Bug-Eyed Crawmad

Bug-Eyed Crawmad
Appears in	Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Camabarus subterranid
Family	Crawmad
Areas	Garden of Hope, Serene Shores (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale), Giant's Hearth
Caves	The Mud Pit
Night expeditions	None
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Fortress of Festivity
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Forgotten Cove
Side Story days	Land, Sea, and Sky, Big Fruit Carnival
Dandori Challenge stages	Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Battle stages	None
Bingo Battle stages	Twisted Cavern
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Bug-Eyed Crawmad (デメジャコ^?, lit.: "Bug-Eyed Mantis Shrimp", Bugeyed Crawmad in the European version of Pikmin 3) is a miniboss that appears in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. It is fought twice in the Garden of Hope in Pikmin 3, and it is found in Giant's Hearth and The Mud Pit in Pikmin 4. Its appearance is similar to the Hermit Crawmad, that being a stout lobster or shrimp-like crustacean whose claws resemble those of squillas but are in fact related to hermit crabs. Unlike the Hermit Crawmad, the Bug-Eyed Crawmad possesses two distinctly large eyes protruding out of its head through eye-stalks.

The enemy sits in its burrow and is usually found around watery areas, although it can survive on dry land as well. It will peek out of its hole when prey – such as Pikmin – approach it. Instead of appearing from only one hole in the ground, like the Hermit Crawmad, it can switch between two different holes. If a Pikmin or leader gets too close to its dwelling, the Crawmad will attack. It attacks by charging out of its hole and grabbing prey, almost instantly devouring them. The only way to damage this enemy is to hit its eyes. Once they are both significantly damaged, it will flip over exposing its raw underbelly.

Stats

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
(?)	12	25 (normally)	20	× 100  × 100	2500
	15	30	20	× 20	2000

Behavior

The Bug-Eyed Crawmad is found underground out of view of the player. Once a leader or Pikmin approaches its hole, it will pop out. The Crawmad will lunge out to grab nearby Pikmin, proceeding to back into the safety of the hole. It is able to grab 10 Pikmin at a time, with 5 in each claw. In Fierce mode in Pikmin 4, it is able to grab 20 Pikmin at a time, with 10 in each claw. It takes a few seconds for it to digest any Pikmin it caught. If both eyes are damaged enough so that they disappear, the Crawmad flips on its back, leaving the soft underbelly open to attacks. 10 seconds later, it will bury back into its hole and come back up with both eyes back.

Locations

Pikmin 3

Areas

• Garden of Hope
  • There are two Bug-Eyed Crawmads in this area. The first Crawmad is located inside of the cave towards the northeast, with each entrance being blocked off by an electric gate. It is located in the eastern part of this cave, alongside a pair of Hermit Crawmads. Defeating it drops the Stellar Extrusion. The second Crawmad is located towards the westernmost part of the main segment, on a small patch of land containing 30 pot fragments. Defeating it drops a Searing Acidshock.

Side Stories

Olimar's Comeback

• Land, Sea, and Sky
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad in this story's area. It is located towards the northeast, in the open section where the landing site would be during Story Mode.
• Big Fruit Carnival
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad in this story's area. It can be found towards the far east, in a section that can be reached by travelling through the cave up north. It is guarding the Wayward Moon and it drops the Fire-Breathing Feast. During Story Mode, the two Skutterchucks can be found in this section.

Mission Mode

Collect Treasures!

• Fortress of Festivity
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad in this stage. It is located in the center of the pepperoni pizza arena towards the south, which is on a raised section. It is guarding a Zest Bomb and it drops 4 Cupid's Grenade. Access to this arena requires two leaders to use the Bouncy Mushrooms from the cake with the Dusk Pustules, and then throwing the other leader from the blue present to the green present (the former holding some Red Pikmin sprouts and the latter some Rock Pikmin sprouts).

Battle Enemies!

• Forgotten Cove
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad in this stage. It can be found in the alcove towards the south full of water, which is also blocked off by a dirt wall.

Bingo Battle

• Twisted Cavern
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad in layout C. The Crawmad spawns in the large, middle, section, in between a Dapper Blob and a Blue Marble. A Bulborb and an Orange Bulborb can also be found in this section, each in their own alcove.

