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1.0.104.05.2023 Moved the money farming part at Charred Platoon from 109 to 100 to ditch the way from the Temple to the Platoon. 20s Get oceanic rod earlier to combine money farming with aberration chance maximization, finish Fish Shrine 3 ealier: Hammerhead, Bronze and Blacktip Reef Sharks on the way to stellay basin, Ghost Shark after receiving abyssal rod to get the viscera crane instead of the fathomless winch on the way to the figure in yellow
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Upgrade or Research Event1.0.209.05.2023 Added the Old Mayor Dialogue at 113. -10s
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Money Farming1.0.309.05.2023 Restrategized Devil's Spine in Order to get the most efficient possible time. ~1-2m
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Make sure to have these Items when leaving1.0.409.05.2023 Implemented a slighty more efficient inventory management in Stellar Basin. 30s
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Look for an aberration while doing these actions2.029.11.2023 Adapted the run to the Blackstone Key DLC, Pale Reach DLC and version 1.4 of the game:
- Pale Reach Area
- Crabberations, Paints, Flags
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Make sure you finish this area completely
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Fish Shrines
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Platoons
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Manifestation
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Catch this Fish
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Dredge this Item
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Empty your inventory
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LocationActionCommentPursuitsFishNoteBookUpgradeResearchAberrationColourFlagNotes
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Greater Marrow, Day 1Leave the Dock and catch 1x Blue Mackerel. Head back, sell the fish, get the Motor Research and sell your Fishing Rod. Get a free Rod and sell it. Talk to the mayor and pay all your debt. Free fishing rod, sell, fishing rod, sell. Buy an engine for 100$, rotate it and build it in. Free rod, sell. Free Rod, build it in. Sleep until day 4, 23:30.The mechanic works like this: The Shipwright will always give you a new fishing rod if you don't have one and you have less than 75$. This is how you can finance your start. A Fresh StartBlue MackerelMotor 1
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Greater Marrow, Day 5Get 4x Arrow Squid. If you don't get an aberration, reset and start again. If you get an aberration, sell your fish to get the Handkerchief. Sell your Fishing Rod and Motor, now you should have over 200$. Buy Improved Outboard Engine and install it. Free rod, sell. Free rod, install. Talk to the Shipwright again to get the book, immediately start reading it. Get the Package from the Mayor into your inventory.Arrow SquidCorrect Engine Operation
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Little MarrowLeave and bring the Package to Little Marrow to finish the pursuit successfully and get the book.Package DeliverySustainable Fishing
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Blackstone IslandGo to Blackstone Island and start talk to the Collector. Leave for the Key and dredge it.Relic: Key
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CollectorAfter dredging the Key, dredge 2x Cloth on your way back to Collector and empty them out of your inventory and Blackstone Island. Get the Sign of Ruin and put it into your storage.
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Tour from Collector to Little MarrowGet the Belt Buckle and dredge 3x Scrap, 2x Cloth. Get the Note, dredge 2x Lumber and go to Little Marrow.21-Aug.-27
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Little MarrowEmpty inventory in Little Marrow.Lost at Sea
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Little Marrow to Fish ShrineLeave Little Marrow at 5:30 AM. Catch 5x Cod, dredge 1x Lumber, get the note, dredge 2x Scrap Metal, empty your inventory at the Sinew Spindle Shrine. After finishing a Shrine, you will have access to your storage as long as you don't touch the reward. This is how you can empty your inventory at fish shrines. The timing here is very important. Don't make a mistake at the dredging minigame. If you dredge a research part, it is likely that you will not reach the Gulf Flounder spot before 18:00, which means you will miss it. Be aware that tight navigating is nessesary here.Fish Shrine 1Cod20-Aug.-27
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Fish Shrine back to Greater MarrowFor Fishmonger Quests 1 and 2: Get a Gulf Flounder, empty the Ship wreck except the worthless chain (1 Reseach Part, 2 Lumber, 1 Ring), get 2x Grey Eel, 2x Black Grouper, 2x Arrow Squid.Beware: Aberrations can't be used for the Quest. Catch them for the encyclopedia, but don't take them with you except it is an eel or a Grouper - which you can sell seperately from the Fishmonger Quests.Black Grouper, Grey Eel, Gulf Flounder, Arrow Squid
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Greater MarrowFinish the Quest and sell all your fish. Get the free Crab Pot. Install the Sign of Ruin. Sleep until 4:30. Deploy the Crap Pot.The Crab pot is needed for the third Fishmonger Order.Fishmonger 1 & 2
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Money Expedition in Greater MarrowCatch 1x Gulf Flounder, 2x Stingray, 3x Grey Eel, 1x Blue Mackerel. Go back to Greater Marrow and sell your Fish and your fishing rod (don't sell the Sinew Spindle!). Sleep until 6.Gulf Flounder,
Stingray,
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Greater MarrowUpgrade your Engine, place the materials into the upgrade slots to empty your inventory and storage, get your second Improved Ourboard Engine. Talk to the Builder to receive the Place to Rest Pursuit.Motor 1
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On the way to Steel PointDredge the flag and talk to the boat at anchor by the islands west of Steel Point, receive the package of Craven Courier. Read the book as soon as your other book is finished. Go to Steel Point and Dredge 2x Scrap and 2x Lumber for the Builder Pursuit. Put them into the Material Pile right away. Sleep until 5.Getting over it with Mind and BodyFlag
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Steel PointDredge the Treasure, 2x Cloth, 2x Scrap, get the Castaway, Dredge 1x Lumber. Go to Little Marrow.
