One again, back into the fishing holes! Welcome to the Shadowbringers tier, for fishing L70 to 80! Without further ado, let’s go!
FSH Leveling Navigation:
[01-15] | [15-35] | [35-50] | [50-55] | [55-60]
[60-70] | [70-80] | [80 – 90] | [90 – 100 PRE]
Fishing L70 to 80 – Reminders
I’ll just post some useful info here for you to easily refer to if you need it.
| L | Collectable Fish | Bait | Map | Fishing Hole | X | Y | # | Slap/Trade? | Note |
| 79 | Rak’tika Goby | Small Gig | Raktika Greatwood | North Lake Tusi Mek’ta | 5 | 26 | 59 | Viis Ear | Shadows |
| 79 | Elder Pixie | Medium Gig | Il Mheg | Central Longmirror Lake | 30 | 26 | 128 | Blue Mountain!? | Shadows |
| 78 | Winged Hatchetfish | Robber Ball | Kholusia | Upper Watts River | 27 | 15 | 11 | Any… | Precision |
| 76 | Diamond Pipira | Robber Ball | Raktika Greatwood | The Red Chalice | 10 | 21 | 440 | Any… | TIME 12p-7p Powerful |
| 76 | Eryops | Robber Ball | Raktika Greatwood | Lake Tusi Mek’ta | 9 | 30 | 690 | Cannot! | Mooch C. Tetra Powerful |
| 75 | Bothriolepis | Large Gig | Lakeland | Southeast Source | 12 | 38 | 865 | Little Bismarck!? | Shadows |
| 74 | Little Bismarck | Large Gig | Lakeland | Southeast Source | 12 | 38 | 750 | Bothriolepis!? | Shadows |
| 74 | Golden Lobster | Marble Nymph | Il Mheg | Saint Fathric’s Temple | 34 | 26 | 208 | Skipper/Loach | Precision |
| 72 | Weedy Seadragon | Moyebi Shrimp | Kholusia | Eastern Kholusian Coast | 37 | 27 | 135 | Cod>>Any | Precision |
| 70 | Albino Caiman | Fruit Worm | Lakeland | Rift of Sighs | 32 | 15 | 760 | Candy>Snail | Powerful |
| L | Facet Fish | Bait | Map | Fishing Hole | X | Y | Slap/Trade? | Note |
| 80 | HQ Prospero Eel | Moyebi Shrimp | Tempest | Norvrandt Slope | 31 | 15 | Storm>>Syco | Precision |
| 78 | Amber Monkfish | Desert Dessert Frog | Amh Araeng | The Hills of Amber | 17 | 15 | Crab>Dust | Powerful |
| 77 | HQ Calico Trout | Fruit Worm | Il Mheg | Longmirror Lake | 13 | 15 | Loach>Skipper | Precision |
| 75 | Brightmirror Clam | Moyebi Shrimp | Il Mheg | The Spoiled One | 28 | 15 | Loach>Skipper | Precision |
| 73 | Creamy Oyster | Moyebi Shrimp | Kholusia | Western Kholusian Coast | 14 | 32 | Cod>Flounder | Precision |
| 70 | Eigheyes Eel | Fruit Worm | Lakeland | Rift of Sighs | 32 | 15 | Candy>Snail | Precision? |
| L | Levequest | Fish | Bait | Map | Fishing Hole | # | Slap/Trade | X | Y | Type | Note |
| 70 | The Source of the Problem | Purple Ghost | Small Gig | Lakeland | Northeast Source | 6(18) | Glass>Goby | 14 | 30 | Triple | – |
| 70 | Needs More Egg | Sand Egg | Desert Dessert Frog | Amh Araeng | The River of Sand | 3 | Crab>Dustfish | 31 | 13 | Single | Precision |
| 70 | Eco-Warrior of Light | Xanthic Bass | Fruit Worm | Lakeland | The Source | 3 | Candy>Skipper | 20 | 26 | Single | Precision |
| 72 | Aetherquake | Finned Eggplant | Large Gig | Lakeland | The Isle of Ken | 6(18) | Carp>Warden | 8 | 33 | Triple | – |
| 72 | Jelly Salad | Blood Cloud | Moyebi Shrimp | Kholusia | Eastern Kholusian Coast | 3 | Cod | 33 | 27 | Single | Poweful |
| 72 | Full of Fish | Geayi | Medium Gig | Lakeland | Southeast Source | 6 | Cod/Noble | 12 | 38 | Single | – |
| 74 | A Cherry-red Herring | Cherry Herring | Marble Nymph | Il Mheg | The Spoiled One | 3(9) | Skipper/Loach | 28 | 15 | Triple | Precision |
| 74 | The Bride Aquatic | Little Flirt | Medium Gig | Il Mheg | North Lyhe Ghiah | 6 | Tear/Shade | 21 | 13 | Single | – |
| 74 | Faerie Fish | Lemonfish | Marble Nymph | Il Mheg | Handmirror Lake | 3 | Skipper>Pixie | 3 | 27 | Single | Precision |
| 76 | Fish for Days | Hucho Taimen | Robber Ball | Kholusia | Upper Watts River | 3(9) | Any | 27 | 15 | Triple | Poweful |
| 76 | Magic Mushrooms | Paradise Crab | Small Gig | Il Mheg | Thysm Lran | 6 | Deala>Ire | 30 | 30 | Single | – |
| 76 | Crab Corps | Gourmand Crab | Medium Gig | Rak’tika Greatwood | North Lake Tusi Mek’ta | 6 | Pleco | 5 | 25 | Single | – |
| 78 | A Feast for the Senses | Stippled Eel | Short Bill Minnow | The Tempest | Where the Dry Return | 3(9) | Storm>>Caliban | 37 | 5 | Triple | Precision |
| 78 | Short-term Gains | Black Tri-star | Robber Ball | Rak’tika Greatwood | The Rotzatl | 3 | Any | 15 | 21 | Single | Precision |
| 78 | Deep-sea Diving | Azure Sea Spider | Short Bill Minnow | The Tempest | Purpure | 3 | Stormbfish | 32 | 30 | Single | Precision |
Fishing L70 to 71 – The DEADZONE
The first level of any expansion is usually a “deadzone”, and Shadowbringers is no exception. This is due to many things, but MAINLY due to LOW or “RANDOM” gear levels.
