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Dave the Diver is a hilarious indie game that weds two of the most fun game mechanics: Fishing and cooking. Dave is a hapless diver and must collect the ingredients necessary to keep the sushi restaurant he works at profitable.

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With the goal of keeping the restaurant profitable each night, it can be important to know exactly what food will generate the most money. As you progress through the game, you will unlock various recipes that are made of multiple ingredients. These dishes require more ingredients, but will exponentially increase your profits.

Dave the Diver is currently in Early Access. As a result, the details below may change during development.

10 Salt-Grilled Redtooth Triggerfish

Dave The Diver Salt-Grilled Redtooth Triggerfish

One of the first predatory fish you will likely tangle with is the Triggerfish. They are more of an annoyance than a threat, but either way, you will most likely find yourself with an excess of Triggerfish meat, especially in the early game.

All this meat can be put to good use when combined with Salt. Salt will drop randomly from the ingredient pots on the seafloor. Both ingredients can be accessed right out of the gate in the Blue Hole's shallow waters. This simple dish will net you 37 coins a pop.

9 Red Mullet Tangle Roll

Dave The Diver Red Mullet Tangle Roll

The Red Mullet Tangle Roll is a safer and more profitable alternative to the previous one. This dish can be researched early in the game, and the Red Mullet can be fished from the shallowest areas of the Blue Hole. Both of these combine to create a dish that is easy to procure and sells for a decent 48 coins.

If that isn't enough, this dish only requires two ingredients. One is obviously the fish, and the other is Seaweed, which can also be collected in shallow waters. This means that on any dive you could return with enough ingredients to make five or six of these bad boys with a low risk of danger.

8 Whole-Roasted Shark Head

Dave The Diver Whole-Roasted Shark Head

This is Bancho's signature dish, so you know it has to be good. It is also the first dish that is a part of the main questline to research, so you don't have to go out of your way to unlock it. This dish is exactly what it sounds like, a whole shark head that sells for 63 coins.

In order to get the ingredients for this dish, you will have to take on the White Reeftip Shark. This will most likely serve as your first miniboss, so make sure to come well-armed. While it is by no means the most dangerous shark in the game, it can pose a threat to new divers. Luckily, the fishing mechanics in Dave the Diver are really solid, so experienced players should have no trouble.

7 Moray Eel Curry

Dave The Diver Moray Eel Curry

Eels are elusive prey. That said, it should come as no surprise that their meat is highly valued in the sushi industry. This dish will net you a passable 75 coins for each one you serve. However, this dish comes with a catch.

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Moray Eels only patrol the Blue Hole at night. That means that you will have to progress far enough into the game to unlock night diving. Night diving is a dangerous endeavor as the water teems with predatory fish. This is a high-risk, high-reward dish to go after.

6 White Trevally Kombu Ochazuke

Dave The Diver White Trevally Kombu Ochazuke

At 82 coins a serving, we are starting to get into some valuable territory. This dish is a fantastic option in terms of profits, due to the main ingredient in it. Trevally are totally harmless and yield a good deal of ingredients with each kill.

Trevally are also found in shallow waters, so there is virtually no danger associated with hunting them. The trade-off for the simplicity of the hunt is a more complex dish. This is the first dish on the list that requires three ingredients rather than two, so this one can be fairly resource intensive.

5 Stellate Puffer Special

Dave The Diver Stellate Puffer Special

At 150 coin unit price and consisting of only two ingredients, this is a very tempting dish to serve. Only two things stand in the way of this dish becoming a profit powerhouse. The first is that the main ingredient is Starry Pufferfish - Pufferfish are immune to damage when they inflate and are also extremely rare in the Blue Hole.

This dish also requires Rice. This can only be grown at the farm, and the farm only becomes available in the latter part of the game. But for those chefs with patience, this dish is sure to become a best seller.

4 Batfish Ricebowl

Dave The Diver Batfish Ricebowl

At a huge jump, we have the Batfish Ricebowl selling for a whopping 160 coins. The price does make sense because you will have to go on a hero's journey in order to find all the ingredients. You will have to fish up both species of batfish which are rare and live at medium depths.

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On top of those, you will have to procure Soy Sauce and Rice, meaning you will have to stretch your green thumb. Foraging, fishing, and farming all come together to build this dish. While not easy to make, the price tag makes it tempting.

3 Trout Seagrapes Ricebowl

Dave The Diver Trout Seagrapes Ricebowl

This dish can be a difficult one to procure. Not because the target fish is dangerous, or because the ingredients are particularly rare, but because the Coral Trout is very difficult to pick out among a crowd. It is a very plain-looking fish, and you will most likely spear it by mistake more than anything else.

But if you do end up finding a few of these fish swimming around, the payoff can be huge. Each unit of this dish sells for 180 coins. Keep in mind that this one also requires rice, so make sure not to neglect your farm once you unlock it.

2 Seagrapes Jellyfish Sushi

Dave The Diver Seagrapes Jellyfish Sushi

This dish has the same price tag attached to it that the last one does: 180 coins. However, this dish is far more profitable for a number of reasons. First off, the white spotted Jellyfish is much easier to identify in the wild. Additionally, Jellyfish of the same species always cluster into groups, so you can collect many of them quickly.

This dish also requires no farming whatsoever, so you can access it much earlier in the game. Make sure to visit ingredients pots whenever possible to make sure you stayed stocked up on Salt. You wouldn't peg jellyfish as a delicious dish, but you know the old saying: The customer is always right!

1 Tropical Fish Sashimi

Dave The Diver Tropical Fish Sashimi

To finish off our list is the Tropical Fish Sashimi. This item sells at a whopping 375 coins. It's very possible that you could sell this single dish and make your operating costs back for the day. Do not be fooled, however. The giant price attached to this meal comes with no small amount of effort.

This dish requires three pieces each of Titan Triggerfish, Harlequin Hind, Coral Trout, and Rice. Not only will you have to over-exert yourself fishing for all those species of fish, but you will also have to have farming unlocked. This means that it is a dish only accessible in the later game, which is probably a good thing. This dish alone is a gold mine. Now imagine selling two or three of them alongside your normal menu.

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