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Driftmark Eel

Naufragoides errans

Twilight58 cm · Mimicking · motionless

Field record

It holds itself in the same slow tumble as the wood and kelp scraps drifting past, matching their rotation almost exactly, so that for whole minutes it reads as just more debris. The tell is timing: real driftwood keeps tumbling when the current shifts, and this one, just once, corrects itself.

Marginal note:matches the driftwood's tumble until it doesn't

Habitat

Depth range6001,300 m
DiscoveryOnly shows itself to a drone moving well under its own top speed. Ease off the throttle as you close.

Catching it

A Twilight-tier catch needs at least a Fine Mesh Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 90 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+7 Accel

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.

Sharing this water

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