Stranded Deep

Stranded Deep

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Call Me Ahab

Call Me Ahab

Collect all sea monster trophies.

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How to unlock the Call Me Ahab achievement in Stranded Deep - Definitive Guide

You need to find and kill all 3 bosses.

Lusca the Great - Giant Squid. Can be found below a metal yellow buoy.

The Great Abaia - Giant Eel. Can be found at the wreckage of a small battleship.

The Meg - Jason Stathams nemesislaugh. Can be found near the floating carcass of a whale

All bosses can be located via cartographer. They appear as a red skull and crossbones.

Once all have been defeated, Craft all 3 trophies from the story tab of the crafting menu. They require no resources to craft.

Once the 3rd is crafted the achievement will unlock
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30 Jan 2023 09:04

The other solution is great but I have a better way to fight the bosses. It's also worth mentioning the higher your hunting skill the more deadly your attacks will be. I did all bosses with a hunting skill of 6. Also be at full health with a full water and food meter...at least when you depart for the boss. You may get hungry or thirsty by the time you get back but you shouldnt die as long as you go to a boss and straight back, or take food and water with you but I didnt. The spear gun base dmg is 20 along with the crude spear and the refined spear is 40. The number on the spear is THROWN damage not jab damage which is lower by a value of 10 I think.

For the meg you can use your personal crafted raft and come home in it. If you pit your raft between the mast and the ship on the side of the ship that's going WITH the tide your raft will stick there for the fight. So circle the meg and kill all sails before engaging and determine which way youre floating at sea. You want to stick your raft into the wreck so the tide cant push your raft away. Youll want to stand in the very corner of your raft that is pitted against the ship, right near the mast (so on your raft but as close as you can possibly be to the corner that the mast and ship form) the meg cant jump out at you here. At least it never did to me. He couldnt get the angle on me and spent the entire fight under my raft and circling me. I just had full bandages and the speargun in my quick slots and one inventory slot with 24 speargun ammo and the rest full of crude spears. I never had to use the gun. The meg never hit me.

For both the eel and lusca I put my life raft on my crafted raft and sailed to an island closest to the bosses. That way I was only stuck paddling for 1 map square. Anchor anywhere close the the boss fight and dive down to attack and start the fight.

On the eel I had bandages and speargun in the quick slots again and 3 inventory slots full of speargun ammo. No crude spears. When you agro the eel and he comes out IMMEDIATELY turn around and head back to the ship cabin you can climb on and STAY in the water and except for coming up for air stay underwater. This cabin is your savior. The eel will circle the ship in one direction until you damage it. When its hit, it will turn 180 degrees and turn around. You do the same. So this is basically cat and mouse. You chase the eel and keep his tail in your sight. You ARE faster than the eel is. When you have a shot, hit him and turn around and start sprint swimming the other direction all while hugging the cabin near the surface. When you need air get it but KEEP circling on the surface. Go back down after you get air and continue chasing. The eel never hit me and when done I had like 21 or so speargun ammo left and I even missed a few shots.

For Lusca, I used custom island farming for refined spears and had 7 full inventory slots full of them along with 1 slot of speargun ammo just in case. Quick slot the spear gun and bandages like normal. Sail to the closest island to the bouy and save before life boating to the bouy. Anchor close and again, stay in the water just below the surface and only come up for air while keeping the bouy between you and lusca.

Edit: I watched a video of someone cheesing lusca and they pretty much kept their back right up to the bouy and only moved the right stick to aim. Sat completely still and lusca never hit him. So the bout definitely acts as a shield in this fight.

The idea is the same as the eel however...lusca does what he wants and goes in different directions. Sometimes he'll be chasing you, sometimes you'll be chasing him. Hit him with those dummy thick refined spears when you have a shot. He will change direction constantly but as long as your right against the bouy you should be fine. This isn't fool proof however as lusca did hit me a total of 3 times and drug me away from the bouy. If this happens, remember that during this drag away animation you can jab him with the spear. It was cheek for cheek which feels better than him getting a free hit on you. If he hits you bandage up before throwing another spear. Lusca will hurt you and you will die pretty quick. I never had to use the speargun, missed once or twice with spears and still had some left over.

