Beady Long Legs

Beady Long Legs
Appears in	Pikmin, Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Pseudoarachnia armoralis
Family	Arachnorb
Areas	The Forest Navel, Perplexing Pool
Caves	Citadel of Spiders, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	The Final Trial, Twilight Garden
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Crush Pikmin with feet

The Beady Long Legs (ダマグモ^?, lit.: "Orb Spider") is a boss in the first two Pikmin games. The only attack it has is stomping around and its multiple feet crush any Pikmin they land on. Its weak spot is its orbicular torso; given its height, Yellow Pikmin are normally needed. When defeated, it crumbles into dust that disintegrates after its belongings drop from its orbicular torso. The creature is in both the main game and Challenge Mode of both games it appears on.

In Pikmin 2, the Beady Long Legs has a more brownish tone to its body, while in the first one it is just yellow. It also has slightly different shaped feet. Appearances in the second game are more common, and have much less health, slower movements, different cries, and their feet don't stick on the ground. When at low health, the Beady Long Legs will acquire a reddish tint and start smoking at the joints in Pikmin. In Pikmin 2, the creature's body will start to flake away at low health.

It first appears as a boss in Pikmin, where it is found in The Forest Navel, holding the Guard Satellite, and again in The Final Trial in Challenge Mode. In Pikmin 2, one appears on sublevel 5 of the Citadel of Spiders, where it drops a key which unlocks Challenge Mode, one on sublevel 14 of the Hole of Heroes, which holds the Fond Gyro Block, and one in the Twilight Garden in Challenge Mode (again holding The Key). Additionally, one more can be found in front of the landing site in the Perplexing Pool after day 30; killing this one yields 20 small 1-pellets. It appears every day if it is not killed and always spawns on the first day of each 10 day period starting from day 31.

The Beady Long Legs does not appear in Pikmin 3, but there are two new Arachnorb bosses similar to it, the Shaggy Long Legs and Baldy Long Legs (the latter of which has an entry in the Piklopedia that mentions the species).

Stats

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5000	Unknown
	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1300	0.39 HP/s

Notes

Olimar's voyage log

“This creature is so large, it would tower over the Dolphin. All the Pikmin can do is cling to its feet and try to slow it down. Its large round torso is its sole weak point - since Yellow Pikmin fly highest, they should be most effective against it.”

Reel notes

“Waxy secretions form this creature's distinctive armored shell.”

Olimar's notes

“Although this creature is commonly associated with spiders, it is actually the result of a separate evolutionary line of insectoid creatures. Since the spherical body section supported by the creature's legs carries most of its internal organs, there appear to be no other features that would correspond to a head or abdomen.”

Louie's notes

“Poisonous. Consumption results in prolonged writhing and uncontrollable mirth.”

Pikmin Nintendo Player's Guide

“Although this creature is commonly associated with spiders, the Arachnorb is actually the result of a separate evolutionary line of insectoid creatures. Since the spherical body portion supported by the creature's legs carries most of its internal organs, there appear to be no other features that would correspond to a head or abdomen. Waxy secretions form this creature's distinctive armored shell.”

“Stand in the shadow of the bug's round body, then fire Pikmin straight up into it. Only its ball-like body takes damage, and yellow Pikmin have less trouble soaring up to it. Weigh down the bug's feet with Pikmin to slow down the creature, but make sure your Pikmin don't get stepped on.”

Pikmin Nintendo Power Booklet description

“Eerily missing anything that resembles a head, this spiderlike creature is capable of stomping large numbers of Pikmin into oblivion with its four pile-driving legs. Its only vulnerable spot is its round body.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“The name says it all. Since the Beady Long Legs has such long legs, you'll need yellows to reach its body when it's standing up straight. Steer clear of its legs when it stomps, and hit it with purples when it dips.”

Strategy

The Beady Long Legs petrified by ultra-bitter spray in Perplexing Pool.

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

With Pikmin

To do: Check what happens if its feet are damaged in all versions and regions of all games. Care to do so?

Be careful when entering the boss's arena in Pikmin, since it can crush Pikmin when it falls down from the ceiling. This can catch unprepared players with large armies by surprise, but was changed for Pikmin 2: the Beady Long Legs will not be able to harm Pikmin until its introduction animation is over.

