Caterchipillar (Final Fantasy VIII)

Caterchipillar
(ケダチク, Kedachiku?)
Gameplay details
Location(s)	Balamb continent (Alcauld Plains, Rinaul Coast) Esthar continent (Before Lunar Cry: Great Plains of Esthar, Sollet Mountains, Nortes Mountains, West Coast, Great Salt Lake; After Lunar Cry: Grandidi Forest) Winhill Balamb Garden (During Balamb Garden Revolt: Front Gate, Infirmary corridor, Quad, Dormitory corridor, Library corridor) Ultimecia Castle (Main Hall, Stairway Hall, Waterway)
Type	Normal enemy
Data	Stats
Other appearances
Recurring appearance	Caterchipillar

Caterchipillar is an enemy from Final Fantasy VIII. It is an insect-type enemy and one of the first the player is likely to meet as they roam outside Balamb Garden. During the Balamb Garden Revolt event, Caterchipillars appear within the Garden building and one is summoned by a Garden Faculty at the dorm if the player tries to enter while having declared they are aligned with Headmaster Cid.

Its head is small and red located below its "stinger", while the "mouth" appears to be in the tail.

Stats

Ultimania #
#002 ←
#003
→ #004
Classification
Location	Balamb continent (Alcauld Plains, Rinaul Coast) Esthar continent (Before Lunar Cry: Great Plains of Esthar, Sollet Mountains, Nortes Mountains, West Coast, Great Salt Lake, After Lunar Cry: Grandidi Forest) Winhill Balamb Garden (During Balamb Garden Revolt: Front Gate, Infirmary corridor, Quad, Dormitory corridor, Library corridor) Ultimecia Castle (Main Hall, Stairway Hall, Waterway)
Class	None
Scan	Uses an attack called Ultra Waves that damages all enemies.
AP	2
Card drop (3.5%)	Caterchipillar
Card	Caterchipillar (93.7%) Trauma (6.3%)
Elemental affinities
Fire	150%
Fire	150%
Thunder	100%
Thunder	100%
Ice	200%
Ice	200%
Water	100%
Water	100%
Wind	100%
Wind	100%
Earth	50%
Earth	50%
Poison	100%
Poison	100%
Holy	100%
Holy	100%
Damage	100%
Ground	Damage
Gravity	Damage
Statuses and resistances
Death	30%
Death	30%
Poison	20%
Poison	20%
Petrify	30%
Petrify	30%
Darkness	20%
Darkness	20%
Silence	20%
Silence	20%
Berserk	40%
Berserk	40%
Zombie	30%
Zombie	30%
Sleep	20%
Sleep	20%
Haste	0%
Haste	0%
Slow	Immune
Slow	Immune
Stop	Immune
Stop	Immune
Regen	0%
Regen	0%
Reflect	0%
Reflect	0%
Doom	20%
Doom	20%
Petrifying	30%
Petrifying	30%
Float	0%
Float	0%
Drain	0%
Drain	0%
Confuse	40%
Confuse	40%
Eject	20%
Eject	20%
Card	0%
Card	0%
LV Up	0%
LV Up	0%
LV Down	0%
LV Down	0%
The End	0%
The End	0%
Level 1 - 19
Mug (50%)	Spider Web (100%)
Item drop (75%)	Normal rates: Spider Web (69.53%) M-Stone Piece (25.78%) M-Stone Piece x2 (4.68%) Rare Item equipped: Spider Web (50%) M-Stone Piece (50%)
Draw	Thunder Cure
Devour	Delicious!!!
Abilities	Tail Bash, Head Bash, Ultra Waves
Level 20 - 29
Mug (50%)	Spider Web x2 (100%)
Item drop (75%)	Normal rates: Spider Web x2 (69.53%) Magic Stone (19.92%) Magic Stone x2 (10.54%) Rare Item equipped: Spider Web x2 (50%) Magic Stone (44.53%) Magic Stone x2 (5.46%)
Draw	Thundara Cura Slow
Devour	Delicious!!!
Abilities	Tail Bash, Head Bash, Ultra Waves, Sticky Web
Level 30 - 100
Mug (50%)	Spider Web x4 (100%)
Item drop (75%)	Normal rates: Spider Web x4 (89.45%) Wizard Stone x8 (10.54%) Rare Item equipped: Spider Web x4 (94.53%) Wizard Stone x8 (5.46%)
Draw	Thundaga Curaga Slow Stop
Devour	Delicious!!!
Abilities	Tail Bash, Head Bash, Ultra Waves, Sticky Web
Stats
Lv HP STR MAG VIT SPR SPD EVA EXP 1 172 10 7 2 18 4 0 28 2 186 11 9 3 18 4 0 33 3 201 12 11 3 18 4 0 38 4 217 13 13 4 18 4 0 43 5 235 14 14 5 18 4 0 48 6 253 15 16 5 18 4 0 53 7 273 16 18 6 18 5 0 58 8 294 17 20 7 18 5 0 63 9 316 18 21 7 18 5 0 68 10 340 19 23 8 18 5 0 73 11 364 19 25 9 18 5 0 78 12 390 20 27 9 18 5 0 83 13 417 21 28 10 18 5 0 88 14 445 22 30 11 18 5 1 93 15 475 23 32 11 18 5 1 98 16 505 24 34 12 18 5 1 103 17 537 25 35 13 18 5 1 108 18 570 25 37 13 18 5 1 113 19 604 26 39 14 18 5 1 118 20 640 27 40 15 19 5 1 123 21 676 28 42 15 19 6 1 128 22 714 29 44 16 19 6 1 133 23 753 30 46 17 19 6 1 138 24 793 31 47 17 19 6 1 143 25 835 32 49 18 19 6 1 148 26 877 32 51 19 19 6 1 153 27 921 33 53 19 19 6 1 158 28 966 34 54 20 19 6 1 163 29 1012 35 56 21 19 6 1 168 30 1060 36 58 21 19 6 1 173 31 1108 37 59 22 19 6 1 178 32 1158 38 61 24 19 6 1 183 33 1209 38 63 24 19 6 1 188 34 1261 39 65 25 19 6 1 193 35 1315 40 66 26 19 7 1 198 36 1369 41 68 26 19 7 1 203 37 1425 42 70 27 19 7 1 208 38 1482 43 71 28 19 7 1 213 39 1540 43 73 28 19 7 1 218 40 1600 44 75 29 20 7 1 223 41 1660 45 76 30 20 7 1 228 42 1722 46 78 30 20 7 2 233 43 1785 47 80 31 20 7 2 238 44 1849 48 82 32 20 7 2 243 45 1915 49 83 32 20 7 2 248 46 1981 49 85 33 20 7 2 253 47 2049 50 87 34 20 7 2 258 48 2118 51 88 34 20 7 2 263 49 2188 52 90 35 20 8 2 268 50 2260 53 92 36 20 8 2 273 51 2332 53 93 36 20 8 2 278 52 2406 54 95 37 20 8 2 283 53 2481 55 97 38 20 8 2 288 54 2557 56 98 38 20 8 2 293 55 2635 57 100 39 20 8 2 298 56 2713 57 102 40 20 8 2 303 57 2793 58 103 40 20 8 2 308 58 2874 59 105 41 20 8 2 313 59 2956 60 107 42 20 8 2 318 60 3040 61 108 42 21 8 2 323 61 3124 61 110 43 21 8 2 328 62 3210 62 112 44 21 8 2 333 63 3297 63 114 44 21 9 2 338 64 3385 64 115 46 21 9 2 343 65 3475 65 117 47 21 9 2 348 66 3565 65 119 47 21 9 2 353 67 3657 66 120 48 21 9 2 358 68 3750 67 122 49 21 9 2 363 69 3844 68 124 49 21 9 2 368 70 3940 69 125 50 21 9 3 373 71 4036 69 127 51 21 9 3 378 72 4134 70 129 51 21 9 3 383 73 4233 71 130 52 21 9 3 388 74 4333 72 132 53 21 9 3 393 75 4435 73 133 53 21 9 3 398 76 4537 73 135 54 21 9 3 403 77 4641 74 137 55 21 10 3 408 78 4746 75 138 55 21 10 3 413 79 4852 76 140 56 21 10 3 418 80 4960 76 142 57 22 10 3 423 81 5068 77 143 57 22 10 3 428 82 5178 78 145 58 22 10 3 433 83 5289 79 147 59 22 10 3 438 84 5401 79 148 59 22 10 3 443 85 5515 80 150 60 22 10 3 448 86 5629 81 152 61 22 10 3 453 87 5745 82 153 61 22 10 3 458 88 5862 82 155 62 22 10 3 463 89 5980 83 157 63 22 10 3 468 90 6100 84 158 63 22 10 3 473 91 6220 85 160 64 22 11 3 478 92 6342 85 161 65 22 11 3 483 93 6465 86 163 65 22 11 3 488 94 6589 87 165 66 22 11 3 493 95 6715 88 166 67 22 11 3 498 96 6841 88 168 68 22 11 3 503 97 6969 89 170 69 22 11 3 508 98 7098 90 171 70 22 11 4 513 99 7228 91 173 70 22 11 4 518 100 7360 91 174 71 23 11 4 523
Stat formula
HP	0.6(Lv)² + 12(Lv) + 160
STR	([3.6(Lv)] - [(Lv)² / 300] + 40) / 4
MAG	([7(Lv)] - [(Lv)² / 400] + 24) / 4
VIT	((Lv) / 32) - [(Lv) / 3] + (Lv) + 1
SPR	((Lv) / 20) + 18
SPD	((Lv) / 7) - [(Lv) / 14] + 4
EVA	((Lv) / 14) - [(Lv) / 28]
EXP	5(Lv)² + 23