All bosses are pretty risky fights on your raft or on top of their fight areas. Use your environment to your advantage and come prepared and you'll win.
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07 May 2020 04:35

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Just tackled the meg, and it’s head looks great mounted on my wall. I’m off for the other two.
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By WarningRabbit95 on 14 May 2020 21:04
Lusca is by far the easiest. as he stated you need to be on the water surface. but be kinda under the bouy at the same time, you'll know if you got it right. when it's flipping around on your head. then just shoot the dam thing about 30 times with the spear gun gg. never need to move. and he just keeps swimming circles.
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By xx Kenshira xx on 16 May 2020 05:51
Do you HAVE to keep all 3 trophies on you? I dropped 1 early in the game, just killed them all and didn't get the cheevo. Maybe bugged or late popping?
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By Z1PPYZ3NO on 22 Dec 2021 21:57
it's not a trophy until you craft it into the wall plaque. so if you didn't craft the one you dropped, you voided this achievement this run. you can always get it on your 2nd run.
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By xx Kenshira xx on 22 Dec 2021 22:58
This bugged for me and I won't be going back for it. I got all three kills in roughly an hours playtime, but crafted the first by mistake. The first achievement popped. I left it on an island to make room on my raft for more spears to get the rest of the monsters. When it didn't pop after killing the other two and crafting the trophies I went back and picked up the other trophy, but in spite of trying all sorts of things, including restarting the console and reloading, it never popped. Oh well, I never intended to get all the achievements (ride onto a storm and craft everything) so I guess I can't be too bothered.
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By MrEDMeaner on 21 Sep 2022 12:39
This bugged for me and I won't be going back for it. I got all three kills in roughly an hours playtime, but crafted the first by mistake. The first achievement popped. I left it on an island to make room on my raft for more spears to get the rest of the monsters. When it didn't pop after killing the other two and crafting the trophies I went back and picked up the other trophy, but in spite of trying all sorts of things, including restarting the console and reloading, it never popped. Oh well, I never intended to get all the achievements (ride onto a storm and craft everything) so I guess I can't be too bothered.
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By MrEDMeaner on 21 Sep 2022 12:40
This bugged for me and I won't be going back for it. I got all three kills in roughly an hours playtime, but crafted the first by mistake. The first achievement popped. I left it on an island to make room on my raft for more spears to get the rest of the monsters. When it didn't pop after killing the other two and crafting the trophies I went back and picked up the other trophy, but in spite of trying all sorts of things, including restarting the console and reloading, it never popped. Oh well, I never intended to get all the achievements (ride onto a storm and craft everything) so I guess I can't be too bothered.
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By MrEDMeaner on 21 Sep 2022 12:43
I don't think he's going back for it guys.
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By Wookiee Hairem on 08 Jan 2023 07:58
This one has bugged out on me I believe. I have crafted all 3 and even mounted them on the wall, but the achievement will not pop. I did craft the shark trophy one day and then the other 2 the next day (real world). I'm not sure what has happened but I would suggest crafting all the trophies at the same time, and be sure to make a save before you start crafting.

*Edit* So, after trying every trick I could find on the internet, I was still unable to get this to pop. I pushed through the game and oddly enough the achievement for crafting everything popped at the end of the 1st playthrough. I deleted all saves (local & cloud) and deleted the game. Did a hard reset reset on the XBOX and loaded a fresh install of the game. Worked my way up to were I could fight the bosses again and completed all fights without closing the game. I then went to an island I had not been to yet (to reduce lag) and made a save. I crafted all 3 from the main crafting menu and NOT the quick crafting wheel. Luckily it popped for me. Sorry for the long post, but just wanted to do it while fresh in my head in case someone else runs into this bug.
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By Flipy Fliperson on 30 Mar 2022 01:03
when ya know what ya doing, only takes like an hour to do,
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By xx Kenshira xx on 08 Jan 2023 10:42
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Call me Ahab

Unfortunately with this achievement I can only give you tips and a bit of guidance. The location of every sea monster is different no matter what seed number you have. Consult your cartographer map on the main menu to find their locations. Get to know your map well, (Landmarks like ships, odd shaped islands so you can get your bearings and find out where North, East, South and West are. A good tip is to take a photo or jot it down on some paper.

