Rock Bottom Crab Location (Best Friends Achievement)

Quick Answer: The crab is hidden in a small cave under Orc Base 1, directly beneath the cage/elevator area. Walk to the cliff edge, drop off, and dash to the left while falling to drift into the hidden crevice. Stand next to the crab and press E to befriend it. You get 10 tokens and the Best Friends achievement — the rarest in the game at about 8.3% of players.

The bases are your hub stops — and Orc Base 1 keeps a secret in the cliff beneath its cage/elevator area. (Screenshot: Logan Games)

Why Everyone Misses It

Two reasons this is the game's rarest achievement:

1. It's not on any path. Nothing in the story or the chunk objectives ever sends you below Orc Base 1. Players asking on the forums assumed the crab spawned randomly in an ocean biome — it doesn't. It's one fixed spot.
2. It effectively requires the dash — and multiple players report finishing the whole game without ever discovering the dash ability exists. If that's you, this is your reason to learn it (our Beginner Guide covers it).

Step-by-Step Route

1. Travel to Orc Base 1 (any time — the elevator lets you return whenever you like, so this works early game or as post-story cleanup).
2. Head to the area with the cage / elevator structure.
3. Position yourself at the cliff edge next to it and jump/drop over the edge.
4. While falling, dash left to drift into the small crevice in the cliff face beneath the base. If you miss, you land below — climb back up and retry; there's no fall penalty worth worrying about.
5. Inside the small cave you'll find the crab. Walk up to it and press E (interact).
6. You receive 10 tokens and Best Friends unlocks immediately.

When to Do It

Earliest is best: 10 tokens are most useful early, when the token shop still has things you want (treasure finder perk, and later the gold pickaxe — see the Beginner Guide for token priorities). But there is no deadline and nothing missable — the cave is reachable whenever you can travel to Orc Base 1.

One caveat for launch-week players: there's a known elevator bug where travel between Orc Base 1 and 2 can stop responding. If the elevator won't take you there, quitting to the main menu and reloading fixes it — details in Bugs & Fixes.

FAQ

Do I need any upgrade besides the dash? No — players have grabbed the crab early in their run. The dash (used mid-fall) is the only real requirement.

Is the crab connected to any other content? Nothing else is tied to it as far as the community has found — it's a self-contained secret: 10 tokens, one achievement, one friend for life.

I dashed and still missed the crevice. Drop first, then dash — the timing is "dash while falling," not "dash off the ledge." Players describe it as drifting left into the opening beneath the cage.

Route as confirmed by multiple players on the Steam community forums during launch week (July 2026). Location details verified against the achievement's 8.3% global unlock rate captured July 15, 2026.