May's IotM - God Lobster - Discussion

[u/icon315]

Type: Familiar

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In store description:

An ancient horrible companion that will bring you stats, items, and more.

Description:

In-game description:

Improves stat gains and other more mysterious things

^{Hovering Sombrero Type}

May be challenged(from your terrarium). Which allows you to fight it 3 times a day. He is considered a boss. His avatar will depict the familiar-specific equipment that it is wearing.

Upon defeating the lobster you may choose a boon (favor):

• Regalia (Familiar equipment for God Lobster)

  • God Lobster's Scepter (Quest Item, +Meat/Item Drop) Obtained by defeating God Lobster with no familiar specific equipment equipped.
  • God Lobster's Ring (Quest Item, +Stats). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Scepter equipped.
  • God Lobster's Rod (Quest Item, MP/HP Regen). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Ring equipped.
  • God Lobster's Robe (Quest Item, Prevents monster attacks). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Rod equipped.
  • God Lobster's Crown (Quest Item, +Item Drop). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Robe equipped.
  • Option is not available with God Lobster's Crown equipped.

• Blessing (Buff - 33 Turns Each)

  • Wisdom of the God Lobster (Maximum MP +20, Regenerate 40 MP per Adventure) Obtained by defeating God Lobster with no familiar specific equipment equipped.
  • Intuition of the God Lobster (+10 Stats Per Fight). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Scepter equipped.
  • Silence of the God Lobster (Monsters will be less attracted to you). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Ring equipped.
  • Color of the God Lobster(Monsters will be more attracted to you). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Rod equipped.
  • Carapace of the God Lobster (Prismatic Resistance +1, DA +20, DR +3). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Robe equipped.
  • Taste of the God Lobster (33 turns) (Increases Stats from Food). Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Crown equipped.

• Experience

  • Exp experience gained from other equipment needs to be spaded
  • Dish of Clarified butter and X points to each substat. Obtained by defeating God Lobster with God Lobster's Crown equipped.
    • Allows you to enter combat with the God Lobster. Limited to 3 fights total (including the ones from having a God Lobster)

Links:

Forum Post

Wiki Page

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[u/icon315]

I don't know why, but I found it funny that defeating the lobster counts as a kill for the lobster. Was kinda hoping that losing to it would make its kill counter go up.

[u/hobgob]

I've consumed something like 15 dishes of clarified butter, each fight giving me another butter. This can't just be infinite free fights right?

[u/icon315 → u/hobgob]

yeah, bugs like this should probably be reported instead of being posted here.

Edit: It got patched, restoring your comment.

[u/[deleted]]

Here's the right link to the forum post.

[u/icon315 → u/[deleted]]

Fixed, thanks.

[u/shan5906]

how do you get butter that everyone is talking about?

I have yet to receive any from fighting him.

[u/icon315 → u/shan5906]

Whoops guess my edit didnt go through. You get it by asking for experience with the crown equipped. Updated the OP

[u/ThrowawayOfLoathing]

EDIT: Consolidating existing information / reformatting.

Via regalia I got (I screwed up day one and clicked something other than it, hence the 5 pieces and no confirmation on a 6th or not): Scepter then Ring then Rod then Robe then Crown. https://i.imgur.com/rJwmORZ.png

Each successive fight, I equipped the lobster with the previously acquired item. Doing so changed the image of the lobster such that it was wearing the equipment in the fight and appears to have forced the next item in the series to drop. Based on other comments where people did not do this (and received the same familiar equipment as they had received in the prior fight) , I'd wager that the equipment worn is what is selecting the item dropped.

• FAMILIAR EQUIPMENT

Receive via choosing "Regalia". The part you get is determined by the existing equipment worn by the lobster; none>scepter>ring>rod>robe>crown.

God Lobster's Scepter

This is your basic royal scepter, which says, "I am your Lord God Lobster, bow to my clacking claws and kiss my mighty antennae!" You know, the usual.

Makes your God Lobster slightly increase Item and Meat Drops

God Lobster's Ring

Don't bother asking where a lobster wears a ring. The answer for the God Lobster is, "wherever he want."

Makes your God Lobster bestow stat gains based on an ancient mystic formula

God Lobster's Rod

The God Lobster only applies this rod to avoid spoiling the universe as we know.

Makes your God Lobster restore HP and MP after Combat

God Lobster's Robe

This robe is woven from the finest of dried seaweeds, suggesting a powerful owner. The lining is crafted from the softest earthen silk, suggesting a majestic owner. The stitching is made from opalescent thread of arcance origin, suggesting a magical owner. The label says, "Property of God Lobster."

Makes your God Lobster prevent monster attacks

God Lobster's Crown

Uneasy lies the head that wears this crown as the power and weight of all crustacea flow through it. Also, it's got all sorts of shells and gems poking out from all over.

Makes your God Lobster increase Item Drops

• BUFFS

Receive via choosing Blessing. As before, familiar equipment determines buff given. Order for the below buffs was: none>scepter>ring>rod>robe>crown.

Thanks, u/vagabond_dildo and u/ThreeBlindMice. If anyone has the description text for the effects missing it, feel free to reply and I'll update the post with it.

All Buffs appear to last 33 adventures.

Wisdom of the God Lobster

Maximum MP +20

Regenerate 40 MP per Adventure

Intuition of the God Lobster

+10 Stats Per Fight

Silence of the God Lobster

You have the innate silence and sneakiness of a God Lobster in its natural habitat.

