Kriffid

Kriffid

First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of	Artichoker

Kriffids are dry-looking variants of Artichokers in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Kriffids appear in Land's End and are often found alongside Geckits in battle. Kriffids likely receive their name from the Triffids, a fictional plant species from the novel The Day of the Triffids.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Kriffid
	HP	320	FP	100	Speed	8
	Location(s)	Land's End, Bean Valley	Attack	95	Magic attack	50
	Role	Common	Defense	100	Magic defense	40
	Bonus Flower	Defense Up! (50%)	Yoshi Cookie	Crystalline	Morph rate	25%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Blast, Sand Storm, Flame
	Weak	Ice	Strong	Fire, Poison	Sp. attacks	Gunk Ball
	Coins	6	Exp. points	35	Items	Bad Mushroom (5%)
Psychopath	"Aloe~ there!"

Japanese Psychopath quote

アロエカサカサ‥‥。^[1](Aloe kasakasa...)

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Kriffid
	HP	320	Weak Elements	Drops	N/A
	Exp.	35	Weak Statuses	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Land's End
	Monster List profile	You may think you've seen these scurrying steps elsewhere. But if you listen to the footsteps closely, it's more like a riff on a familiar theme.
	Thought Peek	"Today's gonna be my day—I can feel it."
	Animations

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カサカサアロエ Kasakasa Aroe	From「カサカサ」(kasakasa, onomatopoeic word meaning "dry" or "rustling") and "aloe"
Chinese (simplified)	干燥芦荟 Gānzào Lúhuì	Dried Aloe Vera
Chinese (traditional)	乾燥蘆薈 Gānzào Lúhuì	Dried Aloe Vera
French	Archisec	Pun on "archi sec" (very dry) and "artichaut" (artichoke)
German	Kardunkel	Portmanteau of "Karfunkel" (archaic word for red gemstone) and "dunkel" (dark)
Italian	Adeloide	Adeloid; from the plant "Adelia" and the prejorative suffix "-oide"
Korean	바스락알로에 Baseurak Allo-e	From "바스락" (Baseurak, onomatopoeic word meaning "dry" or "rustling") and "aloe"
Spanish	Cachoforte	Portmanteau of "alcachofa" (artichoke) and "forte" (Italian word for "strong")

References

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150508022554/www.a-suma.com/old/guide/smRPG/enemylist1.htm

