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Crabs

Crabs, the smaller, water-loving monster of Vana'diel, are commonly seen creatures, and many adventurers become very familiar with their image quite quickly. Although crabs can come in a variety of shapes and strengths, they all share a few traits; most notably, their shells provide a bit of defense (which they can boost through various means), and their strong pincers can cause more than just a few bruises and minor cuts, especially against adventurers who don't keep their wits about them.

Crabs are sometimes hunted for their meat, which can be cooked into a number of delicious dishes, and their shells, which are durable and yet fairly easy to work with.

Family Information

Type:	Aquans
Subfamily/ies:	Volcanic Crabs
Common Behavior:	A, H
Weak to:
Common Job(s):	Paladin
Uncommon Job(s):	Red Mage
Traits:	Defense Boost
Charmable:
Pankration:
Aspir:
Drain:

Special AttacksEdit

Special Abilities	Original and Zilart Areas	Promathia Areas	Aht Urhgan Areas	Wings of the Goddess Areas	Abyssea	Pankration
Metallic Body - 25 HP Stoneskin effect. (Does not differ with crab's level/type)	Check	Check	Check	Check
Bubble Shower - AoE Water damage and STR Down.	Check	Check	Check	Check		Check
Bubble Curtain - Gains the effect of Shell (-50% magic damage taken).	Check	Check	Check	Check		Check
Scissor Guard - Defense Up (+100% defense boost) Overwrites and is overwritten by 'Defense Down' effect from Acid Bolts.	Check	Check	Check	Check		Check
Big Scissors - Single-hit TP attack.	Check	Check	Check	Check		Check
Mega Scissors - Cone area of effect TP attack. Resets enmity. Only used by certain Notorious Monsters.	Check	X	X	Check	Check	X
Venom Shower - AoE damage plus Poison and Defense Down. Only used by certain Notorious Monsters.	Check	X	X	Check	Check	X
Note: Notorious Monsters in this family may use all of the above and/or additional unique special abilities.

Notorious Monsters in FamilyEdit

Name	Spawn Information	Level	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Aquarius	Lottery Spawn from the Robber Crabs around (H-10) on the first map approximately every 2 hours	69-71	Boyahda Tree	Fransisca
Cancer	Forced Spawn randomly when a Quus is traded to the ??? at (H-7) on the first map	65	Kuftal Tunnel	Arondight
Cargo Crab Colin	Lottery Spawn from the Clipper around the riverbank at (H-7) - (H-8) on the same map as the Jammer Leeches	35-37	Korroloka Tunnel	Nadrs
Duke Decapod	Timed Spawn every 60 minutes around (F-4) and (G-4) in the river	8	East Sarutabaruta	Pelte
Karkinos	Spawned by fishing with Dried Squid as bait while in possession of the key item Smoldering Crab Shell.		Abyssea - La Theine	Nusku's Sash Shitotsu Hachimaki Tyrfing Atma of the Twin Claw
Krabkatoa	Forced Spawn by resting in a spawnable area with a Blue Abyssite.		East Ronfaure (S) East Ronfaure Jugner Forest Jugner Forest (S)	Krabkatoa Shell Karka Ring Black Abyssite
King Arthro (1)	Ten Knight Crabs pop 21-24 hours after King Arthro dies. After all ten of these Knight Crabs die, King Arthro will spawn.	55	Jugner Forest	Damascene Cloth Magic Cuisses Velocious Belt
King Arthro (2)	Possible encounter after getting sucked in by Sandworm's Doomvoid in Ronfaure and Norvallen Fronts		Everbloom Hollow	Avalon Breastplate Avalon Shield Damascene Cloth Velocious Belt
Metal Shears	Spawns around (J-6)	25-30	Valkurm Dunes	Stately Crab Shell
Nahn	Fished up from any of the 4 ponds within the zone		Abyssea - La Theine	Nguul Mavi Scarf Smoldering Crab Shell
Tegmine	Lottery Spawn from the Robber Crabs around (H-8) & (H-9)	71	Cape Teriggan	Aptant: Bellum Aptant: Durus
Wake Warder Wanda	Timed Spawn every 60 minutes around (H-9) to (G-9) in Khoonta Dunes	23	Buburimu Peninsula	Melampus Staff
Quest NMs: Aphotic Crab, Bubbly Bernie, Bloody Coffin, Crabshaw, Ferrocrab, Heike Crab, Megapod Megalops Mission NMs: Undead Crab (Extermination) Battlefield NMs: Heavy Metal Crab (BCNM), Metal Crab (BCNM) Other NMs: Adamantshell (Limbus - SE Apollyon), Nightmare Crab (Dynamis - Buburimu), Blue Bascinet (Fields of Valor)

