Hermit crab

A hermit crab is an animal added by the Odyssey DLC.

Acquisition[edit]

Hermit crabs can be found on coastal maps in tropical rainforests, tropical swamps, arid shrublands, deserts, extreme deserts, glowforests, and lava fields. They can either be tamed by a handler or self-tame in a random event.

Hermit crabs can be bought and sold in other faction bases and from exotic goods traders. Hermit crabs purchased from traders will be already tamed.

Summary[edit]

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Hermit crabs hide in their shell when not moving.^{[Visual only?]}

Analysis[edit]

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Training[edit]

This animal can be trained as follows:

Guard:
Attack:
Rescue:
Haul:

*As of version 1.1.2610, all animals can be tamed. The percentage of likelihood of success depends on factors such as the Animals Wildness Percentage, Pawn Handling Skill, and others. More information can be found on the animals page.

Health[edit]

Body parts[edit]

The body part table is collapsed due to length. Expand to view.

Body part	Health
Head	10
Skull	10
Brain	4
Nose	4
Neck	10
Jaw	8
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	4
Ear (left, right)	4
Body	16
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	6
Lung^[2] (left, right)	6
Liver^[2]	8
Heart^[2]	6
Spine^[2]	10
Stomach^[2]	8
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	12
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	8

↑ Located inside of Head.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

Armor[edit]

Armor

Attack table

Hermit crab
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	3.2 (1.98)	-	-	6%	-
Right claw (Scratch)	3.2 (1.98)	4	1.25s	6%	50%
Left claw (Scratch)	3.2 (1.98)	4	1.25s	6%	50%
Head (Blunt)	1 (0.62)	2	2s	3%	0%

↑ Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the pawn.
↑ Assuming a melee hit chance of 62%
↑ Chance for attack to be selected. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the pawn.

Gallery[edit]

Variant A moving east
Variant A moving north
Variant A moving south
Variant A moving west

Variant B moving east
Variant B moving north
Variant B moving south
Variant B moving west

Variant C moving east
Variant C moving north
Variant C moving south
Variant C moving west

Variant A stationary facing east
Variant A stationary facing north
Variant A stationary facing south
Variant A stationary facing west

Variant B stationary facing east
Variant B stationary facing north
Variant B stationary facing south
Variant B stationary facing west

Variant C stationary facing east
Variant C stationary facing north
Variant C stationary facing south
Variant C stationary facing west

Dessicated variant A facing east
Dessicated variant A facing north
Dessicated variant A facing south
Dessicated variant A facing west

Dessicated variant B facing east
Dessicated variant B facing north
Dessicated variant B facing south
Dessicated variant B facing west

Dessicated variant C facing east
Dessicated variant C facing north
Dessicated variant C facing south
Dessicated variant C facing west

Version history[edit]

Odyssey DLC Release - Added.
1.6.4528 - Hermit crabs now hide in their shell when not moving.
1.6.4566 - Hermit crabs no longer walk sideways. They also live considerably longer, life expectancy increased to 60 years from 12 years. These changes were likely made in direct response to a reddit post that gained some traction and pointed out the inaccuracies with hermit crabs as initially implemented.

Animals