Fishing Leveling Guide – L80 to 90: Endwalker Tier
Welcome to my Fishing Leveling Guide – level 80 to 90 edition, the Endwalker tier. I don’t have much else to say, but,
“A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work.”
-Mahiko “Pro Crastinator” San
Thats the copium for bad RNG, anyway. It goes without saying I highly recommend you unlock flying in all Endwalker maps before you proceed leveling up your fisher.
FSH Leveling Navigation:
[01-15] | [15-35] | [35-50] | [50-55] | [55-60]
[60-70] | [70-80] | [80 – 90] | [90 – 100 PRE]
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Let’s get to it!
Preparation, General Strategy, Reminders
Skim through this segment if you need to know the nitty gritty on preparing for your Endwalker fishing journey, and basic strategy here
Get your Gear in order: L80 Landsaint Tier
Go to “any” scrip exchange NPC (Main Cities, Crystarium) and check for Gatherer’s Scrip (Gear) > Lv. 80 / IL 500. This is the Landsaint tier gear you need. THESE CANNOT BE MELDED.
| Slot | Equipment Name | Scrip | Priority | Perception |
| Weapon | Landsaint’s Fishing Rod | 350 | 1 | 476 |
| Offhand | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
While the above weapon is of course for Fishing only, the below gear is shared between all DoL (Miner, Botanist, and Fisher)
| Slot | Equipment Name | Scrip | Priority | Perception |
| Body | Landsaint’s Coat | 840 | 1 | 238 |
| Head | Landsaint’s Bandana | 560 | 2 | 476 |
| Boots | Landsaint’s Boots | 560 | 3 | 262 |
| Legs | Landsaint’s Breeches | 560 | 4 | 119 |
| Hands | Landsaint’s Gloves | 560 | 5 | 0 |
| Earring | Landsaint’s Earrings | 200 | 6 | 0 |
| Necklace | Landsaint’s Necklace | 200 | 6 | 0 |
| Wrist | Landsaint’s Bracelet’s | 200 | 6 | 0 |
| Ring | Landsaint’s Ring | 200 | 6 | 0 |
| Ring | Landsaint’s Ring | 200 | 6 | 0 |
Of course, if you have gear better than this, great!
Strategy with Levequests, Collectables, etc
Here are tips on just HOW you should go about doing and spending your GP on each type of fishing activity.
There are also advanced fishing techniques like waiting X seconds for that certain fish to bite – but this is very involved, and if you’re willing to research it for the relatively short leveling process, sure… but it’s quite involved.
EXP Sources, a reminder
A reminder on “how” to gain EXP in the Endwalker tier.
Endwalker Fisher L80+ Activity Reference
Here’s a quick reference table of all Levequests, Collectables, and Facet Quest fish you might need in the L80 to 90 Endwalker fishing journey. Putting scrollies so you can easily go back and forth.
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L80 to 90 Levequest Fish Info
Removed Levequest name for space.
| Lvl | Fish | # | Bite / Size | Map | XP | Fishing Hole | X | Y | Aertheryte | Slap/Trade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Ponderer | 3 | Gold Salmon Roe | ! | Old Sharlayan | 2.45m | Reflecting Pool | 8 | 10.5 | The Studium | Astacus |
| 80 | Ruby-Spotted Crab | 9 | SPEARFISHING | Med Avg | Ruby Sea | 2.45m | Onokoro | 28 | 3 | Onokoro | Onokoro Carp |
| 82 | Macrobrachium Lar | 3 | Versatile Lure | ! | Labyrinthos | 2.46m | The Mover Beta | 25 | 13 | The Archeion | Butterfly Fry |
| 82 | Gianstgall Jaw | 9 | SPEARFISHING | Big VFast | Thavnair | 2.46m | Southern Akyaali | 14 | 35 | Yedlihmad | Purusa Fish |
| 84 | Bluegill | 3 | Leech | !! | Thavnair | 2.7m | Giantsgall Grounds | 21 | 8 | Palaka's Stand | Marid Frog |
