Black Ghost
Found in 1 fishing area across 1 zone. Bites on 5 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap88Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 18Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price585–615 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityRare45% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈21% of casts land Black GhostCaedarva Mire · Whole Zone
- Ties the best odds of any spot
Little Worm
- Black Ghost is 32.7% of fish bites there
- Used up on each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
Bait that works
Odds shown for· Whole Zone with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 88. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Black Ghost's share of fish bites at that spot Only Black Ghost bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Black Ghost
3Bestbait power 3
Minnow · lure5621%
2Goodbait power 2
Little Worm5133%
Shell Bug5121%
Sinking Minnow · lure4920%
Worm Lure · lure4920%
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
+ 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 88.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halcyon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Willow Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Yew Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Bamboo Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Fastwater Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Tarutaru Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Glass Fiber Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Carbon Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Hume Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Mithran Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Clothespole | 4% | 90% | 5% | 1% |
| Single Hook Rod | 4% | 90% | 5% | 1% |
Where to catch it
1 zones · 1 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Black Ghost 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.
Caedarva MireWhole Zone≈21% of castsBaitLittle WormRodHalcyon RodNever breaksOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
2 recipes · lowest craft level firstStabilizerGoldsmithing (25) + Alchemy (46)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Mythril Sheet
- 1x Bottle of Sieglinde Putty
- 1x Square of Ebonite
- 1x Black Ghost
- 1x Water Tank
- 12x Stabilizer (3,120 gil)
Stabilizer IIGoldsmithing (23) + Alchemy (56)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Mythril Sheet
- 1x Bottle of Sieglinde Putty
- 1x Chunk of High Ebonite
- 1x Black Ghost
- 1x Water Tank
- 12x Stabilizer Ii (6,360 gil)