Dark Crabs

## Dark Creatures

**Dark Crabs** are first discovered by the player in the Sanctuary Islands in Daylight Prairie, though they are most prominently found in Golden Wasteland. They are commonly abundant in areas of water.

## Appearance

Dark Crabs are the smallest Dark Creatures in Sky. They are mostly gray and green but some alternatives can be white, brown and red. They are earth and water creatures.

A green crab in WastelandA gray crab in most Realms
## Abilities

If approached, Crabs will charge at the player, knocking the avatar down and depleting Cape Energy. Crabs give you a couple of seconds to run away as they "prepare to charge at you". Harmful crabs tend to glow a little bit red when doing so. When a player is hit repeatedly, it is also possible to lose Winged Light and thus Cape Wedges. Pressing and holding on the player avatar to release a Deep Call will cause them to flip over, making them harmless for a while and allowing players to *carry them around*. If you release a Call while in the air, they will be stunned without attacking.

Another way to avoid getting hit by these creatures is to dodge them using calculated jumps and turns since they will charge you in straight line.

When a player loses Winged Lights from any reason (not only Crabs but Dark Dragons, polluted water, etc), the Crabs will also “eat” the scattered Winged Lights fallen from the player. If you lose Winged Lights in an area with Dark Crabs, you should recover your Winged Lights before they are eaten by Dark Crabs.

a crab about to chargea flipped crab
## Location

In addition, crabs are found in Sanctuary Islands, the cave in Forest's Brook, along with the Forest Temple; the Maze area of the Valley Temple; the Forgotten Ark in Wasteland (in the caves and ship-like structures); the Vault Archives, and the Secret Area in Vault. Lastly, Crabs play a small part in Eye of Eden (page contains spoilers).

## Crabs in Daily Quests

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The "Knock over 5 dark creatures" quest is a daily quest typically give for the Hidden Forest realm and Golden Wasteland. Dark creatures refer to "crabs" scattered throughout Sky. While the Quest is a common Hidden Forest Daily Quest, the quest itself can be completed by knocking over any crabs found in Sky (text from Clement's Infographic).

## Variants

### Uncorrupted Crabs

A special variant of uncorrupted crab can be found in the secret area, a remote archipelago in Sanctuary Islands, the Crab Barbecue in the Wasteland's Graveyard, and the AURORA Concert. They are harmless and simply roam around. A select number from the AURORA Concert are rideable, while others are a smaller variety. These crabs do not have dark dust falling off of them.

### White Crabs

You can find variants of White Dark Crabs in the Sanctuary Islands.

### Red Shattering Crabs

Red Shattering Dark Crabs are only found during Shard Eruptions. They differ in appearance from standard Crabs because they have red (non-radiant) shards on the their back. The most important difference from regular Dark Crabs is that Deep Calls (a.k.a. honking) does not flip shattering crabs upside down but instead will causes all the nearby crabs to target you.