Eden Fishing Guide by Floaty

==Preamble==
Make sure to check the pinned message in the fishing channel in the Eden discord. It has a list of the correct level of every fish. The wiki might be wrong on a few of the higher level ones! If you are confused on where a fish is located check on Great Blue. It was used as a reference by the Eden devs. If you are following this guide and run into a time where you don't like what you are catching, check the list to see what else is in your level range.
===Fishing Pools===
I don't have an exact understanding of how fishing pools work on Eden (as they are a custom implementation.) From what I've seen and heard, there is a set amount of fish in each "pool." A pool can be defined as a fishing area inside a zone listed on great-blue (ex: Southeast Seaside in Qufim.) Once a pool is fully depleted, no more fish can be caught. You will either catch nothing, an item, or a monster (if the zone is not a town.) After some amount of time (some say 10 minutes or so) the pool will be repopulated with fish. The amount that are added is dependent on how many are currently in the pool. The less fish in the pool, the less that get repopulated. That means that an empty pool will repopulate the minimum amount of fish. This should incentivize you to try other zones or maybe take a break.
===Gear===
*Before starting to fish, make sure you buy a full set of Fisherman's gear. Angler gear also works, there is no difference between them when it comes to fishing skill bonus. This is mandatory for the target levels in this guide to work. You can also optionally get synth support.
*I would also strongly recommend getting 2 Pelican Rings before you start. They are not as important for the early levels but when you hit the 60-70 range you will definitely want at least one. Don't be afraid to use them at all times. You should finish 100 fishing with charges to spare (if you have two.) You can use them both at the same time meaning you get 3 chances to skill up per fish.
*You should buy a Halcyon Rod and a Composite Rod. You will use the halcyon rod for early levels/small fish. It should cost around 12k gil. You can get a Lu Shangs at any point during this process, but the only time it is "required" is for a fish near level 100 (but there is an alternative if you don't have it.) The Lu Shangs replaces both the Halcyon and Composite.
==The Guide==
Level Range 	Fish 	Bait/Lure 	Location 	Pool 	Notes
0-5 	Moat Carp 	Insect Paste 	West Ronfaure 	Knightwell Lake 	I generally avoid using bait over lures, but this is the best starter option since it's actually profitable. Moat Carps generally sell between 1500-2000 per stack, and and a stack of insect paste (99) is around 2000-2500. You should 4-5x your investment which can be nice for newer players. The biggest issue here is that if no one is building a Lu Shang's it might take a little while to sell them.
5-10 	Yellow Globe 	Sabiki Rig 	Port Jeuno 	Any 	Another fish that actually sells on the AH (sometimes, for around 2000 per stack.) Used primarily by alchemists. Either sell or save for your own levelling.
10-15 	Cheval Salmon 	Fly Lure 	East Ronfaure 	River 	Not a profitable fish, you will also catch some Shining Trouts here but will probably not skill up off them. NPC these and don't waste your time trying to sell them.
15-20 	Nebimonite 	Crayfish Ball OR Shrimp Lure 	Selbina/Mhaura Ferry OR Sea Serpent Grotto 	Any/Pond Under a Bridge 	I personally dislike two things in fishing: baits and riding the ferry. I opted to fish in SSG with a shrimp lure near the lake. There is a safe spot where you can't get aggroed but you'll need sneak to get there. If all you care about is levelling quickly then ride the ferry and use crayfish balls. If you do end up going to SSG, do not catch any of the large fish or difficult small fish that hook your line. Those are Grimmonites and Bastore Breams and they will break your line/rod.
20-24 	Giant Catfish 	Sinking Minnow 	Port San d'Oria OR Zeruhn Mines 	Any/River 	Use a composite rod for this fish.
Both of these options are fine and each have their own advantage. In Port San d'Oria you can fish right beside an NPC. Giant Catfish are large fish, so they don't stack and you'll need to clean out your inventory quite often. I found the bite rate better in Zeruhn, but it means a lot more running around to fish there. These NPC for 100 gil each, not amazing but it's guaranteed money if you're a new player (and you don't have to wait for them to sell.)
24-28 	Crystal Bass 	Minnow/Sinking Minnow 	Jugner Forest 	Crystwater Spring 	This is a funny one, these fish do not NPC or sell on the AH. You might think I'm crazy for recommending this but there's a good reason. First off the bite rate is actually pretty good, and second these are a guild point item. Keep most of them, at least until you get serpent rumours. You really don't want to run back out here every time you get them as a GP item.
28-31/33 	Coral Butterfly 	Worm Lure 	Kazham 	Any 	Average fish, not an amazing bite rate but you can fish right near an NPC to vendor them. They sell for ~120gil each which isn't awful. Stop at either 31 or 33.
