“ Hey, these are gem holes! ”
–Wilson
“ Little holes for little rocks! ”
–Wolfgang
“ One small snip will sever a limb. ”
–Wendy
“ HARDWARE UPDATES AVAILABLE ”
–WX-78
“ The appendage has distinct engravings. For gemstones, I presume. ”
–Wickerbottom
“ Use every part of the animal, I suppose. ”
–Woodie
“ I know gem-holes when I see them. ”
–Maxwell
“ A magnificent weapön tö be adörned with jewels! ”
–Wigfrid
“ It's so fun to swing around! Wooosh! Fwooosh! ”
–Webber
“ I have a knack for stickin' gems into things, don't I? ”
–Winona
“ Theres not a whole lot of meat on this claw. ”
–Warly
“ Magic is fun! Hyuyu! ”
–Wortox
“ He left his claw behind! ”
–Walter
“ I can finally put these gems to use! ”
–Wanda
“ Big whacker club. ”
–Winky
“ Gem magic, rudimentary. ”
–Wathom
“ The more gems you put, the heavier the 'clonk'! ”
–Wixie
The Crab Claw is a melee weapon dropped by Crab King . It has four slots that accept all gem types, each gem has a different effect.
Each gem also increases the damage of the claw by 5, to a maximum of 60 damage when four gems are slotted.
The weapon itself has no durability and will never break, but the gems slotted on it will transform into Shaped Gems, each with their own number of uses, and can only be used on the Crab Claw.
This item can be deconstructed using a Deconstruction Staff for 4 Rocks, 1 Cut Stone.
Shaped Gem
Perk
Can be placed inside Crab claw for unique effects.
Does not stack
“ It's nigh unusable in this form. ”
–Wilson
“ I didn't break it! I made it better! ”
–Willow
“ Wolfgang push too hard, gem broke. ”
–Wolfgang
“ I've ruined the magic. ”
–Wendy
“ IT NOW SERVES ONE PURPOSE, AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY ”
–WX-78
“ It's conductive pathways have been irreparably changed. ”
–Wickerbottom
“ I don't think it will work outside of the claw. ”
–Woodie
“ It won't conduct properly now. ”
–Maxwell
“ It won't work in my generators anymore. ”
–Winona
“ ...It's useless outside of the crabs claw! ”
–Warly
“ It's changed shape, it will only flow through the crabs claw now! ”
–Wortox
“ ...Its cut is wrong! Only the Crab Claw can channel it's power. ”
–Wanda
“ I didn't mean to- I mean, I didn't break it! ”
–Wixie
When a normal gem is slotted into the Crab Claw it becomes a Shaped Gem and can only be used with this weapon.
Each gem has a different durability and special effect when slotted into the Crab Claw.
Gem On Hit Effects
Gem
Uses
1
2
3
4
80
+0.2
+0.4
+0.6
+0.8
80
+0.1 Coldness to Mobs
+0.2 Coldness to Mobs
+0.3 Coldness to Mobs
+0.4 Coldness to Mobs
100
10% chance to spawn a shadow tentacle
20% chance to spawn a shadow tentacle
30% chance to spawn a shadow tentacle
40% chance to spawn a shadow tentacle
160
20% chance to not waste durability
40% chance to not waste durability
60% chance to not waste durability
80% chance to not waste durability
160
20% Movement speed reduction to mobs
30% Movement speed reduction to mobs
40% Movement speed reduction to mobs
50% Movement speed reduction to mobs
160
+0.2
+0.4
+0.6
+0.8
160
+1 effects to all other gems
+2 effects to all other gems
+3 effects to all other gems
N/A
This weapon can only be equipped if you have Veteran's Curse active, which can be activated by touching the Melancholic Skull .