UPDATE (AUGUST 18, 2021): FOR 2:12, YOU NEED TO ROW 5 TIMES INSTEAD OF 6 WITH THE DRIFTWOOD OAR AND THE ANCHOR DOWN DUE TO CHANGES MADE IN THE WATERLOGGED UPDATE. I won't be checking how many times you need to row with the other oars because I am lazy. Also make sure to check out Rob kill Crab King as Wes over here! ua-cam.com/video/lJGLVj4fxo0/v-deo.html
Good guide. I do especially like that you used Wilson for the showcase. When CK died and the meat fell into the water (+ big waves), I thought "no, it's going to rain seadogs!!" for a moment =P
Just beat Crabking for the first time, thanks to you and Jazzy for the excellent guides. I was down to 35% of my last icestaff when he finally went down. I do have a question though, he kept summoning Geysers for me instead of doing the Freeze attack. He barely used the freeze attack so is there a reason this might have happened? Did i keep him frozen too long between casts, does pausing (for item shuffling) or something else cause him to not follow the pattern? There were no other mobs nearby other than fish and some seagulls so i doubt it was that.
Was this regular crab king or pearled crab king? I'm going to guess regular CK b/c I know it's bugged for a few months now. If it's Pearled, then it sounds like a recent bug then.
@@LakhnishMonster Was Pearled + 8 Purples. He did more freezes in my two failed attempts (both ended by being frozen) but it was still more leaning on the geysers than the pattern in the video explained
@@FIamestalker Ah, it's probably 9:01 then. PCK does have a 2nd attack pattern depending on how you handled him early on, with the second one leaning more on geysers. After freezing CK, you can try letting him thaw naturally and hope that it goes back to the first pattern.
There has to be a play station guide cuz this is just so much different. For one, I’m not sure the weathering pain can even reach that far if you can’t move your person to be that close to press O. Secondly, don’t forget to mention the star caller staff used on the sides. And since I Wigfrid, jerky would be the best food overall unless u want taffy for sanity but that brings down your hp
I was on Xbox and used this method and work like a charm but had trouble when I was wolf gang in mighty form but I finally killed that prick thanks man😊
and another thing: do you think it would be possible to avoid being frozen (and keep hitting during the freezing spell) by placing a scaled furnace on the boat? in the scripts, if I'm interpreting correctly "inst.components.heater.heat = 115" in the dragonfurnace.lua, it could maybe be enough to counter the -70 of the crab king with the pearl (i.e. 3 blue gems)?. I got the -70 value from the wiki, because I'm not skilled enough to find/interpret that info from the crabking.lua or elsewhere
@@urcapalurca1443 The beefalo hat is needed so you don't freeze to death from the freeze spell, which drastically lowers your temperature without wearing it. I'm not too sure on the scaled furnace as I've never tried to use it before with this setup.
When I'm in solo I cheese him with flingos, that also freezes the claws but has to be set up correctly. If I use only 2 flingos on boats I may pick 1 freezing staff still by security.
Was your boat in the NE or SW direction? Did you row your boat 6 times back with the Driftwood oar after the first spell? Idk what would be the cause otherwise.
@@LakhnishMonster okay my bad, i put my boat IN those directions relative to the crab king, not in the orientation :P was wondering why i could do it before but not now, turns out to be a simple error. edit: thanks for the fast response btw, i really appreciate how you always communicate with your community
Having the boat be placed in a ceetain direction makes it so that we are always fighting against 2 crab claws instead of 3 without having to move the boat to find the right spot, compared to overtime's video showing one of the first ways of fighting CK: ua-cam.com/video/MCug_8AGims/v-deo.html Dealing with 2 Crab Claws solo makes the fight soloable and manageable; 3 claws without damage boosts makes the fight very difficult cause the boat only has so much hp and the claws take some time to kill since they have a decent amount of hp to them.
Not really no. Each healing animation recovers 750 hp and Crab King does that about 8 times before going to the next spell (so about 6,000 hp recovered). If your solo character can only get say 2-3 swings every healing animation, even with Spicy Volt Goat Jelly and a wet crab king, he'd still have recovered between 2k-3.5k hp. (68 damage * 2.5x damage modifier * 2 or 3 swings per heal animation * 8 total animations = 2720hp or 4080hp damage dealt). I think only Might Wolfgang with Spicy Volt Goat Jelly could out heal the damage (68 damage * 6x damage modifier * 2 or 3 swings per heal animation * 8 total animations = 6528hp or 9792 hp damage dealt). That's of course assuming I have the number of swing per heal animation correct (and total heal animations).
