Durmite
Sprite fromMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)

Durmite (named "Pillbo" in thePrima strategy guide enemy list)^[1] is a caterpillar-like boss found insideBowser's body inMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its3DS remake,Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. Durmite has aBirdo-like face and snout with an angry expression, and wears a hot pink ribbon on her head. Her body resembles that of a real caterpillar as opposed to aWiggler, with small and stubby legs; her underbelly is pink, with her head and upper horizontal half of her body being teal. Her name is a portmanteau of "dermis" and "termite." It is later revealed that she is actuallyWisdurm, one of the threeStar Sages.

Durmite lives inside thegiga-carrot thatBowser eats in order to obtain theBanzai Bill from aWiggler who runs the Wiggler Family Farm inDimble Wood. Shortly after leaving the farm, Bowser comes down with a painful stomachache and demandsChippy investigate immediately.Mario andLuigi go to theNerve Cluster to find the source of the pain, and immediately encounter the Durmite, who breaks through a wall of bone. Starlow initially mistakes Durmite for a friend of Wiggler's as it stomps around the area, causing Bowser more pain. As Starlow wonders how the Durmite got so large, the monster slowly approaches the group, and a trio of white creatures calledBiffiduses appear to menace them, only to be eaten by the Durmite in short order and trigger a growth spurt. Mario suggests they have to stop the Durmite in order to relieve Bowser's pain. Starlow reluctantly agrees, but Luigi refuses, and the pair are forced to push him into battle. After the battle, Durmite shrinks down to a minuscule size and runs away.

Later, as the Bros. consultDr. Toadley inToad Town and learn of the threeStar Cures, Bowser overhears that the first is located in Dimble Wood and immediately heads off. Starlow then asks about the firstStar Sage, whom Dr. Toadley reveals to be none other than Durmite. Starlow realizes Durmite is still in Bowser's body, and quickly leaves with the Mario Bros. to re-enter Bowser's body with; as they come out in thePipe Yard, the Bros. spot Durmite and try to catch her, but fail. The trio follow her into theEnergy Hold, where they initially lose her under a barrier.

After getting past the barrier and pursuing Durmite in the Energy Hold enough, she finally loses patience and yells at the Mario Bros. for their persistence. She then reveals her true name to beWisdurm and challenges them to a battle for ownership of the Star Cure; during the battle, Wisdurm's smaller form is referred to as "Durmite" by the game. Upon defeat, she assumes her true form and keeps her promise, giving the Star Cure before clearing two obstacles blocking the entrance to theJoint Tower and disappearing.

A stronger version of Durmite calledDurmite X is found later on in theGauntlet.

Battle[edit]

For the second battle, seeWisdurm.

Durmite can attack by lining up with Mario or Luigi and pulling back like a spring, charging by turning her body red similar to a Wiggler; in the remake, her segments glow a pale yellow instead. Her segments change color at varying speeds; once fully charged, she launches herself straight at the target brother, who must counter the attack using theirhammer to smash her when she gets close. Durmite can also spit a sticky string from her snout and sweep it sideways at the Mario Bros., who must dodge byjumping over the string in order each time. The string slowly picks up speed during the attack, and if either of them touch it, Durmite pulls them into her mouth; she then aligns with the uneaten brother and ejects the victim from her back end or mouth towards them, sometimes doing so at an overhead arc as a feint. This part of the attack is also dodged by jumping; stomping on the brother ejected during the second part does not damage them in the original game, but does minimal damage to them in the remake. Being hit by either stage of the attack does high damage and can potentially inflict theSPD-Down orPOW-Down status ailments; if Durmite KOs one of the Mario Bros. by catching them with the string, she simply spits them back out without attacking further. Eventually, the string will break, causing Durmite to stop the attack.

Every couple of turns, up to threeBiffiduses appear alongside Durmite and attack Mario and Luigi; they each point their spear forward and run at one of the Bros., who can dodge and counter by jumping. If any Biffiduses are present during Durmite's turn, she may eat all of them and shoot their spears from her snout at the Mario Bros., with each spear pointing towards its target; the spears can be avoided by stomping or jumping over them. The Biffiduses move out of the way for all of Durmite's other attacks, going off-screen in the remake, and defeating Durmite with any of them present causes the enemies to point and jab their spears at her during the resulting animation, with the explosion of stars blowing them away.

After taking enough damage, Durmite starts attacking up to twice in a turn; at the end of each one, she may produce a purple proboscis-like straw from her mouth and plant it in the battlefield underneath. On her next turn, she sucks nutrients from Bowser through the straw to regain 40 (30 in the remake)HP each turn; the straw can be destroyed before she can recover health, and doing so prevents Durmite from healing. In the original game, Bowser is seen wincing in pain on the top screen when Durmite sucks his nutrients. This animation is removed in the remake, but Bowser does not take any damage from Durmite's leeching in either version of the game. Defeating Durmite with the straw out destroys it before her death animation plays.

Like most bosses inMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, Durmite gains theFury status upon losing half her HP or more, and begins attacking faster and more often each turn.

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Durmite
	HP	326 (489)	POW	34 (85)	DEF	22 (33)	SPEED	25
	Coins	120 (180)	Level	8	Fire	Normal	Burn?	Immune
	Role	Boss	Battled by	Mario & Luigi	Location(s)	Nerve Cluster	Dizzy?	Immune
	Stat down?	Normal	KO?	Immune	Experience	300	Item drop	POW Gloves - 100.0%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Straw
	HP	16 (24)	POW	30 (75)	DEF	17 (26)	SPEED	25
	Coins	0 (0)	Level	8	Fire	Normal	Burn?	Immune
	Role	Support	Battled by	Mario & Luigi	Location(s)	Nerve Cluster	Dizzy?	Immune
	Stat down?	Normal	KO?	Immune	Experience	0	Item drop	None
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Durmite (small)
	HP	1,610 (2,415)	POW	48 (120)	DEF	39 (59)	SPEED	52
	Coins	600 (900)	Level	18	Fire	Normal	Burn?	Immune
	Role	Boss	Battled by	Mario & Luigi	Location(s)	Energy Hold	Dizzy?	Immune
	Stat down?	Normal	KO?	Immune	Experience	2,800	Item drop	Star Candy - 60.0% Siphon Boots - 40.0%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Durmite
	HP	298	POW	39	DEF	26	SPEED	25	Experience	300
	Fire	Normal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Battled by	Mario & Luigi	Coins	120
	Burn	Immune	Dizzy	Immune	Stat down	1x	Speed down	1x	Item drop	None (0%) Mushroom Gloves - 100%
Level           7	Location(s)	Nerve Cluster

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Straw (Durmite)
	HP	18	POW	30	DEF	15	SPEED	25	Experience	0
	Fire	Normal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Battled by	Mario & Luigi	Coins	0
	Burn	Immune	Dizzy	Immune	Stat down	1x	Speed down	1x	Item drop	None - 0% None - 0%
Level           7	Location(s)	Nerve Cluster

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Durmite (Small)
	HP	1610	POW	48	DEF	50	SPEED	52	Experience	2800
	Fire	Normal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Battled by	Mario & Luigi	Coins	600
	Burn	Immune	Dizzy	Immune	Stat down	1x	Speed down	1x	Item drop	None - 0% Siphon Boots - 100%
Level           18	Location(s)	Energy Hold

Names in other languages[edit]

Durmite[edit]

Straw[edit]

Notes[edit]

• In her second battle, Durmite is not called Wisdurm in her small form, but is called Wisdurm in her magical form.

References[edit]

• Butterflies and caterpillars
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story bosses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names