Arachnode
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| Appears in | Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4 | ||
| Scientific name | Clavo fictusphera | ||
| Family | Awrapnid | ||
| Areas | Twilight River, Formidable Oak, Sun-Speckled Terrace (Shipwreck Tale), Giant's Hearth | ||
| Caves | Ultimate Testing Range, Subterranean Swarm | ||
| Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages | Twilight Hollow Remix | ||
| Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages | Twilight River Remix, Beastly Caverns | ||
| Side Story days | Another Part Found | ||
| Dandori Challenge stages | None | ||
| Dandori Battle stages | None | ||
| Bingo Battle stages | None | ||
| Attacks | Trap Pikmin on its web, eat Pikmin | ||
The Arachnode (マリグモ?, lit.: "Temari Spider") is a spider-like enemy in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4 that live on interactable webs. While dormant on their webs, Arachnodes resemble cocoons, with a black and yellow striped and sphere-shaped bodies. This shape and coloring comes from the eight legs wrapped tightly around their bodies; their actual bodies are small black orbs with yellow circles instead of stripes. Once a Pikmin or leader gets caught in an Arachnode's web, it will uncurl its legs after a while, and wanders up to its prey, consuming them quickly once it has reached them. It may also wander around the web freely in order to avoid Pikmin that are being thrown at it. The web will collapse once the Arachnode is defeated.
Pikmin caught in the web can be saved by whistling at them. This is important, especially with a small squad, as Pikmin shaken off by the Arachnode will usually get stuck in the web. Winged Pikmin carrying objects will get stuck in webs that are along their route, making webs the primary obstacle for these types of Pikmin.
Stats
| Game | Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 (?)
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3 | 6 (normally) | 4 |  × 25 × 25
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600 |
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3 | 6 | 4 |  × 3
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450 |
Notes
Alph's comments
“Structural flaw: weak hide
Weight: 3
“Structural flaw: weak hide
Weight: 3
Brittany's comments
Charlie's comments
Louie's comments
Olimar's comments
“Arachnode
Clavo fictusphera
Awrapnid family
“Arachnode
Clavo fictusphera
Awrapnid family
Pikmin 3 website
Pikmin 3 Prima Guide
“The Arachnode is only able to attack Pikmin that become tangled in its web. When you first encounter a web, look for the attached Arachnode. To defeat the enemy quickly, throw a few Rock Pikmin directly at an Arachnode. You can also use a squad of Winged Pikmin to overwhelm an Arachnode with a single charge attack.
Because the Arachnode's web is fairly tall, the creature often moves out of your standard throwing range. Use Yellow Pikmin or Winged Pikmin to attack an Arachnode when it retreats to the top of its web. If any of your Pikmin become ensnared in the web, use the whistle to rescue them. When you defeat an Arachnode, its web unravels.”Dalmo's notes
Olimar's notes (Pikmin 4)
“This spiderlike creature has distinctive yellow stripes on its black carapace. It spins webs in high-traffic areas and waits for prey to blunder into them.
Unlike its relatives in the Arachnorb and Dweevil families, it's ambisexual and has eight legs. Some theorize that its gynandry is meant to aid in reproduction, though of course it cannot reproduce on its own.
There is another theory that this species is in fact two organisms of opposing gender stuck together, but since no one has ever found a four-legged, single-sexed specimen, this remains speculative.”Behavior
The Arachnode sits still when nothing is near, but when a leader or a Pikmin is thrown into its web, it will take on its spider-like form and attack its ensnared prey. It eats Pikmin by clamping down on them with its wide mouth, and it eats them quickly, so it can be difficult to save them in time. When all Pikmin are removed from the web, the Arachnode will take a moment and then go back into its resting state. It does not return to a specific point on the web to rest, so it can be put in a more vulnerable position for a second attack. When an Arachnode is defeated, it will fall to the ground and its web will collapse.
If unsupervised Winged Pikmin carry an item right into an Arachnode's web, they will get stuck, whatever goods they had will fall to the ground, and the creature will proceed to eat them. Fortunately, Arachnodes pose no threat to any other types of Pikmin when left unattended.
