Shield crab (monster type)

A shield crab is a type of beast monster typically found in coastal areas of Wraeclast. Certain shield crabs can cause a sand spitter to emerge on death. Shield crabs generally resist fire damage.

Note: when shield crabs are spawned by strongboxes, emerging sand spitters are not considered a monster spawned by the strongbox, and will not prevent the box from opening if not killed. On-death effects occur twice for shield crabs that become sand spitters.

Classification

Bestiary classification of shield crabs:

• Genus: Shield crabs / Sand spitters
• Group: Crustaceans
• Family: The Deep

Variations

Name	Location	Special Attributes
Cave Crustacean	The Submerged Passage	Spawns Rock Spitter on Death, 80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Deep Crustacean	The Flooded Depths	Spawns Rock Spitter on Death
Scrabbling Menace	The Ship Graveyard Cave, The Cavern of Anger (Act 1)	VulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex Level: (1-20) Cost: (16-33) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds +(0-1) metre to radius Cursed enemies take (15-30)% increased Physical Damage Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. on hit, spawns Scrabbling Spitter on Death
Invading Crustacean	The Tidal Island (Act 6)	Spawns Crustacean Pelter on Death
Shield Crab	The Cavern of Anger (Act 6)	Ground SlamGround SlamAttack, AoE, Slam, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Speed: 90% of base Attack Damage: (115-188)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (115-188)% AoE Radius: 35Slams the ground in front of you, creating a wave that travels forward and damages enemies with an increased chance to stun. The wave deals more damage to closer enemies. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold +(0-1) metre to radius Deals up to (40-49)% more Damage with Hits to closer targets Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Deals up to +(1-20)% more Damage with Hits to closer targetsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Spawns Crustacean Pelter on Death
Infested Crustacean	The Southern Forest (Act 6)	Spawns Infested Sniper on Death
Bleached Crustacean	The Boiling Lake, Delve
Granite Eater	Map-only	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Toxic Crawler	Olmec's SanctumOlmec's Sanctum Bone Crypt MapMap Level: 68 Map Tier: 1 Guild Character: $ Item Quantity: +(120-200)%(40-50)% more Monster Life (30-40)% increased Monster Damage Final Boss drops higher Level ItemsThey flew, and leapt, and clambered over, They crawled, and swam, and slithered under. Still its ancient secrets await unclaimed And of this hidden temple, only legends remain.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Fossil Eater	Untainted ParadiseUntainted Paradise Tropical Island MapMap Level: 70 Map Tier: 3(300-400)% increased Experience gain Area has increased monster variety Area is inhabited by wild Animals Monsters drop no ItemsFor this beauty, beauty without strength, chokes out life.Activate a Map to begin Kirac's Mission., The Lake of Kalandra	Barrage attack, 25% increased maximum Life, 25% increased Character Size
Blighted Shield Crab	Blight
Primal Dustspitter	Harvest	Mortar attack
Sewage Crawler	Einhar missions	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Craicic Shield Crab	Einhar missions	N/A
Fused Crawler	Tora missions (removed)

Uniques

Name	Location	Special Attributes
The Dweller of the Deep (legacy version)	The Flooded Depths	Barrage attack, 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Note: The Dweller of the Deep has been changed to a unique type of crustacean. It is no longer a Shield Crab/Sand Spitter.
Colossal Spitter	Untainted ParadiseUntainted Paradise Tropical Island MapMap Level: 70 Map Tier: 3(300-400)% increased Experience gain Area has increased monster variety Area is inhabited by wild Animals Monsters drop no ItemsFor this beauty, beauty without strength, chokes out life.Activate a Map to begin Kirac's Mission. boss	25% increased maximum Life, 25% increased Character Size
Mother of the Hive	Strange Sinkhole - Vaal side area boss	Fires 2 additional Projectiles, barrage attack, Allies Cannot Die aura, spawns Sand Spitters on Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger Icon: ! Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250% Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage Trigger Supported Spells when you take (528-3272) total Damage from Hits Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills require (0.5-10)% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Effigy of Iridescence	The Lake of Kalandra	Vaal Detonate DeadVaal Detonate DeadSpell, AoE, Vaal, Fire Level: (1-20) Souls Per Use: 30 Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected. This will continue to target other corpses in the area, with an increasing delay between each one, until it runs out of corpses or has destroyed 22 corpses.Deals (23-1395) to (33-2092) Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6-7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life Base radius is (2.4-2.8) metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1.5-30)% chance to detonate an additional corpseCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Shivershell	Invasion boss	Vaal Detonate DeadVaal Detonate DeadSpell, AoE, Vaal, Fire Level: (1-20) Souls Per Use: 30 Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected. This will continue to target other corpses in the area, with an increasing delay between each one, until it runs out of corpses or has destroyed 22 corpses.Deals (23-1395) to (33-2092) Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6-7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life Base radius is (2.4-2.8) metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1.5-30)% chance to detonate an additional corpseCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Frost WallFrost WallSpell, Duration, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-33) Mana Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Can Store 3 Use(s) Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Creates a wall of ice which holds back enemies. Targets under the wall are damaged and pushed back.Deals (8-462) to (12-693) Cold Damage Base duration is (3.00-4.90) seconds 0.15 seconds between appearance of Wall sections Wall will be (2.8-5.6) meters long Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-23) Mana Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 230% AoE Radius: 30Requires Level 12A circle of ice expands from the caster.Deals (23-988) to (34-1481) Cold Damage Base radius is (2.6-3) metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base radius is (0.015-0.3) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage, spawns Sand Spitters on Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger Icon: ! Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250% Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage Trigger Supported Spells when you take (528-3272) total Damage from Hits Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills require (0.5-10)% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Mutated Winterclaw	Tora missions (removed)	Physical DoT aura, spawns Sand Spitters

Version history

Version	Changes
2.2.2	Shield Crabs should now always drop items when exploded, regardless of the source of the explosion.
0.9.3	Shield crabs now throw their shells off a lot faster.
0.8.0	Shield Crabs no longer turn into Sand Spitters called "Shield Crab". Shield Crabs don't drop items when they transform into Sand Spitters.
0.7.2	Decreased Shield Crab life.
0.7.1	Disabled corpse consumption of Shield Crab shells.
0.6.10	Sand spitters now escape from slain Shield Crabs to attack you.