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The Burrowing Snagret (ヘビガラス, Hebigarasu) is a boss in the Pikmin games. It serves as the boss of White Flower Garden in Pikmin 2, and has a blue scaly body and a head which is white in coloration. As the name implies, it appears to be a hybrid of an egret and a snake, as it is a member of the Snavian family (Snavian being a combination of the words snake and avian, avian meaning "bird-related"). They remain underground for the majority of the time, surfacing only when approached by Pikmin or a Captain. On occasion when it emerges, the Snagret can get stuck with only its head above ground for a few seconds, creating an opening that serves as the creature's only weakness in battle. When above ground, it tries to eat Pikmin by gathering them in its mouth, being able to take a maximum of three Pikmin (in Pikmin and Pikmin 2) in one round. The only way to save your Pikmin is to kill the Snagret before they are consumed. Once the Snagret is sufficiently damaged, it burrows back underground.
When killed in Pikmin, Burrowing Snagrets explode into many different Pellets (and the Geiger Counter depending on which Snagret is defeated). In Pikmin 2, a dead Burrowing Snagret leaves behind its head to be returned to an Onion or the Research Pod. However, in the other games, the entire body is available, where the carcass takes an elongated shape in Pikmin 3 and a more circular one in Pikmin 4. The drops from the two newer games also reveal a foot at the end of the body.
In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret has undergone appearance changes to be represented in HD (these changes are still present in Pikmin 4). Its scales and head feathers are larger and now much more defined. It can also shed these feathers during battle, although this is just an aesthetic difference and serves no purpose in battle. Also in the aforementioned game, unlike the previous games, the Burrowing Snagret only appears once in the Story Mode, and never respawns. However, it appears multiple times in Pikmin 4.
Battle Strategy[]
Pikmin[]
Three Snagrets appear in close proximity in the Forest of Hope, and one of them has ingested the Geiger Counter, making it a required fight. They are at their biggest and their deadliest in their first appearance, having high resistance to Bomb Rocks. While they can only eat up to three Pikmin at a time, once they have one in their beak it will die as soon as the Snagret swallows or burrows underground; the only way to save the Pikmin is to kill the Snagret before it can do either. Each Snagret also has a relatively large territory on the plain where they dwell, and they can emerge from anywhere within that territory.
The Snagret's scaly body is highly resistant to attacks, but its feathered head is much weaker. When it emerges from the ground, it will either come up immediately or get stuck beneath the surface. Once it emerges, however, it only has a limited range in which it can lunge and consume Pikmin. If Pikmin are barely within that range, it will rotate to attack them; if not, after a few seconds, it will burrow back underground.
Olimar, leading an attack on a Burrowing Snagret.
A good strategy is to take a group of flowered Pikmin around 60 in number and move back and forth across the Snagret's territory waiting for it to emerge. If it emerges immediately, having a relatively small squad will allow you to retreat quickly enough that it can't attack any. If it gets stuck, swarm your Pikmin around it quickly; if they don't latch onto its head, they will latch onto its upper back and do decent damage while out of the Snagret's range of pecking. If other Pikmin or Olimar are at its lower body where it emerges from the ground, it will delay burrowing back under in favor of attacking them first. Alternatively, you can throw Pikmin onto its head; if they latch on, they will do significant damage, but this is risky as they can easily be snapped up if they miss. Once killed, the Snagret's body will explode, leaving only a handful of randomly colored pellets behind.
Each Pikmin type has its own advantages for this battle: Red Pikmin will deal the most damage, Yellow Pikmin will be easiest to throw onto its head successfully, and Blue Pikmin will have no risk of drowning if they fall into the water on either side of the plain.
Pikmin 2[]
Burrowing Snagret in the Piklopedia
In Pikmin 2, Snagrets are notably smaller with less HP and will now drop Pikmin when burrowing underground instead of killing them. They appear mostly underground; the only ones on the surface are in the Valley of Repose near the buried Pink Menace, and near the entrance to the Snagret Hole in the Awakening Wood. Neither fight is necessary to acquire the treasure nor destroy the nearby gate.
The strategy for battling them is largely unchanged from the previous game. The only difference is the new mechanics that the player can utilize. Purple Pikmin are a natural asset against them and White Pikmin can be used either for their significant speed in retreating or as sacrifices to let their poisonous bodies deplete the Snagret's health. As well, the Ultra-bitter Spray will leave the Snagret immobilized and vulnerable to attack, though the head remains the weakest point. Once slain, most of its body will explode, leaving only its head behind.
Pikmin 3[]
A Snagret in Pikmin 3 getting its beak stuck in the ground.
In Pikmin 3, the only Burrowing Snagret in the game appears in the Twilight River. It lunges more slowly to eat Pikmin, but it now attacks five times instead of three. It also has a new attack where it opens its beak widely and lunges its face into the ground in an attempt to eat a captain. If it misses, it will be stuck in the ground for a few seconds and be completely vulnerable.