Luckily, Custom Deliveries and the new Facet quest system gives us tons of scrip to buy this gear!
Getting out of the Deadzone
Here’s all the practical ways of getting EXP to beat the deadzone. But, first and foremost you have to unlock your new “class quest”…
UNLOCK CRYSTARIUM DELIVERIES
Shadowbringers gives us “Crystarium Deliveries“, which is oddly named since it’s nothing like the other delivery systems. It’s essentially a new type of “class quest”.
It’s a 2 quest process to unlock this:
- 1st Quest: The Crystalline Mean (L70) – Area: The Crystarium
- Requires: MSQ “The Crystarium’s Resolve (L72)”.
- 2nd Quest: Well Eel be Damned (L70) – Area: The Crystarium
- Requires: The Crystalline Mean (the 1st quest listed above)
You have SIX submissions per tier PER FACET. After six submissions your esteem goes up and you need to fish up a new set of six items at L73, 75, and 78 respectively.
For the L70 Fishing facet quest, head on over to Lakeland – Rift of Sighs (32 15) using Fruitworm bait. Remember to have your collectable catching on! Fish on the river at the bottom of the valley/cliff.
I mention this NOW because this gives some pretty chunky EXP. Now whether you can catch Eighteyes Eel or not, I don’t know. You can try if you’re desperate. If you can’t, farm and submit them when you’re L71.
Other ways of gaining EXP & BEating the Deadzone!
Keep in mind many of these apply even PAST the deadzone. First of all, SCRIP GEAR IS THE EASIEST WAY – It’s pretty worth it, especially if you’re leveling all 3 DoL classes. There are pieces you don’t really want though…
The easiest ways to punch through are getting the Facet fish Eigheyes Eel if you have the gear, or blowing your custom deliveries on it!
Reminder: Patience II Rotation
This “rotation” greatly increases your chances to land the various collectables, Facet fish and some levequest fish. I will refer to it in this guide as the “Patience Rotation”.
- Wait until GP is full and Cordial available
- Use Patience II (Patience I if you’re feeling lucky)
- Use Cordial right after.
- Reel in using the appropriate Hookset.
Fishing L71 to 72
A lot happens upon reaching L71, most critical of which are Surface Slap, possible gear updates, and how to level up once you’re past the dead zone.
FSH L71 Gear Update!
If you have the scrip gear, you can use that too! But not every scrip gear is okay. Here’s a summary of what your gear SHOULD look like going forward.
Crafted means “HQ w/ Materia V/VI (you can safely unslot them)
Here’s a SOLID pile of items to bring going forward. The most important points to remember at this level, going forward…
- Landking (scrip) Weapon and Chest are far superior than L71 crafted.
- Accessories should be L71 HQ crafted melded with Perception V or VI.
- All the other body slots are “roughly equal”, L71 crafted with melds being “slightly better” or “slightly worse” – meaning the easily obtainable Scrip gear is preferable to a vast majority of people.
| Slot | Item | Source | Cheap Meld | Cheap Meld |
| Weapon | Landking’s Fishing Rod | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Head | Landking’s Turban | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Chest | Landking’s Coat | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Hands | Landking’s Glove | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Belt | Landking’s Survival Belt | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Legs | Landking’s Bottoms | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Boots | Landking’s Shoes | Scrip | NA | NA |
| Acc | HQ Smilodonskin Acc | Crafted | Perception V or VI | Any / None |
The crafted accessories with melds are HUGE. I would never use the scrip accessories.
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, the crafted gear “slightly edges out” the scrip gear – but wether it’s worth it or not is up to you. Scrip gear is simply “cheaper” in the sense that scrip is rather easily obtainable. If you’re rich, or don’t have scrip, here’s how the L71 gear compares:
!!! There’s no excuse to not get the Landking (scrip) weapon and chest !!!
ALL NON-CHEST NON-WEAPON HQ L71 CRAFTED GEAR is, roughly, 2 to 5% stronger than their scrip counterpart. It’s really miniscule and negligible, but an option if you don’t have scrip.