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Little MarrowSell your treasures. Talk to the Dockworker to deliver the package. Empty your inventory. Sleep until 23:00.Craven Courier, Castaway
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Aberration farming trip on the way to Greater MarrowCatch 2x Grouper, 1x Stingray, dredge 1x Lumber, catch 6x Arrow Squid.
If you didn't get an aberration, do another fishing trip and try to get one during the day. It is not a huge time loss, as the money is going to help anyway. You want the research parts.
We do this during the night to maximize aberration chances. If you get an aberration, don't sell it yet. You can give it to the Fishmonger after the Crab Order to get 2 Research Parts. Getting an aberration here is a perfect timing, because afterwards the Fishmonger will be absent for 3 days and we are about to leave The Marrows for the Figure in Blue/Gale Cliffs.Black Glouper,
Stingray,
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You wanna get an aberration here. If you find one, don't sell it.You wanna get an aberration here. If you find one, don't sell it.
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Greater MarrowPut the aberrant into storage and sell the rest of your fish. Finish the Crab Quest. Give an aberrant from your storage to the Fishmonger in order to finish the Fishmonger pursuit completely. Put the two research parts into storage. Empty your inventory. Grab the Builder and leave for Steel Point.We should get the book here by the Fishmonger, if we didn't get it already. I am not sure about what triggers it. Maybe we get it after finishing our first book?Caught to OrderRods, Reels and Rigs..
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Steel PointEmpty the Shipwreck (1x Research part, 1x Scrap, 1x Cloth, 1x Earrings), Dock and finish the Builder Quest (2 Research Parts). Save and Quit, Reload. Dredge 1x Lumber, 2x Cloth. Dock, save and quit, reload. Dredge 2x Lumber, 2x Cloth. If you got a research part, dredge the Treasure nearby the Shipwreck. If you didn't get a research part, dredge 1 more Lumber on your way to Little Marrow.A Place to Rest
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Little MarrowEmpty your inventory and sleep until 6. If you did get the treasure, sell it. Talk to the Trader to get the Book.The Relaxed Mind
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Expedition to P10 CampGo to the Snake Mackarel Spot and catch one. You need at the Devil's Spine Mayor Camp at P11 and get and Ragged Note. Sleep until 4:30.Sleeping until 4:30 ensures maximal comfort on our voyage to Gale Cliffs. :) Also, you could go for a Snack Mackerel aberration here, but we see plenty of Snack mackerel spots later when we have a higher aberration bonus, so that's a slighty faster strategy.Snake MackerelRagged Note
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Expedition to Gale CliffsGo the the Shipwreck at P7 and empty it (2x Treasure, 1x Lumber). Get a Tiger Mackerel and a Blue Mackerel. Finish the Figure in Blue Quest. Empty the Shipwreck nearby (Research Part, 1x Scrap, 1x Cloth, 1x treasure). Fill the rest of your inventory with 4x Blackmouth Salmon.
The idea of getting this so early and reading the book with a certain priority is to safe a lot of money during the whole run. It is a major time safe as fish gives more value and equipment costs less.Figure in BlueTiger Mackerel,
Blue Mackerel,
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Haggling and Bartering: A Guide
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Dusty PontoonSell the fish. Research Twin Prop Engine and Twin Jetdrive Engine.Twin Prop Engine, Twin Jetdrive Engine
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Invest the other research parts into Crab Pots and buy at least two more Crab Pots. We should get the book after doing the upgrades?! Not sure what triggers it.Rock Crab, Decorator CrabArt of the Silver TongueCrap Pots
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Upgrade your Rod Spaces.The following upgrades are important so you have enough space in your storage for the Expedition around Gale Cliffs.Rod 1
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Upgrade your LightLight 1
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Upgrade your Net. Put all the remaining materials into the Hull Upgrade slots to empty your storage.
