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{{Infobox monster

{{Infobox monster

|portrait  = Rock_Crab.png

|portrait  = Rock Crab Anim.gif

|location  = The Mines

|location  = The Mines

|levels    = 1-29

|levels    = 1-29

|killable  = yes

|killable  = Yes

|hp        = 30

|hp        = 30

|dmg        = 5

|dmg        = 5

|spd        = 2

|spd        = 2

|exp        = 4

|exp        = 4

|variations = Rock Crab, [[Lava Crab]]

|variations = {{name|Lava Crab}}{{name|Iridium Crab}}{{name|Rock Crab Dangerous}}{{name|Lava Crab Dangerous}}

|drops      = {{name|Crab|15%}}{{name|Cherry Bomb|4%}}{{name|Dwarf Scroll I|0.5%}}{{name|Dwarf Scroll IV|0.1%}}

|drops      = {{name|Cherry Bomb|40%}}{{name|Crab|15%}}{{name|Dwarf Scroll I|0.5%}}{{name|Dwarf Scroll IV|0.1%}}

}}

}}

'''Rock Crabs''' are an [[Monsters|enemy]] found in [[The Mines]].

'''Rock Crabs''' are an [[Monsters|enemy]] found in [[the Mines]]. 60 rock crabs (any type) need to be killed for the [[Adventurer's Guild#Monster Eradication Goals|Monster Eradication Goal]] at the [[Adventurer's Guild]].

==Behavior==

==Behavior==

They disguise themselves as stones, sometimes surprising the player. When immobile, they are invulnerable to attack, though you can hit them with your [[Tools#Pickaxes|pickaxe]] to knock them back, making them mobile again.

They disguise themselves as stones, sometimes surprising the player. When immobile, they are invulnerable to attack, though they can be hit with a [[Tools#Pickaxes|pickaxe]] to knock them back, making them mobile again.

==Strategy==

==Strategy==

To identify the Rock 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#MiningNodes|Nodes]]).

Rock Crabs may be differentiated from rocks by striking them with a [[Weapons|weapon]].  A Rock Crab will make a knocking sound and a zero damage indicator will pop up when hit with a weapon, while a rock will not.

 

Hidden Rock Crabs can also be differentiated visually from rocks by a lighter shadow, as well as the presence of two brown pixels on the lower right-hand side of the rock where usually these would be black. In the image below, the Rock Crab is on the left, and a normal rock is on the right.

 

[[File:HiddenRockCrab.png]]

The Rock Crab can only be dealt damage if it is mobile, and not hiding beneath its shell. You can strike an immobile Rock Crab with your [[pickaxe]] to make it mobile again. Striking a Rock Crab with a [[pickaxe]] enough times will knock the shell off of the Rock Crab's back, and will cause it to flee. Alternatively, setting off a [[bomb]] near a Rock Crab can remove its shell, and will cause it to flee as well.

The Rock Crab can only be dealt damage if it is mobile, and not hiding beneath its shell. Strike an immobile Rock Crab with a [[Pickaxes|pickaxe]] to make it mobile again.  

[[File:LavaCrabMinusRock.jpg]]

Striking a Rock Crab with a [[Pickaxes|pickaxe]] enough times will knock the shell off of its back, and will cause it to flee. Alternatively, setting off a [[Crafting#Bombs|bomb]] near a Rock Crab can remove its shell, and will cause it to flee as well.

[[File:RockCrabMinusRock.png]]

Only occurs if the rock crab is standing in the middle of a 2x2 area next to a wall – if you hit it with a [[pickaxe]] when its shell has already been broken, you will instead hit and break an imaginary rock that isn't there instead of hitting the monster.

==History==

==History==

{{history|1.0|Introduced.}}

{{History|1.0|Introduced.}}

{{History|1.4|Fixed bug that caused striking an unshelled crab with a pickaxe to produce the same sounds and debris as hitting a rock.  Dropped [[Crab]]s now always bounce around before being taken into inventory, instead of bouncing only when inventory was full.}}

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[[es:Cangrejo de roca]]

[[es:Cangrejo de roca]]

[[ja:岩ガニ]]

[[ja:岩ガニ]]

[[pt:Caranguejo-pedra]]

[[pt:Caranguejo-pedra]]

[[ru:Каменный краб]]

[[ru:Каменный краб]]

[[zh:岩石蟹]]

[[zh:岩石蟹]]