Great White Shark Favorite Fish — What to Serve in Scale the Depths
Great White Shark pays its best tip for Escolar — here is exactly when to save that catch, what to avoid, and how the base and variant payouts compare.
▶ TL;DR
Serve Great White Shark Escolar for its favorite tip (up to 1034 coins total). Avoid Common Clownfish.

- Favorite
- Escolar
- Avoid
- Common Clownfish
- Max payout
- 1034 coins
◇ How to serve Great White Shark
Great White Shark appears in Point Nemo and pays a favorite tip for Escolar. Escolar is Great White Shark's signature — no other customer treats it as a favorite, so any Escolar you land has exactly one ideal buyer.
There are two versions of Great White Shark. The base pays up to 719 (575 base + 144 tip); the rarer variant pays up to 1034, a 315-coin jump for the same fish. A variant of Great White Shark is always worth serving over the base when both are on screen — same catch, bigger payout.
Keep Common Clownfish away from Great White Shark — it is the one fish that lowers its payout. Everything else is fair game as long as it fills the hunger of 900.
◇ Where to catch Great White Shark’s favorite
Escolar is caught in Point Nemo — the same world where you meet Great White Shark, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 120 health and a feed value of 340. Scale it cleanly to clear Great White Shark’s favorite threshold and bank the 144-coin tip.
Full stats for every catch are in the fish almanac.
◇ Who is Great White Shark?
The great white shark is one of the largest predatory fish in the ocean, found in coastal and offshore waters across the world. It prefers temperate seas and is often seen near seal colonies, where food is abundant. Great white sharks are powerful hunters with streamlined bodies, strong tails, and rows of serrated teeth designed for tearing through flesh. They rely on a combination of senses, including an acute sense of smell, excellent vision, and the ability to detect electrical signals produced by other animals. Their massive, oil-rich liver can make up over a quarter of their body weight, helping them maintain buoyancy and store energy. Despite their solitary nature, great whites communicate using body language to establish dominance and avoid conflict with one another.
In-game species label: Carcharodon carcharias
✓ Tips
- If you can already satisfy Great White Shark, its variant is free extra income — the favorite and dislike lists are identical, only the numbers scale up.
- Keep the fish quality high: the 144-coin tip only lands if Escolar clears Great White Shark's favorite threshold, so clean scaling matters more than speed here.
? Frequently asked
What is Great White Shark's favorite fish in Scale the Depths?
Great White Shark's favorite fish is Escolar. Serving it at a high enough scaling quality adds a 144-coin tip on top of the 575 base payment.
What fish does Great White Shark dislike?
Great White Shark dislikes Common Clownfish. Serving any of these lowers the payout, so keep them for a customer who wants them instead.
How much does Great White Shark pay in Scale the Depths?
The base Great White Shark pays up to 719 coins and its rarer variant pays up to 1034. Both share the same favorite and dislike lists.
▶ Put it into practice
Keep the full customer matchmaker open while you play, then match Great White Shark 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.
- Great White Shark’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.