there are still daytime spawns , the only change ive seen is the chase rate - they used to give up after one minute of chasing you if they didnt hit you , now they seem to give up after about 30 seconds , which makes it harder to lead them to shore - you need them near shallow water to get the scales
i dont hunt them specifically - i go on trips to find mushrooms and collect the serpents on the way there and back , the most ive seen in a row was 3 -
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