Sniperwild

Sniperwild
Japanese	スナイパーワイルド
Rōmaji	Sunaipāwairudo
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Variations • Bouncywild • Powerwild • Cheery Ape • Wild Shaman

Sniperwild
Kingdom Hearts
A Heartless resembling a monkey. It roams as it pleases, rarely paying attention to its surroundings. If Sora is spotted, it will call forth numerous allies, all armed with slingshots.

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Before rescue	28	15		13	20		0
After rescue	90	35		27	49		0
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x0.04	x0.3		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
First to fifth Sniperwilds: (1) HP prize x3 Sixth Sniperwild: (1) HP prize x9, (1) Munny x20, Potion (100%), Power Stone (35%) Seventh to eleventh Sniperwilds: (2) MP prize x3 Twelfth Sniperwild: (2) MP prize x9, Tent (100%), Power Stone (50%) Thirteenth to seventeenth Sniperwilds: (5) HP prize x1 Eighteenth Sniperwild: (5) HP prize x3, (1) Munny x25, (20) Munny x1, Hi-Potion (100%), Power Stone (60%) Nineteenth to twenty-third Sniperwilds: (15) MP prize x1 Twenty-fourth Sniperwild: (15) MP prize x3, (1) Munny x25, (20) Munny x2, Camping Set (100%), Power Stone (100%) Twenty-fifth to twenty-ninth Sniperwilds: (1) Munny x5 Thirtieth Sniperwild: (1) Munny x35, (20) Munny x3, Power Stone (100%), Power Stone (60%)
World(s)
Traverse Town

The Sniperwild is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. The Sniperwild only appears as a special encounter in the Second District.

Design

A Sniperwild is a feminine, monkey-like Heartless with predominantly magenta fur. Its fur is covered by white stripes, the fur on its torso is brown, and the fur on its hands and feet is black. It wears brown and tan bracelets and armlets, a gold choker, two gold hoop earrings, and a violet bow. Its face is pitch-black and its eyes are glowing yellow. The Sniperwild carries a small slingshot as a weapon and its Heartless emblem is emblazoned on its chest.

The former part of the Sniperwild's name highlights its weapon, a slingshot capable of hitting enemies from a distance. Other Heartless of its family share the latter part of the name, signifying that they are of the same species. It also refers to the Heartless's wild, monkey-like appearance.

Strategy

Sniperwilds appear in waves, starting with one Sniperwild, then two, then three, and then starting over again at one. This continues until five cycles have been completed, or reinforcements are called in.

Sniperwilds will hop around the room, searching for Sora with their glowing eyes. If he is spotted, the Sniperwild will start raising the alarm, and if allowed to finish, an endless stream of Sniperwilds will begin appearing and hitting the party with unblockable shots. Although the Sniperwilds can still be slain at this point, they will no longer drop items or experience and are very likely to knock out the entire party, so Sora should just leave the area and start over.

In order to avoid this, Sora can either attempt to ambush a Sniperwild from behind and slay it before it can put out an alarm, or use a Stop spell to the same effect. As more Sniperwilds are defeated, the experience gained for each one will increase from 10, to 20, to 30, and so on, and they will be more likely to drop a Power Stone.

Another solid strategy is to increase your MP and summon power with the necessary equipment as much as possible, and make use of the Mushu summon. Mushu's Fire Breath at a high enough MP level is able to shred through a single target one by one so long as Sora alternates properly between targets while keeping enough distance. Should Mushu's time be used up, Sora can just head to a safe place far away, run back in close enough and re-summon Mushu to repeat the process.