Watery Blowhog

Watery Blowhog
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Sus loogiens
Family	Blowhog
Areas	Valley of Repose, Wistful Wild, Formidable Oak, Sun-Speckled Terrace (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Caves	Snagret Hole, Shower Room, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den, Ultimate Testing Range
Challenge Mode stages	Hot House, Cryptic Cavern, Hazard Training
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Beastly Caverns
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Silver Lake, Fortress of Festivity, Forgotten Cove
Side Story days	Land, Sea, and Sky, First Part Found, The Ship Restored
Dandori Challenge stages	Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Battle stages	Final Battle
2-Player Battle stages	Hostile Territory
Bingo Battle stages	Jigsaw Fortress, Parched Brook
Attacks	Spray water

The Watery Blowhog (ミズブタ^?, lit.: "Water Pig") is an enemy in Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, and Pikmin 4. Watery Blowhogs are almost identical to Fiery Blowhogs, except that their snouts are colored blue. Instead of fire, they spit out a water-like liquid that gets stuck on the Pikmin's heads, excluding Blue Pikmin, Bulbmin and Glow Pikmin. Leaders will be pummeled to the ground if they are caught in the blast, making this one of the few times where leaders can be stunned by water. Purple Pikmin may work as well as long they are thrown (preferably on top of the Blowhog, so it gets stunned). Blowing the whistle in the area the water is spewed can also cancel out the attack almost instantly and save the Pikmin caught in the spray instantly.

Stats[edit]

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	7	15	8	× 4	1000	No
(?)	5	10 (normally)	8	× 30 × 30	1000	No
	5	10	5	× 5	1000	No

Behavior[edit]

Watery Blowhogs typically wander around in a small area zone aimlessly, meaning they aren’t stationary but won’t move far from their territory. Once the Blowhog has detected a leader and/or Pikmin, it will turn to face them directly before spewing out a stream of water. Although the Watery Blowhog will turn and wait for the most opportune moment to attack, it needs to inhale first, creating a short delay in which it doesn’t turn, allowing the attack to be avoided. As soon as the Blowhog starts to inhale, it will not turn or move until it has finished firing water. This means it does not follow the leader and/or Pikmin.

If the Blowhog is being attacked and is not currently inhaling or exhaling, it will buck itself forward, throwing off all Pikmin that were on it, and immediately begin to shoot a stream of water in front.

Locations[edit]

Pikmin 2[edit]

Areas[edit]

Valley of Repose
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this area. It is located in the northern segment of this area, with it being in the northeasternmost part of the section. It is adjacent to the poison white bramble gate that blocks access to the Subterranean Complex cave entrance.
Wistful Wild
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this area. It can be found directly south of the landing site, with it being in the section containing the two Burgeoning Spiderworts.

Caves[edit]

Snagret Hole
- Two can be seen on sublevel 4.
Shower Room
- Two can be seen on sublevel 1.
Cavern of Chaos
- One can be seen on sublevel 1.
Hole of Heroes
- Two can be seen on sublevel 3.
Dream Den
- Two can be seen on sublevel 11.

Challenge Mode[edit]

Hot House
- One can be seen on sublevel 2, holding The Key.
Cryptic Cavern
- One can be seen on sublevel 2, holding The Key.
Hazard Training
- One can be seen on sublevel 1, holding the Tear Stone.
- One can be seen on sublevel 2, holding the Tear Stone.

2-Player Battle[edit]

Hostile Territory

Pikmin 3[edit]

Areas[edit]

Formidable Oak
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this area. It is located in the area's first main segment, in the largest main space that contains a tree trunk. The Blowhog is located on the northeastern side of this space, adjacent to the iron ball.

Side Stories[edit]

Olimar's Comeback[edit]

Land, Sea, and Sky
- There are two Watery Blowhogs in this story's area. They can both be found towards the far west, just in front of the Blue Onion. During Story Mode, a pile of pot fragments would be located here.
First Part Found
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this story's area. It is located towards the southwesternmost part of the area, with it being between some Kingcaps, Spotcap, and some Yellow Pikmin sprouts. During Story Mode, a pile of blue bridge fragments would be located here.
The Ship Restored
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this story's area. It can be found in the main segment, alongside a Bearded Amprat, a Calcified Crushblat, and a Pyroclasmic Slooch. These four enemies are in the Story Mode's landing site.

Mission Mode[edit]

Collect Treasures![edit]

Beastly Caverns
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this stage. It is located in the eastern cavern alongside some Male Sheargrubs. The Blowhog is adjacent to the pile of 40 nuggets.

