Risk of Rain 2 has plenty of difficult challenges to overcome. One of which is the challenge The Demons and the Crabs, which can have you scratching your head as to how to complete it. Let's take a look at the Lunar Item Gesture of the Drowned, and how you can unlock it.

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What Does Gesture of the Drowned Do?

Gesture of the Drowned, Primordial cube, and brainstalks
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Gesture of the Drowned is a Lunar Item, which means you can only get it from the shop or from a Lunar Pod. This item will reduce equipment cooldown by 50%, but will force your equipment to activate as soon as it's off cooldown. Like all Lunar Items, Gesture of the Drowned can either be incredibly powerful or downright terrible, depending on your other items.

For example, pairing a Gesture of the Drowned or two, a few Power Cells, and an equipment like Royal Capacitor will have you firing lightning strikes at any enemy you look at. On the other hand, Gesture of the Drowned does absolutely nothing good for equipment like The Crowdfunder.

How to Unlock Gesture of the Drowned

Completing the challenge The Demons and the Crabs
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To unlock Gesture of the Drowned, you have to kill 20 Hermit Crabs by chasing them off the edge of the map. While the challenge wording states you have to chase them off the edge of the map, killing Hermit Crabs with fall damage also counts.

Hermit Crabs appear on the fifth stage Abyssal Depths and will hide around the map, launching rocks at you from far away. When you get near them, they will run away in the opposite direction. By approaching them when they are near the edge of the map or cliff, you can kill them by chasing them off. Do this 20 times, and you will unlock Gesture of the Drowned.

There are two ways you can approach doing this challenge. The first is to get to the Abyssal Depths and head to the higher levels of the map. When you see a Hermit Crab, carefully lower its health low enough to where it will die from fall damage. Avoid using items like Unstable Tesla Coil, Razorwire, and drones so you don't accidentally kill them.

The second (and easier) option is to continue past Abyssal Depths until you get to Titanic Plains on a second loop, as Hermit Crabs will spawn on the map at this point. Titanic Plains has several easy-to-access map edges that work perfectly for this challenge. If you go to the shop from Sky Meadow, you can spend Lunar Coins to guarantee the next stage is Titanic Plains.

Once there, wait for the Hermit Crabs to spawn, then herd them towards the edge of the map. Knocking them off here will ensure they die of fall damage. Do this 20 times, and Gesture of the Drowned will be yours.

Best Survivor to Use

Rex on character selection menu

The best survivor to use to complete this challenge is Rex because of his Utility ability, Directive: Disperse. This ability has a knockback effect, making it extremely easy to knock the Hermit Crabs off the edge of the map. His other abilities can be a little difficult to get used to, so try playing on Drizzle difficulty if you're having a hard time getting to Abyssal Depths or Titanic Plains.

If you don't want to use Rex or don't have him unlocked yet, any survivor can complete this challenge. Feel free to use your favorite survivor.

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