The Snake is an enemy in EarthBound Beginnings. It can be encountered at the beginning of the game in Podunk and its northern region. It only attacks physically. The Magic Herb has a 1/16 chance of dropping from the Snake. This enemy's battle theme is Battle with a Flippant Foe.
Defensively, the Snake has 18 HP and 8 DEFENSE. Offensively, it has 6 OFFENSE, 5 FIGHT, and 10 SPEED. Its resilience to Status Ailments is 1 WISDOM, 10 STRENGTH, and 1 FORCE. It drops 2 EXP and $8 when defeated.
Ninten starts off with at least 7 in every stat after fighting the Doll. It is recommended to equip the Plastic Bat due to Ninten's low level early on. Until the next level up, the Snake will only be slightly behind in overall resilience, but lacks offensive strength. The superior version of this enemy is the Red Snake and Rattlesnake.
Trivia
- The Snake is slightly weaker in resilience than the Crow, having 18 HP instead of 22, and is 4 DEFENSEs lower. It is also slightly offensively weaker than the Crow in general, being 2 OFFENSEs lower, 3 FIGHTs lower, and 2 SPEEDs lower. It has the same WISDOM, is 5 STRENGTHs higher, and is 9 FORCEs lower.
- EarthBound's equivalent to the Snake is the Coil Snake. It is found in Onett and Threed. It has the same HP and also has a chance of solidifying a member, functioning differently than in EarthBound Beginnings. Mother 3's equivalent is the Mighty Bitey Snake. It is found in Sunshine Forest after the fire. It has significantly more HP and additionally has a chance of solidifying a member, as well as being able to Poison, also functioning differently than in EarthBound Beginnings.
- In the companion guide, it is called "Snake" in all versions of the game.
- Their description reads, "Even if you're the type who heads for the hills at the sight of a snake, you don't have much to worry about: this enemy isn't all that tough. The snakes that pop up in the Mother's Day neighborhood seem to have relatively tame natures.".