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Glowing Hermit Crab
Fallout 76 NPC Type
Glowing Hermit Crab is one of the Hermit Crabs in Fallout 76, met at level 100. Killing one usually drops Ammo, Caps, Hermit Crab Meat and Armor and Clothes. Less often it leaves Weapons.
It spawns at 6 locations in Appalachia. The largest counts are at Abbie's Bunker, Bootlegger's Shack and Dabney Homestead. It counts toward 1 daily or weekly challenge.
Level
100
Health
7145
Damage Resist
327
Energy Resist
143
Radiation Resist
464
Fire Resist
32
Cryo Resist
32
Poison Resist
143
Find It on the Map
Open the Challenge Navigator with "Kill a Glowing Creature" added, then add the rest of today's challenges and plan one route for all of them.
Open the Challenge NavigatorGlowing Hermit Crab Spawn Locations
Found at 6 locations across Appalachia, 6 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Abbie's Bunker (1 × 20% chance).
A plain number is how many are always there. The number after the is spawn points that may roll it; hover one for the odds.
Drops
What a kill leaves behind, averaged over every Glowing Hermit Crab the map spawns. Kinds of loot stand for lists too long to spell out; the chance is how often the roll includes them, not how many turn up.
Drops
Chance
Ammo
always
10mm Round
2%
2mm Electromagnetic Cartridge
2%
.308 Round
2%
.38 Round
2%
.44 Round
2%
Caps
always
Hermit Crab Meat
always
Armor and Clothes
50%
Leather Chest Piece
2%
Leather Left Arm
2%
Leather Left Leg
2%
Leather Right Arm
2%
Leather Right Leg
2%
Weapons
25%
Molotov Cocktail
2%
10mm Pistol
0.6%
Short 10mm Submachine Gun
0.6%
Snubnosed .44 Pistol
0.6%
.50 Cal Machine Gun
0.6%
Family
Challenges
Challenge
Daily / Weekly
Kill a Glowing Creature
Daily ×1 · Weekly ×10
Any of 36
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The dimmed ones have no fixed place on the map.
Any creature that spawns inside a nuke blast zone is glowing; during a rad storm about 1 in 6 are.