Drillbit Crab

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This article is about the enemy from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. For the character in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, see Drill Bit.
Drillbit Crab
Sprite of a Drillbit Crab from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Comparable
“So, I suppose we'll give the hermit crabs a go. I wonder how they taste... Savory? Chewy? Would young Master like them boiled...or grilled? Hmm... Oh. I wonder if they know we're planning on eating them...”
Kamek, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

A Drillbit Crab is a hermit crab-like enemy with a dentistry drill as a shell found exclusively to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. These enemies are found in Plack Beach. Bowser can simply walk into them to defeat them, gettings five coins in the process, but the Mario Bros. have to battle them head-on, being careful not to use any Jump attacks (due to the drill). In battle, the Drillbit Crab will lean towards the direction of the Bro. it will attack. It may move straight into the bro with its drill. This attack needs to be countered with the hammer. Failing or neglecting to do this results in damage and sometimes the DEF-Down aliment. Its other attack consists of drilling underground and trying to hit a bro. It will then protrude its drill and move sideways, trying to attack both bros. This attack needs to be countered with a jump. Not doing so will cause damage and can also receive the trip status effect.

These enemies may sometimes be paired with Pendrils in battle.

Drillbit Crabs reappear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, where they also appear in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode as enemies. In Wimps Unite, the level they first appear in, Kamek is attacked by a group of Drillbit Crabs after planning to eat them, leading to Bowser Jr. battling them to save him.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Drillbit Crab
Drillbit Crab HP 115 (173) POW 60 (150) DEF 65 (98) SPEED 55 (83)
Coins 45 (68) Level 21 Fire Normal Burn? Normal
Role Common Battled by Mario and Luigi Location(s) Plack Beach Dizzy? Double
Stat down? Normal KO? Normal Experience 240 Item drop Super Mushroom - 5%
Big Shell - 5%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Drillbit Crab
Sprite of a Drillbit Crab from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 115 POW 100 DEF 72 SPEED 72 Experience 240
Fire Normal Jump Spiny Hammer Normal Battled by Mario & Luigi Coins 45
Burn 1x Dizzy 2x Stat down 1x Speed down 1x Item drop Super Mushroom - 35%
Big Shell - 5%
Level           21 Location(s) Plack Beach
  • Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: They look like a hermit crab and live on the shore. They're small, but they hurt a lot to step on.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ヤドドリラー
Yado Dorirā
From「ヤドカリ」(yadokari, hermit crab) and "driller"

French (NOA) Crabe Foruss
From "crabe" (crab) and a corruption of "forer" (drill)
French (NOE) Crustavrille
From "crustacé" (crustacean) and "vrille" (gimlet)
German Krabbohra
Pun on "krabbe" (crab) and "bohrer" (drill)
Italian Pagutrapano
From "paguro" (hermit crab) and "trapano" (drill)
Spanish (NOA) Brocangrejo
Pun on "broca" (drill) and "cangejo" (crab)
Spanish (NOE) Taladrejo
Pun on "taladro" (drill) and "cangrejo" (crab)