A Way of Reliably Spawning Malbatross

[JazzyGames]

Malbatross is the only boss in DST whose spawning mechanic is completely dependent on chance. Each bite from a fish in a shoal has a 5% chance to spawn Malbatross. Now I've had sessions where it spawns after a few bites, and today I fished a shoal dry five times without spawning Malbatross once.

In future updates I hope that the developers will consider a method of guaranteeing a Malbratross spawn. Perhaps a type of bird food like something you can cook in a crockpot that will lure Malbatross to a shoal if added as bait to a sea fishing rod. I dislike the potential for a perpetual grind in trying to spawn this boss, and it really doesn't make sense given the spawning mechanics of other DST bosses.

[Jakepeng99]

Here is an idea for a solution inspired by raft: Sea Bass Bait (I have no idea what a good thing to call itwoulfd be)

It uses 4 sea bass and 2 rope to craft, if you throw it into the ocean it summons different creatures to come eat it:

• Shallow Ocean; Skittersquids
• Swell and deep Ocean; Skittersquids, rock jaw or gnarwhale
• And in the sea bass schools; Malbatross

I like the idea of doing it this way since it is not made just for Malbatross, however they can also let combat flares attract malbatross if fired into a sea bass school instead.

[Hornete]

20 hours ago, JazzyGames said:

Malbatross is the only boss in DST whose spawning mechanic is completely dependent on chance. Each bite from a fish in a shoal has a 5% chance to spawn Malbatross. Now I've had sessions where it spawns after a few bites, and today I fished a shoal dry five times without spawning Malbatross once.

In future updates I hope that the developers will consider a method of guaranteeing a Malbratross spawn. Perhaps a type of bird food like something you can cook in a crockpot that will lure Malbatross to a shoal if added as bait to a sea fishing rod. I dislike the potential for a perpetual grind in trying to spawn this boss, and it really doesn't make sense given the spawning mechanics of other DST bosses.

If it's any help, 25% of the worlds shoals will spawn Malbatross when you go near them(This shuffles when she dies/relocates), so if you have a good chunk of the worlds shoals explored you can almost always gurantee spawning her if you sail to each of them til she spawns.

(Not to go against your idea in any way, I think main post is still a good idea! Personally I think a 'pity' mechanic for the chance roll could be nice, slightly increasing the chance for Malbatross to spawn with each hooked deep fish until eventually guaranteeing it if you're quite that unlucky)

[goatt]

22 hours ago, Hornete said:

If it's any help, 25% of the worlds shoals will spawn Malbatross when you go near them

Because of this, I always build dock roads and trawlers around the nearest spawn point and can consistently and reliably spawn the boss conveniently.

So I would go against the op's idea. Because a similar mechanic already existed in the game.

[Jakepeng99]

16 hours ago, goatt said:

Because of this, I always build dock roads and trawlers around the nearest spawn point and can consistently and reliably spawn the boss conveniently.

So I would go against the op's idea. Because a similar mechanic already existed in the game.

Explain your method. 

[goatt]

5 hours ago, Jakepeng99 said:

Explain your method. 

just docks and trawlers.

1. pick a location

there are many boss spawners around the map. pick one that is nearest to your base and nearest to shallow water so that you can build docks to reach it.

2. building

build docks to reach it. build trawler around the fish. And build a boat with anchor and wait for fish to be caught by trawler and boss' spawn.

there are usually 10+ fish, enough to spawn boss. if not enough, just go back to base and wait for a day for new fish to spawn.

 

just a regular anchored boat + boss bill. Because you will farm many bills in the future. no need to get a mast.

3. extra stuff

other stationary weapons, ambient structures, storage, and life-quality backup items in the area.

[Jakepeng99]

9 minutes ago, goatt said:

there are usually 10+ fish, enough to spawn boss. if not enough, just go back to base and wait for a day for new fish to spawn.

Is it the same odds as using a rod? I remember something about malbatross spawning around full trawlers to destroy them

[Arde]

On 9/23/2023 at 11:36 AM, Jakepeng99 said:

Here is an idea for a solution inspired by raft: Sea Bass Bait (I have no idea what a good thing to call itwoulfd be)

Great. Now i want an angry birds update to add canned sardine to the game

[GelatinousCube]

On 9/26/2023 at 4:35 AM, goatt said:

just docks and trawlers.

1. pick a location

there are many boss spawners around the map. pick one that is nearest to your base and nearest to shallow water so that you can build docks to reach it.

2. building

build docks to reach it. build trawler around the fish. And build a boat with anchor and wait for fish to be caught by trawler and boss' spawn.

there are usually 10+ fish, enough to spawn boss. if not enough, just go back to base and wait for a day for new fish to spawn.

 

just a regular anchored boat + boss bill. Because you will farm many bills in the future. no need to get a mast.

3. extra stuff

other stationary weapons, ambient structures, storage, and life-quality backup items in the area.

Huh.. I have a few shoal spots near the coast in shallow ocean... no idea how I haven't built docks to them with trawlers.. that's definitely going on my to do list now!

Do you have to have the boat? Can you fight her from the dock?? Does she fly too far away in her second phase? Blowdarts may be?

[goatt]

On 9/25/2023 at 1:44 PM, Jakepeng99 said:

Is it the same odds as using a rod?

I believe so. I also craft an ice staff and drop it on the boat for whatever, since Malba drops tons of blue gems anyway. Ice staff is used to draw the boss' attention.

11 hours ago, GelatinousCube said:

Can you fight her from the dock?? Does she fly too far away in her second phase?

You have to keep her on water. She flies away even in phase 1. You can build some shootius there tho if you want. Catapults can work with care but are too fragile and risky for long term

this video is an example of how you can do it with catapults and docks. But note that in the end, the malba was on the docks and almost de-spawned if it didn't die. And this strategy needs to tank to put the malba in the right position to reduce the risk of destroying catapults. But despite all the downsides, I kinda like it cuz it's neat.

If you use shootius, it can be a lot more flexible and doesn't need a big platform (made of docks) space for positioning Malba and doesn't need to tank as much.