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| Location | Liurnia of the Lakes Subterranean Shunning-Grounds Mountaintops of the Giants |
| Drops |  500 - 2374 RunesStrip of White Flesh Crab Eggs Rimed Crystal Bud |
Giant Crayfish is a Wildlife Creature in Elden Ring.
Giant Crayfish are often found in shallow bodies of water such as those found in Liurnia of the Lakes. They have tough outer shells and giant pincers adept at crushing unfortunate prey.
Elden Ring Giant Crayfish Locations
Where to Find Giant Crayfish:
- Marshes and shallows of Liurnia of the Lakes.
- A Grafted Scion that drops Larval Tear is disguised as a Giant Crayfish patrolling around the gazebo between Rose Church and Boilprawn Shack. There are four Giant Crayfish in this area, three of them are sleeping and one is patrolling. The disguised Grafted Scion is the one patrolling. Easily reached by:
- Going south from Fallen Ruins of the Lake site of grace, or
- Going northeast from Folly on the Lake site of grace, or
- Going northwest from Boilprawn Shack site of grace. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Lower area of Subterranean Shunning-Grounds.
- Freezing Lake in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
Elden Ring Giant Crayfish Combat Information
- Health:
- 1,985 HP (Liurnia of the Lakes - Foot of the Four Belfries)
- 4,803 HP (Subterranean Shunning-Grounds)
- 1,985 HP (Liurnia of the Lakes - Folly on the Lake, South Rose Church)
- 1,985 HP (Liurnia of the Lakes - Testu's Rise)
- 4,243 HP (Mountaintops of the Giants)
- Poise: 80
Values in Red correspond to the Mountaintops of the Giants variant.
ABSORPTIONS
- Phy (Standard): 10
- Phy (Slash): 35
- Phy (Strike): 0
- Phy (Pierce): 10 || 35
The absorption numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if an absorption is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% is absorbed. Bigger number = less damage. An absorption of 100 means no damage goes through, and a resistance of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
RESISTANCES
Poison: 324 - 343
Scarlet Rot: 324 - 343
Hemorrhage: 324 - 343
Frostbite: 176 - 187 || IMMUNE
Sleep: 176 - 187
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of whatever aux buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs.
Elden Ring Giant Crayfish Drops
Item |
Drop Rate |
Additional Info |
| Runes | 100% | 500 - 2374 |
| Strip of White Flesh | 100% | N/A |
| Crab Eggs | 25.00% | N/A |
| Smithing Stone [2] | 10.00% | N/A |
| Rimed Crystal Bud | 50.00% | N/A |
- Runes:
- 500
(Liurnia of the Lakes - Foot of the Four Belfries) - 2,374 (Subterranean Shunning-Grounds)
- 540 (Liurnia of the Lakes - Foot of the Four Belfries)
- 515 (Liurnia of the Lakes - Testu's Rise)
- 2,287 (Mountaintops of the Giants)
- 500
Giant Crayfish Notes & Tips
- Can be staggered and riposted after being hit on the head a few times. Poise: 80.
- Parryable: No
- Deals Standard Damage and can perform a deadly grab attack, telegraphed by raising their left claw.
- Their notorious spit attack has possibly the longest range in the entire game, and can traveling roughly 1,500m before disappearing.
- Very vulnerable to attacks from below (can be performed with skills like Giant Hunt).
- There are some Crayfish that have eggs on them. They are always found sleeping in a large group.
- Often confused for Lobsters, though their AI is called “Zarigani,” which is Japanese for Crayfish.
- Have 2 riposte points:
- Abdomen, when riposte is performed after poise-break
- Head, when riposte is performed after putting to sleep
- Red-eyed variants always drop Smithing Stones, but are much more tankier.
They also have a strange wriggling mass on their undersides, likely referencing parasites that target crustaceans such as the lungworm. This mesh is labeled “worm” in the files.
Giant Crayfish Image Gallery
AnonymousIncredibly weak to sleep (and typically not worth killing, so just proc sleep and mosey on past).
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I had trouble with these things mostly cuz of their quick tracking stabbing attacks but I’ve figured out the trick. Roll through the first one and simply move sideways to dodge the 2nd; it tracks you a little but not that well. If it does a 3rd stab, this one will track you very well so roll to avoid it. At this point it will either jump away or continue to stab at you. But the stabs after the 3rd one you just rolled to avoid don’t track you very well at all. So it leaves its side wide open to attack as it stabs uselessly in front of it.
