Coconut Crab

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The coconut crab is a Crustacean build that sacrifices its [Amphibious] stat for increased Power, Defense, and Health, opting for a terrestrial playstyle. In earlier levels, it is essentially a supersized version of the Hermit Crab build, although it drops the Armor Scavenge ability once the Adult stage is activated. It is also the largest terrestrial invertebrate build in the current expansion. It also opts for a generalist diet, gaining XP from fruit, pith, seeds, and even players who had a game over. Crabs are notably average builds, but this one breaks the mold. Hermit crabs have notably been able to take on other medium-large builds near its weight class, like smaller birds and other crustaceans.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. The sacrifice of the [Amphibious] trait for increased Power, Defense, and Health is worth it. These builds also specced some points into the Arboreal mobility tree, allowing early game players to climb trees to avoid predation by large seabird builds or other coconut crab players. They also have excellent Area Denial, useful for scavenging carrion. Late-game players can defeat seabird players and early-game Domestic Cat players and even attack Human players. Late-game players also have no predator builds capable of griefing them except Humans and other coconut crab players. They also have the [Burrow] ability, allowing it to hide from oppressive predator players. It simply suffers from an oppressive early-game and low Intelligence similar to most Crustacean builds. They also have low terrestrial Mobility and have no other escape options other than climbing or using the [Burrow] ability mentioned above.

## Hunting / General Playstyle

**This guide only applies to Coconut Crab mains who have hit the Adult stage, as the pre-Adult stage is another playstyle in and of itself. Player Discretion is advised.**

The Coconut Crab is a very strong build for the Crustacean class, with its absolutely gargantuan Defense and Power stats allowing you to take on most things that try to threaten your gameplay, including but not limited to unskilled Seabird players, other Coconut crabs, and even pigs, and small Mammals and even large Amphibians. Despite your strong matchup with big builds, however, that is not your main diet.

As a coconut crab, you will mostly be feeding on fruits, tropical plants, decaying animals, and, as the name suggests, coconuts. When feeding on fruits, you can use your stupidly strong Power stat to easily drill into fruits, and access their contents. Eating these contents results in automatic EXP gain, and furthers your game plan along. Your ability to climb trees allows you to rather easily get access to fruits.

If fruits are all gone and need to respawn in your server location you can move to another spot within the server to continue feeding. If another player starts attacking, try to make use of your tough armor, to absorb bite, claw, bash, and swiping attacks use your absolutely massive claws, with large hitboxes to stave them off, and, if it’s absolutely needed for replenishment and EXP, eat them. This allows you to get quick EXP and HP replenishment quickly as you move along. Generally avoid human players, as they might make you into food, and are generally far above your weight class. Pinch them extremely hard to make them let go and get a escape attempt if they don’t have equipment.

Eventually, you will need to shed once you grow to a certain degree. When you shed it is important to eat your old skin. This is due to the fact for every part of your old skin you eat you get good amounts of EXP, since your shed skin acts like regular food in terms of game mechanics. You can also eat other Coconut Crab’s shed skin for EXP, although they are rarer than yours since other Coconut crabs might be in different parts of your server at that time.

When finding a safe spot, you can use your {Burrow Dig} move in your ability moveset kit so you can make your own little habitat / territory incase of needing to go AFK or sleep in for the day. If digging isn’t a possibility with your huge Power stat and claws, you can lodge yourself into tight crevices as a home until a good spot is found. These options generally make it hard for other Coconut crabs and other builds to find your location, since you are hidden below ground or severely lodge within tough to lift rocks. Generally, finding a safe spot is also important when you are mating.

Generally try to avoid the more populated areas of Christmas Island server during migration days, if that is where you are based, as the Christmas Island red crabs will come in huge floods and potentially run you over if you’re in the way, although they’re generally extremely easy to just kill if they do attack. The yellow crazy ants in the server are also not able to do anything to you, even in groups.