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"Behold, my mighty Mega Crab! Snip, snip!"

General Information

  • The Mega Crab is a special event that involves Dr. T and his super weapon.
  • The Mega Crab is a large base with infinite stages on top of a large, purple, mechanical crab near the player's home base.
  • It is not a part of the regular Event Cycle. The Mega Crab appears once per month, starting at 08:00 UTC, usually on the last Friday of the month, and ending on midnight the following Sunday night, lasting 54 hours.
  • There are 12 total crab themes: Lunar New Year Crab, Life Leech Crab, Anniversary Crab, Hasty Crab, Tribal Crab, Cryo Crab, Scorched Crab, Gunboat Crab, Beastly Crab, Halloween Crab, Proto Crab, New Year Crab.
  • The player must have HQ level 7 or above to unlock the Mega Crab.

Visual Appearance

MegaCrab
  • The Mega Crab is an enormous purple crab-like machine created by Dr. T as his weapon of mass destruction.
  • It has 6 legs, 3 on each side, powered by heavy hydraulic engines.
  • It has 3 large, red eyes on the front and two huge claws.
  • Its left claw has a grey drill while its right claw has a clamp.
  • There are two giant containers on its back with nuclear symbols. They seem to be nuclear reactors that power the Mega Crab.

Stages

  • The Mega Crab has an infinite amount of stages. Each stage is unlocked as the previous one is defeated.
  • Between stages, different parts of the floor will raise or lower. This changes the shape of the battlefield for each stage.
  • Stages can contain all regular Defensive Buildings and all Prototype Defenses.
  • Each stage of the Mega Crab generally has more powerful Defensive Buildings and Ice Statue boosts than the previous one.
  • To beat a stage, you must destroy the Mega Core.

Attacks

  • The Mega Crab can only be attacked if the player has attacks remaining.
  • The player is provided with a number of attacks at the beginning of a Mega Crab event.
    • In earlier events, attacks are given after a certain period of time has elapsed. Different Mega Crabs have different numbers of maximum attacks.
    • From September 2018 onwards, 40 attacks are given at the beginning, but do not regenerate over time.
    • One free attack is given upon the completion of any stage.

Temporary Gunboat Abilities

Main article: Temporary Gunboat Abilities
  • Some events may have certain Temporary Gunboat Abilities available. In some events, a single ability is available in all stages (for example, Cryobomb in Cryo Crab), while in others, different stages have different abilities (for example, Anniversary Crab).

Unique Buildings

  • A number of buildings appear only on the Mega Crab and cannot appear outside of it (or its spinoff, the Mega Turtle).
  • Of these buildings, only the Critter Container and Cryo Bomb below make regular appearances on Mega Crabs. Others may nonetheless make appearances in some Mega Crabs, depending on its theme; for example, the Super Warrior Vat appeared on the Tribal Crab.
CritterContainer

Critter Container

HalloweenContainer

Critter Bat Container

Critter Container

  • When a Critter Container is broken, it releases 9 friendly Critters that attack the enemy buildings regardless of player's own Critters level.
    • A special variant of the Critter Container is present for Mega Crab Events near Halloween. When broken, it releases 9 friendly bat-like critters that behave like regular Critters, except for the fact that they are flying units. This means that they cannot be targeted by the Mortar and Flamethrower and cannot trigger any type of Mines (however, they can still be affected by explosions of said Mines). They will also take no damage from an Artillery or Barrage, but they are still affected by the Shock Bomb.
  • Each Critter Container has 270 health.
CryoBomb

Cryo Bomb

Cryo Bomb

  • When a Cryo Bomb is triggered by its health being reduced to zero and after a 2 second delay, it releases a large icy blast that freezes troops and buildings around it and sets off mines.
  • The freeze effect lasts for 20 seconds and reduces attack and movement speed by 75%.
  • Each Cryo Bomb has 270 health and its blast does 260 damage.
  • The radius of the freeze effect is 8 tiles.
SpeedSerum

Speed Serum

Speed Serum

  • When a Speed Serum is destroyed, after a short delay, it releases a pink blast that increases the speed of all troops and buildings within its area of effect. Unlike the Cryo Bomb, it does not trigger Mines.
  • Each Speed Serum has 500 health.
ScaryMortar

Scary Mortar

Scary Mortar

  • The Scary Mortar is a special defense appearing in Mega Crab Events near Halloween. It does low damage, but it releases a pumpkin-shaped shell that confuses troops and Critters upon impact, making them wander off erratically for a few seconds. Affected troops will not respond to Flares. The impact is accompanied by menacing laughter.
  • The Scary Mortar is considered a Prototype Defense, and as such, it is unaffected by Universal Remote.
  • Each Scary Mortar has 6,000 health and does 5 damage per second.
TLookalike

Dr. T Lookalike

Dr. T Lookalike

  • The Dr. T Lookalike is a cardboard cutout of Dr. T standing on a wooden box with a purple speaker, occupying a 2x2 space. When troops are in its range, audio of Dr. T's taunt will play, drawing in nearby troops.
  • Each Dr. T Lookalike has 1,400 health and does 1 damage per second. When destroyed, it does 400 damage in a small radius.
Super Soldier Vat

