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|max_pikmin = |max_pikmin3 = 30|seeds3 = 50}}The '''Armored Mawdad''' is a [[boss]] enemy from ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', and is the first major boss encountered in story mode, found in the [[Garden of Hope]]. It is a massive, centipede-like beast with a multitude of small gecko-like legs, a large head, yellow eyes, a bluish-green underbelly, a gaping mouth, and large curved mandibles. Most of its body is covered in segments of crystalline carapace that must be broken by [[Rock Pikmin]].
|name = Cataphractos ingluviem tata
==Notes==
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===''Pikmin 3'' Website===
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''"This extra-large creature can be found in hollowed-out trees. Its exoskeleton is made of crystal."''
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The '''Armored Mawdad''' is the first boss in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', and the boss of the [[Garden of Hope]]. It has pincers at the front, and light blue armor scales protecting its soft underside; these can only be broken using [[Rock Pikmin]].  It attacks by trapping [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] with its pincers then eating them, and ramming into the player and their Pikmin army, knocking them over and deflowering them.  The boss crawls about, trying to dodge the player's attacks, and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Upon death, it releases a cell phone, and a dragon fruit. The dragon fruit provides the leaders with 2 1/2 bottles of juice, and the cell phone unlocks the next area, the [[Distant Tundra]].


==Strategy==
==Weaknesses==
The Armored Mawdad is almost constantly in motion, crawling around the stage in erratic patterns. When it gets a clear view of a group of Pikmin or the current leader, it will charge and scoop up Pikmin with its massive mandibles. During this time, it will commence eating Pikmin (5 at a time) with its wide tongue, during which it will stop moving, allowing players to throw [[Rock Pikmin]] at the crystalline armor to break it away. This will aggrivate the boss and save the trapped Pikmin. The now-exposed flesh can be freely attacked with any other available Pikmin types.
Rock Pikmin must be thrown at its armor to knock it off the Armored Mawdad, then the player can use any Pikmin type to attack the boss. Its mandible can also be broken off, which keeps it from trapping Pikmin. In addition, throwing a Pikmin at its eyes causes it to panic and run around aimlessly until it can shake the Pikmin off.
 
Once a quarter of its health is drained, it will begin to crawl on the walls of the arena, making it more difficult to predict which direction it will attack from next. Locking onto the Mawdad by scanning it will give a better representation of where it will strike next. If not scanned, you can still tell where it is by looking at where the wood chips fall as it moves on the walls. As more of its carapace gets broken away, the Mawdad's speed will continue to increase. Any Pikmin that are bucked off the creature's back while attacking will fall off and become idle. Players must take caution, as these Pikmin may become distracted by the various [[Spotcap]]s strewn about the arena.
 
If the player can land a successful hit on its mandibles, they will break, rendering it harder for the Mawdad to capture and eat Pikmin.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_xo5DQf-4 E3 2012 Show Floor Footage]</ref> If a Pikmin latches onto one of its eyes, the Mawdad will become extremely agitated and aimlessly careen through the arena until the Pikmin is thrown off, and even ramming its head into walls in an attempt to shake the Pikmin off.
 
A much simpler strategy is to break its tail, then order your pikmin to swarm it. If done correctly, the Armored Mawdad shold be defeated or at least have very little HP left. Simply repeat the cycle. This strategy is used to fight the Armored Mawdad in under a minute. 
 
[[File:Pikmin3_Mawdadface.png|thumb|The Armored Mawdad's mandibles are used for trapping prey. They can be broken with Rock Pikmin.]]
 
==Trivia==
*The Armored Mawdad was the first creature in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' to have its name revealed, about a year and 2 months before the game's release.
*The Armored Mawdad bears a resemblance to the Emperor/Monochromatic Pinchipedes from [[Pikmin Adventure]].
*Due to its size, the Armored Mawdad's body is '''''dragged''''' to the [[Onion]], rather than carried, and when it arrives, it phases through due to its massive size. This is true for all bosses, with the exeption of the [[Scornet Maestro]].
*The Armored Mawdad is one of two bosses that actually require [[Rock Pikmin]]. The other is the [[Quaggled Mireclops]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="184">
<gallery>
Mawdad With Armour Destroyed .png|A frontal view of the beta Mawdad with its facial armor broken off.
File:Armored Mawdad dead.jpg|The dead Armored Mawdad, as well as the cell phone and fruit it dropped.
movie05.jpg|An Armored Mawdad coming down to attack Alph, Brittany, and their Pikmin.
Pikmin3_Mawdadintro.png|The Mawdad rears up to intimidate [[Alph]] and [[Brittany]] before battle.
Pikmin3_Mawdadtrap.png|Once the mandibles have been broken, it will be easier for Pikmin to escape from the Mawdad's gaping mouth.
Jpweb2.png|The Mawdad in a photo frame from the Japanese site.
Pikmin3_MawdadPhoneandDragonFruint.png|After defeat, the Mawdad coughs up the [[Firebreathing Feast]] and a Cellphone, which unlocks the next area where [[Charlie]] is held.
Armored Mawdad Corpse.jpg|The Armored Mawdad's corpse being dragged by Pikmin.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==References==
==Names in other languages==
<references/>
{{Foreignname
 
|Fra=Mandipatte
|FraM=Portmanteau of "mandibule" (mandible) and "patte" (leg).
}}


==Trivia==
*The Armored Mawdad appears to be a recreation of the Emperor Pinchipede from [[Nintendo Land]].




