Coral Butterfly
Found in 8 fishing areas across 4 zones. Bites on 2 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap40Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 19Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price121–128 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityUncommon90% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈47% of casts land Coral ButterflyDen of Rancor · Pool E-8
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 4 zones and 8 areas have this fish
Worm Lure
- Only Coral Butterfly bites it there
- Reusable: kept after each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Breaks 1 in 19 casts here (Coral Butterfly); no rod that lands it as often is safer
- Lands Coral Butterfly 73% of the time; no rod does better
Bait that works
Odds shown for· Pool E-8 with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 40. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Coral Butterfly's share of fish bites at that spot Only Coral Butterfly bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Coral Butterfly
3Bestbait power 3
Worm Lure · lure112100%
2Goodbait power 2
Lugworm10346%
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 40.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Halcyon Rod | 73% | — | 19% | 8% |
| 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% |
| Composite Rod | 28% | 72% | — | — |
| Mithran Rod | 20% | 72% | 5% | 2% |
| Clothespole | 10% | 72% | 15% | 3% |
| Single Hook Rod | 10% | 72% | 15% | 3% |
Where to catch it
4 zones · 8 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Coral Butterfly 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.
Den of RancorBest: Pool E-8≈47% of castsBaitWorm LureRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 19 casts
Sea Serpent GrottoBest: Other Seaside≈47% of castsBaitWorm LureRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 19 casts
KazhamWhole Zone≈45% of castsBaitWorm LureRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 20 castsCity: more casts bring up junk.
NorgWhole Zone≈22% of castsBaitWorm LureRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 41 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
1 recipe · lowest craft level firstReef AquariumWoodworking (89) + Alchemy (39)
Light Crystal
- 1x Piece of Oak Lumber (4,740 gil)
- 1x Coral Fragment
- 1x Bottle of Sieglinde Putty
- 1x Glass Sheet
- 1x Saltwater Fish Set
- 3x Coral Butterfly
- 1x Reef Aquarium (3,836 gil)