Crab

Crab

Type	Fish
Season	All
Size	1 to 20
Sell Price	100g

The Crab is a saltwater crustacean caught in Crab Pots along the coast. The Rock Crabs and Lava Crabs of the Mines also drop it, which gives miners a steady supply without any fishing at all. It is one of the more valuable Crab Pot catches, worth more raw than a dish of Sashimi. The Crab counts toward the Crab Pot Bundle, it is the key ingredient in Crab Cakes, and a full pond of Crabs earns a Pearl from Willy.

The in-game description reads: A marine crustacean with two powerful pincers.

Catching

A baited Crab Pot in any salt water can catch a Crab. The pot is emptied the next day, and it works the same way in every season. Crab Pot catches are normal quality.

Monsters in the Mines are the other main supply. A Rock Crab drops a Crab now and then when slain, and a Lava Crab drops one even more often. A dropped Crab bounces around on the floor until it is picked up, so it is worth chasing before leaving the floor.

The Traveling Cart sometimes sells a Crab, at a price well above its value. At the Desert Festival, Elliott's shop sells up to five Crabs for 30 Calico Eggs each.

Prices

A Crab sells for 100g. Most Crab Pot catches are worth less than a Sashimi, but the Crab is one of the exceptions, along with the Lobster and the Crayfish. Selling a Crab raw earns more than cooking it into Sashimi.

A Crab cannot be eaten as it is. A Fish Smoker turns it into a Smoked Crab that is edible and sells for twice the raw price. Each one uses a piece of Coal.

A Crab can live in a Fish Pond. Its pond brings up a mix of items. Crab Roe appears alongside Seaweed and assorted trash. Once the pond holds five Crabs, it can also produce Coral and Sea Urchins. A pond of nine or ten adds a chance of a Warp Totem: Beach or a Nautilus Shell.

Crab Roe is worth 30g plus half the Crab's base price, which comes to 80g. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much.

A Crab pond expands through three requests: Clay first, Bug Meat or Quartz second, and a Sea Urchin, Solar Essence or Wild Bait last.

Filling a pond with ten Crabs has a hidden reward. The next time the farmer speaks to Willy, he hands over a Pearl.

Uses

Cooking a Crab with Wheat Flour, an Egg and Oil makes Crab Cakes. The recipe airs on The Queen of Sauce on the 21st of Fall in the second year. The dish restores a large amount of energy and health, and it sells for well over twice the price of the raw Crab.

The Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank room needs any five shellfish from its list, and the Crab is one of them. The reward is three Crab Pots. A Crab dropped by a Rock Crab counts toward this bundle, so the bundle can be started before any Crab Pot is built.

A Crab also counts as "any fish" in Sashimi, Maki Roll and Quality Fertilizer. At the Sewing Machine, it makes a dyeable Sailor Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it works as a red dye.

Cooking Crab with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Crab Cakes		Crab (1), Wheat Flour (1), Egg (1), Oil (1)

Gifts

A raw Crab is a poor gift. Among those who feel neutral about Crab are the marriage candidates Elliott and Sebastian. Willy and Leo feel neutral about it too, and so do the older villagers Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane dislike Crab. The older villagers Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis dislike it too, and so do the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin. The children Jas and Vincent dislike it as well, as do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Rock Crabs in the Mines are an easy source of Crabs for the bundle. Later, a Crab pond is worth building just for the Pearl from Willy once it reaches ten. Save a few Crabs for Crab Cakes, which turn one Crab into a far more valuable meal.

All Crab Pot Catches

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Location	Season	Price
Clam	-	All	50g
Cockle	-	All	50g
Crab	-	All	100g
Crayfish	-	All	75g
Lobster	-	All	120g
Mussel	-	All	30g
Oyster	-	All	40g
Periwinkle	-	All	20g
Shrimp	-	All	60g
Snail	-	All	65g