Armored Cannon Beetle

This article relates to the official games. See Pikipedia's "Armored Cannon Beetle" article for more official information.

Armored Cannon Beetle
File:Armored Cannon Beetle.jpg
Scientific name	Granitus chukkulinae
Family	Lithopod
Areas	The Forest of Hope, The Distant Spring
Carry weight	30
Max. carriers	50
Seed worth	50 seeds
Attacks	Launches boulders

The Armored Cannon Beetle is the adult stage of an Armored Cannon Beetle Larva. The beetle is first discovered during Olimar's first visit to the Pikmin Planet; during his second trip, only the larval stage is present. It is a large, black, almost shiny beetle with a thick, rounded shell of armor and a blowhole above its head. It attacks by inhaling through this opening and subsequently firing a rolling rock from its mouth that travels in a straight path, which crushes small creatures including Pikmin.

This enemy is only found in The Forest of Hope, where one is guarding the Radiation Canopy, and The Distant Spring, where one has ingested the Bowsprit. As a side-note, Olimar can destroy the rocks by punching them; this does not work with the rock-producing Lithopods in Pikmin 2, however.

Ship Log

"This creature spits out massive rocks and boasts an impenetrable shell that repels all Pikmin attacks. Just before spitting out a boulder, it sucks in large breaths of air... Perhaps its air hole will provide a clue to it's weakness."

Pikimon

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Armored Cannon Beetle
Type(s)	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Areas	Unknown
Locations	Unknown
Ability	Unknown

Pikmin 3 (Flish addition)

Armored Cannon Beetles are found in Pikmin 3 (Flish Edition), although the larvae are absent. They're signifigantly easier to defeat and can often be found as a regular enemy. Their seed worth is also only 20 now.

In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom

– Ultimate Doom This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Ultimate Doom, a fanon game created by Zoadra.

The Armored Cannon Beetle is a miniboss in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom, but its larva is absent. The Armored Cannon Beetle is much stronger in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom. It will stomp on the ground, stunning all Pikmin within the radius of the tremor. It quickly shoots out a boulder to crush stunned Pikmin. It can also go into a rampage mode and run around. If it brushes up against a Pikmin while in rampage mode, that Pikmin begins to panic. Then it shoots its boulders at the panicking Pikmin.

Locations

• Crystal Falls
• Rust Factory