Jun 9
finished dredge!!
i may try to 100% it later but i got the main ending… i’ll probably try for the other ending if i try to 100% the game or if i buy the iron rig update and/or the pale reach update cause they both look cool
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finished dredge!!
i may try to 100% it later but i got the main ending… i’ll probably try for the other ending if i try to 100% the game or if i buy the iron rig update and/or the pale reach update cause they both look cool
Every Dredge Aberration (2025), Bonus III
A single glimmer gazes up from the floor of the world. It remembers promise and oath, the splendid little treasure- a ring of gold, circled snug in a ring of jewels. They foretell and beckon a task unfinished. Girdling them is a ring of teeth, and rung around this maw are arms by dozens, poised in a deceptively languid sway. The whole of all these circles gaze upward from the floor of the world. They belong to hateful roots that watch the quiet waters above. They spiral out to wind the walls of a great blue hole, almost reach to touch the echoes of human life the stellar basin once welcomed.
Now, the bay’s shores sit empty, and all in its reefs and majestic sky seem at peace, while a sinister infection simmers down below. Tourists and traveler seeking their sights will be greeted with a monster’s wrath instead. Though some have tried to understand the creature’s true nature, it proves as inscrutable as the nadir which nurtured it. Though it is a bottom dweller, there is no hunter above which tops its dominance; its breadth alone could put all these regional guardians to shame. However yet, there is a way to surmount even this mighty obstacle, and what secrets it hides beyond the dark can be easily stolen with the right approach.
Sink Above, Rise Below
The process assumed to have resulted in this beast’s becoming is, like many of the Deep’s creations, the product of random happenstance and the mysterious wiles of dark miracles. A single obelisk in the Stellar Basin grants us a vital clue in the search for its origin, shown below.
Whether the hardiest, or luckiest of its brood, this living fleck survived to fall close to the barrier between sea and the elder forces below. Perhaps it was through such a journey that it was deemed worthy, or perhaps it was those roots that seeped down through thinning rifts and lapped from the primordial blood that Ironhaven discovered. I have long theorized that there is strong intention shown in the pattern of our ‘neighbors’ from under when their children take charge of a region, for they in almost every case known are correlated to the discovery of supernatural relics and other peculiar happenings in an island chain’s history. It is not impossible that such artifacts conduit the essence of these elder things, radiating their influence throughout the waters they were lost to. I conclude that it is these relics which gave rise to and anchor their own guardians, most apparent of all in the Stellar Basin Creature.
When that larval speck had settled within the pit’s bottom, it settled along with the gilded coil it was destined to envelop and protect from unworthy hands. Where the Creature holds the edge over its aberrant lessers is ironically in its stationary nature. Sitting contently where it does, both in closeness to its charge and to the True Deep, had led to it being notably more inundated with evil corruption. So much so, in fact, that it may itself have become a source of spreading it further.
Crustaceous Carbuncle, its Crater
For all purpose of categorization, the Creature is an abomination of its own kind, liberated from the rules of whatever biology it once followed. Though it bears superficial resemblance to the great kraken myths of old, and has been compared to that of cnidarian animals, I believe it’s true nature to be closer to that of the lowly barnacle. By this I mean its beginning was once as a mundane larva, wandering and battling the odds for survival as any other of its kind, before eventually settling into a mature and sedentary form, and it grew. Because it was in no more perfect a place and time, it grew, and grew, and though it was trapped at midnight depths, it was granted more than enough power to still be able to punish interlopers above. Curiously, the surrounding life still flourishes around its presence. It is the presence of ships over its home that rouses the creature’s fury, but I doubt the notion that it is actually a hunter of men like the other beasts. It gives clear warning before it strikes, and is just as quick to calm once its target is no more, or fled. It lashes out with a single arm while dozens simply rest. It’s frightening ‘teeth’ I conclude could in fact be movable shell plating, and most of these appendages developed from filter-feeding organs.
This could mean that the relationship between the stellar reef’s ecosystem and it is symbiotic in nature. The basin creature survives off of the rich biodiversity that it both protects and bolsters with the Deep’s gifts. The blue glow that tinges several parts of its body looks like an incredible parallel to an actual barnacle feeding on bioluminescent dinoflagellates,
Tactics
While the creature is a force worthy of respect, able to swiftly destroy weaker ships with its strikes, thrice as destructive as the dreaded Night Angler, it is ultimately defanged by its predictable nature. Being seated at the bottom of the blue hole, it will only sense and attack fishermen who approach directly above it. Initially, it will even stir and growl in a warning display, giving unintentional trespassers an opportunity to flee. When agitated at night, its blue glow gives way to a crimson hue, able to be seen on its main body below and the attacking arm it sends upward. It has also been observed that a fast enough ship can also take advantage of the creature’s sluggish reflexes and simply dodge each lunge when crossing over the pit, so long as they keep moving and do not linger in one place.
