Introducing Crabby:

The Dungeon Helper

Nothing But the Best

Few things are more fun than plumbing the depths of Azeroth’s dungeons with your friends, defeating scores of terrifying monsters, and emerging with your bags stuffed to the brim with epic loot pried from your enemies' cold, dead hands. However, every adventurer knows that the more fantastic the treasure, the more powerful its guardians — and some of the challenges posed by World of Warcraft’s Heroic dungeons can be quite daunting.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a helpful friend at your side, ready to provide you with tips and hints when you’re stuck? A friend who’s there to provide encouragement, who will help you pick yourself up off the floor after the fifteenth wipe of the night? Someone who will stick with you — no matter what?

Everyone can use a friend like that… a friend like Crabby!

Someone to Watch Over Me

You’re a hero. An adventurer. A sword-swinger or spell-slinger for hire. Whatever your character’s motivation may be, if trouble doesn’t find you, it’s because you found trouble first. But what do you do when Asaad throws down a grounding field? How do you respond when the Faceless Corruptors enter Erudax’s room? Eventually, you’ll be thrown a curve ball that you can’t catch. When that happens, you’ll be glad to have Crabby at your side!

Crabby uses a complex and extensive set of context-sensitive situational heuristics to analyze your current status in real-time; that’s tech talk for "Crabby always knows what’s up." He watches your every move with his all-seeing eyes. Nothing escapes his unwavering gaze; not even the slightest nuance of your play style goes unnoticed. Before long, Crabby will know what you’re going to do before you even do it. And he will use this knowledge to help.

Crabby is able to tell you exactly what’s going on and what you should do. His many useful tips will appear in the bottom right corner of your screen, where he hangs out, ever patiently, waiting for you to need his help. Of course, whether you follow his advice or not is entirely up to you; Crabby may possess an advanced level of artificial intelligence, but we’re reasonably sure he doesn’t have any feelings you could hurt. Reasonably sure. But just in case, the ability to remove Crabby has been disabled for now.

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Few things are more fun than plumbing the depths of Azeroth’s dungeons with a trusty, unwavering friend at your side. Together with Crabby, your new companion on all your journeys going forward, you can rest assured that no challenge will be beyond your reach.

Crabby Can Help You…
Improve your Gear!

Crabby can do a quick audit of your gear and tell you where and how you can improve your equipment.

Organize Groups!

Crabby is everywhere. At all times. He is omnipresent and omniscient. This lets him find the perfect players for you to group with!

Run Raids!

Crabby knows every last detail about every boss and every encounter in the game. Follow his advice and become the perfect raid leader!

Solve All Your Problems!

Crabby is a great listener, and a good friend. You can trust him with all your problems, and he will be able to give you excellent advice (as long as your problems are World of Warcraft-related).

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Comanderhobb
Akama
Comanderhobb
5/3/2011
that little cab is the #*## lol he looks like a bad ass lol :]
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Billinare
Mug'thol
Billinare
5/1/2011
how do you get it
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Kulthaforge
Hellscream
Kulthaforge
4/28/2011
I wish it was real that would be perfect
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Telthalaine
Suramar
Telthalaine
4/26/2011
Is it me or does his mouth look like an, ummmm. . . nevermind.
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Trollformz
Maelstrom
Trollformz
4/26/2011
How do you get it?
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Waffelz
Aman'Thul
Waffelz
4/25/2011
its an addon or what?
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Fuzzidio
Caelestrasz
Fuzzidio
6/15/2011
@Waffelz: Its an April Fools Joke by Blizzard, Its Meant to be a rip of Microsoft Word Clip helper dude
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Jenessa
Saurfang
Jenessa
4/22/2011
<<wishes it was real!
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Gobbzo
Caelestrasz
Gobbzo
4/13/2011
HES A MUTT I HAVE A LITTLE MUTT HES GOT A FURRY BACKSIDE BUTT
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Gobbzo
Caelestrasz
Gobbzo
4/13/2011
lol its crabby its a crab that does not know how big his brain will be if he was a baboon or a bomb throwing monkey without a tail
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Gobbzo
Caelestrasz
Gobbzo
4/13/2011
how do you get him
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Enderon
Echo Isles
Enderon
4/13/2011
why are people still on this?!
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Hordelol
Arygos
Hordelol
4/21/2011
@Enderon: i know its fake peeps so get off the forums
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Allifrash, it was an april fools joke...
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Alexiaka
Shu'halo
Alexiaka
4/12/2011
hahaha
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Jhonnybgood
Dragonblight
Jhonnybgood
4/12/2011
I LOVE Crabby. I made a Crab salad and he was delicious! Yuuuum (Burp)
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Allifrash
Borean Tundra
Allifrash
4/12/2011
if they came out with crabby april 1 how come i have yet to see him in any of the dugeon i have done so far
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Quelandoris
Scarlet Crusade
Quelandoris
4/13/2011
@Allifrash: really?
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Akaras
Dentarg
Akaras
4/11/2011
well gear lets see.... they came out with it on april first, its totally unfair cuz i had to do all ze dungens myself, and also cuz then every1 woud no were all da good loot wuz...