But, as the table in the previous tab suggests, HQ L71 Smilodonskin Accessories are a great investment since you can meld Perception in them.
I’d rather save money for the future optional upgrades.
Fishing L70 Levequests
| L70 FSH Levequests | |||
| Levequest | The Source of the Problem | Needs More Egg | Eco-Warrior of Light |
| Fish | Purple Ghost | Sand Egg | Xanthic Bass |
| Bait | Small Gig | Desert Dessert Frog | Fruit Worm |
| Map | Lakeland | Amh Araeng | Lakeland |
| Hole | Northeast Source | The River of Sand | Sullen |
| XY | 14,30 | 31,13 | 20,36 |
| Slap/Trade? | Glass>Goby | Crab>Dustfish | Candy>Skipper |
| Amount | 6(18) | 3 | 3 |
| Type | Triple | Single | Single |
| Note | – | Precision | Precision |
L70-72 FSH Collectable Reference
What do to in this tier?
After you sort out your gear, farm/submit the Eighteyes Eels if you haven’t already at Lakeland, Rift of Sighs (32,15) with Fruit Worm. Put your Collect on, as you can get Albino Caiman collectable too. The Patience rotation is a little weird here since Precision hooks in Eels, and Powerful hooks in Caimans.
Honestly the above process is a pretty good way to level up to 72. Albino Caiman is pretty easy to catch, and try to get as many HQ Eighteye Eels. The levequests in this tier felt bad…
But if you insist on using leves… I would advise AGAINST this tiers triple. The levequest I prefer is Xanthic Bass. Check out the notes in the box.
Fishing L72 to 74
Fishing L72 Levequests
| L72 FSH Levequests | |||
| Levequest | Aetherquake | Jelly Salad | Full of Fish |
| Fish | Finned Eggplant | Blood Cloud | Geayi |
| Bait | Large Gig | Moyebi Shrimp | Medium Gig |
| Map | Lakeland | Kholusia | Lakeland |
| Hole | The Isle of Ken | Eastern Kholusian Coast | Southeast Source |
| XY | 8,33 | 37,27 | 12,38 |
| Slap/Trade? | Carp>Warden | Cod | Cod/Noble |
| Amount | 6(18) | 3 | 6 |
| Type | Triple | Single | Single |
| Note | – | Powerful | – |
L72-74 FSH Collectable Reference
What do to in this tier?
You got two choices in this tier. If you wanna fish normally, “Blood Clouds & Seadragons”. If you’re a fan of spearfishing, the “Geayi > Bismarck Rotation” is for you.
Set up your rod at Eastern Kholusian Coast (33, 27), since there are two possible catches here – Blood Cloud (for levequests), and Weedy Seadragon (collectables). Use the Patience II Rotation.
This method ain’t so bad, as I got a decent amount of both, and having the advantage of being “relaxed”. While Seadragon collectability is an issue, doing it on the patience rotation is reliable.
Risky process that might test your stats a little…
I’ll just explain it step by step… This method is strong but your stats may or may not be enough depending on what gear you decided on.
- Go to Southeast Source (spearfishing area) (12 38)
- Equip Medium Gig Head.
- Fish hear, only VETERAN TRADE COD if it’s the first thing you caught. You’re okay to get either Geayi (Levefish), or Noblefish (spawn shadows).
- Once the node spawns, EQUIP LARGE GIG HEAD BEFORE YOU BEGIN. Make sure COLLECT IS ON.
- Both catches from large gig are ‘future’ collectables. Little Bismarck (min 750). and Bothriolepis (a future collectable which you are unlikely to reach the collectability for).
Admittedly, the collectability is difficult to get. If you want, you can surface slap Bothriolepis since you might be too weak right now.
If you cannot get the collectability ratings for Little Bismark, its not so bad as you’ll be getting a lot of Geayi levefish in the process.
Both felt okay, depends on what method you prefer.
Once you’re L73, STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING, and fish up the new Facet quest fish – Creamy Oyster. It’s found at Kholusa, Western Kholusian Coast (14 32) using bait Moyebi Shrimp. The Patience rotation with precision will get you the 6HQ ones you need very quickly.
If fore some reason you’re not 74 after submitting those, do the ALBINO CAIMAN COLLECTABLE WITH MARBLE NYMPH BAIT – unless you’re having luck with the Geayi > Bis/Bothrio rotation.
Fishing L74 to 76
FSH L74 Optional Gear Check
Fishing L74 Levequests
| L74 FSH Levequests | |||
| Levequest | A Cherry-red Herring | The Bride Aquatic | Faerie Fish |
| Fish | Cherry Herring | Little Flirt | Lemonfish |
| Bait | Marble Nymph | Medium Gig | Marble Nymph |
| Map | Il Mheg | Il Mheg | Il Mheg |
| Hole | The Spoiled One | North Lyhe Ghiah | Handmirror Lake |
| XY | 28,15 | 21.13 | 3.27 |
| Slap/Trade? | Skipper/Loach | Tear/Shade | Skipper>Pixie |
| Amount | 3(9) | 6 | 3 |
| Type | Triple | Single | Single |
| Note | Precision | – | Precision |
L74 FSH Collectable Reference:
What do to in this tier?
