Low Tide

**Delve Type**
 **Level**
 **Rank Requirement**
 **Rooms**

The **Low Tide** is a regular Delve associated with the Chroma Coast and containing many of its creatures as enemies.

## Strategy

### Vullux/Gemstealer Grind

*Needs more testing.*

This strategy relies on Earth-elemental tagalongs to damage enemy creatures which are weak to it, the Butterfish (including the boss) and the frequently-encountered Glass-Winged Mew, while using a different elemental weapon to cover what the tagalong can't. While any Tagalong with an Earth attack will theoretically work, both Vullux and Gemstealer do the most base damage for their elemental attacks, and are thus preferred over Saltvine (second best) and Tunnelwyrm. This strategy can be used both to loop and to item grind.

* **Tagalong:** Any personality with an Earth attack; lower-HP players strongly recommended to use Stoic/Valiant Vullux or Gemstealer if possible
* **Equipment:** Electro-Arc Rifle + Wetsuit or Flared Blazer
* **Ammo:** Scaleshredder + Dehydrator

Either the Wetsuit or Flared Blazer can be used; there are only three elemental attacks in this Delve, which are Shadow (Voidwalker), Water (Horned Tidewatcher), and Fire (Vitrevern). Of these, only Voidwalkers do not appear at random, and thus can be avoided by not selecting Bright Speck; however, they and Vitreverns can both be easily defeated with Scaleshredder ammo. Horned Tidewatchers are weak to the weapon attack, and thus go down more easily, so Flared Blazer is weakly recommended.

During battle, search only Rocky Ground (once) or Tide Pools (as needed); the other terrains do less damage on average than it's worth, and the stronger effects are rare. Attack as normal, relying on the Tagalong to help. Because Vullux and Gemstealer both have an Earth attack and a Neutral attack, they shouldn't be a hindrance in addition to the damage from your weapon. The only enemy resistant to Earth is the one that's weak against Electric. When encountering Vitreverns or Voidwalkers, you can attack Vitreverns as normal and either do the same for Voidwalkers, or use Scaleshredder ammo; Voidwalkers do high amounts of damage and can end a loop by themselves.

During Examining turns, gather items if your HP is reasonably high and otherwise focus on healing via Shallow Pool, Noné Tree, or Snacks. It's very important to keep your HP at a comfortable range during this Delve, as the larger number of rooms, the higher-damage enemies, and the high-health boss can quickly wear even experienced players down.

The boss doesn't do much damage comparatively, but it has no elemental attacks and thus cannot be resisted. Dehydrator ammo can be used to wear it down until Rapid Fire becomes available, which should be saved for this battle and used as soon as possible. The Tagalong should do more damage to it than your weapon, but personalities other than Stoic or Valiant will attack less often and this can cost the battle if your health is too low. Bad luck can very easily end this loop; it's strongly recommended to start preparing for the boss a few rooms in advance, using Snacks to heal if luck with Examine points isn't good.

## Possible Enemies

 File:Glass Winged Mew Adult Emerald.png | 55 | Trap: Algae-covered Rock | Higher Defense

 File:Horned Tidewatcher Adult Emerald.png | 60 | Randomly | --

## Available Items

For information on Scraps available in this Delve, refer to the Scrap table in Item List and search for relevant creatures.