Mantis Shrimp

Where to catch the Mantis Shrimp

The Mantis Shrimp lives in Ocean (zone 5 of 17), toward the back of the zone. It is number 7 of 9 in the Ocean index. A full-strength throw needs roughly 720 – 880 Throw Power to land in Ocean.

Foods that land here: Croissant ($650M), Chocolate ($3.2B). A higher-tier food pushes the roll toward the rarer end of the Ocean list, so the newest food you own is always the best bait.

Any throw that lands toward the back of the zone can produce it. If you are hunting it for the index, lower your throw strength with the gear icon until the food lands on that spot – distance inside a zone decides which animals can come.

Is it worth keeping?

• A plain Mantis Shrimp earns 20x a plain Gorilla, the best animal from Jungle.
• The best plain earner here is the Seal ($62M/s), 2.1x this one.
• The first animal in Mountains, the Llama, makes 6.7x as much – once your throws reach Mountains, replace it.
• Keep it longer only if it rolled a strong mutation or size (see the table below) or you need it for the index.

Mantis Shrimp income by mutation and size

A plain Mantis Shrimp makes $30M/s. Mutations and sizes multiply that number, and the two stack. The table below multiplies the plain income by the multipliers I have measured (Gold ×1.5, Diamond ×3, Emerald ×5, Ruby ×10, Rainbow ×20; Big ×2, Large ≈×4.3, Huge ≈×9, Colossal ≈×18.5, Gigantic ≈×37). Treat the size columns as estimates – real catches land a little above or below. With the 2x Cash gamepass every number doubles.

Mantis Shrimp catches I've recorded

Real catch cards. Odds are the “1 in …” number the card shows, which already includes the luck of that throw.

Compared with other Ocean animals

Plain income of every Ocean animal, from the front of the zone to the top of its index (log scale).

• Crab$2M
• Turtle$5M
• Jellyfish$7.5M
• Goblin Shark$12M
• Seahorse$20M
• Sharkno data
• Mantis Shrimp$30M
• Leafy Sea Dragon$45M
• Seal$62M