{"id":1604242,"date":"2026-06-11T20:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UJERwYNUsx4wTCFWGVvhoJ"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:27:26","slug":"a-single-crab-has-the-third-highest-player-kill-count-in-path-of-exile-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-single-crab-has-the-third-highest-player-kill-count-in-path-of-exile-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A single crab has the third highest player kill count in Path of Exile 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You gotta hand it to the brave few who willingly risk it all playing an early access game like Path of Exile 2<\/a> on hardcore difficulty, where a single death permanently ends your character. If you’re not getting squashed by a giant monkey boss, you’re taking your chances with whatever unfinished parts of the game could be your end.<\/p>\n

Path of Exile streamer Zizaran didn’t know that it wasn’t actually his fault when his hardcore character inexplicably and suddenly died<\/a> in a mundane combat encounter several days ago. The real culprit was revealed during a recent interview with the two lead developers on the game who regretfully informed him that his killer was one accidentally deadly crab.<\/p>\n

While answering a question about surviving bosses as a hardcore player, co-game director Jonathan Rogers told Zizaran that the team had looked into how he died. Rogers explained that it was one specific crab enemy that can unleash a volley of projectiles if it dies mid-attack, and there was a bug that caused them to all fall immediately, like a shotgun blast.<\/p>\n