Mechanics of the 'fire fish' in Devil's Spine?

[crunchy]

Those little shrieking buggers that flock to your ship as you drive by them. I can't figure out how they 'work'. The enemy creature in every other location has been pretty clearly described, but even reading the info on the columns I can't figure these out, besides the fact that they don't like the heat vents, and after a while they'll spawn a 'mother' version.

Do I just avoid them as much as possible and run when the big one spawns? The navigation in this area is so tight it's difficult to do and it's getting frustrating lmao. Is there a 'trick' to it like with the other enemy creatures?

TIA!

[MaxNChachi]

There's lots of breakable walls you can use bombs on to create shortcuts around the fire fish into areas with loot. Banish can get rid of them when you get swarmed or the mom comes in for a bite, but I think the only area trick is "use the heat vents and be stealthy

[crunchy]

Originally posted by MaxNChachi:

There's lots of breakable walls you can use bombs on to create shortcuts around the fire fish into areas with loot. Banish can get rid of them when you get swarmed or the mom comes in for a bite, but I think the only area trick is "use the heat vents and be stealthy

Ahh okay, thanks! Do you happen to know if the mama fish despawns at all? She appeared a few ingame days ago for me and is still hanging around, not even Banish will get rid of her ):

[Pythagodzilla]

Originally posted by crunchy:

Ahh okay, thanks! Do you happen to know if the mama fish despawns at all? She appeared a few ingame days ago for me and is still hanging around, not even Banish will get rid of her ):

i dont think it despawns :( the noise means she's around (i guess that the pitch of the sound may have sth to do with the distance? lower sound -> closer) but she follows a certain route and if you stay at a distance she won't attack

you can perhaps check the stone columns at the ancient temple! there are some useful info in case u didnt notice!

[crunchy]

Originally posted by Pythagodzilla:

Originally posted by crunchy:

Ahh okay, thanks! Do you happen to know if the mama fish despawns at all? She appeared a few ingame days ago for me and is still hanging around, not even Banish will get rid of her ):

i dont think it despawns :( the noise means she's around (i guess that the pitch of the sound may have sth to do with the distance? lower sound -> closer) but she follows a certain route and if you stay at a distance she won't attack

you can perhaps check the stone columns at the ancient temple! there are some useful info in case u didnt notice!

Aww that sucks - she keeps giving me mini-jumpscares LOL. Do the little fire fish not effect the mama fish? Like if enough of them attack you does it draw her closer to you? I feel like whenever I get a swarm of them on me the mama isn't far behind.

I did read through the columns a couple of times but couldn't really make sense of what they were trying to tell me ): that's part of why I'm so confused by the fire fish (& fire mama) because I can't really figure out how to get through the area with them in the way. Probably just gonna have to brute force my way through this section for the most part.

[Winterson]

I didn´t try yet, but have you tried the banish spell on them?

[crunchy]

Originally posted by Winterson:

I didn´t try yet, but have you tried the banish spell on them?

Yep, it despawns the little fish for a while but only barely makes the mama fish back off - she follows me just outside of its range and comes after me again once it's over.

[Dark]

mama fish is blind. she can only follow you by sound of small fish. small fish are shaked by volcano vent or banish.

[Rithrin]

The mechanics are simply that the little fire fish don't actually damage you, but if they spot you they will follow you around and shriek, which will cause the mama fish to home in on from wherever she is around the island.

If you go sit on a heat vent it scares off the small fire fish and the mama fish will no longer be following you.

The mama fish herself won't detect you if you are just sitting still when she passes by otherwise.

[Stupendous Man]

Thought I'd add something here as well: The little fish will also slow your maximum speed as well. This isn't noticeable when it is just a few of them, but if you let them build up and don't get rid of them they will eventually slow your ship speed to a crawl, making it easier for the mama fish to catch you.

[OrangeGills]

The stones at the fanatic dock site in Devil's spine hint at how this works. The mother is blind, but her children call to her, leading her to food. The children are harmless themselves, but will follow you and call their mother.

The mother is always patrolling, and sometimes she'll happen to be nearby when she gets called, and sometimes she's harmlessly on the other side of the spine.

[pcdeltalink]

Originally posted by Stupendous Man:

Thought I'd add something here as well: The little fish will also slow your maximum speed as well. This isn't noticeable when it is just a few of them, but if you let them build up and don't get rid of them they will eventually slow your ship speed to a crawl, making it easier for the mama fish to catch you.

Was going to mention this so thank you. Got killed by mama because her babies slowed me down so much. Even boosting did nothing.

[crunchy]

Thanks a lot everyone! I finally got through this section with your help!