Dave is the Diver offers players a unique opportunity to experience and balance two unexpected but perhaps equally daunting roles: underwater exploration and customer service. The first is played by making daily dives to catch fish and other sea creatures, retrieve lost treasures, and uncover mysteries throughout the game’s main story. The latter involves using said discoveries to create an enticing menu for a local sushi bar while also aiding in its operation.
As expected, players will spend most of their time indoors Dave is the Diver underwater, explore the Blue Hole during the day on a morning or afternoon dive. Once they finish their dive, they can return to Bancho’s restaurant and use their haul to prepare a delicious menu for its customers.
Dave The Diver: Best Staff Employees, Ranked
To ensure that every customer leaves Dave’s sushi restaurant satisfied, players need several employees to help them.
This cycle continues throughout the first chapter of the game as players become accustomed to the gameplay and comfortable with Dave’s daily routine, while also undertaking quests to advance its story. This work is revised in the second chapter of Dave is the Diverwhen players unlock the ability to fish at night.
How to Unlock Night Fishing
Players can unlock night fishing on the first night after starting Chapter 2 on Dave is the Diver. The player receives a phonecall from Bancho, who exclaims that a “noisy customer” has arrived at the sushi bar and is raising a ruckus. Once Dave arrives at the restaurant, he encounters a character named Otto, who is concerned about a childhood favorite, Moray Eel Curry.
Otto explains that he wants to experience this culinary delight again and offers a side mission, “A Loud Customer.” Accepting this side mission will unlock night fishing, as the Moral Eel can only be seen at night. Once the player has unlocked night fishing, he can choose to dive at night instead of working at the restaurant.
Dave the Diver: How to Get a Fish Farm
A fish farm is a quick way to get more fish for the restaurant in Dave the Diver as players can breed and raise fish from eggs.
About Night Catchable Fish
In addition to the Moray Eel, there are many other fish and sea creatures that players may only encounter while fishing at night. Various fish will also appear during the day, but occasionally players will have to skip their shift at the sushi bar to head underwater to get some rare delicacies.
Star Ratings
The rarity of a fish should not be confused with its star rating on the Marinca collection list, as this rating only refers to the condition of the fish when it was caught. The condition of the fish usually depends on the tool or weapon used to catch the fish. Therefore, players looking to fill their Marinca collection with all three-star cards will want to use specific methods when catching each fish. Fortunately, the Marinca list will update to always show the highest star rating card for each entry. Star ratings on Dave is the Diver are assigned the following criteria:
- 1-Star: The fish was killed before it was caught.
- 2-Star: The fish was damaged before it was caught.
- 3-Star: The fish was caught unharmed.
Here is a full list of all Nocturnal fish that players can catch exclusively at night Dave is the Diver.
All Catchable Nocturnal Fish By Biome
Blue Hole Shallows
Marine Corps # |
Name |
Found at Depth |
Rank |
---|---|---|---|
0501 |
Clearfin Lionfish |
0-50m |
4th rank |
0502 |
Longspine Squirrelfish |
0-50m |
Rank 5 |
0503 |
Longspine Porcupinefish |
0-50m |
Rank 5 |
0504 |
Box of jellyfish |
0-50m |
Rank 5 |
0505 |
Moray Eel |
0-50m |
Rank 5 |
0506 |
Blacktip ReefShark |
0-50m |
6th rank |
0507 |
Copper Shark |
0-50m |
6th rank |
0508 |
Zebra Shark |
0-50m |
8th rank |
0509 |
White Shrimp |
0-130m |
7th rank |
Blue Hole Medium Depth
Marine Corps # |
Name |
Found at Depth |
Rank |
---|---|---|---|
0509 |
White Shrimp |
0-130m |
7th rank |
0510 |
Blackfin Barracuda |
50-130m |
Rank 5 |
0511 |
Spear Squid |
50-130m |
Rank 5 |
0512 |
Humboldt Squid |
50-130m |
8th rank |
0513 |
Devil Scorpionfish |
50-130m |
8th rank |
Dave is the Diver
- Released
- June 28, 2023
- developer(s).
- Mintrocket
- Publisher(s).
- Mintrocket
- genre(s).
- Simulation , Adventure
- ESRB
- E10+ For Everyone 10+ Due To Fantasy Violence, Alcohol Use, Mild Blood