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The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel

Created by Vault Comics

New Achievement: Late to the party! You missed the campaign. Where were you? Hiding in a safe room? Well, don't fret! Luckily for you, we still have some great loot left over.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Happy weekend, Crawlers! Reservation update, and more ✨
11 months ago – Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 05:12:02 PM

Celestial Fan Box update

We're still right on track for unlocking the Celestial Fan Box. It will likely unlock Saturday night PST, so we'll be ready and waiting with your hard-earned poll if (WHEN) we hit that. You guys have gone above and beyond for this campaign and this is definitely going to be your hardest choice yet to make... whatever you choose, you deserve it completely!


Reservations deposits now applied!

Many of you heard that loud banging noise yesterday around this time when our funding number dropped down a few stories. Not to worry! That was actually the thousands of Reservation deposits, placed way back in September, finally being applied to all reservation accounts through our friends at BackerKit.

Reservation backers, your deposit will now have been automatically applied to your account. BUT, if you see any funny business, do drop us a line at [email protected] and we'll look into it as soon as we're able.

Suggestion: if you were a reservation holder who did NOT yet pledge, there's still juuuuust time left to do that (might we suggest that beautiful, super-upgraded Gold tier?)
 

Achievement adjustments, plus our final Achievements are live~

Since we had that unexpected application yesterday (and because a certain NPC was a bit late to post our unlocked add-on), we've made the "preview the Celestial Fan Box options" achievement a bit more weekend-friendly. At 26,262 backers, we'll reveal the Celestial Fan Box options.



We have also released our final remaining Achievements for this campaign so you can all complete your Loot Box sticker sets... Good luck! 

Most importantly: have a nice weekend

Thanks for sticking with us. It's very possible this campaign ends sometime during the weekend... if so, we can't wait to digitally high-five you all at the finish line. 

And, a little preview of our Croc Florin cover lineart! 

Did you know? In 2025 a Crocodile once drove a train for 3 days... some say he's still driving it. 🐊
11 months ago – Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 10:10:30 AM



Crew, you've made it through another long day and night, and to the end of the Legendary Fan Box voting period.  🥳 Gold and up tiers... congrats on your BackerKit exclusive hardcover colored edges! 🥳 This upgrade treatment is going to look amazing alongside your upgraded foil and spot gloss. If you're not in the Gold tier yet, there's truly no better time to upgrade.

Celestial Fan Box incoming!

Even better... we're officially over halfway to unlocking the Celestial Fan Box.

Because the Celestial Fan Box unlock is time-based, we didn't want to leave you hanging any longer than we have to. We'll post our Celestial Fan Box options for your discussion and strategizing when we hit the new achievement goal, below!

Backer number achievements creep up while you're holding the door open for new folks to find us, so we'd expect this to open sometime tomorrow to give you all a full day to ponder your options. And, why not, we'll throw in a new poll for you to vote on a bonus add-on patch design as well. 

Add-on upgrade... Shiny! 

Oh, and last night we ALSO unlocked a BONUS sticker added to the Loot Box add-on sticker set! You'll now get 4 stickers, including the 3 normal and newly-added❗ shiny Celestial M ❗ when you pick up this add-on. NOICE.


What about today, though? oh yeah, evil.

We won't leave you hanging! We've got a special, NON-achievement unlock coming, just to commemorate the DCC: Crocodile BackerKit community. It has nothing to do with the book or DCC, honestly... it's just for fun. Because we do that around here 🐟 

This add-on has an evil unlock condition; we'll post a new add-on when our funding amount "taps" or catches up to the current Kickstarter funding amount. We're pretty close... about 3k away! We got permission from their campaign to set a catch-up as a goal, so we give them mega thanks and, as usual, suggest you check the KS campaign out as well.

Big ol' thanks

Last but not least, a huge thank-you to the Crawler community. We're just gonna keep saying it! We gave a shout-out on BlueSky yesterday to the top three folks commenting and organizing (at the time of posting... the list is always in flux!), but know that the leaderboard in our heart has got every one of you on it! From Matt, Michael, Brett, and all the other folks involved in this book and campaign, we've got nothing but thanks and appreciation! 

Overtime Mode Day 2: How does it feel to be unkillable?
11 months ago – Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 12:49:40 PM


First, did anyone spot this?

Our crowdfunding friends would never derail our choo-chooing. Huge thanks for BackerKit for changing their maintenance date just for us🐊 and accommodating the NIGHTMARE EXPRESS! 

Unlocks for days

Like Carl, we are absolutely crushing goals with our sparkly little toesies left and right.

  • Yesterday you unlocked the LEGENDARY FAN BOX, and the voting is closer than we've ever seen it before. We trust you all to make the best decision before the timer runs out. We know many of you are taking these upgrade opportunities seriously, so there's a Q&A thread pinned in case you have any questions to ask to make your best choice! 

  • The BENEFACTOR BOX opened late last night at NPC time. NPC had to get out of bed to open the box properly. NPC is tired but very excited for you all to see the incredible upgrades:
      - All existing and future bookmark orders have been doubled
      - Gold Croc Box and up get a bonus postcard
      - DCC: Crocodile standard hardcover editions are now spot-glossed
      - DCC: Crocodile BackerKit exclusive hardcover editions are ALSO now spot-glossed in addition to that foil you already unlocked in the Bronze Fan Box! 

