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Wigfrid

The Crabby Hermit, or Pearl, is a Mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in Return of Them. She can be found on the Hermit Island.

Becoming friends with the Crabby Hermit is the only way to acquire Pearl's Pearl which is a critical part of the long chain of events necessary to summon the Celestial Champion. Players help the Crabby Hermit in various ways to increase friendship. Each time her friendship level increases, she drops Bundles of Thanks (see below) or offers increased access to the Bottle Exchange Filter. She is immune to all damage.

Behavior[]

The Crabby Hermit goes out of the Hermit Home during the day. She roams her island fishing, harvesting, and offering crabby comments. As friendship increases, her tone softens. In worlds where daytime is turned off, she will roam her island regardless of the time of day.

Friendship[]

Completing various acts of service for the Crabby Hermit makes her more friendly. Friendship level 1 grants access to the Bottle Exchange Filter when a player clicks on the Crabby Hermit. New crafting recipes are unlocked at friendship levels 3, 6, 8, and 9. She drops a Bundle of Thanks at other levels. She also drops a Bundle of Thanks when certain tasks are repeated, though repeating a task does not advance her friendship level. When all three of the Hermit Home upgrades are completed, plus any 7 of the other tasks below, she will award the player with Pearl's Pearl.

Some tasks can be repeated for extra Bundles of Thanks (and duplicate adverts), but friendship points are only granted the first time a task is completed. Friendship points remain even if players take back their gifts after the point is earned.

Here are all the ways to earn friendship points:

An Ocean Fish is heavy if it's in the upper 70% of its Weight range. Heavy fishes produce an extra examination quote when weighed with a Pocket Scale. The player can also offer all fish to Pearl and she will rudely return any that are underweight. A Heavy Weighted Lure will only attract the heavy fishes within a shoal, saving the player time catching and weighing all of the fish. A Tin Fishing Bin will keep all Ocean fishes fresh until they can be shown to Pearl.

To finish Pearl's quests and obtain the maximum level of friendship the player will need to bring many of the following resources:

The color of the Crabby Hermit's speech goes from light pink at level 1, to magenta at level 4 and light purple at level 8. Players begin to see her as Pearl and her Hermit Home as Pearl's Place at level 8. As she gets friendlier, she becomes more likely to dance, particularly when a player performs the dance emote.

Bottle Exchange[]

See also: Bottle Exchange Filter

Below is a table of the levels of friendship required to unlock each of the Bottle Exchange Filter items.

Item Name Level Price
Shell Bell Bundle 1
Pinchin' Winch Blueprint 1
Shell Beach Turf Blueprint 1 ×3
Jet Quill Float 3
Crimson Quill Float 3
Azure Quill Float 3
Saffron Quill Float 3
Tackle Box 3 ×3
Rainy Day Lure 6
Snow Day Lure 6
Stupefying Lure 6
Heavy Weighted Lure 6
Down Quill Float 8
Malbatross Quill Float 8
Fish Food 8
Fish Food Blueprint 8 ×5
Spectackler Box 9 ×6

Bundle of Thanks[]

How... quaint.

Maxwell

A Bundle of Thanks is given by the Crabby Hermit to reward tasks.

Bundle of Thanks contains 3 random Shell Bells (40%, 40%, 20%), except at level 2 where there aren't any. It also contains 1 Honey if the Flower task has been completed.

At level 2, 4, 5 and 7 the Bundle of Thanks also contains one random Lure from the following: Rainy Day Lure, Snow Day Lure, Stupefying Lure and Heavy Weighted Lure, with a 25% chance each.

Shell Bell Bundle[]

Oh swell, a bundle of shells.

Wortox

The Shell Bell Bundle is an Item that can be obtained in exchange for 1 Empty Bottle in the Bottle Exchange Filter of the Crabby Hermit.

A Shell Bell Bundle contains 8 random Shell Bells with a 40% chance for Soprano Shell Bells, a 40% chance for Alto Shell Bells and a 20% chance for Baritone Shell Bells.

Trivia[]

  • The Crabby Hermit and the Bundle of Thanks were introduced in the She Sells Sea Shells update.
  • Based on the gifts she gives the player (along with her appearance, and the update that added her), she appears to be based on Mary Anning, a fossil collector, palaeontologist, and dealer who inspired the popular tongue twister "She sells seashells".
  • The name "Crabby Hermit" could be a play on Hermit Crab

Gallery[]

Sounds[]

Crabby Hermit's voice.
The musical stings that sound when a new level of friendship has been achieved.