Big Fishing
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Big Fishing was introduced in patch 2.2. To participate in Big Fishing, the player has to be a level 50 Fisher.
Unlock
To unlock Big Fishing, players need to complete the quest The Beast of Brewer's Beacon. Talk to Sisipu in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (7,14) to receive the quest.
Big Fish
| Fish | Zone | (X,Y) | Location | Eorzea Time | Weather | Bait | Mooch | Gathering | Desynth Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldenfin | Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks | Any | Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks | 9 AM to 2 PM |
Any | Pill Bug | 315+ | Venture | |
| Octomammoth | Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks | Any | Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks | 7 AM to 5 PM |
Any | Pill Bug, Floating Minnow |
Merlthor Goby (HQ) or Harbor Herring (HQ) |
301+ | Sea Breeze Summer Pareo, Blue Summer Maro |
| Zalera | Middle La Noscea | (18,21) | Zephyr Drift | 9 AM to 2 PM |
Any | Rat Tail | 335+ | Paralyzing Potion | |
| Beguiler Chub | Middle La Noscea | (22,22) | Rogue River | 9 AM to 2 PM |
Any | Moth Pupa | 308+ | ||
| Great Gudgeon | Middle La Noscea | (20,18) | West Agelyss River | All Day | Any | Crayfish Ball | 301+ | ||
| Gigantshark | Middle La Noscea | (14,15) | Summerford | All Day | Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Floating Minnow | Harbor Herring (HQ) | 301+ | Sea Breeze Summer Halter, South Seas Talisman |
| High Perch | Middle La Noscea | (17,14) | Nym River | 5 AM to 8 AM |
Any | Sinking Minnow | 301+ | ||
| Crystal Perch | Middle La Noscea | (21,12) | Woad Whisper Canyon | All Day | Clouds Fog Wind |
Butterworm | 301+ | Zircon | |
| Caterwauler | Lower La Noscea | (24,22) | Mourning Widow | All Day | Clear Skies Fair Skies Rain |
Moth Pupa | 301+ | ||
| Oschon's Print | Lower La Noscea | (26,25) | Moraby Bay | All Day | Any | Goby Ball | 301+ | ||
| Syldra | Lower La Noscea | (34,17) | Cedarwood | All Day | Rain | Spoon Worm | 339+ | ||
| Silver Sovereign | Lower La Noscea | (24,39) | Oschon's Torch | All Day | Any | Yumizuno | 301+ | Venture | |
| Sabertooth Cod | Lower La Noscea | (20,39) | Candlekeep Quay | 4 PM to 10 PM |
Any | Goby Ball, Rat Tail |
315+ | Aetheryte Ring | |
| Jacques the Snipper | Lower La Noscea | (26,34) | Moraby Drydocks | 9 PM to 3 AM |
Any | Goby Ball, Rat Tail |
301+ | Aqueous Whetstone | |
| Faerie Queen | Lower La Noscea | (21,34) | Empty Heart | All Day | Clouds Fog Wind |
Spinnerbait | 351+ | ||
| Meteor Survivor | Lower La Noscea | (17,35) | The Salt Strand | 3 AM to 5 AM |
Clouds Fog Wind |
Rat Tail | 340+ | ||
| Cupfish | Lower La Noscea | (26,15) | Blind Iron Mines | 5 PM to 7 PM |
Clear Skies | Syrphid Basket | 340+ | Minium | |
| The Greatest Bream in the World | Eastern La Noscea | (32,34) | South Bloodshore | 8 PM to 10 PM |
Clear Skies | Shrimp Cage Feeder | 343+ | Oschon Roselle Capeline | |
| Shark Tuna | Eastern La Noscea | (34,29) | Costa del Sol | 7 PM to 9 PM |
Clear Skies | Spoon Worm | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 339+ | Summer Sandals |
| Bombardfish | Eastern La Noscea | (32,24) | North Bloodshore | 9 AM to 2 PM |
Clear Skies | Herring Ball | 347+ | ||
