FFXIV Fishing Leveling Guide 1-90 (EW + Dawntrail Prep) – Page 3 – FFXIV Guild (2024)

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This tiers grinding summary (~35-50)

Fishing Level 35-40

Fishing Quest Level 40:Raincaller x5
Level 35 Fishing Levequests: Coerthas, Observatorium.
Level 40 Fishing Levequests: Coerthas, Whitebrim.

Where to find Raincaller?In Gridania city WHILE IT’S RAINING. You can check the weatherman in hopes of a rainy day coming to Gridania. Bait used is Stem Borer. You can also find Raincallers in Gridania Marketboard :). RNG can make this a terrible wait.

FSH Level 35-40 Levequest fish
(?) 3 [9] Lamp Marimo[R] :
(?) 3 [9] Giant Bass [R] :
(?) 3 Seema :
(?) 3 Crimson Trout :

It’s a strange leve tier due to how rare the fish are in holes you can access at this level.

FSH Level ~35-40 Grinding spots

Staying in Sagoili until 37 is great, then go ahead and move to The Nail in CCH.

Fishing Level 40-45

Fishing Quest Level 45: Cloud Cutter x5
Level 40 Fishing Levequests: Coerthas, Whitebrim.
Level 45 Fishing Levequests: Mor Dhona,St. Coinachs Find.

Where to find Cloud Cutter?Right outside Whitebrim in CCH. Cloudfishing is unlocked at 45, so don’t try it before then. Use Hoverworms, which you can buy right at Whitebrim, too.

FSH Level 40-45 Levequest fish
(?) 3 [9] Abalathian Smelt [R] :
(?) 3 [9] Golden Loach [R] :
(?) 3 Bronze Lake Trout :
(?) 3 Northern Pike :

Golden Loach sucks. There’s really no way to catch these in a way where simply grinding isn’t better. If you really want to catch some Golden Loach, go to Forgotten Spring and load up on Honeyworm. Fortunately you can catch the rest of these fish in The Nail (CCH).

FSH Level ~40-45 Grinding spots

@40 Head to the Burning Wall, but this time pack some Stem Borers. Not the best grinding spot compared to lower tiers, but grinding spots are pretty thin in this level range.

@44 Go to CCH, Exploratory Icehole. Using Topwater Frog as your lure, you have an 80+% chance to sfish up Northern Pike, which is a levequest fish for this tier too.

Fishing Level 45-50

Fishing Quest Level 50: Mazlaya Marlin
Level 45 Fishing Levequests: Mor Dhona,St. Coinachs Find.

Where to find Mazlaya Marlin?These are DOUBLE MOOCHES, and can be quite troublesome to get on your own. It’ll take around 40 tries on average to fish one of these up. Use a Floating Minnow and try to catch HQ Harbor Herring > HQ Ogre Barracuda > Mazlaya Marlin. (Hello, marketboard!)

FSH Level 45-50 Levequest fish
(?) 3 [9] Ignus Snail[R]: Ceruleum Field, NTH | Stem Borer >Glowworm
(?) 3 [9] Sludgeskipper[R]:Ceruleum Field, NTH | Stem Borer >Glowworm
(?) 3 Boltfish:Ceruleum Field, NTH | Mooch from Silverfish
(?) 3 Ilsabardian Bass: Ceruleum Field, NTH | Mooch fromTopwater Frog > Glowworm

Boltfish sucks – It’s the “Golden Loach” of this tier. Luckily you can catch all three of this fish in either Ceruleum Field (NTH), or North Silvertear (MDA). Overall I would recommend Ceruleum Field, using Honeyworm (Generic catch-all bait). Short on Snails and Skippers? Use Stem Borer. Short on Bass? Use Topwater Frog. Short on Boltfish? Goodluck :)

FSH Level ~45-50 Grinding spots

Grinding these levels is extremely slow. I’ve been experimenting with all sorts of holes and lures in this tier but it’s simply too hard to justify NOT using leves in this final push to 50. I can post the best grinding spots in this tier, but I’ll need to find the best of the best for it to even come close to “levefishing” this tier.

Fishing End Game: What to do now?

Grats on hitting 50! Now what? Well, [Big Fishing] is one thing you can do…
You’re also going to need better gear for that: Gathering End-Game Gear Guide (+Max Materia Melds)

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