Crab

Crab
A marine crustacean with two powerful pincers.
Information
Source	Crab Pot: Saltwater Monster Drops: Rock Crab • Lava Crab Turtle
Season	All
Size (inches)	1–20
XP	Crab Pot: 5 Fishing XP
Energy	Inedible
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 100g 125g 125g 156g 150g 187g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 80g 160g 224g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Crab, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Crab - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Crab is a fish that can be caught using a Crab Pot in any saltwater body of water. It can also be dropped by a Rock Crab (15% chance) or Lava Crab (25% chance) when slain. It can also be gifted by a pet turtle with max friendship, or randomly found at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="100"300–1,000g. Five can be purchased from Elliott's shop at the Desert Festival for data-sort-value="30"> 30 Calico Eggs each. Like all fish caught from the crab pot, it cannot be eaten unless it is used in a Cooking recipe or smoked.

Bundles

A Crab is an option for the Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Crab Cakes	Crab, bread crumbs, and egg formed into patties then fried to a golden brown.	Crab (1) Wheat Flour (1) Egg (1) Oil (1)	225 101	Speed (+1) Defense (+1)	16m 47s	The Queen of Sauce 21 Fall, Year 2	data-sort-value="275">275g
	Maki Roll	Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed.	Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)	100 45	N/A	N/A	The Queen of Sauce 21 Summer, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for data-sort-value="300">300g	data-sort-value="220">220g
	Quality Fertilizer	Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil.	Sap (4) Any Fish (1)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Farming Level 9	data-sort-value="10">10g
	Sashimi	Raw fish sliced into thin pieces.	Any Fish (1)	75 33	N/A	N/A	Linus (Mail - 3+ )	data-sort-value="75">75g

Fish Pond

Crabs can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 3 days. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing three quests. Typical output includes red Crab Roe, Seaweed, and various Trash items, but more valuable items are possible starting at population 5.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	5 Clay	35
5	7	10 Bug Meat or 5 Quartz	35
7	10	1 Sea Urchin, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait	35

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	13	1-4	13%	3-6%
		5-8	12%	6-9%
		9-10	11%	9-10%
Seaweed (1-3)	10	1-4	9%	2-4%
		5-8	9%	5-7%
		9-10	8%	7-8%
Trash (1)	10	1-4	8%	1.9-4%
		5-8	7%	4-6%
		9-10	6%	6%
Driftwood (1)	10	1-4	4%	1-2%
		5-8	4%	2.1-3%
		9-10	3%	3%
Broken Glasses (1)	10	1-4	4%	0.9-1.9%
		5-8	4%	2-3%
		9-10	3%	3%
Broken CD (1)	10	1-4	4%	0.9-1.8%
		5-8	3%	1.9-3%
		9-10	3%	3%
Soggy Newspaper (1)	10	1-4	4%	0.9-1.7%
		5-8	3%	1.8-3%
		9-10	3%	3%
Coral (1)	13	5-8	6%	4-5%
		9-10	6%	5-6%
Sea Urchin (1)	16	5-8	5%	3-4%
		9-10	4%	4%
Warp Totem: Beach (1)	10	9-10	7%	6-7%
Nautilus Shell (1)	14	9-10	2%	1.7-1.9%
Nothing		1-4	54%	89-78%
		5-8	47%	71-58%
		9-10	43%	50-46%

Quests

Crab is not used in any quests.

Tailoring

Crab can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Sailor Shirt. It can be also used as a red dye color at the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Notes

After being dropped by a Rock Crab, a crab will bounce around until it is picked up.

Trivia

• After filling a Fish Pond with 10 Crabs, Willy will give the player one Pearl the next time they talk to him within 14 days.

History

• 1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring.
• 1.6: Can now be gifted by a pet turtle with max friendship. Now obtainable during Desert Festival. Added silver quality.