Baldy Long Legs
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| Appears in | Pikmin 3 | ||
| Scientific name | Unknown | ||
| Family | Arachnorb | ||
| Areas | None | ||
| Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages | Forgotten Cove | ||
| Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages | Tropical Forest, Tropical Wilds Remix, Clockwork Chasm | ||
| Side Story days | None | ||
| Bingo Battle stages | Sandpit Kingdom, Jigsaw Fortress | ||
| Attacks | Steps on Pikmin | ||
Baldy Long Legs (ダマグモ?, lit.: "Ball Spider") is an Arachnorb that only appears in Pikmin 3, and never on the Story mode. It is essentially just a tropical variant of the Shaggy Long Legs without hair. Its only method of attack is crushing Pikmin with its large feet. The feet are larger than that of Beady Long Legs. This creature will aimlessly wander the map, but in the Forgotten Cove, it will stay in its arena. This trait is unique to this Arachnorb.
Strategy
Like all Arachnorbs, the weak point of the Baldy Long Legs is its abdomen, which is suspended high up in the air by its spindly legs. As it marches around the field, it will crush anything in its path, so be sure to steer clear of its large, trampling feet. Instead, throw Pikmin at its legs to make them climb up. Be sure to throw them at the leg that has just stopped moving, so they can quickly reach the top before the Baldy Long Legs knocks them down. When they reach its head, they will attack it until the creature shakes them off. When it's about to shake, whistle your Pikmin off and wait for it to resume its stomping before you throw more at it.
Another strategy is to throw Pikmin directly at its core. Yellow and Winged Pikmin will reach it most of the time, but other Pikmin can do so too if they're thrown from a tall ledge. This tactic can be used to quickly get rid of it with little to no Pikmin losses, as it will be too busy shaking off Pikmin to attack.
To save time in the Mission Mode stage Tropical Wilds Remix, the player can simply leave 10 Winged Pikmin to kill the creature over time while the player focuses on other tasks. At the Clockwork Chasm in Battle Enemies!, the Baldy Long Legs that appears here is easiest to defeat, as the elevated ledge it spawns on allows it to be dispatched with eight Bomb Rocks, which are plentiful on this stage.
If encountered in a Bingo Battle stage, it is recommended that the players do not fight it together, as the player's Pikmin will be more prone to attacking the other player's Pikmin, rather than the Baldy Long Legs, which will probably result in many casualties and possibly even a Pikmin extinction.
Gallery
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Baldy Long Legs at the Tropical Forest.
- The Baldy Long Legs being defeated..jpg
The Baldy Long Legs being defeated.
Trivia
- Unlike the Shaggy Long Legs, the Baldy Long Legs does not shiver of cold without hair, as this is its natural state.
- The Baldy Long Legs is the only enemy in Pikmin 3 that doesn't appear in Story mode.
- Upon death, the Baldy Long Legs will expel a green slime from its abdomen as it dies.
- Though a Shaggy Long Legs without hair looks very similar to a Baldy Long Legs, a Shaggy Long Legs' joints (where the hair once was) are of a light green color, while the Baldy Long Legs' joints are always black, blending in with the rest of its body.