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Research Twin Prop Engine and Twin Jetdrive Engine.Twin Prop Engine, Twin Jetdrive Engine
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Fishing Trip in Gale CliffsDeploy the Efficient Crab Pot it in an adequate depth, get the Note, catch 3x Stone Fish, 2x Wreckfish, dredge the Research Part. Get the Note. Sell the Fish and Sleep 24 hours.
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Dusty Pontoon2x Rock Crab, 1x Decorator Crab. If you don't get this composition of Crabs, sell them and sleep again. Empty your inventory before leaving for the Expedition around Gale Cliffs.You need 2 Rock Crabs and 1 Decorator Crab for the Fish Shrine. You can speed up the process by leaving the Crabs in the pots which you need for the Shrine until all of them are caught. As they are not in your inventory, they don't rot.
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Expedition around Gale Cliffs 1Dredge 3x Cloth, get the treasure behind the waterfall and Family Crest, dredge the Research Part, empty your inventory into the Fish Shrine.Fish Shrine 2
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Expedition around Gale Cliffs 2Get the research part from the Camp. Catch 1x Conger Eel and dredge the Flag. Get the Note. Dredge 3x Scrap Metal, 2x Lumber, 1x Cloth.Conger Eel9-Sept.-27Flag
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HermitEmpty your inventory, get the Crest back into your inventory and talk to the Hermit. Sleep until panic has settled.
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IngfellShow the Crest to the Retired Whaler. Finish the Best Before Quest by giving the Eel to the Lady.
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Dusty Platoon Money FarmingGet all your ressources into the upgrade menu slots. Repair your Mouth of the Deep and deploy it, farm money with your crab pots and by farming aberrations. If you get the Craberrations, make sure to leave at least one of them in the pots so you can take them with you before leaving the area. Get the Mouth of the deep back into your storage afterwars.
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Dusty PontoonGet the Hull Upgrade.The Improved Trawl Net and the Inventory Upgrade are Preperations for Stellar Basin. The Net is used to increase the chance of catching the jellyfish aberration as quickly as possible and the inventory upgrade is needed to be able to get all the items we need into the inventory on our way to Stellar Basin to get all the materials for the Hull Upgrade plus Glowing Octopus.Hull 1
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Get the second Engine Upgrade. Sell one Improved Outboard Engine, buy and install a Twin Jetdrive Engine.Engine 2Twin Jet Engine
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Get the inventory upgrade.Inventory 1
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IngfellExplode the canal, get 2x Wreckfish, Sell them, talk to the Whaler, get the Hermit, bring him to Ingfell and buy 3x Explosives. Keep two of them in your inventory.Hermitage
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Use one explosive to get the Relic and the Trinket there, and one explosive to get the Refined Metal. Put the craberrations into your storage. If you didn't get the craberrations, repair your crab pots and let them farm the craberrations until you return to finish the encyclopedia. Leave Gale Cliffs.Relic: Box
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Way back to CollectorDredge the flag. Get the Items out of the Shipwreck into your storage and the Fishermans Note. Bring the Relic to the collector.Fishermans NoteFlag
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Little MarrowDredge 2x Wood and catch 2x Stingray on your way to Little Marrow, where you sell your treasures to the Trader and empty your Inventory. Bring the first three Flags and your craberrations from Gale Cliffs to the Painter.Gale Cliffs
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Greater MarrowGet about 350$ by selling fish. Make sure to have 1x Explosive Pots in your inventory.
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Dredge the Refined Metal behind Greater Marrow. Manifest and make your way to the Pale Reach.
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Bleak PontoonDeploy Mouth of the Deep and two more crab pots you can afford. Sell crabs until you can buy the Glacial Lance and a Brittle Trawl Net and install both. Sleep 48 hours. Check the Crap Pots for Sea Stars and a King Crab. Repeat and sell until you have the Entries for both of them, then repair your Pots and deploy them again. You also can leave on of the crab pots containing the sea star abberant in order to ensure you can use it later for the Figure in White.You want the Crab entries in order to get the aberration more consistently. The Sea Star aberration is necessary for the Figure in White.Sea Star
King Crab
If you get the correct Ice Fish aberration for the Figure in Red, keep it and try to get it to the FIgure in time. It is the most RNG-dependent hooded figure in the game.

If you see any aberration, get it.
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First Pale Reach ExpeditionCatch 1x Toothfish, 7x Ice Fish and open the first Barricade. Keep to the left hand side of the center area and catch 2x Toothfish. Open the Barricade to the left.Toothfish, Icefish
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Eastern thingyDredge the first part of the Ice Breaker. Catch 2x Lizardfish and 3x Icefish. Lizardfish
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Western thingyOpen the Barricade and dredge the second part of the Ice Breaker.
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Central StationDredge the third part of the Ice Breaker and return to Bleak Plontoon.
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Bleak PontoonGet the Ice Breaker. Check the Crap Pots. If the Sea Star aberration is in on of the Pots, leave it inside. If it isn't, repair the Pots and deploy them again.
