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Great Blue Heron Favorite Fish — What to Serve in Scale the Depths

Great Blue Heron pays its best tip for American Eel — here is exactly when to save that catch, what to avoid, and how the base and variant payouts compare.

▶ TL;DR

Serve Great Blue Heron American Eel for its favorite tip (up to 402 coins total). Avoid White Crappie.

Outer Banks
Great Blue Heron
Favorite
American Eel
Avoid
White Crappie
Max payout
402 coins

◇ How to serve Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron appears in Outer Banks and pays a favorite tip for American Eel. American Eel is Great Blue Heron's signature — no other customer treats it as a favorite, so any American Eel you land has exactly one ideal buyer.

There are two versions of Great Blue Heron. The base pays up to 268 (215 base + 53 tip); the rarer variant pays up to 402, a 134-coin jump for the same fish. A variant of Great Blue Heron is always worth serving over the base when both are on screen — same catch, bigger payout.

Keep White Crappie away from Great Blue Heron — it is the one fish that lowers its payout. Everything else is fair game as long as it fills the hunger of 320.

◇ Where to catch Great Blue Heron’s favorite

American Eel is caught in Outer Banks — the same world where you meet Great Blue Heron, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 75 health and a feed value of 200. Scale it cleanly to clear Great Blue Heron’s favorite threshold and bank the 53-coin tip.

Full stats for every catch are in the fish almanac.

✓ Tips

  • If you can already satisfy Great Blue Heron, its variant is free extra income — the favorite and dislike lists are identical, only the numbers scale up.
  • Keep the fish quality high: the 53-coin tip only lands if American Eel clears Great Blue Heron's favorite threshold, so clean scaling matters more than speed here.

? Frequently asked

What is Great Blue Heron's favorite fish in Scale the Depths?

Great Blue Heron's favorite fish is American Eel. Serving it at a high enough scaling quality adds a 53-coin tip on top of the 215 base payment.

What fish does Great Blue Heron dislike?

Great Blue Heron dislikes White Crappie. Serving any of these lowers the payout, so keep them for a customer who wants them instead.

How much does Great Blue Heron pay in Scale the Depths?

The base Great Blue Heron pays up to 268 coins and its rarer variant pays up to 402. Both share the same favorite and dislike lists.

▶ Put it into practice

Keep the full customer matchmaker open while you play, then match Great Blue Heron to the right catch and bank the tip. Scale the Depths runs free in your browser.

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