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES) / Super Mario RPG (Switch)
Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Mallow • Geno • Bowser • Princess Peach
Characters	Supporting	Apprentice (Torte) • Boo, Goo, Bones, and Kipp • Boshi • Chancellor • Chef Torte • Cinder Toad • Dr. Topper • Dyna and Mite • Elder • Frog Sage • Frogfucius' Student • Game Boy Toad • Gardener • Garro • Gaz • Goomhilde • Granny • King Nimbus • Ma Mole and Pa Mole • Moleville Toad • Monstermama • Mushroom Boy • Queen Nimbus • Raini • Raz • Rose Town innkeeper • Royal bus driver • Sergeant Flutter • Three Musty Fears • Toadofsky • Triplets • Vault Guard
Enemies	Bosses	Axem Rangers (Axem Red · Axem Black · Axem Green · Axem Yellow · Axem Pink) • Bad Adder • Belome • Birdo • Boomer • Booster • Bowser • Bowyer • Cake • Claymorton • Clerk • Cloaker • Count Down • Croco • Culex • Czar Dragon • Director • Dodo • Domino • Exor • Factory Chief • Gassox • Grate Guy • Gunyolk • Hammer Bros. • Jinx • Johnny • King Calamari • Knife Guy • Mad Adder • Manager • Megasmilax • Punchinello • Shelly • Smithy • Speardovich (Duplicate) • The Blade • Valentina • Wizakoopa • Zombone
	Boss helpers	Bahamutt • Bandana Blue • Bob-omb • Bodyguard • Bowser Clone • Chaindelier • Earth Crystal • Eggbert • Fire Crystal • Geno Clone • Helio • Jinx Clone • King Bomb • Mad Mallet • Mallow Clone • Mario Clone • Mezzo Bomb • Microbomb • Peach Clone • Pounder • Poundette • Ring-a-Dings • Shyper • Smelter • Smilax • Snifster • Speardovich • Torte • Water Crystal • Wind Crystal
	Lesser enemies	Aero • Alley Rat • Amanita • Ameboid • Apprentice • Arachne • Armored Ant • Artichoker • Bahamutt • Bandana Red • Beezo • Big Blaster • Big Thwomp • Big Troopa • Birdy • Blaster • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bluebird • Bob-omb • Boo • Buzzer • Carroboscis • Chain Chomp • Chained Kong • Cheep Cheep • Chewy • Chomp Chomp • Chompweed • Chow • Cluster • Comeon • Crook • Crusty • Dollox • Doppel • Drill Bit • Dry Bones • Enigma • Enigmax • Fink Flower • Forkie • Frogog • Geckit • Gecko • Glum Reaper • Goomba • Grand Troopa • Greaper • Guerrilla • High Boo • Hippopo • Hobgoblin • Huhwhat • Jabit • Jagger • Jawful • Jester • Jinnie • K-9 • Kriffid • Lakitu • Lava Babble • Lava Blubble • Lava Bubble • Leuko • Machine Made • Mad Mallet • Magmite • Magmus • Malakoopa • Mastadoom • Mini Goomba • Mr. Kipper • Muckle • Ninja • Octolot • Octovader • Orb User • Orbison • Para-bomb • Paratroopa • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pleaseno • Pounder • Poundette • Pro Goomba • Pulsar • Puppox • Rat Funk • Reacher • Ribbite • Rob-omb • Sackit • Shadow • Shaman • Shogun • Shy Guy • Shymore • Shy Ranger • Sling Shy • Snapdragon • Snifit • Snifster • Spikester • Spikey • Spinthra • Springer • Star Cruster • Starslap • Stinger • Stompillar • Straw Head • Stumpet • Terra Cotta • Terrapin • Thropher • Thwomp • Urspike • Vomer • Whuhoh • Wiggler • Zeostar
Locations		Bandit's Way • Barrel Volcano • Bean Valley • Beanstalk • Belome Temple • Booster Hill • Booster Pass • Booster Tower • Bowser's Keep • Factory • Forest Maze • Grate Guy's Casino • Kero Sewers • Land's End • Mario's Pad • Marrymore • Midas River • Mole Mines • Moleville • Monstro Town • Mushroom Castle • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Way • Nimbus Castle • Nimbus Land • Pipe Vault • Rose Town • Rose Way • Sea • Seaside Town • Sky Bridge • Star Hill • Sunken Ship • Swap Shop • Tadpole Pond • The Trial Course • Vista Hill • Weapon World • Yo'ster Isle
Items	General	Beetle • Bonus Flower • Bracer • Carbo Cookie • Cleansing Juice • Coin • Croaka Cola • Earlier Times • Energizer • Finless Cola • Fire Bomb • Flower • Flower Box • Flower Jar • Flower Tab • Fright Bomb • Frog Coin • Frogleg Cola • Goodie Bag • Honey Syrup • Ice Bomb • Lamb's Lure • Lucky Jewel • Maple Syrup • Max Mushroom • Mid Mushroom • Moldy Mush • Mushroom • Mystery Egg • Party Bracer • Party Cleanse • Party Energizer • Peach's ??? • Pick Me Up • Poison Mushroom • Pure Water • Red Essence • Rock Candy • Rotten Mush • Royal Syrup • See Ya • Sheep Attack • Sleepy Bomb • Star • Star Egg • Tadpola Cola • Thropher Cookie • Wilt Shroom • Yoshi-Ade • Yoshi Candy • Yoshi Cookie
