Sea life and the skies above.

How sea creatures behave

Sea creatures keep to a band of depth, from just under the surface down to the deep trenches. Many fish move in schools that follow a leader, so where you see one glint, there are usually a dozen more. Hunters chase the schools, and the schools scatter.

Hostile fish come after you in the water when you are close, while neutral ones only bite when you strike them. Most fish, and the great whales, will simply swim away.

The sea creatures

Depth is metres below the surface. Health is the number of hits your full health takes off.

Creature	Found in	Depth (m)	Health	Behaviour	Drops
Glintfin	All ocean waters	1 to 40	2	Skittish, in schools of 10 to 22	Raw Fish 1
Reef Darter	Coralreach, Tidewash Shallows	1 to 20	3	Skittish, schools of 5 to 12	Raw Fish 1
Sunscale	Coralreach, Tidewash Shallows	1 to 18	3	Skittish, schools of 4 to 10	Raw Fish 1
Kelp Wrasse	Kelpwood Deep	3 to 40	5	Skittish, schools of 2 to 6	Raw Fish 1 to 2
Blue Runner	Wide Blue, Kelpwood Deep	4 to 60	8	Skittish, schools of 6 to 14	Raw Fish 1 to 3
Needlejaw	Coralreach, Wide Blue, Tidewash Shallows	2 to 40	20	Neutral. Hunts glintfins, reef darters and sunscales	Raw Fish 2 to 3
Greyfin Hunter	Wide Blue, Kelpwood Deep, Hadal Rift	5 to 90	120	Hostile, lone hunter. Attacks from about 18 metres	Raw Fish 3 to 5, Greyfin Tooth 1 to 3
Lanternmaw	Wide Blue, Hadal Rift, Kelpwood Deep	45 to 400	18	Neutral. Hunts glintfins. Carries a light	Raw Fish 1 to 2, Glow Jelly 0 to 1
Rust Lamprey	Wide Blue, Kelpwood Deep, Tidewash, Coralreach	3 to 60	30	Neutral, rare. Fastens itself to metal ship hulls, and never goes for wooden boats	Raw Fish 1 to 2, Eel Skin 1 to 2
Bobbit Snare	Tidewash, Coralreach	1 to 10	45	Hostile. Buries itself in the sea floor and strikes from hiding	Raw Fish 1 to 2, Eel Skin 2 to 3
Echo Eel	Wide Blue, Kelpwood Deep, Hadal Rift	6 to 120	40	Neutral. Calls out and hunts glintfins	Raw Fish 1 to 2, Eel Skin 1 to 2
Glasshead	Wide Blue, Hadal Rift	25 to 400	22	Hostile. A see-through head with two green eyes that shine in the dark	Raw Fish 1 to 2
Trench Eel	Hadal Rift, Wide Blue	60 to 500	25	Neutral. Lives in the deepest water	Raw Fish 1 to 2, Eel Skin 1 to 2
Veil Ray	Tidewash, Coralreach, Wide Blue	3 to 60	40	Passive. Big and flat, too large to be landed on a line	Raw Fish 2 to 4, Nacre 0 to 1
Drift Whale	Wide Blue, Hadal Rift	8 to 120	600	Passive giant. Drifts slowly and never hunts	Raw Meat 8 to 12, Tallow 6 to 10, Bone 3 to 5
Glowbell	All ocean waters	25 to 300	4	Passive jelly, drifting in groups of 5 to 12. Stings a little if you touch it	Glow Jelly 1 to 2

The Kraken

The Kraken is not a creature you meet by chance. It has a page of its own: The Kraken.

Sky creatures

The Cloudswift is the common bird of the home planet. Cloudswifts fly in flocks of 3 to 8, mostly by day, at 5 health. They are skittish, so they scatter when you approach. They drop 1 to 2 feathers, and sometimes a little raw meat. Cloudswifts settle on branches and the ground now and then to rest, and bolt back into the air when they are disturbed.

Flying creatures that hunt you from above are the ones to watch for. The Ballwisp, a jellyfish-like hunter, comes with storms. It is rare and is not spawned in the ordinary way. Ships and their dangers are covered in ships and fighters.

Fishing these waters

Most of the sea creatures above can be caught on a line. The fish you can catch, how the fight works and what treasure the sea gives up, are in the fishing guide.

For land animals see land animals of the home planet.

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