Spider Crab
Reported bait: Empty Beer Can
Archived 1.0.12 target reference. For recorded fish, the current Fishipedia can show a bait-name clue after a first kill. Patch 1.1.3 evidence & limits
SUPPLIED VISUAL REFERENCE · NOT SPECIES IDENTIFICATIONBefore your next cast.
Finish the sailor’s opening requests and collect his empty beer can. Prepare food and a melee weapon before casting.
Keep the crab remains for the boat-key hand-in; defeating the boss and unlocking the boat are separate steps.
Beer is part of the Spider Crab setup: the sailor drinks it, and the empty can becomes bait. Prepare before casting it. Evidence ↗
Keep the crab remains and return them to the sailor for the boat keys. Finish this hand-in before selling the rest of your catch. Evidence ↗
Confirm the journal entry
Corpus reports that killing a journal boss or miniboss fills both its ordinary and Drip records. The quest trophy is a separate item: keep it for the required hand-in, even after the journal entry appears. Read the guidance ↗
Reopen Tab after the encounter and compare the same name and variant. Only then copy the result into this site’s checklist. Its boxes are manual browser notes; they cannot detect a kill, alter the game journal, or confirm who received multiplayer credit. Read the guidance ↗
Still missing? Follow the entry check →
Follow the published guidance
Source and limits
Andrea Shearon / PC Gamer ↗ · August 25: tutorial steps, boss tips, final hand-in
These are published targeting associations, not exclusive spawn rules or guaranteed catches. Rarity odds and exact conditions are not invented.