enemy in the Pikmin games and the boss of White Flower Garden in Pikmin 2. It appears to be a combination of a bird and a snake, and a member of the Snavian family (Snavian being a combination of the words snake and avian, avian meaning "bird-related"). They remain underground for the majority of the time, surfacing only when approached by Pikmin or a Captain. Every few times it emerges, the beast gets stuck with only its head above ground for a while, giving a captain an opportunity to attack without fear of losing any Pikmin. When above ground, it attempts to eat Pikmin one by one until it is sufficiently damaged, at which point it burrows back underground.

When killed in Pikmin, Burrowing Snagrets explode into many pellets; in Pikmin 2, a dead Burrowing Snagret leaves behind its head to be returned to an Onion or the Research Pod.

In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret has undergone appearance changes to be represented in HD. Its scales and head feathers are larger and more defined. It can also shed these feathers during battle, although this is just aethstetic. After it is defeated, its entire body will come out from the ground, revealing it has a foot. Unlike the previous games, the Burrowing Snagret only appears once in the Story Mode, and it never respawns. If left unsalvaged, its body will not be there the next day, unlike the major bosses. It drops the only Insect Condo in the story.

Locations

Their only locations in the first game are The Forest of Hope where 3 appear in the same area, and The Final Trial on Challenge Mode. In Pikmin 2, a Burrowing Snagret is the boss of White Flower Garden, found on sublevel 5 (this one contains the Five-man Napsack), and many are encountered throughout Snagret Hole; one is even guarding the entrance in Awakening Wood, where the three in Pikmin are located. Another is on sublevel 4 of Hole of Heroes, and yet another guards the Pink Menace in the Valley of Repose. Burrowing Snagrets are the most common boss-class enemies in Pikmin 2, having eight different in-game occurrences outside of Challenge Mode. In Pikmin 3, Burrowing Snagrets are known to live in the Twilight River. There are also Burrowing Snagrets in Mission Mode levels including Silver Lake, Tropical Wilds Remix, Garden of Hope Remix, Twilight River Remix, and Shaded Garden Remix. There are four of them located in Garden of Hope Remix.

Notes

Olimar's voyage log

“This large, subterranean life-form suddenly erupts from underground to feast on nearby Pikmin. Its body is covered in slick scales, which render Pikmin attacks ineffective. Surely, it has a weak point somewhere...”

Reel notes

“The bluish hue of its feathers distinguishes it from the burrowing snarrow.”

Olimar's notes

“The majority of snagret species lie in wait to ambush and capture prey, with a body type perfectly adapted to such sudden strikes. It violently attacks small, surface-dwelling insects. Distributed across a relatively wide range, subspecies of snagret suited to the varying soil conditions have emerged, making the snagret the most geographically represented species besides the bulborb. Visually resembling the burrowing snagret is the burrowing snarrow, the range of which partially overlaps with the snagret's range. While the two may appear similar, when pulled from the ground they can be distinguished by the presence or absence of tail and wing markings.”

Louie's notes

“Slice the serpentine torso into thin medallions, skewer on a metal rod with Hocotate onions, and barbecue over an open flame.”

Nintendo Player's Guide

"The Burrowing Snagret's weak spot is its head. Toss Pikmin at the bird-snake's skull as it's emerging from the ground, and let them go to work on the beast. Call them before they're shaken off and prepare for another assault."

Pikmin Player's Guide

"The white-headed snagret is a subterranean dweller characterized by a birdlike head and a snakelike body. Its avian head features white plumage and a long, pointed beak, which it uses for digging, while its reptilian body is covered with blue scales. White-headed snagrets burrow in flocks and they will rear their heads when surface vibrations alert them to possible prey above ground. The blueish hue of its feathers distinguishes it from the burrowing snarrow."

Brawl trophy description

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"A member of the snavian family with a birdlike head and a snakelike neck and body. An underground dweller, the snagret makes sudden strikes aboveground to capture surface-dwelling prey. It uses its beak to scoop up daily nutrition and can snatch up three Pikmin at once--a relatively small amount made deadly by its strike speed. No one has ever seen its tail."

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide

"As its name implies, the Burrowing Snagret spends most of its time underground. When it senses potential prey, however, this creature emerges and uses its powerful beak to snatch up any victims in range. The Burrowing Snagret's body it protected by scales, making the creature's head its only weak point.

Each time a Burrowing Snagret emerges from the ground, there's a brief pause just after the creature's beak appears -- this brief window is the only opportunity you'll have to execute a successful charge. If your Pikmin can latch onto the creature's head before it's fully exposed, they'll be able to do a significant amount of damage in a very short time. Winged Pikmin can charge the Burrowing Snagret's head whenever it's above ground, but you'll need a large squad to compensate for the Winged Pikmin's low attack power.

If you can't seem to land a successful charge attack, flank the Burrowing Snagret's side and toss your Pikmin directly onto the creature's head. This method makes it fairly difficult to keep your squad out of harm's way, but it does allow you to deal reliable damage for the duration of the battle."

