Castorbite

The Castorbite is an enemy in Pikmin 5: Apex Predator. It is a brown rodent the size of a Flying Joustmite with a tail resembling a ping-pong paddle with two buckteeth. It is found primarily in Lover's Spring. Its health is either 1200/1800/2400 based off chosen difficulty. Castorbites do not spawn until the day after the player has taken down an aboveground wall. The following day, if the player returns to a wall they tore down, they will find one or two castorbites rebuilding the wall with it being a third of the way complete. Castorbites have two primary attacks. They can either attempt to eat Pikmin with their buck teeth one at a time, or swat down at the player and their squad with their massive tails several times. What happens when the castorbite successfully swats the squad depends on the ground the Pikmin are standing on when they are hit. If they are on dirt, the Pikmin are merely planted into the ground, albeit deflowered. If the Pikmin are standing on a hard surface, the attack is fatal unless the Pikmin are rock Pikmin. The main strategy is to get behind the castorbite, trigger & dodge the tail attack, and throw Pikmin onto its back. This is a particularly good move because the castorbite has to complete the multiple whacks and cannot break its pattern. This strategy requires only one or two cycles at most, and the castorbite is dead. Returning it into the Onion generates 13/10/7 Pikmin based off difficulty. Olimar notes that Castorbites build their walls to attract mates.