Bug-Eyed Crawmad

Bug-Eyed Crawmad
Appears in	Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Camabarus subterranid
Family	Crawmad
Areas	Garden of Hope
Caves	None
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Fortress of Festivity
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Forgotten Cove
Side Story days	Land, Sea, and Sky, Big Fruit Carnival
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
Bingo Battle stages	Twisted Cavern
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Bug-Eyed Crawmad (デメジャコ^?, lit.: "Bug-Eyed Mantis Shrimp", Bugeyed Crawmad in the European version) is a miniboss that appears in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4, twice in story mode and both times in the Garden of Hope. Its appearance is similar to the Hermit Crawmad, but it possesses distinctly large eyes protruding out of its head through eye-stalks. Instead of appearing from only one hole in the ground, it can switch between two different holes. It resembles stout lobster or shrimp-like crustaceans whose claws resemble those of squillas but are in fact related to hermit crabs.

The enemy sits in its burrow and is usually found around watery areas, although it can survive on dry land as well. It will peek out of its hole when prey – such as Pikmin – approach it. If a Pikmin or leader gets too close to its dwelling, the Crawmad will attack. It attacks by charging out of its hole and grabbing prey (up to ten Pikmin at once), almost instantly devouring them. The only way to damage this enemy is to hit its eyes. Once they are both significantly damaged, it will flip over exposing its raw underbelly. Despite being one of the largest bosses in the game, it takes only twelve Pikmin to carry.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
12	25 (normally)	20	× 100  × 100	2500

Notes

Alph's comments

“Structural flaw: eyes, then underbelly
Weight: 10

It's similar to designs on our planet featuring exoskeletons, but much, much bigger. Its eyeballs are equally enlarged, making them perfect targets. Their homes aren't a single hole but rather a network of interconnected tunnels. If you see one retreat below ground, be warned that it could reemerge somewhere else entirely.”

Brittany's comments

“All I can think about since we defeated one of these is how nice it would be to sleep on that soft belly. I could even use its shell to make a canopy bed! (Just for me, though. It's obviously not big enough for all of us.)”

Charlie's comments

“I tried to take it in one-on-one combat, to spare the lives of my Pikmin squad, but its shell was too hard even for my steely fists. If only I was tall enough to reach its eyes! Then we'd see who's really tough.”

Louie's comments

 US version

“When grilled, serves as an excellent filling for an offbeat po'boy. If you have any left over, add it to a liver paste to deepen the flavor.”

 European version

“When grilled, serves as an excellent filling for a decadent sub. If you have any left over, add it to a liver paste to deepen the flavour.”

Olimar's comments

 US version

“Bug-Eyed Crawmad
Camabarus subterranid
Crawmad family

Like its close cousin the hermit crawmad, it makes its home in a burrow rather than a shell. It has abnormally overdeveloped eyes with which to detect prey in cloudy water or low-visibility mud. These enormous eyes can perceive circular polarized light, as well as the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum. It is well protected from predators, allowing it to live for upwards of 50 years and grow to immense size by repeated ecdysis.”

 European version

“Bug-Eyed Crawmad
Camabarus subterranid
Crawmad family

Like its close cousin the Hermit Crawmad, it makes its home in a burrow rather than a shell. It has abnormally overdeveloped eyes with which to detect prey in cloudy water or low-visibility mud. These enormous eyes can perceive circular polarised light, as well as the ultraviolet and infrared ends of the spectrum. It's well protected from predators, allowing it to live for upwards of 50 years and grow to immense size by repeated ecdysis.”

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide

“The Bug-Eyed Crawmad is a large, burrowing creature. This heavily armored enemy attacks by lunging straight ahead and snapping its powerful claws. Any Pikmin it captures are fed directly into the creature's mouth, so it's important to keep your squad out of the Bug-Eyed Crawmad's path.

After you coax this creature out of its hole, throw your Pikmin at its retractable eyes. When both eyes have pulled back into its head, the Bug-Eyed Crawmad flips onto its back. Throw your Pikmin onto the creature's underbelly to deal damage until it recovers. Repeat the process until you defeat the Bug-Eyed Crawmad.”

