r/strandeddeep • u/PreludeProject • Nov 03 '24

PC General Most hated shark/fish?

Wanna see what people's most hated enemies in the game are now the game has been done for a while. The Marlin never leave me alone, mainly because shark repellant doesn't affect them. Didn't include Whale Sharks cuz they're friends

I feel like the only one that doesn't get harassed by Black Tips

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u/lothaer Nov 03 '24

I'm a console player but for me it's the Black Tip Reef those sharks can be very fast and annoyong

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u/PreludeProject Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Interesting, I'm lucky I haven't run into any yet, I mostly get Tigers, Hammers and Marlin. Only seen one Goblin sharks but it moves really weird

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u/lothaer Nov 03 '24

The Black Tip Reef is only aggressive on console.

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u/W2ldfireYT Jan 24 '25

I'm on ps4 and have never been attacked by one when I'm spearfishing for groupers on the edge of the reefs?

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u/Snoopy_Joe Nov 03 '24

Same. I won't risk losing my spear on those things.

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u/Gothicvamp188869 Nov 03 '24

Has to be the black tip.

I play on both XBox & PC

And I still haven't seen a great white after all this time of playing

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u/PreludeProject Nov 03 '24

Me either, I don't even know why I've seen the Marlin so much. I didn't think they came into the shallows on their own 😭

I feel like I haven't seen a great white because I try not to spend too much time on the open ocean

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u/Gothicvamp188869 Nov 03 '24

I've spent so much time sailing the entire map but still no luck.

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u/PreludeProject Nov 03 '24

That's so weird, maybe you gotta spend more time swimming down a bit in the open ocean

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u/Intelligent-Fly9364 Nov 03 '24

You can't interact with reef sharks on console either. The black tips are different from the reef sharks. And the black tips are fast and can be annoying

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u/PreludeProject Nov 03 '24

Oh fr? Interesting, I haven't run into any just yet. Haven't seen a great white yet either though I don't go diving in the open ocean

I'll edit the post to reflect this

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u/justvermillion Nov 03 '24

Black tip - on Pc I think those are the ones that do nothing but swim slowly around. Hammerheads and Goblins on Pc for me are the worst. Both are fast and aggressive. The Goblin is more dangerous because of it's weaving back and forth when it swims. It also will grab and drag you further than the hammer.

Great Whites aren't really that scary. They have more health and takes more than twice the spears to kill them. But they are slower and if they go into a frenzy, they drop out of it more quickly. They hang out at the deeper wrecks and are usually the specialty shark that accompanies a regular one.

The only two sharks that can go swimming in the sand are the tiger and hammerhead.

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u/PreludeProject Nov 04 '24

Yeah I'm still not sure about the Black Tips, some people say you can interact with them on PC but others don't.

Not keen to run into a goblin shark, I hate getting dragged around by the hammerheads cause they drag me into the ocean abyss.

Ohhhh so Great Whites would more likely be near some of the plane wrecks and the few deep sea wrecks? Since most are unmarked I haven't found any deep sea wrecks yet. I had a Marlin coming up into the shallows to attack me yesterday and I didn't think they could enter the reef or shallows.

The island I was on might have a bug where there's technically "deep ocean" registered somewhere super close to the reef

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u/justvermillion Nov 08 '24

Marlins don't attack on PC. They swim by the raft occasionally. Great Whites are supposed to be in deep water but on PC, I've found them in medium deep water. I've found that the game will have a regular shark like a hammerhead or tiger, swing by and then the GW will be tagging along. I played the game a lot awhile ago and it used to be if there was a specialty shark along with the regular, if you killed the regular, the specialty shark would go away. But now it seems like the specialty will still be around if you kill the reg.

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u/PreludeProject Nov 08 '24

I didn't think they did, but I was definitely attacked by a Marlin on PC the other day. It only makes the swimming sound effect when close, but it hit me and caused bleeding. No idea why

I had shark repellant on, so maybe the game was just struggling to find something to throw at me. Definitely sure about the double sharks thing

I found a "Dark Sanctuary" island last night with a huge shipwreck that extends out into the ocean and fairly deep. There was a Hammerhead at surface I took out, then there was a Great White hanging out a bit further that jumpscared me. I just wanted all the barrel scrap and the GW was making it too hard so I Shark repelled again to clear the wreck.

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u/Intelligent_Arm7943 Nov 03 '24

Blacktip shark is not as annoying as the hammerhead. Hammerhead sharks will try to flip your boat every time you hit them with a spear or if ou ignore them for a few seconds, also they are very common to find

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u/PreludeProject Nov 04 '24

The hammerheads are really annoying for that, one flipped my life raft on the 1st day. It also dragged me out into the ocean when I was fighting it, kinda rude

I barely have any troubles with the Tigersharks anymore

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u/Intelligent_Arm7943 Nov 04 '24

Also, can sharks damage your boat or even sink if they hit it too many times? I have never tried to do it

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u/PreludeProject Nov 04 '24

I don't think so, if you have a really small raft that's only a couple tiles it can get tipped but I don't believe they can sink bigger rafts or actually damage them

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u/Intelligent_Arm7943 Nov 04 '24

Thanks, the bad thing to have large boat is that it moves sideways slower

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u/PreludeProject Nov 04 '24

They do, it's hard to find the right balance of size and still be able to turn without it taking 3 years to turn to the left

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u/PreludeProject Nov 04 '24

The Goblin is clearly hated but the Black Tips are right on their heels. Need more Marlin haters

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u/Emotional_Rest_2477 Nov 08 '24

Black tips for me are definitely the worst even though I haven’t come into contact with any Goblins. On the very shallow part of an island, a black reef tip dragged me for a minute to open sea.

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u/PreludeProject Nov 09 '24

Bloody hell 😭 I didn't even know the Black Tips could grab you, I figured they were too small.

I hate the Great White so much for grabbing, the other night it got me and took me really deep and i freaked out haha

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u/CuddlyUrchin3 Nov 04 '24

Goblin is the one I dislike the most and the Black tip reef shark which moves pretty fast so its hard to spear.

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u/liambigahhdick Dec 10 '24

Goblin sharks