Driftshell Hermit Crab

Minion

Species

Beast

Rarity

Uncommon

Carriage capacity

20

Obtained by

Enemy drop

Rein

Rein of the Driftshell Hermit Crab

Rein sells for

75 gold

Rein tradable

No

Passives

Thick Shell
Reduces Cold damage taken by 20%. At +10: Reduces Cold damage taken by 40%.

Levels and upgrades

It levels from +0 to +10 while it is the active minion: 1 XP per kill that gives your hero XP, 204,036 XP in all. Each of its passives and abilities is upgraded on its own, never above the minion's level. As an Uncommon Beast minion, the upgrade to +1 costs 5 Tidesilk Kelp and 6,000 gold, the upgrade to +10 26 Tidesilk Kelp, 3 Tidewrath Pincer and 230,660 gold; the upgrades to +5 and +10 also take 1 Rein of the Driftshell Hermit Crab.

Minion levels and slots

How to get it

Driftshell Hermit Crab
Rein: 0.25% per cleared encounter with it · all difficulties
Tidewrath Hermit Crab
Rein: 0.25% per cleared encounter with it · all difficulties

Rein drop chances are rolled once for every cleared encounter the enemy is part of. Reins do not drop in the Mythic Rift, and for online characters the game server plans each run's loot instead.