# Clamp Crab

Clamp Crab is a character archetype in Folded Thunder.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `folded-clamp-crab` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/folded-clamp-crab/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/folded-clamp-crab/record.json)

## At a glance

- Animation: idle breathe

- Animation: idle clack

- Animation: idle polish

- Animation: rest

- Animation: alert

- Animation: guard

- Animation: patrol scuttle

- Animation: chase

- Animation: vulnerable open

- Animation: attack snap

- Animation: give up

- Animation: damaged

- Animation: death

## Visual notes

- art deco midnight lacquer

## Appearances

- [Folded Thunder](/gamelab/folded-thunder.html) (context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/))

- [Clamp Crab](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/character-labs/clamp-crab.html) (context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/))

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Sources

- [Folded Thunder](/gamelab/folded-thunder.html)

- [Clamp Crab](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/character-labs/clamp-crab.html) (revision sha256:c629f259e151cfaa0f30897c5cab1b64beb28433d1dccaf63b042ae47afaabc0)

## Portrait

![Clamp Crab in the original game artwork.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-folded-clamp-crab-v1-1200.webp)

Authored game sprite, frame clamp-crab/idle-breathe/0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-folded-clamp-crab-v1.png) · [Folded Thunder authored character sprite](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/assets/art/blank-works/clamp-crab-atlas.png) · v1 · SHA-256: `69bd845fd019a5393ae06b715d2301eeb1e8f02c409a7d2db91d2cdc99263ef0`