Monsters in FamilyEdit

Name	Level	Zone
River Crab	1-3	West Sarutabaruta
	1-5	North Gustaberg
	2-4	Zeruhn Mines
	2-6	East Sarutabaruta
	3-7	West Ronfaure
	12-14	East Ronfaure (S)
	15-18	North Gustaberg (S)
	22-25	West Sarutabaruta (S)
		Grauberg (S) (fishing)
Limicoline Crab	2-4	West Ronfaure (fishing)
Palm Crab	2-4	East Sarutabaruta (fishing)
Palm Crab	2-4	West Sarutabaruta (fishing)
Savanna Crab	2-4	East Sarutabaruta (fishing)
Savanna Crab	2-4	West Sarutabaruta (fishing)
Stone Crab	2-4	North Gustaberg (fishing)
Stone Crab	2-4	South Gustaberg (fishing)
Tree Crab	2-4	West Ronfaure (fishing)
Sand Crab	3-4	North Gustaberg (fishing)
Sand Crab	3-4	South Gustaberg (fishing)
Mine Crab	3-5	Palborough Mines
Land Crab	5-6	North Gustaberg (fishing)
	5-6	South Gustaberg
	5-6	West Sarutabaruta (fishing)
	5-6	West Ronfaure (fishing)
	5-6	Dangruf Wadi (fishing)
Mole Crab	7-8	South Gustaberg (fishing)
Mugger Crab	7-8	West Sarutabaruta (fishing)
Vermivorous Crab	7-8	West Ronfaure (fishing)
Wadi Crab	7-9	Dangruf Wadi
Coral Crab	8-10	La Theine Plateau (fishing)
	8-10	Palborough Mines (fishing)
	10-12	Dangruf Wadi (fishing)
Passage Crab	9-10	South Gustaberg (fishing)
	9-10	West Ronfaure (fishing)
	9-10	West Sarutabaruta (fishing)
	34-37	Open sea route to Al Zahbi (fishing)
	34-37	Open sea route to Mhaura (fishing)
Ocean Crab	10-14	Ship bound for Mhaura (fishing)
Sea Crab	10-20	Ship bound for Mhaura (fishing)
Thickshell	10-20	Phanauet Channel
Thickshell	12-14	La Theine Plateau
Stag Crab	13-15	Pashhow Marshlands (fishing)
	13-15	Palborough Mines (fishing)
	15-17	Ordelle's Caves (fishing)
	15-17	Valkurm Dunes (fishing)
	15-18	Buburimu Peninsula (fishing)
	16-18	Jugner Forest (fishing)
Triangle Crab	15-19	Carpenters' Landing (fishing)
Snipper	15-19	Carpenters' Landing (fishing)
	15-19	Phanauet Channel (fishing)
	16-20	Dangruf Wadi
	17-20	Jugner Forest
	17-20	Ordelle's Caves
	17-20	Pashhow Marshlands
	18-22	Buburimu Peninsula
	18-22	Valkurm Dunes
	20-22	Valkurm Dunes (fishing)
	20-23	Batallia Downs (fishing)
	20-23	Buburimu Peninsula (fishing)
	20-23	Rolanberry Fields (fishing)
	20-23	Sauromugue Champaign (fishing)
	20-24	Oldton Movalpolos (fishing)
	22-24	Korroloka Tunnel (fishing)
	38-41	Jugner Forest (S)
	62-65	Pashhow Marshlands (S)
	75	Ilrusi Atoll - Desperately Seeking Cephalopods (fishing)
Blind Crab	20-24	Oldton Movalpolos (fishing)
Clipper	20-24	Carpenters' Landing
	23-25	Batallia Downs
	23-25	Rolanberry Fields
	25-27	Pashhow Marshlands (fishing)
	25-28	The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (fishing)
	25-29	Qufim Island
	26-29	Ordelle's Caves
	29-32	Korroloka Tunnel
	25-29	Yhoator Jungle (fishing)
	30-34	Lufaise Meadows (fishing)
	32-35	Batallia Downs (S)
	34-39	Misareaux Coast (fishing)
	75	Ilrusi Atoll - Desperately Seeking Cephalopods (fishing)
Cutter	25-29	Oldton Movalpolos (fishing)