You should have no more than 30 Pikmin, as a large group can be hard to control and may cause a few deaths. Aim at its core and launch your Pikmin freely, being careful to neither miss nor let the grounded Pikmin get stomped on. Swarming will prove helpful here. When it shivers, it is about to shake Pikmin off. Call the Pikmin quickly, or else they might fall off for a few seconds and lose their bud or flower status. In Pikmin 2, all Pikmin will be shaken off, but in Pikmin, a few may still remain latched. Attacking one of its feet in Pikmin will not cause any damage, but the creature will have difficulties landing it.

If you have a viable amount of Yellow Pikmin, attack at will, but if not, bring twenty to thirty of some other types, preferably Red Pikmin, and wait until it has done eight stomps (two with each leg); it will lean down afterwards to rest. It will do this twice, so you should ignore it the first time, and then as soon as it begins to lean again, quickly throw Pikmin at its body. This will allow you to attack for a longer period of time.

Alternatively, a combination of Yellow Pikmin and Red Pikmin can be used. The Yellow Pikmin, when thrown at the creature's head, will weigh it down and lower it, allowing the Red Pikmin to be used without having to wait for the Arachnorb to rest. This detailed approach is only possible in Pikmin, as the enemy is not weighed down by Pikmin in Pikmin 2.

The Beady Long Legs can also be harmed by Pikmin attacking its feet; this is far more challenging and time-consuming, however. In Pikmin 2, only Purple Pikmin can damage the creature's feet with the stomp they cause, but in the Japanese version of the game, any Pikmin type can also attack its feet with regular attacks. As such, an easy way to defeat the Beady Long Legs in the Japanese version of Pikmin 2 is to place around 25 flowered Red Pikmin on the location where each foot is going to be, and when the creature lands from above, its health will be dropped so fast that it will not have time to stomp even once, ensuring a clean and quick victory. It may be difficult to determine exactly where the feet will end up at, though. This trick does not work in overseas versions of the game, nor the Wii releases, and it may only work with some of the Pikmin in the party.

In Pikmin, it is recommended to bring twenty Red Pikmin to the entrance of the arena, so they may bring the Guard Satellite through the fire geysers.

With leaders

Even when petrified, its body is suspended too high for leaders to reach.

Speedrunning

In Pikmin, the fastest way to defeat the creature is to have around 20 Red Pikmin and around 6 Yellow Pikmin with you. Before the boss lands, use  / to organize your party so that Red Pikmin are the closest to you. Walk into the arena, and begin throwing Red Pikmin so that they attach to the creature when it lands; when the Beady Long Legs falls down, its core reaches low enough for non-Yellow Pikmin to be thrown at it. Throw as many Pikmin as you can, using the swarm trick. When it shakes the Pikmin off, a few of them will remain attached. Carefully whistle the ones that got knocked down and throw them at the core again. The creature should be dead just as it's shaking the second time.

Presumed glitch

At one point, a glitch about this boss was documented on Pikipedia. It was said to be a rare and dangerous glitch that would cause the Beady Long Legs in Pikmin to leave its arena. Once outside its boundaries, it would continue to pursue the player, and if coaxed into falling into the pit, the game would crash. It also claimed that the game could crash if left outside of its arena for too long, and that it could also happen with other bosses fought in arenas.

Despite the glitch's popularity, there was never any proof of it happening, though there were attempts. In fact, without editing the game's files to force the boss's territory radius to be larger than normal, there is no known way for the Beady Long Legs to walk far from its starting point, as it will attempt to return to the center of the arena if it exits a certain radius. In addition to the Beady Long Legs being unable to escape its arena in normal play, the crashing element is a hoax: should the player move the Beady Long Legs to the pits at the edge of the Forest Navel and coax it inside, its model distorts to try to "step" in the pit, before merely despawning. Since the editor that documented the glitch did so anonymously, and a bit haphazardly, it is impossible to figure out any details about the origin of the glitch.

Technical information

Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name	kumo
HP	5000

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			damagumo
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	1300
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	10
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.1
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.1
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.5
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	100
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.2
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	400
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	75
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	70
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	400
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	400
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	90
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	180
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	25
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	75
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	25
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	75
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	25
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	75
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	60
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	50
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0.00001
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	200
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	200
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	20
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 (0%)
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	5
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	10
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	20
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	30
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	30
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	ベース係数	Unknown (base coefficient?)	3
fp02	上げ減速係数	Unknown (increase deceleration coefficient?)	-0.2
fp03	下げ加速係数	Unknown (lower acceleration factor?)	0.5
fp04	最低減加速係数	Unknown (minimum acceleration factor?)	-2
fp05	最高減加速係数	Unknown (maximum acceleration factor?)	10
fp06	足の振り上げ	Foot height when taking a step	120

Other information

• Technical name in The Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Arachnorb
• Size: Leg span: 240mm, as per the e-card
• Japanese name: アシナガモクメツユハライ^?, lit.: "Long-legged wood grain tsuyuharai"
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #72
• Musical theme:
  • Pikmin: Impending Doom
  • Pikmin 2: Common boss battle

Naming

See more: Arachnorb family#Naming.

