A Hermit Hovel in the Atlantic Waters.
Hermit Hovels are a type of Expedition.
Description[ | ]
Hermit Hovels are located randomly throughout the map, and are able to be entered by steering the Submarine into the shell's hole. Once inside players can disembark through the hatch located in the Submarine. Hovels are simply made of a very large room containing the Trash Hermit and its filthy collection. Here, players may get gifts from this docile behemoth, but not everything he gives them is going to be useful.
Trash Hermit[ | ]
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The Trash Hermit inhabits the Hermit Hovel.
Description[ | ]
The Trash Hermit, sometimes referred to as the Trash Crab, is a huge decapod that is closely related to the Hermit Crab. Unlike his smaller counterpart, however, this species have developed sentience and an unconventional hobby: collecting trash. They settle in gigantic, towering sea shells of unknown origin, with more than enough free room for them to fill with their filthy collection. They do seem to have low intelligence, only being capable of speaking in broken English. However, they are happy to share their collection, and will happily greet any visitor and reward their company with some of its beloved trash. They do not seem to know the value or uses of their trash, and may give something incredible, such as an Upgrade, or useless garbage or broken Items.
Behavior[ | ]
The Trash Hermit is completely immobile, but is very welcoming to visitors. Once their lair is entered, they will greet their new friends and will give them 3 random gifts, whose usefulness can range from being very valuable, to completely useless, to actually harmful. Afterwards, it will hide its head in the trash and go to sleep. The Trash Hermit cannot be fought or killed.
Trash Crab's gifts[ | ]
| Gift | Probability | General characteristics |
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| Garbage | Likely | Have no real purpose and will simply litter the floor. |
| Trash Item | Likely | Are worse versions of normal Items. |
| Garbage Attire | Unlikely | Once collected, will unlock their respective attire. Can be a Trash Hat or a Trash Suit. |
| Waste Barrels | Unlikely | Adds an effect to the player's roll. |
| Item | Unlikely | Can be picked up and used for multiple purposes. |
| Battery | Unlikely | Can be used in a Console to temporarily increase its power. |
| Potion | Very unlikely | Will increase a stat. |
| Upgrades | Very Unlikely | Increases a Submarine stat. |
| Torpedo Upgrades | Very Unlikely | Improves the effectiveness of the torpedoes in different ways |
| Turret Modifiers | Very Unlikely | Modifies the Minigun in different ways |
| Lit Dynamite stick | Very Unlikely | Will explode shortly, dealing 4 damage to anyone caught in its blast radius |
Trash Hermit's dialogue[ | ]
The Trash Hermit's dialogue is generated randomly using a Greeting piece, Conversation piece, and an Ending piece from the lists below.
- You seems like good little peoples.
- You's looking for some traaaash?
- I bets you's lookin' for some traaaaash...
- Yous? Yous could use some good traaaash...
- Come ova here little guys...
- Ohhh boy I'm in a great big ol'...
- I gots some traaaaaash here.
- I gots some new traaaaash here.
- Hey I'm waaaalkin' here. Just kiddin' I'm a trash crab.
- It's traaaaash time.
- Yous? Yous could use some good traaaash.
- One man's trash is another man's traaaash...
- I'm a traaaash craaaab.
- Hi theres little ones.
- Wowie this is some good trash.
Trivia[ | ]
- The Skeletons it may gift are the skeletons of the game's developers: Jordan, Ryan, Nick and David.
- The Books it may gift are called "Call of Cthulhu", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", and "The Time Machine". Each of those is a real life book, and all of them act as inspiration for the game's world.
- According to the artbook from the Buried Treasure DLC, the Trash Hermit's face takes inspiration from Danny DeVito, an American actor.
- According to the developers, "canonically, the Trash Hermit is a communist."