The Pursuit of the Precious
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Fight your way to the exit.
Site | Landfill Dreamland | |||
Fee | ![]() | |||
Lives | 3 | |||
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First-time Clear Rewards |
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Subsequent Clear Rewards |
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Music | Surprise and Shine |
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“ | The Cold-Blooded Bandit Shiver |
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— Intro to Shiver's boss fight.
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The Pursuit of the Precious is the third reachable boss mission in Return of the Mammalians.
Boss appearance
The boss is Shiver, who rides on her megalodon Master Mega, a large shark with a saddle and rocket boosters.
Walkthrough
Note: Due to the level having no fee, you may retry from checkpoints as many times as you want, even if you lose all your lives.
First Phase
Master Mega circles the around areana inside the water, occasionally attacking with verticle slashes of ink or charge straight at the player, both being able to break armor. Master Mega can submerge inside the water and will swim under the arena until he reaches the indicated attack spot and will attempt to eat the player similar to a Maws.
Master Mega may be damaged while he is swimming in the water, being able to avoid the verticle ink slashes with timed jumps. The easier way of dealing damage would be to throw either a bomb or Smallfry into Mater Mega's mouth. If he swallows it, he will fly into the center of the arena and slowly start crawling back into the water.
Once Master Mega is stunned with enough damage, Shiver will fall off and is able to be splatted. Shiver will respawn on Master Mega. He will rawr loud enough that the ink is cleaned off, begining the second phase.
Second Phase
In addition to the previous phase attacks, Master Mega can make three ink tornadoes and leaps from each of them before firing a beam of ink in a straight line. Master Mega will leave his mouth open briefly after attacking, leaving enough time to throw a bomb (or Smallfry) to make him fall onto the arena.
Shiver will fall off Master Mega again after he is stunned from enough damage. Once splatted, she will respawn on Master Mega. Master Mega will again rawr to clean off the ink, starting the third phase.
Third Phase
Master Mega attacks are the same as the previous phase, but he will now his beam three times. Master Mega crawls faster in this phase, making the time to damage him on the arena shorter.
Shiver will fall off again and when splatted, she respawns on Master Mega and accidentally drops her smoke bomb into the water. This send the two flying out the level and clearing off the ink.
Once the ink clears off the screen, the fault holding the treasure will open and a launchpad will be availble to take the player to it.
Enemies and mechanics
First introduced
Previously introduced
Quotes
English
O.R.C.A.'s Quotes
“ | Unauthorized personnel prohibited beyond this point. | ” |
Agent 1's Quotes
- Before the battle:
“ | It's Gramps! It has to be! | ” |
- Before the battle (rematch):
“ | "Pedal to the megalodon"? Psh! That catchphrase could use some work, right, Agent 3? | ” |
- During the battle:
“ | Watch out! They're gonna strike from below! | ” |
“ | They're out in the open! Now's your chance! | ” |
“ | Look! Shiver fell off! | ” |
“ | Nice, Agent 3! | ” |
“ | Wow! That shark is so talented! | ” |
“ | She's megalo-DONE! Now finish her off! | ” |
Agent 2's Quotes
- Before the battle:
“ | The reading is coming from just up ahead! | ” |
- During the battle:
“ | Good work! | ” |
“ | Ink it NOW before it gets away! | ” |
“ | She fell off again! Let her have it! | ” |
“ | ♪Sooo gooood!♪ | ” |
- After the battle:
“ | It wasn't Gramps... So frustrating! Guess we'll just take this as a consolation prize. | ” |
Shiver's Quotes
- Before the battle:
