| Horseshoe Crab | |
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| Details | |
Speed
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90% |
Walking speed
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90% |
Health
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3.0 (total: 300) |
Damage
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2.0 (total: 40) |
Armor
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50% |
Boosts
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2 |
| Biome statistics | |
Oxygen time
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0 seconds |
Temperature time
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10 seconds |
Pressure time
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5 seconds |
Salinity time
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20 seconds |
| Credits | |
The Horseshoe Crab is a tier 3 animal, based on it's real life counterpart, Limulidae
Mechanics[]
- Lampreys, crabs, king crabs, crayfish, climbing cavefish, and piranhas evolve into horseshoe crabs.
- 7,000 XP is required for any of those animals to evolve into horseshoe crabs.
- Horseshoe crabs evolve into squids, little auks, giant isopods, axolotls, and catfish.
- 10,000 XP is required for a horseshoe crab to evolve into a tier 4 animal.
- Horseshoe crabs drop meat upon death.
- As a horseshoe crab, friendly fire is turned off for other horseshoe crabs, oarfish, and whales: meaning it cannot damage them nor be damaged by them.
Abilities[]
Passive Abilities[]
- You can walk on land.
Active Abilities[]
- Holding your boost in water will give the horseshoe crab 50% speed, however this gradually drains its boosts.
- Holding your boost above land will grant additional momentum, but will not drain boots.
Diet[]
This is a complete list of food that horseshoe crabs can eat.
| Name | Can be eaten by | Image | 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 | Animals Tier 1 to Tier 7, Bald Eagle, Tiger Shark, Leatherback Turtle and Sea Turtle |  |
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 | 
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125 | Shot out of volcanoes automatically. Aside from granting XP, it also replenishes your temperature bar by 1 second upon being eaten, only for animals that cannot live in the cold. |
| 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. |
Hiding Places[]
This is a complete list of terrain that horseshoe crabs can hide in.
| Name | Summary | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Anemone | Generates on the ocean floor. Tier 1 to tier 3 animals can hide here. | 
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| Tube Sponges | Generates in the ocean, deep, and sometimes reef and arctic. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. | 
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| Volcano | Generates on the arctic and deeeep floors. Produces volcano food, which can be eaten. Tier 1 to tier 3 animals can hide here. | 
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| 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. | 
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| 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. | 
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| Broken tree | Generates on the swamp floor. Tier 1 to tier 3 animals and Electric Eel, Snake and Anaconda can hide here. | 
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| Abandoned House | Does not generate randomly, one abandoned house always appears in a specific location to the left of the deeeep floor. Tier 1 to tier 9 animals can hide here. | 
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| Barrel Sponge | Generates in the reef.Tier 1 to tier 6 can hide here. | 
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| Tube Worms | Generates in the deep. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. | 
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| Sea Sponge | Generates in the ocean and reef. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. | 
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| Anemone | Generates in the ocean and reef. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. | 
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| Anemone | Generates in the ocean and reef. Tier 1 to tier 3 can hide here. | 
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| Giant Shipwreck | Generates in any biome. All animals can hide here. Hiding places are ship windows and the crack. |
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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 Horseshoe 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 |
| Atlantic Horseshoe Crab | 10748 | 30 
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MEGAmew | 3rd March, 2022 | None | Their eggs were eaten by Native Americans, but today Atlantic horseshoe crabs are caught for use as fishing bait, in biomedicine and science.They play a major role in the local ecosystems, with their eggs providing an important food source for shorebirds, and the juveniles and adults being eaten by sea turtles. |  |
| Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab | 2860 | 10
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Tacoco | 1st March, 2022 | Size scale: +0.1x | Tachypleus tridentatus, commonly known as the Chinese horseshoe crab, Japanese horseshoe crab, or tri-spine horseshoe crab.It is the largest species of horseshoe crab. |  |
| Southern Horseshoe Crab | 3406 | 15
|
Myhailot | 29th December, 2021 | None | One of the three horseshoe crab species |  |
| Algae-Covered Horseshoe Crab | 9636 | 10
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Tacoco | 29th December, 2021 | None | Under right conditions, horseshoe crabs will grow algae on their backs. Sometimes it might turn into an infection, and start growing on places like the eye. Fortunately this one is healthy. |  |
| Sandy Horseshoe Crab | 9624 | 10
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Ftyk | 29th December, 2021 | None | Horseshoe crabs spawn usually on sandy beaches and coincides with spring tides, the highest tides |  |
| Mangrove Horseshoe Crab | 891 | 30
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Emegle | 26th November, 2020 | None | made by u/Emeglebon |  |
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 |
| Effigy Crab | 26009 | 0
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An0maly | 25th October, 2024 | None | Halloween | A cruel visage, locked in a scream. Golden remnants of its greed are trapped within. The depths shall rise. |  |
| Spinning Top | 23676 | 0
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Legendary_Orca | 21st January, 2024 | None | Lunar New Year | top /täp/ noun noun: top; plural noun: tops; noun: spinning top; plural noun: spinning tops a conical, spherical, or pear-shaped toy that with a quick or vigorous twist may be set to spin. "Top-spinning, as a Korean traditional game, is played popularly during winter, especially the new year holidays." |  |
| Horseshoe Peppermint | 8873 | 0
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Lazyfish | 15th December, 2022 | None | Christmas | Delicious snack! |  |
| Candy Apple Horseshoe Crab | 22952 | 0
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Random_Rhincodontid | 23rd October, 2023 | None | Halloween | A delicious sweet treat consisting of an apple dipped in caramel and topped with extra candy goodness. Does something seem off to you? It's a crab apple. |  |
| Horseshoe Alpha | 22899 | 0
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Shin_Godzilla | 19th October, 2023 | None | Halloween | The last of the T-90s, a first generation Mark I, the oldest Jaeger still in service. |  |
| Lush Horseshoe Crab | 5107 | 0
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wHZIv6lTNqfbCLpv | 4th April, 2021 | None | Easter | None |  |
| Roseshoe Crab | 10319 | 0
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green_lamp | 31st January, 2022 | None | Valentine's Day | A gift from me to you. Will you be my Valentine? |  |
| Daruma | 8979 | 0
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Myhailot | 6th November, 2021 | None | Lunar New Year | Traditional doll, a symbol of Japanese New Year |  |
| Slasher Horseshoe Crab | 8472 | 0
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manb_922 | 7th October, 2021 | None | Halloween | A masked implacable lunatic, it will stop at nothing until you're at the sharp end of its machete. Good thing you can't trip underwater |  |
| Hiveshoe Crab | 4429 | 0
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Nicc | 12th March, 2021 | None | Easter | This skin is has been made for Easter! Its more Spring related then Easter but I wanted to think outside the box for a Easter related skin. Hope you enjoy :v |  |
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 |
| Tadpole Shrimp | 21321 | 25
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wHZIv6lTNqfbCLpv | 20th October, 2024 | Size scale: -0.5x | Tadpole shrimp are ancient crustaceans. This is why they are often referred to as living fossils, because they closely resemble fossils that predate the dinosaurs. The most bizarre thing however, is the fact that it has three eyes! The name Triops comes from the Greek (tría) meaning "three" and (ops) meaning "eye". The third eye on the top of its head is actually used to detect light! |  |
| Crab comet | 11956 | 15
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DrowBotThe2nd | 10th August, 2022 | None | Astronomers say every 1200 years a comet with the shape of a crab visits the deeeep solar system |  |
| Dynamite Horseshoe Crab | 9971 | 20
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Nicc | 20th June, 2022 | None | Boom! |  |
| Orbital Horseshoe Crab | 11717 | 10
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manb_922 | 20th June, 2022 | None | Every time one of these crab shaped satellites is destroyed, the deeeep.io servers go down for 30 minutes |  |
| Tomato | 441 | 200
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Radical_Tourism | 19th November, 2020 | None | Always by Cucumber's side |  |