| 84 | Dream Pickle | 9 | SPEARFISHING | Small Slow | Ruby Sea | 2.7m | Isari Slope | 12 | 14 | Onokoro | Red Gurnard |
| 86 | Protomyke #987 | 3 | Grey Worm | !! | M. Lamentorum | 2.95m | The Chlorophospond | 31 | 32 | S. Lacrimanum | Feverfish |
| 86 | Saltsquid | 9 | SPEARFISHING | Big Avg | The Lochs | 2.95m | Loch Seld NE Lakebed | 23 | 17.3 | Porta Praetoria | Platinum Hammerhead |
| 88 | Colossoma | 3 | Sky Spoon Lure | !! | Elpis | 3.24m | Lower Hungering Gardens | 25 | 10 | Anagnorisis | Iribainion |
| 88 | Rummy-nosed Tetra | 9 | SPEARFISHING | Small Fast | Thavnair | 3.24m | The Font of Maya | 25 | 24 | Palaka's Stand | Agama's Palm |
L80 to 90 Facet Quest Fish Info
| Lvl | Fish | Bait | # | Bite | Min | Max | Fishing Hole | Map | X | Y | Aetheryte | Slap/Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Giant Aetherlouse | Gold Salmon Roe | 6 | ! | 70 | 166 | Unmoved Source | Labyrinthos | 18 | 5 | Archeion | Butterfly Fry |
| 83 | Garjana Wrasse | Shrimp Ball | 6 | !! | 133 | 313 | The Great Runoff | Thavnair | 10 | 22.5 | The Great Work | Golden Barramundi |
| 85 | Garlean Clam | Leech | 6 | ! | 78 | 184 | The Stainless Course | Garlemald | 21 | 6 | Tertium | Dark Crown |
| 85 | Alnairan Salmon | Leech | 1 | !! | NA | NA | Ksiroda | Thavnair | 30 | 21 | Palaka's Stand | Ksirapayin |
| 88 | Smaragdos | Sky Spoon Lure | 6 | !! | 503 | 1183 | Lethe | Elpis | 33 | 15 | Anagnorisis | Iribainion |
| 90 | Lunar Lamenter | Grey Worm | 1 | !! | NA | NA | The Frozen Fissure | Mare Lamentorum | 22 | 30 | S. Lacrimanum | Feverfish |
Removed Facet Quest name for space.
(*) Lunar Lamenter – Enter cave at 22.30.
L80 to 90 Collectable Fish Info
| Lvl | Fish | Bait | Bite / Size | Col S | Col M | Col L | Fishing Hole | Map | X | Y | Aetheryte | Slap / Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Topminnow | Gold Salmon Roe | ! | 18 | 30 | 44 | Unmoved Source Alpha | Labyrinthos | 18 | 5 | The Archaeion | Butterfly Fry |
| 82 | Seema Duta | Gold Salmon Roe | !! | 188 | 315 | 442 | Meghaduta | Radz-at-han | 5.6 | 11 | Radz-at-han | Longear Sunfish |
| 84 | Shogun's Kabuto | SPEARFISHING | Big Avg | 400 | 669 | 940 | Northwestern Onokoro | The Ruby Sea | 23 | 3 | Onokoro | Blue Shark |
| 85 | Othardian Wrasse | SPEARFISHING | Mid VFast | 181 | 302 | 424 | Exile | The Ruby Sea | 28 | 21 | Tamamizu | NOT practical! |
| 85 | Pipefish | SPEARFISHING | Small Fast | 31 | 51 | 73 | Northwestern Onokoro | The Ruby Sea | 23 | 3 | Onokoro | Dream Pickle |
| 85+ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ||
| 84 | Pantherscale Grouper | Shrimp Ball | !! | 218 | 363 | 510 | Yedlihmad | Thavnair | 25 | 35 | Yedlihmad | Gwl Crab |
| 86 | Forgeflame | Leech / Sky Spoon | !! | 211 | 352 | 495 | Ksiroda | Thavnair | 28 | 18 | Palaka's Stand | Ksirapayin |
| 86 | Fleeting Brand | Grey Worm / Versatile | !! | 244 | 408 | 573 | The Frozen Fissure | M, Lamentorum | 22 | 30 | S. Lacrimanum | Regotoise |
| 89 | Xiphactinus | SPEARFISHING | Big Avg | 423 | 708 | 995 | Outer Akyaali | Thavnair | 7 | 36 | Yedlihmad | Dusky Shark |
(*) Fleeting Brand – Enter cave at 22.30.
(*) Shogun’s Kabuto, Pipefish, and Xiphactinus – are from Swimming Shadows, so can be quite troublesome to farm.
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Fishing Level 80 to 82
First of all, do the FSH Facet Quests as soon as you’re able to – this applies all the way to L90! You can unlock the FSH Facet Quest by the quest, “Fear the Thesis”. Which is in turn unlocked by “The Faculty”, both quests are in Old Sharlayan.
