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Dave the Diver GYAO! Guide

GYAO! is a traditional Tamagotchi game within Dave the Diver. It follows the exact Tamagotchi formula with some quality-of-life upgrades. You’re probably wondering how to grow and take care of your GYAO! because the game doesn’t provide any tips, unlike other areas of the game. The reason being is that the original Tamagotchi has sort of a thing where folks would play without the instructions. That lead to a lot of Tamagotchi pets lost.

Just like the original Tamagotchi Connection, the same instructions do work exactly here. We’ve included the Tamagotchi Connections v1 Instruction bits that are relevant to Dave the Diver at the bottom.

How to Care for GYAO!

There are two main needs for GYAO! Food and affection. The manage screen shows you this. If you see a mess, click the clean button. If you see the purple skull, press the medicine button. At night, you must check GYAO! and turn the lights off or you’ll take what are known as “care point” hits.

If your GYAO! is making noises you don’t expect, use discipline.

After about 2-3 in-game days, you should get to stage three GYAO! The only GYAO! function in the game is the “GYAO! Master” achievement for raising five of them. You also get an in-game poster on raising your first. It seems like a fully raised GYAO! is after about 4 years.

The UI right to left:

Top: Feed (check manage), Lights (turn off at night), Play (shell game), Medicine (if purple skull shows up), Clean (if mess shows up)

Bottom: Warning (lights up if GYAO! is in trouble), Discipline (when it acts up), Manage (to check hunger / affection), History (see past GYAO!s) and settings (turn on/off phone notifications).

You can safely turn off the phone notifications and ignore GYAO! in Dave the Diver.

Gaming Tier List GYAO! Video Guide

Gaming Tier List Video Guide

Check out our video guide to GYAO! on YouTube!

Tamagotchi Instructions Relevant to GYAO!

This is fun to just look at and see how much of a faithful recreation GYAO! is. It’s also nearly identical instructions, including on discipline.

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