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Introduction

This Guide is made to be simple. There is a lot that goes into fishing, but you don't care about any of that, you just want to know the path. If you want the extras look up one of the other guides or check out the 700 sections in the fishing section page.

What You Need to Fish

• You must be level 15 in at least one job.
• Have a fishing rod equipped.
• Have bait equipped: Live bait is lost as you use it. lures can be reused unless your line snaps.
• Water (Fresh / Salt is a thing)

Tools

• Horizogenes: Horizon wiki has built its own timers. This page Has all the boats even the ones missing from pyogenes like: Bibiki Bay and Carpenters' Landing
• [GreatBlue] :Tells you location / skill / bait. have this bookmarked. If its in Japanese hit the big button up top that says English.
• HorizonXI Fishing Discord

Rank Ups

Like any craft you need to rank up every 10 levels. You can take your "exam" 2 levels early like everything else. see below for the rank up fish by rank.

Level	Item Requested	Rank Acquired
8-10	Moat Carp	Recruit
18-20	Cheval Salmon	Initiate
28-30	Giant Catfish	Novice
38-40	Gugru Tuna	Apprentice
48-50	Monke-Onke	Journeyman
58-60	Bhefhel Marlin	Craftsman
68-70	Bladefish	Artisan
78-80	Three-eyed Fish	Adept
88-90	Gigant Squid	Veteran

How Fishing works

• once you figure out how to equip a rod and bait, and learn what water is its time to fish.
• The mini game is simple, you can get items, get nothing, get a fish, or a monster. Below are the messages. I think you can tell what ones not to real up: Items are generally bad. However some gil locations such as Silver Ring fishing and Mythril Sword's are worth getting. Although that would be at close to the 100 cap anyways.

           Small fish: "Something caught the hook!"
           Large fish: "Something caught the hook!!!"
           Non-fish targets: "You feel something pulling at your line."
           Monsters: "Something clamps onto your line ferociously!"

• When you hook a fish or item arrows point to the direction you need to click. The Fish/item will fight back and move from side to side. Gold Arrows = more HP drain from the fish. Click the right direction HP drains click the wrong and the HP goes up.
  • Oh and if you are far below the skill cap the fish slowly recovers HP, and the reverse is true, if you are far above the fish's skill cap it drains HP.
• (Fishing Pool Refresh Times): 0:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 17:00, 18:00 and 20:00.
  • There is a max number of each fish in a pool they slowly restock at the above times.

Gear And Rod's

• Angler's Tunica Set: HQ set, get it. almost the same price, seconds as a level 15 set of gear and gives a slight increase rate of gold arrows.
• Halcyon Rod: Your First rod really can be anything. However get the Halcyon asap.
• Composite Fishing Rod: second rod you should get.
• Lu Shang's Fishing Rod: final fishing rod you need. Hidden +15 to your fishing skill. Opens up a lot of spots. and nothing will break for the most part until skill 100
  • Get the Lu Shang as fast as you can if you plan to make Fishing your money maker. its worth the 2mil+ You wont be using it until 50 as there appears to be some type of nerf to it prior to skill 50.
• the 4th Rod is pointless, its a Ponzi scheme. Get it if you want, but I would only do it when you are overflowing with gil. My deep hate for it might also have something to do with me holding the record for most turn- ins on BG for over a year...
  • that is all you need to know about gear and rods. the GP items and The Big One have uses but by that time you are not reading this.

Fish

pick a fish and try and be around 10-14(14 is max with gear) levels under it prior to 50 post 50 more opens up if you get a lu shang with it's extra +15 skill to fishing. check greatblue for more locations

