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Magnificent Frigatebird Favorite Fish — What to Serve in Scale the Depths

Magnificent Frigatebird pays its best tip for Scrawled Filefish — here is exactly when to save that catch, what to avoid, and how the base and variant payouts compare.

▶ TL;DR

Serve Magnificent Frigatebird Scrawled Filefish for its favorite tip (up to 337 coins total). Avoid Cortez Sea Chub.

Magnificent Frigatebird, a customer in Scale the Depths Huatulco — favorite fish Scrawled Filefish.
Huatulco
Magnificent Frigatebird
Favorite
Scrawled Filefish
Avoid
Cortez Sea Chub
Max payout
337 coins

◇ How to serve Magnificent Frigatebird

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

There are two versions of Magnificent Frigatebird. The base pays up to 225 (180 base + 45 tip); the rarer variant pays up to 337, a 112-coin jump for the same fish. A variant of Magnificent Frigatebird is always worth serving over the base when both are on screen — same catch, bigger payout.

Keep Cortez Sea Chub away from Magnificent Frigatebird — it is the one fish that lowers its payout. Everything else is fair game as long as it fills the hunger of 260.

◇ Where to catch Magnificent Frigatebird’s favorite

Scrawled Filefish is caught in Huatulco — the same world where you meet Magnificent Frigatebird, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 65 health and a feed value of 165. Scale it cleanly to clear Magnificent Frigatebird’s favorite threshold and bank the 45-coin tip.

Full stats for every catch are in the fish almanac.

◇ Who is Magnificent Frigatebird?

The magnificent frigatebird is a seabird found across tropical and subtropical oceans. Frigatebirds are easily recognized by their long, deeply forked tails, hooked bills, and narrow wings built for soaring. Males are known for their bright red throat pouch, which they inflate during the breeding season to attract mates. Frigatebirds are remarkable fliers and spend much of their lives in the air, soaring on ocean winds and travelling great distances across open water. With wingspans reaching over two metres, the magnificent frigatebird is the largest member of its group and can reach speeds of around 150 kilometres per hour. These birds are opportunistic hunters, often snatching fish from the ocean surface. They are also well known for kleptoparasitism, harassing other seabirds in flight until their victim drops its catch, which the frigatebird quickly intercepts before it reaches the water.

In-game species label: Fregata magnificens

✓ Tips

  • If you can already satisfy Magnificent Frigatebird, its variant is free extra income — the favorite and dislike lists are identical, only the numbers scale up.
  • Keep the fish quality high: the 45-coin tip only lands if Scrawled Filefish clears Magnificent Frigatebird's favorite threshold, so clean scaling matters more than speed here.

? Frequently asked

What is Magnificent Frigatebird's favorite fish in Scale the Depths?

Magnificent Frigatebird's favorite fish is Scrawled Filefish. Serving it at a high enough scaling quality adds a 45-coin tip on top of the 180 base payment.

What fish does Magnificent Frigatebird dislike?

Magnificent Frigatebird dislikes Cortez Sea Chub. Serving any of these lowers the payout, so keep them for a customer who wants them instead.

How much does Magnificent Frigatebird pay in Scale the Depths?

The base Magnificent Frigatebird pays up to 225 coins and its rarer variant pays up to 337. Both share the same favorite and dislike lists.

▶ Put it into practice

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

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