Atotolin Favorite Fish — What to Serve in Scale the Depths
Atotolin pays its best tip for Bluespotted Cornetfish or Red Cornetfish — here is exactly when to save that catch, what to avoid, and how the base and variant payouts compare.
▶ TL;DR
Serve Atotolin Bluespotted Cornetfish or Red Cornetfish for its favorite tip (up to 481 coins total). Avoid Spot-fin Porcupinefish.
- Favorite
- Bluespotted Cornetfish, Red Cornetfish
- Avoid
- Spot-fin Porcupinefish
- Max payout
- 481 coins
◇ How to serve Atotolin
Atotolin appears in Huatulco and pays a favorite tip for Bluespotted Cornetfish or Red Cornetfish. Bluespotted Cornetfish is Atotolin's signature — no other customer treats it as a favorite, so any Bluespotted Cornetfish you land has exactly one ideal buyer.
There are two versions of Atotolin. The base pays up to 344 (275 base + 69 tip); the rarer variant pays up to 481, a 137-coin jump for the same fish. A variant of Atotolin is always worth serving over the base when both are on screen — same catch, bigger payout.
Keep Spot-fin Porcupinefish away from Atotolin — it is the one fish that lowers its payout. Everything else is fair game as long as it fills the hunger of 450.
◇ Where to catch Atotolin’s favorite
Bluespotted Cornetfish is caught in Huatulco — the same world where you meet Atotolin, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 95 health and a feed value of 260. Scale it cleanly to clear Atotolin’s favorite threshold and bank the 69-coin tip.
Red Cornetfish is caught in Huatulco — the same world where you meet Atotolin, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 95 health and a feed value of 260. Scale it cleanly to clear Atotolin’s favorite threshold and bank the 69-coin tip.
Full stats for every catch are in the fish almanac.
◇ Who is Atotolin?
The Atotolin is a creature from Nahuatl tradition, sometimes called a water-turkey. It is described as a strange and powerful being associated with wetlands and waterfowl. Known as the "bird king," the Atotolin is said to be the ruler of the water birds. According to tradition, when the other birds gather, the Atotolin comes with them as their leader. It is associated with lakes, marshes, and reed-filled waters, and appears in Nahua stories as a powerful creature.
In-game species label: Atotolin lacustris
✓ Tips
- If you can already satisfy Atotolin, its variant is free extra income — the favorite and dislike lists are identical, only the numbers scale up.
- Keep the fish quality high: the 69-coin tip only lands if Bluespotted Cornetfish clears Atotolin's favorite threshold, so clean scaling matters more than speed here.
? Frequently asked
What is Atotolin's favorite fish in Scale the Depths?
Atotolin's favorite fish are Bluespotted Cornetfish and Red Cornetfish. Serving either at a high enough scaling quality adds a 69-coin tip on top of the 275 base payment.
What fish does Atotolin dislike?
Atotolin dislikes Spot-fin Porcupinefish. Serving any of these lowers the payout, so keep them for a customer who wants them instead.
How much does Atotolin pay in Scale the Depths?
The base Atotolin pays up to 344 coins and its rarer variant pays up to 481. Both share the same favorite and dislike lists.
▶ Put it into practice
Keep the full customer matchmaker open while you play, then match Atotolin to the right catch and bank the tip. Scale the Depths runs free in your browser.
⌬ Sources
- Neoseeker — Customer Preferences and Payouts — Full per-customer hunger, base, tip, max, favorites, dislikes, variant data.
- Last Word on Gaming — Customer Favourites Guide — Favorite-fish list, cross-checked against Neoseeker.
- Atotolin’s favorite and disliked fish cross-checked between both sources. Last verified 2026-06-15.
- Character art from the community Scale the Depths Wiki (CC-BY-SA), self-hosted.