Chupacabra Favorite Fish — What to Serve in Scale the Depths

Chupacabra appears in Huatulco and pays a favorite tip for Roosterfish. Roosterfish is Chupacabra's signature — no other customer treats it as a favorite, so any Roosterfish you land has exactly one ideal buyer.

There are two versions of Chupacabra. The base pays up to 487 (390 base + 97 tip); the rarer variant pays up to 731, a 244-coin jump for the same fish. A variant of Chupacabra is always worth serving over the base when both are on screen — same catch, bigger payout.

Keep Northern Anchovy and Barber Butterflyfish and Cortez Rainbow Wrasse and Three-Banded Butterflyfish away from Chupacabra — those are the fish that lower its payout. Everything else is fair game as long as it fills the hunger of 670.

Roosterfish is caught in Huatulco — the same world where you meet Chupacabra, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 130 health and a feed value of 425. Scale it cleanly to clear Chupacabra’s favorite threshold and bank the 97-coin tip.

Full stats for every catch are in the fish almanac.

The Chupacabra is a dog-like creature from folklore across the Americas. Its name comes from Spanish and literally means "goat-sucker." The creature is most often associated with attacks on livestock, especially goats. According to legend, the chupacabra drains the blood of its victims, giving it a fearsome reputation as a vampire-like creature. Though its appearance varies between stories, the chupacabra is usually described as a strange and unsettling predator that appears under the cover of darkness. It remains one of the best-known creatures in modern folklore across the Americas.

In-game species label: Chupacabrus nocturnus