Overview

• The AppXplore crab is a purchased option that adds an additional crab to the fight.
• The Baby AppXplore crab is a free version that you obtain by completing very simple tasks in the game.
• Both crabs spawn every 6.0 seconds to start, and automatically spawn like a Queen does.
• The spawn time is reduced by 0.1 second for every 100 crab levels.
• The fastest spawn time is 2.0 seconds at crab level 4000.
• Occasionally there may be a Rune in the monthly Jade event that will reduce the spawn time even further.
• Stats for both are displayed on the crab tab between the coloured crabs and the Ecdysis button.
• You can change skins by tapping their buttons on the crab tab.
• Skins do not add any damage, speed, or bonus of any sort. They are only visual changes.

Damage

• Damage is based on the AVERAGE CRAB DAMAGE, which is the average of the three individual colours of crab.
• Base damage is ACD times 10 for the purchased AppX, and times 3 for the free Baby.
• Uses the AVERAGE CRIT RATE and AVERAGE CRIT DAMAGE to decide if he does red or purple damage.
• See this article for more information on the average stats
• The gene Appxplore Strand increases their damage by 30% per gene, up to 90% total.
• If you are interested in maxing out their damage, make sure you have raised all colours of damage. Some players might avoid buying Amethyst +dmg genes in the Gene Tree, but raising Amethyst will also raise your Average -- which helps a lot of things.

Is big AppX Worth Buying?

• When he's maxed out to spawn at 2.0 seconds, that's about like having 5 free taps per second.
• If you have all three AppXplore Strand genes for +90% damage, then it's about like having 9.5 free taps per second.
• If you ever think his damage is "crap", compare his damage to the sum total of your queens. You may be surprised.
• Yes, he is worth it, plus you are supporting an otherwise free game that you are addicted to.

Skins

• Occasionally during an event they will add an extra skin for AppX crab that you may get for free.
• If you miss the event, you can generally unlock the skins for 1500 pearls or a $ amount.
• More recently, they have been adding 3 additional skins per event that cost real money to get.
• You change skins by clicking on the picture of the AppX crab on your crab tab. From there, choose a skin.
• Skins do not add any damage, speed, or bonus of any sort by themselves. They are only visual changes.
• However, as part of 3.80 and Gene Tree Ascension Tier 2, skins contribute very highly to your damage profile.

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Extra Skins

We used to show a bunch of skins in this article but the number of skins quickly became too much for a certain lazy webmaster to keep up with. Instead, we made a whole page to show the skins in a gallery. If we can be bothered to actually gather screenshots to populate it. Baby steps.

You can visit the Skins Gallery as you wish.