Pileated Snagret

Pileated Snagret
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Shiropedes ambulatria
Family	Snavian
Areas	None
Caves	Snagret Hole, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	Rumbling Grotto
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

The Pileated Snagret (アカヘビガラス^?, lit.: "Red Snake Crow") is an enemy found only in Pikmin 2. It is the most powerful known species of the snavian family. It heavily resembles the Burrowing Snagret, though it has a few key differences: It has a taller, green-scaled body, a larger head that is covered with red-orange feathers, and a more curved beak with a green tip at the end.

It is called "Pileated" because it has a crest of feathers on its head. Its eyes are also covered by some ear-like features. Compared to the Burrowing Snagret, this Snagret is definitely more powerful, has a lot more health, and is able to walk on the ground.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
5	10	25	× 15	5000	No

Behavior

The Pileated Snagret shares a lot of behavior with the Burrowing Snagret. When idle, the Pileated Snagret will be underground, only emerging when Pikmin or a leader enters its territory. Once they've encroached on its territory, it will quickly emerge beak first before struggling to pull its body fully out of the ground, similar to Burrowing Snagrets. What splits them apart is that the Pileated Snagret fully leaves the ground, jumping up and landing on its singular foot. If its prey is far away, it will hop towards them at a generally swift speed, unlike the Burrowing Snagret, which will just watch. If its prey has managed to get far enough away, the Pileated Snagret will simply just dive back into the ground.

If it is being attacked during this sequence, it will very quickly dive back into the floor before emerging somewhere else, the sequence happening once again. If it isn't being attacked during this sequence, or not enough Pikmin are attacking it, it will attempt to eat Pikmin.

The Pileated Snagret is able to attack Pikmin by quickly pecking them with its beak. It has a deceptively large range of attack, and when Pikmin are caught in its beak, it will promptly swallow them. Snagrets prefer to grab multiple Pikmin at a time, so it will only swallow after pecking the floor a few times. If it misses its first peck, it will stop its attack. It is able to grab 3 Pikmin during 1 attack cycle; it will also stop attacking. When it is being attacked, it will rock its head back and forth. It does this four times in a row, followed by an attack if Pikmin are in pecking range.

During its death animation, the Snagret will violently scream into the sky before its torso quickly explodes (which is harmless). It explodes from the bottom up, ending at the head. The force from the explosion causes its head to briefly go airborne, doing a forward flip, before falling back to the floor as a collectable corpse. The explosion also causes small chunks of scales and feathers to fly out of its body before disappearing.

Locations

Caves

• Snagret Hole
  • One can be seen on sublevel 7, holding the Justice Alloy.
• Hole of Heroes
  • One can be seen on sublevel 4, holding the Lustrous Element.

Challenge Mode

• Rumbling Grotto
  • One can be seen on sublevel 2, holding The Key.

Strategy

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

This Snagret's height makes it very hard to hurt it by throwing Pikmin onto it. The Pileated Snagret is also very sensitive to attacks, which means that it will burrow back into the ground before your Pikmin can do much damage. However, Purple Pikmin are the best choice, because it is still possible to throw them on the creature with good aim, but an ultra-spicy spray is strongly advised so that they can run fast enough to dodge the Snagret’s attacks. The reason Purple Pikmin are great here is that when the creature emerges from the ground, Purple Pikmin will make the Snavian 'bounce', like in most cases of enemies, and in the small seconds of those bounces. The Pikmin attached to the Snavian will deal damage, and then it will be more likely to return to the ground without eating any Pikmin. Rarely, it may even get stunned, making it extremely vulnerable. When this tactic is repeated, it should be easy to defeat the beast. As a side note, its cousin, the Burrowing Snagret, can't be stunned because it is attached to the ground.