Wow… so many choices… Well you have 2 mainstream choices here that felt great.
As mentioned above, either of the levequest fish felt amazing to gather. It’s simple, you only have 2 sub-choices here.
- You like triple leves? Fish up Cherry Herring.
- Single leves? Lemonfish.
I HEAVILY FAVOR single leves in ShB fishing since there is a massive difference in “EXP per Fish ratio”.
The new collectable, Golden Lobster seemed to have an ABSURD catch rate with or without the Patience rotation. (I honestly don’t remember if this unlocked at 74 or 75 – please let me know if you don’t see this at 74).
Revisitng an old collectable with new bait, Marble Nymph to catch good ‘ol Albino Caiman. The success rate is surprisingly good.
You can, again, try for the good old Geayi > Little Bismarck rotation. Always great.
There’s no shortage of things to try! Either way at L75 you get a new facet quest, which asks for Brightmirror Clam, at Il Mheg (The Spoiled One – 28,15… same place as Cherry Herring). Use Fruit Worm and Snagging! They were easy to catch with or without the Patience rotation.
After you gather your 6x HQ clams and submit ’em, I’m going to imagine you’ll be 76. If not, repeat any of the methods outlined above.
Fishing L76 to 78
Finally, we get to do something OP. It’s time to catch crabs. Wait…
Fishing L76 Levequests
| L76 FSH Levequests | |||
| Levequest | Fish for Days | Magic Mushrooms | Crab Corps |
| Fish | Hucho Taimen | Paradise Crab | Gourmand Crab |
| Bait | Robber Ball | Small Gig | Medium Gig |
| Map | Kholusia | Il Mheg | Rak’tika Greatwood |
| Hole | Upper Watts River | Thysm Lran | North Lake Tusi Mek’ta |
| XY | 27,15 | 30,30 | 5,26 |
| Slap/Trade? | Any | Deala>Ire | Pleco |
| Amount | 3(9) | 6 | 6 |
| Type | Triple | Single | Single |
| Note | Powerful | – | – |
L76-78 FSH Collectable Reference
What do to in this tier?
Welp, the age of crabs has begun. GOURMET CRAB IS GODLIKE. It’s very similar to the OP Stormblood “single veteran trade” levequests. Thank god.
No other levequest fishing activity up to this point comes close.
No other collectable activity can consistenly beat this either.
While I healthily suggest helping Gourmet Crabs go extinct – If you’re hellbent on collectables…
At L77 you have a new Facet quest to simply catch A SINGLE HQ CALICO TROUT, at Il Mheg – Longmirror Lake (13, 15) using Fruit Worm. It was a simple catch using the Patience rotation that didn’t even take 5 minutes. Easiest 9 million EXP in your life.
As usual, finish off your journey to 78 with any of the methods above (*cough* Gourmet Crab *cough*).
Fishing L78 to 80
This is the last stretch! Hang in there! or should I saw claw…
Fishing L78 Levequests
| L78 FSH Levequests | |||
| Levequest | A Feast for the Senses | Short-term Gains | Deep-sea Diving |
| Fish | Stippled Eel | Black Tri-star | Azure Sea Spider |
| Bait | Short Bill Minnow | Robber Ball | Short Bill Minnow |
| Map | The Tempest | Rak’tika Greatwood | The Tempest |
| Hole | Where the Dry Return | The Rotzatl | Purpure |
| XY | 37,6 | 15,21 | 32,30 |
| Slap/Trade? | Storm>>Caliban | Any | Stormfish |
| Amount | 3(9) | 3 | 3 |
| Type | Triple | Single | Single |
| Note | Precision | Precision | Precision |
L78-80 FSH Collectable Reference
What do to in this tier?
Start off your final steps with the L78 facet quest, Amber Monkfish. This one was quite easy. It’s at Amh Araeng, The Hills of Amber (17, 15) Bait: Desert Dessert Frog. They started off really rare, then started pouring in. Use the Patience rotation.
For the vast majority of the population that just want to get this over and done with, continue your Gourmet Crab extinction project after you’re done with the L78 Facet quest.
If you, for some reason, insist on the new levequest fish, well, you’re on your own… Read the details on the boxes above but I’m guessing most people will be spearing deez Gourmet Crabs all the way to 80.
Fishing Level 80 and beyond!
Well, grats on hitting 80 Fisher – that’s about it for Shadowbringers tier! I don’t know if I’ll update any of the end-game gathering guides yet, but let’s see.
Might as well finish up the L80 Facet quest – 1x HQ Prospero Eel, which can be fished up in Tempest, Norvrandt Slope (31, 15) using Moyebi Shrimp. The fishing hole is “under” the aetheryte area very near town.
Other than that, congratulations and I hope I helped you out reaching Level 80 on your fishing!
FSH Leveling Navigation:
[01-15] | [15-35] | [35-50] | [50-55] | [55-60]
[60-70] | [70-80] | [80 – 90] | [90 – 100 PRE]
It would be really neat if all the locations had x-y coordinates cus now i often need to look up where it exactly is and also which vendor to buy the lures/tackles from!
If you’re trying to catch the Giant Plesiosaur, use Patience II to make sure you actually catch HQ ones. It’s hard as hell to do without.
