Crusted Rumpup

Crusted Rumpup
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Derrierus capillium
Family	Armrakid
Areas	Serene Shores
Caves	Cavern for a King
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

The Crusted Rumpup (シリアゲヨロヒ^?, lit.: "Butt-Lifting Armor") is a boss in Pikmin 4. It resembles a real world scorpion, though does not use its tails as an attack. Instead, the tail acts as its weak point. One can be found guarding the base at The Sand Keep in the Serene Shores and must be defeated to use it.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
20	40	30	× 20	5000

Behavior

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The Crusted Rumpup will usually be found patrolling the areas in which it appears. When the leader, Oatchi or Pikmin enter its range, the creature will rise its tail, signaling that it's ready to attack. The Crusted Rumpup attacks by opening its jaws and charging at high speed towards the target on its direct line of sight, eating up to 5 Pikmin that it may catch when charging, and knocking back the leader, Oatchi, or any other Pikmin if they happen to be close while it charges.

Appearance

The Crusted Rumpup is similar in shape to a scorpion, with a head, 4 legs, and a long segmented tail. It has a red carapace with dark stripes. Its face is dark green with 2 yellow eyes and 4 darker green dots. It has a bulb at the end of its tail (instead of the stinger that scorpions have), and the underside of its tail has yellow fur.

Locations

One of the two Crusted Rumpups in the game appear in Serene Shores guarding the Sand Keep landing site and dropping the Fish-Bed Snack.

The other appears in Cavern for a King on sublevel 8 in a circular arena surrounded by mud, which holds the Dapper Blob.

Strategy

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Purple Pikmin are recommended for defeating the Crusted Rumpup, due to them counting as 10 Pikmin when grabbing onto the creature's tail. Additionally, the Rush Boots are useful for this fight, as you can simply run around the creature to reach its tail, without the Crusted Rumpup being able to stop you. If you haven't unlocked the Rush Boots yet, don't worry, this fight is rather simple. Run in front of the Crusted Rumpup, baiting it into charging at you, sidestep this charge, running for the creature's tail. Throw your Pikmin at the tail, making sure to keep in range to throw Pikmin at the creature's tail if it starts turning around. When 15 Pikmin (or 2 Purple Pikmin) are holding onto the tail, the Crusted Rumpup will be stunned and expose its weak point, the tip of its tail, which will allow you to attack it. When it stops being stunned, it'll shake off your Pikmin, so whistle them back and repeat the strategy.

Notes

Dalmo's notes

“With a red carapace curved like a jaunty sun hat and a tail sporting vivid yellow tufts, this critter is a natural illustration of good fashion. But its face and personality exhibit only true ferocity! It will open its mouth wide and charge you with alarming speed. The juxtaposition of artistic exterior coupled with an aggressive attitude is intriguing!”

Olimar's notes

“Its body is covered in a hard carapace, and it has an extremely ferocious personality. It spreads its sharp- fanged jaws to catch its prey.

The Crusted Rumpup suffers from poor vision, but it uses the fine hairs on the lower part of its tail and the ball-shaped sensory organ at its tip to detect faint quasi-electrostatic fields emitted by other organisms. In short, it has other ways to sense its predators and prey.”

Louie's notes

“The tip of the tail tastes almost fruity, with notes of sweet and sour. Pairs well with soft-ripened cheeses.”

Other information

• Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #102
• Musical theme: Boss battle (drumline) (above ground), Boss battle (cave) (underground)

Naming

See more: Armrakid family#Naming.

• Common name: Crusted Rumpup. "Rumpup" contains "rump", another word for "butt", and "up", referring to how it raises its tail.
• Japanese nickname: シリアゲヨロヒ^?, lit.: "Butt-Lifting Armor". It refers to how it lifts its rear and how armor protects the rest of the body.
• Japanese name: ケブカシリアゲヨロヒガタ^?, lit.: "Hairy-Butt-Lifting Armor-Type". It is its Japanese common name with the added specification of how its rear end is hairy.
• Scientific name: Derrierus capillium. Derrierus stems from "derriére", a term used to refer to a person's buttocks, and capillum is Latin for "hair", due to the Rumpup's hairy tail.
• Internal names: SAKADACHI. It directly translates into "handstand" or "headstand".
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	シリアゲヨロヒ? Shiri Age Yorohi	Butt-Lifting Armor
Dutch	Knopstaartsalpioen
French	Craboquin lève-queue	Tail-raiser Rumpup
German	Gepanzerter Stehstachler	Armored Standspiker
Italian	Astacodaceo	From astice (European lobster), coda (tail) and crostaceo (crustacean).
Portuguese (NoA)	Crustélson	from crustáceo (crustacean) and télson (telson, the posterior-most part of an arthropod)
Spanish	Aguijostaceo	From "agijón" (sting) and "crustaceo" (crustacean)

Gallery

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  A Crusted Rumpup in its neutral position, as seen in Pikmin 4's Piklopedia.

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  A Crusted Rumpup in the Piklopedia.

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  The backside of a Crusted Rumpup, showing the hairs that Pikmin can latch onto.

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  A Crusted Rumpup performing its charge attack.

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  A Crusted Rumpup as it appears when it is vulnerable.

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  A Crusted Rumpup's backside when it is vulnerable, exposing its bulb.

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  The corpse of a Crusted Rumpup in the Piklopedia.

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  The Crusted Rumpup in its neutral form in Serene Shores

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  A Crusted Rumpup in it’s battle form in Serene Shores

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  A group of Rock Pikmin on the tail of the Crusted Rumpup. Note how they cling on, unlike with other enemies.

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  A defeated Crusted Rumpup from a different angle.

See also

• Armrakid family