Though less effective than Purple Pikmin but worthy nevertheless, one could use Yellow Pikmin. As said earlier, the Pileated Snargret is a tall enemy, making its head hard to reach. Thus, using Yellow Pikmin can eliminate this problem. Take a maneuverable group of Yellow Pikmin and spray them with ultra-spicy spra; when the enemy comes out, toss them at its head from behind. If done right, your Yellow Pikmin will land on its head, and it will be forced to go underground without eating anything. They won't cause as much damage at once compared to Purple Pikmin, so this will likely need to done three to five times. But, because your Pikmin are going to be hitting their mark more easily, this could prove to be a more useful strategy.

Another, safer, yet more time-consuming strategy, is to run around and wait for the Pileated Snagret to emerge. Every now and then, the Snagret will have trouble coming out of the ground (similar to the Burrowing Snagret). Toss the Pikmin on it during this time. When it fully emerges, it'll be too weak to attack, and burrow underground again. Repeat until the creature dies. Of course, the creature can always be petrified when the head is emerging, even when it is not having trouble getting out, making it possible to attack the head easily.

When it leaps quickly out of the ground, it is possible to throw Pikmin onto it safely while it's balancing itself. Note that you have to be precise with your aim. Alternatively, you could throw a Pikmin onto it from a distance, but be wary of the fact that it will follow you, so you will need to throw quickly. Also, if you only throw one or two Pikmin on it, it will still be able to attack you once before burrowing back into the ground.

A time-consuming and risky yet hilarious method is to bring a group of 100 Pikmin in, spray them with ultra-spicy spray, and wait for the Snagret to get stuck in the ground before throwing a few Pikmin at its head and dismissing the rest. The entire squad will rush it as it gets out of the ground, forcing it back underground almost immediately. The ultra-spicy spray will let the Pikmin react fast enough to catch the Snagret the next time it pops out of the ground and attack it even if it doesn't get stuck, forcing it back underground every time. This can be done up to three times before needing to re-buff your Pikmin with more spray. Though the inflicted damage is minimal, it will force the Snagret to constantly loop between popping out and diving back underground, which will almost always guarantee your squad survives assuming you have at least four or more ultra-spicy sprays.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This variety of snagret has the ability to both burrow underground and walk above it. Its earthy red coloration and distinct yellow ear and eye markings make it immediately recognizable. Despite featuring a chimeralike merging of serpent and avian features, the pileated snagret has poor eyesight for a bird, perhaps due to extended periods spent underground. To compensate for this, its nose features a thermal-sensing organ common to many snakes, making it a dangerously effective hunter.”

Louie's notes

“You haven't lived until you've tasted a mint-braised snagret shank! Or if you're feeling especially saucy, stuff a bird with a can of your favorite savory nectar, throw it on the barbeque, and let the juices mingle to make a mean beverage-canister snagret!”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“You'll encounter the Pileated Snagret on the final floor of the Snagret Hole. It's nastier than the Burrowing Snagret, and it hops, too. Toss Pikmin at the creature's noggin, call them after they're thrown, and keep your troops away from the boss's beak.”

Glitches

To do: Document these in the glitches article. Care to do so?

On occasion, this creature and the Burrowing Snagret may still remain alive with what appears to be little or no health. There are two major ways that this can take place: firstly, if the Snagret is brought to 0 health while still in either of its emerging animations, the creature will not proceed to die until it finishes the animation. Secondly, if the Snagret is brought to zero health while in the middle of its delving animation, the creature won't die and will successfully dive into the ground. Upon re-emerging, the Snagret will be left on 1 health.

If a Pikmin stands directly where the Pileated Snagret dives into the ground, the Pikmin may be shoved through the ground collision, and will die with the sound as if it were thrown off into an abyss. Sometimes the Pikmin will make the sound, but will not die. This is most likely because it was shoved into the ground, and then knocked back up by the Snagret's foot shortly afterwards, saving it.

On occasion, while fighting the Pileated Snagret with Purple Pikmin, the game may crash. This appears to take place when a Purple Pikmin stuns the Snagret as it grabs for the third time while attacking.

