Please, accurately explain how to get a phantom meg. There is so much misleading info online.

1st rumor: Phantom meg can only spawn on weekends

2nd rumor: Phantom meg can only spawn with natural eclipse

3rd rumor: Phantom meg CAN be spawned while using eclipse totem

3rd rumor: Phantom meg has been officially removed

4rth rumor: Phantom meg is uncatchable due to a bug, not a removal update

Tutorials, friends, everyone all give misleading rumors! Even this subreddit. Could we PLEASE have some accurate information on how to catch the megalodon?

I wonder, since it says NATUAL eclipse inside of the wiki, can you use 7 sundials to get a natural eclipse spawning and then catch the meg?

I've found out that the meg between normal and ancient is only chosen when you CATCH IT. Not when it spawns. If a megalodon spawns and you see ancient, you still may get normal megalodon. So in some way, the megalodon that is swimming around the black whirlpool is a fake one, and the real one you get is when you catch it. OR this was a bug I encountered.

So I hope someone can help explain how to properly get a megalodon, YouTube tutorials and the wiki is not being helpful at the moment.