Crab

Crabs are small tamable mobs that can move in both water and on land.

Spawning

Natural generation

Crabs spawn on beach, cold beach, stone beach, and mushroom island shore biomes. They often spawn in groups of 2–4 during world generation.

Appearance

Crabs come in five different colors: blue, orange, green, orange-white, and orange with pink spots.

Drops

Crabs will drop 0–2 raw crab meat upon death, even when set on fire. This can be increased with the Looting enchantment. They drop 1–3 experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

Crabs are passive and will never attack, but they will flee when approached, and also raise their pincers when hit. They also tend to dwell in water, but they won't drown. Like insects, scorpions and spiders, crabs will take extra damage from a weapon enchanted with Bane of Arthropods. They also have the ability to scale up walls, but without the animation. Because of this ability, they may get stuck in ceilings and take damage from suffocation.

A crab can be tamed by right-clicking on the mob with a fish net. When caught and released from the fish net, the naming screen will then appear and the crab will be tamed. Like other mobs, crabs can be leashed.

Taking care of crabs

Since crabs can scale up blocks, it is recommended to keep them enclosed with fence or glass blocks, along with a glass roof to prevent them escaping or suffocating in the ceiling.

 History

Version
v8.0.0 DEVa - Added three more crab textures.
v5.2.0 DEV - Crabs are now targeted by bane of the arthropods enchantment. - Crabs can be tamed by using a fish net on them.
v5.1.5 - Finished crab animations.
v5.1.4 - Added crabs (pending animations).

Gallery

Entities
Passive mobs	Ant • Butterfly • Cricket • Deer • Dragonfly • Duck • Firefly • Fly • Maggot • Mole • Mouse • Roach • Snail
Neutral mobs	Bee • Boar • Ent • Rat • Ogre • Werewolf • Wild Wolf •
Hostile mobs	Big Golem • Crocodile • Hellrat • Horsemob • Mini Golem • Silver Skeleton • Wraith
Tameable mobs	Bear • Big Cat • Bird • Bunny • Crab • Dolphin • Elephant (Mammoth)• Fishy • Fox • Goat • Horse • Jellyfish • Kitty • Komodo Dragon • Manta Ray • Manticore • Medium Fish • Ostrich • Raccoon • Scorpion • Shark • Small Fish • Snake • Stingray • Turkey • Turtle • Wyvern
Upcoming	Chimpanzee • Minotaur • Medusa • Ogre Prince
Stationary objects	Kitty Bed • Litter Box • Egg
Removed	Fish Bowl