SPOILERS Where to find an infected fish?

[Emmagination]

Ok, so I finished the game and I'm just building a huge base and filling it in with all sorts of collections and one of the things I want to do is a study alien containment with infected species.
Since as far as I know none of the creatures hatch infected I thought of trying to put an infected fish in there to see if it infects the rest since I know it happens in the aquarium. Thing is, now that there are cure peepers everywhere I have no managed to find any infected fish except one of 2 ghost rays (which I can't pick up, obviously).

So do you guys have any idea where I'd be able to still find infected fish I could just grab and do you know if my plan would work anyway? Appreciate any feedback.

[kwong20287]

There's a lot everywhere. Search around since any of the small creatures can become infected.

[Emmagination]

Originally posted by kwong20287:

There's a lot everywhere. Search around since any of the small creatures can become infected.

That's the thing...everywhere I go there are peepers carrying the cure and no infected fish...I tried going deeper away from places with peepers but then I can't find any small fish anymore.

[kwong20287]

Originally posted by Korvus:

Originally posted by kwong20287:

There's a lot everywhere. Search around since any of the small creatures can become infected.

That's the thing...everywhere I go there are peepers carrying the cure and no infected fish...I tried going deeper away from places with peepers but then I can't find any small fish anymore.

Dang it. Um. How about in caves?

[Emmagination]

Originally posted by kwong20287:

Dang it. Um. How about in caves?

Tried the jelly shrooms and whatnot but I am now thinking there are some caves in the grassy plateaus that are full of small fish and I don't remember seeing peepers there. Maybe there are still some infected ones in there. I'll check it out and let you know. Thanks :D

[ImHelping]

I've been seeing some infected stalkers on the far edge of the aroura cliffs.

But it's still very infrequent for me in my lazy no rush tourist take on launch, rather than rushnig through like my piles of EA playthrough.

As in my recent save, I'm also just doing my own thing so I have not touched the gun which informs you that you are infected, or met the trigger that makes your hands visually infected. So maybe that screws with the logic of how often they spawn.

Have you checked off the plot triggers that make it obvious you are infected yet? Maybe the frequency of infected wildlife goes up alongside that. The virus has always been a very finicky thing.

I have not even seen the peepers with the cure trail, and I've swam past one of those peeper vents a few times too in my travels.

[Emmagination]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

I've been seeing some infected stalkers on the far edge of the aroura cliffs.

But it's still very infrequent for me in my lazy no rush tourist take on launch, rather than rushnig through like my piles of EA playthrough.

As in my recent save, I'm also just doing my own thing so I have not touched the gun which informs you that you are infected, or met the trigger that makes your hands visually infected. So maybe that screws with the logic of how often they spawn.

Have you checked off the plot triggers that make it obvious you are infected yet? Maybe the frequency of infected wildlife goes up alongside that. The virus has always been a very finicky thing.

I have not even seen the peepers with the cure trail, and I've swam past one of those peeper vents a few times too in my travels.

If you haven't completed the main story you better not read this thread or the spoilers ahead because this is a post-game problem The cure peepers only happen in end game after the baby emperors release the enzyme and they slowly cure everything...since I've been playing post-cure for about 30 hours now most infected fish are gone

[Emmagination]

Ended up finding a single one in the jellyshroom caves. Now off to grab some creature eggs and see if it spreads.

[fractalgem]

Originally posted by Korvus:

Originally posted by ImHelping:

I've been seeing some infected stalkers on the far edge of the aroura cliffs.

But it's still very infrequent for me in my lazy no rush tourist take on launch, rather than rushnig through like my piles of EA playthrough.

As in my recent save, I'm also just doing my own thing so I have not touched the gun which informs you that you are infected, or met the trigger that makes your hands visually infected. So maybe that screws with the logic of how often they spawn.

Have you checked off the plot triggers that make it obvious you are infected yet? Maybe the frequency of infected wildlife goes up alongside that. The virus has always been a very finicky thing.

I have not even seen the peepers with the cure trail, and I've swam past one of those peeper vents a few times too in my travels.

If you haven't completed the main story you better not read this thread or the spoilers ahead because this is a post-game problem The cure peepers only happen in end game after the baby emperors release the enzyme and they slowly cure everything...since I've been playing post-cure for about 30 hours now most infected fish are gone

Cure-peepers are the ones that spread the lesser enzyme around. It's not the one that can cure you.

[Emmagination]

I'm aware, but they do cure the other fish which was my problem to begin with.

In any case it worked; I threw an infected eyeye into an alien containment tank with a bunch of eels and crabsquids and they became infected. Added some creepvine for the eerie yellow light and now it looks amazing. I'm really happy with the effect :D

[Emmagination]

Now the question is...am I a big enough ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to throw a cuddlefish into an infected alien containment?