Pikmin 4

Areas

• Giant's Hearth
  • There are two Bug-Eyed Crawmads in this area. The first Crawmad is located in the pond south of the Line of Logs base. Slightly south of the Crawmad is the Crew-Cut Gourd, and defeating it drops the Fish-Bed Snack. The second Crawmad can be found towards the north of the map, in a lower section being covered by water from an active sprinkler. The clay valve used to turn off the sprinkler can be found slightly east, though an Arachnode blocks direct access to this small section. Defeating this Crawmad drops the Seed Hive.

Caves

• The Mud Pit
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad on sublevel 1. It can be found directly north of the S.S. Beagle, in the center of the mud pit alongside a pair of Hermit Crawmad. The trio guard the Life Station, and defeating the Bug-Eyed Crawmad drops a castaway. Defeating all 3 enemies lowered the nearby numbered gate.

Dandori Challenges

Trial of the Sage Leaf

• 4th Story: Dandori Seas
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad found in this story. It is located west of the base, in the middle of a square-shaped section with slopes leading into the water. Slightly north of the Crawmad is a Watery Blowhog and a Wollyhop.

Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

• Serene Shores
  • There is one Bug-Eyed Crawmad in this tale's area. It can be found in the northeasternmost section, where the Mystery Squish Fish and Princess Pearl would be found during Story Mode. Defeating the Crawmad drops an Automatic Gear.

Strategy

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

As an eye is attacked, it turns redder and eventually retracts. If both eyes are taken out before the Crawmad retreats into its hole, it will flip over, revealing its soft underbelly. After some seconds, it will flip back upright and the cycle restarts. Repeat the process if needed to defeat the beast.

With thrown Pikmin, manual cursor aiming may be needed, but Winged Pikmin can charge the eyes instead of the body. Rock Pikmin deal good damage when thrown directly onto the eyes as well. Bomb Rocks may be used to instantly take out one eye, or both at once, immediately flipping the creature onto its back. Alternately, if one is ingested by the creature, it will cause it to take a sufficient amount of damage and flip over.

In Pikmin 3, Winged Pikmin can take this mini-boss out in just a few seconds. Bring a decent amount of them to the fight, preferably flowered, but the result shouldn't matter too much. Once the Bug-Eyed Crawmad is vulnerable, just lock onto one of the eyes and charge. The Winged Pikmin take out the eyes very quickly, and once one eye is down they will attack the other – either that or they will attack both at once. Once it flips over, don't do anything, as the Winged Pikmin will be above the body and will take that out very quickly too. This strategy becomes even more efficient when combined with an Ultra-Spicy Spray, given its improvement in attack power for Winged Pikmin. When time is of importance, a small group of 20 or more Winged Pikmin powered up by Ultra-Spicy Spray can be dismissed near the mini-boss, and they should be able to defeat it on their own, allowing you to do something else in the meantime.

The Crawmad has been made quite a bit easier in Pikmin 4, as its health has been lowered. The beast also actually takes considerable damage to its eyes when hit with Rock Pikmin, more than the impact of a Purple Pikmin, which is an oddity. The strategy using Winged Pikmin is still effective, and Winged Pikmin actually seem to have better targeting of the enemy's eyes and underbelly while in combat, but it should be noted the couple encountered in Giant's Hearth may be seen as not worth bringing Winged Pikmin to, since Winged Pikmin lack the good amount of uneven ground, water or elevated enemies to make them particularly useful otherwise in this area. Notably, one of the two shellfish at Giant's Hearth are encountered under the protection of a sprinkler, which Blue Pikmin can pass through without the construction of a clay valve.

Ice Pikmin also make considerably strong counters to this boss, as they can freeze it from the eyes allowing its entire body to be attacked. A small amount of Ice Pikmin as low as 15-20 can quickly freeze the Crawmad, writing its death sentence to a large squad of Pikmin.

It should be noted that Oatchi's rush allows Rock Pikmin to deal increased damage when the beast is frozen, as little as 35 Rock Pikmin tipped off of oatchi are enough to deal mortal damage when the foe is frozen. In The Mud Pit, the boss is located in a large puddle of mud, which can permanently freeze the boss with enough Ice Pikmin, making for a guaranteed defeat (although, it could be quicker to simply use your already presumably present squad of Winged Pikmin using Ultra Spicy Spray). The same can be said for when the boss is encountered in a puddle of water in Giant's Hearth.