A wise man would take all of this to mean that the best way to prevent one’s demise at the tendrils of such a monster would be to just avoid its territory in the first place. But wise and brave men know how to not let this abomination keep them from the treasures it guards. Like all aberrant behemoths, it knows and obeys the spell of banishment, but such curses from the book only allow a brief window of protection- not nearly enough to make real headway on adventurous pursuits or a hunt. This is where a technological edge has proved key to victory. The aptly named repulsion machine stationed in the area can actually mimic the banishment spell’s command for upwards of 12 hours at a time. This allows an ample chance for fishing and dredging activities while the creature recluses back to the sea floor.
* Additional Note- Until recent years, the machinations behind why the device’s signal was so effective at warding off the basin creature, or even if its effects could apply to similar beasts was not known. Now with the records and gathered observation from the Iron Rig incident, we have a stronger understanding that The Deep’s children in fact flee from the signal that it emits- a broadcasted distress call made of the cries of several species. This could mean one of two very interesting things- either that the language of the Deep is an ancient, primordial communication that is understood at a primal, instinctual level, and these aberrants which understand it are compelled to obey no matter the circumstance… or, that even these monsters still retain enough similarity to natural animals that they can feel fear and can be fooled. If the former is true, it speaks to fascinating implications about the elder forces and their influence on the planet’s life as we know it. If the latter is the case, it begs a concerning question- What higher threat would something like the Basin Creature have to be so afraid of that it would hide from?
Every Dredge Aberration (2024), Part 23
Deep Form ₊˚.༄
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Description:
In the sable depths, elder blood seeps through the void; each conquest of corruption weakening the veil.
From host to host, it withers and wanders, climbing towards the clouding Sky.
Such transient flesh has no hope of enduring the true Deep.
Comment: We did this, witless, predictable fools to our last. Stones and silt which sat undisturbed for millennia, we pierced knowingly. Stygian shores, we sailed on blasphemous winds. A nameless hunger beyond compare we elected to feed. A cycle otherworldly we pretended natural and beyond our touch, when damnable we alone turned its wheel once more.
Deliver the vessel
Fulfill the hunger
Feed the mouth
An answer…
The ice… takes form
How audacious are we to be surprised at the betokened outcome? From the first innocent horror we ever laid eyes on in the Marrows, this was exactly what these ancients warned- no, promised us from the start.
Bring down the sky
More still… hungry
Sustain the mind
Another, a sacrifice
The stars… leave the sky
Salvation, blessings, never were we offered, never were we deserved from our guests. For see, it was us, mere flotsam, who reached to touch what cared not beyond the flesh and what the flesh offered. We advertised ourselves when we called to The Deep in invitation, with every time we grabbed and pulled it up thrashing and gnashing at us, so we could bare it before the light.
Raise the deep
Almost. Fulfilled.
Consume the sky
Sense… an opening
Fall… to the deep
Our reward, the Deep’s will, the disciples’ prophetic ramblings were all obvious from the very beginning.
So fear not the response you so beckoned for. Behold it… aberrance, naked, and pelagic, born from that space where the firmament between a hell and the heavens is sundered through. Finally find what the dozens before us have given everything in blind searching for.
Become witness before our humanity’s imago, as it unmasks the paths before you to choose... Oblige the hunger, or starve it. Shield your eyes, or gaze long into that abyss. Hold your tongue, or beg for the answers- remain lost, or be found. Break the chain, or begin the cycle anew. Raise them up to stay,
or throw.
them.
back.
How to catch: Follow the spidering fault trails back to their regrettable source. He waits for you there. Truthfully, he may be anywhere in the open sea, but you are most likely to encounter him beneath that ruined platform where it all began- where his story ended. Grotesque appetites favor grotesque meals, and use of aberrated bait is not optional in pursuit of him. Make sure an oceanic line is equipped and only that rod. Be persistent, very, very, very persistent, and above all, lucky. (I cannot emphasize how wildly the roughly 5% catching chance will play into this. It took me dozens of tries before I completed this collection with him, so I will share what was most helpful to me- stock up on many aberrant baits, about 10 or so, and save once before burning through this inventory trying. Upon failure just reload the save and try again, rinsing and repeating until you have conquered him for your own.)
