Motif · from book 1
The crawler count
The number on the first safe-room screen: 4,322,395 when Carl first sees it, under a million by the middle of the second floor. He tries not to look at it and always does.
First appears: Book 1
Series arc
As of book 2. Ten million at the start; 990,303 after two floors; just over 700,000 at the third floor's opening and 649,433 and slowing by its middle. The number the series keeps on screen.
Through book 1
The number on the first safe-room screen is 4,322,395 when Carl first sees it (B1 ch. 9), 4,148,111 after a night's sleep (B1 ch. 10) and 3,594,517 by the time he thinks of it as dripping like a faucet (B1 ch. 19). It is 2,552,085 before the Ball of Swine (B1 ch. 26) and 1,292,526 the second the first floor collapses — 700,000 of them in that second (B1 ch. 31). After the elemental it reads 1,033,992 (B1 ch. 38), and by the end of the floor 990,303: 'We'd gone below one million, and I hadn't noticed' (B1 ch. 44). Carl tries to tune it out and reads every figure.
Through book 2
The tally
Every count the system posts, in order; the drop is since the previous count of the same kind.
| Book | Chapter | Of | Count | Drop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 ch. 9 | crawlers | 4,322,395 | — |
| 1 | B1 ch. 38 | crawlers | 1,033,992 | −3,288,403 |
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl | 4/48 | Ch. 9, Ch. 31, Ch. 38, Ch. 44 · the book's own page |
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 1/26 | Ch. 2 · the book's own page |
By book
The crawler count in book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl
4,322,395 on the first safe-room screen (ch. 9); 4,148,111 after a night's sleep (ch. 10); 3,594,517 dripping like a faucet (ch. 19); 2,552,085 before the Ball of Swine (ch. 26); 1,292,526 the second the first floor collapses, 700,000 of them in that second (ch. 31); 1,033,992 after the elemental (ch. 38); 990,303 — 'We'd gone below one million, and I hadn't noticed' (ch. 44). Carl tries to tune it out and reads every figure.