Profit Guide
Best Recipes in Dave the Diver
12 dishes ranked by gold per night — S to B tier
Cooking random fish is killing your profits. The difference between a Boiled Mackerel (75g) and a maxed-out Bluefin Tuna Chutoro (782g) is over 10x per serving. We ranked the 12 best dishes by real gold output, ingredient availability, and upgrade priority.
S-Tier
Print gold — put these on every menu
Highest single-dish profit in the game. Found in deeper zones. Max out the recipe level ASAP.
🐟 Bluefin Tuna (Chutoro cut)
DLC recipe — In the Jungle. Incredible margins with easy-to-find jungle fish.
🐟 Multiple tropical fish species
Easy ingredients, huge profit margin. The best early-to-mid game earner. Criminally underrated.
🐟 Red Crab + Soy Sauce
Simple single-ingredient dish with amazing returns. Farm abalone for consistent income.
🐟 Abalone
A-Tier
Solid earners — great fillers for busy nights
Reliable mid-game earner. Tuna is common and soy sauce is cheap. Solid backbone of any menu.
🐟 Tuna + Soy Sauce
Single-ingredient simplicity. Dive the shallows for scallops and profit without thinking.
🐟 Scallop
High-end VIP dish. Save your lobsters for VIP nights — mark up to max price for huge tips.
🐟 Lobster + Butter + Cream
The bread-and-butter dish. Always on the menu. Salmon is abundant and sells every night.
🐟 Salmon
B-Tier
Early-game staples — replace as you progress
Early-game filler. Fine for Chapter 1-2 but replace with Marinated Crab as soon as you can.
🐟 Mackerel
Decent margin for how easy shrimp are to catch. Good backup dish when you run out of premium fish.
🐟 Shrimp + Flour
River fish — easy to catch, decent price. Use until you unlock ocean premium dishes.
🐟 Trout
Cheapest dish in the game. Only use when you have literally nothing else. Decent filler.
🐟 Seaweed