This orientation makes it so that we only have to deal with 2 Crab Claws instead of 3. Two crab claws is manageable with a default dps, 3 claws is next to impossible (and can still lead to a loss with a higher DPS). It works because the claws always spawn in a hexagon shape with those positions in regards to the NE/SW orientation.
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UPDATE (AUGUST 18, 2021): FOR 2:12, YOU NEED TO ROW 5 TIMES INSTEAD OF 6 WITH THE DRIFTWOOD OAR AND THE ANCHOR DOWN DUE TO CHANGES MADE IN THE WATERLOGGED UPDATE. I won't be checking how many times you need to row with the other oars because I am lazy.
Also make sure to check out Rob kill Crab King as Wes over here! ua-cam.com/video/lJGLVj4fxo0/v-deo.html
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Lakhnish monster I have a question is the crab king wet without rain?
@@MTB-cq5cy No, it's not wet by default; only during rain.
@@LakhnishMonster THX I literally destroyed him in 3 minutes because of your reply
You can row less bc you dont have to use an anchor, it should be like 3 rows (havent tested it). This is for the Waterlogged update btw
History has been made, the first human that used compass reasonable
The best CK guide so far. The compass and the 6x row after starting the fight are truly game changers. Thanks for the great video!
Ah, I forgot to mention that if you use a regular oar, its like 8-9 rows; with the malbatross oar, its like 3-4 oars. Something like that.
40 bees
Knowing the mechanics of the fight definitely makes it a lot more fun. Great guide!
May Helicalpuma rest in peace
Thanks for this guide! Probably the most up to date and precise guide on UA-cam. I finally got to kill him to be prepared for the upcoming patch.
Glad to hear it was of help!
Good guide. I do especially like that you used Wilson for the showcase. When CK died and the meat fell into the water (+ big waves), I thought "no, it's going to rain seadogs!!" for a moment =P
Yep, that's shipwrecked for ya
I see you've gotten better off-stream at fighting crab king :)
Definitely; practice makes perfect and knowing the pattern made it doable!
Brilliant - great work!
Hello! Welcome back. Hope you’re doing well 🙂
Hes back!!
Thank you so much for this guide. I killed my first CK following yours and Helicalpumas videos.
Oh, that's good to hear, congratz!
Thanks :3
Me who cant even kill a crawling horror: Hmm, intressting
Happy Thanksgiving dude. Very thankful for you and your videos! 😃
Great stuff
Great guide.
Just beat Crabking for the first time, thanks to you and Jazzy for the excellent guides. I was down to 35% of my last icestaff when he finally went down.
I do have a question though, he kept summoning Geysers for me instead of doing the Freeze attack. He barely used the freeze attack so is there a reason this might have happened? Did i keep him frozen too long between casts, does pausing (for item shuffling) or something else cause him to not follow the pattern? There were no other mobs nearby other than fish and some seagulls so i doubt it was that.
Was this regular crab king or pearled crab king?
I'm going to guess regular CK b/c I know it's bugged for a few months now. If it's Pearled, then it sounds like a recent bug then.
@@LakhnishMonster Was Pearled + 8 Purples. He did more freezes in my two failed attempts (both ended by being frozen) but it was still more leaning on the geysers than the pattern in the video explained
@@FIamestalker Ah, it's probably 9:01 then. PCK does have a 2nd attack pattern depending on how you handled him early on, with the second one leaning more on geysers. After freezing CK, you can try letting him thaw naturally and hope that it goes back to the first pattern.
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There has to be a play station guide cuz this is just so much different. For one, I’m not sure the weathering pain can even reach that far if you can’t move your person to be that close to press O. Secondly, don’t forget to mention the star caller staff used on the sides. And since I Wigfrid, jerky would be the best food overall unless u want taffy for sanity but that brings down your hp
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Iwas about to use bunnyman for this fight cause icant cancel his heal fast enough
cool video man i ll try use your method
I was on Xbox and used this method and work like a charm but had trouble when I was wolf gang in mighty form but I finally killed that prick thanks man😊
This is a useable method and good video and all, but the weather pains and ice staffs just seem way to advanced, I think I'll stick to bees
Honestly, I agree.. Just watching it be stung to death feels like its the most painful way to go.