All of its other attacks are pretty trivial imo
What the hell is it with Elden Ring having common enemies being WAAAAY stronger than actual bosses?
ah yes, i love dodging pncer stabs until my stamina bar runs out, thank you fromsoft.
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If you look closely at the underside of the red eyed variants of these, you can notice a bunch of wriggling parasitical worms infesting their undersides, SO MUCH ****ING EW, as if i didn't have enough reason to hate these nightmare creatures.
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If you're confident in your defense, aggro 2 or more of them and have them all go after you. Their attacks hit each other far harder than you can hit them most of the time. Before you know it, you'll have one very badly damaged Crayfish remaining.
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First instance of actively being mad at Fromsoft. Atrociously over-tuned.
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Lobster, first of his name, Elden Lord and Protector of the Lakes
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These things are the reason leyndell couldn’t beat the carians
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Endboss idea: 5 lobsters and 2 rune bears with 2 red wolves in the bossroom of castle sol.
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Don't think of the giant lobsters as enemies but as environmental threats, like those little orbs that shoot lightning or bottomless holes in the middle of nowhere. There's literally not a single one of them in the entire game that you actually need to defeat for loot or to progress any quests. They're environmental threats; you're not actually meant to fight them.
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The 2 red-eyed variants beside the trina lilies in liurnia constantly cycle through attacks without stopping when aggroed. In addition, hugging their side will probably prompt them to jump backwards really ****ing high. Visually, they have weird worm feelers or whatever on their belly, unlike the others in liurnia.
The egg-carrying variants also spam attacks but can chain up to 3 sniper shots in a row. Whatever that attack is called.
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When i was hunting down the Grafted Scion disguised as on of these, the Lobster for some reason was way, way harder than the Grafted Scion that was disguising as it.
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Shooting you from a mile away is one thing, but what pisses me off the most is that im a mele fighter and whenever i come close to this sh t it just jumps 300 meters away and cycle repeats itself
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i died more times to the lobster right next to borealis, than borealis
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Never knew it was possible to get noscoped by a lobster from 100 meters away, welcome to Elden Ring.
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They should have added a special note from Bogart telling the player an easy way to deal with them. He obviously has no problems dispatching them on a reg basis.
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I found two red eyed prawns in liurnia beside the boil prawn shack. Did a little testing and haven't noticed any differences between those with or without red eyes.
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In Subterranean Shunning-Grounds (after Leyndell is Ash) I used Black Blade, then some pest threads, and they dropped fairly quickly. Golden Vow and FGMS for buffs.
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Would you believe me if I told you that ****ing lobsters can be more troublesome and deadlier than dragons?
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Don't even bother fighting these hellspawns, tanky as all hell, impossible to stagger, hit like freight trains, can snipe you from insane range, very fast attacks, super delayed annoying grab, drops nothing but useless garbage and drop and extremely stingy amount of runes, just don't fight these things if you value your sanity, they're comfortably one of the worst enemies in the entire game.
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after a few hundred hours and 8 playthroughs, I think I've only ever killed a lobster once or twice
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this ****ing thing, the water shot literally has no wind up any signal or anything. extremely hard shell and delayed attack. and you know what? after spending 1 or 2 of your precious flasks to kill one. it didnt even drop anything good. so yea. if you see them? **** it, just walk away. its not worth it. unless you're on a quest to vanquish every single living things in the land betweens.
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These ****ers delay the grab for 3 seconds. THREE WHOLE ****ING SECONDS.
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another weird design choice, somehow their easiest to dodge attack (the jumping stab) is by far the most punishable
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can confirm one sleep pot does put the giant crayfish in shunning grounds to sleep
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These things are f**king nuts. 4,803 hp in the shunning grounds? there are dungeon bosses that don't have that much hp. what clown thought that was a good idea? they also hit like a train, the first one you come across in the shunning grounds in the room with the pipes and fanged imps, can hit you at the highest point in the room with pinpoint accuracy. I've been trying to snipe it with frenzied burst, but its managed to hit me with the projectile vomit attack they use three times, that particular attack knocks you off your feet, so that's three times its managed to knock me off the pipes and kill me with the resulting fall damage. I really hate these enemies.
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if you're a magic user you can use a sleep pot and then blast them with something like azure comet
make sure not to aggro both at one though
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I am extremely impressed that Boggart decided to hunt these bastards down for food.
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This thing is called Giant Railgun Turbo Lobster. It is official. Do not insult this masterpiece of modern warfare by calling it sumfish or whatever.