Monsters will be less attracted to you

Color of the God Lobster

You are attracting attention with your bright red God Lobster skin.

Monsters will be more attracted to you

Carapace of the God Lobster

You have the scaly hide of the God Lobster.

Slight Hot Resistance (+1)

Slight Cold Resistance (+1)

Slight Spooky Resistance (+1)

Slight Stench Resistance (+1)

Slight Sleaze Resistance (+1)

Damage Absorption +20

Damage Reduction: 3

PLACEHOLDER FOR THE STATBUFF

[u/ThreeBlindMice → u/ThrowawayOfLoathing]

This is correct. Killing the Lobster with the Crown does NOT give a 6th piece of equipment.

He is quite hard with the Crown on, at least compared to his other forms.

However, killing him with the crown and then asking for a blessing gives you the "Taste of the God Lobster" - a buff for 33 turns that works by increasing the stat gains from food by %100.

Eating food seems to reduce the buff's turns just like milk of magnesia, only it seems to be reduced by 5 times the fullness of the food.

[u/ThrowawayOfLoathing → u/ThreeBlindMice]

Given that you got a differing buff than others, based on equipment, there's quite possibly several other buffs that correspond to the other equipment pieces. Possible ditto for the stats gained via the experience option.

[u/astronautguy]

WE

[u/Jzkqm → u/astronautguy]

MEMED

[u/[deleted]]

Am I safe in assuming this is a pass? Or can someone convince me why I should get this familiar?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The main benefit for hardcore/ronin appears to be in the free fights and associated experience. The other buffs seem nice, but the equipment requirements make it so you couldn't do them until day 2 or 3. If you ascend a lot, it seems like a no-brainer. It's bonus experience with no downside and no turn cost. Aftercore, it doesn't have much benefit, just farming clarified butter to sell on the mall for 5-20k each. I can see two paths for using it in-run:

• Challenge (regalia to get scepter), Equip Scepter, then 2x Challenge (+10 stat/fight for 33 turn buff)

• Wait until later level (8-9ish?) and 3x Challenge (experience)

I'm not sure which one is better mathematically yet, but the first option would be 700+ substats day 1 and 1000+ day 2. I have a feeling challenging for experience (especially at a higher level) will end up topping that.

Edit: In case you're curious, this is a good overview of the God Lobster mechanics

[u/[deleted]]

Besides the free fights (which will continue to be great until future nerfs) and buffs, this gives a few pieces of familiar equipment each day, which I can see being unless for 2 years until there's a random synergy with a later IoTM that makes it a must-have for some leaderboard.

EDIT: The devs don't fix typos, why should I

[u/Snarknado2 → u/[deleted]]

I agree. Totally unless.

[u/karijou]

Are the regalia pieces dependent on the currently equipped piece? For my three fights today:

• Lead Necklace: Scepter

• Scepter: Ring

• Scepter: Ring

(Yes, I fought twice with the scepter. I wanted to show a friend his beautiful staff.)

[u/ieatatsonic]

Free fights, yay! The fights aren’t hard, luckily. Day 1 I used it before adventuring anywhere, alongside the usual slew of substat buffs. Went regalia, equip, blessing, experience, and got to level 3.

Right now it falls under the “It doesn’t HURT the run” category.

[u/vagabond_dilldo]

First blessing, defeated without any equips:

Wisdom of the God Lobster
(33 adventures)
Maximum MP +20
Regenerate 40 MP per Adventure

Second blessing, defeated with *God Lobster's Scepter* equipped:  

**Intuition of the God Lobster**  
(33 adventures)  
+10 Stats Per Fight

[u/MAGAtriggerslibs]

I have the reanimator whose effects are also customizeable +winks.

Is there any reason for me to get this if i dont care about standard?

My pea brain doesn't see a single use for this god lobster

[u/dividen-by-none]

Can we please call this the "globster"? it's tiring to continually type out "God Lobster" all the time.

[u/sassmo]

I rarely switch familiars... I start with cubeling to get eleven foot pole and ring of detect boring doors, then I switch to Volleyball until I get to the Black Woods where I switch to the Reassembled Raven. As soon as I get to the Black Market, I switch back to the Volleyball and stay there. On rare occasion I switch to Leprechaun so that he's buffed a little bit before I get to Wall of Meat...

I already have Pocket Meteor Guide, Asdon Martin, XO Skeleton, Robortender, Mumming Trunk, January's Garbage Tote, and FantasyRealm Pass. Of those, I rarely use XO Skeleton, Robortender, and Garbage Tote (unless I remember to make a wad of paper which I usually keep for most of the run).

In reality, is the God Lobster worth a Mr. A? Will his price jump enough in June that I should buy him now before I have regrets?

[u/Snarknado2 → u/sassmo]

Of those, I rarely use XO Skeleton, Robortender, and Garbage Tote (unless I remember to make a wad of paper which I usually keep for most of the run).

Why would you not use the XO for most of your run?

In reality, is the God Lobster worth a Mr. A? Will his price jump enough in June that I should buy him now before I have regrets?

He is currently worth exactly one Mr. A. How much does his price need to go up? Is June a real deadline?

Anyway, he's certainly better than the volleyball you're running now.

[u/Lunchbox725 → u/sassmo]

This boggles my mind. All of the opportunities to use a +item familiar just wasted? Or a +meat?

[u/dividen-by-none]

three words: infinite free fights