Everything is Crab Chonk Body Slam Build Guide

Core evolutions

• Herbivore
• Beak
• Reach
• Cheek Pouch
• Chonky
• More Mass
• Hump
• Body Slam
• Robust
• Nomadic
• Sprint
• Slide
• Plated

Genetics

• Vegan
• Ambivalent
• Patient
• Highborn

Route phases

1. Do not call it a Body Slam build until Size, Max HP, and at least one defensive layer are online.
2. The new Chinese Steam boss route is a useful branch: Vegan/Herbivore food rules, Beak plus Reach for burrows, Cheek Pouch for storage, then Nomadic POI scouting for levels.
3. Hump, Robust, Plated, Impervious, and Overwhelm are the difference between big and useful, but Robust is only one layer after 1.0.1.
4. Use Patient, Highborn, or Ambivalent when chasing Ultrabonk, total-damage, or size achievements.
5. Add Sprint or Slide. Big bodies still get kited and punished by bad boss angles.

Stat priority

• Size
• Max HP
• Food reach
• POI density
• Resistance

Related achievements

• Chonkers
• Ultrabonk
• Brute
• Bruter
• Brutest

Separate Max HP growth from surviving the next contact

Body Slam’s reference describes a close-range Physical hit that scales with Max HP. Compare a Max HP choice with the actual attack plan, then separately check how the larger body will approach and escape. The build is not complete simply because the health bar is large. If the route repeatedly enters a boss attack to reach melee range, the problem can remain positioning even after another growth upgrade increases the potential hit. Source: Body Slam effect and contact risk

Hump provides a specific growth condition: eating Health Food while already at full health permanently increases Max HP. This is different from simply finding food while injured. If recent hits keep you below full health, secure recovery and a safe supply of the relevant food before assuming the growth trigger will keep occurring. When the next fight is the urgent problem, compare that conditional future growth with protection or movement you can use immediately. Source: Hump’s full-health trigger

Read the Body Slam suggestion at its stated scope

In the Brutest discussion, Path_of_Circles suggests Body Slam or Trunk with Size and attack-area increases, plus the boss Evolution they call Pollination for more points of interest and enemies. The420elephant adds Social abilities to bring enemies closer. These are named player suggestions, not a complete recorded selection order. The player’s name Pollination is retained as part of that account; it should not be silently converted into a guaranteed effect for another similarly named Evolution. Source: Named Brutest route suggestions

Those suggestions address different stages of producing damage. Growth and attack area concern the hit, gathering enemies concerns an opportunity to use it, and surviving contact concerns whether the run continues afterwards. Compare the stage that is failing before copying another item from the proposal. Pulling more enemies into an area is not automatically helpful if the same contact already exhausts the available recovery, and a large hit alone does not demonstrate the total-damage achievement. Source: Named Brutest route suggestions Source: Body Slam effect and contact risk

Keep old tanking advice tied to its version

The 1.0.1 notes reduced Robust’s effect by 25%. That is a change to the Evolution’s effect, not a claim that Darwin loses exactly a quarter of the Max HP bar or that every old tank setup changes by the same amount. Version 1.1 also adjusted Body Slam’s cooldown and enemy damage progression. The announcement does not give a cooldown value in that sentence. Compare old timing advice with the current ability rather than filling the missing number with an assumed interval. Source: Official 1.0.1 notes Source: Official 1.1 notes

FAQ

Does growing larger complete Chonkers automatically?

Chonkers names a Size threshold of 200%. Judge that attribute rather than the character’s appearance, Max HP or number of growth cards. A Max HP improvement can matter to Body Slam while answering a different question from whether the Size achievement has reached its listed value. Source: Steam achievement conditions Source: Body Slam effect and contact risk

Can an Endless damage total rescue a missed Brutest attempt?

SecretModeLiam’s reply places the 35,000 and 50,000 total-damage achievements in normal mode, not Endless. The later total can describe the run you played without proving that earlier achievement condition. Keep the eligible segment and the required total together when reviewing a Body Slam damage attempt. Source: SecretModeLiam on damage-achievement modes

Is Robust alone enough protection for a large body?

The patch documents a reduction to its effect, and the route still has to solve contact timing, movement and recovery. A single defensive choice is not proof that every incoming hit is affordable. Check whether you can leave the dangerous area and regain the conditions needed for Hump, rather than using the size of the health bar as the only readiness test. Source: Official 1.0.1 notes Source: Hump’s full-health trigger Source: Body Slam effect and contact risk

Common mistakes

1. Skipping movement because the HP bar is large.
2. Taking Body Slam before the HP/Size engine exists.
3. Treating pre-1.0.1 Robust as a complete defense plan.
4. Ignoring enemies that punish slow contact.