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If you struggle with the two in the subterranean shunning grounds, sleep pots can make wonders
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Fun fact: The high-pressure blast it shoots out of its mouth is actually it's urine.
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With 50. cal, armor-piercing spit bubbles, it's no wonder Radagon's Golden army couldn't conquer Liurnia-a dozen of these guys probably destroyed half his army.
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Behold, the true Elden Lord. You might as well just uninstall. You will never git gud enough to be able to compete with Miyuzaki's beloved crustaceans.
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Tips for pure melee players: always hard circle right against these guys (towards the big claw). If you move quickly enough and dodge the first few stabs of the small claw you can hide behind it's right claw (close to its tail) and avoid all its attack. If you are close enough to its tail even the right claw back swing won't hit you
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One of these boys put in work for me getting rid of a frenzy burst spamming crepus-vial coward invader after he tried luring me into them on the freezing lake.
I still hate their guts, but that was really funny.
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As a habit while riding I usually Crazy Ivan randomly. Saved me the first time I saw passed of these.
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Okay, they really missed a chance at greatness with these. Why didn't they name them Rock Lobster?!
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if you have Mogh's Speer you can lure the ones in the Shunning Ground to the entrance of Leyndell Catacombs. they can´t fit through. if you then place yourself behind the wall, they will try to attack you but can´t hit you, but you sure can with the weapon skill.
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I want to pit one against a crab and see them fight to the death. I won't eat the champion because I'll die trying to kill it.
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can i wield one please? i've always wanted a living high powered gauss rifle as a weapon
Trouble with these guys? Get the pulley crossbow and craft some sleep bolts. Thank me later
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Try taking on one at a time with a decent shield, and keep moving towards them. Manage your stamina and after about 4-5 cycles of their combo they will jump on top of you, leaving you free to do a heavy attack or two on their abdomen. This pretty quickly leads to a stun, and you can crit to finish them off.
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Are people really debating the phylogenetic tree of seafood here? They want to kill you, all you need to know. And they're good at it.
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It's not a lobster, its a crayfish. Come on check your biology FFS.
That's not the same animal at all.
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I always thought of these things as "giant crawfish," the guy who cooks the things calls them "prawn," and the comments here point out that they're "sniper lobsters."
In truth, they're just failed Crabs like every other creature; unfit to take the Crown of Carcinization, forever doomed to wallow in their imperfection.
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I literally have time to go take a dump and come back when they hold their grab attack
Guys, Lobster is no more. It's Crayfish now.
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In the 'Enemy' list for messages they are called PRAWNS. In the Boiled Prawn item description it says they are technically CRAYFISH. Searching for either on this Wiki brings up nothing because someone decided on lobster.
Please fix.
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You heard of pistol shrimp, now get ready for sniper rifle lobster
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PETA made a video about the lobster and its hilarious to look at
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One particular lobster in liurnia of the lakes drop the first enemy in the game (i don't remember the name of the enemy)
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Easiest method for the ones in the capital sewers is aggro them both and duck into the pipe closest to when you drop down there. Keep your shield up and they will hit each other trying to get you. This should at least eliminate one. If you are lucky the second one should have low health. In my case it only needed one last hit. Beware that they can grab you in the pipe though??
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Easiest method for the ones in the capital sewers is aggro them both and duck into the pipe closest to when you drop down there. Keep your shield up and they will hit each other trying to get you. This should at least eliminate one. If you are lucky the second one should have low health. In my case it only needed one last hit. Beware that they can grab you in the pipe though??
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Easiest method for the ones in the capital sewers is aggro them both and duck into the pipe closest to when you drop down there. Keep your shield up and they will hit each other trying to get you. This should at least eliminate one. If you are lucky the second one should have low health. In my case it only needed one last hit. Beware that they can grab you in the pipe though??
**** these things and their cancerous sniping you off your horse blast.
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How much lobster mac and cheese could be made from the tail of one of these?
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One sleep pot is enough to make them sleep, you can make some if you are troubled in the sewer.
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They are weak against sleep, one sleep pot should be enough to let them go snooze.
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Its larger claw seems to be its weak point and probably easier to be staggered this way
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They are pretty easy to kill with a Tower shield, it just takes a while. Keep blocking their hits until they do the jumping attack where their claw gets stuck, then sneak a hit or two in. Rince and repeat.
Cheese the two in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds before dropping down. Use arrows/bolts with Scarlet Rot (preferred) or Poison. Pulley Crossbow is great if you have it. Inflicting Scarlet Rot (approx. 6 - 8 bolts) twice will kill each one. Happy hunting!
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