{"id":34346,"date":"2026-05-14T12:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=34346"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:33:03","slug":"guide-to-progressing-through-shells-tideclaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=34346","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Progressing through Shells Tideclaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Shells Tideclaw Progression Guide**<\/p>\n<p>The Shells Tideclaw Progression determines how efficiently you can complete your Shell index by collecting the rarest and most profitable Shells. A pivotal factor in this progression is the selection of traits, crucial for enhancing your Tideclaw&#8217;s strength. For an in-depth understanding of trait importance, refer to the Shells Tools Tier List and Shells Traits Tier List.<\/p>\n<p>**Progression Overview**<\/p>\n<p>To advance through Tideclaws in Shells, a keen analysis of stats and pricing is essential. Skipping certain Tideclaws can conserve Shellings for superior tools.<\/p>\n<p>**Starter Tideclaws**<\/p>\n<p>Players begin with the Driftwood Stick, advancing to the Rusted Sifter (200 Shellings) via tutorial quests. The subsequent Tideclaw choice is yours.<\/p>\n<p>**Rusted Sifter to Bronze Sifter**<\/p>\n<p>While the Steel Sifter is next (1.8K Shellings), skipping it for the Bronze Sifter (3.5K Shellings) is wise due to superior stats.<\/p>\n<p>**Bronze Sifter to Simple Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>Upgrade to the Simple Tideclaw (6K Shellings) is advised, bypassing less efficient tools. It prepares you for the Coral Tideclaw (18K Shellings).<\/p>\n<p>**Simple Tideclaw to Coral Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>Skipping the Gold Sifter (13K Shellings) for the Coral Tideclaw is a strategic move, maximizing savings.<\/p>\n<p>**Coral Tideclaw to RGB Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>Bypass the Rapid Sifter for the RGB Tideclaw (40K Shellings), a modest price increase for much-improved stats.<\/p>\n<p>**RGB Tideclaw to Frosted Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>Significant stats upgrade warrants transitioning to the Frosted Tideclaw.<\/p>\n<p>**Frosted Tideclaw to Crystal or Energy Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>For 180K Shellings, the Crystal Tideclaw offers incremental improvements but consider completing Oro\u2019s quest for the Energy Tideclaw.<\/p>\n<p>**Energy Tideclaw to Haunted Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>Paying 900K Shellings for the Haunted Tideclaw boosts Luck to 220, making it a better choice over the Blood Tide Claw.<\/p>\n<p>**Haunted Tideclaw to Solar Tideclaw**<\/p>\n<p>Saving 2,500,000 Shellings for the Solar Tideclaw allows for major advancements towards the pinnacle of Tideclaw progression.<\/p>\n<p>**Solar Tideclaw to Brineblossom**<\/p>\n<p>The Brineblossom, priced at 10,000,000, is the ultimate Tideclaw, being the end goal of this progression guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which Tideclaws to skip when upgrading.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamezebo.com\/walkthroughs\/shells-tideclaw-progression-guide\/\">Shells Tideclaw Progression Guide<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamezebo.com\">Gamezebo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}