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Eastern poolTake the outside route in the direction of the eastern station. Break through the canal and dredge the first Ice Axe. Proceed to the eastern station, free the Frozen Person and read all the notes.Pale Reach Notes 1
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Center PoolGo to the center and keep to the right. Break through the ice and dredge the second Ice Axe. Go to the Central Station, free the frozen Person and get all the Notes. Go to the North-West and dredge the Ice Cutter Item. Proceed to the Western Station.Pale Reach Notes 2
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Wester StationDredge the third Ice Axe on your way to the Western Station. Free the frozen Person and get all the notes.Pale Reach Notes 3
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Southern LocationDredge the last Ice Axe and free the last frozen Person. Sleep and dredge the Aurus Anchor. Catch 1x Sleeper fish.Sleeper Shark
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Eastern poolFinish the Rock Slab/Shrine, install the Net. Put down the Anchor. If you have the Ice FIsh aberration, go to the Figure in White and deploy the Anchor there.
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Bleak PontoonReturn to the Pontoon. Farm Crabs until you have both Crab aberrations. Put the Sea Star Aberration into your inventory (don't sell it!). Get your Crap Pots into Storage. Repair your net, finish the Ice Cutter Quest and put both Ice Blocks into your inventory to extend the shelf life of your aberration. If you don't have them already (RNG), look for the Ice Fish aberration and the other aberration your need for the White figure. As soon as you have them. Manifest, sleep 10 hours at blackstone island to recharge your manifestation and use your portal to get to the Figure in White.
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Figure in WhiteFinish the Figure in White and retrieve the Anchor. Read the book immediately.
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Greater MarrowFarm the necessary Ressources for the Hull Upgrade, the Rod Upgrade and the Net Upgrade.
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Way to Greater MarrowDredge 1x Lumber, 2x Scrap Metal, and fill the rest of the inventory with Fish.From here on not complete. Emphasize Stellar Basin UpgradesPreparation for Stellar Basin. Hull Upgrade, Net Upgrade, Rod Upgrade
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Greater MarrowSell your Fish, sell the Weak Valve Engine and the Basic Fishing Pole, empty your inventory and Sleep until 4:00 AM. You need 1x Explosive and the Improved Trawl Net installed.r
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Stellar BasinLeave for Stellar Basin by using Manifest heading North-West. Dredge 2x Cloth, Dredge 3x Lumber, 3x Scrap Metal. Get an Aurora Jelly with the trawling net, a Firefly Squit (if you don't get it by trawling, you can get it by catching it with the rod) and a Glowing octopus.You want to always use your trawling net in Stellar Basin. Make sure it is night time when you tour around. The jelly fish aberration is very rare and neglecting its importance will cost you the run. Firefly Squid, Aurora Jelly, Glowing Octopus14. Sept. 1927

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Old FortressGive the Samples to the Researcher. Empty your inventory.Research Assistant 1
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Research Outpost
Get the 2 Research Parts inside the Outpost and the Prototype Parts. Dredge the Research Part behind the Outpost.
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Way back to Old Fortress (Abandoned Resort)Dredge 3x Lumber, 2 Cloth and the Research Part. Get the Dog. On the way to the researcher, dredge 3x Lumber.Glowing Octopus
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Old FortressBring the Prototype to the Researcher, Install the Abyssal Rod, empty your inventory as much as possible.
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Way to Starlight PlatoonFill up your inventory with Abyssal Fish, i.e. Angler Fish.Angler Fish
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Starlight Platoon Money FarmingSell the fish and farm money with Mouth of the Deep/Trawl during night. Deploy your Efficient Crab Pot in a Depth <10m, your Mouth of the Deep in a Depth >10m. You wanna get enough money for the Abyssal/Hadal Rod, The Upgrades of your Engine, Rod and Hull.You wanna deploy your Mouth of the deep in over 10m Depth as there are the Spiny Lobsters which give a large amount of money.

This is the point in the game where it is getting easier to get money, so if Research Parts pop up in the Shipyard, get them. Every Research Part you get now will safe about 1-2 Minutes later, even if it means going for two more Crab Pot routines. Alternatively, you can try and get the money by fishing and hoping for aberrations. The Grouper, the Barracuda and the Glowing Octopus give decent money, even better if you get an aberration.
Blue Crab
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Starlight PontoonDo the first and second research for the Abyssal/Hadal Rod. If you have enough research parts, get the Twin Jet Drive Engine here.Abyssal 1, 2Flag?
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Get the second Rod Upgrade.Rod 2
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Get the second Hull Upgrade.This gives a large boost to your inventory space and massively helps with the next Expedition. In my opinion, as we are able to farm a lot of money very easily here, this should be the best timing to get the upgrade.Hull 2