Beady Long Legs

Beady Long Legs
Appears in	Pikmin, Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Pseudoarachnia armoralis
Family	Arachnorb
Areas	The Forest Navel, Perplexing Pool
Caves	Citadel of Spiders, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	The Final Trial, Twilight Garden
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Crushes Pikmin

The Beady Long Legs is an enemy in the Pikmin games. The only attack it has is stomping around, which it does more quickly when damaged, and its multiple feet crush any Pikmin they land on. When defeated, it crumbles into dust that disintegrates after its belongings drop from its orbicular torso. The creature is in both the main game and Challenge Mode of both games in the series.

In Pikmin 2, the Beady Long Legs has a more brownish tone to its body, while in the first one it is just yellow. It also has slightly different shaped feet. Appearances in the second game are more common, and have much less health, slower movements, and different cries. It first appears as a boss in Pikmin, where it is found in The Forest Navel, protecting the Guard Satellite ship part, and again in The Final Trial in Challenge Mode. In Pikmin 2, one appears on sublevel 5 of the Citadel of Spiders, where it drops a key which unlocks Challenge Mode, one on sublevel 14 of the Hole of Heroes, one in the Twilight Garden in Challenge Mode, and one that can be found in front of the landing site in the Perplexing Pool after day 30. Killing it here yields 20 small "1" pellets.

The Beady Long Legs does not appear in Pikmin 3, but there are two new Arachnorb bosses similar to it, the Shaggy Long Legs and Baldy Long Legs.

Notes

Olimar's voyage log

“This creature is so large, it would tower over the Dolphin. All the Pikmin can do is cling to its feet and try to slow it down. Its large round torso is its sole weak point - since Yellow Pikmin fly highest, they should be most effective against it.”

Reel notes

“Waxy secretions form this creature's distinctive armored shell.”

Olimar's notes

“Although this creature is commonly associated with spiders, it is actually the result of a separate evolutionary line of insectoid creatures. Since the spherical body section supported by the creature's legs carries most of its internal organs, there appear to be no other features that would correspond to a head or abdomen.”

Louie's notes

“Poisonous. Consumption results in prolonged writhing and uncontrollable mirth.”

How to kill

Pikmin

The player should have no more than 30 Pikmin (Yellows work best, as they are thrown higher), as a larger group can be hard to control and may cause a few deaths. When it has done 8 stomps (two with each leg), it will lean down. It will do this twice, so you should ignore it the first time, and then as soon as it begins to lean again, quickly throw Pikmin at its body. This will allow you to attack for a longer period of time. When it shivers, it is about to shake Pikmin off. Call the Pikmin quickly, or else they might fall off for a few seconds and lose their bud or flower status.

The Beady Long Legs can also be harmed by Pikmin attacking its feet; this is far more challenging and time-consuming, though in Pikmin 2 it can be made easier by using Purple Pikmin.

Captains

Even when petrified, its body is suspended too high for captains to reach.

Speedrunning

In Pikmin, the fastest way to defeat the creature is to have around 20 Red Pikmin and around 6 Yellow Pikmin with you. Before the boss lands, use C / Paddown to organize your party so that Red Pikmin are the closest to you. Walk into the arena, and begin throwing Red Pikmin so that they attach to the creature when it lands; when the Beady Long Legs falls down, its core reaches low enough for non-Yellow Pikmin to be thrown at it. Throw as many Pikmin as you can, using the group move trick. When it shakes the Pikmin off, a few of them will remain attached. Carefully whistle the ones that got knocked down and throw them at the core again. The creature should be dead just as it's shaking the second time.

Glitch

Main article: Glitches in Pikmin#Beady Long Legs escape.

In Pikmin, there is a rare and dangerous glitch that causes Beady Long Legs to leave its arena. This glitch is most likely to happen when you leave the arena without killing it. Pikmin and/or Olimar have to be left at the gate to the small arena. The creature will then try to attack these, possibly leaving the arena. Once outside of the barriers, it will continue to pursue you. If you now run to the island where the Libra is, the enemy may fall into the abyss below, causing the game to crash (the game will also crash if you do not kill it after it leaves the arena after a certain amount of time).

In Pikmin 2, this is fixed. An enemy that has fallen into the abyss dies, and anything it might have been holding reappears above the ground near the place it fell.

Technical information

To do: Get the internal name for Pikmin. Care to do so?

Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name	Unknown
HP	5000

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			damagumo
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	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	1300
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	10
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.1
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.1
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.5
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	100
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.2
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	400
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	75
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	70
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	400
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	400
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	90
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	180
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	25
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?)	25
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?)	25
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	75
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	60
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	50
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0.00001
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	200
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	200
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	20
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 (0%)
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	5
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	10
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	20
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	30
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	30
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	ベース係数	Unknown (base coefficient?)	3
fp02	上げ減速係数	Unknown	-0.2
fp03	下げ加速係数	Unknown	0.5
fp04	最低減加速係数	Unknown	-2
fp05	最高減加速係数	Unknown	10
fp06	足の振り上げ	Unknown	120

Gallery

• Beady Long-legs(PikminNPC).jpg

  Artwork from Pikmin of the Beady Long Legs.

• Beadylonglegs.jpg

  Artwork from Pikmin 2 of the Beady Long Legs.

Trivia

File:Beta longlegs.jpg

The prototype Beady Long Legs.

• The Beady Long Legs is shown during the last few seconds of a pre-release trailer of Pikmin. Here, the creature appears to be taller and have a reddish tint to its skin, as well as being in an outside area similar to the Forest of Hope.
• When at low health, the Beady Long Legs will acquire a reddish tint and start smoking at the joints in Pikmin. In Pikmin 2, the creature's body will start to flake away at low health.
• In the Citadel of Spiders cave in Pikmin 2, a shadow of a spider web is displayed on the arena floor. This also applies to one of its appearances in Challenge Mode in Pikmin 2 and to the arena of the Raging Long Legs in the the Hole of Heroes.
• It is unknown how Louie knows how to cook it, because in Pikmin 2, the Beady Long Legs falls apart very shortly after defeat.

References

This article was a featured article from 6th May 2009 to 18th June 2009.