Crawdad

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

Crawdad

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	28/56›50›100/84›75›150 3570›62 (jump attack) 56112›? (claw attack)
Max Life	50/100›110›220/150›165›330
Defense	6/6›6›12
KB Resist	0%/10%/20%
Banner	Crawdad Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	120Pre-Hardmode: 3Hardmode: 240Post-Plantera: 480

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Depth Meter
  1.25%
• Compass
  1.23%
• Potato Chips
  1.33%
• Rally
  3.9%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Idle

• Internal NPC ID: 494, 495

Crawdads are enemies found in the Cavern layer. They act like Crabs, walking along the ground and jumping at the player when in close enough proximity, though they are slightly faster. They are also capable of moving through water unhindered. When they are right next to the player, they will attack with their claw, dealing high damage.

Crawdads are unique in that their ability to spawn is connected to two other enemies: the Salamander and the Giant Shelly. Of these three enemies, a world will choose two types that it can spawn, leaving the third inaccessible. Crawdads will never spawn in a world that features both Salamanders and Giant Shellies together. In  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, this is taken into account by the Bestiary progression logic, and the missing enemy will register as unlocked when the other two exclusive creatures are unlocked.

Trivia

• Like their "alternates" mentioned above, Crawdads have multiple colored variants, with different sprites but identical stats and behavior.
• In real life, crawdads (also called crayfish) are a type of small, freshwater lobster. Real-life crawdads generally grow to a little over half a foot long, and as such do not pose any significant threat to humans, unlike Terrarian crawdads.

The Bestiary entry for the Crawdad: "A subterranean form of crayfish which scuttles along the cavern floors, searching for prey to clip apart with its powerful pincers."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now has a 1.33*1/75 (1.33%) chance of dropping the new Potato Chips food item.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.