Giant Donko

Found in 5 fishing areas across 4 zones. Bites on 10 different baits.

Large fish

Skill cap50Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance

Rod strengthrank 23Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks

SizeLargeSmall rods take a penalty

NPC price187–196 gilLowest to highest fame

RarityUncommon90% weight in its catch pool

Recommended setup

≈63% of casts land Giant Donko

Eastern Altepa Desert · Whole Zone

Ties the best odds of any spot
4 zones and 5 areas have this fish

Lizard Lure

Only Giant Donko bites it there
Reusable: kept after each catch

Composite Rod

Never breaks here, whatever bites

Bait that works

Odds shown for· Whole Zone with a Composite Rod, fishing skill 50. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.

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

BaitHook weight Chance it's Giant Donko

3Bestbait power 3

Peeled Crayfish11752%

2Goodbait power 2

Ball of Sardine Paste103100%

Ball of Trout Paste103100%

Frog Lure · lure99100%

Lizard Lure · lure99100%

Slice of Moat Carp10346%

Worm Lure · lure9945%

Little Worm10324%

1Weakbait power 1

Rogue Rig · lure7221%

Robber Rig · lure7218%

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 50.

Rod	You land it	Gets away	Line snaps	Rod breaks
Composite Rod	100%	—	—	—
Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary	100%	—	—	—
Clothespole	36%	—	55%	9%
Single Hook Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Mithran Rod	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

4 zones · 5 areas · best spots first

Stars rate how often a cast lands Giant Donko 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.

Eastern Altepa DesertWhole Zone≈63% of castsBaitLizard LureRodComposite RodNever breaks

RabaoWhole Zone≈59% of castsBaitLizard LureRodComposite RodNever breaksCity: more casts bring up junk.

Kuftal TunnelWhole Zone≈36% of castsBaitLizard LureRodComposite RodNever breaksHarder zone (difficulty 5): more casts catch nothing.

Western Altepa DesertBest: Central Spring≈34% of castsBaitPeeled CrayfishRodComposite RodNever breaksOther fish bite every bait that works here.

Trade to Zaldon

Inside the Belly · Selbina

After you accept the quest, Zaldon pays 96 gil for each Giant Donko. One roll can also give one item:

Item	Chance	Quantity
Broken Halcyon Fishing Rod	4.7%	1
No item (gil only)	95.3%