L80 FSH Facet Quest: Go with the Flow- catch 6x Giant Aetherlouse. You can find these at Labyrinthos, at Unmoved Source Alpha (18,5). Teleport to Archeion. Use Golden Salmon Roe, make sure Collector’s Glove is on and go ham. ! Bite. Surface Slap Butterfly Fry. Best Rewards at 166+ Collectability. You’re likely gonna need Prize Catch to get max rewards – which is pretty worth going for.
I highly suggest you go for 6x max collectability, since you get another collectable here Topminnow, as a little bonus, so it’s a 2 for 1 double whammy of heavenly value.
L82 Fishing Levequests
Levequests? You got two choices as always –
L80 FSH Regular Fishing Levequest: Ponderer at Reflecting Pool in Old Sharlayan (8, 10.5). W of Town, SE of the Studium using Golden Salmon Roe. ! Bite. Surface Slap Astacus.
L80 FSH Spearfishing Levequest: Ruby-spotted Crab at Onokoro in The Ruby Sea (28, 3) NE of the Onokoro Aetheryte. Small size, fast. Veteran Trade Agama’s Palm.
L80 Levequest Advice: I prefer the fishing ones since they’re more relaxed. Ponderer in Old Sharlayan from Reflecting Pool (8, 10.5) west of town, is pretty good. They’re reasonably easy to catch. If you like Spearfishing, go ham with Ruby-Spotted Crab.
Doing Collectables?
Topminnows at Unmoved Source Alpha, same place you may have gotten them already while fishing up the Aetherlouse. Unmoved Source Alpha, Labyrinthos (18,5) NW of The Archaeion. Golden Salmon Roe. ! Bite. Surface Slap Butterfly Fry.
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FSH L80+ Collectable Notes
Straight Fishing: Topminnow is your “only” choice as I found the other one, Seema Duta, to be quite rare.
Spearfishing: Othardian Wrasse is your best bet. Pipefish and Shoguns Kabuto actually come from a Swimming Shadows, so it’s pretty awkward.
Fishing Level 82 to 84
Do the Facet Quest ASAP! L83 FSH Facet Quest: Data Across the Decades – catch 6x Gajana Wrasse. Fish them at The Great Runoff in Thavnair (10, 22.5) right at The Great Work Aetheryte. Thankfully you can buy the Shrimp Ball bait right here too. !! Bite. Surface Slap Golden Barramundi. Best Rewards at 313+ Collectability, try for 6x of this. Remember, Prize Catch + Identical Cast!
L83 Fishing Levequests
Levequests? You got two choices as always –
L82 FSH Regular Fishing Levequest: Macrobrachium Lar at The Mover Beta in Labyrinthos (25, 13) W of The Archaeion using Versatile Lure. ! Bite. Surface Slap Butterfly Fry.
L82 Spearfishing Levequest: Giantsgall Jaw at Southern Akyaali in Thavnair (14, 35) in the oceans SW of Yedlihmad. Big size, very fast. Veteran Trade Purusa Fish.
L82 Levequest Advice: This pair of levequests is godly. So whichever “method” you like, you’ll find good yields doing either. However, one is a little better than the other. After trying every levequest fish in Endwalker – I can say that I PERSONALLY found Macrobrachium Lar to be by far the easiest to catch.
Doing Collectables?
Othardian Wrasse in Ruby Sea, Exile (28, 11) South of Tamamizu – is actually great. this is the “best” collectible pretty much if you’re into Spearfishing. If not, you’re stuck with Topminnows.
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Fishing Level 84 to 86
Gain EXP until L85, then do the Facet Quests ASAP (there are TWO FACET QUESTS in this tier!). Here’s the details on the facet quests… As for gaining EXP before and after it, check the chunk after it.
L85 Facet Quest – History Lesson: catch 6x Garlean Clam. Catch ‘em at The Stainless Course in Garlemald (21, 6). Teleport to Tertium. Leech bait. It’s at the “river” at the northernmost part of the map. Best Rewards at 78+ Collectability, try for 6x of this. Snagging On, Surface Slap Dark Crown – it’s a ! Bite.
L85 Facet Quest – The Wandering Whale: Catch an Alnairan Salmon in Ksiroda. It’s at the shallow rivers on the S of Palaka’s Stand in Thavnair. Leech bait. !! Bite. Simple single catch, no collectability. Just keep using Surface Slap (or use it Ksirapayin)! Shouldn’t take you long at all.
