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The Queen Bismuth Crab may seem like easy prey due to its slow speed and large hitbox, but to actually kill it, you need to know what damage it deals against, so you're not wasting your time over and over again.
The Queen Bismuth Crab can be easily killed by climbing on its back and using the cling feature, where you can poke your dagger into it like you're popping live cysts from its back. This is a very weak boss that is very easy to kill if you use the guide below.
Crimson Desert: How to Find and Lose the Queen Stoneback Crab
The Queen Stoneback Crab is one of the open world bosses in Crimson Desert that players will encounter during side quests in the Delecia region.
Where to find Queen Bismuth Crab in Crimson Desert (Radiant Crystal Quest Walkthrough)
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You can find the Queen Bismuth Crab In the valley of sorrow Inside the Crimson Desert area, south of the “F” in “Forebearers Barrens” on the map.
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The The Queen Bismuth Crab will only spawn once when you have the “The Oreback Crab in the Desert” faction quest.Which is found in the Crimson Desert under the “Sages of the Desert” tab.
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We managed to pop this faction quest in after we completed “War Song of the Dusk” and other Crimson Desert-specific faction quests (we've got an easy one here for you that might help).
No prep work is required for this boss, so have fun in the boss arena. Just make sure you bring at least a few healing items in case something goes wrong, and don't come unarmed, obviously!
How to defeat the Queen Bismuth Crab in the Crimson Desert
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To damage the Queen Bismuth Crab, you must first jump behind it. You can do this by either using Jump + Triple Force Palm to climb the crab, or you can attack its legs to temporarily force it to stand still.
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Once you're on the Queen Bismuth Crab, you'll need it Destroy the crystal waste mounds (shown above).
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These destroyed patches will reveal white cracks behind the Queen Bismuth Crab that you can destroy.
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To really destroy them, you need Press L3 to jump back, then press R2 and pierce your dagger through it.
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This essentially pops the cyst, and does more than half damage to the Queen Bismuth Crab, and you can repeat this until the blue health bar is replaced by a red one.
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Once the Queen Bismuth Crab reaches its red health bar, you must turn back and Focus your attack on ceramic pots.
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After a few short hits, the vessels will burst, and the queen bismuth crab will die instantly.
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This boss will reward wealth of bismuth ore and other materials worth mining.
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March 19, 2026
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Mature 17+ / Blood, drug references, intense violence, strong language
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The Pearl Abyss
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The Pearl Abyss
