Coconut Crab

Coconut Crab

Details
Speed	60%
Walking speed	110%
Health	7.0 (total: 700)
Damage	7.0 (total: 140)
Armor	35%
Armor pen.	30%
Boosts	3
Size scale	1.6x
Biome statistics
Oxygen time	60 seconds
Temperature time	10 seconds
Pressure time	5 seconds
Salinity time	20 seconds
Credits

The Coconut Crab is a tier 10 animal based on its real life counterpart, Birgus latro.

Mechanics[]

Mantis shrimps evolve into Coconut Crabs.
Coconut crabs do not evolve into any other animals, as they are a Tier 10 animal
Coconut crabs drop meat upon death.
As a coconut crab, friendly fire is turned off for all tier 1 animals, Crabs, King Crabs and Hermit Crabs meaning you cannot damage them nor be damaged by them.

Abilities[]

Passive Abilities[]

You slowly sink to the seabed.
- You can walk on the seabed.
You can walk on islands, glaciers and beaver dams.
You can climb all types of trees except for the Broken Tree. However, you cannot hide in trees.
Is not slowed down by coral fans or table corals.

Active Abilities[]

Name	Image	Charge Time	Description
Sink		0.5 seconds	Charge boost to dash and inflict sink to the target, making them sink rapidly to the seabed.
Claw Smash		0.5 seconds	Charge boost while walking to smash the target with your claw, dealing 175 damage, inflicting stun and making them sink to the seabed.

Suitable Biomes[]

The suitable biome for the coconut crab is the ocean.
- If a coconut crab enters the ocean, it will lose oxygen; however it can swim and its oxygen time is long enough for this to not matter.
- If a coconut crab enters the arctic, it will lose oxygen and temperature.
- If a coconut crab enters the arctic surface, it will lose temperature.
- If a coconut crab enters the deeeep, it will lose oxygen and pressure.
- If a coconut crab enters the swamp, it will lose oxygen and salinity.
- If a coconut crab enters the swamp surface, it will not regenerate salinity.

Diet[]

This is a complete list of food that coconut crabs can eat.

Name	Can be eaten by	XP	Description
Barb	All except for the stonefish who spawned it	0	Spawns behind a stonefish using their active ability. Deals damage upon eating it (7% of max life). Poisons anyone who eats it with a base DPS of 10% that lasts 5 seconds (except poison-immune animals). Despawns after 4 seconds.
Bird Poop	All except for lamprey and seagull	10	Affected by gravity. Automatically spawns below any seagull every 10 seconds.
Plankton	All	250	Spawns in the ocean.
Ice	All	250	Spawns in the arctic and deeeep.
Algae	Oarfish, penguin, tier 1 to tier 6 except lamprey	50	Spawns on the ocean floor.
Yellow Algae	Oarfish, penguin, tier 1 to tier 6 except lamprey	50	Spawns on the floors of the arctic and deeeep.
Apple	Tier 1 to tier 8 except lamprey and pelican	50	Spawns in trees.
Berry	Tier 1 to tier 8 except lamprey and pelican	50	Spawns in bushes.
Volcano Food	All except lamprey	125	Affected by gravity, floats upwards. Spawns out of volcanoes, which can be hidden in and are located in the arctic and the deeeep. When eaten as an animal that is not suited to the arctic, it will replenish some of your temperature.
Meat	All	1000	Spawns where an animal dies (tier 2 to tier 10 animals only). The amount of meat that spawns depends on what animal it was.
Anglerfish Bait	All Animals except for the Anglerfish who spawned it	0	Spawns infront of an Anglerfish when it is stationary (as its passive ability). No fixed look, resembles the last food the Anglerfish eats. It does nothing too, but the Anglerfish will deal twice as much damage (100x2, therefore 200) to the animal that ate it

Strategies[]

