Another Crab’s Treasure Ending Explained

Another Crab’s Treasure is currently a very strong contender for one of the best indie games of 2024 – if not players’ personal Game of the Year. It managed to attract many gamers of different walks of life, from its cute and colorful art style to the way it handles the Soulslike genre; offering difficulty features and an assist mode to make the game accessible to almost everyone who wants to try it out. This makes the story of the little crab, Kril, something almost anyone can enjoy if they give Another Crab’s Treasure a chance.

Kril’s journey begins when a “loan shark” comes by and claims that the little hermit crab owes taxes since his tide pool had fallen under the control of a crab duchess, and Another Crab’s Treasure properly starts as Kril dives into the ocean with the express aim of getting his home back. Along the way, Kril needs to kill that very same duchess (due to her being corrupted by Gunk,) help solve a treasure map, and understand his calling as a hermit crab. This leads him to understand that there’s more in the ocean than just himself, both literally and cosmically.

Related

Another Crab’s Treasure Dev Promises ‘Weird’ Optional Bosses

In a Game Rant interview, one Aggro Crab developer talks about the ‘weird’ optional bosses players can encounter in Another Crab’s Treasure.

Another Crab’s Treasure is All About Changing Things For the Better

How Another Crab’s Treasure’s Story Pays Tribute to the Dramatic Nature of Soulslike Stories

If players weren’t ready for the sudden shift in tone when the crab duchess gets taken over by Gunk, then they likely aren’t prepared for the truth in The Bottom of the Drain. Kril and Konche find the Perfect Whorl, a shell with the power to save the ocean that only Hermit Crabs can use, but Chitan is used to kill Konche by an Umami god of the sea. After the fight, Kril promises to use the Perfect Whorl shell to save Chitan from dying.

Before Kril has the chance, Firth, the Hermit Crab who’s had his journey run in tandem with Kril’s the entire time, puts it on and immediately lets the power go to his head. Using Chitan’s supposed last words on how Kril should take their anger and use it for good, he steals the Whorl and punches both Firth and Trash Island to pieces. When the two crabs land, Firth is killed by a fallen boot, marking yet another (albeit deserved) death in Another Crab’s Treasure.

The True Message of Another Crab’s Treasure

Despite stopping the full brunt of Firth’s onslaught of trash, Kril doesn’t feel like he did anything good or helpful. Everything around him makes Kril question why he kept traveling and fighting when he could have stayed in the tide pool doing nothing, eventually deciding that he was looking for a home he still hasn’t found yet. Pawnathan goes against his past words when players found him at the start of Another Crab’s Treasure and refuses to give Kril his shell back. This makes Kril put his newfound anger and resolve to the test, leading him to kill Prawnathan to claim it.

As a video message similar to the start of the game plays, with a less naive message about the state of the world, Krill can be seen going back to get Chitan, who survived the encounter after all. This speaks to the true message of Another Crab’s Treasure, which is that with an uncertain future ahead, people shouldn’t be complacent and do what is right for the good of others and the planet itself, shown by citizens learning how to stand up for themselves, and Nemma helping others with her restaurant. Most of all, Kril, who seems to be looking for his true home, travels and uses his newfound strength to be a hero to those in need with one strong sign of his resolve: giving the shell he fought so hard for to a homeless hermit crab who needed it more than he did.

Another Crab’s Treasure

Aggro Crab’s Another Crab’s Treasure provides a maritime twist on the Souls-like formula. Using the trash around him as armor and weapons, Kril must travel across an underwater kingdom while fighting off all sorts of impressive threats.

Released

April 25, 2024

Developer(s)

Aggro Crab

Publisher(s)

Aggro Crab

Genre(s)

Adventure , Soulslike , RPG

Engine

Unity

ESRB

T For Teen Due To Blood, Crude Humor, Language, Use of Tobacco, Violence