Cave Cherax

Found in 3 fishing areas across 3 zones. Bites on 8 different baits.

Large fishLegendary

Skill cap130Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance

Rod strengthrank 32Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks

SizeLargeSmall rods take a penalty

NPC price1,560–1,640 gilLowest to highest fame

RarityUncommon50% weight in its catch pool

Recommended setup

≈19% of casts land Cave Cherax

Aydeewa Subterrane · Whole Zone

Ties the best odds of any spot
3 zones and 3 areas have this fish

Rotten Meat

Only Cave Cherax bites it there
Used up on each catch

Mithran Rod

Breaks 1 in 21 casts here (Cave Cherax); no rod that lands it as often is safer
Lands Cave Cherax 36% of the time; no rod does better
Cheaper: Clothespole (breaks 1 in 19 casts)

Bait that works

Odds shown for· Whole Zone with a Mithran Rod, fishing skill 130. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.

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

BaitHook weight Chance it's Cave Cherax

3Bestbait power 3

Rotten Meat65100%

Meatball6547%

2Goodbait power 2

Minnow · lure55100%

Peeled Crayfish57100%

Peeled Lobster57100%

Shrimp Lure · lure55100%

Sinking Minnow · lure55100%

1Weakbait power 1

Rogue Rig · lure4046%

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 130.

Rod	You land it	Gets away	Line snaps	Rod breaks
Clothespole	36%	—	55%	9%
Single Hook Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Mithran Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Composite Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary	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

3 zones · 3 areas · best spots first

Stars rate how often a cast lands Cave Cherax 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.

Aydeewa SubterraneWhole Zone≈19% of castsBaitRotten MeatRodMithran RodBreaks 1 in 21 castsClothespoleBreaks 1 in 19 castsComposite has the same odds.

Quicksand CavesWhole Zone≈14% of castsBaitPeeled LobsterRodClothespoleBreaks 1 in 28 castsSingle Hook, Mithran and Composite have the same odds.Harder zone (difficulty 2): more casts catch nothing.

Kuftal TunnelWhole Zone≈9% of castsBaitPeeled LobsterRodClothespoleBreaks 1 in 43 castsSingle Hook, Mithran and Composite have the same odds.Harder zone (difficulty 5): more casts catch nothing.

Trade to Zaldon

Inside the Belly · Selbina

After you accept the quest, Zaldon pays 800 gil for each Cave Cherax. One roll can also give one item:

Item	Chance	Quantity
Dwarf Pugil	26.2%	1
No item (gil only)	73.8%