Trying to remember every customer’s favorite and least favorite fish in Scale the Depths can quickly become overwhelming, especially as you unlock new regions. Feeding customers their preferred food dramatically improves efficiency, while giving them disliked fish can waste valuable catches.
- How Customer Preferences Work
- Loch Ness Customer Preferences
- Huatulco Customer Preferences
- Outer Banks Customer Preferences
- Belted Kingfisher
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Cottonmouth
- Great Blue Heron
- Bald Eagle
- Spotted Eagle Ray
- Bunyip
- Alligator
- Uktena
- Point Nemo Customer Preferences
- Seagull
- Hawksbill Sea Turtle
- Great White Pelican
- Bottlenose Dolphin
- Giant Pacific Octopus
- Great White Shark
- Mermaid
- Orca
- Kraken
- Tips for Completing Customer Orders
This guide lists customer preferences across all major regions, making it easier to complete orders and maximize profits.
How Customer Preferences Work
Every customer has:
- A favorite fish that provides the best satisfaction.
- A least favorite fish they dislike receiving.
- A dialogue hint that often points toward their preferred catch.
Learning these preferences allows you to complete requests much more efficiently and avoid wasting rare fish.
Loch Ness Customer Preferences
Great Cormorant
Favorite: Perch
Least Favorite: Beithir
Hint: “Got any fish with funny stripes?”
Eurasian Otter
Favorite: Eurasian Minnow
Least Favorite: Arctic Char
Hint: “Feeling a small snack about now!”
Osprey
Favorite: Cucumber Smelt
Least Favorite: European Eel
Hint: “I like my fish plain and simple.”
Grey Heron
Favorite: European Eel
Least Favorite: Brook Lamprey
Hint: “Do you perchance, carry unagi?”
Grey Seal
Favorite: Atlantic Salmon
Least Favorite: Ruffe, Three-Spined Stickleback
Hint: “Fatty fish make my blubber nice and warm!”
Selkie
Favorite: Brown Trout
Least Favorite: Northern Pike
Kelpie
Favorite: Arctic Char
Least Favorite: Eurasian Minnow, Cucumber Smelt
Hint: Prefers strong independent fish over schooling species.
Nessie
Favorite: Beithir
Least Favorite: Eurasian Minnow, Three-Spined Stickleback
Hint: “I hear there’s something quite scary down there…”
Huatulco Customer Preferences
Axolotl
Favorite: Northern Anchovy
Least Favorite: Most Average-sized fish and larger
Hint: Loves tiny fish.
White-Nosed Coati
Favorite: Panamic Sergeant Major
Least Favorite: Cortez Rainbow Wrasse
Magnificent Frigatebird
Favorite: Scrawled Filefish
Least Favorite: Cortez Sea Chub
Brown Pelican
Favorite: Cortez Sea Chub
Least Favorite: Scrawled Filefish
Atotolin
Favorite: Bluespotted Cornetfish, Red Cornetfish
Least Favorite: Spot-fin Porcupinefish
Chupacabra
Favorite: Roosterfish
Least Favorite: Small fish ranging from Northern Anchovy to Three-Banded Butterflyfish
Cipactli
Favorite: None
Least Favorite: None
This customer appears willing to eat anything.
Quetzalcōātl
Favorite: Hoga
Least Favorite: Bluespotted Cornetfish, Red Cornetfish
Outer Banks Customer Preferences
Belted Kingfisher
Favorite: Bluegill
Least Favorite: Gar and various large Snappers
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Favorite: Red Swamp Crawfish
Least Favorite: Summer Flounder
Cottonmouth
Favorite: Chain Pickerel
Least Favorite: Fathead Minnow
Great Blue Heron
Favorite: American Eel
Least Favorite: White Crappie
Bald Eagle
Favorite: Northern Red Snapper, Blackfin Snapper, Lane Snapper
Least Favorite: Red Swamp Crawfish
Spotted Eagle Ray
Favorite: Summer Flounder, White Crappie
Least Favorite: Gafftopsail Catfish, Blue Catfish
Bunyip
Favorite: Black Sea Bass
Least Favorite: Hogfish
Alligator
Favorite: Lost Dimetrodon
Least Favorite: American Eel
Uktena
Favorite: Gafftopsail Catfish, Blue Catfish
Least Favorite: All scaled fish
Point Nemo Customer Preferences
Seagull
Favorite: Common Clownfish, Regal Tang
Least Favorite: None discovered
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Favorite: Northern Anchovy
Least Favorite: Moorish Idol, Regal Tang
Great White Pelican
Favorite: Pacific Cod
Least Favorite: Titan Triggerfish, Blackspotted Puffer
Bottlenose Dolphin
Favorite: Blackspotted Puffer
Least Favorite: Pacific Cod
Giant Pacific Octopus
Favorite: Ocean Sunfish
Least Favorite: Yellowfin Tuna
Great White Shark
Favorite: Escolar
Least Favorite: Common Clownfish
Mermaid
Favorite: Bigeye Pacific Opah, Spotted Parrotfish
Least Favorite: Blackspotted Puffer, Escolar, Ocean Sunfish
Orca
Favorite: Giant Oarfish
Least Favorite: Northern Anchovy, Blackspotted Puffer, Moorish Idol, Common Clownfish
Kraken
Favorite: Fangtooth, Pacific Black Dragon
Least Favorite: None discovered
Tips for Completing Customer Orders
- Pay attention to dialogue hints before experimenting.
- Save rare fish like Beithir, Hoga, Giant Oarfish, and Lost Dimetrodon for customers that specifically prefer them.
- Avoid giving disliked fish, especially for high-hunger customers.
- Some preferences are linked to fish size, appearance, or mythology rather than species families.
- Point Nemo customers generally require rarer catches than earlier regions.
Understanding customer preferences is one of the best ways to optimize your fishing runs in Scale the Depths. While many hints point directly to favorite fish, others are intentionally vague and require knowledge of fish traits, mythology, or regional references.
Credit: Full credit goes to KrazyKermit325 for compiling and testing the customer preference data for Scale the Depths. This guide is based on the original community research and serves as a quick-reference version for players.