Let me just start by saying your guides are amazing! Thank you for putting in all the hard work to put these together.
I’m sure you are already aware, but on some pages I’m getting a permission error and cannot access full guides. Any idea how I can get around this? I’ve tried different internet browsers with no luck.
Thanks again for all you do for the community!
Sadly, It’s extremely difficult to trace the cause of this. All guides are free, but this mysterious error is throwing up a 403 error for some pages for some people… I’m investigating! Back from holidays!
One thing about mooching for the fish is to use low level bait to catch the HQ low level fish you need to mooch in the first place.
Would you consider updating the site with a dark mode?
I’ve been following this guide but it’s kind of blinding with all this white. :(
It’s something I want to do, for sure… I’ll see how best to implement this!
30 – 35 you say use Sylhid Basket do you mean Syrphid Basket or do i miss something :) in fishing guide thx :)
Probably so!
What does R next to the levequest item mean?
repeatable or triple levequest
I just want to say thank you for all of your hard work over the years. I’ve been following your guides to level my gatherers/crafters since you started and they have stopped me from ripping my hair out.
Even better now with the new updates .. I could skip most of your recommendations …just relying on one or two things every three levels.
You’re amazing.
Sunken Junk – x:10.3, y:33.1
Can you update the guide with an equipment guide? What levels to upgrade your gear, and what gear should you be wearing at specific levels?
We will be creating one that applies to ALL GATHERERS so your upgrades will have ultimate value.
This would be fantastic … can’t wait
Please consider updating the links on this page, as XIVDB no longer “exists”.. I know it’s an older guide that has been updated.. but just thought to leave a comment to bring it to your attention that all your links lead to dead pages. :)
we are weighing our options for the ultimate site update before 5.0
Unfortunately, a majority of the lures/baits mentioned in the 50-60 range are lvl 60, and cannot be used. I wonder if there was an update to change these? An example is “Steel Bladed Jig” “Goblin Jig” “Brute Leech” are all level 60, and the guide mentions catching fish which are only caught using one of those.
The guide makes no mention of Bladed Jigs. The only time Brute Leech was mentioned was for the L60 quest. Goblin Jig, mentioned in the guide, is L58. I’m really not sure what you’re complaining about?
As far as Boltfish go, I found constant good luck fishing for them in The Tangle during Gloom weather, 6pm to 859am Eorzea Time. Glowworm, Sinking/Floating Minnows had the highest results.
Worth mentioning that you’ll get one of those pieces of gear plus the fishing rod while doing the class quest. This is the second tier I’ve bought everything then immediately gotten it again by doing the quest. lol Even spending the money on the class quest fish would be a smarter investment.
is Murmur Rills no longer a place? I can’t find it in North Shroud…or anywhere really
it should be between alder springs and trespeak
“L68 FSH Class Quest – HQ Dafangshi … Once in this new node (it has a large % bonus to HQ gathers)”
Actually, that is a random proc. I ended up having to spawn the Teeming Shadows node twice (painful, I know…) and the first time didn’t have any bonuses, while the second time had an additional gathering attempt.
I’m currently level 40 and I’m trying to do the level 30 class quest. Went to “Isles of Umbra Northshore” but that spot requires Skyfishing now I think… and you don’t get that until Level 45.
for the 40-45 tier, instead of farming at The Nail, go into Daniffen Pass. The Golden Loach, Bronze Lake Trout, and Abalathian Smelt are all here and able to be caught with Honeyworms. Since that covers 3 of the four leves for the tier you should be able to stock up prettty easily and compelte whichever ones pop up.
you may want to add that in order to catch the deep velodyna carp you MUST be on the quest. i got pretty discouraged after 150 or so fish and hadn’t seen a single one lol. looks like it was to keep ppl from buying it, which seems completely unnecessary with them so easy to catch (once you pick up the quest)
Voor Sian Siran in Sea of Clouds (not coerthas) with stonefly nymph bait is a really good spot to grind around 50.
Actually even after 50 I found I liked Greytail Falls the best. A++
For grinding lvl45-50 I found the best place to be was cloud fishing in Coerthas.
I had my other gatherers on a higher level, so I had easy access to commercial survival manual.
With Gatherer’s Grace turned on, a hq Rift Sailor will net you 40K xp, without rested xp turned on.
I skipped the leves because I found the items to be worth more on the market than the 30-90xp I got for them.
I found doing the Silken Sunfish collectible turn in was very worth it from 69-70 because it gives about 800k exp a piece when it’s a starred item, and with nature’s bounty and a full gp bar (roughly 700) even with veteran trading the Mosasaur, yielded upwards of 5 Silken Sunfish!
mmm I’m interested in this method. I will have to check it out soon. Can you tell me more?
Thank you very much for the input.
You are a person that really makes me care about this game.
Wow that’s some really high praise! thank you!
Thank you so much, I know this took a whole mess of work to finish.
Thanks for the guide!! It helped me out alot!
I’m hoping that it will soon be upgraded to 70!
Just wanted to say thank for this guide, I got to lvl 44 so for with little to no effort taking long breaks while following this guide. And this has only been a few days of nearly a week of fishing, and only using food for the exp boost, no other exp enchantment.
