Editing Cractus

{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Cractus Wario Land 4.png]]<br>Cractus
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|species=Carnivorous plant
|latest_appearance=
}}
[[File:WL4-Cractus Battle.png|frame|left|[[Wario]] battling Cractus]]
'''Cractus''' is the second boss in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''. It is the guardian of the [[Emerald Passage]]. 

Cractus is a large, drooling {{wp|Venus Flytrap}} with leaf-like appendages. Upon starting the battle, Cractus is sleeping, ignoring Wario's presence. To force it to battle, Wario must simply ram the vase holding it. This will cause Cractus to wake up.

To damage Cractus, Wario must [[Wario Land 4#Wario's moves|ground pound]] its head. Touching its gaping mouth or spiky arms will damage Wario. Initially, Cractus will position itself extremely low, where Wario can damage it with a simple jump followed by a ground pound. As Cractus is damaged, it will increase the height of its patrols (also increasing the range of its attacks) and the speed of its attacks. If Wario is climbing the vines before Cractus begins its patrol, it will glide across the top of the room while dropping drool in set intervals.

Each time Cractus is damaged, it becomes enraged while drooling for a brief moment of time. If Wario touches this drool, he will turn into [[Zombie Wario]], which relieves it. [[Hotaru]] will appear from the east whenever Wario is turned into a zombie to help him resume the fight. If the drool is avoided, Cractus will follow Wario and attack with homing jabs, and will only be relieved when it successfully damages him or if Wario manages to go behind it. It is possible to damage Cractus in this state, but it requires precise timing. After enough hits, Cractus is defeated and Wario is rewarded with the creature's [[legendary treasure|Crown]].

Sprites also exist in the game to show Cractus without the crown around its body. This may only be seen through hacking.

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==Time given in different modes==
The time given to defeat the boss varies on the [[Wario Land 4#Game modes|game mode]].

*[[File:WL4-Normal Mode Sprite.png]]: the time given is 4:00.
*[[File:WL4-Hard Mode Sprite.png]]: the time given is 3:00.
*[[File:WL4-S-Hard Mode Sprite.png]] (unlockable): the time given is 2:00.

==''Super Mario-Kun''==
Cractus also makes an appearance as a boss in the ''Wario Land 4'' arc of volume 28 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. Wario sees the boss's crown, but he then notices Cractus sleeping next to it. Wario attempts to grab the crown, but the boss awakens and snaps it from Wario and then attacks him. After it drools on Wario, Wario becomes Zombie Wario. Cractus continues attacking Wario. Wario throws [[Mad Scienstein|Arewo Shitain-hakase]] and causes light to shine on Wario, reverting him to normal. When Wario attacks Cractus by ground-pounding, Arewo Shitain-hakase throws fruit at him, transforming Wario into [[Fat Wario]]. Fat Wario then falls into Cractus's gaping mouth, crushing and defeating it.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フラワナ
|JapR=Furawana
|JapM=Pun on English "flower" (furawa) and "trap" (wana)
|Chi=刺拳花<ref>阿快尔瑞斯 (July 19, 2014). [http://www.bilibili.com/video/av1306272/index_2.html 【完结】【童年游戏】瓦力欧寻宝记流程 （6P）]. ''Bilibili''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|ChiR=Cìquán Huā
|ChiM=Spiky-Fist Flower
|Ita=Cractus
|ItaM=-}}

==Media==
{{media table
|type1=audio
|name1=WL4-Boss Battle
|pipe1=Cractus
|description1=Music heard in a normal boss battle
|length1=2:57
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
WL4 Cractus Level Icon.png|Cractus level icon
WL4-Firefly.png|[[Hotaru]] entering the battle
WL4 Screenshot Pre-release - Cractus.png|[[List of Wario Land 4 pre-release and unused content|Pre-release]] screenshot of the Cractus boss battle
WL4 Screenshot Cractus Without Crown Hack.png|Appearance of Cractus without the crown around his body, which may only be seen through game hacking.
WL4-Flashback1.png|A [[Gallery:Wario Land 4#Flashbacks|flashback]] that shows Wario running from Cractus in a forest
Cractus SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Carnivorous Plants]]
[[Category:Undead]]
[[Category:Wario Land 4 Bosses]]
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