Alpha Crustoise

Alpha Crustoise
An erratic offshoot of the common crustoise.
Capturable?	Yes
Health	50
Defense	0
Touch damage	8
Resistances	25  0  50  45  -50  -50  0  0
ID	crustoiseish

The Alpha Crustoise is a monster with several evolutionary advantages over its more common relative, the Crustoise.

Firstly, this creature is quicker both in it's running speed and general movements, now possesses the ability to preform short, quick lunging hops toward a target. Secondly, the Alpha Crustoise is now capable of firing four needle sharp quills in rapid succession, each of which is coated in poison and may inflict the poisoned status effect. This creature is noted to have a quicker recovery time than normal Crustoise, being capable of attacking far more rapidly, and recovering from being a stun after striking a wall quicker. Lastly, upon death, the Alpha Crustoise explodes with force enough to damage or even destroy weaker blocks or those unlucky enough to be in it's vicinity a couple seconds after death. This explosion seems to originate from the shell it drops after death, acting similarly to a bomb.

While the same size as it's non-alpha counterpart, this creature is most easily identifiable at night time. The Alpha Crustoise always exhibits it's vibrant inner shell color even in the darkest of environments, being only slightly brighter than the more common Crustoise.

Luna's Lab Notes

~ Crustoise have chitinous shells whose colors change like a reverse rainbow as they age. Beginning life with a shell of pale violet, the first few years of this creatures life is as a palm sized Crustoiseling - vulnerable as it’s shell has yet to harden. The next few years the Crustoise’s shell shifts from pale violet through indigo and darker blue as it begins to harden. Eventually reaching a fluorescent green color, this is when the Crustoise begins growing more sturdy, and dangerous spines out of it’s back. At adult age, a crustoise turns a pale yellow color and begins to darken into a orangish brown color as it reaches complete maturity. Upon gaining a dark brownish orange outer shell, the outer layer of a Crustoise begins to split and soften. At this lifestage, most Crustoise begin seeking out large amounts of food to prepare to split their shell and grow a much tougher and capable outer layer. At this final lifestage, the Crustoise may spend years accumulating enough food to begins it’s transformation into an Alpha Crustoise. Only the toughest and most capable of Crustoise survive this final life transition as most are killed while their shells are weakened and they are susceptible.

~ Lastly, there is one rumored final stage in a Crustoise’s life. Of the Crustoise that become alphas, it is said that if one lives to be 300 years old, then an Alpha Crustoise sheds it’s powerful shell and grows to massive proportions over the course of a few days, at the end of which, a glistening dark crimson shell encases the now Elder Crustoise.

How to obtain

Exploration

Biome monsters

Biome: Aether Crystalline Desert (monsters)

Any 2 of the following: Alpha Crustoise 50% Skimbus 99% Electric Skimbus 1% 50% Narfin 99% Ice Narfin 1% 50% Garflipp 50% (peaceful)

Biome: Aether Underground (monsters)

Any 2 of the following: Burrower depth selector 24.53% Burrower 6.51% Wretched Rat Matriarch 26.4% Aliep 24.53% Alpha Crustoise 26.4% Toxin 30.05% (night only) Fleshleech 30.05% Shadow Shell 30.05%

Biome: Arboreal Underground (monsters)

Any 2 of the following: Burrower depth selector 1.34% Gleap 99% Fire Gleap 1% 38.85% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 38.85% Alpha Crustoise 38.85% Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 38.85% Bobfae 99% Poison Bobfae 1% 38.85%

Biome: Birch Forest (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Snaunt 99% Electric Snaunt 1% 37.5% Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 37.5% Alpha Crustoise 37.5% Bobfae 99% Poison Bobfae 1% 37.5% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 37.5% Scaveran 99% Poison Scaveran 1% 37.5% Crutter 99% Electric Crutter 1% 37.5% Spookit 99% Fire Spookit 1% 37.5%

Biome: Coniferous Forest (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Vectus 33.33% Alpha Crustoise 33.33% Crustoise 99% Ice Crustoise 1% 33.33% Bandraflora 33.33% Vile Snaunt 33.33% Jungle Ixoling 33.33% Rotting Anglure 33.33% (night only) Electropod 33.33% Frostrunner 33.33% (peaceful)

Biome: Crystalline Desert (monsters)

Any 2 of the following: Alpha Crustoise 50% Skimbus 99% Electric Skimbus 1% 50% Narfin 99% Ice Narfin 1% 50% Garflipp 50% (peaceful)