| The Old Man in the Sea | Eastern La Noscea | (39,24) | Rhotano Sea (Privateer Forecastle) | All Day | From Rain to Clear Skies (a weather chain) |
Pill Bug | Harbor Herring (HQ), then Ogre Barracuda (HQ) |
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| Nepto Dragon | Eastern La Noscea | (38,24) | Rhotano Sea (Privateer Sterncastle) | All Day | Rain Showers |
Northern Krill | Little Thalaos (to trigger Fisher's Intuition, but it may require a few of them in a row to work), then use Northern Krill again. Can also mooch Merlthor Goby (HQ). | ||
| The Salter | Eastern La Noscea | (31,23) | Hidden Falls | 5 PM to 8 PM |
Clear Skies | Honey Worm | *Big Fish rod animation currently uses small tug animation. Catch all fish to ensure hooking The Salter. | 357+ | |
| The Drowned Sniper | Eastern La Noscea | (21,25) | East Agelyss River | All Day | Clear Skies | Snurble Fly | 349+ | Brass Ring | |
| The Terpsichorean | Eastern La Noscea | (20,30) | Raincatcher Gully | All Day | Fog | Honey Worm | 359+ | ||
| Mirrorscale | Eastern La Noscea | (16,31) | The Juggernaut | 9 AM to 4 PM |
Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Midge Basket | Copperfish (HQ) | 357+ | Silver Ring |
| Armorer | Western La Noscea | (33,30) | Swiftperch | 7 PM to 4 AM |
Any | Northern Krill | 308+ | ||
| Junkmonger | Western La Noscea | (27,29) | Skull Valley | 4 PM to 2 AM |
Any | Pill Bug | Merlthor Goby (HQ), then Wahoo (HQ) |
311+ | Militia Earrings |
| Navigator's Brand | Western La Noscea | (30,30) | Brewer's Beacon | 8 AM to 3 PM |
Any | Yumizuno | 290+ | ||
| The Lone Ripper | Western La Noscea | (16,22) | Halfstone | All Day | Gales | Heavy Steel Jig | 353+ | Waterproof Cotton | |
| Helmsman's Hand | Western La Noscea | (15,29) | Isles of Umbra Northshore | 9 AM to 2 PM |
Clouds | Pill Bug | Ocean Cloud (HQ) | 360+ | |
| Frilled Shark | Western La Noscea | (15,35) | The Ship Graveyard | 8 PM to 1 AM |
Gales Wind |
Floating Minnow | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 373+ | Coronal Summer Halter, Ti Leaf Lei |
| The Captain's Chalice | Western La Noscea | (16,14) | Sapsa Spawning Grounds | 11 PM to 1 AM |
Any | Steel Jig | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 358+ | |
| Toramafish | Upper La Noscea | (15,23) | Oakwood | 5 PM to 8 PM |
Clouds Fog |
Spinnerbait | Common Sculpin (HQ) | 336+ | Gold Roselle Capeline |
| Joan of Trout | Upper La Noscea | (9,20) | Fool Falls | 4 AM to 6 AM |
Any | Crow Fly | 339+ | ||
| Worm of Nym | Upper La Noscea | (33,24) | Bronze Lake Shallows | 7 PM to 10 PM |
Clouds | Butterworm | 359+ | Jadeite | |
| King of the Spring | Upper La Noscea | (27,22) | North Bronze Lake | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Clear Skies Thunder |
Spinnerbait | 359+ | ||
| Thundergut | Outer La Noscea | (15,11) | The Long Climb | 7 PM to 11 PM |
Rain | Stem Borer | 349+ | ||
| Twitchbeard | Mist | (10,10) | Mist | 4 AM to 6 AM |
Clear Skies | Spoon Worm | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 384+ | Red Summer Maro, Red Summer Pareo |
| Storm Dancer | New Gridania | (12,14) | Jadeite Flood | 5 PM to 2 AM |
Rain | Stem Borer | 301+ | ||
| Bloody Brewer | New Gridania | (10,11) | Lower Black Tea Brook | All Day | Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Crayfish Ball | 301+ | Spoken Blood | |
