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 | 9am to 2pm |
Any | Pill Bug | 315+ | Venture | |
| Octomammoth | Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks | Any | Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks | 7am to 5pm |
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 | 9am to 2pm |
Any | Rat Tail | 335+ | Paralyzing Potion | |
| Beguiler Chub | Middle La Noscea | (22,22) | Rogue River | 9am to 2pm |
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 | 5am to 8am |
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 | 4pm to 10pm |
Any | Goby Ball, Rat Tail |
315+ | Aetheryte Ring | |
| Jacques the Snipper | Lower La Noscea | (26,34) | Moraby Drydocks | 9pm to 3am |
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 | 3am to 5am |
Clouds Fog Wind |
Rat Tail | 340+ | ||
| Cupfish | Lower La Noscea | (26,15) | Blind Iron Mines | 5pm to 7pm |
Clear Skies | Syrphid Basket | 340+ | Minium | |
| Shark Tuna | Eastern La Noscea | (34,29) | Costa del Sol | 7pm to 9pm |
Clear Skies | Spoon Worm | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 339+ | Summer Sandals |
| Bombardfish | Eastern La Noscea | (32,24) | North Bloodshore | 9am to 2pm |
Clear Skies | Herring Ball | 347+ | ||
| The Salter | Eastern La Noscea | (31,23) | Hidden Falls | 5pm to 8pm |
Clear Skies | Honey Worm | *Big Fish rod animation currently uses small tug animation. Catch all fish to ensure hooking The Salter. | 357+ | |
| 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). | ||
| Mirrorscale | Eastern La Noscea | (16,31) | The Juggernaut | 9am to 4pm |
Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Midge Basket | 357+ | Silver Ring | |
| The Drowned Sniper | Eastern La Noscea | (21,25) | East Agelyss River | All Day | Clear Skies | Snurble Fly | 349+ | Brass Ring | |
| The Greatest Bream in the World | Eastern La Noscea | (32,34) | South Bloodshore | 8pm to 10pm |
Clear Skies | Shrimp Cage Feeder | 343+ | Oschon Roselle Capeline | |
| The Terpsichorean | Eastern La Noscea | (20,30) | Raincatcher Gully | All Day | Fog | Honey Worm | 359+ | ||
| Armorer | Western La Noscea | (33,30) | Swiftperch | 7pm to 4am |
Any | Northern Krill | 308+ | ||
| Junkmonger | Western La Noscea | (27,29) | Skull Valley | 4pm to 2am |
Any | Pill Bug | Merlthor Goby (HQ), then Wahoo (HQ) |
311+ | Militia Earrings |
| Navigator's Brand | Western La Noscea | (30,30) | Brewer's Beacon | 8am to 3pm |
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 | 9am to 2pm |
Clouds | Pill Bug | Ocean Cloud (HQ) | 360+ | |
| Frilled Shark | Western La Noscea | (15,35) | The Ship Graveyard | 8pm to 1am |
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 | 11pm to 1am |
Any | Iron Jig | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 358+ | |
| Toramafish | Upper La Noscea | (15,23) | Oakwood | 5pm to 8pm |
Clouds Fog |
Spinnerbait | Common Sculpin (HQ) | 336+ | Gold Roselle Capeline |
| Joan of Trout | Upper La Noscea | (9,20) | Fool Falls | 4am to 6am |
Any | Crow Fly | 339+ | ||
| Worm of Nym | Upper La Noscea | (33,24) | Bronze Lake Shallows | 7pm to 10pm |
Clouds | Butterworm | 359+ | Jadeite | |
| King of the Spring | Upper La Noscea | (27,22) | North Bronze Lake | 4pm to 6pm |
Clear Skies Thunder |
Spinnerbait | 359+ | ||
| Thundergut | Outer La Noscea | (15,11) | The Long Climb | 7pm to 11pm |
Rain | Stem Borer | 349+ | ||
| Twitchbeard | Mist | (10,10) | Mist | 4am to 6am |
Clear Skies | Spoon Worm | Fullmoon Sardine (HQ) | 384+ | Red Summer Maro, Red Summer Pareo |
| Storm Dancer | New Gridania | (12,14) | Jadeite Flood | 5pm to 2am |
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 | 3pm to 9pm |
Any | Bloodworm | 301+ | ||
| Carp Diem | Old Gridania | (8,8) | Upper Black Tea Brook | 9am to 2pm |
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 | 9pm to 3am |