The requirement is to kill the 3 following sea monsters-

Megaladon (Shark)
The Great Abaia (Eel)
Lusca the Great (Squid)

Keep your yellow dingy with you for the whole game, it is almost a necessity for the bosses. Keep it with you on your main base. I personally had my main base right next to the 'A Way Out' island (This is an aircraft carrier) for bearing reasons. I personally made my own raft that I used for pretty much everything except for the boss fights. If you use the dingy for a boss fight you can anchor in the middle of the ocean without it drifting away but unfortunately with a self made raft can't anchor in the middle of the ocean meaning you'll almost certainly lose it during the battle.

The technique for all 3 are largely the same. Crafting crude and refined spears and throwing them at the monsters. The crude spears only require one stick to crafted. The refined spears require, one crude spear, one leather and one stone tool. Leather is very hard to come by so I found the following method will help farm leather (And any other materials).

Pick any island that you want to farm on. Back out to the main menu > Cartographer > New Island > Animals Tab > Toggle to the wild boar setting to 2/2. Apply the settings, back out and save, chose any name and any description and once done go to World Editor, and 'Replace Island' on the island you want to replace, back out and save. What you'll find is that custom island is now where you put it on your map. GO to the island, collect the materials you need, go back to your base, save and quit. Go back to 'World Editor' click on the farming island once again and click replace island > edit island, once again, on the animals tab press apply and save the map. You'll find the boars have respawned along with any other materials you use. As a tip, you can do this for any farming whether it be ships to look for loot, clay, rocks etc.

The sea monsters are in the middle of nowhere, there is no island but one you get close to their area something will spawn. Hook up your sea anchor on your yellow dingy before the fight and initiate the boss fights by either getting close to them or attacking them. Make sure you're accurate with your shots, especially on the squid. Keep a track of the monsters in the fight at all times. *Quick tip, take a sleeping bag with you just before the boss fight and save, it'll save tonnes of time incase you die*.

Crude Spear damage inflicted - 20HP
Refined Spear damage inflicted - 40HP

First up, the Megaladon - HP 500 - Found by a wreckage and a whale.

For this you don't actually need refined spears, I personally used an inventory full of crude spears, I also took 4 bandages in the last slot incase of bleeding. The trick with this shark is to stay close to the surface as possible. Right under the wreckage it seemed there was a sweet spot where it couldn't drag you away. Just keep an eye on your air though. I wouldn't try to stay out of the water as the shark with jump at you and is pretty effective. It will take 25 crude spears to kill. It may take a couple of tries but with a little persistence it's not too hard.

The Great Abaia - HP 750 - Found by a Boat underwater.

To start this one, drive to the bottom of the ocean and a health bar with come up indicating the fight has started. Immediately go to the stern of the ship. Essentially what you want to do is hide round corners and throw spears when you have a good enough aim, use the boat as cover. The Eel is quick, it's attacks just drag you away and can cause bleeding, try to get back to the stern as quick as possible to carry on hiding and throwing. Again, with a little persistence it's not too difficult. For this boss I had 12 refined spears, 4 bandages and the rest crude spears.

Lusca the Great - HP 1000 - Found chilling on an anchor.

First, you'll want to anchor your yellow dingy directly next to the metal structure. You'll find the squid down on the bottom of the anchor, be cheeky and get a couple of spears thrown while it's down there. As soon as you've hurt it get straight out of the water, you really want to get out fast as the squid is super deadly. The idea is the get onto the metal structure at the top by getting on your dingy first and jumping over to it. You'll want to throw spears directly at it when you're on the metal structure, as it skims across the top, that's your opportunity . As soon as you've damaged it, move either left or right as one of its tentacles will try to knock you off back into the water, if you do fall in, get straight back on your dingy and back onto the metal structure as quick as possible. It's just a case of spear thrown, dodge, spear thrown, dodge. This will probably take a few goes but isn't too bad if you've saved before the fight. For this I used a full inventory of refined spears and four bandages, after the fight I was left with only two spears so make every one count.

