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Crab
Crab
Details
SpeedSpeed
50%
Walking speedSpeed
110%
HealthHealth
150
DamageDamage
50
ArmourArmour
50%
Armour pen.Armour Penetration
30%
Boosts
1
Size scale
1.1x
Biome statistics
Oxygen time
Unaffected
Temperature time
10 seconds
Pressure time
5 seconds
Salinity time
20 seconds
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The Crab is a tier 2 animal. It is based on its real life counterpart, the Red Rock Crab, Cancer productus.

Mechanics[ | ]

Abilities[ | ]

Passive Abilities[ | ]

Suitable Biomes[ | ]

  • The suitable biomes for the crab are the ocean and the ocean surface.
    • If a crab enters the arctic, it will lose temperature.
    • If a crab enters the arctic surface, it will lose temperature.
    • If a crab enters the deeeep, it will lose pressure.
    • If a crab enters the swamp, it will lose salinity.
    • If a crab enters the swamp surface, it will not regenerate salinity.

Diet[ | ]

This is a complete list of food that crabs can eat.

Name Can be eaten by Image XP Description
Barb All except for the stonefish who spawned it Barb 0 Spawns behind a stonefish using their active ability. Deals damage upon eating it (7% of max life). Poisons anyone who eats it with a base DPS of 10% that lasts 5 seconds (except poison-immune animals). Despawns after 4 seconds.
Bird Poop All except for lamprey and seagull Birdpoop 10 Affected by gravity. Automatically spawns below any seagull every 10 seconds.
Plankton All Food 250 Spawns in the ocean.
Dam Food Tier 1 to tier 7 Damfood 35 Spawns underneath beaver dams.
Ice All Ice 250 Spawns in the arctic and deeeep.
Algae Oarfish, penguin, tier 1 to tier 6 except lamprey Algae 50 Spawns on the ocean floor.
Yellow Algae Oarfish, penguin, tier 1 to tier 6 except lamprey YellowAlgae 50 Spawns on the floors of the arctic and deeeep.
Apple Tier 1 to tier 8 except lamprey and pelican Apple 50 Spawns in trees.
Berry Tier 1 to tier 8 except lamprey and pelican Fruit 50 Spawns in bushes.
Volcano Food All except lamprey Lavabubble 125 Shot out of volcanoes automatically. Aside from granting XP, it also replenishes your temperature bar by 1 second upon being eaten, only for animals that cannot live in the cold.
Meat All Meat 1000 Spawns where an animal dies (tier 2 to tier 10 animals only). The amount of meat that spawns depends on what animal it was.
Anglerfish Bait All Animals except for the Anglerfish who spawned it 0 Spawns infront of an Anglerfish when it is stationary (as its passive ability). No fixed look, resembles the last food the Anglerfish eats. It does nothing too, but the Anglerfish will deal twice as much damage (100x2, therefore 200) to the animal that ate it

Hiding Places[ | ]

This is a complete list of terrain that crabs can hide in.

Name Summary Image
Anemone Generates on the ocean floor. Tier 1 to tier 3 animals can hide here. Anemone
Anemone Generates in the ocean and reef. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. RedAnemones
Anemone Generates in the ocean, deep reef, arctic,and reef. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. Anemone2
Sea Sponge Generates in the ocean and reef. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. Sea Sponge
Bush Generates atop islands. Crabs can hide here. Berries spawn here. Arbusto
Volcano Generates on the arctic and deeeep floors. Produces volcano food, which can be eaten. Tier 1 to tier 3 animals can hide here. Volcano
Broken Tree Generates on the swamp floor. Tier 1 to tier 3 animals and Electric Eel, Snake and Anaconda can hide here. Broken Tree
Tube Worms Generates in the ocean, deep, and sometimes reef and arctic. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. Tube Worms
Barrel Sponge Generates in the reef or deeeep. Tier 1 to tier 6 can hide here. Barrel Sponge
Shipwreck One shipwreck always appears on one of the dirt islands that border the ocean and deeeep. Tier 1 to tier 9 animals can hide here. Produces bubbles that can be eaten. Shipwreck
Shipwreck One shipwreck always appears on one of the dirt islands that border the ocean and deeeep. Tier 1 to tier 9 animals can hide here. Produces bubbles that can be eaten. Distinguishable from the shipwreck above by comparing the shape of the windows. Shipwreck2
Giant Shipwreck Generates in any biome. All animals can hide here. Hiding places are ship windows and the crack. Big Boat
Abandoned House Does not generate randomly, one abandoned house always appears in a specific location to the left of the deeeep floor. Tier 1 to tier 9 animals can hide here. Pineapple

