Early game summoner gear:

1. Most basic Weapon.

Squirrel Staff - 50 acorns + 100 wood @ Workbench

Summons a Squirrel to protect you.

4 damage.

The squirrel shoots acorns at enemies at the rate of 4 per second, each does 1 damage.

2. The weapon which has an armor set.

Crabs have a 10% chance to drop a crab shell and a 5% chance to drop a crab claw.

They are strong enough already, 40 hp, 40 damage, 10 defense.

Armor: Crab Set.

Crab Headgear - 2 crab shells + 5 coral + 3 seashells @ Anvil

2 defense.

+1 minion.

Crab Breastplate - 3 crab shells + 5 coral + 3 seashells @ Anvil

3 defense.

+5% summon damage.

Crab Greaves - 2 crab shells + 5 coral + 2 seashells @ Anvil

2 defense.

+4% summon damage.

Set bonus:

+1 defense.

+3% summon damage.

Crab minion has froth attack which causes enemies to lose 1/5th of their defense for 1 second. (Frothed effect)

Weapon: Crab Staff.

2 crab claws + 10 coral + 5 seashells + 2 starfish @ Anvil

7 damage.

Damage AI similar to a man eater or angry trapper's.

Summons a crab minion to protect you.

Follows you around and then sits down to release its 2 claws.

On re-summoning, gains 2 more claws, and increases in size.