| Matron Carp | Old Gridania | (16,6) | Whispering Gorge | 3 PM to 9 PM |
Any | Bloodworm | 301+ | ||
| Carp Diem | Old Gridania | (8,8) | Upper Black Tea Brook | 9 AM to 2 PM |
Clouds Fog |
Crow Fly | 301+ | ||
| Chirurgeon | Central Shroud | (22,22) | The Vein | All Day | Clear Skies Clouds Fair Skies Rain |
Moth Pupa | Striped Goby (HQ) | 301+ | Aqueous Whetstone |
| Ghost Carp | Central Shroud | (25,27) | The Mirror | 9 PM to 3 AM |
Rain | Butterworm | 301+ | ||
| Levinlight | Central Shroud | (15,24) | Everschade | 6 PM to 10 PM |
Clouds Rain |
Syrphid Basket | 349+ | Astral Eye | |
| Bloodbath | Central Shroud | (10,23) | Haukke Manor | All Day | Thunder | Honey Worm | Silverfish (HQ) | 350+ | Gold Roselle Capeline |
| The Green Jester | Central Shroud | (13,21) | Hopeseed Pond | 6 PM to 9 PM |
Any | Honey Worm | 357+ | ||
| Dark Ambusher | East Shroud | (10,22) | Sweetbloom Pier | 9 PM to 3 AM |
Clear Skies Clouds Fair Skies |
Moth Pupa | Striped Goby (HQ) | 344+ | |
| Moldva | East Shroud | (24,25) | Springripple Brooke | 6 PM to 1 AM |
Clear Skies Clouds Fair Skies |
Midge Basket | Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (HQ) | 331+ | |
| The Assassin | East Shroud | (17,16) | Sanctum of the Twelve | 9 PM to 10 PM |
Clear Skies Clouds |
Butterworm | 357+ | ||
| Sylphsbane | East Shroud | (20,21) | Verdant Drop | All Day | Rain | Butterworm | Copperfish (HQ) | 348+ | |
| Blue Widow | North Shroud | (26,25) | Murmur Rills | 9 PM to 2 PM |
Any | Floating Minnow | 325+ | ||
| Judgeray | North Shroud | (21,24) | Fallgourd Float | 5 PM to 9 PM |
Any | Wildfowl Fly | 344+ | Potent Poisoning Potion | |
| Shadowstreak | North Shroud | (20,20) | Proud Creek | 4 AM to 9 AM |
Fog | Topwater Frog | 368+ | ||
| Cornelia | North Shroud | (17,19) | Lake Tahtotl | All Day | Any | Rainbow Spoon Lure | Use Glowworm to catch 5 Boxing Pleco to trigger Fisher's Intuition (4 min buff) | 378+ | |
| Son of Levin | South Shroud | (18,29) | Rootslake | All Day | Thunderstorms | Caddisfly Larva | 349+ | Eye of Lightning | |
| The Gobfather | South Shroud | (27,21) | Goblinsblood | 12 AM to 6 AM |
Thunderstorms | Honey Worm | Silverfish (HQ) | 378+ | Nicked Viking Sword |
| Vip Viper | South Shroud | (18,19) | Upper Hathoeva River | 6 PM to 7 PM |
Clear Skies | Butterworm | 367+ | ||
| Floating Boulder | South Shroud | (18,24) | Lower Hathoeva River | 1 AM to 5 AM |
Clouds Fog |
Bass Ball | 358+ | ||
| The Grinner | South Shroud | (24,22) | East Hathoeva River | All Day | Any | Syrphid Basket | 339+ | ||
| The Sinker | South Shroud | (19,22) | Middle Hathoeva River | 10 PM to 3 AM |
Clear Skies | Sinking Minnow | 352+ | ||
| Sweetnewt | Lavender Beds | Any | Lavender Beds | 11 PM to 3 AM |
Fog | Midge Basket | Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (HQ) | 359+ | Waterproof Cotton |
| Glimmerscale | Western Thanalan | (24,21) | Nophica's Wells | All Day | Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Butterworm | 301+ | Copper Ring | |
| Mud Golem | Western Thanalan | (17,15) | The Footfalls | 9 PM to 3 AM |
Any | Butterworm | 310+ | Mudstone | |
| Rivet Oyster | Western Thanalan | (11,14) | Vesper Bay | All Day | Any | Heavy Steel Jig | 356+ | ||
