Gildemander

Gildemander
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Salamandra falsaurum
Family	Amphibiland
Areas	Hero's Hideaway (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Caves	Doppelgänger's Den, Cavern for a King
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

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Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
20	40	30	× 20	6000

Behavior

The Gildemander waits in the center of its arena until the leader and their Pikmin enter; once they do, it will begin crawling towards them and will attempt to eat the Pikmin using its large, sticky tongue. When the creature cannot find any leaders or Pikmin, it will look about and then begin wandering.

When the false gold on the creature's back is knocked off by attacking Pikmin, reattaching it will become the Gildemander's main priority. It will pursue the gold one piece at a time and grab it with its tongue, ensnaring most Pikmin currently attacking the gold as well. It will then toss the gold piece onto its back, covering its gemstone-like weak spots.

If many Pikmin are attacking the creature at once, it will shake its body to scatter them. When one of the weak spots on its back shatters, it is briefly stunned. Once all three weak spots are destroyed, the creature is defeated.

Appearance

As the adult form of the Gildemandwee, it has many similarities to it. However, it is considerably larger than its juvenile and has more golden rocks and red, crystalline weak spots on its back.

Locations

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• Hero's Hideaway (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)

Strategy

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Notes

Dalmo's Notes

“Notice the gold sparkles on its back. In order to survive, this delight of a creature spends a mind-boggling amount of time collecting those special gold stones. Though it isn't real gold, it can confuse the sensors. That's another marvel of the natural world for you.”

Olimar's Notes

“The ore-like growth on its back is a coagulated bodily fluid that includes a substance similar to sparklium, which can make our mechanical sensors "go berserk," to use the technical term. This living ore emits a scent that lures the creatures' prey, so it's also important for their feeding process.

The lantern-like organ atop its head emits electromagnetic waves that are known to affect Pikmin and Onions, confusing them into thinking the Gildemander is their leader, allowing it to withdraw Pikmin directly from the Onion. However, it cannot go so far as to command them as a squad, so the Pikmin will often hide under cover and are able to avoid ingestion.”

Louie's Notes

“The meat gives off a faint aroma similar to a hot pepper. The flavor itself is subtle and elegant. Chargrill the lantern until blackened, and you've got a nutritional superfood.”

Naming

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• Common name: Gildemander. A combination of the word "gilded" meaning golden and salamander, a type of lizard-like amphibian.
• Japanese nickname:
• Japanese name:
• Scientific name: Salamandra falsaurum. Salamandra falsaurum. Salamndra refers to the real life genus of salamander. Falsaurum may be a combination of falsum, Latin for "fraud" and saurous, Latin for "lizard" Could also be a combination of falsum, and aurum, Latin for "gold". Making the name more directly mean "Fraudulent Gold", and directly reference the mimicry it uses as part of its hunting strategy.
• Internal names: NISEBOSS
• Prerelease: Unknown

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Aurimandra	From "Auri" (in latin: "gold") and "mandra", which derives from "salamandra"(salamander)

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See also

• Gildemandwee
• Amphibiland family

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