Arctic Cannon Beetle
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| Scientific name | Granitus frostitum | ||
| Family | Lithopod | ||
The Arctic Cannon Beetle is the adult stage of the Arctic Cannon Larva. It patrols a small area, scanning its surroundings, until leaders or Pikmin approach. Upon noticing them, it turns towards them and begins to inhale. After a few seconds, its wings open up, revealing its vulnerable abdomen, as it inhales more powerfully, able to suck up its targets if they are too close. After inhaling, it spits out a large snowball that rolls along the ground, picking up leaders and Pikmin it rolls over. If any Pikmin were inhaled, half of them are eaten and the other half are spat out within the snowball. It then shakes off any attacking Pikmin and closes its wings before inhaling again. When the snowball hits a wall and crumbles, icicles fall from above, which can crush Pikmin.
In fanon games
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In Pikmin: Antarctic Survival
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This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Antarctic Survival, a fanon game created by A Friendly Amprat. |
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| Species | Arctic Cannon Beetle | ||
| Gender | Female | ||
| Initial location | Chilly Valley | ||
| Elements | Ice | ||
| Housing size | 3 | ||
| Blood type | Icy-blooded | ||
| Carrying capacity | 16 | ||
| Hit points | 40 | ||
| Clothing types | Jumbo Coat, 2× Jumbo Leg Covering | ||
| Starting skills | Search 0, Build 0, Quarry 0, Crafter (Reinforced Snow Bricks) 2 | ||
| Potential skills | Crafter (Sight Ice) 0 | ||
Crystal is the Arctic Cannon Beetle that appears in Pikmin: Antarctic Survival. She is one of the initial characters that start Awakened and usable from the beginning of the story. She is also the tyrant of the Chilly Valley region, though she is defeated and Awakened before the events of the game. She is Yuki's mother.
Crystal is able to produce reinforced snow bricks from raw material. The raw material cost for this process is lower than the cost of constructing most other brick types, as the snow bricks are made in large part of snow, and raw material is used to supplement the strength and durability of the bricks, instead of being their primary component. However, while these bricks are cheaper to create than other bricks, they are also lower quality, not being as effective as other bricks at keeping the cold out, and being unsuitable for construction of some buildings, mainly ones that generate heat.
Crystal is also very powerful, as is typical for a tyrant creature. She is able to produce and shoot out massive balls of snow, which crush and carry away smaller enemies and knock down larger ones. Her shell gives her a high resistance to damage, as is standard for Arctic Cannon Beetles. Crystal also has a special ability that relates to her tyrant status and is not shared by other Arctic Cannon Beetles: she can manipulate mist present in the environment. Crystal's form of mist manipulation is specifically ice-based in element, as she is able to conjure up massive ice stalactites high in the air above enemy creatures, which fall down and crush them, dealing heavy damage and then remaining in the ground as a barrier on the field. The produced icicles are similar to the ones that the Arctic Cannon Beetles of Pikmin 4 knock down with their attacks, but she is able to create them on command after using a snowball attack, instead of needing to shake them loose from the ceiling of an icy cavern. Her mist manipulation is much weaker than it was in her pre-Awakened state, as many of the mist crystals on the inside of her shell were destroyed in the battle that led to her Awakening. Prior to being Awakened, Crystal was able to create dozens of falling icicles at once, in rings extending outward from her current location, to quickly regain control of a losing battle. After her Awakening, Crystal can only create a few icicles at a time, and only directly after firing a snowball.
Due to Crystal's incredible power, she is the appointed guardian of the Diamond Settlement, which is built atop the hollowed-out tree arena in which Crystal was originally fought as a tyrant. She is a powerful creature that is able to defend against most wandering creature raids, however she can be overwhelmed by a large amount of creatures attacking at once, such as occurs on the first day of Pikmin: Antarctic Survival. She is also considered one of the weakest of the tyrants, as despite her immense power the other tyrants of the Antarctic tend to be even more powerful.
