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• Causes a shadow crab to spawn when a Garnet crab dodges.
• At Level 1, the shadow crab deals 1x AVERAGE CRAB DAMAGE. It does not crit.
• See this article for more information on the average stats
• Does not work with Shadow Swarm crabs - only tapped crabs and queens. AppX confirmed that this is intended and is not a bug.
• Having both genes increases the damage done.

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Gene Tree Ascension

• Version 3.80 brought Gene Tree Ascension Tiers which allow levelling up genes to make them more powerful.
• For Garnet Strand this means the base value increases by 1x every level.

Level	Value	Both Implanted
1	1x	2x
2	2x	4x
3	3x	6x
4	4x	8x
5	5x	10x
6	6x	12x
7	7x	14x
8	8x	16x
9	9x	18x
10	10x	20x

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Should I Get Them?

Not unless they are on a path to something better. Even if the shadow crab could crit, you're only talking a handful of crabs (at most) doing the extra damage, and that's assuming they dodge. Crabs only dodge when a reptile licks them, or the reptile explodes with them nearby.