Battle Enemies![edit]

Silver Lake
- There are two Watery Blowhogs in this stage. They can both be found on the eastern section accessible by crossing either fragment bridge. The two Blowhogs are north of the Burrowing Snagret's arena that is blocked off by a bamboo gate. During the Collect Treasures! version, the SPERO would be stationed where the two Blowhogs are located.
Fortress of Festivity
- There are four Watery Blowhogs in this stage. The first Water Blowhog is located east of the SPERO, between a crystal wall and a dirt wall alongside a Fiery Blowhog. The remaining three Watery Blowhogs can be found in the section behind the previously mentioned crystal wall.
Forgotten Cove
- There is one Watery Blowhog in this stage. It is located west of the SPERO, on the section between the two hay mound locations.

Bingo Battle[edit]

Jigsaw Fortress
- There are two Watery Blowhogs in layout B. Both Blowhogs are located near the bottom corner of the fortress, specifically the corner on the green jigsaw floor, which is closest to the Onion on the floor. One Blowhog is on each side of this fortress's corner.
Parched Brook
- There is one Watery Blowhog in layout A. It is located on the grassy side of the map, on the raised section behind the reinforced wall. This raised section holds an Insect Condo on a rocky podium.
- There are two Watery Blowhogs in layout B. They are both located on the side that has the dirty terrain. The two Blowhogs can be found adjacent to the wooden chunk that a Red Marble rests on top of.
- There is one Watery Blowhog in layout C. It can be found on the non-grassy side of the map, on the raised segment behind the dirt wall. This raised section has a Face Wrinkler on top of a wooden platform.

Pikmin 4[edit]

Caves[edit]

Ultimate Testing Range
- There are two Watery Blowhogs on sublevel 2. The first Blowhog is located slightly northwest of the base, at the bottom of the straight path leading north. The second Blowhog can be found towards the northeast alongside a Miniature Snootwhacker. These two enemies are between a pair of iron fences.

Dandori Challenges[edit]

Trial of the Sage Leaf[edit]

4th Story: Dandori Seas
- There are two Watery Blowhogs found in this story. The first Blowhog is located towards the northeast, in the section adjacent to the numbered gate. This Blowhog will be fighting 5 Blue Pikmin. The second Blowhog can be found slightly northwest of the base, alongside a Wollyhop and east of the Dusk Pustules.

Dandori Battles[edit]

Final Battle

Olimar's Shipwreck Tale[edit]

Sun-Speckled Terrace
- There are two Watery Blowhogs in this tale's area. The first Blowhog can be found northeast of the Rugged Scaffold base, with it being slightly south of the Flarlic blocked off by some Kingcaps and Spotcaps. The second Blowhog is located west of the previous Blowhog, in the section behind the bag. This Blowhog is adjacent to a pair of Dwarf Bulborbs, and slightly north of the Blowhog is an Extraordinary Bolt.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“A variant subspecies of the fiery blowhog, the watery blowhog lacks several of the dominant genes necessary for the production of fire-producing catalysts, and thus expels jets of the nonflammable liquid. This subspecies appears to have only recently evolved. However, the hereditary traits of this variant are dominant and highly robust, so its population is rapidly increasing.”

Louie's notes

“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

Alph's comments

“Structural flaw: inhaling period
Weight: 5

Holding large amounts of water inside itself isn't as eyebrow raising as spewing fire, but I consider this to be the better design overall. Water is more easily and safely stored than flammable gas, and it has uses other than attacking. Despite this difference, it's vulnerable to the same trick: having the right type of Pikmin.”

Brittany's comments

“Alph tried to convince me this animal has all kinds of uses. "It could be a shower," he said, "or a spaceship wash, or an emergency fire control system." I told him we had all those things already, and it was like someone rained on his parade.”

Charlie's comments

“The water this one spews isn't too bad if you ask me, but the Pikmin don't do so well in it. (At least, most of them don't.) That's what a captain is there for: to be an umbrella to the downtrodden!”

Louie's comments

US version

“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

European version

“This beast's unrivalled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

Olimar's comments

“Watery Blowhog
Sus loogiens
Blowhog family

A variant subspecies of the fiery blowhog, the watery blowhog lacks several of the dominant genes necessary for the production of fire-producing catalysts and thus expels jets of the nonflammable liquid. This subspecies appears to have only recently evolved. However, the hereditary traits of this variant are dominant and highly robust, so its population is rapidly increasing.”

Dalmo's notes[edit]

“Though it looks a lot like its flame- spewing counterpart, remember that blue around the mouth is for water and red is for fire. Keep that in mind, and you can avoid being unpleasantly surprised. A Watery Blowhog shower to wash away all your dirt and woes at the end of the day doesn't sound so bad.”

