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

Several crabs on an island.
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 |
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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 | |
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Passive mobs |
Ant • Butterfly • Cricket • Deer • Dragonfly • Duck • Firefly • Fly • Maggot • Mole • Mouse • Roach • Snail |
Neutral mobs | |
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 |