31/33-35 	Zafmlug Bass 	Worm Lure 	Port Bastok 	Any 	A "bridge fish", worth absolutely nothing.
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35-41 	Black Eel 	Worm Lure 	Zeruhn Mines 	River 	Back to where you may have caught catfish. These are small fish and stack so you don't have to worry about being a bit of a run from an NPC. These sell for ~200gil each which isn't too bad. We'll stay here for an extra level.
41-43/44 	Shall Shell 	Robber Rig/Rogue Rig 	Buburimu Peninsula 	Any 	These are like cobalt jellyfish and are treated like items, which is why the robber rig or rogue rig is recommended. This is probably the only time you'll use it. You can leave at 43 if you really hate it here. The main reason these are on the guide is because they NPC for 300 each or sell on the AH for 9k/stack.
43/44-49 	Bluetail 	Minnow 	Qufim 	Other Seaside (Ice Pond) 	There are a million places you can catch these but this is my favourite. These NPC for 300 each and are easy to catch. You will make some good gil fishing here and it wont take forever. Keep some of your bluetails for the next fish (by synthing them into slices of bluetail) or just NPC the fish and buy the bait. You can stay here for an extra level or two if you'd like.
49-54 	Bhefhel Marlin 	Slice of Bluetail 	Ferry - Mhaura/Selbina 	Any 	I really don't like ferry fishing but this is a rough level range. The upside is that you can turn these in to Zaldon for a chance at a Pirates Chart. You can also try and sell them on the AH for ~2k each, or you can NPC them. I'd probably NPC them. A ton of stuff bites on slices of bluetail so don't try and fish up anything too difficult. You will go through a lot of bait.
Note: as this is the first mandatory time you are riding the ferry I'd highly recommend completing the following quests first:
*Under the Sea
*The Gift (requires starting The Sand Charm)
Once you've completed Under The Sea, complete The Sand Charm up until the point where Celestina asks you to retrieve the sand charm, and then complete The Gift. 
While riding the ferry there is a chance that pirates will attack. Kill all of the Crossbones that spawn, and ignore the Ship Wight. If the NM spawns you might have a bad time and will need to warp if you are unprepared. The reason we do this is because the droprate of a sand charm from the Crossbones is actually quite bad (9%.) Most people spend hours hunting for it so you may as well do it while you level. You need to complete these quests to trade in fish to Zaldon (requirement for getting an Ebisu.) Once you get the sand charm, complete the quest and then The Real Gift. After that you can hand in fish to Zaldon for Inside The Belly.
54-57 	Noble Lady 	Sinking Minnow 	Ferry - Mhaura/Selbina 	Any 	More ferry fishing. Gross, but better then what's coming next. These stack and NPC for 400 gil each which is pretty good. The downside is you will also hook Gugru Tuna (fine to catch) or Ryugu Titans (100% will break your rod/line.) To be safe just don't fish up any large fish.
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57-63/64 	Crescent Fish 	Fly Lure 	Dragon's Aery OR East Sarutabaruta 	Waterside/Lake Tepokalipuka 	The reason you just spent so much time on the ferry was to minimise the time you spent fishing Crescent Fish. They look great on paper, two locations where you can fully isolate them and they NPC for 400gil each? Sounds good. The problem is that this is the first spot where fishing pools start becoming a real problem. Even a single fisher can easily empty out the Aery or Lake pool by themself. If there are multiple people fishing then good luck. The Aery is definitely the best spot, you fish right where Fafnir spawns. If you feel like you fully ran out the pool you can go back to Sarutabaruta but it might be worth it to just wait. Be careful if you are fishing in the Aery while Nidhogg spawns. His AOE attacks will hit people outside of the alliance that claimed him.
63/64-69 	Silver Shark 	Meatball 	Sauromugue Champaign 	Seaside 	There are a few places you can catch these but this is my favourite. Meatballs are expensive but you will profit on NPCing the Sharks (for 500gil each) or you can try and trade them in to Zaldon for a Trident which is worth around 70k. Zaldon also gives you a little gil for trading in the fish regardless of the outcome.
69-74 	Jungle Catfish 	Sinking Minnow 	Yuhtunga Jungle 	Southwest Pond 	I personally did these in Yuhtunga as I didn't have a good way to get to the Yhoator Jungle. My process was to outpost teleport to Elshimo Lowlands, drop down near the pools, and then fish in the southwest pond. When I had a full inventory I would warp out with my blackmage subjob. These are alright, they don't stack so you'll be warping in and out a few times but they NPC for ~600 gil each. There are four fishing pools in the small area here so check great-blue to make sure you are at the right one as only one of them has catfish.
