Crab Guard

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Crab Guard

Crab Guard
Properties
Health	200 - 840
Damage	30 (22.5 )
Insanity Aura	-25/min
Loot	×1 + 25% ×1 + 25% 50% + 15%
Code
"crabking_mob"

“Crabby much?”

–Wilson

“What's with all the pinching?”

–Willow

“Little crab is very bold for creature that is so delicious.”

–Wolfgang

“You're a pawn.”

–Wendy

“THAT CHEAP EXOSKELETON DOESN'T FOOL ME, FLESHSACK”

–WX-78

“The crabs are protecting their king.”

–Wickerbottom

“I guess it's crab season.”

–Woodie

“I'd kill for a crab cake.”

–Maxwell

“Appetizer.”

–Wigfrid

“We really should be friends.”

–Webber

“You would go perfect with some lemon butter.”

–Warly

“Pinchy”

–Wormwood

“Just a hired hand. Er, claw.”

–Winona

“Stay back, bottom feeder!”

–Wortox

“Glurgh. Crabfolk so pinchy.”

–Wurt

“Watch out for those pinchers, Woby!”

–Walter

“Quit wasting my time, crab!”

–Wanda

Crab Guards are hostile mobs exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in the From Beyond updates. They spawn during the Crab King fight after an area of Ice Floe is created. Between 3 and 8 Crab Guards spawn depending on the amount of socketed Purple Gems on the Crab King.

Crab Guards have 200 - 840 health, depending on the amount of socketed Purple Gems. When killed, they drop 1-2 Meat, 1-2 Rocks, and 0-2 Flint.

Behavior

Crab Guards are hostile towards players. They deal 30 damage and have a sanity aura of -25/min. Crab Guards can be put to sleep with 2 Sleep Darts; this number increases with every socketed Purple Gem up to 22.

Crab Knight

Crab Knight
Properties
Health	1000
Damage	80 (60 )
Insanity Aura	-40/min
Loot	×1 + 50% + 25% ×1 + 50% + 50% ×1 + 25%
Code
"crabking_mob_knight"

“This shell be quite the challenge.”

–Wilson

“Who ordered more crab?”

–Willow

“Come, tough guy. Wolfgang just warmed up.”

–Wolfgang

“Is your agression an attempt to fill the void?”

–Wendy

“I WILL EXPOSE YOU FOR THE FLESHSACK YOU ARE”

–WX-78

“That is one brute of a decapod.”

–Wickerbottom

“Not very friendly, eh?”

–Woodie

“Middle management.”

–Maxwell

“Finally. A clawed cömbatant wörthy tö die by my spear.”

–Wigfrid

“Not very friendly.”

–Webber

“Wow. It's not even the main course.”

–Warly

“Spiky Pinchy”

–Wormwood

“I've had supervisors crabbier than him.”

–Winona

“I'm surely shell-shocked!”

–Wortox

“Another cranky Crabfolk! Glorp!”

–Wurt

“Whoa! Cool crab!”

–Walter

“Remember me?”

–Wanda

Crab Knights are hostile mobs exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in the From Beyond updates. They spawn during the Crab King fight after the health of the Crab King gets below 3000 and an area of Ice Floe is created.

Crab Knights have 1000 health. When killed, they drop 1-3 Meat, 1-3 Rocks, and 1-2 Flint.

Behavior

Crab Knights are hostile towards players. They deal 80 damage and have a sanity aura of -40/min. Crab Knights can perform a special attack, spinning quickly in one direction for a short time.

Crab Knights can be put to sleep with 12 Sleep Darts; this number increases with every socketed Purple Gem up to 32.

Gem Effects

The Crab King's fighting abilities depend on the number of gems of each color socketed into him. Iridescent Gems count as 1 of each color and the Pearl's Pearl counts as 3 of each color.

Below is the table showing the effects for Purple Gems on Crab Guards and Crab Knights.

Gem count	Number of Crab Guards	Crab Guard health	Crab Guard sleep resistance	Crab Knight sleep resistance
×0	3	200	2	12
×1		220
×2	4	240
×3		260
×4	5	280
×5		350	12	22
×6	6	380
×7		410
×8	7	520	22	32
×9		560
×10	8	600
×11		840

Trivia

• Crab Guards and Crab Knights were introduced in the Staying Afloat update.

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• RoG
• SW
• Ham
• DST
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