Shark is one of the four races that players can spawn with upon joining the game for the first time. It has a 12.5% chance to be granted when they first join.
This race provides massive damage reductions and the ability to swim in water without taking damage, which makes it the ultimate defense race. This race is recommended for those who are hunting for Sea Events for the first time without a Leviathan Shield or are bounty hunting for the first time. Shark is extremely strong against one-shot combos; however, this race's mobility and damage are both lack in comparison to other races.
Obtainment
The player has a 33% chance (25% if Ghoul or Cyborg) to get this race when changing their race, which they can do in 3 different ways:
- Buying a Race Reroll from the Shop |
90 - Buying a Race Reroll from tort | 3,000
- Buying a Race Reroll from certain Event NPCs | Event Shop or Death King
Stages
| Stage | Method |
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| Completing the Alchemist's Quest. To take this quest, the player has to have completed the Colosseum Quest. | |
Completing Arowe's Quest, which varies depending on the race. Shark's V3 quest is:
Make sure to grab the quest every time joining the game, it will reset upon rejoining. | |
Completing the Temple of Time puzzle, then doing the Trial of Water.
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Changes of Stages
Each stage will give additional buffs and make visual changes to the player's avatar.
| Stage | Buffs | Visual changes | Image |
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| Decreases the damage the player takes while in water as a Blox Fruit user, as well as increasing their speed while in water. | Gives the player a blue shark fin on their back. | ||
| Increases the player's speed in and out of water, as well as completely removing damage taken from water as a Blox Fruit user. | No visual changes. | ||
Unlocks an ability named Water Body. While activated:
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Gives the player two extra fins on both their arms. Can have clipping issues. |
V4 unlocks different abilities depending on what "Gears" are put in. For more information, please refer to Race Awakening.
Ancient Powers:
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Leviathan's Armor:
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Upgraded version:
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Whirlpool:
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Upgraded version:
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Visual changes:
 The tail's idle animation.  The transformation animation.  The idle animation.  The idle animation with Leviathan's Armor active. | |
Pros
- Water immunity (or damage reduction for V1).
- The V3 ability is good for enduring attacks or combos, virtually rendering a combo useless.
- Allows the player to use Dough's unawakened F move in water, (almost useless for Dough's F move awakened since it can go on water).
- The damage reduction can be insane. (especially Buddha V2 + Water Body)
- Great for PvP beginners.
Cons
- Ice V1/V2, Magma V2, Buddha V2 (Transformed), Dough V2 (F-move rolls on water), and Kitsune (Transformed) can walk on water, rendering this race's passive abilities not that useful, but it still protects from being dragged underwater with these fruits.
- Crossing oceans can be faster with air dashing + use of mobility skill than swimming.
- Some longer Combos can easily counter its V3 ability.
- Non-Blox Fruit and Leviathan Shield users might not benefit from the water immunity.
Notes
- The V1 extra swim speed is faster than the Dinghy, but slower than the Sloop.
- The V2 swim speed is slightly faster than the Brigade.
- The Leviathan's Armor effect will sometimes surround the user as an blue aura or surround the user in a blue layer. This works depending on the avatar the user is using.
Change History
Released in Update 1
- Shark was nerfed.
- Reduced speed debuffs and max shield on awakened passives.
- The shield passive now only protects against 85% of the damage received, instead of 100%.
- V3:
- Defense: 80% -> 65%
- Duration: 6.5s -> 4.5s
- Fish was renamed to Shark.
- Fish was released as a race.
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