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SNAXSQUATCH?
What is this thing!?

The Snaxsquatch is a cryptid that resides on Snaktooth Island and appears in most of its areas in specific locations at specific times making its encounter one by chance. It does not move from the spot where it spawns, cannot be interacted with, and deforms upon being seen.

Managing to scan it with the SnaxScope before it deforms will grant the "Candid Cryptid" Trophy.

Story & History[]

The Snaxsquatch appears observing the Journalist passively and disassembles when looked at in their general direction.

Some Snaxburg residents report seeing a strange presence around the island after Lizbert's disappearance, though each have a different idea of its identity.

Wiggle mentions the Queen of Bugsnax every chance she gets and considers it her muse. After her interview, she hands the Journalist a map of where she sighted the Queen. Though it does not 'tower above the trees' or 'eclipse the moon', the Snaxsquatch does appear in the general area she claims to have seen it.

Triffany mentions her sighting of the cryptid on top of the canyon of Scorched Gorge during Snaxburg Gets Spooked. Cromdo, who has set up camp at the same area, right in front of said canyon where the creature can be spotted, has seemingly never seen it as he doubts Beffica's and Gramble's claim during Snaxburg Isn't Safe. Nobody, however, including Cromdo, doubts the Journalist's findings (even if they can optionally claim it to be "Aliens").

Upon Cromdo referring to it as a "monster", Triffany offers the terminology 'cryptid' or 'undiscovered animal' as she considers "monster" a prejudicial term. Triffany later notes to the Journalist that she has not found any referral to this being in ancient scripts and assumes their expedition team to be its first witness, which she finds exciting. Despite the Journalist being an investigator of cryptids, no connection is made between this and the Snaxsquatch. Additionally, Clumby has referred to the Journalist's football mascot fiasco and the discovery of Bugsnax as a 'monsterhunt'.

When Beffica and Gramble both claim to have seen a monster, the Journalist looks for clues of its presence and finds evidence such as Grumpus-like footprints that abruptly stop, and the phrase "NO MORE BUGSNAX" carved into the Snaxburg sign, proving the Snaxsquatch had been in Snaxburg.

When the Journalist falls into the Undersnax and meets Lizbert, they learn that the Snaxsquatch was created and controlled by her. While the Bugsnax tried to turn her into more of them, Lizbert, through her willpower, forced them to instead become her, creating these Grumpus-like constructs. Since the Snaxsquatch cannot talk, the most she could do was try to scare the rest of the Grumpuses into leaving the island before it began to collapse, though she was ultimately unsuccessful in scaring them off.

If the player does not follow Filbo and takes a different turn in The Undersnax it will run towards you. Given the collision and violent sound, it is to be assumed it kills the player. The player is reset back in the location of the turn choice.

Locations[]

The Snaxsquatch can randomly be found in one spot per location, often out of reach, between 7 pm and 6 am. It spawns upon entering- or waking up in the location, the latter requiring a place to sleep.

Flavor Falls and Frosted Peak, the only "outer biomes" it spawns into, are simultaneously the hardest locations to sight the Snaxsquatch due to the level structure. The game's level files determine the objects' placement within each biome. Examining the level files for every area revealed that only specific areas had designated spots for the Snaxsquatch. It does not appear in Boiling Bay, Sizzlin' Sands, or Broken Tooth.

