Hermit Crab

Hermit Crab

Details
Speed	100% (50% if wearing a shell)
Walking speed	110%
Health	2.5 (total: 250)
Damage	2.5 (total: 50)
Armour	0% (max 70% if wearing a rarest shell)
Boosts	2
Size scale	1.1x
Biome statistics
Oxygen time	30 seconds (without changes)
Temperature time	10 seconds
Pressure time	Unaffected
Salinity time	30 seconds
Credits

The hermit crab is a tier 4 animal. It is based on its real life counterpart, the Halloween Hermit Crab, Ciliopagurus strigatus. It is designed by u/ManManBoii.

Mechanics[ | ]

All tier 3 animals evolve into hermit crab.
- Because of this, the hermit crab also evolves into every tier 5 animal.
Hermit crabs drop meat upon death.
As you are a hermit crab You cannot be harmed by Coconut Crabs.

Abilities[ | ]

Passive Abilities[ | ]

You can walk on terrain and islands at 10% faster speed.
You can wear shells.
- This, consequentially causes your speed to fall to 50% and you start to sink.
  - This does not apply when you are walking on terrain.
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[ | ]

Boosting normally causes you to dash forward and deal 25% more damage to animals you hit.
Charge boosting does nothing unless you are at a shell. There are 3 different types of shells, they are:
- Low Armor: Gives you 50% armor. Low Armor shells can be found in Brown, Pink, and Beige colors.
- Medium Armor: Gives you 60% armor. Medium Armor shells are found in Red Blue, and Purple colors.
- High Armor: Gives you 70% armor. High Armor shells are found in Yellow, Blue-ish Gray, and White colors.
Charge boosting with a shell on you while walking causes you to be invincible.
- You can hide in the shell for as long as it has health. Health is taken from the shell when it is attacked or when the hermit is dealt damage from biome afflictions (The shell will take the damage instead).
Charge boosting with a shell on you while swimming causes you to drop the shell.

Type 1 = Low Armor, type 2 = Medium Armor, and type 3 = High Armor.

Suitable Biomes[ | ]

The hermit crab's suitable biomes are the Ocean and the Deeeep.
- If a hermit crab attempts to enter the ocean surface, it will lose oxygen. Thankfully its oxygen lasts long enough so this doesn't matter.
- If a hermit crab attempts to enter the arctic, it will lose temperature.
  - If a hermit crab attempts to enter the arctic surface, it will lose oxygen and temperature.
- If a hermit crab attempts to enter the swamp, it will lose salinity.
  - If a hermit crab attempts to enter the swamp surface, it will lose oxygen and salinity.

Diet[ | ]


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.
Dam Food	Tier 1 to tier 7	35	Spawns underneath beaver dams.
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.
Sushi	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

Hiding Places[ | ]

This is a complete list of terrain that hermit crabs can hide in.
Name	Summary	Image
Barrel Sponge	Generates in the reef or deeeep. Tier 1 to tier 6 can hide here.
Pineapple Home	Spawns sometimes in the deep. Every animal Tier 9 and below can hide here.
Shipwreck	One shipwreck always appears on one of the dirt islands that border the ocean and deeeep. Tier 1 to tier 7 animals (and hammerhead) can hide here. Produces bubbles that can be eaten.
Shipwreck	One shipwreck always appears on one of the dirt islands that border the ocean and deeeep. Tier 1 to tier 9 animals can hide here. Produces bubbles that can be eaten. Distinguishable from the shipwreck above by comparing the shape of the windows.
Giant Shipwreck	Generates in any biome. All animals can hide here. Hiding places are ship windows and the crack.

Skins[ | ]

Skins are cosmetics that can be used to change an animal's appearance in the game. Here are the list of skins that can be used for the hermit crab.
Name	Creator	ID	Price	Date Created	Description	Details
Maroon Hermit Crab	Explunky	912	40 coins	28th December, 2020	A reskinned version of my original one.	Not seasonal
Blueberry Hermit Crab	⫷Ꮆяᗩиᕲ💠Ꮆûᗩяᕲ⫸	1460	45 coins	12th December, 2020	N/A	Not seasonal
Freshwater Hermit Crab	Tacoco	1444	45 coins	11th September, 2021	Based on the real hermit crab species Clibanarius fonticola. It is the only hermit crab in the word that lives on freshwater	Not seasonal Stat changes: habitat: Warm, Shallow/Deep, Salt, Reef -> Warm, Shallow/Deep, Fresh, Reef
Toy Crab	chepic9990#9878	1333	0 coins	5th December, 2020	A toy version of a hermit crab. Wind it up and look at it go! WARNING: Do not expose to water	Seasonal: Christmas Stat changes: size scale: 1.1x -> 1.0x
Shell Haunter	chepic9990#9878	8164	0 coins	9th September, 2021	A spirit from the great beyond that likes to haunt shells. That's pretty annoying for other hermits don't you think. Imagine trying to move into a house only to find out a ghost lives there. Like, hello!? I'm pretty sure your chance for home ownership has ended.	Seasonal: Halloween