TotK Ironshell Crab: Locations and Cooking Effect

Ironshell Crab is a fish or seafood in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game describes it this way: “This crab’s shell is particularly hard. When cooked into a dish, its fat and meat bolster the body to increase your defense.” This page shows where it is placed and explains what it does in a dish.

Where do you find Ironshell Crab?

The map shows all 19 places the game’s world data puts Ironshell Crab. Zoom in, and tick the ones you have picked up.

The same places summed by nearest landmark, largest group first. “Show on map” moves the map above to one of them.

These are the fixed placements only. What you pick grows back after a while, so one or two reliable spots are enough.

What does Ironshell Crab do in a dish?

Cooked into a dish it gives Defense Up (Tough recipes). In the game’s cooking data its value for this effect is 2; the strongest ingredient with this effect has 3. To plan a dish from what you carry, use the recipe finder.

6 recipes in the recipe book name Ironshell Crab outright (number in the book, then the dish):

• 6 Seafood Skewer
• 24 Crab Stir-Fry
• 34 Salt-Grilled Crab
• 83 Crab Risotto
• 88 Seafood Paella
• 93 Crab Omelet with Rice

What else is Ironshell Crab for?

• Selling: 8 rupees each.

See also

• All materials
• Recipe finder
• Tough recipes
• Interactive map