Notes

Alph's comments

“Structural flaw: eyes, then underbelly
Weight: 10

It's similar to designs on our planet featuring exoskeletons, but much, much bigger. Its eyeballs are equally enlarged, making them perfect targets. Their homes aren't a single hole but rather a network of interconnected tunnels. If you see one retreat below ground, be warned that it could reemerge somewhere else entirely.”

Brittany's comments

“All I can think about since we defeated one of these is how nice it would be to sleep on that soft belly. I could even use its shell to make a canopy bed! (Just for me, though. It's obviously not big enough for all of us.)”

Charlie's comments

“I tried to take it in one-on-one combat, to spare the lives of my Pikmin squad, but its shell was too hard even for my steely fists. If only I was tall enough to reach its eyes! Then we'd see who's really tough.”

Louie's comments

 US version

“When grilled, serves as an excellent filling for an offbeat po'boy. If you have any left over, add it to a liver paste to deepen the flavor.”

 European version

“When grilled, serves as an excellent filling for a decadent sub. If you have any left over, add it to a liver paste to deepen the flavour.”

Olimar's comments

 US version

“Bug-Eyed Crawmad
Camabarus subterranid
Crawmad family

Like its close cousin the hermit crawmad, it makes its home in a burrow rather than a shell. It has abnormally overdeveloped eyes with which to detect prey in cloudy water or low-visibility mud. These enormous eyes can perceive circular polarized light, as well as the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum. It is well protected from predators, allowing it to live for upwards of 50 years and grow to immense size by repeated ecdysis.”

 European version

“Bug-Eyed Crawmad
Camabarus subterranid
Crawmad family

Like its close cousin the Hermit Crawmad, it makes its home in a burrow rather than a shell. It has abnormally overdeveloped eyes with which to detect prey in cloudy water or low-visibility mud. These enormous eyes can perceive circular polarised light, as well as the ultraviolet and infrared ends of the spectrum. It's well protected from predators, allowing it to live for upwards of 50 years and grow to immense size by repeated ecdysis.”

Dalmo's notes

“Its peepers aren't just big—they're capable of seeing things our eyes can't. This bug-eyed darling could identify all sorts of unknown objects for us if we showed it what to look at. How useful could that be?!”

Olimar's notes (Pikmin 4)

“Like its cousin the Hermit Crawmad, it makes its home in a burrow rather than a shell.

It has abnormally overdeveloped eyes with which to detect prey in cloudy water or low-visibility mud. These enormous eyes can perceive circular polarized light, as well as the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum.

It is well protected from predators, allowing it to live for upward of 50 years and grow to immense size by repeated ecdysis.”

Louie's notes (Pikmin 4)

“When grilled, serves as an excellent filling for an offbeat po'boy. If you have any left over, add it to a liver paste to deepen the flavor.”

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide

“The Bug-Eyed Crawmad is a large, burrowing creature. This heavily armored enemy attacks by lunging straight ahead and snapping its powerful claws. Any Pikmin it captures are fed directly into the creature's mouth, so it's important to keep your squad out of the Bug-Eyed Crawmad's path.

After you coax this creature out of its hole, throw your Pikmin at its retractable eyes. When both eyes have pulled back into its head, the Bug-Eyed Crawmad flips onto its back. Throw your Pikmin onto the creature's fleshy underbelly to deal damage until it recovers. Repeat the process until you defeat the Bug-Eyed Crawmad.”

Pikmin Garden

Text

“目が異常に大きく発達しており、片方の目だけでの立体視ができる。紫外線や赤外線だけでなく、円偏光も識別可能で、視界の悪い泥の中でも獲物の位置を正確に把握する。

特徴 その1 穴に棲む

シャコモドキと同様に、普段は巣穴に潜んでいる。

(Image text:

• ヒレのような歩脚と尾節を用いて、巣穴から勢いよく身を乗り出す
• 大きなハサミで獲物を捕らえる)

特徴 その2 巨大な目

2つの突き出た大きな目を持つ。

(Image text:

• 3つの領域に分かれた複眼には、発達した視覚がある
• 多くの光を取り込むため眼球は大きく、乾燥を防ぐまぶたのようなヒダがある
• 刺激を受けると赤くなり、殼の中に目を引っ込める
• 眼球内の圧力が下があり、目は小さくしぼむ

特徴 その3 腹部はやわらかい

背中は甲殻に覆われているが、腹部にはヤドカリの名残がある。

(Image text: 硬い殻に覆われ天敵も少ないことから、50年以上生きる個体もいる)”

Translation

“Its eyes are unusually large and well developed, enabling it to see three-dimensionally with only one eye. It can distinguish not only ultraviolet and infrared rays, but also circularly polarized light, enabling it to accurately locate its prey even in mud with poor visibility.

