Crescent Fish
Found in 4 fishing areas across 3 zones. Bites on 3 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap69Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 13Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price429–451 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityRare45% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈50% of casts land Crescent FishEast Sarutabaruta · Lake Tepokalipuka
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 3 zones and 4 areas have this fish
Fly Lure
- Only Crescent Fish bites it there
- Reusable: kept after each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Carbon Rod (breaks 1 in 333 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· Lake Tepokalipuka with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 69. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Crescent Fish's share of fish bites at that spot Only Crescent Fish bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Crescent Fish
3Bestbait power 3
Fly Lure · lure56100%
2Goodbait power 2
Giant Shell Bug51100%
1Weakbait power 1
Rogue Rig · lure3616%
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 69.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Hume Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Halcyon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Glass Fiber 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% |
| Single Hook Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Mithran Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Clothespole | 7% | 90% | 2% | 1% |
Where to catch it
3 zones · 4 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Crescent Fish 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.
East SarutabarutaLake Tepokalipuka≈50% of castsBaitFly LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 333 casts
Yuhtunga JungleBest: Northeast Pond≈48% of castsBaitGiant Shell BugRodHalcyon RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 270 casts
Dragon’s AeryWhole Zone≈37% of castsBaitFly LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 345 castsHarder zone (difficulty 2): more casts catch nothing.