Despite these upgrades, this is by far the easiest Burrowing Snagret to defeat (aside from Pikmin 4's rendition); the best strategy is to use an army of Winged Pikmin enhanced by an Ultra-Spicy Spray. Ordering them to charge the Snagret will leave it dead before it can even try to shake them off. Upon its defeat, its body fully emerges from the ground, revealing a single taloned foot, similar to the Pileated Snagret. Defeating it will also yield the Insect Condo.
Pikmin 4[]
In Pikmin 4, like many other enemies, Snagrets are not difficult. Ultra-Spicy Spray can minimize losses, and it's best to get a preemptive strike by attacking when the beast is stuck in the ground. Otherwise, battle it identically to how it is fought in Pikmin 3.
Super Smash Bros. series[]
- For a better article, go to Smashpedia.
Artwork of Burrowing Snagret in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Burrowing Snagret is featured as an Assist Trophy character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It pecks at its target repeatedly. Players can stay out of its line to avoid it, though Burrowing Snagret can be dodged and disappears after time.
Notes[]
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Locations[]
Pikmin[]
- Forest of Hope × 3, One drops Geiger Counter.
- The Final Trial (Challenge Mode) × 1
Pikmin 2[]
- White Flower Garden × 1, Drops Five-man Napsack
- Awakening Wood × 1
- Valley of Repose × 1
- Snagret Hole × 4, One drops Meat Satchel, another drops the Triple Sugar Threat.
- Hole of Heroes × 1
- Cryptic Cavern (Challenge Mode) × 1
Pikmin 3[]
- Twilight River × 1
Pikmin 4[]
- Blossoming Arcadia × 1, drops the Brush of Wisdom
- Cavern for a King x3, one of them drops Talisman of Life (Phoenix)
Trivia[]
- The Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy states that no one has ever seen a Burrowing Snagret's tail before. However, Olimar states in the Piklopedia that the Burrowing Snagret and Snarrow can both be distinguished by the markings on their tails, implying that Olimar has seen its full body, or at least its tail. In Pikmin 3, it is seen that it does not have a tail, only a foot, similar to the Pileated Snagret (despite the Piklopedia reusing Olimar's notes from the previous game). However, that could be a trait acquired later, as it's possible to see the Snagret's dead body shrank to an extremely small size in Pikmin 2 and it doesn't have a foot.
- The Burrowing Snagret is the only boss to appear in the four main Pikmin games (except Hey! Pikmin), as well as the most commonly fought boss in the series, as it can be fought four times in the first game, eleven times in the second game, and three times in the third. The fourth game breaks the chain, with you fighting the Burrowing Snagret four times. (Porquillion is fought six times, and Emperor Bulblax is fought five times)
- In-game sources disagree on whether the creature's body is lined with feathers or scales: the Enemy Reel states they are feathers, while Olimar's Voyage Log call them scales. Louie's Notes refer to the creature's 'serpentine torso', also implying they are scales. Olimar's notes in the Piklopedia state that the Snagret has "tail and wing markings", despite it not having wings, however this appears to be a mistranslation, as in Japanese he talks about "tail feathers" instead. This is also true for the English Enemy Reel.
- The name of the Snagret seems to be a combination of the words "snake" or "snag,", which means "to catch," and "egret," a kind of bird which resembles the Snagret.
- The Leviathan Feather is too large to be a Burrowing Snagret's, but is found within the Snagret Hole.
- Their scientific name, Shiropedes anacondii, means 'Whitefoot Anaconda', with the term 'Whitefoot' possibly being a reference to the Beta Snagrets whiter coloring or their foot as seen only in Pikmin 3.
- Though the Snagret's entire dead body comes of out the ground in Pikmin 3, it takes only 10 Pikmin to carry, only twice the amount that just the head took to be carried in Pikmin 2.
- The Snagret is the only returning boss in Pikmin 3 and as a result, the most reoccurring boss in the series featured in all three games thus far.
- In Pikmin 3, it is possible for a glitch to happen when Winged Pikmin are carrying the Burrowing Snagret's corpse back and its foot gets caught in the Arachnode's web that is on the way back to base. If this happens, the creature's body will get stretched grotesquely out until the Pikmin reach the Onion.
- The Burrowing Snagret, along with the Pileated Snagret, may be based off the Mboi Tu'i from Guaraní mythology, being a creature with a massive serpentine body and an avian head and beak.
- The Burrowing Snagret is one of the few enemies that show battle damage as the player hurts it as it loses it's head feathers as it's health goes down, until ultimately going bald when defeated.
- The Snagret's death sound effect was originally from Mel Blanc in the "Looney Tunes" short "Each Dawn I Crow".
Burrowing Snarrow[]
This beta Snagret is implied to be the Burrowing Snarrow.
In the in-game Piklopedia, the information provided speaks of a creature called the Burrowing Snarrow (ヘビガモメ), this creature strangely having never been seen in any game. The Burrowing Snarrow is also mentioned in the first game's Creature Montage, in which it is distinguished from the Snagret by the latter's "blueish hue." This may be a reference to the white colour of the Snagret in the Pikmin beta video. To this day, the mystery of what the Burrowing Snarrow could be is still greatly unsolved.
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