To clarify:
Went from 0-44 in just a few days with minor fishing, and no exp boost outside of food.
i leveled my fisher from 50 till 55 today and noticed that the best thing to do when you reached level 51 is going for the icepick collectible. I fished at unfrozen pond in Coerthas Wester Higlands. This is the place where you also find the collectible sorcerer fish and you can allready catch it when you are lvl51. The collectability has to have a minimum of 646 and it appears in the list of collectibles when you reach lvl52. I don’t know if it was luck or not, but when i reached level 52 i turned instant 53 with turning in the Sorcerer Fish. I used the action patience and powerful hookset to get a higher collectability. (sorry for my English, it’s not so good ^^)
Just wanted to throw out there that Golden Loach can be found quite easily in Daniffen Pass using honey worm (along with Alabathian Smelt), just south-west of The Nail.
I wanted to let you know about the lvl 50 glacial core bait is incorrect. It is not red balloon; you cant use that until lvl 53. The bait would be Balloon Bug.
To clarify: RED BALLOON has the highest catch-rate.. its the “best bait”, but yes balloon bug is the “Earliest bait”. Check the table above, I’ll clarify this in other instances of glacier core in the guide.
On the Level 54 fishing writeup, you include this part:
Alternative Grinding: Mogpom, fished from Greensward in Churning Mists – is a great fishing hole to grind on. Not only do mogpoms hold a bit of crafting material value, the fishing hole has 100% chance to catch this level 55 fish, meaning it’s a very stable choice for mindless grinding.
Problem is, Mogpom cannot be fished until lvl 58, as it needs a goblin jig or steel spinner jig to be caught.
I tried fishing Ceruleum Field last night with Chocobo Fly. 4 straight non-Grip Killifish, level 5 Rock whatevers. Moondrip is way better. Switched over and started catching nothing but Blindfish and Killifish. Ceruleum Field with Chocobo Fly is not best 27-30, Moondrip is.
http://ff14angler.com/spot/30501
AHA! You we’re probably fishing in another hole! As seen in the link above – there IS NO POSSIBLE FISH LOWER THAN GRIP KILLFISH IN CERULEUM FIELD. CF > Moondrip.
I was confused about this too, but the farm spot is directly south of the Ceruleum Processing Plant crystal.
You’ll see a long chasm and some metal tubes, just cast the fishing rod there and it will work as instructed.
Every catch yielded over 3500xp and HQs about 10k. Went from 27 to 30 in a flash!
Its syrphid basket, not sylphid basket
This is an amazing guide! Thank you for all of the work that you put into it!
Guide is either out-of-date or the level 45 quest changes if you’ve (completed?) HW prior to leveling Fisher. Just hit 45 and I’m being sent to sky-fish for Cloud Cutters in Sea of Clouds. Hoping grind spots are up-to-date :)
skyfishing for Cloud Cutters in Sea of Clouds is right haha, its a nonHW area in CCH. It’s not literally the Sea of Clouds map, just the fishing hole name.
Hello, don’t know if anybody did tell about grand company Company-issue survival manual II. it gives+50% up to 40k exp… Cool, init?
Thank you for your guide
Need to fix the lvl 25 leve quest location FSH from “East Shroud, Quarrymill” to “South Shroud, Quarrymill”
Oh thank you! fixing
Under 45-50, the guide says “Overall I would recommend Ceruleum Field, using Honeyworm (Generic catch-all bait). ”
According to http://en.ff14angler.com/spot/30501, you can’t catch all of these fish using Honey worm. Did you mean Glowworm?
Ah, damn deez worms!!! Yes, It probably was glowworm, lemme check this out eh (FIXING)
I’m going through this atm and just want to point out, you say for the lvl 35 quest, Desert Catfish, that they can be caught from either of the Sagolii Desert sandfishing spots, but they can only be caught from the one on the east side.
“(50) Glacier Core” Except, I cant use that bait until 53, so…. thanks for not helping one damned bit,
Red Balloon is 53 – YOU’RE CORRECT! It’s also the BEST LURE for Glacier Core. However, Since you cannot equip it – use BALOON BUG in the meantime.
I’m sorry for the confusion, I specifically remembered the exact point in time wherein I asked myself as I was coding the table “Hmm.. which lure should I put for Glacier Core?” I ended up going with Red since it’s the BEST, and hoping people would click on the more info or figure out that Balloon Bug was the only other choice.
Thanks to your comment, maybe I was wrong. /fixed – added balloon bug.
Even if I didn’t help you one damned bit – I appreciate your feedback.
White Coral and Helmet Crab are very abundant at 29,30 Western LaNoscea – The Brewer’s Beacon
This is worth a look! I’ve been meaning to refine the pre 50 part.
How I can visit CERULEUM FIELD? Please tell me ;) Yesterday I tried to find there with my fellow fishers but we could not find it (with two 50 lv fishers..)
