Bogswallow

Bogswallow
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Gastropoidulus oculii
Family	Polyocular Slug
Areas	Primordial Thicket
Caves	The Mud Pit
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Spit mud at Pikmin

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The Bogswallow is an enemy in Pikmin 4. Similar to lithopods, it hides under mud and shoots balls of mud when pikmin are in range. They are particularly dangerous since no pikmin are naturally immune to mud, so fighting them must be done with extra care.

Stats

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Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
7	14	10	× 10

Behavior

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The Bogswallow hides under the mud until a captain, Oatchi, or the Pikmin comes close to the mud puddle or goes into the mud. It then comes out of the ground and starts vacuuming Pikmin. Once vacuumed a number of Pikmin, or if it vacuums for too long. It swallows whatever Pikmin it managed to vacuum and begins vacuuming again, or hides back under the mud if the Pikmin are out of range. If the Pikmin are too far out of range to begin with, they will just hide back under the mud.

Appearance

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Locations

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Strategy

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Charging a large amount of Winged Pikmin is usually the easiest and safest way to kill a Bogswallow. You can also throw a bomb rock at its mouth if it starts to vacuum up Pikmin, causing it to swallow the bomb and die instantly. However, the best way to deal with a Bogswallow is to use Ice Pikmin the freeze the muddy lake they reside. This makes them to be unable to come out of the mud and the ones that do will be frozen, making it easy to kill them.

Notes

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Naming

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• Common name: Bogswallow. A combination of "bog", a type of muddy swamp, and "swallow, to describe how it shoots out mud from its mouth.
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• Scientific name: Gastropoidulus oculii.
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Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning

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See also

• Muckerskate

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