Biome: Crystalline Swamp (monsters)

Any 2 of the following: Alpha Crustoise 66.67% Skimbus 99% Electric Skimbus 1% 66.67% Narfin 99% Ice Narfin 1% 66.67%

Biome: Crystalline Volcanic (monsters)

Any 2 of the following: Alpha Crustoise 66.67% Skimbus 99% Electric Skimbus 1% 66.67% Narfin 99% Ice Narfin 1% 66.67%

Biome: Deadwood (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 39.76% Alpha Crustoise 39.76% Iguarmor 99% Ice Iguarmor 1% 39.76% Wraith 39.76% (night only) Voltip 99% Electric Voltip 1% 39.76% Garflipp 39.76% (peaceful) Ignome 99% Electric Ignome 1% 39.76% Stone Brute 19.83%

Biome: Desert Moon (monsters)

Any 1 of the following: Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 11.11% Alpha Crustoise 11.11% Iguarmor 99% Ice Iguarmor 1% 11.11% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 11.11% Voltip 99% Electric Voltip 1% 11.11% Fennix 99% Ice Fennix 1% 11.11% Infected Queen 11.12% Ignome 99% Electric Ignome 1% 11.11% Bobot 99% Fire Bobot 1% 11.11%

Biome: Flower Forest (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Snaunt 99% Electric Snaunt 1% 42.86% Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 42.86% Alpha Crustoise 42.86% Bobfae 99% Poison Bobfae 1% 42.86% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 42.86% Glump 42.86% Crutter 99% Electric Crutter 1% 42.86%

Biome: Mountainous Taiga (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Vectus 33.33% Alpha Crustoise 33.33% Crustoise 99% Ice Crustoise 1% 33.33% Bandraflora 33.33% Vile Snaunt 33.33% Jungle Ixoling 33.33% Rotting Anglure 33.33% (night only) Electropod 33.33% Frostrunner 33.33% (peaceful)

Biome: Rocky Moon (monsters)

Any 1 of the following: Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 11.11% Alpha Crustoise 11.11% Iguarmor 99% Ice Iguarmor 1% 11.11% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 11.11% Voltip 99% Electric Voltip 1% 11.11% Fennix 99% Ice Fennix 1% 11.11% Infected Queen 11.12% Ignome 99% Electric Ignome 1% 11.11% Bobot 99% Fire Bobot 1% 11.11%

Biome: Silt Wonderland (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 37.5% Crustoise 99% Ice Crustoise 1% 37.5% Iguarmor 99% Ice Iguarmor 1% 37.5% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 37.5% Alpha Crustoise 37.5% Fennix 99% Ice Fennix 1% 37.5% Ignome 99% Electric Ignome 1% 37.5% Pyropod 37.5%

Biome: Toxic Moon (monsters)

Any 1 of the following: Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 11.11% Alpha Crustoise 11.11% Iguarmor 99% Ice Iguarmor 1% 11.11% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 11.11% Voltip 99% Electric Voltip 1% 11.11% Fennix 99% Ice Fennix 1% 11.11% Infected Queen 11.12% Ignome 99% Electric Ignome 1% 11.11% Bobot 99% Fire Bobot 1% 11.11%

Biome: Volcanic Arboreal Underground (monsters)

Any 3 of the following: Burrower depth selector 2.31% Gleap 99% Fire Gleap 1% 56.74% Batong 99% Poison Batong 1% 56.74% Alpha Crustoise 56.74% Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 56.74% Bobfae 99% Poison Bobfae 1% 56.74%

Biome: Volcanic Moon (monsters)

Any 1 of the following: Alpha Crustoise 11.11% Fennix 99% Ice Fennix 1% 11.11% Crabcano 99% Ice Crabcano 1% 11.11% Ignome 99% Electric Ignome 1% 11.11% Pyromantle 99% Poison Pyromantle 1% 11.11% Infected Queen 11.11% Smoglin 99% Poison Smoglin 1% 11.11% Scandroid 99% Cultist Scandroid 1% 11.11% Peblit 99% Ice Peblit 1% 11.11%

Used for

Animals

Monster drops

Alpha Crustoise Crustoise Ice Crustoise

Pool: No Meat Monster Treasure 63.92% Hardened Carapace ~0.16x Crustoise Figurine (1/1250)

Monster drops (hunting)

Alpha Crustoise Crustoise Ice Crustoise

Hardened Carapace ~0.33x Crustoise Figurine (1/1500) Bug Shell ~0.07x