Locations

On the main Story Mode, they're both found in the Garden of Hope.

• One of them is in a cave that contains an elevator platform puzzle, Dusk Pustules and some Hermit Crawmads. This cave is located behind two electric gates, located to the east of the Garden.
• The other one can be found on the half of the area where Blue Pikmin are found, to the Northwest of the path leading to the Quaggled Mireclops's arena. This Crawmad is located near the north pile of fragments that can be built into the tea cup, above water.

In Mission Mode, one appears in the Collect treasure! variant of the Fortress of Festivity. It releases 4 Cupid's Grenades when defeated and is worth 100 Pokos. Another appears in the Battle enemies! version of Forgotten Cove. It's behind a dirt wall, and killing it gives the player 100 points. Both of these enemies are considerably weaker than the ones encountered in Story Mode.

Finally, one also appears in the Bingo Battle stage Twisted Cavern.

Strategy

As an eye is attacked, it turns redder and eventually retracts. If both eyes are taken out before the Crawmad retreats into its hole, it will flip over, revealing its soft underbelly. After some seconds, it will flip back upright and the cycle restarts. Repeat the process if needed to defeat the beast.

With thrown Pikmin, manual cursor aiming may be needed, but Winged Pikmin can charge the eyes instead of the body. Rock Pikmin deal good damage when thrown directly onto the eyes as well. Bomb rocks may be used to instantly take out one eye, or both at once, immediately flipping the creature onto its back. Alternately, if one is ingested by the creature, it will cause it to take a sufficient amount of damage and flip over.

Winged Pikmin can take this mini-boss out in just a few seconds. Bring 100 of them out to fight it, preferably flowers, but the result shouldn't matter too much. Once the Bug-Eyed Crawmad is vulnerable, just lock onto one of the eyes and swarm it. The Winged Pikmin take out the eyes very quickly, and once one eye is down they will attack the other – either that or they will attack both at once. Once it flips over, don't do anything, as the Winged Pikmin will be above the body and will take that out very quickly too. This strategy becomes even more efficient when combined with an ultra-spicy spray, given its improvement in attack power for Winged Pikmin.

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	demejako
HP	2500
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	30
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	10
Bomb rock explosions to kill	5
Bomb rock ingestions to kill	3
Number of direct hits on top to kill	0
Damage to leaders	10
Territory radius	400
Mission Mode value	100

Other information

• Musical theme: Mid-boss battle

Naming

See more: Crawmad family#Naming.

• Common name: Bug-Eyed Crawmad. It is called such because of its protruding eyes – creatures like this are often called "bug-eyed". In UK English, the word "bug-eyed" is spelled "bugeyed", so the European and Oceanic releases of the game call the creature "Bugeyed Crawmad".
• Japanese nickname: デメジャコ^?. デメ^? means "bug-eyed", and ジャコ^? is very similar to シャコ^?, or "mantis shrimp".
• Japanese name: タイリクシャコガニ^?, lit.: "Continent Mantis Shrimp Crab".
• Scientific name: Camabarus subterranid. Subterranid is a play on "subterranean", referring to its ability to hide underground.
• Internal names: Internally, this creature is called demejako, which is a Romanization of its Japanese name.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	デメジャコ? Deme Jako	Bug-Eyed Mantis Shrimp
Chinese (traditional)	凸眼瀨尿蝦
French	Crabamok Globuleux	Googly Crawmad
German	Glupschgreifer	Googly Grabber
Korean	툭눈갯가재
Spanish	Cavaloco ojos saltones	Bug-eyed crazydigger

Gallery

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  A frontal, detailed view of the creature as it prepares its assault.

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  The Bug-Eyed Crawmad's full body can be seen here.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad confronting Brittany and Charlie.

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  A Stellar Extrusion next to a Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the Garden of Hope.

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  The Bug-Eyed Crawmad found in the Fortress of Festivity.

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  The data file for the Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the European version.

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  The Bug-Eyed Crawmad's Piklopedia icon in Pikmin 4.

See also

• Hermit Crawmad