Though Crystal is quite intimidating due to her tyrant-level power, as well as breathtakingly beautiful and almost ethereal in appearance due to her brilliant white shell, her personality is a lot more mild than would be expected. Crystal is kind and polite, and can often be quite awkward when out of her element. She acts motherly toward younger residents of the Diamond Settlement, especially toward those who do not have parents of their own. Crystal is very loving toward her own daughter, Yuki, who she makes sweet icy treats for from nectar and snow and often plays with. Crystal often creates snow sculptures shaped like various residents for her daughter, who loves looking at them and tries to make snow sculptures of her own despite being much less skilled at it. Crystal can be very overprotective of Yuki, especially if Yuki was injured in a dangerous exploration mission recently. She was even more overprotective of her daughter when they were first reunited after Crystal's Awakening after months of being separated, refusing to ever let Yuki out of her sight for weeks, though she eventually eased up on this after some time had passed. Crystal is very cautious and vocally opposes the idea of any dangerous exploration missions, such as visits to the more dangerous regions of the Antarctic such as the Ancestral Hunting Ground and Wintry Warzone. This leads her to often agree with the sentiments of Rush, who also strictly opposes any mission he deems as too dangerous, though they do sometimes disagree if Rush believes that the value obtained from a particularly dangerous mission makes it worth the risk. Rush and Crystal can disagree quite vocally in general, as Crystal finds Rush to be a harsh and often rude individual. Typically in confrontations, Rush will back down from Crystal, as despite his gruffness he is actually intimidated by her due to her size and power. There have been a few times where arguments have escalated and resulted in Rush being carried away in one of Crystal's massive snowball projectiles.
Prior to being Awakened, Crystal was the wild and violent tyrant of the Chilly Valley, known by the Awakened creatures as the "Jewel of the Snowlands". Crystal was protective of her daughter, even as a wild creature, but was hostile and aggressive toward any other creature that trespassed into her territory, launching an assault of snow projectiles and bringing down massive ice crystals from the sky using her mist abilities. Once Yuki was Awakened, Crystal was no longer able to recognize her, causing her to treat her daughter with this hostility as well until she too was Awakened a few months later.
Crystal's name draws from her shell, which sparkles like a crystal. The name given to her as an area tyrant, "Jewel of the Snowlands", also refers to this crystalline property. It is possible that her name also relates to ice crystals, such as the icicles that she can summon in battle. Furthermore, her name relates to mist crystals, which she has growing along the inside of her shell's wings and connect to her ability to manipulate mist.
In Pikmin: The Food Crisis
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| Scientific name | Unknown | ||
| Family | Lithopod | ||
| Carry weight | 30 | ||
| Max. carriers | 50 | ||
| Seed worth | 50 | ||
| Poko value |  × 15
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| Attacks | Spits ice balls | ||
The Arctic Cannon Beetle is a large lithopod in Pikmin: The Food Crisis that lives in frigid environments and is the Armored Cannon Beetle's arctic relative. Upon spotting prey such as Pikmin, the Arctic Cannon Beetle will inhale air and falling snow through its blowhole and launch a ball of ice from its mouth at them. This ice ball will crush any Pikmin caught in its path and will temporarily slow others that brush against it, save for Cyan Pikmin, which will only be crushed due to their immunity to cold climates. Any Pikmin other than Cyan Pikmin that brushes against the Arctic Cannon Beetle's cold exterior will be chilled as well. When a Pikmin is thrown into its blowhole as it inhales, the Arctic Cannon Beetle will open its wing casings to expose its cool, tender backside. The Arctic Cannon Beetle will attempt to flee from Pikmin while it is vulnerable but will turn very slowly. Any Pikmin other than Cyan Pikmin will be chilled upon attacking its backside and thus deliver less damage. After it unclogs its blowhole, the Arctic Cannon Beetle will close its exoskeleton and continue firing ice balls, and another Pikmin can be thrown into its blowhole to repeat the process.
In Pikspore
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This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikspore, a fanon game created by DrTapeworm. |
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| Scientific name | Granitus glacies | ||
| Family | Lithopod | ||
| Areas | Frigid Mountain, Spectral Garden | ||
| Caves | Cold Chasm, Challenger's Cavern, Darkfreeze Lair, Final Frost | ||
| Carry weight | 30 | ||
| Max. carriers | 50 | ||
| Seed worth | 50 | ||
| Attacks | Launches snowballs | ||
The Tundra Cannon Beetle is a spectacular lithopod in Pikspore that thrives in cold environments. Its exoskeleton is pale blue and has patches of soft white fur covering it, its eyes glow white, and its legs are black. Instead of boulders, it shoots snowballs that freeze Pikmin when they get hit. To kill it, throw a Pikmin into its blowhole when it's about to shoot, forcing it to open its carapace, revealing its steaming red body. Throwing Pikmin onto it will harm the creature, but it will close it again after it unclogs its blowhole. Repeat the cycle until the Tundra Cannon Beetle is no more.