River Krusts

A River Krust seen in the Flooded District.

River krusts are a type of mollusk found in Dishonored, which are often found in humid environments like on the underside of piers. They are immobile, but can sense nearby activities and launch projectiles toward those that they perceive as enemies. River krusts possess durable carapaces that protect their soft insdes. These insides are only exposed during their attacks.

Corvo Attano can first encounter river krusts shortly before Kaldwin's Bridge during the mission The Royal Physician.

Combat

• River krusts only attack Corvo if he is detected within a specific range. Getting out of that range will cause the river krust to close its shell again and become idle.
• The shell of river krusts protects them from melee attacks, but it cannot defend them against bullets and explosives.
• Krusts tend to gather in groups, making them good potential targets for grenades; individual krusts are easy to kill with a well-aimed crossbow bolt or a bullet once their shell is open.
• River krusts can be avoided by simply running or sneaking past them. However, killing them and looting their corpses often yields valuable river krust pearls, which can be sold for 25 to 50 coins depending on size.
• Killing river krusts is not counted towards chaos factors on violent/non-violent playthroughs.
• River krust "spit" is extremely caustic, and even a single krust can kill Corvo quickly if caution is not taken
• Corvo can possess river krusts, but cannot move or attack while doing so.

Trivia

• A book mentions that River Krusts are asexual and are born from some kind of "slick" covering the shores.
• River Krusts are suspected to be one of the main ingredients of both Piero's Spiritual Remedy and Sokolov's Elixir.
• Pearls produced by krusts are highly valued.
• The Heart mentions that some of the liquor from the Distillery District is processed from River Krust juice.