| Fingers | Western Thanalan | (14,18) | Crescent Cove | 5 PM to 6 PM |
Clear Skies Clouds |
Northern Krill | 361+ | Toadskin Ring | |
| Dirty Herry | Western Thanalan | (15,29) | The Silver Bazaar | 8 PM to 9 PM |
Clear Skies Clouds |
Northern Krill | 343+ | ||
| Dream Goby | Central Thanalan | (23,18) | Upper Soot Creek | 5 PM to 3 AM |
Clear Skies Dust Storms Fair Skies |
Crayfish Ball | 301+ | ||
| Slime King | Central Thanalan | (16,23) | Lower Soot Creek | 5 PM to 12 AM |
Clouds Dust Storms |
Crayfish Ball | 357+ | ||
| Old Softie | Central Thanalan | (29,21) | The Clutch | 4 PM to 10 PM |
Any | Bloodworm | 301+ | ||
| Dark Knight | Central Thanalan | (27,19) | Unholy Heir | All Day | Clouds Dust Storms Fog |
Crow Fly | 301+ | ||
| Marrow Sucker | Eastern Thanalan | (13,20) | North Drybone | 8 PM to 3 AM |
Rain | Syrphid Basket | 301+ | Bone Chip | |
| Mud Pilgrim | Eastern Thanalan | (17,24) | South Drybone | 5 PM to 7 AM |
Rain | Midge Basket | 301+ | ||
| The Warden's Wand | Eastern Thanalan | (25,22) | Yugr'am River | 5 PM to 7 PM |
Clear Skies | Honey Worm | 338+ | Native Gold | |
| The Thousand-Year Itch | Eastern Thanalan | (30,26) | The Burning Wall | All Day | Fog | Stem Borer | 349+ | ||
| Olgoi-Khorkhoi | Southern Thanalan | (27,37) | Sagolii Dunes | All Day | Heat Waves | Sand Leech | Storm Rider (HQ) | 348+ | Waterproof Cotton |
| Magic Carpet | Southern Thanalan | (12,35) | Sagolii Desert | 9 AM to 4 PM |
Heat Waves | Sand Leech | Storm Rider (HQ) | 359? | Summer Sandals |
| Old Hollow Eyes | Southern Thanalan | (21,15) | Burnt Lizard Creek | All Day | Fog | Midge Basket | Copperfish (HQ) | 344+ | |
| Discobolus | Southern Thanalan | (25,21) | Zahar'ak | 12 PM to 4 PM |
Heat Waves | Glowworm | 368+ | ||
| Iron Noose | Southern Thanalan | (15,31) | Forgotten Springs | All Day | Fog | Spinner | 348+ | ||
| Hannibal | Northern Thanalan | (24,25) | Bluefog | 1 AM to 4 AM |
Fog | Spinner | Common Sculpin (HQ) | 367+ | Peiste Skin |
| Spearnose | The Goblet | Any | The Goblet | 9 PM to 12 AM |
Clouds Fog |
Caddisfly Larva | 349+ | ||
| The Matriarch | Coerthas Central Highlands | (6,22) | Exploratory Ice Hole | All Day | Any | Honey Worm | Abalathian Smelt (HQ) | 349+ | |
| Anomalocaris | Coerthas Central Highlands | (13,14) | Sea of Clouds | 10 AM to 2 PM |
Clear Skies | Hoverworm | 358+ | ||
| Charon's Lantern | Coerthas Central Highlands | (13,23) | Daniffen Pass | 12 AM to 3 AM |
Blizzard Snow |
Glowworm | 349+ | ||
| Daniffen's Mark | Coerthas Central Highlands | (20,30) | Coerthas River | 3 AM to 9 AM |
Blizzard | Wildfowl Fly | 347+ | ||
| Dawn Maiden | Coerthas Central Highlands | (28,17) | Dragonhead Latrines | 5 AM to 7 PM |
Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Wildfowl Fly | 349+ | ||
| Starbright | Coerthas Central Highlands | (16,21) | The Nail | 9 PM to 2 AM |
Clear Skies | Syrphid Basket | Abalathian Smelt (HQ) | 350+ | Astral Eye |
| Aetherlouse | Mor Dhona | (24,13) | North Silvertear | 3 AM to 1 PM |
Gloom | Glowworm | 345+ |
Lore
Fishers of surpassing skill can try their hand at reeling in impressive denizens of the deep once thought to be mere legend, earning an array of achievements in the process. Do you have what it takes to stake your claim as one of Eorzea's master anglers?