Cachalots

[Lyz]

How do I find cachalots and what is the best way to combat them?

I've been sailing the high seas a lot but I've never seen one before. As for combat, I assume I need to have lots of tarsticks to repair the knarr as I'm fighting?

[vatas]

You need high quality knarr or two that can move faster than the whale, not sure about the exact quality but I played with people that had one in about 1-2 months of w11 launch. Back-up Knarr to look for whale and during fight to stay out of it and to pick up survivors if the whale ends up breaking the fighting knarrs.

I didn't fight the whales myself but I've heard that they have ranged attack too (squirt water from blowhole.)

[SnuggleSnail]

Whale speed is varied, and there's always a chance it'll be faster than your knarr irrespective of quality.

Cheese strat if knarr is faster: drag it to shore > poke it until it flees > opk to 100 > smack it until it dies or stops fleeing > repeat

Cheese strat is knarr is slower: drag it to shore > poke it until it flees > reaggro > repeat until dead

Non cheese: get out of your boat > smack it until you're about to drown > get in your boat > drink > repeat until flee > OPK and kill if knarr is faster, deaggro and reaggro if it's slower

Note that quell beast works on whales, but it will reaggro almost instantly if other hearthlings are nearby(potentially old info)

[Lyz]

OPK?
Also, is a 200q knarr fast enough?

[SnuggleSnail]

OPK?

Opportunity Knocks

Also, is a 200q knarr fast enough?

KnarrQ doesn't really matter if you're going to cheese it. Just nudge it towards shore with your knarr, and aggro once it's close enough your knarr will survive. How long your knarr lasts seems pretty random, but I've had whales get my knarr to <25% in ~30 seconds.

[vatas]

Also I'm not sure but wasn't it that you can only repair Knarr when it's in shallow water?

[MagicManICT]

Also I'm not sure but wasn't it that you can only repair Knarr when it's in shallow water?

Yes. That was a change this world with the introduction of oceans.