Every dredge aberration (2024), part 22
Archon’s Burden
Encyclopedia #225
Aberrant form of oarfish
Description:
A regal serpent, crowned in bone. The inheritance of eternity, appointed at last.
Comment: Heavy is the crown it wears, withered and made unending slave to pride.
How to catch: The throne lies in the abyss between the cliffs, and exotic bait will grant your hook’s audience. Seal your royal prize with the words of atrophy.
Famine’s End
Encyclopedia #226
Aberrant form of gulper eel
Description:
Devourer in the deep. Unfurler of maws. Engulfer of the lost.
Comment: Never satisfied, always agonized, the worm turned, only to be consumed by the jaws of gluttony.
How to catch: Hadal fathoms hide their countless teeth below the stellar basin. Exotic bait will coax them to open, and atrophy’s word will ensure their bite.
Brute’s Crux
Encyclopedia #227
Aberrant form of Goliath tigerfish
Description:
Demonic spirit of the swamp. Horns grown, twisting, bracing. A skull to shatter any barrier.
Comment: A blind and unrelenting fiend, steered through mud and root by indiscriminate wrath.
How to catch: They rampage among the mangroves in the Twisted Strand. Exotic bait can bring them through their labyrinth, and by your command will atrophy and rod extinguish their fury.
Shaper’s Prime
Encyclopedia #228
Aberrant form of coelacanth
Description:
The antediluvian ideal. A form defended by the armor of eons.
Comment: A wretch of long forgotten name and identity, lost within envy’s slithering void.
How to catch: They boast this new body in the abyssal waters of Devil’s Spine, where such archaic wickedness is welcomed. Exotic bait will have them in your sights, and call of atrophy will have them in your clutch.
Sleeper’s Torment
Encyclopedia #229
Aberrant form of sleeper shark
Description:
A nightmare seeker. A death dreamer in a waking abyss.
Comment: Weary eyes stretched open in frozen horror. A screamless maw wide and ever cursed to lurk among sloth.
How to catch: They wander in the shadow of the behemoth that slumbers in the ice. Rouse them forth in the Pale Reach with your exotic bait, and set them to rest with atrophy’s lullaby.
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Encyclopedia #230
Aberrant form of ████ ███████
Description:
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Comment: Was it enough at last? Where have you gone to, victim of avarice?
How to catch: Gods above and below, beyond sea and sky…. Forgive us for what we do.
Every Dredge Aberration (2024), Part 6
Decaying Blackmouth
Encyclopedia #136
Aberrant form of blackmouth salmon
Description:
A shimmering blackness permeates the flesh of this relentless fish. Muscles atrophied and decaying, but still it swims on.
Comment: I does me no pleasure to admit that this species was a particularly underwhelming discovery. Were this found in freshwater, literally nothing would even be amiss. Elaboration on that bit.
How to catch: Can be netted, but is also fairly easy to find with a little prodding about the Gale coasts. Expect to find them during the day.
Sprouting Eel
Encyclopedia #137
Aberrant form of cougar eel
Description:
An eruption of crystalline growths burst from its skin. Sharp shapes clatter and resonate together.
Comment: Now this creature... this is a true beauty of the Deep. Likely suffering, anomalous, but undoubtedly beautiful. It is rightful that a good-sized individual will fetch a fine dollar on the market.
How to catch: Before atrophy, I found this one to be a little tricky to bag. A preference for the narrow cliff passageways and its nocturnal nature already makes the cougar eel a risky quarry to seek. Additionally, it cannot be caught with a trawl net. Keep an ear up around those rock walls, lest you be caught unawares by a much larger stone eel. Lingers in shallow water.
Withered Ray
Encyclopedia #138
Aberrant form of devil ray
Description:
Rotten webbing spans the wings of this large ray. Sinews stretch and snap as it thrashes in futility.
Comment: An utterly infernal sight that likely makes for a pungent aroma. To its last breath, it flutters for the wind and waters, like the flag of the ship that is lost to the maelstrom.
How to catch: Though having a slightly higher base value than the sprouting eel, surprisingly, this ray is worth less than the former proportiona to how much inventory space it takes up. That coupled with the observation that it's an oceanic fish, only seen at night, does not make fishing for manta rays a recommended side venture for the easily panicked. If you seek money at this stage ir the story over completing the encyclopedia, you may be better to stick to wreckfish, sturgeons, or even the eels. An upgraded trawl net can handle them, but you will probably have access to bait by such a point when you’ll feel like using one.