ur still reading this? i gave u ur answer like 7 lines ago(well at least wen i typed it)

Btw blizzard, bravo on a prank well done... bravo
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Gearsworth
Saurfang
Gearsworth
4/11/2011
So the main question is is Crabby real? Someone told me that Blizz has a little joke on us every year for April Fools day. Is this a prank or for real? I for one would love to have a little extra help in unfamiliar dungeons (with the gear and maybe mapping the bosses?). :)
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Lurind
Blackwing Lair
Lurind
4/11/2011
What the hell is the paperclip and where can I find it? LOL
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Gearsworth
Saurfang
Gearsworth
4/11/2011
@Lurind: Paperclip was a cute interactive helper that came with MS Office a billion+1 years ago.
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In a way it sounds like dumbing the game down even more, he would be better as a meal or pet.
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Kelleigh
Eonar
Kelleigh
4/10/2011
I still want Crabby :/
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Ungata
Kul Tiras
Ungata
4/10/2011
I like Crabby. He looks cute.
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Johnywalker
Frostmane
Johnywalker
4/10/2011
Heyyy it looks like your writing a letter!
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Harlycwen
Alleria
Harlycwen
4/10/2011
Looks like Blizz got the idea from that old paperclip (I forget which operating system) that would ask if you need help.
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Carridwynn
Wyrmrest Accord
Carridwynn
4/26/2011
@Harlycwen: Microsoft Word, when I saw this pop up I nearly punched my laptop on principle
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Derothil
Medivh
Derothil
4/10/2011
It's pretty fantastic. April fools jokes ftw. Blizzard does 'em right.
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Jamiem
Dentarg
Jamiem
4/10/2011
LOL
Making fun of the paper clip in microsoft office.
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Leenoy
Gnomeregan
Leenoy
4/9/2011
Crabby scares me :(
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Leenoy
Gnomeregan
Leenoy
4/9/2011
@Leenoy: how do i obtain a crabby
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Elizabethlyn
Emerald Dream
Elizabethlyn
4/9/2011
Wow, even a monkey can play World of Warcraft now. :-(
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Chrisisbeast
Khaz Modan
Chrisisbeast
4/9/2011
to bad april fools i got a little happy and wanted to download it...is it a add on tho?
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Irenepriest
Malfurion
Irenepriest
4/9/2011
seet
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Sabot
Shu'halo
Sabot
4/9/2011
If it was only true then maybe nerds and noobs alike could succeed without blaming Fa!L on everyone else....ROFL
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Blôödknight
Caelestrasz
Blôödknight
4/9/2011
how we get it
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Keels
Azshara
Keels
4/8/2011
is it out
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Keels
Azshara
Keels
4/8/2011
its about time
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Avean
Borean Tundra
Avean
4/8/2011
well blizzard.... well done....well done