Fog Rain |
Butterworm | 301+ | ||
| Levinlight | Central Shroud | (15,24) | Everschade | 6pm to 10pm |
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 | 6pm to 9pm |
Any | Honey Worm | 357+ | ||
| Dark Ambusher | East Shroud | (10,22) | Sweetbloom Pier | 9pm to 3am |
Clear Skies Clouds Fair Skies |
Moth Pupa | Striped Goby (HQ) | 344+ | |
| Moldva | East Shroud | (24,25) | Springripple Brooke | 6pm to 1am |
Clear Skies Clouds Fair Skies |
Midge Basket | Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (HQ) | 331+ | |
| The Assassin | East Shroud | (17,16) | Sanctum of the Twelve | 9pm to 10pm |
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 | 9am to 2pm |
Any | Floating Minnow | 325+ | ||
| Judgeray | North Shroud | (21,24) | Fallgourd Float | 5pm to 9pm |
Any | Wildfowl Fly | 344+ | Potent Poisoning Potion | |
| Shadowstreak | North Shroud | (20,20) | Proud Creek | 4am to 9am |
Fog | Topwater Frog | 368+ | ||
| Cornelia | North Shroud | (17,19) | Lake Tahtotl | All Day | Any | Rainbow Spoon Lure | Fisher's Intuition triggered by catching 5 Boxing Pleco (HQ) | 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 | 12am to 6am |
Thunderstorms | Honey Worm | Silverfish (HQ) | 378+ | Nicked Viking Sword |
| Vip Viper | South Shroud | (18,19) | Upper Hathoeva River | 6pm to 7pm |
Clear Skies | Butterworm | 367+ | ||
| Floating Boulder | South Shroud | (18,24) | Lower Hathoeva River | 1am to 5am |
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 | 10pm to 3am |
Clear Skies | Sinking Minnow | 352+ | ||
| Sweetnewt | Lavender Beds | Any | Lavender Beds | 11pm to 3am |
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 | 9pm to 3am |
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 | 5pm to 6pm |
Clear Skies Clouds |
Northern Krill | 361+ | Toadskin Ring | |
| Dirty Herry | Western Thanalan | (15,29) | The Silver Bazaar | 8pm to 9pm |
Clear Skies Clouds |
Northern Krill | 343+ | ||
| Dream Goby | Central Thanalan | (23,18) | Upper Soot Creek | 5pm to 3am |
Clear Skies Dust Storms Fair Skies |
Crayfish Ball | 301+ | ||
| Slime King | Central Thanalan | (16,23) | Lower Soot Creek | 5pm to 12am |
Clouds Dust Storms |
Crayfish Ball | 357+ | ||
| Old Softie | Central Thanalan | (29,21) | The Clutch | 4pm to 10pm |
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 | 8pm to 3am |
Rain | Syrphid Basket | 301+ | Bone Chip | |
| Mud Pilgrim | Eastern Thanalan | (17,24) | South Drybone | 5pm to 7am |
Rain | Midge Basket | 301+ | ||
| The Warden's Wand | Eastern Thanalan | (25,22) | Yugr'am River | 5pm to 7pm |
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 | 9am to 4pm |
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 | 12pm to 4pm |
Heat Waves | Glowworm | 368+ | ||
| Iron Noose | Southern Thanalan | (15,31) | Forgotten Springs | All Day | Fog | Spinner | 348+ | ||
| Hannibal | Northern Thanalan | (24,25) | Bluefog | 1am to 4am |
Fog | Spinner | Common Sculpin (HQ) | 367+ | Peiste Skin |
| Spearnose | The Goblet | Any | The Goblet | 9pm to 12am |
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 | 10am to 2pm |
Clear Skies | Hoverworm | 358+ | ||
| Charon's Lantern | Coerthas Central Highlands | (13,23) | Daniffen Pass | 12am to 3am |
Blizzard Snow |
Glowworm | 349+ | ||
| Daniffen's Mark | Coerthas Central Highlands | (20,30) | Coerthas River | 3am to 9pm |
Blizzard | Wildfowl Fly | 347+ | ||
| Dawn Maiden | Coerthas Central Highlands | (28,17) | Dragonhead Latrines | 5am to 7am |
Clear Skies Fair Skies |
Wildfowl Fly | 349+ | ||
| Starbright | Coerthas Central Highlands | (16,21) | The Nail | 9pm to 2am |
Clear Skies | Syrphid Basket | Abalathian Smelt (HQ) | 350+ | Astral Eye |
| Aetherlouse | Mor Dhona | (24,12) | North Silvertear | 3am to 1pm |
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?