Armored Pisces

Found in 1 fishing area across 1 zone. Bites on 8 different baits.

Large fish

Skill cap108Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance

Rod strengthrank 19Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks

SizeLargeSmall rods take a penalty

NPC price926–973 gilLowest to highest fame

RarityRare35% weight in its catch pool

Recommended setup

≈32% of casts land Armored Pisces

Oldton Movalpolos · Whole Zone

Ties the best odds of any spot

Sinking Minnow

Only Armored Pisces bites it there
Reusable: kept after each catch

Composite Rod

Never breaks here, whatever bites

Bait that works

Odds shown for· Whole Zone with a Composite Rod, fishing skill 108. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.

Harder zone (difficulty 2): more casts catch nothing.

Armored Pisces's share of fish bites at that spot Only Armored Pisces bites this bait there (100%)

BaitHook weight Chance it's Armored Pisces

3Bestbait power 3

Frog Lure · lure43100%

Minnow · lure43100%

Sinking Minnow · lure43100%

Meatball4537%

2Goodbait power 2

Worm Lure · lure3832%

Ball of Sardine Paste4020%

Ball of Trout Paste4020%

Little Worm4013%

How Phoenix calculates this

1. Each fish gets a hook weight

50 time of day / moon (fixed on Phoenix)
+ bait bonus power 3: +80 (lure +75) · 2: +65 (+60) · 1: +35 (+30)
− ¼ per skill point you're under the fish
− 0.15 per point you're over it by more than 10
− 3 large rod on a small fish · − 5 small rod on a large fish
+ 50 shellfish bait on a shellfish
× rarity, then kept between 20 and 120

2. Odds = its weight ÷ all weightsOnly fish that accept your bait are in the running. Whether you hook a fish, junk, a monster or nothing is rolled first, from moon phase, weather and the area.

Which rod?

Safest first. When the fish bites the server rolls, in order: does it get away, does the line snap, does the rod break. A “bad feeling” warns of a snap, a “terrible feeling” of a break, but both also show up as false alarms. Assumes fishing skill 108.

Rod	You land it	Gets away	Line snaps	Rod breaks
Composite Rod	100%	—	—	—
Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary	100%	—	—	—
Mithran Rod	73%	—	19%	8%
Clothespole	36%	—	55%	9%
Single Hook Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Willow Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Yew Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Bamboo Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Fastwater Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Tarutaru Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Glass Fiber Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Carbon Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Hume Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Halcyon Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%

Where to catch it

1 zones · 1 areas · best spots first

Stars rate how often a cast lands Armored Pisces at the zone's best spot with the bait shown and the first rod: 5★ 60%+ · 4★ 50%+ · 3★ 40%+ · 2★ 30%+ · 1★ under 30%. Rods are listed safest first. Break odds count everything that can bite there, including junk items and monsters.

Oldton MovalpolosWhole Zone≈32% of castsBaitSinking MinnowRodComposite RodNever breaksHarder zone (difficulty 2): more casts catch nothing.

Used in

1 recipe · lowest craft level first

Titanictus ShellBonecraft (40)

Lightning Crystal

1x Armored Pisces

Yield · what an NPC pays for it

1x Titanictus Shell (350 gil)