	28-30	Batallia Downs (fishing)
	28-30	Buburimu Peninsula (fishing)
	28-30	Manaclipper (fishing)
	28-30	Sauromugue Champaign (fishing)
	28-30	Valkurm Dunes (fishing)
	29-31	Castle Oztroja
	30-33	Eastern Altepa Desert (fishing)
Ghost Crab	25-29	Oldton Movalpolos (fishing)
	30-34	Bibiki Bay (fishing)
	30-34	Bibiki Bay - Purgonorgo Isle (fishing)
	30-34	Manaclipper (fishing)
Grindylow	30-34	Bibiki Bay (fishing)
	30-34	Bibiki Bay - Purgonorgo Isle (fishing)
	30-34	Lufaise Meadows (fishing)
	34-39	Misareaux Coast (fishing)
Gugru Crab	33-35	Open sea route to Al Zahbi
Gugru Crab	33-35	Open sea route to Mhaura
Crimson Knight Crab	33-36	Lufaise Meadows
Crimson Knight Crab	33-36	Misareaux Coast
Knight Crab	35	Jugner Forest
Ironshell	35-37	Yuhtunga Jungle (fishing)
	36-39	Eastern Altepa Desert (fishing)
	37-40	Sea Serpent Grotto
	40-42	Western Altepa Desert (fishing)
Bigclaw	41-49	Yuhtunga Jungle (fishing)
	42-45	The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (fishing)
	43-48	Sea Serpent Grotto
	45-48	Misareaux Coast
	45-47	Toraimarai Canal (fishing)
	45-52	Western Altepa Desert (fishing)
	47-49	Yuhtunga Jungle (fishing)
	48-51	Eastern Altepa Desert (fishing)
	49-52	Toraimarai Canal
	50-52	Silver Sea route to Al Zahbi
	50-52	Silver Sea route to Nashmau
Cyan Deep Crab	50-52	Silver Sea route to Al Zahbi (fishing)
Cyan Deep Crab	50-52	Silver Sea route to Nashmau (fishing)
Submarine Nipper	52-53	Silver Sea route to Al Zahbi (fishing)
Submarine Nipper	52-53	Silver Sea route to Nashmau (fishing)
Rock Crab	52-54	Toraimarai Canal (fishing)
	53-55	Den of Rancor (fishing)
	53-58	Sea Serpent Grotto
	55-57	Sea Serpent Grotto (fishing)
	59-60	Cape Teriggan (fishing)
Scavenger Crab	60-62	Kuftal Tunnel (fishing)
	60-62	Toraimarai Canal
	60-62	The Boyahda Tree (fishing)
Robber Crab	60-63	Kuftal Tunnel
	62-64	Vunkerl Inlet (S)
	62-66	The Boyahda Tree
	62-67	Sea Serpent Grotto
	64-67	Cape Teriggan
	65-68	Gustav Tunnel
Greatclaw	66-69	Sea Serpent Grotto
Greatclaw		Nyzul Isle (layout 1)
Aydeewa Crab	68-70	Aydeewa Subterrane (fishing)
Wootzshell	70-71	Mount Zhayolm
	72-73	Arrapago Reef
	73-74	Talacca Cove (fishing)
Sicklemoon Crab	71-73	Mount Zhayolm (fishing)
Steelshell	73-76	The Boyahda Tree
Mamook Crab	75-76	Mamook (fishing)
Sentinel Crab	75+	Abyssea - La Theine (fishing)
Carrion Crab	76-77	Ilrusi Atoll - Extermination
Carrion Crab		Ilrusi Atoll - Demolition Duty
Nipper	72-73	Arrapago Reef
Nipper	76-77	Mamook
Soot Crab	75-78	Zeruhn Mines
Kelp Crab		Ilrusi Atoll - Lost and Found
Angler Crab		Beaucedine Glacier (S) (fishing)
Dweomershell	88-89	Arrapago Reef
Orichalcumshell	88-89	Mount Zhayolm
Lacerator	87-91	Korroloka Tunnel
Duriumshell	93-94	Vunkerl Inlet (S)
Gasher		Abyssea - Misareaux
Slasher		Abyssea - Misareaux
Brine Crab		Abyssea - Misareaux (fishing)
Glen Crab		Abyssea - Grauberg
Viseclaw		The Boyahda Tree