Crab King

The Crab King is a Boss Mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in Return of Them.
It can be found in the Swell Ocean inside a circle of Sea Stacks in its Inert form. Players must socket 9 Gems to turn him into his aggressive form and start the boss fight. His position can be indicated by the Astral Detector if the Inactive Celestial Tribute has not yet dropped.
Upon death, the Crab King drops all the socketed gems, 7 pieces of Meat, 4 Soprano Shell Bells with a 50% chance and a 25% to get one extra, 3 Alto Shell Bells with a 50% and 25% chance to get one extra, 2 Baritone Shell Bells with a 50% chance to get one extra, 2 Messages in a Bottle pointing to treasures, 3 Barnacles plus 4 extra with a 25% chance for each, and a Blueprint for the Strident Trident. If the Pearl's Pearl was socketed, a Cracked Pearl is dropped instead of the Pearl's Pearl, and an Inactive Celestial Tribute in the form of an Underwater Salvageable appears as well.
If the player leaves combat, the Crab King will return to his inert state, dropping all the gems socketed and summoning new Sea Stacks around him. He reappears 20 days after being killed.
== Behavior==
After socketing 11 Gems, Crab King begins the fight by summoning Imposing Claws that seek players and damage them on the boat. Crab King summons Cannon Towers around the that shoot Cannonballs towards the players, damaging them and the boat. The Cannon Towers may be erected on boats and can be destroyed for the given phase.
When Crab King's health falls by 2000, he begins to create waves around him, pushing the boats and floating objects away. After that, Crab King freezes the water to create a temporary platform of ice and a wall of ice around him, summoning 6-8 Crab Guards (And 1 Crab Knight when his health falls below 50%) and healing himself. Healing can be interrupted by damaging Crab King.
The Crab King fight cycles through these phases indefinitely.
He cannot be put to sleep. His resistance to freezing increases with the number of Blue Gems.
=== Gem Effects===
The Crab King's fighting abilities depend on the number of gems of each color socketed into him. Iridescent Gems count as 1 of each color and the Pearl's Pearl counts as 3 of each color.
Below are the tables showing the effects for each Gem type and count.
<tabber>
Red Gems=
Gem count	Cannon Tower damage	Cannon Tower cause leak
×0 	20 	No
×1 	25 	No
×2 	30 	No
×3 	35 	No
×4 	40 	No
×5 	45 	Small Leak
×6 	50 	Small Leak
×7 	55 	Small Leak
×8 	60 	Big Leak
×9 	65 	Big Leak
×10	70 	Big Leak
×11	100 	Big Leak
|-|Blue Gems=
Gem count	Freeze resistance (Ice Staff hits required to freeze)	Ice Barrier health	Time between the break of the ice barrier and the breakup of the ice floes
×0 	3 	100 	25
×1 	4 	100 	23
×2 	5 	100 	21
×3 	6 	100 	19
×4 	7 	100 	17
×5 	8 	300 	15
×6 	9 	300 	13
×7 	10 	300 	11
×8 	11 	500 	9
×9 	12 	500 	7
×10	13 	500 	5
×11	14 	900 	3
|-|Purple Gems=
Gem count	Number of Crab Guards	Crab Guard health	Crab Guard sleep resistance	Crab Knight sleep resistance
×0 	3 	200 	2 	12
×1 	3 	220 	2 	12
×2 	4 	240 	2 	12
×3 	4 	260 	2 	12
×4 	5 	280 	2 	12
×5 	5 	350 	12 	22
×6 	6 	380 	12 	22
×7 	6 	410 	12 	22
×8 	7 	520 	22 	32
×9 	7 	560 	22 	32
×10	8 	600 	22 	32
×11	8 	840 	22 	32
|-|Yellow Gems=
Gem count	Number of Cannon Towers	Cannon Tower health	Cannon Tower damage when collision with Boats
×0 	4 	300 	300 × Boat speed
×1 	5 	300 	300 × Boat speed
×2 	6 	300 	300 × Boat speed
×3 	7 	300 	300 × Boat speed
×4 	8 	300 	300 × Boat speed
×5 	9 	600 	240 × Boat speed
×6 	10 	600 	240 × Boat speed
×7 	11 	600 	240 × Boat speed
×8 	12 	900 	180 × Boat speed
×9 	13 	900 	180 × Boat speed
×10	14 	900 	180 × Boat speed
×11	15 	1200 	100 times of speed
