Does Ink Cloud affect diagonal or only cardinal adjacent tiles?

Ink Cloud covers all eight adjacent tiles including diagonals. Center placement maximizes eight-tile coverage — cardinal-only layouts waste diagonal slots.

Octopus or Cosmic Whale for abyssal tags?

Octopus delivers localized eight-tile abyssal burst on cooldown. Cosmic Whale Tidal Cosmos global abyssal aura passively. Ocean burst builds pick Octopus; garden-wide pick Whale.

Octopus

Eight arms, eight tiles — Octopus Ink Cloud floods abyssal mutation across every adjacent crop in one ink burst.

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Quick stats

Hatch weight: 3 kg
Weight at age 50: 16.36 kg
Weight at age 100: 30.00 kg

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Playstyle

Center Octopus on ocean or abyssal-eligible plot intersections where eight adjacent tiles carry high-value crops. Ink Cloud fires on cooldown covering all eight neighbors simultaneously — corner placement wastes two adjacency slots. Legendary tier A at 3.0 kg — ability-focused trade value.

Weight & trading

3.0 kg hatch caps near 30 at age 100 — medium legendary weight. Octopus trades in abyssal WFL channels alongside Void Serpent and Cosmic Whale abyssal aura. Verify eight-tile adjacency setup when listing — buyers without ocean plots see reduced value.

Ink Cloud applies abyssal mutation to eight adjacent crops on cooldown activation. Eight-tile burst is highest localized abyssal coverage in pet roster. Cosmic Whale Tidal Cosmos global abyssal aura overlaps on proc channel — stack both on ocean builds for abyssal density.

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Eight-tile geometry

Place Octopus on interior ocean tiles surrounded by crops on all eight sides. Edge and corner positions reduce Ink Cloud coverage — rebuild plot around central octopus slot at age 30+ when adjacency value justifies reorganization.

Abyssal mutation sells at premium multipliers on deep-water crop varieties. Ink Cloud on shallow-water crops sees reduced proc rates per crop eligibility tables.

Abyssal stack builds

Void Serpent Abyss multiplies abyssal mutation values. Octopus Ink Cloud proc abyssal tags. Optimal pipeline: Ink Cloud proc first, Void Serpent multiplier on tagged crops.

Spinosaurus River King wet-abyssal synergy on river-ocean hybrid tiles complements Octopus on pure ocean eight-tile burst.

Common questions

Does Ink Cloud affect diagonal or only cardinal adjacent tiles?: Ink Cloud covers all eight adjacent tiles including diagonals. Center placement maximizes eight-tile coverage — cardinal-only layouts waste diagonal slots.
Octopus or Cosmic Whale for abyssal tags?: Octopus delivers localized eight-tile abyssal burst on cooldown. Cosmic Whale Tidal Cosmos global abyssal aura passively. Ocean burst builds pick Octopus; garden-wide pick Whale.