Istakoz

Found in 3 fishing areas across 3 zones. Bites on 5 different baits.

Small fish

Skill cap46Fish 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 price195–205 gilLowest to highest fame

RarityCommon100% weight in its catch pool

Recommended setup

≈50% of casts land Istakoz

Nashmau · Whole Zone

Ties the best odds of any spot
3 zones and 3 areas have this fish

Minnow

Istakoz is 73.3% of fish bites there
Reusable: kept after each catch

Halcyon Rod

Breaks 1 in 83 casts here (Mercanbaligi); no rod that lands it as often is safer
Never snaps or breaks on Istakoz itself
Cheaper: Hume Rod (breaks 1 in 61 casts)

Bait that works

Odds shown for· Whole Zone with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 46. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.

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

BaitHook weight Chance it's Istakoz

3Bestbait power 3

Sinking Minnow · lure12061%

2Goodbait power 2

Minnow · lure11073%

Slice of Sardine11573%

1Weakbait power 1

Robber Rig · lure8037%

Rogue Rig · lure8033%

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 46.

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%
Glass Fiber Rod	50%	—	38%	12%
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%
Mithran Rod	18%	82%	—	—
Composite Rod	18%	82%	—	—
Single Hook Rod	13%	82%	3%	1%
Clothespole	9%	82%	7%	2%

Where to catch it

3 zones · 3 areas · best spots first

Stars rate how often a cast lands Istakoz 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.

Arrapago ReefWhole Zone≈50% of castsBaitMinnowRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 83 castsHume RodBreaks 1 in 61 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.

NashmauWhole Zone≈50% of castsBaitMinnowRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 83 castsHume RodBreaks 1 in 61 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.

Talacca CoveWhole Zone≈35% of castsBaitMinnowRodHalcyon RodBreaks 1 in 119 castsHume RodBreaks 1 in 87 castsHarder zone (difficulty 3): more casts catch nothing.

Used in

5 recipes · lowest craft level first

Peeled LobsterCooking (7)

Wind Crystal

1x Istakoz