Super Soldier Vat

Super Soldier Vats

  • The Super Soldier Vats refer to multiple different types of vats, that are named according to the troop that they hold inside them. Each of these vats contains a very powerful version of a specific troop, which will fight for you.
  • The vats vary in contents and hence vary in names. They even vary in hitpoints.
  • The troops contained inside them behave like Critters and will not follow Flares, will not be buffed by Magma Statues of any sort, and cannot be healed by the Medkit or by Medics. They also do not count towards casualties if they are destroyed.
  • The troops contained inside these vats include:
    • A Rifleman, released from a Rifleman Vat, which has 10,000 health.
    • A Heavy, released from a Heavy Vat, which has 20,000 health.
    • A Warrior, released from a Warrior Vat, which has 20,000 health.
    • A Medic, released from a Medic Vat, which has 15,000 health.
    • A Grenadier, released from a Grenadier Vat, which has 15,000 health.
    • A Critter Bat, released from a Critter Vat, which has 20,000 health.
  • Some troops have a set of passive abilities that are not normally available to the player.
    • Riflemen have a greatly increased firing rate, similar to a Machine Gun.
    • Warriors freeze buildings they hit in a similar manner to the Cryoneer.
    • Medics will also speed up troops, with a similar effect to Speed Serum.
    • Grenadiers throw five grenades per volley, each causing a big blast.

Rewards

  • When you defeat a Mega Crab stage, you will be rewarded with Resources and Power Stones with the normal drop rate.
  • You also have a chance of earning other items including:
  • Starting from the March 2018 Mega Crab, reaching certain stages will reward the player with exclusive trophies, which is gifted by the Trader and can be claimed from the Decorations tab in the player's inventory. There is one trophy for each of the 12 crabs
    • Stone trophy at level 10
    • Iron trophy at level 20
    • Gold trophy at level 40
    • Diamond trophy at level 60
    • Legendary trophy at level 70 if you got the diamond trophy on the previous crab. The legendary trophy has the number of time you got it on it. (Legendary I the first time, Legendary II the second,...)

Trivia

  • The update that Mega Crab came out in was called "The Last Crustacean".
  • On the archipelago, the Mega Crab's upper hull is completely sealed. However, when scouting, its canopy is open and exposed, filled with greyish-purple platforms and swaths of green liquid.
  • Although the Mega Crab occasionally drills at an island, it does not appear to damage the island at all.
  • The first event started on January 15, 2016 at 6 PM the player's local time and lasted for 7 days. The second one began March 25, 2016 - this one lasting only three days. The third one started July 1, 2016 and also lasted for 3 days. The fourth event started on October 28, 2016 and lasted for 4 days. The fifth event started on January 27, 2017 and lasted for 5 days and 4 hours. The sixth started on May 26, 2017 and lasted for 3 days. After the March 2018 update, the Mega Crab event became a monthly occurrence.

Statistics

Stage
Resources Gained
Gold
Gold
Wood, Stone and Iron in any order
Wood Stone Iron
1 36,000 10,000 16,000 8,400
2 48,000 22,000 11,000 14,000
3 60,000 28,000 18,000 14,000
4 72,000 16,000 21,000 33,000
5 92,000 43,000 27,000 21,000
6 110,000 33,000 52,000 26,000
7 140,000 66,000 42,000 33,000
8 170,000 79,000 39,000 51,000
9 200,000 96,000 62,000 48,000
10 240,000 57,000 73,000 110,000
11 290,000 67,000 130,000 87,000
12 340,000 80,000 100,000 160,000
13 390,000 110,000 180,000 91,000
14 440,000 130,000 100,000 200,000
15 490,000 230,000 110,000 140,000
16 550,000 160,000 250,000 120,000
17 600,000 140,000 180,000 280,000
18 650,000 190,000 300,000 150,000
19 690,000 320,000 160,000 200,000
20 740,000 220,000 340,000 170,000
21 780,000 230,000 180,000 360,000
22 820,000 190,000 240,000 380,000
23 870,000 400,000 200,000 260,000
24 900,000 210,000 420,000 270,000
25 930,000 210,000 280,000 430,000
26 960,000 220,000 450,000 280,000
27 930,000 220,000 290,000 460,000
28 1,000,000 300,000 470,000 230,000
29 1,000,000 490,000 240,000 310,000
30 1,000,000 320,000 500,000 250,000
31 1,100,000 510,000 330,000 250,000
32 1,100,000 520,000 260,000 330,000
33 1,100,000 260,000 530,000 340,000
34 1,100,000 270,000 340,000 540,000
35 1,200,000 350,000 550,000 270,000
36 1,200,000 360,000 280,000 560,000
37 1,200,000 280,000 570,000 360,000
38 1,200,000 290,000 580,000 370,000
39 1,200,000 370,000 290,000 580,000
40 1,200,000 380,000 290,000 590,000
41 1,200,000 300,000 600,000 380,000
42 1,300,000 390,000 300,000 610,000
43 1,300,000 390,000 610,000 300,000
44 1,300,000 400,000 310,000 620,000
45 1,300,000 310,000 630,000 400,000
46 1,300,000 310,000 400,000 630,000
47 1,300,000 320,000 640,000 410,000
48 1,300,000 650,000 410,000 320,000
49 1,400,000 320,000 420,000 650,000
50 1,400,000 420,000 660,000 330,000
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