Battle

Caterchipillars tend to team up with Bite Bugs. When 50% of its HP is depleted, there is a possibility it will use Ultra Waves and Sticky Web. Ultra Waves can inflict Berserk on party members along with some non-elemental magic damage.

Caterchipillars lack strength, but like to embed their opponents in a Sticky Web to varying effect. Caterchipillar lv20–lv29 can inflict Slow to one opponent with Sticky Web, while Caterchipillars lv30+ can inflict Stop.

The Spider Web they drop teaches Quistis a new Blue Magic spell: Ultra Waves (her version does not inflict Berserk).

Strategy

The player can draw Fire from a Bite Bug and cast it on the Caterchipillar for double damage, although draw-casting magic tends to be weaker than magic cast with the Magic command. After getting Ifrit, the party can summon him and use his Elem-Atk-J to deal elemental damage to opponents.

Triple Triad

Main article: Caterchipillar (Final Fantasy VIII card)

Caterchipillar is a Triple Triad card. It is a basic Level 1 Monster Card that turns into a Spider Web with Quezacotl's Card Mod, useful to further refine into Slow spells.

Other appearances

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Caterchipillar appears as a Triple Triad card.

Gallery

Concept art.

Colored concept art.

Sticky Web.

Ultra Waves.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Kedachiku is 口(クチ)だ(ダ)け(ケ) (kuchidake?, lit. just a mouth) backwards. This refers to the enemy's true head being at its front, while the mouth on the back is "just a mouth". chiku (チク?) is also a Japanese onomatopoeic word for pricking or stinging.