Spearfishing

 

Spearfishing

Acquired

FSH (actions)

Level

61

Type

Ability

GP Cost

0

Casting

Instant

Quest Req.

A New Fishing Ex-spear-ience

Patch

4.0

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Spearfishing is an action unlocked by questing at level 61. It is available for Fisher. Spearfishing is a new type of Fishing introduced in Stormblood (4.0).

Unlock

• Quest: A New Fishing Ex-spear-ience
• Requirement: Fisher level 61
• Quest Starting Location: The Ruby Sea (X:28.9 Y:15.9)
• Quest Starting NPC: Sumitsubo
• Pre-requisite Quests: level 63 MSQ In Soroban We Trust

Spearfishing Locations

• Stormblood Spearfishing Locations
• Shadowbringers Spearfishing Locations
• Endwalker Spearfishing Locations

Spearfishing Tutorial

This article is about the mechanics after the overhaul in patch 6.0 with the launch of Endwalker. For the previous version of spearfishing, see Spearfishing/Old.

Spearfishing involves a mini-game wherein players strike fish as they swim across the screen.

Spearfishing Basics

1. With your   Spearfishing Gig equipped, use the   Fathom and   Shark Eye actions to locate teeming waters.

1. As fish swim across your field of vision, strike them using the   Gig action.

New Spearfishing Features

Weak Spots

Fish are caught by striking their weak spot as they swim through the teeming waters.

Certain fish will have a distinctive appearance, indicating they are guaranteed to be large-sized when caught.

Wariness

Nearby fish will take notice of your actions in the teeming waters, their wariness represented by a gauge at the top of the spearfishing interface. Wariness increases slowly over time, as well as with each strike of your spear. When the gauge is full, the fish will disperse, ending your spearfishing attempt.

Catch Counter

Successfully catching fish in quick succession will increase your catch counter (up to a maximum of ten), which slows the rate at which wariness increases. Be mindful, however, that the counter may reset should you go too long without catching any fish.

• To abandon a spearfishing attempt, press the Escape key, or the Quit action.

Conditions

Specific conditions may be required in order to gather fish through spearfishing. After completing the conditions, a special node will appear. This will occur through regular fishing nodes and job quest nodes.

Teeming Waters

Teeming Waters where spearfishing can be conducted have been added.

Actions

Level	Action
61	Fathom
61	Shark Eye
61	Gig
63	Veteran Trade
65	Shark Eye II
66	Truth of Oceans
67	Salvage
69	Nature's Bounty
85	Electric Current

Traits

Level	Trait
61	Auto Fathom

History

• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07): Spearfishing system overhauled to its current form.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): Added.