The word "Beady" in its name highlights its small and circular body. Its Japanese name, ダマグモ^?, literally translates to "Orb Spider", once again reflecting the creature's spidery look and the spherical body. In the scientific name, Pseudoarachnia armoralis, armoralis comes from the Latin armum, which translates to "armor" and refers to its strong resistance. The creature's internal name in Pikmin 2 is the same as its Japanese name, damagumo, but in Pikmin, only the "spider" part of the word remains, making it kumo.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ダマグモ? Dama Gumo	Orb Spider
French	Baba Longues jambes	From Papa-longues-jambes (literally "Daddy longlegs")
German	Perliges Langbein	Beady Long Leg
Italian	Longopede	From "lungo" (long) and "piede" (foot)
Korean	박거미 Bak gu mi	Gourd Spider
Spanish (NoA)	Pelota patas largas	Ball long legs

Gallery

Pikmin

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  Artwork of the Beady Long Legs.

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  The Beady Long Legs in the enemy reel.

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  A drawing of a Beady Long Legs from the Pikmin Official Player's Guide.

Pikmin 2

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  The Beady Long Legs in the Piklopedia.

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  A close-up of the Beady Long Legs in sublevel 5 of Citadel of Spiders.

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  The Beady Long Legs begins to crumble and emit smoke as it becomes weaker.

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  The Beady Long Legs explodes when it dies.

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  The Beady Long Legs defeated, crumbling into dust.

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  The Beady Long Legs as it first lands in sublevel 14 of Hole of Heros.

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  The Beady Long Legs after it lands in the same cave.

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  The Beady Long Legs in the unused cave Last_4, meant for enemy testing.

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  Artwork.

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  The creature's e-card, #30 (10^th yellow card).

Trivia

An earlier Beady Long Legs.

• The Beady Long Legs is shown during the last few seconds of a pre-release trailer of Pikmin. Here, the creature appears to be taller and have a reddish tint to its skin, as well as being in an outside area similar to The Forest of Hope.
• In the Citadel of Spiders cave in Pikmin 2, a shadow of a spider web is displayed on the arena floor. This also applies to one of its appearances in Challenge Mode in Pikmin 2 and to the arena of the Raging Long Legs in the the Hole of Heroes.
• The poison Louie describes may be oenanthotoxin, a poison known for causing a rigid smile. Alternatively, the poison could be causing Louie to have a gelastic seuizure, a seizure accompanied by uncontrollable laughter.
• There is an unused object in Super Mario Galaxy that looks like an organic ball, which opens up much like the Beady Long Legs' core. In addition, the item's internal name is SpiderItemShell, further connecting it to the pseudo-arachnid.
• This enemy was meant to appear in Pikmin 3, but with its head changed to resemble one of its feet, as evidenced from some unused content in the game.
• In Super Mario 64 there is a quadrupedal spider-like enemy called a Scuttlebug that has a similar body pattern to the Beady Long Legs.
• Bizarrely, in Pikmin, if there are any sprouts in the area the moment the player triggers the creature's fall, it will take a few seconds to actually fall down, whereas if there are no sprouts, it will show up right away. This applies to all game modes and all versions of the game.
• In Pikmin 2, the Beady Long Legs is fully programmed to drop 25 Unmarked Spectralids upon death if it has no treasure. However, due to a mistake from the programmers, this does not occur, and it simply drops nothing.
• In the Pikmin 3 Deluxe Side Story Olimar's Comeback, the final stage has a Baldy Long Legs with a similar coloration to the Beady Long Legs. It is accompanied by a boss theme that combines the main Pikmin theme and the Beady Long Legs's battle theme.
• The roaring of the Beady Long Legs in Pikmin 2, and by extension the other two arachnorbs that reuse the sound is a modified metal door sliding sound.

See also

• Baldy Long Legs
• Raging Long Legs
• Shaggy Long Legs

References

This article was a featured article from May 6th to June 18th, 2009.