How To Win The Claw In Animal Jam

This article is almost the game. For the den item, see The Claw (Item).

The Claw is a mini-game that was originally constitute in Crystal Sands at Captain Melville's Juice Hut. It was kickoff introduced sometime during Beta Testing, later actualization in the Animal Museum and the Theater Lobby in the Sarepia Theater. The Claw tin also exist plant in many parties such as the Trading Party and the beast-specific parties. This mini-game can be played in dens using the Monthly Member Souvenir version and the Diamond Shop versions.

Gameplay

The player must pay v Gems before they can play a round of the game. First, the player must utilise their keyboard'southward arrow keys or click the yellow arrow buttons on the motorcar to movement the claw left and right. Once the player finds a suitable location for the claw, they tin drib it past pressing their keyboard's downwards arrow key or by clicking the large, red push button on the machine. The claw then drops and closes; if the player has won a gift, they volition hear a squeak and a gift box will announced hanging from the claw as it rises up. The gift box is yellow with pinkish stripes (like any souvenir box) just it has question marks all over it as well. Finally, if the actor won, the prize will be revealed and the player has an pick to "Keep" or "Discard" it.

Rewards

Original Version

In the original version of The Claw, Jammers could win various den items such as:

Items
Imperial Mat
Orange Mat
Blue Mat
Pink Mat
Beach Brawl
Rocking Horse

Plushie Version

Sometime around Feb 2011, the den item rewards were replaced with Plushies. Additional plushie types were added to the possible rewards every bit they were introduced. The plushies that are currently awarded are as follows:

Items
Tiger Plushie
Bunny Plushie
Panda Plushie
Wolf Plushie
Monkey Plushie
Koala Plushie
Seal Plushie
Elephant Plushie
Rhinoceros Plushie
Crocodile Plushie
Equus caballus Plushie
Penguin Plushie
King of beasts Plushie
Giraffe Plushie
Trick Plushie
Raccoon Plushie
Deer Plushie
Eagle Plushie
Chill Wolf Plushie
Snow Leopard Plushie
Kangaroo Plushie
Cheetah Plushie

Monthly Member Souvenir Version

Released in August 2011 as one of the Monthly Member Gifts, this den version rewards the gifts that the standard plushie version offers, simply it also rewards a Phantom Plushie that cannot be found anywhere else.

Trading Party Version

When the Trading Party was introduced in Jan 2012, it included a version of the claw machine that only rewards some habiliment items. This seems to be the aforementioned version that was included in the trading-themed Jammer Political party, which has an unmarked claw machine that can be clicked to play the game. The rewards in both cases seem to consist of the post-obit items:

Items
Fancy Top Lid
Horned Leg Pads
Rare Glove
Scary Horns
Liberty Hat
Wreath Necklace
Bat Glasses

Animal-Only Versions

In many parties, there is a claw machine that only rewards a specific plushie. These parties are:

Parties	Plushies
Leap Year Party (2012 Only)	Lion Plushie
Wolves Merely Party	Wolf Plushie
Bunnies Only Party	Bunny Plushie
Horses Only Party	Horse Plushie
Monkeys Only Party	Monkey Plushie

Diamond Shop Version

The Diamond Shop had sold non-member claw machines until they were replaced past member claw machines with a new design, starting with The Arctic Wolf Claw. These are claws that only reward plushies of a specific fauna. These claws currently include:

Items
The Wolf Claw
The Equus caballus Claw
The Monkey Hook
The Bunny Claw
The Tiger Claw
The Elephant Hook
The Panda Claw
The Crocodile Claw
The Rhino Hook
The Seal Claw
The Penguin Claw
The Flim-flam Claw
The Raccoon Claw
The Koala Claw
The Deer Claw
The Giraffe Claw
The Chill Wolf Claw
The Lion Claw
The Snow Leopard Claw
The Owl Hook
The Cheetah Claw
The Lynx Claw
The Otter Claw
The Hyena Hook
The Llama Claw
The Goat Claw
The Falcon Claw
The Polar Comport Claw
The Kangaroo Claw
The Shark Claw
The Dolphin Claw
The Sea Turtle Hook
The Octopus Claw
The Flamingo Claw
The Clydesdale Horse Claw
The Sloth Claw
The Toucan Claw
The Red Panda Claw
The Coyote Claw
The Sheep Claw
The Squealer Claw
The Arctic Fox Hook
The Cougar Claw

Trivia

It is i of the several mini-games to have a toll (5 Gems) and a prize that is not Gems.
The Trading Party version of this game costs 25 Gems to play it instead of the normal price of 5 Gems
The crimson push that lowers the claw originally had the discussion "Drib" on it instead of an arrow.
There is a glitch where the Trading Party version, despite costing 25 Gems to play, will display the message "You Must Take 5 Gems to Play" if the player has less than 25 Gems.
There is another glitch with The Rare Claw, despite costing 5 Gems to play, volition display the message "You need 25 gems to play" if the player has less than 5 Gems.
The plushie version of the claw provides an estimated 27% run a risk of getting a mutual plushie, iv% chance of getting a special plushie that includes an accompaniment, and 69% risk of non getting anything.
In an update on November 19, 2015, a glitch occurred where all claw machines appeared to but contain white Elephant Plushies. However, each claw machine even so rewarded the correct set of plushies and no white Elephant Plushies could really exist won. This glitch was later on fixed.
The regular plushie version of this game volition frequently display unreleased plushies inside the machine even though they cannot actually be won from the machine.

Gallery

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The unmarked claw automobile constitute in the trading-themed Jammer Party. The original version of the claw motorcar. Playing the Monthly Member Souvenir version. The white elephant glitch. The game screen when the hook finds a prize. The game screen when the claw does not find a prize. This is a glitch where the trading claw says it requires 5 Gems when it really costs 25 Gems. Winning a plushie from The Hook. Winning a wolf plushie from a claw motorcar with the white elephant glitch. Winning a Mat from The Claw during Beta Testing. During Beta Testing, the "Keep" and "Discard" buttons were both blue. A glitch where the message ID "#11013" is displayed instead of the message itself. A glitch when the Rare Hook shows you must accept 25 gems instead of the 5 gems

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