Seeing as a lot of people are still relatively confused or still spreading incorrect information, I'm writing this guide for those seriously looking to get their mounts/titles/special fish for canvases.
This guide will not tell you absolutely everything you need to know, but will provide excellent examples and why they matter.
Resources
Term Definition
Intuition A buff that grants you the opportunity to obtain rare fish (60s normally, 20s in Spectral Current)
Intuition Fish Exclusive fish caught with the Intuition buff active (ie. Little Leviathan, Drunkfish)
Spectral Current A phase where the environment changes to Spectral weather, giving you the opportunity to earn a ton of points
Spectral Intuition Like the Intuition buff, but is significantly shorter and is only in Spectral Current
Blue fish An untradable, rare fish ONLY caught through Intuition AND in Spectral Current. Has a blue background, similar to raid gear (ie. Sothis, Coral Manta)
r Ragworm
k Krill
p Plump Worm
!/!!/!!! Type of fish hooked, mostly indicates size of fish
Before you angrily type a reply that tries to disprove how Spectral currents spawn, do keep in mind that this theory is backed up with a (now) large data set. If you don't believe it, then that's your prerogative.
Required Skills/Stats for high score runs
Skill Required or useless?
Double Hook Required
Mooch Required
Mooch II Helpful
Surface Slap Helpful
Chum Helpful*
Identical Cast Helpful*
Patience I/II Useless*
Release Useless
Fish Eyes Useless
Snagging Useless
Stat Helpfulness
GP High GP is required. 800 GP is preferred
Perception Helps with catching HQ fish without Patience
Gathering Don't be naked lol
*Is helpful for catching Intuition Fish, but not helpful for high score runs.
Bonus Mount (10k) Title (16k)
30% 7963 12308
40% 7193 11429
50% 6667 10668
60% 6250 10000
70% 5883 9418
80% 5556 8889
90% 5264 8422
Strategy
The only way you will only be able to score high is if you study and have good luck. It also helps a lot if you understand the routes beforehand, as capitalizing on certain opportunities will help immensely. Luck is an important factor, as you can get the mount from an unoptimized run.
What you should do before Spectral Current
Everyone should fish for the spectral fish. It's that simple. As stated above, the only way to spawn a Spectral Current is to hook a Spectral Fish. Unfortunately, there is a good chance that your fish will not spawn the Spectral Current, or you will completely miss the hook. With Spectrals, weather/time do not matter. Though, it is more favorable to have terrible weather; as it reduces variety of fish you can obtain, and thus increase your chance of getting a spectral.
As fishing for Spectral Fish isn't anything special, this means that the only baits (if you're going for a high score) you should be using are as follows:
Location Preferred Bait
Galadion Bay Plump Worm
Rhotano Sea Plump Worm
Northern Strait Ragworm
Southern Strait Krill
What you should do when Spectral Current spawns
This is the bread and butter of high scoring runs. You need at least one Spectral Current to have a chance, though obviously it is more favorable to have more than one.
This is where you need to self-study and plan beforehand. Knowledge is power, and hopefully eases how much RNG you need.
Baits matter. Thankfully the fish worth the most and can be double-hooked use the same bait as any other fish. Please refer to the spreadsheet above to determine what to DH.
What about the SUPER SPECIAL BLUE FISH?
First, let me share some very important info:
To get Intuition in Spectral Current, you can use the special bait for the Blue Fish. Because you don't have to swap baits once you get Intuition, this allows you to have 2 casts (3 at most).
Even though these special fish are worth the most, I do not recommend fishing for them for a couple of reasons.
Though, if you are still interested in them, here is a table with the information you'll need to catch them:
Location Blue Fish Time Preferred Bait
Galadion Bay Sothis Night + ? Glowworm
Rhotano Sea Stonescale Sunset + ? Rat Tail
Northern Strait Elasmosaurus Day + ? Heavy Steel Jig
Southern Strait Coral Manta Night + ? Shrimp Cage Feeder
All of the bait can be obtained from the vendors in the major cities. Except for Heavy Steel Jig, which is crafted.
What about the titles from obtaining X amount of Y?
This requires two things:
IC and DH makes fishing for them easier.
Conclusion
Even with all of this knowledge that you've (hopefully) read through, you can still get bad luck and not get any of the good fish. I repeated many times to study up, as it will make obtaining your goals significantly easier. Just be patient, study up, and you'll get that mount/title eventually.
Good luck with your runs!
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This guide will not tell you absolutely everything you need to know, but will provide excellent examples and why they matter.
Resources
- This excellent spreadsheet by S'yahn Tia. Be sure to give him your thanks because it is insanely well done!
- The Fishcord. If you have any questions, be sure to ask in here too!
- Look at the upcoming voyage and plan your bait ahead of time
- Bring food and Hi-cordials/cordials
- Cast a line on the docks before going on the voyage, this prevents the "Fish sense something amiss" message.
- Be sure to have a clean inventory beforehand for all the useless fish you catch
- Be prepared to fail because you're literally walking into a floating RNG casino
- Mooch 1 works on HQ fish only while Mooch 2 works on NQ fish only
- Patience 1/2 are completely useless unless you are going for Intuition Fish
- When capped on GP during downtime, use Chum to not waste GP
- Surface Slap expires when you use Hook, not based on whether or not you catch a fish
Term Definition
Intuition A buff that grants you the opportunity to obtain rare fish (60s normally, 20s in Spectral Current)
Intuition Fish Exclusive fish caught with the Intuition buff active (ie. Little Leviathan, Drunkfish)
Spectral Current A phase where the environment changes to Spectral weather, giving you the opportunity to earn a ton of points
Spectral Intuition Like the Intuition buff, but is significantly shorter and is only in Spectral Current
Blue fish An untradable, rare fish ONLY caught through Intuition AND in Spectral Current. Has a blue background, similar to raid gear (ie. Sothis, Coral Manta)
r Ragworm
k Krill
p Plump Worm
!/!!/!!! Type of fish hooked, mostly indicates size of fish
- Intuition and Spectral Currents are COMPLETELY unrelated.
