TheTraditionalGentleman Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 So I (foolishly) brought a couple rock lobsters above ground to use as body guards, but I have a problem. They seem to reproduce faster than even beefalos, and they are EVERYWHERE. They've killed almost all of the beefalo herds, and they are almost impossible to kill. I tried getting a huge group of them and killing them with 6 things of gunpowder, but they dived into their shells at the last second. How can I be rid of these things? I'd rather not start a new world unless I have to, as I've made a lot of progress in my current one. Granted, now I know what Maxwell meant when he said "I banished these guys down here for a reason". Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellojoe Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The only way I've found to get rid of Rock Lobsters (and granted, I'm not great at this game) is a long process of hitting until they go into their shell, then waiting for them to pop out, then hitting again. Its a kite / swing / wait dance thing. I tried gunpowder, but they always seem to go back into their shell as the fire from the "fuse delay" hits them, thus avoiding the explosion. Fighting multiple isn't as hard as other mobs, because if you hit each one once, they'll turtle up, and you can sort of get them on rotation: hit one, it hides, another pops up, hit it, it hides, the next pops up, etc. Just don't get hit by them a lot, cause they hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auth Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 - Tame them all with flint, rocks-go back into caves-go to ruins-wait for them to not be tame anymore-RUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobbstar Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Install the rock lobster herd fix mod. It's mandatory. Don't ask why, you don't want to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagodg Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Flare2v made a video on how to kill them, basically:1. Befriend a Lobster (pro tip: a large one)2. Make him attack another Lobster3. When the attacked Lobster hides in the shell, give him a rock.Now the attacked Lobster will go out of the shell and tank the attacks until he is dead. You can attack him too.I think you can befriend multiple Lobsters so they kill the others faster, haven't tries that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thanks for all the tips. I play console, so I can't use any mods. I've tried most of these things already, but there have to be at least 48 rock lobsters above ground. I might try the ruins though. Does anyone know how long they are befriended after giving them a rock/flint? I'll have to travel pretty far to get all of them together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellojoe Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Old Bell? I don't know if this will work or not since I haven't tried it. But maybe befriend the stragglers, circle the wagons, and then Old Bell? Maybe even build some sort of enclosure to force them together? Something cheap like hay walls to force them all into a tight square? Leave yourself a single gap to run out of when the Big Foot comes, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagodg Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Following mellojoe's idea, you could make a very small pen and drop a rock inside it, then close the pen, so the lobsters will all try to eat the rock but never reach it. Then you smash them with the Old Bell > (if some of them are too far away, lure them with more minerals so they all gather around your pen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 That might actually work. I'll have to do some serious herding though. Those guys are ALL over the place. The last thing I need is Rock lobster Adam and Eve hiding until I think I've wiped them all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absu206 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I am wondering... is the rock lobster overpopulation thing a bug, or intended? Because I thought it was a bug at first when I saw posts about this issue over a year ago, but since it hasn't been fixed I'm not sure anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 I am wondering... is the rock lobster overpopulation thing a bug, or intended? Because I thought it was a bug at first when I saw posts about this issue over a year ago, but since it hasn't been fixed I'm not sure anymore.It might actually be intended. After all, when Maxwell examines them he'll say "I banished these guys down here for a reason.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobbstar Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It might actually be intended. After all, when Maxwell examines them he'll say "I banished these guys down here for a reason.". Klei literally just fixed that bug though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTraditionalGentleman Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Oh, really? Never mind then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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