Once you've killed each boss you'll unlock two things, an aircraft part and a trophy. Craft all three trophies to receive your achievement.
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25 Apr 2020 01:25

This one doesn't pop until you have also built all the trophies, not just gotten them from the fights.
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20 Sep 2021 00:00

Taking into account the sometimes poor drawing range in the game and the lack of clarity from where a boss can even jump out, here are links to boss abuses, namely blind spots and almost no damage fights with them.

Meg

Abaya

Luska
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20 May 2021 23:48

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Attention! The trophy is glitchy !
After killing the third boss and crafting the trophy, the achievement did not appear.
I had to replay from the save before killing the first boss.
On foreign websites they write that they need to build hooks on the island and hang trophies on them. No, it doesn't work.
I'll tell you my recipe:
  • 1 Save the game before killing the first boss. Do not remove or overwrite this safe until you receive platinum
  • 2 Kill all bosses without making them trophies. Save.
  • 3 . After killing the last boss, sail to any island except the one you created ( this is important! ) and, possibly, the main one.
  • 4 We make sure that the hands are selected in the inventory (empty. There should be nothing in the hands!)
  • 5 Go to the crafting menu and make the first trophy. It will be in your hands. We put it in inventory. Again, select empty hands and repeat the procedure until you have the last trophy from the monster in your hands. The achievement will appear almost immediately.

I hope that the hint will be useful for those who encountered problems obtaining this trophy. Good luck!

PS Game version 1.13
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By Bazadunya on 12 Jan 2022 21:30
If you still encounter a glitch, haven’t received the trophy and don’t have the opportunity to roll back the save and, of course, don’t want to start from the beginning and live an extra 40-50 days, then there is a speedrun option for these monsters. So:
1) We create a world, a random one is possible;
2) When creating, we MUST indicate WILDLIFE-PASSIVE and STARTING CRATE-ON in the world settings. STARTING CRATE will give you a ton of space, WILDLIFE will disable the ability of predators to attack you, this is important;
3) On the starting island we craft an ax in order to quickly chop a bunch of firewood for ourselves and make spears for everyone;
4) We make sure to save the game, try not to sleep, and use the compass and map in the main menu to find monsters;
5) It takes a long time to build a raft, although no one forbids it, I did a good job on the starting life raft, it helped that the sharks did not turn it over, as in a normal game due to the WILDLIFE setting;
6) Find monsters and kill them using videos in 1 hint;
7) As soon as we kill all 3, we are not in a hurry to craft trophies, otherwise everything will be in vain, we sail to the nearest island, build a shelter and save. Only after this we craft all 3 trophies. If you don’t receive a prize, just re-login and try again, I got it the first time.

NOTES:
1. We do everything quickly, don’t slow down, try not to sleep, because you need to eat and drink, and you need to look for food;
2. We eat canned food, they give you an increase in both water and food, as well as coconuts, you can look at the island along the way and loot old ships, I found 3 more cans of canned food;
3.DO NOT CRAFT trophies separately, we craft all 3 at once on the island and do not forget to save.
4. For Luska you will need almost 2 completely filled with spears inventory, for Meg and Abaya one will be enough.

In the end, I spent 1 hour 40 minutes on everything about everything.
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By Alexander0811 on 28 Jan 2022 15:01
The location of the bosses can be seen on the map in the Cartographer menu, they are marked with skulls.
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12 May 2020 21:25

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Bossa 3 - Shark, moray eel and squid.
The shark and moray eel are calmly shot from the raft with spears. A better spear means better damage (hunting skill also affects damage)
The squid shoots tentacles after each hit. We throw the spear and immediately to the side to dodge. Sometimes it can pull you into the water (turn around and immediately jump back onto the raft).
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By MindHunter on 12 May 2021 08:36