Spearfishing

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: main scenario quest "In Soroban We Trust", Sidequest Way of the Fisher

Spearfishing Locations

• Stormblood Spearfishing Locations
• Shadowbringers Spearfishing Locations

Spearfishing Overhaul (Endwalker)

Spearfishing was overhauled in Endwalker (6.0). It now 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.

2. 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.

How to Spearfish (Old)

1. Equip your spearfishing gig, then dive underwater and use the actions "Fathom" or "Shark Eye" to identify the location of teeming waters.

2. Target the teeming waters.

3. After targeting the teeming waters, wait for bubbles appear.

4. When bubbles appear, a sea creature will approach, and you can use your gig to spear it.

5. Successfully speared fish are added to your inventory.

6. In the event you fail to spear anything, you may try again so long as the teeming waters have not been fully depleted.

7. Replacing the head of your gig will allow you to spear a larger variety of fish.

You can quit spearfishing at any time by hitting the escape key, the cancel button, or using the cancel action. Similar to fishing, all fish you spear are recorded in your Fishing Log, Fish Guide, and your Records.

• When certain conditions are met, swimming shadows will appear in teeming waters.

Spearfishing Gigs

There are three types of gig heads, each of which will allow you to spear different kinds of fish. Players can swap between gig heads using the Gig Head action. Gigs are purchasable from NPCs upon unlocking spearfishing.

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
61	Gig Head
63	Veteran Trade
64	Calm Waters
65	Shark Eye II
66	Truth of Oceans
67	Salvage
68	Bountiful Catch
69	Nature's Bounty
77	Identical Gig

Traits

Level	Trait
61	Auto Fathom
63	Fish Whisperer

References

• Spearfishing Fishing. "Gamer Escape" (2021), <https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Spearfishing_Fishing>.