Translucent Sturgeon
Description:
The simple clockwork mechanisms of life laid bare as a tenuous, skeletal existence.
Comment: And not only that, but in such a gorgeously prismatic fashion! At least, if the art is suggesting what I think it may. I believe this sturgeon has made itself quite clear :].
How to catch: Cast or Trawl in oceanic territory around the Gale Cliffs, during the day.
Shattered Wreckfish
Encyclopedia #140
Aberrant form of wreckfish
Description:
A cracked husk of scaly plates sliding atop pulsing miscoloured flesh.
Comment: Peeling wonderfully, I see. A boiled egg of a fish, huh? At least what I can view are very pretty colors beginning their molt. It's not every day the fishmonger is brought wares capable of descaling themselves.
How to catch: A daytime, shallow-swimmer that can only be caught by rod. Living true to their name, they are best sought out directly above the many shipwrecks around the Gale Cliffs. Due to this, their harvesting spots are usually alongside dredging opputunities.
Bony Wreckfish
Encyclopedia #141
Aberrant form of wreckfish
Description:
Encased in bony protrusions and struggling to move its encumbered fins. Its gills are almost sealed shut by the growths.
Comment: Fascinatingly, it has fallen victim to an ailment almost exactly opposite of what has happened to the previous fish.
How to catch: ^^^
Every Dredge Aberration (2024) , Part 12
Twisting tendrils thwarted, then followed down,
by the flotsam’s single-minded greed.
Unyielding until they have found what they need,
so very soon they too, can feed
on nature distorted and innocence drowned. ₊˚.༄
Crown of Nadir
Encyclopedia #169
Aberrant form of crown of thorns
Description:
A fractal gateway, reaching beyond the abyss. From its maw whispers a call from below.
Comment: It resembles uncomfortably the crab pot boon from one of the shrines- Mouth of the Deep. Perhaps one of these was involved in its construction. Despite this creature's association with the water, "Nadir" is a celestial term. In the astronomical sense, it directs to a point on the sphere one stands on directly under the observer's current location. It means below one in the sense of the lowest bottom possible, and taken from the literal Arabic, "opposite". For pondering's sake, if symbolic link from the name “crown of thorns" is to Jesus of Nazareth, ask yourself what more fitting a name could be given to this cosmic perversion than Crown of Nadir? | have no answer, myself.
How to catch: Must be captured by a large enough crab pot. Requires 9 squares of inventory and is only found at depths of 5 meters or shallower in the Basin.
Entangled Crab
Encyclopedia #170
Aberrant form of blue crab
Description:
Glistening purple strings sprout from solid rock, tying and untying themselves. They fall way and whither, making way for new knots.
Comment: Can barely be recognized as the crustacean it supposedly once was. A lovely color of sea spaghetti, at least, and this is a good thing, since the painter will be wanting one towards unlocking the royal purple pigment.
How to catch: Dwells the same depth and areas as the crown of thorns starfish, while only taking up 2 slots, making it suitable for smaller traps if checked frequently.
Imperious Lobster
Encyclopedia #171
Aberrant form of Spiny Lobster
Description:
Iridescent purple feelers recoil from the dry air. Sacs of violet fluid embedded in its carapace begin to drain.
Comment: No answers in sight as to what this fluid is, or its purpose, but there has been discovered a much better function- mixing into a stylish new coat of paint for the fisherman's vessel.
How to catch: A pot catch that actually does not overlap with the zone of the previous two. Place traps between 5 and 50 meters in the Basin.
Mimic slug ˚.༄
Encyclopedia #172
Aberrant form of sea slug
Description:
Foolish morsels of the deep make mistakes they will not live to regret.
Comment: A slug befallen a hideous sort of infection, or an entirely new visitor with a picky selection of prey? Nudibranch often are toxic, or themselves mimics… of their toxic relatives. This makes fairly interesting the theory that this aberrant’s resemblance to these slugs, which try so hard to deter threats with their appearance, is actually meant to draw in their narrow would-be predators, quite possibly the genuine specimens they impersonate. I find amusing though a speculation that there are even stranger Deep dwellers we haven’t yet seen, and how their appetites may crave the promise of danger that most life is wired to fear or find distasteful.
How to catch: The trickster is, ironically enough, easily fooled itself. Any crab pot will do, provided appropriate placement over a tarry patch at sea level to 25 meters of depth.