Bizarrely, when a leader is thrown into an Arachnode's web, said leader will become slightly two-dimensional. If the enemy attacks, the leader may shrink even further or disappear altogether. This is merely aesthetic, however.
Strategy
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Rock Pikmin will kill an Arachnode in just three hits (just two in Pikmin 3 Deluxe's Normal difficulty), and can hit the Arachnode from either side of its web. Other Pikmin types can only attack the Arachnode on the side in which it rests, and they can get stuck if the Arachnode is too high or if they are thrown from too close to the web. Winged Pikmin are best for getting an Arachnode down from a high point in its web since they can charge at it, after which point other, stronger Pikmin can be employed. If Winged Pikmin are not available, any Pikmin can latch on to a low-resting Arachnode with a careful throw, and Yellow Pikmin can usually reach a high-resting one. As a last resort, a Pikmin or a leader can be thrown into the web to bait the Arachnode into a vulnerable position.
Technical information
| Pikmin 3 technical information (?) | |
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| Internal name | kumo
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| HP | 600 |
| Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill | 3 |
| White Pikmin ingestions to kill | 1 |
| Bomb rock explosions to kill | 1 |
| Bomb rock ingestions to kill | 0 |
| Number of direct hits on top to kill | 0 |
| Damage to leaders | 10 |
| Territory radius | 100 |
| Mission Mode value | 25 |
Other information
- Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #42
Naming
- Common name: Arachnode. From "arachnid" and "node".
- Japanese nickname: マリグモ?. It simply translates to "Ball Spider". However, it refers specifically to a temari, a traditional Japanese ball toy.
- Japanese name: ヨコスジタマモドキ?, lit.: "Pseudo Horizontally-striped Ball".
- Scientific name: Clavo fictusphera. Fictus and sphera are Latin for "fake" and "sphere", respectively.
- Internal names: Internally, its is called
kumo, which is a Romanization of クモ? (lit.: "spider") - Prerelease: None.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
マリグモ? Mari Gumo |
Temari Spider | |
 Chinese(traditional) |
黃斑蛛 Huáng Bān Zhū |
Yellow Spotted Spider | |
 Chinese(simplified) |
黄斑蛛 Huáng Bān Zhū |
Yellow Spotted Spider | |
 French |
Arachnodule | - | The name is a portmanteau of "Arachnide" (arachnid) and "Nodule" (small round shape). A Nodule is the word used to describe very small globes or spheres, so it is referencing the Arachnorb's smaller orb size. |
 German |
Hornissarak | The name is a portmanteau of "Hornisse" (hornet) and "arak" (German name for the Dweevil family) | |
 Italian |
Aracnopalla | Arachnoball | |
 Korean |
구슬거미 Guseul-Geomi |
Marble Spider | |
 Portuguese |
Bolaranha | Ballpider | The name is a portmanteau of "bola" (ball) and "aranha" (spider) |
 Spanish |
Bolaraña | Ballpider | The name is a portmanteau of "bola" (ball) and "araña" (spider) |
Gallery
Pikmin 3
Artwork of the Arachnode from Pikmin 3.
The form it takes while waiting for something to fall on its trap.
Charlie caught on the Arachnode's web.
Alph caught on the Arachnode's web.
Side view of the Arachnode.
Analysis of the Arachnode.
The data file for the Arachnode.
An Arachnode eating a Pikmin stuck in its web.
The corpse of an Arachnode.
The backside of an Arachnode corpse with its mouth visible.
Pikmin 4
Trivia
- The Arachnode is the only spider based enemy in the main series to have eight legs, as all Arachnorbs and Dweevils have only four.
- It is based off Orb-weaver spiders, specifically Yellow Garden weavers, due to the yellow stripe pattern on its abdomen. Interestingly enough, its web doesn't look like a typical Orb-weaver spider's, but some species are known to produce other types of web styles, such as the cobweb and mesh web.