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Revision as of 15:49, August 24, 2013

Armored Mawdad
File:Pikmin3Screen1.jpg
Appears in Pikmin 3
Scientific name Cataphractos ingluviem tata
Family N/A
Areas N/A
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages None
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages None
Side Story days None
Bingo Battle stages None
Attacks Eats Pikmin

The Armored Mawdad is the first boss in Pikmin 3, and the boss of the Garden of Hope. It has pincers at the front, and light blue armor scales protecting its soft underside; these can only be broken using Rock Pikmin. It attacks by trapping Pikmin with its pincers then eating them, and ramming into the player and their Pikmin army, knocking them over and deflowering them. The boss crawls about, trying to dodge the player's attacks, and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Upon death, it releases a cell phone, and a dragon fruit. The dragon fruit provides the leaders with 2 1/2 bottles of juice, and the cell phone unlocks the next area, the Distant Tundra.

Weaknesses

Rock Pikmin must be thrown at its armor to knock it off the Armored Mawdad, then the player can use any Pikmin type to attack the boss. Its mandible can also be broken off, which keeps it from trapping Pikmin. In addition, throwing a Pikmin at its eyes causes it to panic and run around aimlessly until it can shake the Pikmin off.

Gallery

  • Armored Mawdad dead.jpg

    The dead Armored Mawdad, as well as the cell phone and fruit it dropped.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Flag of France French Mandipatte Portmanteau of "mandibule" (mandible) and "patte" (leg).

Trivia

  • The Armored Mawdad appears to be a recreation of the Emperor Pinchipede from Nintendo Land.


Enemies
Pikmin Armored Cannon Beetle • Beady Long Legs • Breadbug • Burrowing Snagret • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Goolix • Honeywisp • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Male Sheargrub • Mamuta • Pearly Clamclamp • Pellet Posy • Puffstool • Puffy Blowhog • Shearwig • Smoky Progg • Spotty Bulbear • Spotty Bulborb • Swooping Snitchbug • Water Dumple • Wolpole • Wollyhop • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 2 Anode Beetle • Anode Dweevil • Antenna Beetle • Armored Cannon Beetle Larva • Beady Long Legs • Breadbug • Bulbmin • Bulborb Larva • Bumbling Snitchbug • Burrowing Snagret • Careening Dirigibug • Cloaking Burrow-nit • Creeping Chrysanthemum • Decorated Cannon Beetle • Doodlebug • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Dwarf Red Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Empress Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Bulblax • Fiery Dweevil • Gatling Groink • Giant Breadbug • Greater Spotted Jellyfloat • Hairy Bulborb • Hermit Crawmad • Honeywisp • Hydro Dweevil • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Iridescent Glint Beetle • Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat • Male Sheargrub • Mamuta • Man-at-Legs • Mitite • Munge Dweevil • Orange Bulborb • Pellet Posy • Pileated Snagret • Puffy Blowhog • Raging Long Legs • Ranging Bloyster • Ravenous Whiskerpillar • Red Bulborb • Segmented Crawbster • Shearwig • Skitter Leaf • Snow Bulborb • Spotty Bulbear • Swooping Snitchbug • Titan Dweevil • Toady Bloyster • Ujadani • Unmarked Spectralids • Volatile Dweevil • Water Dumple  • Waterwraith • Watery Blowhog • Withering Blowhog • Wolpole • Wollyhop • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 3 Arachnode • Arctic Cannon Larva • Armored Cannon Larva • Armored Mawdad • Baldy Long Legs • Bearded Amprat • Bug-Eyed Crawmad • Bulborb • Burrowing Snagret • Calcified Crushblat • Desiccated Skitter Leaf • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Flighty Joustmite • Hermit Crawmad • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Joustmite • Male Sheargrub • Medusal Slurker • Mysterious Life-Form • Nectarous Dandelfly • Orange Bulborb • Peckish Aristocrab • Pellet Posy • Phosbat • Phosbat Pod • Plasm Wraith • Puckering Blinnow • Puffy Blowhog • Pyroclasmic Slooch • Quaggled Mireclops • Red Spectralids • Sandbelching Meerslug • Scornet • Scornet Maestro • Shaggy Long Legs • Shearwig • Skeeterskate • Skitter Leaf • Skutterchuck • Spotty Bulbear • Sputtlefish • Swarming Sheargrub • Swooping Snitchbug • Toady Bloyster • Vehemoth Phosbat • Waddlepus • Water Dumple • Watery Blowhog • Whiptongue Bulborb • White Spectralids • Wolpole • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 4 Bulborb • Bulborb Larva • Dwarf Bulborb • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Honeywisp • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Male Sheargrub • Pellet Posy • Porquillion • Scorchcake • Shearwig • Snowy Blowhog • Tusked Blowhog • White Spectralids • Wolpole
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