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Common Tropical Islands

Hermit Crab

Coenobita clypeatusBlue

The Hermit Crab lives where tropical shores mix land, surf, and shelter, carrying a borrowed shell like a movable fortress. Its front half is armored, while the softer abdomen curls deep into a spiral shell that keeps moisture close and gives predators a hard problem to solve.

HP
2,700
ATK
2,550
DEF
2,800
Energy cost
2

Passive Skills

  • Randomly get one of the following damage reduction boosts: +0%, +20%, +40% or +60%
  • During its first 2 appearances, rotation allies in the crustaceans category gain ATK and DEF +50% for 1 round
  • For each round played, ATK +10% and DEF +3%

Attack Effects

  • Puts enemy to sleep and prevents attacks (3 rounds) • PvP only
  • Consume 1 energy point
Overview

The animal behind the card

It searches beaches, roots, leaf litter, and tide edges for fruit, carrion, scraps, algae, and almost any edible remains. As it grows, it must molt and find larger shells, sometimes inspecting, testing, and trading homes with a precision that makes the shell as important as the crab itself.

Though small, a hermit crab connects land and sea. Adults roam coastal islands and mangroves, but reproduction still returns them to salt water, making clean shorelines and available shells essential to their survival.

Bestiary facts

A hermit crab does not make its spiral shell; it occupies an empty snail shell and replaces it as it grows.

Shell length
0.02–0.15 m
Weight
0.02–0.2 kg
HabitatTropical Islands

Chemistry links

Categories
Crustaceans
Conservation
Least Concern
Remarkable Ability
Metamorphosis / Molting
Feeding Mode
Scavenger
Behavioral
Gregarious Herd
General Physical
Jointed Chitin Exoskeleton
Intermediate Physical
Aquatic Segmented Exoskeleton
Specific Physical
Segmented Antennae
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Best overall chemistry
Hermit Crab
CommonHermit Crab
HP 2700ATK 2550DEF 2800Level 0/10
European Earwig
CommonEuropean Earwig
HP 2750ATK 2600DEF 2500Level 0/10
Medium
+15%ATK & DEF boost