If you are getting chased while on low HP, use a charged boost on them to cripple their mobility to get away, or alternatively, use the ground to move faster. Either tactic works depending on the situation.
As Coconut Crabs require oxygen, make sure to go to the surface of the water frequently, or else you will die.
Beached animals are very easy to kill, simply use a combo of a charged slash and a normal slash to kill them. However, don't continuously run into them because it will cause you to take more damage than you deal. Instead, walk a small distance away after dealing a few hits, then come back and combo them again.
As the description of the Coconut Crab states, this animal is specialized in ground combat. You can stun enemies if you used a charged boost while on the ground, in addition to crippling their mobility.
You can't make animals that aren't buoyant (they sink to the ground slowly) sink.
- You also can't kill smaller crabs, although they don't provide any inherent benefits. You can still attack and kill Japanese Spider Crabs.
Giant Squids are formidable opponents. Use your ability to stun enemies + sink them with a charged slash against them, or combo them to force them to retreat.
Anacondas are also formidable opponents, being able to immobilize you, force you off the ground (no using slashes), deal 50 DPS, and drain your oxygen quickly. Use a combo to swiftly kill you, and position yourself near the surface of the water to prevent death from drowning. Staying on islands usually prevents the Anaconda from making you an easy target to other animals.
Your charged slash also makes the oxygen of animals (that must resurface to restore oxygen) decrease faster.
Areas with lots of ground to cover and various chunks, like the Kelp Forest or the Coral Reef are prime locations to hunt. Don't hunt in the Open Ocean, especially since Giant Squids can pull you down into the Deeeep and kill you via pressure damage. Areas like the Coral Reef or the Estuary (although a more risky location) usually have a lower section where both deep and surface animals can survive in.
When you use a claw you there is no cooldown for a regular land hit and thus you can deal two hits quite fast
Jumping after a hit is a better way of dealing damage than spamming hit as the hit cooldown is just as long as the time it takes to jump and once you land you can hit again meaning you can deal approx. double the DPS if you execute it correctly. This is the basics for combos.
In PD / TFFA, use the Coconut Crab to weaken enemies and allow your allies to kill them, specifically using the charged slash to stun them and make it harder for them to escape.

Hiding Places[]

This is a complete list of terrain that coconut crabs can hide in.
Name	Summary	Image
Giant Shipwreck	Generates in any biome. All animals can hide here. Hiding places are ship windows and the crack.

Skins[]

Skins are cosmetics used to change an animal's looks, or sometimes, an animal’s biome or size statistics slightly. The table below shows the list of approved skins that can be used for the Coconut Crab.

Realistic skins can be used in every time of the year. They are mostly based on real-life species, or adjectives such as 'Battle-Scarred' or 'Dark'.

Realistic Skins
Name	ID	Price	Creator	Creation Date	Stat Change	Description	Image
Giant Hermit Crab	5663	225	bluefis	26th May, 2025	None	Petrochirus diogenes is a very large species of hermit crab native to the Caribbean. Unlike other hermit crabs, which only take empty shells, this species will fight and kill living conches to get their homes.
Cosmic Coconut Crab	27003	250	Blub-Blub	29th May, 2025	None	None
Giant Rainbow Crab	26697	275	bluefis	26th May, 2025	None	Cardisoma Armatum is the largest species in the land crab family Gecarcinidae, and one of the largest land-dwelling true crabs. This species lives in Africa and comes in a wide variety of colors.
Shiny Coconut Crab	5738	350	Tacoco	30th April, 2025	None	Scrub the deck and make it look shiny
White Spotted Hermit Crab	16485	250	Megalon	29th April, 2025	None	Dardanus megistos, a very large hermit crab.
Giant Hairy Hermit Crab	20964	250	Myhailot	24th April, 2025	None	Aniculus maximus is a large hermit crab with bright yellow colors and hair on the legs and body. They are known to bear Triton's trumpet and Horse conch shells. The crab's diet consists of fish and algae, it is an omnivore.
Robber Crab	26760	150	MrAcre	23rd April, 2025	None	Birgus latro is produced in a wide variety of colors.
Short Sheared Land Hermit Crab	26639	150	KOᗰOᗪOᗪOᖇᗩGOᑎᑎ_W	20th April, 2025	Size scale: -0.1x	“Coenobita brevimanus” A hermit crab that grows to a fairly large size, most individuals are reddish purple, but occasionally red or brown.
Ultramarine Coconut Crab	23124	225	Megalon	22nd February, 2024	None	Coconut crabs come in variety of colors including blue!
Sandy Coconut Crab	5965	200	GrAnD_GuArD_GaMeS	16th August, 2023	None	He Hasn’t Always Been this Glam; He was a Drab Little Crab Once...
Maroon Coconut Crab	5679	200	Myhailot	4th May, 2021	None	None
Bloodshell Coconut Crab	5650	150	Ftyk	18th May, 2021	None	None
Giant Mud Crab	5783	300	Osteopod	28th April, 2021	Habitat: Warm, Shallow, Salt, Reef -> Warm, Shallow, Fresh	Stat changer EPIC