	Key items	Alto Card • Beetle Box • Boo Flag • Bright Card • Castle Key 1 • Castle Key 2 • Carbo Cookie • Cricket Jam • Cricket Pie • Crystal Shard^a • Dry Bones Flag • Elder Key • Extra-Shiny Stone^a • Fertilizer • Fireworks • Greaper Flag • Microbomb • Monster Trophy^a • Room Key • Seed • Shed Key • Shiny Stone • Soprano Card • Special Frog Coin • Stay Voucher^a • Temple Key • Tenor Card • Wallet
	Weapons	Chain Chomp • Cymbals • Double Punch • Drill Claw • Fake Chomp • Finger Shot • Froggie Stick • Frying Pan • Hammer • Hand Cannon • Hand Gun • Hurly Glove • Koopa Shell • Lazy Shell • Lucky Hammer • Masher • Mega Glove • Parasol • Paratroopa Shell • Punch Glove • Ribbit Stick • Sage Stick^a • Slap Glove • Sonic Cymbals • Spiked Chomp • Star Gun • Stella 023^a • Sticky Glove • Super Hammer • Super Slap • Ultra Hammer • War Fan • Whomp Glove • Wonder Chomp^a
	Armor	Courage Shell • Fire Cape • Fire Dress • Fire Pants • Fire Shell • Fire Shirt • Fluffy Cape • Fluffy Dress • Fluffy Pants • Fluffy Shirt • Happy Cape • Happy Pants • Happy Shell • Happy Shirt • Heel Shell • Hero Shirt • Lazy Shell • Lovely Dress • Mega Cape • Mega Pants • Mega Shirt • Pants • Prince Pants • Royal Dress • Sailor Cape • Sailor Dress • Sailor Pants • Sailor Shirt • Shirt • Star Cape • Super Suit • Thick Pants • Thick Shirt • Work Pants
	Accessories	Antidote Pin • Attack Scarf • Booster's Charm • Coin Trick • Defense Scarf • Echo Signal Ring^a • Enduring Brooch^a • Exp. Booster • Fearless Pin • Feather • Flower Ring • Ghost Medal • Jinx Belt • Jump Shoes • Nurture Ring • Quartz Charm • Safety Badge • Safety Ring • Signal Ring • Teamwork Band^a • Troopa Medal • Trueform Pin • Wake-Up Pin • Zoom Shoes
Special moves		Arrow Rain • Attack Lock^a • Aurora Flash • Backfire • Big Bang • Blast • Blazer • Blizzard • Body Slam • Bolt • Bombs Away • Boulder • Breaker Beam • Card Rain • Card Toss • Carni-Kiss • Celebration Shot^a • Claw • Clown Car Barrage^a • Come Back • Crusher • Crystal • Dark Claw • Dark Star • Diamond Saw • Doom Reverb • Echofinder • Eerie Jig • Electroshock • Elegy • Endobubble • Fangs • Fear Roulette • Fear Sickle • Final Claw^a • Fire Orb • Fire Saber • Flame • Flame Stone • Flame Wall • Flare • Flutter Hush • Fun & Run • Funguspike • Geno Beam • Geno Blast • Geno Boost • Geno Flash • Geno Whirl • Get Tough • Goodnight • Grinder • Group Hug • Gunk Ball • Hammer Time • Healing Rainbow^a • Hot Shot • Howl • HP Rain • Ice Rock • Ignite^a • Ink Blast • Iron Maiden • Item Lock^a • Jinxed • Jump • Last Shot • Light Bubble • Lightning Orb • Loco Express • Loco Express 023^a • Lulla-Bye • Magic Force^a •Magnum • Mechakoopa Stomp • Mega Recover • Meteor^a • Meteor Blast • Meteor Swarm • Migraine • Mirage Attack • Missed me! • Monster Toss • Moral Support^a • Multiplier • Multistrike • Mushroom Funk • Mute • Nimble Force^a • Painspout • Petal Blast • Pierce • Poison • Poison Gas • Pollen Nap • Psych Bomb • Psyche • Psycho Plasm • Quicksilver • Reaper Sickle • Recover • Scarecrow Bell • Scarecrow Dust • Scarecrow Fangs • Scarecrow Funk • Sand Storm • Scream • Shaker • Shocker • Shooting Star Shot^a • Shredder • Silver Bullet • Skewer • Sledge • Sleep Sauce • Sleepy Time • Snowy • Solidify • Somnus Waltz • Spare-Us-All^a • Spear Rain • Special Lock^a • Spore Chimes • Sporocyst • Spritz Bomb • Star Rain • Star Riders^a • Starry Shell Spike^a • Static Electricity • Stench • Storm • Super Fireball • Super Jump • Sword Rain • Terrapunch • Terrorize • Therapy • Thornet • Thought Peek • Thunderbolt • Toad Assist^a • Triple Kick • Ultra Fireball • Ultra Jump • Va-Va-Voom • Valor Force^a • Valor Up • Venom Drool • Vigor Force^a • Vigor Up • Viro Plasm • Water Blast • Weird Mushroom • Will-O-Wisp
Elements		Fire • Jump • Ice • Lightning
Status effects		DEF-Up • Down • Fear • Mushroom • Mute • Poison • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Scarecrow • Sleep
Minigames		Beetle Mania • Beetle Race • Goomba-thumping • Look the other way • Moleville Mountain • Mushroom Derby • Wheeere's Yoshi?!
Miscellaneous		Action Gauge^a • Ally Buff^a • Bestiary • Bowser doll • Chain^a • Fungi Light • Gallery (SNES · Switch) • Gauge Move^a • Glitches • Hidden Treasure • Level up progressions • Mario doll • Monster List^a • Parade • Play Report^a • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Scrapbook^a • Screw bridge • Shops • Sound Player^a • Soundtrack • Special moves • Staff (SNES · Switch) • Treasures • Triple Move^a • Trolley
^a Exclusive to Super Mario RPG (Switch)