74-79 	Mercanbaligi OR Bastore Bream 	Shrimp Lure 	Nashmau OR Port Windurst/Bastok 	Any 	Bastore Breams and Mercanbaligi are the same fish, the latter is just the eastern analog. They both NPC for ~600 gil.
You can isolate breams at either port, but you will run into issues with the fishing pool being depleted especially in Port Windurst. The bite rate is also not amazing. This can be frustrating, but its more of a slow and steady option.
Mercanbaligi can be caught in Nashmau, which is the endgame fishing spot. A shrimp lure here will also catch Ahtapots, which NPC for 700 and will potentially also give skillups (they are a level 90 fish.) The tradeoff is that they might break your line until level 78, losing your precious shrimp lure. The bite rate here is significantly better then breams, and the pool is much larger, but be wary of competing against 3+ people with Ebisu rods fishing for profit. There is a vendor right beside the water so you can sell your fish with minimal downtime. Even with the competition I still think Nashmau is the better option.
79-84 	Ahtapot 	Shrimp Lure 	Nashmau 	Any 	If you were in Nashmau then congratulations you don't need to move at all! As mentioned before you will also hook Mercanbaligi. Ahtapot NPC for 700 each and are good money. You'll make a decent profit during this level range and you'll probably keep getting the occasional skillup from a Mercanbaligi too.
84-89 	Black Sole 	Sinking Minnow 	Qufim 	Southeast Seaside 	These are the fish a lot of people level fishing for, either for making sole sushi or because they know it's profitable. I have some slightly bad news for you, the bite rate of these fish is not good. In fact it's actually awful during some points of the lunar cycle. This was the first fish where I actually had to pay attention to full moons. There are a lot of places to catch these, but my favourite is the Southeast Seaside as not many people bother to run down there and at higher levels you can catch mythril swords. If you aren't in a hurry try and only come during full moons. Black Soles NPC for 700 gil each or sell for 10k/stack on the AH.
89-94 	Pterygotus 	Lugworm 	Nashmau 	Any 	More Nashmau fishing! These are a skillcap 99 fish, you can technically keep catching them until then but it's not super worth it. Lugworms are very cheap so buy a few stacks from an NPC. These NPC for around 750 gil each and the vendor is right beside the docks.
94-96 	Turnabaligi 	Shrimp Lure 	Wajaom Woodlands 	Any 	These are not super amazing and more of a bridge fish. They NPC for ~700gil which is not awful. The main issue is that you unfortunately can't isolate them. You will also catch some Sazanbaligi which NPC for around 300 gil. I fished at the pool at I-7 so that I could run back and forth to Al Zahbi to sell the fish. Be careful for night time as Fomor spawn on the path and you might get aggroed running back.
96-98/100 	Armored Pisces 	Frog Lure 	Oldton Movalpolos 	Central Pond 	If you don't have a Lu Shangs this will be what you fish until 100. The bite rate and pool size isn't great. These don't stack and NPC for ~950 gil which is a pretty good profit if you fill up your whole inventory. Another option for those with 40 Bonecrafting is to desynth them into Titanictus Shells. These are used to synth Gavial gear and are worth about 32k/stack on the AH. You might even choose to do this just so you can stay here fishing longer without having to leave to empty your inventory.
98-100 	Giant Chirai 	Fly Lure 	Boyahda Tree 	Basin of a Waterfall 	I would only advise you to do this if you have a Lu Shangs and preferably level 36+ Summoner and 18+ Blackmage. 
If you meet these conditions though this is a significantly faster way to get to 100 then Armored Pisces.
The strategy is to set your homepoint in Mhaura and use the tuning fork warp to the Boyahda Tree. Exit the cloister and follow the path for a little bit and you will be right at the waterfall you can fish from. You don't need sneak and nothing will aggro you as long as you don't exit the waterfall. These fish don't stack but they NPC for ~1,100 gil each. When you have a full inventory just warp out, sell your fish in Mhaura, and then tuning fork warp back. This should be a very quick two levels. You can technically break your Lu Shangs here but it would only happen if you started fishing here early. Level 98 + full fishing gear should give you a "good feeling."
===Conclusion===
I hope you enjoyed your fishing journey! Now that you're at 100 fishing, you can earn some decent gil/hr camping at Nashmau. There are lots of other fish to catch though so experiment and try and find something better!
This guide was made with two things in mind: making money and levelling without being too annoying. When I reached level 98 I had enough gil from fishing to buy a Lu Shangs, but your experience may be different.
Hopefully you were turning in guild point items along the way! The grind for the Ebisu begins...
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