Attacking in rapid succession will allow the player to kill the crab before it hides and becomes invulnerable to attack.
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To identify the Lava Crab, you have to look out for rocks without shadows, sometimes slightly overlapping nearby rocks, as well as rocks on dirt patches (not including [[Mining#Nodes|Nodes]]).
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Striking a crab with a pickaxe will knock the crab back and cause them to flee.
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Striking it multiple times with a pickaxe will remove its stone protection, leaving it permanently vulnerable to attacks.
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The Lava Crab can only be dealt damage if it is mobile, and not hiding beneath its rock. You can strike an immobile Lava Crab with your [[pickaxe]] to make it mobile again. Striking with your [[pickaxe]] enough times will knock the rock off of the Lava Crab's back, and will cause it to flee. Alternatively, setting off a [[bomb]] near a Lava Crab can remove its rock, and will cause it to flee as well.
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Alternatively, this can also be achieved with a bomb:
[[File:LavaCrabMinusRock.jpg]]
[[File:LavaCrabMinusRock.jpg]]
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To identify a crab, look for rocks without shadows.