Forest Carp
Found in 12 fishing areas across 2 zones. Bites on 4 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap20Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 14Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price14–15 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityCommon100% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈32% of casts land Forest CarpYuhtunga Jungle · Northeast Pond
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 2 zones and 12 areas have this fish
Ball of Insect Paste
- Forest Carp is 50% of fish bites there
- Used up on each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Hume Rod (breaks 1 in 476 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· Northeast Pond with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 20. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Forest Carp's share of fish bites at that spot Only Forest Carp bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Forest Carp
3Bestbait power 3
Ball of Insect Paste12050%
2Goodbait power 2
Little Worm11529%
1Weakbait power 1
Robber Rig · lure8025%
Rogue Rig · lure8024%
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 20.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Halcyon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Carbon Rod | 73% | — | 19% | 8% |
| Mithran Rod | 64% | 36% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 64% | 36% | — | — |
| Glass Fiber Rod | 50% | — | 38% | 12% |
| Single Hook Rod | 47% | 36% | 12% | 5% |
| 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% |
| Clothespole | 32% | 36% | 24% | 8% |
Where to catch it
2 zones · 12 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Forest Carp 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≈32% of castsBaitBall of Insect PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 667 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Yuhtunga JungleBest: Northeast Pond≈32% of castsBaitBall of Insect PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 476 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
3 recipes · lowest craft level firstSlice of CarpCooking (17)
Wind Crystal
- 1x Forest Carp
- 2x Slice of Moat Carp (20 gil)
Roast CarpCooking (19)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Chunk of Rock Salt (12 gil)
- 1x Forest Carp
- NQ1x Roast Carp (130 gil)
- HQ11x Broiled Carp (158 gil)
- HQ21x Broiled Carp (158 gil)
- HQ31x Broiled Carp (158 gil)
Carp SushiCooking (54)
Dark Crystal
- 1x Box of Tarutaru Rice (45 gil)
- 1x Chunk of Rock Salt (12 gil)
- 1x Forest Carp
- NQ1x Carp Sushi (180 gil)
- HQ11x Plate of Yahata-style Carp Sushi (270 gil)
- HQ21x Plate of Yahata-style Carp Sushi (270 gil)
- HQ31x Plate of Yahata-style Carp Sushi (270 gil)