Gigas Giant Clam, Giant Isopod, and Vampire Squid

[RoyNumber1]

I want to die. End my suffering.

 

[Pyoopi]

Why? Are they speed demons or hideous?

 

[Ossiran]

They're rare, and speed demons.

 

[aetherene]

I had the wonderful pleasure of dealing with the gigas clam. Screw that thing lol.

 

[Rosch]

One technique I did was to corner them on the corners of the net. The isopod is the fastest. The clam isn't as fast. The vampire squid eludes me.

 

[cucumberzest]

One technique I did was to corner them on the corners of the net. The isopod is the fastest. The clam isn't as fast. The vampire squid eludes me.

They can't swim under the net in this one? Nice.
I'll remember that. Thanks. <3

 

[Rosch]

They can't swim under the net in this one? Nice.
I'll remember that. Thanks. <3

Yeah, surprisingly the don't go past the nets. Instead, they turn back. I'm so glad they did this. Only Pascal can.

 

[Insulaire]

One technique I did was to corner them on the corners of the net. The isopod is the fastest. The clam isn't as fast. The vampire squid eludes me.

Anything being faster than that clam means I’m never catching it!

 

[Rosch]

Anything being faster than that clam means I’m never catching it!

Just chase it until the corners of the net. I've caught 3 isopods with this technique. Sea critters no longer go past the nets so you can trap them.

 

[Loriii]

It took me a little more than 20 minutes to catch the giant isopod. It's so fast. Felt like I went through the whole map. I only needed scallop for Pascal but that one provoked and challenged me.

 

[Xara]

lmaoo i feel this. i chased down the gigas giant clam for like,,, 5 minutes only to find out after that i didn’t have to mash the A button the entire time

i haven’t encountered the giant isopod yet but i am Afraid

 

[Saga]

I had really good luck catching them by swimming as slow as possible (just tilting the stick and not pressing A at all), and then diving down when I was exactly on top of them.

If you chase them at full speed they'll always stay ahead of you - you have to get them to slow down by also slowing down, as counter-intuitive as that is.

 

[Venn]

I got the isopod but not the clam yet (haven't played at night for the squid yet) and I had to take a break because I couldn't find it. 166 caught and no clam.

 

[BetsySundrop]

Lol I haven't seen any of these yet.... from the posts I've seen, maybe that's a good thing.

 

[Mo Notony]

I didn't even know that any of these things existed.

 

[Larsi]

I had really good luck catching them by swimming as slow as possible (just tilting the stick and not pressing A at all), and then diving down when I was exactly on top of them.

If you chase them at full speed they'll always stay ahead of you - you have to get them to slow down by also slowing down, as counter-intuitive as that is.

This is what I did this evening. It works a lot better and is less time consuming

 

[sleepydreepy]

Sea critters no longer go past the nets so you can trap them.

THANK GOD this was the worst thing ever in NL. I remember desperately trying to catch one of those rare crabs or something that was super fast and every freaking time they swam under the net
Never completed the diving encyclopedia for this reason

 

[Duckling]

Dang now I’m scared for when I’ll encounter one of these speed demons

 

[Uffe]

I finally caught a gigas giant clam. The giant isopod grossed me out in New Leaf. I'm really not looking forward to encountering it in New Horizons with their detailed graphics.

 

[Jhine7]

I've gotten the giant clam twice and the vampire squid once. Haven't come across the isopod yet. Have 20 of 24 of the June sea creatures though. Good enough for one day.