Every Dredge Aberration (2024), part 16
Then the siren wail rang out a new invocation.
Now with no further obstruction,
The elder grasped again their construction
and sought swiftly to fulfill its destruction
as answer to their delightful invitation. ₊˚.༄
Unveiled Vetulicolia ˚.༄
Encyclopedia #195
Aberrant form of vetulicolia
Description:
Beak cracked and lips peeled back to reveal an array of misshapen molars, tensed under muscular gums.
Comment: Another’s purpose and role once lost to time, now completely bastardized and subsumed. What we thought once survived on the nutrients of plankton and detritus alone, fit now to gnaw, crush, and tear in its new seat at a much less peaceful banquet.
How to catch: Take extra care reeling from the polluted hearths about Devil’s spine. The infused fireproof rod alone is your key to this next trove of the otherworldly.
Plated Barbjaw ˚.༄
Encyclopedia #196
Aberrant form of sawfish
Description:
A devoted hunter, sheathed in iridescence. Once the barbs lodge, there will be no turning back.
Comment: In the end, not ultimately made a victim to the Deep, but to the irony of our own world above. My hook spared you no more of a chance than you were prepared to grant me, fellow hunter… so truly we cannot be so different.
How to catch: A shallows dweller beneath the black gleam. While there are multiple infused rods that could catch this one the same, the previously mentioned fireproof line is an obvious keeper for your time in the region.
Untouchable Wyrmfish ˚.༄
Encyclopedia #197
Aberrant form of giant dragonfish
Description:
An implausible cryptid of the dark depths. It crawls the silt and marine snow, gulping down detritus of the sky.
Comment: And yet not as ungraspable as its namesake claims. The distance between our kinds means only as much as it could slow down our relentless hunger, but never escape it entirely. It was only a matter of time before the light found this one. How long could it take before the darkness finds me?
How to catch: As its description implies, the wyrm lurks at the most elusive hadal depths, in that fathom blackness beyond surface blackness. For this case you will be switching back to your infused hoist.
Excoriated Fiend ˚.༄
Encyclopedia #198
Aberrant form of dunkleosteus
Description:
Ascension to the apex comes at a cost, paid in skin and scale.
Comment: Obviously among the worthy, for this beast has shed the binding tatters behind so that new gifts and growth had ample room for completion. Offer such a traitorous animal your congratulations, but never again your pity.
How to catch: Ditto as the guidance for capturing the vetulicolia.
Every Dredge Aberration (2024), Part 4
When whispers and fleeting tastes weren’t enough, the flotsam took up their metal and their lies, and they lanced the darkest primordial core.
From it spilled our past’s phantoms to rise- no longer in eons’ slumber, glimpsing the light once more. ₊˚.༄
Plated Osteostracan ༄.°
Encyclopedia #123
Aberrant form of Osteostracan
Description:
A shell of bone, pierced by spurs of something stronger. A horned mitre shielding eyeless sockets.
Comment: The true osteostracans (the powers below only know how much I have struggled to spell that word right with every use) would, among many of the ooze’s surprises, already have been a discovery defying of all reason. Here from the drill’s disturbance is an individual not only of a kind thought to have vanished from our world some hundreds of millions of years ago, but changed and reshapen anew where evolution did not touch its brethren. On a sidenote, a mitre is the actual name of the headwear iconically worn by the upper clergy of the Catholic hierarchy, most famously associated with the pope. Could this creature’s helm also be a symbol of importance? Regarding the mystery of the shell’s makeup, I personally speculate it to be a form of enamel. It would certainly be stronger than mere bone, and suit some of the Deep’s penchant for the sardonic: a jawless fish, gilded in teeth.
How to catch: Though they rose from the darkest, inky depths below the Marrows, the osteostraci prefer to gather in the shallows beneath pollutants’ gleam. The unique “habitat” they spawn from however, requires the aid of specialized equipment to harvest these fish.
Axial Matron ༄.°
Encyclopedia #124
Aberrant form of tullimonstrum
Description:
Mouths within mouths. Chambers within chambers. The matron's grip is terminal.
Comment: In a spectacular twist, the bastardization of the living fossil has actually… produced a creature much less monstrous, if only in appearance. The retraction of stalk eyes and the repurposed proboscis-like organ of the corrupted specimen has brought its visage closer to that of a fish than the enigmatic, impossible to class Tully Monster.