Olimar's notes (Pikmin 4)[edit]

“A variant subspecies of the Fiery Blowhog, the Watery Blowhog lacks several of the genes necessary for the production of fire-producing catalysts and thus expels jets of the nonflammable liquid.

This subspecies appears to have only recently evolved. However, the hereditary traits of this variant are dominant and highly robust, so its population is rapidly increasing.”

Louie's notes (Pikmin 4)[edit]

“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide[edit]

“You can tell a Watery Blowhog by its blue snout. The beast spits water and causes non-blue Pikmin to be lost in bubbles. If you're traveling with a large Pikmin army, swarm the Watery Blowhog and be ready to save the bubble-bound soldiers with your whistle.”

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide[edit]

“A Watery Blowhog attacks by shooting water out of its snout. When battling one of these creatures, use your Blue Pikmin to attack the Watery Blowhog without any casualties. If your squad contains only a small amount of Blue Pikmin, use them to distract the Watery Blowhog, then flank the creature and have your more vulnerable Pikmin charge from the rear.”

Pikmin Garden[edit]

Text

“ヒフキブタドックリの変種。遺伝子欠落による影響で、発火触媒を生成する酵素が合成されず液体のままで噴出してしまう。

特徴その1 水を吐く

主成分が水であるため、自然発火しない。

(Image text: リン化合物が含まれており、肥料の役割を果たすこともある)

特徴その2 ブタドックリと同じ

生物学上は、ヒフキブタドックリと同じ生物である。

(Image text: 口元の色が異なる)”

Translation

“A variant of the Fiery Blowhog. Due to the effects of missing genes, the enzyme that produces the ignition catalyst is not synthesized and the liquid is spewed out as is.

Feature #1: Spitting water

Since the main component is water, it does not ignite spontaneously.

(Image text: "It contains phosphorus compounds and can act as a fertilizer")

Feature #2: Same as the Fiery Blowhog

Biologically, it is the same creature as the Fiery Blowhog.

(Image text: "The color of its mouth is different")”

Biology[edit]

The Watery Blowhog’s physiology is quite mammalian, with the rubbery hide and elephant-resembling appearance. Additionally, the Blowhog also has striking resemblance to a hog, as seen by its name.

According to the notes from Olimar, the Watery Blowhog is a variant of the Fiery Blowhog which lacks necessary genes for creating fire, which is made from a phosphorus compound. So when the Watery Blowhog expels water, it actually means to expel this compound, which instead comes out as a nonflammable liquid.

He also notes that the subspecies appears to have recently evolved and that the hereditary traits of the variant is dominant which is why the population is increasing rapidly.

Louie mentions in his notes that the Watery Blowhog is very moist, which could be a result of its watery mutation.

Strategy[edit]

See the strategy for defeating Fiery Blowhogs, but keep in mind that the creature spews water, not fire, and that Blue Pikmin are recommended, not Red Pikmin.

Technical information[edit]

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			`wtank`
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	1000
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	25
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.35
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?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	80
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.05
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	150
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	1
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	75
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	200
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	400
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?)	120
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?)	25
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	0
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	5
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	100
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	45
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	40
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	10
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	3
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	2
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	3
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	3
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	3
Specific properties
None

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	`tank`
HP	1000
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	30
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	0
Bomb rock explosions to kill	1
Bomb rock ingestions to kill	0
Number of direct hits on top to kill	0
Damage to leaders	10
Territory radius	150
Mission Mode value	30

In Pikmin 3, this enemy has the exact same technical information as the Fiery Blowhog.

Other information[edit]

Size: Body length: 52mm, as per the e-card
Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #14
Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #18

Naming[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ミズブタ^? Mizu Buta	Water Pig
Chinese (traditional)	水豬 Shuǐ Zhū	Water Pig
Chinese (simplified)	水猪 Shuǐ Zhū	Water Pig
Dutch	Sproeiend snuitzwijn	Spraying snouthog
French	Puffy Cracheau Puffy cracheau (Pikmin 4)	Water-spitter Puffy Water-spitter puffy (Pikmin 4)	"Cracheau" is a portmanteau of "crache" (spit) and "eau" (water)
German	Rüsselaquatis	Trunk-aquatis	The name is a combination of German "Rüssel" (trunk/proboscis) and "aqua" (water)
Italian	Eruptor Idrico Eruptor idrico (Pikmin 4)	Water Eruptor Water eruptor (Pikmin 4)
Korean	물돼지호롱 Mul-Dwaeji-Horong	Water Pig Oil Lamp
Portuguese	Cusporco-d'água	Water spitpig	"Cusporco" is a portmanteau of "cuspir" (to spit) and "porco" (pig)
Spanish	Verraco acuático	Aquatic pig