Whale/White Whale

"Looks like a fighter"

- wilson A White whale is a hostile Animal that spawns after the player has tracked it down by examining Suspicious bubbles.

Once spawned, a White whale will attack, at which point and will chase the player in till the player gets away or kills it.

A White whale takes three blasts from the Ice Staff to be frozen and can't be set on fire. It drops a White whale carcass when killed, the White whale carcass will take 3-5 days to "bloat", when bloated it can be popped with a machete and it will explode throwing 4 fish meat, 4 blubber, 3 Bone Shards, and 3 other random items

Behavior
the White whale will attack the player if the player gets to close. A player can safely Kite one with an attack pattern of 5-6 swings depending on movement speed, however. If more than one White whale are close to gather they will attack each other.

Hunting
By investigating some Suspicious bubbles you can find a White whale. These can be found randomly in the deep ocean biome and will change locations if ignored for a period of time. Once investigating Suspicious bubbles three will pop in the same direction, if followed it will lead to another Suspicious bubbles or the White whale approximately two screens away. Upon uncovering the final bubble (there can be between 6 and 12 per hunt), the character will alert the player that the creature is close and a White whale will be spawned rather than another bubble.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill White whale when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Trivia

 * the name "White whale" maybe a reference to Moby Dick a book about a giant white whale.

Bugs

 * If the White Whale is spawned on land it will swim like normal but will not be able to go from the land into the ocean and it will become a neutral animal.