How to catch: This will be the last I repeat of what I already gestured to before. Learn quickly the recurrent pattern of the sludge’s offerings, no regular rod or reel will be able to drag ANY of these ancient wretches out of their favored home- of course being the newly spotted oil slicks released by the seabed’s running wound. A lucid mind, armed with steady hand and advanced tools, is best to send to those unsightly lesions. Take your pick of the Marrow’s coastal scabs, and then you may try your luck with old Tully.
Anvilfish ༄.°
Encyclopedia #125
Aberrant form of paddlefish
Description:
A head hammered flat against the alluvium of the world. Every shaper needs a surface.
Comment: Definition of alluvium: a deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil. Behold here as well the rarity of a rarity. There isn’t much to this victim’s purpose easily concluded. What I have noticed, though, is that this fish and the next proceeding entry compliment each other and the nature of the Iron Rig itself- an extraction and transformation of the deep’s bed, bringing out the evolution of our tools.
How to catch: With infused reel aboard, feel around for the Marrow’s costal waters, where and while the oil still flows.
Ivory Impaler ༄.°
Encyclopedia #126
Aberrant form of swordfish
Description:
Strips of flensed flesh course around a spike of impossible metal. Underneath roped tendons, it bears a name unremembered.
Comment: Spear-fisherman beware… the quarry that finally stands (really swims) on an even playing field. The savage beauty of this one appeals to me greatly, the grisly paleness of its flesh, rended asunder. The permanent grin beneath so evil a gaze. A predator that no longer lunges for the meal, simply for the satiation of even more bloodletting.
How to catch: Strangely, though neither returned fossils nor commonly seen in the Marrows before, the seismic anomaly has brought in the first sightings of swordfish gathering in the region, specifically in the same stained waters as other new findings. To begin catching them, one will need oceanic suitable fishing equipment also fitted with improved modifications.
Cerebral Crab
Encyclopedia #127
Aberrant form of common crab
Description:
A turquoise mass swells from within this small crab. The growth pulses, quickening in the light of the sun.
Comment: Would it be to awry of me to say that there's something almost... cute about the look of this scuttler? I find it difficult to not think there would be strange beauty in the sight of the island sands at night, pulsing and peppered with a gathering of these crabs' light, like jewels beneath the foam. I can at least be sure that their hue is enamoring once smeared across the hull of my boat. This is one of two mutants you must bring to the painter in Little Marrow to unlock the sharp mint pigments to customize with.
How to catch: As the name would suggest, this animal can only be harvested with patience and the use of a crab pot. Aim for a depth below 25 meters, such as close to, or even within the Greater Marrow harbor.
Malignant Pincer
Encyclopedia #128
Aberrant form of fiddler crab
Description:
Teal tumours secrete a slimy substance over cracks and joints. Its massive claw shudders as it fights for control.
Comment: Now THIS victim's predicament actually lends some fascinating implications about what ails the previous. These pustules look so alike to the same as the common crab's infection in both shape and color that I will go on a limb and decide that the same entity finds a host in either species. The "cerebral" part of the former's name indicates that this mass is in fact a brain of its own, with its own imperatives and will that overrides the poor vessel's. Because the infection has decided to root within the fiddler crab's claw, rather than its head, the animal's original brain has remained intact, despite everything. The body survives to stage a losing battle between nature and another's unknowable plan.
How to catch: They generally share roaming space with the common crabs of The Marrows, albeit preferring slightly shallower water, under a mere 10 meters to be exact. Due to their size, the basic crab pot can only hold one of them at a time, so, barring a speedrun to acquire the maw of the Deep, check the traps frequently if you are looking to snag one of these in the early game. I never found error in placing the pots right next to the Marrow docks for convenience. Bring one of these to the painter along with the cerebral crab to unlock the sharp mint paint for your ship.
Inverted Husk༄.°
Encyclopedia #129
Aberrant form of sea cucumber
Description:
Flesh, prolapsed and shed to the seafloor. A moult discarded, ready to envelop another.
Comment: Most horrid thing among the Iron Rig additions I have examined so far. Finally, the long missed taste again of utter revulsion and bewilderment that this grand sea had inspired in me from the beginning. With new novelties will come even more unsettling revelations.
How to catch: Unlike the other slick-swimming things we have encountered, this aberration requires no fancy or new tools at all to find. Any crab pot will do, placed directly into the tar-blackness at a depth between 25 meters and the surface. Depths from 10-25 meters are advised to prevent the space-demanding fiddler crab from turning up in the traps instead.