diff --git a/.agents/skills/crabbox/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/crabbox/SKILL.md
index 7706f02bdb4f..77286de5f0cb 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/crabbox/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/crabbox/SKILL.md
@@ -293,8 +293,21 @@ environment, or owned capacity is explicitly the goal.
 
 When AWS capacity is under pressure, do not start with `class=beast`.
 `beast` begins at 48xlarge instances and can burn 192 vCPU quota per request.
-Use `standard` first, then `fast`, and use `large`/`beast` only when the task
-truly needs that many cores or the AWS quota increase has landed.
+OpenClaw's owned-cloud default is `standard`; escalate to `fast`, then `large`,
+and only use `beast` when the work is explicitly CPU-bound and the smaller class
+already failed the goal.
+
+Use `beast` only for exceptional lanes:
+
+- full-suite or all-plugin Docker matrices where wall time is dominated by CPU,
+  not dependency install or network;
+- release/blocker validation where a maintainer explicitly asks for the largest
+  owned AWS class;
+- performance profiling where the point is to compare high-core behavior.
+
+Do not use `beast` for `pnpm check:changed`, focused tests, docs-only work,
+ordinary lint/typecheck, small E2E repros, or Blacksmith outage triage. Those
+should use `standard` first and `fast` only when the extra cores materially help.
 
 Preferred AWS pressure-relief flow:
 
diff --git a/.crabbox.yaml b/.crabbox.yaml
index ab0046d8ce99..d660ae5a986a 100644
--- a/.crabbox.yaml
+++ b/.crabbox.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 profile: openclaw-check
 provider: aws
-class: beast
+class: standard
 capacity:
   market: spot
   strategy: most-available
   fallback: on-demand-after-120s
   regions:
     - eu-west-1
+    - eu-west-2
+    - eu-central-1
+    - us-east-1
+    - us-west-2
 actions:
   workflow: .github/workflows/crabbox-hydrate.yml
   job: hydrate
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
index 381b7bcb17c8..5121e1cbfd02 100644
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ b/docs/ci.md
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ pnpm crabbox:run -- --id <cbx_id-or-slug> --timing-json --shell -- "env NODE_OPT
 pnpm crabbox:stop -- <cbx_id-or-slug>
 ```
 
-Under AWS pressure, avoid `class=beast` unless the task really needs 48xlarge-class CPU. A `beast` request starts at 192 vCPUs and is the easiest way to trip regional EC2 Spot or On-Demand Standard quota. Prefer `standard` or `fast`, set multiple `CRABBOX_CAPACITY_REGIONS`, and use `--market on-demand` for capacity diagnosis so Spot market churn is not mixed into the signal.
+Under AWS pressure, avoid `class=beast` unless the task really needs 48xlarge-class CPU. A `beast` request starts at 192 vCPUs and is the easiest way to trip regional EC2 Spot or On-Demand Standard quota. The repo-owned `.crabbox.yaml` defaults to `standard` and multiple capacity regions. Use `fast` for heavier broad checks, `large` only after standard/fast are not enough, and `beast` only for exceptional CPU-bound lanes such as full-suite or all-plugin Docker matrices, explicit release/blocker validation, or high-core performance profiling. Do not use `beast` for `pnpm check:changed`, focused tests, docs-only work, ordinary lint/typecheck, small E2E repros, or Blacksmith outage triage. Use `--market on-demand` for capacity diagnosis so Spot market churn is not mixed into the signal.
 
 `.crabbox.yaml` owns provider, sync, and GitHub Actions hydration defaults for owned-cloud lanes. It excludes local `.git` so the hydrated Actions checkout keeps its own remote Git metadata instead of syncing maintainer-local remotes and object stores, and it excludes local runtime/build artifacts that should never be transferred. `.github/workflows/crabbox-hydrate.yml` owns checkout, Node/pnpm setup, `origin/main` fetch, and the non-secret environment handoff for owned-cloud `crabbox run --id <cbx_id>` commands.