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U trophy description

File:NAFlag.png: "A foot-long bird doesn't sound all that large, but when you're the size of a Pikmin, a foot is massive! This member of the avian family will emerge from underground, hunting for Pikmin, its favorite snack. Act fast—or this bird of prey will prey on your poor Pikmin!"

File:EuropeFlag.png: "A strange creature that looks like it's part bird and part snake. At 35cm in length, it's fairly small by our standards, but for Pikmin, it's a towering monster! Another thing that makes it monstrous is that it sees Pikmin as a nutritious meal. If you're not careful, it'll pop out of the ground and gobble them up before you know it!"

Strategy

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Olimar, leading an attack on a Burrowing Snagret.

In Pikmin, they are extremely hard to beat without losing Pikmin if thrown at the head, as they have very high health and are larger than in the second game. Its striking speed will also allow it to eat some Pikmin and burrow back into the ground before any real damage is done. When trying to defeat it in the first game, the best strategy is to throw Red Pikmin at its head while it's emerging from the ground as fast as you can, then whistling in your Pikmin right before he shakes them off to prevent them being eaten. Another effective, but risky way is to swarm the head in hopes of making the Burrowing Snagret retreat underground. In Pikmin 2, defeating one is an easier task because of its lower health; even so, it remains a good idea to use Purple Pikmin.

It is easy to take advantage of the fact that sometimes, the beast will not fully emerge, getting stuck for some time. It is best to attack the Snagret then, and Olimar should kill it without losing any Pikmin. With quick, accurate throwing, however, this is not necessary to secure the battle. Throw many Pikmin at its head as soon as possible and the Snagret should die before managing to swallow any of the Pikmin that it may have snatched up from the ground.

In both games, if it burrows back underground without swallowing Pikmin it has caught, these Pikmin will die. In the first game, it was the root of many glitches involving the counter.

In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret can be defeated in a matter of seconds by charging at it with 100 Winged Pikmin under the effects of an ultra-spicy spray. This works because the Snagret will only catch grounded Pikmin, and since the Winged Pikmin can fly, they can both dodge its beak, and aim straight for the head – its weak point.

It is not possible to defeat the Burrowing Snagret with captains alone.

Burrowing Snarrow

The Burrowing Snarrow is a creature that is referred to only twice in the Pikmin series, but never seen. The first of these mentions is in the Enemy reel at the end of Pikmin:

The bluish hue of its feathers distinguishes it from the burrowing snarrow.

The second allusion to it is in Olimar's notes on the Burrowing Snagret in Pikmin 2's Piklopedia.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			snakecrow
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	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	1500
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	15
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	0
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	80
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	150
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	111
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	0.1 (10%)
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?)	2.5
fp12	地中での時間	Unknown (underground time?)	2.5
fp21	白ピクミン	White Pikmin poison damage	200
fp31	Forest 2 Life	HP on the White Flower Garden	2500

Gallery

• 71burrowingsnagret.png

  A Burrowing Snagret above ground.

• Burrowingsnagret.jpg

  Official art of a Burrowing Snagret from Pikmin.

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  Official art of a Burrowing Snagret from Pikmin 3.

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  The Pikmin 3 design of a Burrowing Snagret.

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  The Burrowing Snagret's foot.

• Burrowing Snagret Foot 2.png

  Another picture of its foot.

Trivia

• The Burrowing Snagret can be seen in a pre-release video of Pikmin, where it appears to have a light or white body.

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The prototype Snagret.

• The Brawl trophy states that no one has ever seen a Burrowing Snagret's tail before. However, Olimar states in the Piklopedia that the Burrowing Snagret and Snarrow can both be distinguished by the markings on their tails, implying that Olimar has seen it full body, or at least its tail.
• The Burrowing Snagret is the most commonly fought boss in all 3 games, as it can be fought 4 times in the first game, 11 times in the second game, and 7 times in the third game.
• In-game sources disagree on whether the creature's body is lined with feathers or scales: the Enemy Reel states they are feathers, while Olimar's Voyage Log call them scales. Louie's Notes refer to the creature's 'serpentine torso', also implying they are scales.
• The name of the Snagret seems to be a combination of the words "snake" or "snag,", which means "to catch," and "egret," a kind of bird resembling the Snagret.
• In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret is revealed to have a foot, similar to the Pileated Snagret.
• Only 1 is encountered in Pikmin 3's story mode, but it's encountered 3 different times in Mission Mode.
• Despite being the 2nd most encountered mid boss in Pikmin 3's Mission Mode, it's fought 6 times, once at Silver Lake, once at Twilight River Remix and 4 times in Garden of Hope Remix.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Portuguese (NoE)	Snagret Buraqueiro	Burrowing Snagret	Name taken from the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy.

This article was a featured article from 23rd May 2012 to 18th March 2013.