  • We didn't even have time to properly announce this one before you crushed it... Our next achievement unlock WAS to open up a new sticker pack add-on--the long-requested Loot Box pack, designed, of course, by Brett Bean. The pack was unlocked just a few hours ago, and currently contains a Bronze Croc Box, the Platinum Croc Box, and the original Legendary Croc Box. I say currently because... 

  • Our NEXT achievement unlock adds another sticker to the sticker pack! We already know this goal is going to get hit at some point, so it's more of a way for us to say thanks and stuff an extra sticker in there for you.
  • Last but not least, the CELESTIAL FAN BOX remains in play. We are, at the time of posting, a little over 50 hours in to our 135 hour goal. Keep the train chugging, and the final round of truly sweet upgrades will be yours. 

  • You're probably suspicious about the next few days and if there are any more achievements. GOOD.

Another amazing Sanderson shout-out

The G.O.A.T. has given our DCC projects another shoutout 😭 We'd be remiss not to scream about it just a little 


Speaking of the DCC Hardcover Kickstarter, don't forget to back that one too! We'll be ending at some point (theoretically), and the Kickstarter will be not long behind, so that clock remains ticking! And, reminder, you can get the sweet Donut sticker sheet when you back both at a physical book tier.



Okay, time to take a NAP. 

You have received a Silver Benefactor Box from Vaethon Industries.
11 months ago – Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 02:25:53 AM


This box contains the following three items applicable to DCC: Crocodile physical reward tiers only, unless otherwise noted.*

Vaethon Industries Double Placement Tracker. Variant 11.5.

For every add-on bookmark purchased, backers will receive two bookmarks. Consider this second bookmark a bonus bookmark to share with a friend, or another bookmark to use with any purchased add-on books.
Warning: Two Placement Trackers, when used within the same book, may cause disorientation and confusion.
This item will result in the following upgrade to your rewards: more stuff.



Vaethon Industries "In a While, Crocodile" #1 Missive.

All Gold Croc Boxes and above now include an additional "In a While, Crocodile" postcard featuring comic art from Brett Bean to commemorate the "end" of this campaign.
Warning: This art is placeholder. The final art will reflect an iconic scene from the book... you'll have to wait for that comic goodness, but it'll be worth it.
This item will result in the following upgrade to your rewards: even more art for your collection! Additionally, extra postcards will be available for $1 from the Add-On store.



Vaethon Industries Reflectivity Enhancer. Cross-compatible.

EVERY Dungeon Crawler Carl: Crocodile hardcover edition will receive spot gloss on the cover. You read that right.
  • Standard Editions, enjoy your spot gloss.
  • BackerKit Exclusive editions, you get BOTH foil treatment AND spot gloss.
Warning: This enhancement will result in increased value of the Standard Edition book once it is released to the masses via bookstores in 2027. It is recommended that you purchase any additional Standard Edition copies as add-ons during the remaining life of this campaign, as there is zero chance that this fully upgraded item will be priced this low again in the future.
It probably goes without saying at this point, but these blinged out BackerKit Exclusive hardcovers will not be offered past the end of the campaign, so the final days of the campaign are your last shot at these.
This item will result in the following upgrade to your rewards: your books are so pretty now, eeee ✨



Congratulations on all the unlocks, Croc Squad; you've earned it.

✨ Ooh... Closing in on the Legendary Fan Box AND the Benefactor Box! ✨
11 months ago – Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 08:13:24 AM

SOOOooo close to the Legendary Fan Box 

You've made it through the first evening of our Backer Train, and can't you just smell those Legendary Fan Box voting items waiting for you?

We won't be updating again today (to spare your poor inboxes), but if/when we reach the Legendary Fan Box Achievement goal and open the next Fan Box voting round, it will be today at 10am PST. We'll put a banner at the top of the campaign at 10am for easy clickin' too.

Even MORE enticing, though, is that mysterious Benefactor Box containing multiple unknown upgrades. This one is going to be VERY good, guys. And as usual, you're crushing all previous records by holding the line and allowing new backers to find their way here for just a bit longer. Some stats for you? We had over 1000 new backers join yesterday alone, and most of them came in after the official close of the campaign. 

You must be thinking: these achievements are out of control. Haven't the adults noticed what we're up to?

The adults have noticed what we're up to

Word has indeed escaped into the greater environment... GOOD. Check out some amazing coverage from savvy folks in the comics industry!


Fun stuff just for fun

DCC: Crocodile Giphy stickers, anyone? The Vault team came together to make some lovely digital stickers for your use on Instagram Stories and anywhere Giphy is used on social media. All you have to do is search "Dungeon Crawler Carl" and they will appear! Yay!


Reservation reminder

One last reminder before we depart this update... about 10,000 people (!!) were part of our original reservation backer club! If you remember, wayyyyy way back in Sept, we opened up early reservations to the campaign to grant two special reservation-only rewards; the Art of the Crawl PDF, and this reservation-exclusive Noble Steed holo sticker.

Backing at any physical tier will get your rewards included in your box, BUT, we have a missing 1000 reservation folks who may let their rewards go forfeit. I'm sure most have a good reason, but for the few who might have just forgot, here's your fair reminder!

Okay, let's have another little snake sneak peek at some art, shall we? Spoiler tag below! 

































⚠️Spoiler warning: new page art below the cut, for backers only! ⚠️