The mantis shrimp chef who sells food in dungeons and seeds by the Anchordeep door, and hides a boss fight behind his beloved snail.
Rakshasa will sell you seeds for every biome in the game, and he will also fight you to the death if you touch his snail. The multicolored mantis shrimp chef runs a pop-up restaurant in dungeons, then sets up a permanent seed stall once you meet him.
He is one of the most useful vendors in the game. According to the wiki, Rakshasa sells food and the crop seeds for Darkwood, Anura, Anchordeep, and the Silk Cradle, all from one stall by the Anchordeep door.
He also guards a secret. The wiki notes that attacking the giant snail behind him, his wife, turns the friendly chef into a pitchfork-swinging boss with a Massive Monster Shrine reward on the line.
This guide covers who Rakshasa is, what he sells and where, every biome seed he stocks, and the hidden fight that most players trigger by accident.
A mantis shrimp chef who runs a restaurant in crusade dungeons.
Food, and seeds for every biome from a stall by the Anchordeep door.
Hit his snail wife four times and he turns into a boss fight.
A Massive Monster Shrine blueprint for a follower form if you beat him.Rakshasa is a resource vendor and chef, and one of the most colorful faces on a crusade. Per the wiki he is a multicolored mantis shrimp in a white chef hat, with a red cross drawn on his body, running a restaurant marked by a food-banner shop icon.
He starts out mobile. According to the wiki, Rakshasa can only be found inside dungeons at first, offering three goods that usually favor the food of the region you are currently in, like pumpkins while you crusade through Anura.
His home base is the sea. The wiki points out he later sets up next to the door to 
Anchordeep, since they both come from the water, mirroring how 
Helob the spider sits by the Silk Cradle door. For the wider cast, see the full Cult of the Lamb characters roster.
Rakshasa runs two shops that unlock in order. Per the wiki, you first meet him as a random restaurant inside crusade dungeons, where he sells food and the matching seeds for whatever region you are raiding.
After that, he goes permanent. The wiki states that once you have met him in a dungeon, Rakshasa appears at the entrance to Anchordeep in your 
cult grounds, selling seeds full time so you never have to wait for a lucky dungeon spawn.
His prices climb after the story ends. According to the wiki, once you defeat 
The One Who Waits and the Mystic Seller shows up, Rakshasa doubles the price of his seeds, though you can still buy every biome's crops from him even after the regions re-lock.
Rakshasa is the one-stop shop for crop seeds, and his stock depends on which biomes you have unlocked. Per the wiki, each region you clear adds its seeds to his permanent stall by the Anchordeep door.
The full list covers the whole map. The wiki specifies 
Darkwood grants Berry Bush and Camellia seeds, Anura grants Pumpkin seeds, Anchordeep grants Cauliflower seeds, and the 
Silk Cradle grants Beetroot seeds.
Berry Bush Seed and Camellia Seed Pumpkin Seed Cauliflower Seed Beetroot SeedStock up on seeds before you finish the game. In practice Rakshasa doubles his seed prices after you beat The One Who Waits, so buying out the crops you need for your farm layout beforehand saves a lot of Coin.
Rakshasa has a secret boss fight, and you start it by attacking the giant snail behind his stall. Per the wiki, that snail is his wife, and he warns and insults you with every hit you land on her.
Four hits tips him over the edge. The wiki states that after the fourth strike on the snail, Rakshasa turns furious and attacks with a pitchfork, fighting with far more health than a normal enemy but the same knife-style moveset as a regular dungeon foe.
Beating him pays off with a unique decoration. According to the wiki, defeating Rakshasa hands you a Massive Monster Shrine blueprint, a decoration you pray at during the night to earn a follower form. After the loss he stays afraid, whimpering for the rest of the game and no longer reacting to your purchases.
Only start the snail fight when you actually want the shrine. Per the wiki, even leaving the arena via Omnipresence after angering him raises his seed prices by 50 percent until you return, so an accidental swing at the snail gets expensive fast.
Rakshasa is named after a myth. Per the wiki, his name likely comes from the Rakshasa, a race of demigods in Hindu mythology, fitting for a character with a hidden monstrous side.
His species is a deep cut. The wiki points to his iridescent shell and build as the reason he is almost certainly based on a mantis shrimp, one of the ocean's most colorful and aggressive animals.
His placement is a quiet in-joke. According to the wiki, Rakshasa stands by the Anchordeep door because he is from the sea, the same water-themed logic that puts Helob the spider beside the Silk Cradle door.
Rakshasa feeds your whole cult through his seeds and food. These guides cover the farm those seeds fill, the shrine his secret fight unlocks, and the bosses he quietly joins.
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