Location Description
Flavor Falls logo Near the rock where the Journalist passed out.
Garden Grove logo On top of the rocks at the far end of the area, above the waterfall.
Simmering Springs logo On top of the rocks on the left side area with the Kweeble and Tropicabug.
Scorched Gorge logo On top of the canyon where Cromdo requests you to activate the windmills (Don Quixote!). As Cromdo's camp is right there it is an easy spot to spam nap to activate their spawning.
Sugarpine Woods logo On the right side upon entering, through the trees. This is by far the easiest spot to encounter the Snaxsquatch during regular gameplay and is story-wise "planned" to be seen as Wiggle hands you a map to this very spot. One is able to get near the creature by walking backwards towards it.
Frosted Peak logo On a rock behind the eggloo.
Story Event
Snaxburg logo At the beginning of Story Event Snaxburg Gets Spooked before getting some firewood, the Journalist is able to look around freely while staying at one spot. If they look behind them, the Snaxsquatch is peeking behind Cromdo's hut and goes into hiding upon being spotted. Once the Journalist can move the Snaxsquatch cannot be found. When having to check upon Filbo, it hid in the bathroom and growls at the Journalist trying to interact with it. Once they can open the door it has deformed and disappeared.
The Undersnax logo Snaxsquatch residence - It stands near the end of the tunnel from where the Journalist fell and runs off after the earth shakes. It remains standing in front of Filbo and deforms once the Journalist arrives. Exploring the final tunnel branching off from where Filbo leads you to "the big room" has it run towards the Journalist. In the big room, the Snaxsquatch remains standing and provides the easiest and final opportunity to scan.

Design[]

The Snaxsquatch is a construct of Bugsnax that resembles the shape of a Grumpus, mimicking their average size and proportions, movements, and bipedal stature, making the 'bug' element appear absent.

Unlike other "colonial organism/fusion" Bugsnax, the Snaxsquatch appears less stable and can disassemble itself into its components and return the soil from which it took shape. Beffica described it as resembling a Grumpus before it disassembled and scattered. Due to the lack of harmony and constant rebuilding it is likely that the Snaxsquatch theoretically could be made up of any collection and consistency of Bugsnax.

Snaxsquatch (Better View)

The Snaxsquatch consists of a total of 10 Bugsnax:
The right half of the face is a Tropicabug (red onion) functioning as the right eye with a Strabby horn, the left half a Scoopy (chocolate scoop) with the cone sticking out as the other horn, and with a Green Peelbug functioning as the left eye. The eyes differ in size. Right underneath the Scoopy is a Fryder of which the silver zigzag 'packaging' is supposed to allude to sharp teeth (even though Bugsnax do not have teeth). The Fryder's limbs/fries hold the Sweetiefly shoulder in place which ends up in another part of Tropicabug (shrimp) as the arm/hand. The right shoulder is again Scoopy (vanilla scoop) with a Cheepoof arm/hand. The torso midriff consists of Shishkabug (meat), Tropicabug (pineapple), and the Scoopy (strawberry scoop) The torso base/hips are a Bunger, as well as the left upper leg which flows into Shishkabug (tomato, mushroom). The right upper leg is the Green Peelbug and ends in a Fryder leg. On the back is a Cinnasnail which seems to resemble a backpack.

Its name is a combination of "Snax" and "Sasquatch". The Snaxsquatch's Candid Cryptid Trophy pose is a reference to frame 352 of the Patterson–Gimlin film, the most well-known alleged shot of the Sasquatch.[1]

Soundfiles[]

No. TitleMusicIn-Game Length
1. "Idle"     
2. "Prowl"  ? // Snaxburg Gets Spooked  
3. "Attack Telegraph"  Trailer + Snaxburg Gets Spooked + The Undersnax  
4. "Form"  ?  
5. "Deform"  Any encounter  
6. "Hide"  ? // Snaxburg Gets Spooked  
7. "Wet"  ?  
8. "Footsteps"  ? // Snaxburg Gets Spooked  
Name Audio Name Audio
Prowl

Idle

Attack Telegraph

Form

Deform


Hide
Wet
Footsteps


Trivia[]

  • The game files refer to the Snaxsquatch as "Golem" - a Jewish simulacrum made of clay.
  • During the final interview sequence with Lizbert, one of the interview questions can be skipped. This question is the one that triggers the Snaxsquatch to disappear, so if this question is skipped, it will stand in place for the rest of the cutscene, and the head(s) of Lizbert (& Eggabell)'s 'queen of bugsnax' form will clip through it. This can be seen in speedruns of the game.[2]

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