Krabby

The River Crab Pokémon
#098 - Krabby
Evolve	Kingler
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version Pokémon: Green Version
Species Info
Type	+
Height	0.4 m (1'04")
Weight	6.5 kg (14.3 lbs.)
Color	Red
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor
Hidden Ability	Sheer Force
Egg Group	Water 3
Icon		Sprite
		File:098sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	30	Speed	50
Attack	105	Sp. Attack	25
Defense	90	Sp. Defense	25
Training Info
Catch Rate	225	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	115	Effort Points	Att
Happiness	70
To Lv.100	Normal

Kanto #	Johto #	Hoenn #	Sinnoh #
< 098 >	< 164 >
Unova #	Johto (IV) #
	< 166 >

Krabby is a crab-like Pokémon that was introduced in the first generation games. Its evolved form is Kingler.

Information

Krabby live on beaches within holes that they bury into the sand, and they often squabble with each other over territory. Its pincers act as both superb weapons and as an instrument to keep balance while it walks sideways. The pincers sometimes break off during battle, but they grow back fast. However, a Krabby also becomes incapable of walking sideways during periods where it is missing a pincer.

Krabby can cloak itself in bubbles produced from its mouth to appear larger if it senses danger approaching. It can also survive off of sand if it cannot find any food by absorbing the sand's nutrients. It evolves into Kingler at Level 28.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Red and Blue Versions, Krabby could be found by fishing at Routes 6, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24 and 24, Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Fuchsia City and the Safari Zone, and it could also be found on foot at Seafoam Islands in Blue. In Yellow, they were fished at Routes 10 and 25, and they could be found both fishing and on foot at Seafoam Islands. In FireRed and LeafGreen, they could be fished at Routes 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21 and 24, Pallet Town, Cerulean City, Vermilion Harbor, Seafoam Islands and Cinnabar Island. In LeafGreen only, they could also be commonly found by fishing at One Island, Three Island, Four Island, Five Island, Six Island and Seven Island.

In Gold, Silver and Crystal, it could be fished at Routes 19, 20, 21, 34, 40 and 41, Cherrygrove City, Olivine City, Cianwood City, Whirl Islands (on foot as well), Cerulean City and Cinnabar City or by smashing rocks at Dark Cave, Cianwood City and Route 40. HeartGold and SoulSilver, Krabby could be found by fishing at Routes 19, 34 and 40, Cherrygrove City, Union Cave, Olivine City, Whirl Islands, Cianwood City and Seafoam Islands as well as by smashing rocks at Route 19, the Cliff Cave and Cianwood City, and in the Safari Zone they could be found at the Mountain (on foot when enough Water objects were placed) and Rocky Beach (on foot and by fishing) areas. Krabby could also be caught at the Pokéwalker's Blue Lake course, from which it could be transferred to HeartGold/SoulSilver.

In Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, Krabby appeared at Route 226 during swarms. In Black and White, they were found by fishing at Routes 4 and 13 as well as Driftveil City.

Other Games

Krabby was commonly found within Pokémon Pinball at the Mt. Moon, Cerulean City, Vermilion City Streets, Vermilion City Seaside, Cycling Road, Fuchsia City and Seafoam Islands tables. Krabby was also part of Gary's three-Pokémon team during the first battle against him Pokémon Puzzle League and became a Kingler by the rematch. In Pokémon Channel, it could be found at Secret Cove at all times of day. It also appeared in Pokémon Trozei! at Secret Storage 6, Endless Level 3, Forever Level 3 and Mr. Who's Den.

In Pokémon: Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams, Krabby could be recruited at the fifteenth through twenty-fourth floors of Silver Trench, the fifteenth through twentieth floors of Grand Sea, the first ten floors of Far-off Sea and the fourteenth through twenty-fourth basement floors of Fantasy Strait. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, it could be recruited at the first nine basement floors of Craggy Coast and the first nineteen basement floors of Marine Resort. In Pokémon Ranger, it appeared at Fall City. In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, Krabby was located at Dolce Island and Colcona Village. Krabby also appeared in Pokémon Rumble at Bright Beach. In PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure, Krabby appeared at both the Beach Zone and Iceberg Zone.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Krabby made a cameo appearance among a group of Pokémon seen during the game's intro sequence.

Other Media

• Ash Ketchum caught a Krabby early in the Pokémon anime series with a minimal struggle. It was his seventh Pokémon and so was the first one to be sent back to Professor Oak. Ash did not use it until the Indigo League tournament, where it was surprisingly able to defeat an Exeggutor and immediately evolved into Kingler. Gary was also shown to own a Krabby that was much larger than Ash's.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Red caught a Krabby offscreen during the time he was training Blue's Pokémon in the Red/Blue/Green arc. He later traded it to Misty for her Gyarados so he that he could Surf, as he had accidentally destroyed his own HM 05 without teaching Surf to any of his Pokémon. Krabby has occasionally been used by Misty since, and she was later seen rescuing a different Krabby at Tohjo Falls in the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc when Suicune confronted her.

Trivia

• Its name is a play on "crabby", which of course is a pun due to it being a crab.