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Crab
May 23, 2026 at 08:15 PM
Corrected wikilink existence flags
Crabs are level 1 to 3 hostile wildlife in Windrose, found on Coastal Jungle beaches and inside coastal caves. They are weak individually but often spawn in clusters, making them a moderate threat to underequipped early-game players. Crabs drop Crab Meat (a cooking ingredient for the Crab Soup and Seafood Skewer recipes) and Crab Shell (a crafting material).
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Threat level | Low individually; medium in clusters |
Aggression | Hostile within ~15 meter detection radius |
Health | Low; falls to 1-2 saber hits or 1 musket shot at gear tier 1-3 |
Damage type weakness | Slash and Crude damage |
Attack | Pattern | Counter |
|---|---|---|
Pincer snap | Quick close-range claw attack | Block or parry; the snap has a small windup and is easy to read |
Side scuttle | Crabs scuttle sideways to flank the player | Track them with lock-on; their flank position is predictable |
Drop | Quantity | Use |
|---|---|---|
1 | Cooking ingredient for Crab Soup and Seafood Skewer recipes | |
1 | Crafting material for some armor recipes and ship gear; key discovery item |
Only the small daytime beach crabs that scuttle along the shoreline drop Crab Shell, and they do so at roughly a 5% chance per kill, so collecting Crab Shell is a grind of clearing many ordinary crabs rather than a guaranteed reward. The larger crab-shaped creatures that appear at night still yield Crab Meat but do not drop Crab Shell, so plan shell-farming runs during the day. Crab Shell counts as a discovery item, meaning your first one also unlocks its related recipes.
Coastal Jungle beaches (most common; clusters of 2 to 4 crabs)
Coastal caves and copper mines (encounter while gathering resources)
Tidal pools and rocky shorelines on most Coastal Jungle islands
Inside Copper Caves and the Jungle Cave, where they ambush players who are gathering Copper Ore.
Use AoE attacks (greatsword sweeps, halberd swings) to clear clusters efficiently
If overwhelmed, retreat to high ground; crabs cannot follow onto elevated terrain
Crabs respawn relatively quickly compared to Boars; coastal areas refill within an in-game day or two
Stockpile Crab Meat for the Crab Soup recipe; it is a useful early-game food buff source
Crab Shell and Crab Meat are the inputs for the Trophy Crab, a base decoration. The recipe takes 1 Crab Shell, 2 Crab Meat, and 5 Wood. Once placed, the trophy grants a Comfort bonus that extends the duration of your rested buff, which makes the otherwise modest Crab Shell drop worth banking.
Trophy | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
1 Crab Shell, 2 Crab Meat, 5 Wood | Comfort bonus that lengthens the rested buff |
Crab Meat feeds several Cooking Recipes once you have the right station. Confirmed dishes that use it include the ones below.
Dish | Role |
|---|---|
Simple early-game food made from Crab Meat | |
Heartier cooked meal pairing Crab Meat with produce | |
Spiced skewer dish using Crab Meat | |
Mixed seafood skewer that can include Crab Meat | |
Higher-tier shared seafood dish |
The tables below summarize combat stats, traits, and drops for the current launch build. Values can change when balance patches adjust creature health, defenses, or loot.
The drop table shows the stack size awarded when the drop rolls, and Chance shows the probability per kill.
Item | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|
1 - 2 | 100% | |
1 | 5% |
Cooking Recipes - recipes using Crab Meat
Enemies - all enemy types overview
Procedural Biomes - the Coastal Jungle biome