Just take the aetheryte to CPP and go left~ish. Ceruleum field is a huge fishing hole that spans many little areas.
i’m getting no bites at yuhg’am river
Ah, it’s likely because you’re not fishing at night time :D
same thing happened to me. i put a brass spoon lure on and could catch things during the day. just try different baits/lures for day time
Just to let you know for 30-35 Black sole, Sea Pickles and Ash Tuna can all be caught in north bloodshore, with Indigo caught in costa del sol, right next to it
I’m rather new to FFXIV, having played on a month, or so. I’ve found all your gatherers’ guides particularly helpful. I started my Fisher only about a week ago and reached level-50 today. I did only a couple of levequests — I’ve also got a Culinarian and have set a personal goal of catching one HQ of everything. It still didn’t seem to take very long. I’m into the game more for gathering/crafting than fighting; so, slow leveling is okay with me.
One comment per the Level-50 Class Quest: I found it rather simple; I caught three HQ Mazlaya Marlins and two NQ ones in about 30 minutes. Yes, “Hello Marketboard” for a nice profit on my extra Marlins, and I shall return often.
Again, thank you for your terrific guides.
Thank you too!
I noticed there was no grinding spot for 30-35. I’ve been doing The Juggernaut fishing hole in 17.31 Eastern La Noscea.
With a chocobo fly I get about 90% Grip Killifish which are about 3k exp per fish (I do have rested xp atm though)
So I am currently in the 40-45 fishing range. Based on primarily grinding from 35 to my current level of 43, I would say sticking with the Nail until 45 is probably better than moving to the Burning Wall. The rate at which I am catching the three choices of level 40 fish is pretty low with the mix of the salmon and boneytongue, it seems quite a bit slower.
I think the more steady higher exp (compared to salmon and boneytongue at the wall) catches at the Nail make it faster.
In the 20-25 grinding spot, you suggest the Yugr’am river in W.Thanalan, which is inocrrect. Yugr’am river is in E.Thanalan.
I’ve been grinding in Yugr’am river for a while and noticed that Black Eel with Butterworm nets 100% ALL DAY not just at night. Don’t know if this was mentioned in a patch note somewhere.
Correction, just hit the “nothing bites” slump. But it does keep going into the daytime quite a bit. Til 10 am I think.
So I noticed that you suggest Cape Westwind for level 30 to 35 leveling. What I also noticed when I got there is that the enemies are kevel 48, and thus not affected by Stealth until level 38. Is there a better place to level for those 5? Love your guide by the way!
Love your guides! Pretty sure I’ve used all of the crafting and gathering ones to level up. Have any idea when the 50-60 guide will be ready?
Oh boy… I’ve been 60 FSH for a while.. I guess it’s time!
I’m sorry, but please use the full name on the locations and please use cordinates, it takes forever to figure out were you accually mean.. If you allready are taking the time to make this guide, why be so lasy as to use shortened words.. Not trying to be rude, just telling you that this guide is a pain in the behind to use.
I’m sorry, but refinement to pre-50 FSH will be done after I’m done with the 60 chunk. I’m sure you can manage, you’re a grown up :)
Saying “not trying to be rude” doesn’t make it not rude… Calling a person who voluntarily made a nicely-written guide “lazy” isn’t really nice.. I’ve only started playing the game recently and it doesn’t really take long on finding these locations. You get move your lazy bum and look for these yourself! :)
To end this mini-scuffle let me clarify a few things…
It’s a far cry from laziness. A lazy person cannot create this entire site by themselves. Which I am doing. I realize the site is not perfect, and neither is this guide. I cannot explain all choices I made but I’ll make an exception for this…
Coordinates are a great idea, I definitely want to do this! And I appreciate your reminder. I simply cannot backtrack this guide at this time… the FSH leveling guide has great info (IMO), and is definitely usable at this point… I’m sorry if the coords aren’t listed and this is very much a great addition in the near future.
I used the shortened location names for many reasons. the primary one? SPACE. Especially in the tables. These abbreviations are commonly used in many FFXIV related communications, within and without Eorzea… It would be beneficial to you to learn them! But as I said earlier it’s primarily a SPACE issue… it may not seem like a big deal but trust me it is…
FSH Guide in general is a pain in the ass even to write… I mean.. the uniqueness of the class and the personalities of people trying to level fishing are wildly varied! As wildly varied as the ways and methods and goals of those attempting to max the class. I’m just here trying my best to even give a sliver of a guideline to those who may seek it. I appreciate any feedback, good or bad.
Thanks!
I had zero issue with your guide and it was a great help keep up the awesome work dude!
Thanks so much for the guide!
However, I noticed that on the 30-35 leves, you have listed Indigo Herring twice. The repeatable one should be Sea Pickle!
Thanks for the heads up! I will be updating this to 60 shortly, and i’m wishing to refine the pre-60 half of this after that.
You’re guides have been a real life saver,
I did come across one mistake, you say that Yagram river is in Western Thanalan, but it is in Eastern Thanalan.
Thanks for the guide. :D
bit late to reading these guides but u know a lot more fun stuff than fishing lol but I notice u say that yugram river is in W.thanalan but its actually in E.thanalan
I noticed that you put the level 40 fishing hole Burning Wall, which requires Gulleye II, as a recommended grinding spot for level 26-30. Is there a good fishing hole for grinding that is actually possible for this level range? Love your guide!
Burning Wall seems to be accessible even before Gulleye II. This was done long ago, but I can try to verify this through another recently leveled fisher?