Nice carb king fight
This video made me less scared of crab king, so much that I'd like to attempt the fight without cheese. One question though: why the Beefalo Hat?
and another thing: do you think it would be possible to avoid being frozen (and keep hitting during the freezing spell) by placing a scaled furnace on the boat? in the scripts, if I'm interpreting correctly "inst.components.heater.heat = 115" in the dragonfurnace.lua, it could maybe be enough to counter the -70 of the crab king with the pearl (i.e. 3 blue gems)?. I got the -70 value from the wiki, because I'm not skilled enough to find/interpret that info from the crabking.lua or elsewhere
@@urcapalurca1443 The beefalo hat is needed so you don't freeze to death from the freeze spell, which drastically lowers your temperature without wearing it.
I'm not too sure on the scaled furnace as I've never tried to use it before with this setup.
Thank you!
When I'm in solo I cheese him with flingos, that also freezes the claws but has to be set up correctly. If I use only 2 flingos on boats I may pick 1 freezing staff still by security.
so did anyone figure out why 1% of the time the position is wrong? i decided to make a practice run and the "correct" positioning spawned 3 claws.
Was your boat in the NE or SW direction? Did you row your boat 6 times back with the Driftwood oar after the first spell?
Idk what would be the cause otherwise.
@@LakhnishMonster okay my bad, i put my boat IN those directions relative to the crab king, not in the orientation :P was wondering why i could do it before but not now, turns out to be a simple error.
edit: thanks for the fast response btw, i really appreciate how you always communicate with your community
@@MrBrj No problem, thanks for the kind words as well :D
i think one of the recent updates nerfed boat patches (each now restores 25 hp) how many would you recommend now?
Double the amount of boat patches. It works out to be the same price since the cost was also cut in half wood-wise.
Tysm!
Is there a way to cheese this fight? There’s no way I ever beat this dude by remembering this
If you place killer bees with dwarf stars around him, they are a free kill against Pearled Crab King: ua-cam.com/video/YSOaeD7C7jQ/v-deo.html
use grass-flingo-dwarfstar for cheesing crab (with friends tho i havent tried it solo)
whats the use of placing your boat in a certain direction?
Having the boat be placed in a ceetain direction makes it so that we are always fighting against 2 crab claws instead of 3 without having to move the boat to find the right spot, compared to overtime's video showing one of the first ways of fighting CK: ua-cam.com/video/MCug_8AGims/v-deo.html
Dealing with 2 Crab Claws solo makes the fight soloable and manageable; 3 claws without damage boosts makes the fight very difficult cause the boat only has so much hp and the claws take some time to kill since they have a decent amount of hp to them.
@@LakhnishMonster hmm i see thanks for the quick reply
I can't even get the Pearl's Pearl. I've done everything except fishing
Can you out damage the repair sequence?
Not really no. Each healing animation recovers 750 hp and Crab King does that about 8 times before going to the next spell (so about 6,000 hp recovered).
If your solo character can only get say 2-3 swings every healing animation, even with Spicy Volt Goat Jelly and a wet crab king, he'd still have recovered between 2k-3.5k hp. (68 damage * 2.5x damage modifier * 2 or 3 swings per heal animation * 8 total animations = 2720hp or 4080hp damage dealt).
I think only Might Wolfgang with Spicy Volt Goat Jelly could out heal the damage (68 damage * 6x damage modifier * 2 or 3 swings per heal animation * 8 total animations = 6528hp or 9792 hp damage dealt).
That's of course assuming I have the number of swing per heal animation correct (and total heal animations).
Wow thx we all die
BEES
What about bees?
@@LakhnishMonster kill krab king with bees is easy
40 bees
I used 20
haha beemine go bzzz
Can I ask why the specific orientation is needed?
This orientation makes it so that we only have to deal with 2 Crab Claws instead of 3. Two crab claws is manageable with a default dps, 3 claws is next to impossible (and can still lead to a loss with a higher DPS).
It works because the claws always spawn in a hexagon shape with those positions in regards to the NE/SW orientation.