Scary Fishing Guide: How a shift works
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OverviewScary Fishing puts you and up to 29 other players on a crab fishing ship in a cold, hostile ocean where something much worse than crabs is waiting beneath the surface. Your crew catches crabs, hauls traps, completes fishing contracts, and tries to make it back to port in one piece. This guide covers how a shift works, what can get you killed or fired, and what it takes to earn every badge.
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How a shift works
Step
Each session you play as a hired crew member aboard a crab fishing ship. Your core jobs are operating the vessel, hauling in traps, sorting what you catch, and completing fishing contracts. The shift ends when you either make it back to port or something goes badly wrong.
- Haul traps deploy and retrieve traps to catch crabs, then sort them as your contracts require.
- Complete fishing contracts finishing contracts is one of the main goals of a shift.
- Watch the ship's condition flooding and other onboard problems need to be dealt with or the shift ends early for everyone.
- Survive the full shift and return to shore to earn the Survived badge.
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Threats that grow the farther you sail
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Strange creatures climb up from the depths as you move farther from shore, and some of them are larger than the ship itself. Others move in ways that do not make sense, and some simply watch from below.
The four badges and what they tell you
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Each badge reflects a specific outcome. Reading them tells you exactly what the game is measuring and what to avoid.
| Badge | How you earn it | What it means for your play |
|---|---|---|
| Survived | Complete a shift and make it back alive | The baseline goal every session |
| Fired | Make the boss angry during a shift | Failing your crew duties has consequences beyond just dying |
| Flooded | Fail to keep the ship operational | Neglecting ship maintenance ends the run for everyone |
| Elite Employee | Beat story mode with zero mistakes | The hardest badge — demands a perfect run from start to finish |
Going for Elite Employee
Step
Story mode is distinct from a standard shift, and a single mistake disqualifies you from the badge.
- Enter story mode this is a separate mode from a regular crab fishing shift.
- Complete the mode with zero mistakes to unlock the badge.
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Glossary
Glossary- Shift
- One full play session aboard the crab fishing ship, starting from departure and ending at port return or a crew failure.
- Trap
- A device deployed from the ship to catch crabs, which must then be hauled back and sorted.
- Fishing contract
- An in-game objective that specifies what the crew must catch during a shift.
- Story mode
- A separate game mode that must be completed without any mistakes to earn the Elite Employee badge.
- The depths
- The deep ocean area farther from shore where dangerous creatures appear.
Common questions
FAQCan I play this alone?
The game is built as a cooperative multiplayer experience, and rooms support up to 30 players.
How do I avoid getting the Flooded badge?
Flooding happens when the crew fails to keep the ship operational.
What causes the Fired outcome?
Getting fired happens when you make the boss angry during a shift.
Do creatures get harder the farther out you sail?
Stranger and more dangerous creatures appear as the ship moves farther from shore.
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