Fish	Cap	Location	Rod	Bait	Notes
Moat Carp	11		Halcyon Rod	Little worms, Insect Paste	Effective for making gil. Insect Paste is the preferred bait for better results.
Forest Carp	20	Yhoator Jungle, Yuhtunga Jungle	Halcyon Rod	Insect Ball	Profitable for continuous gil making. Use same setup as Moat Carp.
Nebimonite's	27		Halcyon Rod		They sell decently on the Auction House (AH).
Elshimo Frog	30				Check the AH frequently for price fluctuations. Can be highly profitable at times.
Giant Catfish	31				Non-stackable, but sell to NPC if nearby, especially if nation outpost is close.
Nosteau Herring	39	Qufim Island			Good for AH sales or cooking skill-up. Location favors Qufim Island.
Gugru Tuna	41		Composite Fishing Rod	Sinking Minnow	High AH value, continue up to cap if profitable, otherwise consider an earlier switch.
Cone Calamary	48	Bibiki Bay	Halcyon Rod	Sabiki Rig	Viable for NPC sales if AH is not profitable, found in Bibiki Bay.
Bluetail	55	Multiple Locations	Halcyon Rod	Minnow	Check both NPC and AH for best selling option, available in many locations.

Lu Shang's Fishing Rod Time

You have your lu, Right? Do you have to have the rod? a fast look at the discord shows many 80+ fishers without a Lu Shang's, there are paths to follow if you really want too. I will try my best to give you that path here as well, but fishing prints gil, you should have saved the gil by now(or soon, start savings more). Also on retail and all private servers I have always aimed to get the Lu asap so I have very little personal experience without it at this point.

• Remember you can access a fish up to 15 levels before using the Lu Shang's you have not only more options but can accesss the options normal rods have a lot sooner

Fish	Cap	Location	Rod	Bait	Notes
Noble Lady	66	Ship bound for Selbina	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod		Found on ships, NPC for good return. Avoid large fighting fish as they risk rod breakage.
Crescent Fish	69	East Sarutabaruta	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Composite Fishing Rod	Fly Lure	Can be caught with Composite Rod, but expect "too small for this rod" messages.
Bladefish	71	Outside Windy	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Halcyon Rod		Non-stackable, but NPC well. Good option close to Windurst.
Tavnazian Goby	75	Misareaux Coast	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Halcyon Rod	Minnow, Shrimp Lure	If Gobies dry up, switch to Shrimp Lure for Gold Carp, a profitable alternative.
Silver Sharks	77		Lu Shang's Fishing Rod		Good for NPC sales, slightly nerfed on the server.
Three-eyed Fish			Composite Fishing Rod, Lu Shang's Fishing Rod	Minnow	Expect "too small" messages without Lu Shang's, but rod and line should hold.

You really should get a Lu Shang's Fishing Rod

Anything past this point falls into Lu Shang's or E-Rod territory. You "can" keep going if you do not mind dealing with silly amounts of line snaps, rod breaks and a very limited pool of fish.

Fish	Cap	Location	Rod	Bait	Notes
Bastore Bream	86	Sea Serpent Grotto, Port Windurst	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Ebisu Fishing Rod	Shrimp Lure	Ideal for fishing alongside Grimmonites. Both sell well on AH and NPC.
Grimmonite	90	Sea Serpent Grotto	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Ebisu Fishing Rod	Shrimp Lure	Good choice for both AH and NPC, especially when combined with Bastore Bream.
Gigant Squid	91	Qufim Island, Beaucedine Glacier	Composite Fishing Rod, Lu Shang's Fishing Rod	Minnow	Useful for skill-ups. AH prices are reasonable, but expect "too small" messages with Composite Rod.
Black Sole	96	Batallia Downs	Composite Fishing Rod, Lu Shang's Fishing Rod	Sinking Minnow	Frequent "too small" messages without Lu Shang's. Various locations available.

Final Push

All fish below will take you to the cap of 100

Fish	Cap	Location	Rod	Bait	Notes
Armored Pisces	108		Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Ebisu Fishing Rod	Frog Lure	Limited pool but a viable option. Alternative bait of Meatballs with Composite Rod, but expect line snaps.
Giant Chirai	103	Boyahda Tree	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Ebisu Fishing Rod	Fly Lure	Good for reaching skill cap, fished near Cloister of Storms.
Titanictus	101	Boat routes	Lu Shang's Fishing Rod, Ebisu Fishing Rod	Meatball's	Less desirable due to boat downtime, but still an available option.