Raisin Breadbug

The Raisin Breadbug is a member of the breadbug family that exhibits behaviors as interesting as its appearance. Its larger, stronger counterpart is the Giant Raisin Breadbug. The Raisin Breadbug may be found wandering around portions of a location accessible to it. Upon finding an object such as a corpse, treasure, or fruit that it can access, it will drag that object all the way back to its den. A Raisin Breadbug is only able to drag objects that require a minimum of ten or less Pikmin to carry. Raisin Breadbugs completely ignore the presence of nearby Pikmin and leaders, even walking through them should they be in their path. Unlike ordinary Breadbugs, which fiercely compete over the possession of an object both they and Pikmin have a hold of, the Raisin Breadbug simply holds carried objects in place, completely preventing the carrying Pikmin from advancing in any direction. However, Raisin Breadbugs may be overpowered in strength as per normal and dragged along behind an object it has grabbed once the strength of eleven or more Pikmin has been applied to a carried object. Although it is impossible for Pikmin to be pulled into the den of a Raisin Breadbug, the creature completely halting the movement of Pikmin carrying an object it has a hold of opens them up to attack from predators. A Raisin Breadbug that takes an object into its den will emerge from its dwelling a few moments later with full health.

A Raisin Breadbug has a rather unique and interesting appearance when compared to others of its kind. It has the usual breadbug physiology, being a smaller creature that physically resembles a dinner roll with a bulbous, rounded snout and two stubby legs, but has different colors and characteristics, and is more square and wider in shape. Its blubber is light yellow in color and brown at the top, its face is beige in color, and its lavender-colored eyes have round, dark purple pupils. Its body features many dark brown bumps and stretching along the entire length of it is a dark brown swirl, both of these features glistening gently when exposed to light and varying respectively in shape and girth. The appearance and positioning of these distinct features are unique to each Raisin Breadbug.

Much like others of its kind, a Raisin Breadbug is almost completely protected by its blubber, making it trickier to defeat even if it is completely harmless. A Raisin Breadbug may only be killed by hitting its exposed face, throwing Pikmin on top of it repeatedly, or overpowering it and causing its head to slam against the underside of a ship's pod or an Onion. However, they are vulnerable at all times to Purple Pikmin pounds directed onto its back, which inflict increase damage and cause it to get up more slowly, and Rock Pikmin lunges or throws, which inflict damage even through its blubber. The first two strategies require precise aim and may be time-consuming as they merely slowly chip away a Raisin Breadbug's health, but the third strategy is by far the most effective as it reduces the creature's health to almost nothing in an instant. Because it does not die instantly by having its head slammed, minor execution of the first two strategies may be wise. Throwing Pikmin on top of a Raisin Breadbug's body, which causes it to collapse and then stand up again, will slow it so long as Pikmin are being piled on top of it, meaning it may a worthwhile strategy to keep it in place. Attacking the face of a Raisin Breadbug will not slow it down, and it is by far the slowest method of killing one because Pikmin must chase after it as they cannot latch onto its face.