Just fished it today. Started in at 25 and went to 28 or so.
i was able to fish there at 25 also there was a place i couldnt fish not mentioned here the pond in wt near moon drop
i was just there lvling my fisher i dont think i went there at 23 i belive it was 25 i went there i had no problem fishing there where misses and eventualy one stole my spoon but i did lvl there to 27 before moving off to Ceruleum Field the only gear i had on was from fishing guild quest rewards no extras or special bennys through the free company
One other note I had some trouble finding vendors that sell the needed lure or bait for the different areas. I think adding a vendor location for the different baits needed as your lvling would be a good thing to include in your guide.
Great Idea! I will be working on many of these guides come 3.0, in case new ways to level up appead.
Just go to 1 of the housing areas (Goblet, Lavender Beds, & Mist) & the junkmonger there sells everything.
WTH does “NSH”, “WLN”,ETH” mean and why would anyone expect people that would be looking for a “guide” to already know this stuff?
I’m sorry, but this is somewhat used quite commonly in my server – i apologize. If you haven’t discovered by context… “NSH” would be North SHroud, WLN is Western La Noscea… ETH is Eastern Thanalan. Hopefully that helps!
No apology required IMHO. Players need to figure SOMETHING out for themselves. THX for your guide. Just turned in my Raincallers and gonna farm CCuttters next. GG
WTH does “THX” mean and why would anyone expect people that would be looking for a “guide” to already know this stuff?
THX?
Just wanted to say this guide has been fantastic. Currently at level 46 and about to get more grinding on. Comp Bryagh on Excalibur says Thanks a bunch!
May have been noted already, but Yugram River is in Eastern Than, as opposed to Western which it states in the 20-25 section. Fantastic guide, would be lost without it!
Just want to point out that the info for level 15 levequests is wrong. They are in Aleport. Moraby Drydocks are level 20.
The info on the 1-15 page is incorrect. The 16-35 reflects correct information. Also, I’m having better luck finding Helmet Crabs and White Coral at Brewer’s Beacon with Rat Tail. Skull Valley is where I’m getting Razor Clam and Rothlyt Oyster, also with Rat Tail.
Loved the guide ty for your time and effort to putting this together. I just want to throw in here that I got my mazlaya marlin at 32x 25y e. LA noscea with a rattail it’s 100% harbor herring the rest is rngesus I got mine on second cast :-D
I did exactly what Bigjon said, and I got mine on my third cast at lvl 49 :D
I also wanted to say, great guide, I’ve followed it from lvl 15 to lvl 50, and it’s really helped me out a lot. Keep up the good work!!
“Where to find Shadow Catfish? Using low level bait Moth Pupa, you can mooch a Striped Goby(HQ) to get your Shadow Catfish rather easily! You cannot pre-emptively finish your L25 Class Quest since you need to mooch – which is a skill you gain at 25.”
Didn’t say where ^.^
Oh man.. is the location in the first page? I just got back and replying to comments quickly. AFAIK it shold be in fallgourd float (checking)
Confirmed, just did that step! Says so in the quest text, actually.
Thank you so much for the guide! Do you have a fishing node location map? I couldn’t find a link to it even though it’s referenced. Thanks!
Yes I’ve been itching to find the best way to implement that… Any Ideas? If I use a bunch of images… man.. load times? hmm…
How about using the “Eorzea google map” thingy on http://www.disciplesoftheland.com ?
It works very well along with this guide, i must say ;)
I will be fixing this up pre-3.0, in terms of showing a map of where these locations are. :) yes that is a great supplementary resource!
An alternative for White Coral, if your having trouble catching it. I found is if you have a retainer with atleast 5 levels in fishing they can gather it for you.
Here’s an alternative for Boltfish…instead of using just about anything else, you can use honeyworm to catch about 3 times as many Silverfish…GREATLY increases your odds of getting an HQ quicker and mooching.
Thanks for the input!
For the Mazlaya Marlin (lvl 50 job), I got it by rather easily at lvl 40 Fishing in Western La Noscea (Northern Bloodshore) using Krill Cage Feeder.
Just as an alternative :)
Wonderful guide! I’m actually working toward 50, myself, so this will definitely come in handy~
Working great for me so far. I would like to ask tho why its not on the gathering drop down? fishing is not there at all.
oh god… you’re right haha!
Greetings .. Thank you so much .. perfect guide & definitely the best .. thx from my heart.
So much incorrect information… Yugr’am River (not yugram) is in Eastern Thanalan, and the bait this guide suggests does not work there. Wish there was a more reliable guide somewhere.
Please read it again :D, Butterworm to catch eels only work DURING NIGHT TIME… otherwise you will not be able to catch anything! Don’t be so hasty to post!
S/he is right about Yugr’am being in Eastern Thanalan, though.
Would it actually hurt to be constructive and polite? OP writes a guide–If it’s not up to your personal standards, or if you don’t feel like properly reading, move the hell on. Do you actually need to be a prat about it? Thank you goes a long way. Constructive criticism goes a long way. Being an entitled sounding asshat only makes people not want to help, advise or otherwise be kind to you.
I’ve caught plenty of Yuhg’ams in south Shroud by the goblin watering whole.
Yes that’s another one, but the listed location (Yugram River) is 100% at night time!