Golden Scales, the in-tank currency

What the balance is shown buying

Store text says collected scales unlock new brushes, templates, and decorations. A screenshot of the template library shows locked fish outlines with the line “Unlock for 2” and a balance of “You have 3.” Other frames show balances such as 9,609, 9,602, and 9,595 in the corner. I treat those figures as whatever the demo build had saved, not as a starting grant for every player.

A close-up shows loose scales drifting in the water beside the counter. I do not have a published rule for how many scales a feeding session drops, so the earn rate stays blank. Guessing a drop table would be fiction.

Do not mix this up with a gold fish

The release materials and PC Gamer's hands-on describe fish that develop a metallic shimmer and can become gold with continued care. That is a look on the creature. Spending scales is a shop action. VGKami's pre-release piece also separates the two. If a tip site uses the words interchangeably, I would not follow the math.

Nothing indicates that scales are a real-money currency or that they transfer to another game. They live in this sandbox.

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