DREDGE Aberrations Guide

Catching most aberrations has the same strategy but I will have a more in depth strategy for the unique aberrations. This is a WIP and I will try to update as I get more information. Any strategies for aberrations not mentioned, or more information about listed aberrations, would be appreciated in the comments.

This guide is assuming you already have the ability to fish in all locations(oceanic, hadal, etc.) and have access to all spells. There will be heavy game play spoilers.

For most aberrations finding them is just a matter of locating their spawn location and waiting for them to appear. However there are ways to speed this process up. Occasionally a shimmer effect will appear above a school of fish, this means a guaranteed aberration will spawn in that school( I have noticed that this happens more often at night but I can not confirm this). Also the spell Atrophy almost always grants an aberration and is much faster then fishing normally.

1. Review the Encyclopedia for location and water depth/type of base fish.
2. Wait for shimmer effect or use the Atrophy spell
3. Collect aberration

If you are having trouble locating a certain fish try using the “mixed bait” item(this can be bought after the twisted strand quest line). This will randomly fish up any fish local to a given area. This is very useful for all the open ocean aberrations where finding a specific spawn location can be tedious. This also works with the atrophy spell.

1. locate aberrations location and use mixed bait
2. atrophy spell
3. collect aberrations

A good spot for farming open ocean aberrations is next to the Gale Cliffs merchant dock. (see image below)

Sharks (and sailfish)

• Two of the sharks can be found right next to the Greater Marrow dock(which shark is available is based on the time of day)
• Hammerheads are found next to the Stellar Basin area merchant
• Frilled Sharks can be found on the west side of the Devil’s Spine ruins
• Sailfish can found north of the Greater Marrow dock (west of the northern set of small islands)

Anchovy King

• Anchovy/Anchovy Kings can only be found by trawling open ocean.
• To do this you will need the Heavy Duty Trawl Net(last net research unlock)
• Once you have the Heavy Duty Trawl Net equipped sail around the ocean until you get the Anchovy King.(this may take awhile)

Decrepit/Collapsed Viperfish

• This can be found with the mixed bait strategy
• An exact location can be found here(use atrophy spell)
• Make sure to get both Aberrations

Charred Sunfish

• This can be found with the mixed bait strategy
• An exact location can be found here(use atrophy spell)

Not all fish have an aberration version. All crabs(any thing caught in a pot) don’t have an aberration and neither do the exotic fish.