“ | Stop where you are. After the treasure? You have excellent taste. But you're too delicate to claim this particular item. Don't you agree? Ah, I see. The cold-shoulder routine. Guess you're pretty wicked after all. We'll have to teach you some manners. Join me, Master Mega! | ” |
“ | Pedal to the megalodon! | ” |
- Before the battle (rematch):
“ | Stop where you are. You're back, which can only mean... you missed me! How sweet of you, coming all this way just to give me a win. Ahhh, the cold shoulder again. You grow more wicked with every battle... And that's supposed to be MY thing. Another lesson, Master Mega! | ” |
“ | Pedal to the megalodon! AGAIN! | ” |
- During the battle:
“ | Share your wisdom, Master Mega! | ” |
“ | We'll shred you this time for sure! | ” |
“ | Time to feed the fish! Hahaha! | ” |
“ | Master! Get us back in the water! NOW! | ” |
“ | You're pretty tough... for an appetizer. Master! I need you to REALLY focus this time, OK? Attaboy, Master Mega! Let's FINish this! | ” |
“ | That was just a rehearsal. The real show starts NOW! | ” |
“ | Let's swirl things up - way, WAY up! Haha! | ” |
“ | Awaaay we go! | ” |
“ | OK, Master Mega. Show your pearly BITES! | ” |
“ | UGH! Master! Get it together! | ” |
“ | Oh, come on! What is WITH you?! Master, you had better get serious... or else! Yeah! That's more like it! Time to show you our REAL power! | ” |
“ | PEDAL - and I mean it this time - TO THE MEGALODON! | ” |
“ | Can you handle THIS?! | ” |
“ | Ugh. Stop embarrassing me, Master! | ” |
- After the battle:
“ | Owww... I think that's enough of a lesson for today... But you haven't seen the last of Deep Cut. Until next time. Huh? OH N- | ” |
- After defeating the boss:
Gallery
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The weapon selection screen.
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The battle introduction.
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Shiver's ink color in Return of the Mammalians.
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Shiver when Color Lock is enabled.
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End screen for the first clear of the stage, featuring a part of the Treasure.
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End screen for subsequent clears of the stage, featuring a silhouetted part of the Treasure.
Trivia
- Similarly to the final bosses of Octo Valley and Octo Canyon, some of the character dialogue changes on repeat playthroughs.
- Shiver's ink color has Deep Cut logos imprinted on it, a trait shared by Frye and Big Man.
Etymology
This mission's name may be a reference to The Lord of the Rings. In this trilogy, the character of Gollum refers to the One Ring as his "precious".
Names in other languages

Language | Name | Meaning |
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オルタナに封印された、気高き刃。それは…。 Orutana ni fūinsareta, kedakaki ha. Sorewa.... |
Proud blades sealed away in Alterna. That is… | |
Een pracht van een jacht Vecht je een weg naar de beveiligde deur. |
A splendor of a pursuit Fight a way to the protected door. | |
Poursuite précieuse Fraie-toi un passage jusqu'à la porte. |
Precious pursuit Clear yourself a way to the door. | |
Ein Riecher für Reichtum Erreiche das Tor! |
A nose for fortune Reach the gate! | |
A caccia di tesori Raggiungi il portale. |
Hunting treasures Reach the portal. | |
В погоне за сокровищами Доберитесь до двери. V pogone za sokrovishchami Doberites' do dveri. |
In pursuit of the treasure Reach the door. | |
En busca de lo más preciado Atraviesa la puerta de seguridad. |
Walk through the security gate. | |
被封印在幻界的高雅之刃,那就是…… 抵达门后的区域。 Bèi fēngyìn zài huànjiè de gāoyǎ zhī rèn, nā jiù shì... Dǐdá ménhòu de qūyù. |
The elegant blade sealed in Alterna, that is... Reach the area behind the gate. | |
被封印在幻界的高雅之刃,那就是…… Bèi fēngyìn zài huàn jiè de gāoyǎ zhī rèn, nà jiùshì…… |
The elegant blade sealed in Alterna, that is... | |
얼터너에 봉인된 고고한 칼날. 그것은... eolteoneoe bong-indoen gogohan kalnal. geugeos-eun... |
A noble blade sealed in Alterna, that is... |