|-|Orange Gems=
Gem count	Healing per rock	Attacked while healing
×0 	50 	Interrupting Healing Action
×1 	50 	Interrupting Healing Action
×2 	125 	Interrupting Healing Action
×3 	125 	Interrupting Healing Action
×4 	200 	Interrupting Healing Action
×5 	200 	Healing Action retrogress 13 frames
×6 	275 	Healing Action retrogress 13 frames
×7 	275 	Healing Action retrogress 13 frames
×8 	350 	Healing Action retrogress 8 frames
×9 	350 	Healing Action retrogress 8 frames
×10	425 	Healing Action retrogress 8 frames
×11	425 	Healing Action retrogress 8 frames
|-|Green Gems=
Gem count	Number of Imposing Claws	Imposing Claws health	Imposing Claws damage
×0 	5 	200 	40
×1 	5 	200 	40
×2 	6 	200 	50
×3 	6 	200 	50
×4 	7 	200 	60
×5 	7 	400 	60
×6 	8 	400 	70
×7 	8 	400 	70
×8 	9 	600 	80
×9 	9 	600 	80
×10	10 	600 	90
×11	10 	1000 	90
</tabber>
== Fight==
==Imposing Claw==
Imposing Claws are summoned by the Crab King at the beginning of combat an
Imposing Claws move slowly in the water towards the players, looking to damage them as they get in range. As they get in range, they swing at the player dealing damage.
==Trivia ==
*The Crab King was introduced in the She Sells Sea Shells update.
* Barnacles were added to the Crab King's loot table in the Troubled Waters update.
* It's possible to insert more than 1 Pearl's Pearl using console commands. With these, it's possible to get the Crab King to have 527,000 health and an insane amount of other changes.
*There is an unused animation of the Crab King dying as opposed to falling into the water when defeated.
*The Crab King was once Pearl’s love interest, as the Pearl she gives the player is intended for him. The Shell Bells dropped by the Crab King also prove this relation further, as Pearl also awards Shell Bells to the players. When many characters examine the Pearl, they comment on Pearl not giving up on her love interest and when giving the Cracked Pearl back to Pearl herself, she appears to take it as being rejected by the Crab King.
== Tips==
*Crab King's wave push ability can be negated by planting 4 or more Anchors on a boat, making the boat move away significantly slower. It allows for easier access for Crab King and slows down the battle, because the Crab King will not spawn Crab Guards and Crab Knights until all the boats are at least 2 tiles away from him. However, player will receive significant Wetness from stopping the boat this way due to all the waves crashing onto it.
**A perfect way of exploiting this mechanic is using ranged weapons, summons or traps such as Winona's Catapults, Maxwell's Shadow Duelists or classic Bee Mines. 
***Maxwell with mid game upgrades for his shadow duelists can kill Crab King without allowing him to spawn towers or guards, making him the easiest boss in the game, which requires only minimal sanity restoration and some boat patches.
*Planting several boats around the Crab King will divert some attacks from Cannon Towers, preventing some early boat damage.
== Bugs==
*The Crab Guards and Crab Knights are immune to Maxwell's Shadow Prison ability when summoned by the Crab King.
== Gallery==
She Sell Sea Shell Trailer Crab King Inert.jpg|Crab King in the She Sells Sea Shells Trailer
She Sell Sea Shell Trailer Crab King.jpg|Crab King in the She Sells Sea Shells Trailer
File:Crab King Map Icon.png|Map Icon
Unused bg menu krab king.png|Unused menu background with the Crab King
== Animations==
Crab King Reappear.gif|reappear
Crab King Disappear.gif|disappear
Crab King Frozen.gif|frozen
Crab King die.gif|die
Crab King unused die.gif|unused death animation
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Category:Return of Them
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