- Spectral Currents are ONLY caused by catching a spectral fish. Quality does not matter, however it is a random chance on whether or not your spectral fish will cause the fabled Spectral Current.
- Intuition DOES snapshot. If your buff expires and no message is displayed, you have hooked the Intuition Fish.
- Time and weather DO matter. Please review the route beforehand.
- There is a hard chance you will fail hooking a !!! regardless of your gathering stat. Unfortunately, you just lost a spectral fish from RNG.
Before you angrily type a reply that tries to disprove how Spectral currents spawn, do keep in mind that this theory is backed up with a (now) large data set. If you don't believe it, then that's your prerogative.
Required Skills/Stats for high score runs
Skill Required or useless?
Double Hook Required
Mooch Required
Mooch II Helpful
Surface Slap Helpful
Chum Helpful*
Identical Cast Helpful*
Patience I/II Useless*
Release Useless
Fish Eyes Useless
Snagging Useless
Stat Helpfulness
GP High GP is required. 800 GP is preferred
Perception Helps with catching HQ fish without Patience
Gathering Don't be naked lol
*Is helpful for catching Intuition Fish, but not helpful for high score runs.
- The reason why Patience is useless is because you want to have as much GP possible before Spectral Current Pops. Spending GP to get HQ fish is a lot less effective and efficient than Double-Hooking fish. Even though Mooch II has a cool-down, using Patience instead in niche cases will still not be worth it. Feel free to play around with it though.
- Release is useless because you want to always be casting your hook. Release/Chum have animations to them, and when you're catching the same fish multiple times, you can lose a considerable amount of casts.
- Fish Eyes/Snagging are useless because they simply do not have any function in Ocean Fishing.
Bonus Mount (10k) Title (16k)
30% 7963 12308
40% 7193 11429
50% 6667 10668
60% 6250 10000
70% 5883 9418
80% 5556 8889
90% 5264 8422
Strategy
The only way you will only be able to score high is if you study and have good luck. It also helps a lot if you understand the routes beforehand, as capitalizing on certain opportunities will help immensely. Luck is an important factor, as you can get the mount from an unoptimized run.
What you should do before Spectral Current
Everyone should fish for the spectral fish. It's that simple. As stated above, the only way to spawn a Spectral Current is to hook a Spectral Fish. Unfortunately, there is a good chance that your fish will not spawn the Spectral Current, or you will completely miss the hook. With Spectrals, weather/time do not matter. Though, it is more favorable to have terrible weather; as it reduces variety of fish you can obtain, and thus increase your chance of getting a spectral.
As fishing for Spectral Fish isn't anything special, this means that the only baits (if you're going for a high score) you should be using are as follows:
Location Preferred Bait
Galadion Bay Plump Worm
Rhotano Sea Plump Worm
Northern Strait Ragworm
Southern Strait Krill
What you should do when Spectral Current spawns
This is the bread and butter of high scoring runs. You need at least one Spectral Current to have a chance, though obviously it is more favorable to have more than one.
This is where you need to self-study and plan beforehand. Knowledge is power, and hopefully eases how much RNG you need.
Should you just blindly double hook !!s and !!!s? No. This is because even though they are good in around 3/4 of the locations, what truly matters is the time of day. The time affects which fish you can get during spectrals.
By determining what you need to hook, you may land up to 888 points in a single DH. (Highest NQ DH possible: Nimble Dancer, 2x444 points each)
Baits matter. Thankfully the fish worth the most and can be double-hooked use the same bait as any other fish. Please refer to the spreadsheet above to determine what to DH.
What about the SUPER SPECIAL BLUE FISH?
First, let me share some very important info:
To get Intuition in Spectral Current, you can use the special bait for the Blue Fish. Because you don't have to swap baits once you get Intuition, this allows you to have 2 casts (3 at most).
Even though these special fish are worth the most, I do not recommend fishing for them for a couple of reasons.
You cannot use IC/DH on them. They are worth 500 points (1000 points HQ) each.
By fishing for them, you are forgoing fish that can be DH'd, essentially being worth more.
When using bait for Blue Fish, you are limiting your fish pool to a very poor selection. They are the fish worth the least amount of points and the fish used for Intuition.
Though, if you are still interested in them, here is a table with the information you'll need to catch them:
Location Blue Fish Time Preferred Bait
Galadion Bay Sothis Night + ? Glowworm
Rhotano Sea Stonescale Sunset + ? Rat Tail
Northern Strait Elasmosaurus Day + ? Heavy Steel Jig
Southern Strait Coral Manta Night + ? Shrimp Cage Feeder
All of the bait can be obtained from the vendors in the major cities. Except for Heavy Steel Jig, which is crafted.
What about the titles from obtaining X amount of Y?
This requires two things:
- A coordinated party that knows exactly what is going on in the fishing route.
- Specific route for whatever achievement you are aiming for
IC and DH makes fishing for them easier.
Conclusion
Even with all of this knowledge that you've (hopefully) read through, you can still get bad luck and not get any of the good fish. I repeated many times to study up, as it will make obtaining your goals significantly easier. Just be patient, study up, and you'll get that mount/title eventually.
Good luck with your runs!
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