Seasonal skins can only be used in certain seasons, such as Christmas, Lunar New Year etc. They will disappear from the Store once the Season is over, but will be back next year, and remain in the player's inventory if they bought them.

Seasonal Skins
Name	ID	Price	Creator	Creation Date	Stat Change	Season	Description	Image
Fiddler Crab	24278	0	ArtistryGuildㅤ	13th April, 2024	None	Lunar New Year	as unrealistic as swampy shores coming
Lob-rab	24326	0	ArtistryGuildㅤ	5th April, 2024	None	Lunar New Year	Credits to Jinty
Cocoshibo	23604	0	Poborski	9th January, 2024	None	Lunar New Year	The great moon warrior has succumbed and became a demon himself, who knows what his intentions are for the Lunar New Year and the people. Made in collaboration with Myhailo.
Cocoa Crab	23122	0	Random_Rhincodontid	9th November, 2023	None	Christmas	This cozy crustacean has created a wonderful hot cocoa by adding festive chocolate and marshmallows to an already delicious coconut. It's the perfect wintry treat for all tropical island-dwelling creatures.
Crab Gunslinger	13223	0	manborgsuzuki	3rd November, 2022	None	Halloween	None
Sabze	16520	0	Myhailot	20th January, 2023	None	Lunar New Year	Sabze – wheat, barley, mung bean, or lentil sprouts, grown in a dish. It is an essential part of the Persian new year celebration. Made in collaboration with Poborski (u/Hunterpoborski)
Prasadam Coconut Crab	10240	0	Ftyk	26th January, 2022	None	Lunar New Year	Prasadam, is a religious offering. Most often Prasadam is vegetarian food consumed by worshippers after worship. During Puthandu these offerings are usually accompanied by coconuts
Christmas Vase Coconut Crab	9357	0	jjjjj	11th December, 2021	None	Christmas	A fancy Christmas vase, owned by the posh and respectable Lord Candyback The Third
Shogun Crab	8608	10	darkantoine96	24th October, 2021	None	Halloween	None

Unrealistic skins are skins only usable on custom servers that allow using them. They are mostly spaced themed, or in some cases absurd in terms of the stat changes they provide.

Unrealistic Skins
Name	ID	Price	Creator	Creation Date	Stat Change	Description	Image
Cocotron	22606	200	Tacoco	2nd January, 2025	Size scale: +0.4x Temperature time: +500s Pressure time: +500s	"You are Either Lying, or You're Stupid!" - Cocotron to Eaglescream
Vacation Crab	8666	0	Fdthhujnvfyjiyfdghn72737	2nd November, 2022	None	Chill
Snorkelnut Crab	12819	0	Megalon	1st November, 2022	None	Fun fact: Adult coco crabs can't swim
Cosmic Crab	11747	100	Megalon	22nd June, 2022	None	A legendary being that came from stars.
Plumber Coconut	5673	350	Dangel	20th April, 2021	None	Just an ordinary plumber crab wearing an ordinary salopette and cap.