Strategies[ | ]

-Due to it walking on land, it's a lot worse at combat due to it having to rely on a finicky slash attack, unless you are swimming which you're slow at.

Skins[ | ]

Skins are cosmetics used to change an animal's looks, or sometimes, an animal’s biome or size statistics slightly. The table below shows the list of approved skins that can be used for the Crab.

Non-seasonal Skins[ | ]

Non-seasonal skins can be used in every time of the year. They are mostly based on real-life species, or adjectives such as 'Battle-Scarred' or 'Dark'.

Name Creator ID Price Date Created Stat Changes Description Image
Blue Crab cookiemonster33 846 15 Unknown None. Delicious. 846-3
Semaphore Crab bluefis 1154 15 Unknown None. These crabs use their brightly colored claws to communicate with each other, hence the name semaphore 1154-3

Seasonal Skins[ | ]

Seasonal skins can only be used in certain seasons, such as Christmas, Lunar New Year etc. They will disappear from the Store once the Season is over, but will be back next year, and remain in the player's inventory if they bought them.

Name Creator ID Price Date Created Season Description Image
Sandy Claws Dangel 1348 0 Unknown Christmas Reference to "Nightmare before Christmas". It's how Jack Skellington mistakenly calls Santa Claus. 1348-1
The Thing Headcrab Sabbytom 8465 0 Unknown Halloween A human who fell victim to a parasitic extraterrestrial life-form. Don't let its looks deceive you, this thing is a threat to all life on this planet. 8465-1
Der Übermensch darkantoine96 8573 15 Unknown Halloween Nietzsche undergoes carcinization 8573-1
Zombie Crab manb_922 12794 0 Unknown Halloween Even after becoming a zombie, this crab still holds it's head up high 12794-2
Crabfather's Clock requiemm 13084 0 Unknown Halloween Collaboration with Leastears (u/Aggressive-Milk539) & Ftyk (u/Ansarjan). hmm, this watch is still in good condition 13084-1
Carrier Gnome SirReads 13229 0 Unknown Halloween It carries the spirits of halloween in it's pots collab with u/megalon1337 13229-2

Unrealistic Skins[ | ]

Unrealistic skins are skins only usable on custom servers that allow using them. They are mostly spaced themed, or in some cases absurd in terms of the stat changes they provide.

Name Creator ID Price Date Created Stat Changes Description Image
Crab Cadet supahpuffin 11732 40 Unknown None. A crab fit for vast stretches of space. The suit's design allows for full movement of their claws while being as comfortable as possible. 11732-1
Crabmate bluefis 11842 0 Unknown None. Mass psychosis impending. 11824-1

History[ | ]

This section highlights all the changes made to the crab in documented updates so far. A full changelog can be found here.

Update Changes
Pre-November 4th, 2016 (Release) Added 7 animals: fish, crab, squid, ray, hammerhead, dolphin, and shark.
November 24th, 2016 Added islands, bushes (which crabs can hide in) and trees!
February 1st, 2017 The health of crabs has been increased by 50%.
May 16th, 2017 Pearl Defense: Lamprey can now attach to animals from starting from crab.
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