Bright-Eyed Crab

Bright-Eyed Crabs are recurring Creatures and Items in The Legend of Zelda series.^[1]^[2]

Location and Uses

Hyrule Compendium Entry

065 (065) Bright-Eyed Crab	Description This crab appears in large numbers when it rains. One bite of its delectable meat, and you'll forget all your exhaustion. Replenishes your stamina when cooked into a dish.
	Common Locations Lanayru Great Spring Eldin Canyon

Hearts Recovered	Cooking Effects Stamina Recovery

Bright-Eyed Crabs can be found on freshwater shores in the Lanayru Great Spring and Eldin Canyon. Many of them live in the area surrounding Ne'ez Yohma Shrine in Zora's Domain. They are also sold by the traveling Merchants Chumin and Bugut.

Eating a Bright-Eyed Crab raw will restore one Heart to Link's Life Gauge. They can also be roasted by a Fire to make Blackened Crab or chilled by Ice to make Frozen Crab. Cooking one in a Cooking Pot will result in a meal with Stamina-restoring effects.^[1]

Bright-Eyed Crabs can be used to make the following Food:

Meal	Ingredients
Crab Omelet with Rice	Any Crab
	Bird Egg
	Hylian Rice
	Rock Salt
Crab Risotto	Any Crab
	Goat Butter
	Hylian Rice
	Rock Salt
Crab Stir-Fry	Any Crab
Crab Stir-Fry	Goron Spice
Creamy Seafood Soup	Any Seafood
	Any Vegetable, Herb, or Flower
	Fresh Milk
	Rock Salt
Fish Pie	Any Seafood
	Goat Butter
	Rock Salt
	Tabantha Wheat
Glazed Seafood	Any Seafood
Glazed Seafood	Courser Bee Honey
Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry	Any Seafood
Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry	Raw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
Meat and Seafood Fry	Any Seafood
Meat and Seafood Fry	Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
Monster Stew	Any Meat
	Any Seafood
	Monster Extract
Pepper Seafood	Any Seafood
Pepper Seafood	Spicy Pepper
Prime Meat and Seafood Fry	Any Seafood
Prime Meat and Seafood Fry	Raw Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh
Salt-Grilled Crab	Any Crab
Salt-Grilled Crab	Rock Salt
Seafood Meunière	Any Seafood (except porgy or salmon)
	Goat Butter
	Tabantha Wheat
Seafood Rice Balls	Any Seafood
Seafood Rice Balls	Hylian Rice
Seafood Skewer	Any Crab, Hearty Blueshell Snail, or Sneaky River Snail
Copious Seafood Skewers	Any 4 different Seafood
Steamed Fish	Any Seafood
Steamed Fish	Any Vegetable, Herb, or Flower

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Bright-Eyed Crabs can be sold for 10 Rupees.

According to Beedle, Bright-Eyed Crabs can be Cooked along with Monster Parts to create an Elixir that recovers Stamina.^[3] However, this is incorrect as Bright-Eyed Crabs do not count as "critters" and will produce Dubious Food when combined with Monster Parts.

Names in other regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	ガンバリガニ (Ganbarigani)
	Chinese^TR	精力螃蟹 (Jīnglì pángxiè)
	Dutch	Krachtkrab
	French^EU	Crabe enduro
	German	Ausdauerkrabbe
	Italian	Granchio podista	Runner grab
	Korean	원기개 (Won-gigae)
	Russian	Бодрый краб (Bodryy krab)
	Spanish^EU	Cangrejo vigoroso
	Spanish^LA	Cangrejo inquieto
This table was generated using translation pages.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Bright-Eyed Crab
This crab appears in large numbers when it rains. One bite of its delectable meat, and you'll forget all your exhaustion. Replenishes your stamina when cooked into a dish." — Inventory (Breath of the Wild)
↑ "Bright-Eyed Crab
This crab appears in large numbers when it rains. One bite of its delectable meat, and all thoughts of exhaustion will be forgotten." — Spoils (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ "Just mix a bright-eyed crab with some monster parts, and you've got yourself a nice little elixir!" — Beedle (Breath of the Wild)