Hermit Crab

The  is a ground-based monster in Risk of Rain 2 that looks and serves as a mortar.

The challenge The Demons And The Crabs requires the player to chase 20 Hermit Crabs off the edge of the map.

Environments
Unlike other monsters, the Hermit Crab will not spawn at all if the is enabled.

Skill & Behavior
Hermit Crabs initially spawn a distance away from the player(s), so that they are not easily taken care of when spawned in.

A Hermit Crab will frantically scuttle away from any danger within 3 player spaces, and after 5 player spaces will bury itself back into the ground to continue firing.

If there's no target in sight, a Hermit Crab will instead actively hunt down a target. It will resume its regular behavior once a target is in sight.

Bury + Mortar Volley
A Hermit Crab's only skill is to bury itself into the ground. While buried, the Hermit Crab launches a boulder at its target, dealing 1200% damage with a proc coefficient of 0.5.

The bury has a cooldown of 3 seconds, while the mortar has a cooldown of 5 seconds.

Tips

 * Try to make a point of taking out Hermit Crabs whenever noticed, either directly or indicated by the mortar. A single one on its own is not particularly dangerous, but they can quickly become a problem if too many are left untouched.

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Lore Entry: Hermit Crab
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Base Damage: 4 (+0.8 per level) ⇒ 12 (+2.4 per level)
 * Mortar Projectile Count: 3 ⇒ 1
 * Mortar Projectile now has more visible trail Developer Notes: When fighting Hermit Crabs, it’s always been difficult to parse where and how many there are. To help clarify their behavior, we made it clearer so 1 mortar = 1 crab.


 * Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update
 * Bug Fixes
 * Clear idle animation for Hermit Crabs after they die


 * Early Access Patch (Build ID No.3731106)
 * Gameplay Changes
 * [Community Suggestion] Reduce proc coefficient of mortar attack from 3 to 0.5.
 * *This primarily affects the duration of burning effects.
 * [Community Suggestion] Reduce base health from 150 to 100.