Scarab

Scarab
Item Description
Type	Currency
Area Information
Location(s)	Various
Price	Green: 1 Scarab Red: 5 Scarabs Orange: 10 Scarabs Purple: Nil
Appearance(s)
Game(s)

“Scarabs tend to live in dark damp places.”

—

A Scarab is the monetary unit of planet Dinosaur Planet in "Star Fox Adventures". 

Usage

Scarabs are used to buy things from the ThornTail Store, but they are also needed to open new paths by either paying the two BribeClaws and the Scarab Toll before the entrance to Cape Claw in LightFoot Village. They are also used to buy Cheat Tokens and are apparently edible.

Appearance

They are in fact living beetles mostly found under boulders although sometimes are located in small, wooden containers. They come in three colors, which also represent their value. Every green one is worth one Scarab, the red ones are worth five and the orange ones are worth ten Scarabs each. It's sometimes hard to distinguish the two latter ones for their similar appearance, but their escape speed reveals their value: Greens are very sluggish, while orange ones are almost hard to catch. Fox McCloud can initially carry ten Scarabs, but the amount rises as he obtains Scarab Bags.

There are also purple Scarabs, which only appear when Fox gambles with the ShopKeeper in ThornTail Store's Scarab Room; these have no monentary worth and are in fact a penalty item that will cause Fox to lose the gamble if he touches one. There are always the same number of purple Scarabs as real ones based on the initial wager, making them harder to avoid when Fox gambles higher.

Scarabs

“The currency of Dinosaur Planet is the scuttling glowing Scarab. A green Scarab is worth one, a red one is worth five, and the coveted gold Scarab is worth 10. These negotiable creatures lurk under rocks and in baskets. Collect them and spend them at ThornTail Store. You can hold only a limited amount of the things, but bigger Scarab Bags incase your capacity and spending power.”

—Star Fox Adventures; Prima's Official Strategy Guide, pg 11

Gallery

The ShopKeeper, he wears a Scarab shaped garment, he likes to haggle.

The ShopKeeper opens his Scarab garment to reveal a ticker tape like price tag.

The ShopKeeper settles for the bargain price of the SnowHorn Artifact.

The first Scarab Bag which Fox earns from the first SnowHorn he meets. It is able to carry 50 Scarabs.

A red scarab is worth 5 scarabs

An Orange scarab is worth 10 scarabs

Trivia

• Sometimes more than one Scarab falls in exactly the same place, making it look like if there were 2, 3, or more worth Scarabs.
• Despite being described as the currency of Dinosaur Planet, Scarabs in Star Fox Adventures are used almost exclusively by SharpClaws. (Assuming the ShopKeeper is/was one).
• With their round bodes and four legs, Saurian Scarabs greatly resemble the Iridescent Flint Beetle from the Pikmin games.

References

• Star Fox Adventures; Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Games/Adventure. Platform: Nintendo GameCube,™