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Not to be confused with Granite crabs and the Giant Rock Crabs.

Rock Crab

Release date	2 November 2004 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	13
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Always drops	None
Examine text	No one likes crabs...
Combat stats LP Max hit 500 15 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No Unknown edit Attack Speed Speed 6 (Interval: 2.4 seconds) Aggressive? Poisonous? Yes No Attack style Weakness Melee Crush

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Rock Crabs are aggressive monsters that look like harmless rocks while they are disguised, but when unsuspecting passers walk by, they attack; however, once their target leaves the nearby area, they are no longer aggressive. It should be noted that, unlike most other enemies and NPCs, rock crabs are not marked with yellow dots on the minimap; this is probably due to the fact that the crabs' appearance camouflages them as rocks. Players can tell if a rock is a crab or not by looking at the rock's shape, Rock crabs are tall oval shaped, but normal rocks in their area are mostly in large clusters of shattered pieces. It should also be noted that, as with most aggressive monsters, rock crabs will stop attacking a player if they have not left the surrounding area in a considerable amount of time (roughly between ten and twenty-five minutes). To fix this, simply run out of the surrounding area (to be sure, run halfway to the entrance to the village of Rellekka or simply enter and exit the entrance to Keldagrim) and run back, at which point the rock crabs will once more be aggressive. As they are "dormant" until "awoken" by a passing player, rock crabs cannot be attacked until they are made aggressive once more.

In the quest Fur 'n' Seek, its carcass must be collected and cleaned for the Odd Old Man.

For low defence levelled players, it is recommended that if you are killing these creatures for long periods of time, you bring some food just in case as there are no nearby banks. It is also recommended that you bring a Camelot teleport/teletab to bank for more food as it is near the area of the rock crabs, or home teleport to Seers' Village. You could also use the bank in Keldagrim. The entrance is right between the statues to the east of the Rock Crabs.

Training

Rock Crabs are commonly trained upon due to their high exp rewards; and occasional valuable drops, low combat level and defence. Most places where Rock Crabs reside are heavily crowded, so, if you plan to train on them, it is best to choose an activity world. However, during the time when Hati is active, low levels are advised to avoid the Rock Crab area east of Rellekka as anti-botters will bring Hati to the Rock Crabs, making it impossible to train. Players also commonly set up dwarf multicannons among rock crabs. It would take a total of 65,173 Rock Crabs to get a combat skill from level 1 to level 99. Doing so would also get your Constitution level to 87 if you started from scratch (unless you are using a cannon or magic).

The area has recently become less crowded due to "Bot nuking day". Many worlds are empty in this area, making it a lot easier to train here. (Bot nuking day was a while ago, and is no longer relevant, for the bots are back up)

Locations

• North of Rellekka, west of the entrance to Keldagrim east and west of the town on the beach (may be overcrowded)(can not use summoning without multi-combat)
• Waterbirth Island - There is no multi-combat.

• Brine Rat Cavern

Drops

Herbs and seeds

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy ranarr	1	4 Rare	2,248
	Grimy avantoe	1	4 Rare	4,128
	Tarromin seed	1	4 Rare	4
	Ranarr seed	1	4 Rare	1,021
	Irit seed	1	5 Very rare	74

Charms

Charm drop percentages

No charms
88%	10%	0.4–0.5%	1%	0.2–0.3%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 36,292 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

Weapons

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bronze pickaxe	1	2 Common	113
	Iron pickaxe	1	2 Common	249
	Bronze hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	76
	Iron javelin		3 Uncommon	10
	Rune pickaxe	1	5 Very rare	18,935

Runes and Talisman

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fire rune	7	2 Common	70
	Nature rune	4	3 Uncommon	444
	Chaos rune	1	4 Rare	41
	Cosmic talisman	1	4 Rare	210

Others

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	4–413	2 Common	Not sold
	Oyster	1–2	2 Common	56–112
	Seaweed	1–5 (noted)	2 Common	421–2,105
	Edible seaweed	2	2 Common	196
	Oyster pearl	1	2 Common	45
	Empty oyster	1	2 Common	Not sold
	Rock crab carcass	1	2 Common [1]	Not sold
	Spinach roll	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Knife	1	3 Uncommon	53
	Iron ore	1	3 Uncommon	180
	Coal	2	3 Uncommon	558
	Copper ore	3	3 Uncommon	174
	Tin ore	3	3 Uncommon	138
	Fishing bait	1–10	3 Uncommon	8–80
	Opal bolt tips	5	3 Uncommon	15
	Jade bolt tips	1	4 Rare	3
	Limpwurt root	1	4 Rare	1,167
	Clue scroll (easy)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Casket	1	4 Rare	12,114
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

1. ^ Only during Fur 'n' Seek.

Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

Classification

These animals are most likely, as the name suggests, a form of crab, noting that the rock crabs always walk sideways (and attack by smashing their sides into the player). It is possible that they may belong to a different animal phylum, such as insects, and only look like crabs, although this is not very likely. The animals are always spotted near water; while the graphics of RuneScape do not show them immersing themselves in water, it can be safely assumed that they would hypothetically do so. In the quest Fur n' Seek, the rock crab's carcass that is collected by the player consists of only a shell and other, not easily visible remnants.

Trivia

• The examine for rock crabs is: "No-one likes crabs." This could be a reference to the parasite or a reference to grumpy people, as they are sometimes called "crabs".
• The Fremennik used to eat them, as mentioned in the lore Twice Burnt, although players cannot cook them.

See also

• Giant rock crab
• Granite crab