Guide coverage: patches through 1.0.12
Recordings from other players, picked for the method each one shows. Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play.
Walks the whole prologue in order: buy the beer, trade it for the empty can, install it on the rod, hook the crab, fight it, then hand the shell in for the boat keys. Best first watch if you have not started the fight yet.
Two minutes that start at the fight itself, so you can see the charge-then-attack-the-back loop without sitting through the quest setup again.
The same fight done with nothing but the knife, including the $12 beer trade for the empty can. Watch this one if you would rather not spend money on gear before the first boss.
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Quest items have a base sale price of $0 and should be kept for the island objective. The number of meat chunks increases with the number of players: three in solo play and one additional chunk per extra player, up to six with four players. Prices below are base values before other multipliers.
| Drop | Quantity | Base sale price | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Crab Shell | 1 | $0 | Required quest item. Give it to the lighthouse keeper to receive the boat keys. |
| Meat Chunk (crab) | Player count + 2 (3 solo; 6 with four players) | $10 | Can be sold or eaten, but it does not complete the island objective. |
Objective after the fight：Keep the Spider Crab shell and give it to the lighthouse keeper to receive the boat keys. Meat chunks do not complete the objective.
Give beer to the lighthouse keeper, install the empty beer can on the Crab Fishing Rod, and cast into the water.
Keep the Spider Crab shell and give it to the lighthouse keeper to receive the boat keys. Meat chunks do not complete the objective.
Spider Crab Shell (base price $0); Meat Chunk (crab) (base price $10)