Feature #1: Living in a burrow

Like the Hermit Crawmad, it usually lurks in its burrow.

(Image text:

• "It uses its fin-like walking legs and telson to leap out of its burrow with great vigor"
• "It captures its prey with its large pincers")

Feature #2: Huge eyes

It has two large, protruding eyes.

(Image text:

• "Its compound eyes, divided into three regions, have well-developed vision"
• "The eyes are large to let in a lot of light, and have eyelid-like folds to prevent drying out")

Feature #3: Its abdomen is soft

Its back is covered by its shell, but it still has the abdomen of a hermit crab.

(Image text: "Because they are covered with a hard shell and have few natural enemies, some can live for over 50 years")”

Technical information

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	demejako
HP	2500
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	30
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	10
Bomb rock explosions to kill	5
Bomb rock ingestions to kill	3
Number of direct hits on top to kill	0
Damage to leaders	10
Territory radius	400
Mission Mode value	100

Other information

• Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #101
• Musical theme:
  • Pikmin 3: Mid-boss battle
  • Pikmin 4: Boss battle (drumline) (above ground), Boss battle (cave) (underground)
    • Olimar's Shipwreck Tale: Boss battle (Olimar)

Naming

See more: Crawmad family#Naming.

• Common name: Bug-Eyed Crawmad. It is called such because of its protruding eyes – creatures like this are often called "bug-eyed". In UK English, the word "bug-eyed" is spelled "bugeyed", so the European and Oceanic releases of the game call the creature "Bugeyed Crawmad".
• Japanese nickname: デメジャコ^?. デメ^? means "bug-eyed", and ジャコ^? is very similar to シャコ^?, or "mantis shrimp".
• Japanese name: タイリクシャコガニ^?, lit.: "Continent Mantis Shrimp Crab".
• Scientific name: Camabarus subterranid. Subterranid is a play on "subterranean", referring to its ability to hide underground.
• Internal names: Internally, this creature is called demejako, which is a romanization of its Japanese name.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	デメジャコ? Deme Jako	Bug-Eyed Mantis Shrimp
Chinese (traditional)	凸眼瀨尿蝦 Tū Yǎn Lài Niào Xiā	Protruding-Eyed Mantis Shrimp
Dutch	Bologige grondkreeft	Sphere-Eyed Groundlobster
French	Crabamok Globuleux	Googly Crawmad
German	Glupschgreifer	Googly Grabber
Italian	Bernardo gigante	Giant Bernardo	"Bernardo" is a masculine name; it's shared with the Hermit Crawmad
Korean	툭눈갯가재 Tug-Nun-Gaesgajae	Bug-Eyed Mantis Shrimp
Portuguese (NoA)	Cavarão olho-grande	Big-eye Digger Shrimp
Spanish	Cavaloco ojos saltones	Bug-eyed crazydigger

Gallery

Pikmin 3

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  Artwork of the Bug-Eyed Crawmad.

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  A frontal, detailed view of the creature as it prepares its assault.

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  The Bug-Eyed Crawmad's full body can be seen here.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad confronting Brittany and Charlie.

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  A Stellar Extrusion next to a Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the Garden of Hope.

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  The Bug-Eyed Crawmad found in the Fortress of Festivity.

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  The data file for the Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the European version.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad with one of its eyes destroyed.

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  The underside of a Bug-Eyed Crawmad after it has been flipped over.

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  The corpse of a Bug-Eyed Crawmad.

Pikmin 4

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the Piklopedia.

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  A defeated Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the Piklopedia.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the Serene Shores found only during Olimar's Shipwreck Tale.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad emerging in the Giant's Hearth.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad lunging at some Pikmin.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad in the middle of eating.

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad's red eye being broken off.

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  The Bug-Eyed Crawmad acting as the boss of The Mud Pit.

Other

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  A Bug-Eyed Crawmad as seen in the "Creative Problem-Solving" comic.

See also

• Peckish Aristocrab
• Crusted Rumpup