Crab TownReport
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Capital of the Crab Raiders, and one of the very few bandit states in Kenshi that gives you a choice. A neutral player can walk in, trade, buy a crab and recruit Lumi. The Crab Armour set takes an alliance.
Crab Town is the capital of the Crab Raiders, in the northeast of The Pits East.
It is an anomaly on this continent: a bandit capital you can simply walk into. The Crab Raiders in town are non-hostile and anyone may enter — unless you are allied to the Skeleton Bandits or the Skin Bandits.
Why the town exists
The Crab Raiders are Scorchlanders who worship crabs. They keep crabs, wear crab armour, hold crab tournaments — and they actually built a capital, a smithy and a tournament ground out on this acid rock plain.
Their fighting power is not a joke either: sturdy Crab Armour, high combat stats and pet crabs let them win most skirmishes against the rival pit gangs.
We crabbed are open minded people. Prove yourself. We have enemies in The Pits. Prove your loyalty to the crabs, and they will do so in return. — the Crab Queen
What is here
The buildings are a Crab Bar, a Crab Smithy, Residential, the Palace of the Crab Queen, a Worker hut and a Crab Shop.
The Crab Bar (70 items, 24-hour restock) sells food and drink: Bread, Cactus Rum, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Grog, Meatwrap, Sake, Water and Water Jug.
The Crab Smithy (55 items, 24-hour restock) sells armour and a little medicine: Crab Armour, Crab Helmet, Crab Shoes, Crab Trousers, Rusty Chain Shirt, Rusty Chainmail, Blackened Chain Shirt, Blackened Chainmail, plus Basic, Standard First Aid Kits and Splint Kits. Blueprints cover the four Crab Armour pieces and both rusty chain items.
The Crab Shop (30 items, 24-hour restock) sells crabs themselves, with 4 to 8 young crabs in stock. An adult crab costs roughly 14,000 Cats.
The Worker hut has beds your squad may use once you are allied with the Crab Raiders.
What an alliance changes
This is the part of Crab Town worth being precise about:
| Neutral | Allied | |
|---|---|---|
| Selling goods at the bar and smithy | Yes | Yes |
| Buying a Crab | Yes | Yes |
| Buying the Crab Armour set and its blueprints | No | Yes |
| Using the Worker hut beds | No | Yes |
To become allied, the Crab Raiders will host a Crab Tournament at your outpost — they see you as a rival crab trainer, and the tournament decides whether you are worthy of owning crabs and becoming a crab master. Winning raises relations.
Look behind you before you approach
The gate guards have a rule that catches people out: if you are being pursued by a wandering Crab Raider patrol, the gate guards will attack you.
So check your tail before walking up to the gate. This matters most in exactly the situation where you want the town to be a refuge — you think you are running to safety, and the guards read you as a target already under pursuit.
Lumi
The bar in Crab Town is home to a unique recruit: Lumi, hireable for 6,000 Cats.
She is a Scorchlander with a Fearful Personality and single-digit combat stats. Her one defining trait is that she loves crabs.
[Her eyes widen excitedly]... Do you know what I love more than anything in all the land? Crabs!
Notably, being allied with the Crab Raiders does not change her dialogue. Her love of crabs has nothing to do with politics.
World states
The Crab Queen carries a 40,000-Cat bounty from the United Cities, and is one of the few pit gang leaders with no wanted poster.
Why you would come
In the southeast, Crab Town is a rare asset: a settlement far from civilisation that will still trade normally. Loot picked up around The Pits does not have to be hauled all the way back to the United Cities; it can be sold here.
One level up, it is one of the few cases in the game where a bandit faction can become a friend. The price is winning a crab tournament.
See also
Sells
Vendors here stock 20 items in total, grouped by category — every entry links.
Items
Basic First Aid Kit, Cactus Rum, Grog, Sake, Splint Kit, Standard First Aid Kit, Water Jug, Water
Nutrition
Bread, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Meatwrap
Shirts
Blackened Chain Shirt, Blackened Chainmail, Rusty Chain Shirt, Rusty Chainmail
Heavy Armour
Crab Armour, Crab Helmet, Crab Shoes
Legwear
Vendors and stock here
Compiled automatically from the wiki's vendor data: shops that can appear in this settlement and what they may carry. Actual stock varies with world state and randomisation.
Crab Bar
Bread, Cactus Rum, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Grog, Meatwrap, Sake, Water, Water Jug
Crab Smithy
Basic First Aid Kit, Blackened Chain Shirt, Blackened Chainmail, Crab Armour, Crab Helmet, Crab Shoes, Crab Trousers, Rusty Chain Shirt, Rusty Chainmail, Splint Kit, Standard First Aid Kit