L84 Fishing Levequests
Levequests? You got two choices as always –
L84 FSH Regular Fishing Levequest: Bluegill at Giantsgall Grounds in Thavnair (21, 8) NW of Palaka’s Stand using Leech bait. !! Bite. Surface Slap Marid Frog.
L84 FSH Spearfishing Levequest: Dream Pickle at Isari Slope in The Ruby Sea (12, 14) SW of Onokoro. Small size, Slow speed. Veteran Trade Red Gurnard.
L84 Levequest Advice: I can’t recommend Giantsgall over L82’s Macrobrachium Lar. But, if you like Spearfishing, the new one is just fine.
Doing Collectables?
At L85 you unlock new Collectables, but I don’t think it’s worth interacting with that for now. If you wanna do Collectables, stick with Topminnow or Othardian Wrasse.
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FSH L85+ New Collectables, Notes
The only new one that’s “worth it” seems to be Pantherscale Grouper, as an alternative to Topminnows for basic fishing collectables. The other ones, IE Forgeflame, Fleeting Brand seem a little rough.
As for Spearfishing, Xiphactinus can be a hassle due to its high level and “swimming shadows” status. Stick to Othardian Wrasse!
Fishing Level 86 to 88
There are NO Facet Quests in this tier, so it’s the good old way for a bit. It’s a good time to use your burst EXP here (GC Submissions, Custom Deliveries, Beast Tribe Quests).
L86 Fishing Levequests
Levequests? You got two choices as always –
L86 Regular Fishing Levequest: Protomyke #987 at The Chlorophospond in Mare Lamentorum (31, 32) in a cave far East and Southish of Sinus Lacrimanus using Grey Worm bait. !! Bite. Surface Slap Feverfish.
L86 Spearfishing Levequest: Saltsquid at Loch Seld NE Lakebed in The Lochs (23, 17.3) NE of the central Lake, NE of Porta Praetoria. Big size, average speed. Veteran Trade Platinum Hammerhead.
L86 Levequest Advice: Any OTHER straight fishing Levequest seems to be better than Protomyke #987 – maybe I’m just unlucky. Good old L82 Macrobrachium Lar levequest is still good here. If you like Spearfishing, this Saltsquid leve is actually pretty good.
Doing Collectables?
Stick to Othardian Wrasse for Spearfishing, and for regular fishing… Hmm.. Give Pantherscale Grouper a try, and see if it’s better for you compared to Topminnow / Seema Duta.
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Fishing Level 88 to 90
The final step – you’re nearly there!
L88 Facet Quest – Fish Time Forgot: Catch 6x Smaragdos at Lethe in Elpis, NW of Anagnorisis, using Sky Spoon Lure (need scrip for this). !! Bite. Surface Slap Iribainion. Again, try for 6x if you can using Prize Catch and Identical Cast.
Conveniently, there’s a levequest fishing spot left of here…
L88 Fishing Levequests
Levequests? You got two choices as always –
L88 FSH Regular Fishing Levequest: Colossoma at The Lower Hungering Gardens in Elpis (25, 10) N of Anagnorisis using Sky Spoon Lure. !! Bite. Surface Slap Iribainion.
L88 FSH Spearfishing Levequest: Rummy-nosed Tetra at The Font of Maya in Thavnair (25, 24) SW of Palaka’s Stand. Small size, fast. Veteran Trade Agama’s Palm.
L88 Levequest Advice: Colossoma is actually pretty good! While it’s not as easy to catch as the lobsters, the EXP difference is pretty significant that you might want to try these instead (2.46m vs 3.24m). For Spearfishing, I felt that this one was bad. While all previous Spearfishing leves seemed “fine”, the population of these Tetras seem slim. Could be bad luck.
Doing Collectables?
No changes. All the good ol choices remain the good ol choices.
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Congrats on Level 90 Fisher!
Once you hit L90, you can get new gear first if you like, and finish the final Endwalker Facet Quest L90 – Pastures New: Catch Lunar Lamenter at The Frozen Fissure in Mare Lamentorum using Grey Worm bait. It’s a !! Bite. Single straight catch with no collectability needed. Surface Slap Feverfish. Teleport to Sinus Lacrimanum! Not hard to get!
CONGRATULATIONS ON FISHER LEVEL 90! Make sure you do the L90 Facet Quest on the way out to Dawntrail content for some EXP. See you soon!
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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!