Muckerskate
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| Appears in | Pikmin 4 | ||
| Scientific name | Gerridus terraprojecta | ||
| Family | Spitterspatter | ||
| Areas | Primordial Thicket | ||
| Caves | The Mud Pit | ||
| Night expeditions | None | ||
| Dandori Challenge stages | None | ||
| Dandori Battle stages | None | ||
| Attacks | Spit mud at Pikmin | ||
TheMuckerskate (ドロンボウ?, lit.: "Muddy Pond Skater") is anenemy inPikmin 4. It appears and behaves similarly to theSkeeterskate, but rather than shootingwater, it shootsmud atPikmin. However, it is still very fragile and can be defeated in only a single hit, though doing so is dangerous when on top of unfrozen mud.
Stats[edit]
| Weight | Max. carriers | Seeds | Value | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 3 |  × 2 | 45 |
Behavior[edit]
The Muckerskate can be seen gliding across the tops of mud puddles in thePrimordial Thicket andThe Mud Pit, waiting for a Pikmin or leader to walk past them. If they spot one, the Muckerskate will shoot mud up to 3 times before having to drink more mud to recharge. This mud deals damage to leaders and can bury any Pikmin on the ground, also causing most Pikmin types to turn intosprouts. The Muckerskate usually swims away after shooting.
Appearance[edit]
The Muckerskate looks like theSkeeterskate, but instead of its sack containing water, it contains mud.
Locations[edit]
Strategy[edit]
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The Muckerskate can be tricky to beat, due to them teetering over the mud in groups. The easiest method is to use eitherIce Pikmin or anIce Blast tofreeze the mud the Muckerskates reside upon, leaving them defenseless while letting you traverse the mud, just remember that a Ice Blast doesn't freeze forever. Should one get close enough to the shore, you canchargeWinged Pikmin at it. Sometimes, the Muckerskate will skate about as the Winged Pikmin chase it, which could lead to another Muckerskate hitting your Winged Pikmin while they're too far away to get back to shore in time. However this won't happen unless you're charging a few Winged Pikmin, around 10 is enough to defeat a Muckerskate with no problems. If a Winged Pikmin gets too far away as a result of the chase, use anIdler's Alert to bring it back to you. If you can throw a Pikmin at the Muckerskate, it'll instantly die, and since you have to be close to hit it in the first place, the Pikmin has little risk of drowning.
Notes[edit]
Dalmo's notes[edit]
Olimar's notes[edit]
“A subspecies of the Skeeterskate that's adapted to life in muddy wetlands. It uses its straw-like proboscis, the inside of which is packed with densely grown hair, to capture any plankton living in the mucky water and filter out everything else.
When an enemy approaches, it will threaten them by shooting out a murky substance. This combination of muddy water and gastric juices has a higher viscosity, so it can essentially bury Pikmin—and a lot of other stuff—in dirt.”Louie's notes[edit]
Other information[edit]
- Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #53
Naming[edit]
- See more:Spitterspatter#Naming.
- Common name: Muckerskate. It replaces the "skeeter" inSkeeterskate with "mucker" to emphasize its relation to mud.
- Japanese nickname:ドロンボウ?, lit.: "Muddy Pond Skater". ドロン is a pun on ドロン, "slipping away", and 泥んこ, "mud". ドロン is combined with 水んボウ, "pond skater" to create ドロンボウ.
- Japanese name:タテジマミズンボウ 泥吐型?, lit.: "Vertical Stripes Watery Pond Skater (mud spitter type)". It is the Japanese name of the Skeeterskate with the added clarification that it spits mud instead of water.
- Scientific name:Gerridus terraprojecta.Terra is Latin for earth, andprojecta is similar to "projectile".
- Internal names:
DOROMBOU. It is based off of its Japanese common name. - Prerelease: None.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Japanese | ドロンボウ? Doronbō | Mud Pond Skater | From泥? (lit.: "mud") andアメンボウ? (lit.: "pond skater") |
 Chinese(traditional) | 吐泥水黽 Tǔ Ní Shuǐmǐn | Spit Mud Pond Skater | |
 Chinese(simplified) | 吐泥水黾 Tǔ Ní Shuǐmǐn | Spit Mud Pond Skater | |
 Dutch | Modderschieter | Mud shooter | |
 French | Ragnée de boue | Mud pider | From "boue" (mud) andRagnée d'eau, which itself is from"araignée d'eau" (pond skater, lit.: "water spider") |
 German | Schlammflitzer | Mud Dasher | |
 Italian | Sputafagno | Mudspitter | From"sputare" (to spit) and"fango" (mud).Fagno instead offango is probably a typo. |
 Korean | 진흙쟁이 Jinheulg-Jaengi | Mud Pond Skater | From진흙 (mud) and소금쟁이 (pond skater) |
 Portuguese | Lamasquito | Mudsquito | Portmanteau of"lama" (mud) and"mosquito" |
 Spanish | Fangotirador | Mudshooter | From"fango" (mud) and"tirador" (shooter) |
Gallery[edit]
A pair of Muckerskate, as found in theirPiklopedia page.
A Muckerskate with only 1 shot left (left) and one that has used all its shots (right).
A recharging Muckerskate.
A pair offrozen Muckerskates.
A defeated Muckerskate.
A defeated Muckerskate from a different angle.
A Muckerskate in thePrimordial Thicket.
A Muckerskate recharging in shallow mud.
A Muckerskate in front of twoRed Pikmin it has buried.
A Muckerskate inThe Mud Pit in front of a buried aBlue Pikmin and its mud splatter.
Trivia[edit]
- As with the Skeeterskate andQuaggled Mireclops, it is among the few tripedal creatures in the series.
- It is the only enemy inPikmin 4 to use mud-based attacks.
