Calcified Crushblat

Calcified Crushblat
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Appears in	Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Areas	Pikmin 3 Tropical Wilds
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	None
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	None
Side Story days	None
Bingo Battle stages	None
Attacks	Crushes Pikmin

The Calcified Crushblat is a very unusual enemy in Pikmin 3. It resembles a bulbous, frog-like creature that stands on tall, bird-like legs. It is capable of covering itself in a crystal-like shell for defence. Rock Pikmin or Bomb Rocks are needed to destroy its armour. It attacks by jumping on Pikmin to crush them. The creature only appears once in Story mode, residing in the Tropical Wilds. The Calcified Crushblat sits motionlessly on the ground with its legs retracted, resembling nothing more than a crystaline rock on the ground. However, as the player approaches, it will begin to visibly breath heavily, get up, and walk around. It will not actively attack Pikmin or players, but if they walk underneath it, it will not hesitate to jump on them and crush them. 

Battle Strategy

As the calcified layer of this creature is very hard, one must use either Rock Pikmin or Bomb Rocks. Because Rock Pikmin tend to only break away small portions, it is recommended to use Bomb Rocks whenever possible, as they will blow away a portion of the armour and expose the creature within to attack.

Once crystal is destroyed, simply throw Pikmin on its exposed body. Once defeated, its entire crystaline casing will shatter and it will fall dead onto the ground. It is advised that only a small portion of the armour is removed, as it will be able to run faster as more armour is taken off of it.

Before the armour is removed, it will do more damage to Leaders when it sits down and squash all non-Rock Pikmin. After the armour is removed, it does almost half the damage to players, but its body stretches outwards and knocks over Leaders and Pikmin; however, it is now completely incapable of crushing any Pikmin.

Another possible strategy is to simply swarm its feet until it dies; however this is dangerous as it can easily crush the Pikmin.

Gallery

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  The Calcified Crushblat standing up.

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  A sleeping Calcified Crushblat with its calcified layer completely intact.

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  A sleeping Crushblat without its calcified layer.

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  A sleeping Calcified Crushblat with half its shell broken.

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  The Calcified Crushblat coming towards the player with its calcified layer fully intact.

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  A Calcified Crushblat being scanned while its walking around in its crystal coating.

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  An armour-less Crushblat stretching out as it lands

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  An armour-less Crushblat stretching out as it lands

Trivia

• In reality, calcification usually takes around 3–4 years to take place.
• Although the Calcified Crushblat can respawn, the calcified layer never respawns, suggesting that calcification takes a long time on PNF-404 also.
• The Crushblat's appearance when its armour is taken off somewhat resembles the Large-Mouth Wollywog from Pikmin Adventure.
• Interestingly, the Crushblat's head still expands and retracts after its death.
• It is possible that Calcified Crushblats are in the same family or order as the Amphituber family, due to its amphibian appearance and method of attack.
• The Calcified Crushblat is the third creature, and only non-boss enemy in Pikmin 3 that requires Rock Pikmin to expose it's weak point. The others being the Armored Mawdad and the Quaggled Mireclops. However, it can be defeated without them with the use of Bomb Rocks or by swarming at its legs.