Beginner First Clear
A conservative first-clear route for players who feel stuck on the first level or early Pressure climbs: stabilize food, movement, regeneration, and one simple damage plan before chasing fancy branches.
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Everything is Crab Best Builds: Charm, Smol, Poison, Chonk
Every build page separates core evolutions, genetics, phases, achievement targets, and failure points.
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Compare core evolutions, starting genetics, and goals before opening each build's phase plan.
Physical Predator
Direct-contact damage, meat routing, and Physical scaling for players who want bosses to end quickly instead of becoming endurance checks.
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Poison Trickster
Ability-scaling poison, Stinger routing, and ranged uptime. This route wins by applying damage safely and letting status ticks finish what raw burst cannot.
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Vegan Pacifist
No-damage, no-hit, and low-violence routing built around normal-run eligibility, food access, Prey affinity, boss outlasting, and avoiding player-owned damage sources.
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Charm Swarm
A dedicated Social/charm route for Frens, Rebellious, and ally-count goals. The win condition is keeping the pack alive long enough to matter.
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Social Pack
A broader Gregarious route that uses allies, Pack, and Social scaling as support while Darwin keeps enough personal power to finish fights. Recent June and July 2026 player proof also shows a full-Social shell can clear Pressure 20.
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Full Crab Carcinisation
Carapace, pincers, legs, shells, and food-rarity tradeoffs. Strong when the run is stable; dangerous in Pressure 20 or damage-sensitive routes if taken while behind.
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Chonk Body Slam
Max HP, Size, Body Slam, food reach, POI leveling, and durability scaling. After 1.0.1, Robust is still useful but cannot be the whole tank plan.
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Ultra-Smol Minimalist
The achievement-oriented tiny-body route: Smol, dodge, empty-slot scaling, Zen discipline, low hitbox pressure, and careful boss survival.
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A more forgiving tiny route than Ultra-Smol: keep the small-body and dodge package, but allow extra tools when the run needs them.
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Slithery Slide POI
Speed, terrain adaptation, Points of Interest chaining, and collection routing for players farming map value rather than only boss damage.
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Spines Reflect
Contact-punishment routing built around Spines, plating, recovery, and controlled damage intake. Reflect is bonus damage, not permission to stop dodging.
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Stone Bullseye
A utility route for stone kills, hybrid scaling, Crabtaur mechanics, and boss-specific achievement planning, with extra value when Stoner enters boss fights with stones already prepared.
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A defensive achievement route for 100 Coats and long fights: armor, shell value, recovery windows, and patient boss pacing.
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Cataclysm Final Boss
Endgame routing for the final boss, under-15-second kills, Cataclysm timing, and full-run readiness checks.
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Pressure 20 Complete
A mastery route for high-pressure clears, all-genetics completion, Extinction goals, and challenge finalisation. Recent community routes split into big physical, big ability, tiny survival, and full-Social shells.
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Shiny and Bestiary Collection
A low-greed route for seeing animals, shiny enemies, and long-term collection targets without turning the run into a fragile sprint.
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Reroll Picky
A route for reroll-heavy unlock farming, build fishing, and learning how mutagen spending changes level-up decisions.
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Choose candidates here, then use the planner to check slots, affinities, and final form; confirm exact values in game.
Everything is Crab Build Planner
Click evolutions to build a route, preview stats, body parts, biome-backed final form, and export a share image.
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