Ball of Trout Paste

Bait: used up on each catch
Fish that bite it15On any spot
Cheapest52 gilLowest NPC or guild price

How to get it

Guild shops

NPCZoneUsual priceOpen (Vana'diel time)Stock
BabubuPort Windurst52 gil3:00–18:00 · closed LightningdayRestocks daily
WahnidAht Urhgan Whitegate52 gil1:00–18:00 · closed LightsdayOnly what players sell to it

Guild prices move with stock: cheapest when the shelf is full, up to 10× when it's nearly empty. Hover a price for the range.

Craft it

Cooking (33)
Earth Crystal
  • 1x Bag of Rye Flour (30 gil)
  • 1x Shining Trout
  • 1x Flask of Distilled Water (9 gil)
Yield · what an NPC pays for it
  • 12x Ball of Trout Paste (120 gil)
Cooking (33)
Earth Crystal
  • 1x Bag of Rye Flour (30 gil)
  • 1x Flask of Distilled Water (9 gil)
  • 1x Alabaligi
Yield · what an NPC pays for it
  • 12x Ball of Trout Paste (120 gil)

What bites it

Bait power: how strongly it pulls each fish (3 is best). Higher power means that fish is more likely to be the one that bites.

Best · bait power 3
Dark Bass · 33Jungle Catfish · 80Emperor Fish · 91Morinabaligi · 91
Good · bait power 2
Cheval Salmon · 21Blindfish · 27Giant Catfish · 31Crystal Bass · 35Alabaligi · 37Shining Trout · 37Black Eel · 47Yilanbaligi · 47Giant Donko · 50Armored Pisces · 108Giant Chirai · 110

The number after each fish is its skill cap.