{"id":1001,"date":"2021-08-27T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:30:36","slug":"dolphin-seagull-buff-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/?p=1001","title":{"rendered":"Dolphin\/Seagull Buff Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/13-b5ZvCuDod2CDk3Q0zvHEo4-x_nBtxQXpDkKbZPLEE\/edit?gid=1106872707#gid=1106872707\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/13-b5ZvCuDod2CDk3Q0zvHEo4-x_nBtxQXpDkKbZPLEE\/edit?gid=1106872707#gid=1106872707\" target=\"_blank\">Spreadsheet<\/a> documenting the following data.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusions<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Player action does not appear to affect scoutings or buff procs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Chum does not cause a discernible increase in getting seagull scoutings or in proccing Gullstorm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Release does not cause a discernible increase in getting dolphin scoutings or in proccing Auroral Flipper\/Cetaceous Speed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catching specific fish or specific quantities of fish is not a trigger for getting scoutings or proccing buffs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spectral currents may interfere with scoutings, but not buffs from scoutings that occurred before the spectral current.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple instances of the same buff do not seem able to occur in one zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Large Boats (61 Boats)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Table Per Amount of Zones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Nothing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">84\/183<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">45.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">49\/183<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38\/183<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">50\/183<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">27.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">34\/183<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18.6%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Using Chum &amp; Release (33 Boats)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Table Per Amount of Zones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Nothing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">42\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">42.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">29.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20.2%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Small Boats (33 Boats)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Table Per Amount of Zones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Nothing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">44\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">44.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">27\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">27.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22\/99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22.2%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AFK\/No Fishing (10 Boats)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Table Per Amount of Zones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Nothing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11\/30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11\/30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dolphin Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6\/30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Scout<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8\/30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seagull Buff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6\/30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20.0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Further Information<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seagull and dolphin buffs have been found in multiple instances to proc while no one is or has been fishing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/996206358\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/996206358\" target=\"_blank\">Example<\/a> getting both procs on a 1-person boat with no fish caught (5:13, 16:58).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scoutings have occurred and buffs have procced on solo or small (\u22643-person) boats less than 1 minute into all stops, with a maximum of 1-2 differing fish caught in multiple instances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seagull and dolphin buffs can proc in one zone and be active at the same time. <a href=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/CarefulBumblingCheeseFrankerZ-mci2X8Kkn33PvA2X\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/CarefulBumblingCheeseFrankerZ-mci2X8Kkn33PvA2X\" target=\"_blank\">Example<\/a> getting both procs within moments of each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0 scoutings have occurred during a spectral current.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buffs have procced during a spectral current, only when a scouting began before the spectral current.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buffs have procced  before and after spectral currents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buffs have procced below 1:30 remaining at the stop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reports of scoutings that have occurred after a buff, but multiple instances of the same buff in the same zone haven\u2019t been observed or reported. A scouting after its corresponding buffs have already procced have not been observed.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About the Data<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A scouting is when seagulls\/dolphins appear and Foerzagyl relays one message about it without getting (a) buff(s). Only a scouting resulting in no buff(s) is noted as a scouting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A buff is when a scouting results in obtaining its buff(s). It is only noted as a buff and not as a scouting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scoutings and buffs are displayed in the order they occurred. Multiple notes indicate multiple instances of the same activity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data when using Chum and Release is from small (\u22643-person) boats to maximise individual player impact, expecting scaling similar to spectral current proc chance if specific triggers exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Documenting the appearance rate of dolphin\/seagull scouts and buffs, and testing whether or not player actions have an effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,12,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data","category-ocean-fishing","category-spreadsheets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanfishing.boats\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}