Elshimo Frog
Found in 7 fishing areas across 2 zones. Bites on 4 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap30Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 5Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price50–53 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityCommon100% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈65% of casts land Elshimo FrogYhoator Jungle · Front of Temple - East Side
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 2 zones and 7 areas have this fish
Fly Lure
- Only Elshimo Frog bites it there
- Reusable: kept after each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Glass Fiber Rod (breaks 1 in 588 casts); Willow Rod (breaks 1 in 135 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· Front of Temple - East Side with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 30. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Elshimo Frog's share of fish bites at that spot Only Elshimo Frog bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Elshimo Frog
3Bestbait power 3
Fly Lure · lure120100%
2Goodbait power 2
Shell Bug11570%
1Weakbait power 1
Rogue Rig · lure8023%
Robber Rig · lure8020%
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 30.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Yew Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Bamboo Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Fastwater Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Tarutaru Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Glass Fiber Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Carbon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Hume Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Halcyon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Clothespole | 46% | 54% | — | — |
| Single Hook Rod | 46% | 54% | — | — |
| Mithran Rod | 46% | 54% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 46% | 54% | — | — |
Where to catch it
2 zones · 7 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Elshimo Frog 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.
Yhoator JungleBest: Front of Temple - East Side≈65% of castsBaitFly LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 588 castsWillow RodBreaks 1 in 135 casts
Yuhtunga JungleBest: Northeast Pond≈45% of castsBaitFly LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 455 castsWillow RodBreaks 1 in 42 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
2 recipes · lowest craft level firstFoulweather FrogCooking (1)
Water Crystal
- 1x Elshimo Frog
- 1x Foulweather Frog (12 gil)
KodokuAlchemy (19)
Dark Crystal
- 1x Elshimo Frog
- 1x Lugworm (9 gil)
- 1x Shell Bug
- NQ33x Kodoku (825 gil)
- HQ166x Kodoku (1,650 gil)
- HQ299x Kodoku (2,475 gil)
- HQ399x Kodoku (2,475 gil)