It is possible for the Pileated Snagret to get stuck in the ground and be unable to emerge in the Valley of Repose version of the Piklopedia. This happens randomly and rarely, and can be very hard to reproduce. It's also possible to get the Snagret to get stuck above-ground in the same area. This happens when one lures the Snagret off of the hill it starts on via well placed Pikpik carrots, and then proceeds to leave it alone. The Snagret may attempt to go back up on the hill to re-burrow, but will get caught on a sharp wall and infinitely jump towards it.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			snakewhole
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	5000
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	20
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.025
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.025
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.4
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	1000
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	380
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	100
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	100
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	400
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
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	200
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	40
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	0
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	0
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	0
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	100
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
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	225
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	130
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	5
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	0.01 (1%)
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	15
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	4
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	25
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	8
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	30
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	12
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	35
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	通常出現率	Regular unburrow chance (not stuck)	0.6 (60%)
fp11	潜る迄の時間	Time it spends idling above ground before burrowing	0.5
fp12	地中での時間	Time it spends underground before reappearing	2.5
fp21	白ピクミン	White Pikmin poison damage	400

Other information

• Size: Body length: approx. 400mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #75
• Musical theme: Common boss battle

Naming

See more: Snavian family#Naming.

• Common name: Pileated Snagret. "Pileated" means "crest", or the tuft of feathers on a bird's head in this case. It might be called this because, when compared to the Burrowing Snagret, its head feathers are of a strong red color, or the fact that it has a more prominent crest of feathers on its head.
• Japanese nickname: アカヘビガラス^?, lit.: "Red Snake Crow". It is the same as the Burrowing Snagret's name, but with "red" before it.
• Japanese name: ヒデリガミガラス^?, lit.: "Hiderigami Crow".
• Scientific name: Shiropedes ambulatria. Ambulatria is similar to ambulatura, Latin word for "walking". This is because this Snagret can walk on the ground by hopping, unlike to the Burrowing Snagret.
• Internal names: Internally, it is called snakewhole, which is a change on the Burrowing Snagret's internal name in Pikmin 2, snakecrow. It is called "whole" because unlike the game's Burrowing Snagret, one can see its whole body.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	アカヘビガラス? Aka Hebi Garasu	Red Snake Crow
Dutch	Gekuifde sleiger	Crested snagret
French	Snabrek Monopède	Monopedal Snavian
German	Bauchiger Schnapper	Bulbous Snagret
Spanish (NoA)	Tagarote encopetado	Tufted barbary

Gallery

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  A Pileated Snagret in the Piklopedia.

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  The Piklopedia icon of the Pileated Snagret in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.

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  An idle Pileated Snagret after it emerges from the ground.

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  A Pileated Snagret emerging.

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  A Pileated Snagret burrowing back into the ground.

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  A Pileated Snagret attacking Louie.

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  A Pileated Snagret screeching as it dies.

• 

  The corpse of a Pileated Snagret.

• 

  The Pileated Snagret's e-card, #51 (12^th red card).

Trivia

• When the creature dies, its body shrinks while the head remains the same size. Unlike other enemies, this is much harder to see without camera hacks and requires precise positioning of the camera to see. This also happens with the Burrowing Snagret, Toady Bloyster, and Ranging Bloyster, but to a less drastic extent.
• In Pikmin 2, this enemy and the Burrowing Snagret shake the least when damaged, i.e. their model stretches the least amount of all enemies.
• In Pikmin 2, just like the Burrowing Snagret, its full eating animation can't ever be seen in the Piklopedia due to the carrots exploding and disappearing instantly upon being pecked.

• 

  The Pileated Snagret's body, shrunk down after defeat. To the right is its normal-sized head.

• 

  Ditto, a better view via camera hacks.

See also

• Burrowing Snagret
• Downy Snagret
• Ranging Bloyster