Cloaking Burrow-nit

Cloaking Burrow-nit
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Trilobitins reclusiva
Family	Burrow-nit
Areas	Valley of Repose, Awakening Wood, Wistful Wild
Caves	Snagret Hole, Glutton's Kitchen, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Rumbling Grotto
2-Player Battle stages	Brawl Yard
Attacks	Stab and eat Pikmin

The Cloaking Burrow-nit (ハオリムシ^?, lit.: "Haori Insect") is an insect-like enemy found in Pikmin 2. Cloaking Burrow-nits have dark blue shells with large, red eye-like markings. When they hunt, they choose a place where they rest face-down in the ground, patiently waiting for prey to draw near. If one is approached, it emerges and attempts to follow and attack the Pikmin until they escape out of its pursuit range, when it then promptly returns to the spot where it was resting and re-burrows its head to wait for its next opportunity to chase prey. They have sharp proboscises which can be thrust into prey, piercing victims and causing damage, right before sucking them up and swallowing them.

Burrow-nits, primarily the one in Wistful Wild, will deconstruct nearby bridges, similar to Sheargrubs. This creature isn't seen too often, and is not very dangerous, as it only can kill one Pikmin at a time when it attacks. The Burrow-nit's replacements, the Joustmite and the Flighty Joustmite, appear in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4 with a different look and a proboscis at the front of their shell rather than in their vulnerable back, but nevertheless with the familiar proboscis and eye-markings.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
8	16	8	× 3	300	0.9 HP/s

Notes

Olimar's notes

“The snake-eye pattern on this beast's shell is one of the most distinctive features of the burrow-nit family. The red pattern of the cloaking burrow-nit and the spikes around its mantle make it easily identifiable while still making it a representative specimen of the burrow-nit family. The shell on the cloaking burrow-nit's back also provides a frame that fixes its muscular structure in place, and appears to give the creature its powerful needle-launching attack.”

Louie's notes

“Boil in the shell with a pinch of salt until bright red, and serve piping hot with tartar sauce.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“The vulnerable area of a Cloaking Burrow-nit is very close to its most dangerous parts: its mouth and tentaclelike tongue. A Burrow-nit spends most of its time partially buried in the ground. When your troops get close, it will attack. Toss Pikmin at its head and try to defeat it before it can eat a sprout.”

Behavior

The Cloaking Burrow-nit hides underground with its large shell protruding to the surface. The eye-like markings appear on the back of the shell, so what appears to be its front-side from a distance is actually its rear. When approached, a Burrow-nit will hastily raise its full body to the surface and begin its attack. Its shell protects its rear end entirely, and any Pikmin that lands there will simply slide off. Its face, however, is not protected and can be damaged easily, as it needs to be facing its prey to attack. Though the Burrow-nit is a creature of decent size, it will be defeated within seconds if attacked by a considerable number of Pikmin.

The creature has one basic attack: it will shoot its proboscis out to quite a range, snagging the first Pikmin it comes in contact with. Once in the creature's grip, a Pikmin will be eaten after a few seconds. If it eats a White Pikmin, the creature will die instantly. When being attacked the Burrow-nit may also shake all Pikmin from it.

Interestingly, when a Pikmin is speared, a red liquid bursts out. It is currently unknown what this liquid is.

Strategy

The following article or section contains guides.
The strategies shown are just suggestions.

Swarming it is a suitable method, and 25 Pikmin are enough. Aim for the face mostly, but even if Pikmin are told to attack the hard shell, they usually revert to the face eventually. Purple Pikmin can also be thrown at its back or face, with a chance to stun it. Even if it does stab a Pikmin, it is slow in ingesting it, so if you can kill it before it's done with its meal, the Pikmin will survive.

Alternatively, if you are concerned about losing any Pikmin, use both leaders, and repeatedly punch the creature's face while making sure not to be hit with the proboscis. It may attempt to shake off the leaders, but this action can be foreseen and avoided easily.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			`armor`
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.05
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	300
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	30
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.2
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.25
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.1
fp06	速度	Move speed	50
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	400
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	30
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	0
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	200
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	120
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	30
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	75
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	15
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	75
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	15
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	50
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	10
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	0
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	0
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0.0001
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	60
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	45
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	15
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	50
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	0.3 (30%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	5
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	1
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	1
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	1
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	2
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	2
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	3
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	2
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp	白ピクミン	White Pikmin poison damage	300
fp	攻撃ループ時間	Time spent shaking before attacking	1

Other information

Size: Body length: 75mm, as per the e-card
Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #26

Naming

See more: Burrow-nit family#Naming.

Common name: Cloaking Burrow-nit. It is called such because its hide resembles a cloak, and because it burrows under the ground; "nit" is a name given to head louse, a real-life insect.
Japanese nickname: ハオリムシ^?, lit.: "Haori Insect". A Haori is a traditional Japanese sort of hip- or thigh-length kimono-like jacket.
Japanese name: アカメモンツキバオリ^?, lit.: "Red Eye Crested Haori".
Scientific name: Trilobitins reclusiva. The reclusiva in its name is similar to "reclusive", given its solitary nature and tendency to burrow underground.
Internal names: Internally, it is called armor, given its strong hide.
Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハオリムシ^? Haori Mushi	Haori Insect
French	Cachecreuse	Hide-Dig
German	Getarnter Grabwicht	Camouflaged Burrow-runt
Italian	Dorifora Celata	Hidden Potato Beetle
Portuguese	Soldadinho mascarado	Masked small soldier
Spanish (NoA)	Liendre zamacuca pinchosa	Prickly rough nit

In the Super Smash Bros. series

A Cloaking Burrow-nit can be seen in the background of the Distant Planet stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, but other than that, it has no trophy or other mention in either game. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's rendition of the stage, four additional Cloaking Burrow-nits appear alongside it.

Gallery

Artwork of the Cloaking Burrow-nit.
Alternate scan of the Cloaking Burrow-nit's artwork.
Frontal view of the Cloaking Burrow-nit.
A Cloaking Burrow-nit next to a pikpik carrot in the Piklopedia.
Olimar fighting seven Cloaking Burrow-nits at once in the unused cave last_4.
The Piklopedia icon of the Cloaking Burrow-nit in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
An idle Cloaking Burrow-nit.
A Cloaking Burrow-nit eating a Pikmin.
The corpse of a Cloaking Burrow-nit.
A Cloaking Burrow-nit eating a bridge in the Wistful Wild.
The Cloaking Burrow-nit's e-card, #27 (8^th red card).