Kaplumbaga
Found in 1 fishing area across 1 zone. Bites on 5 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap53Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 11Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price292–307 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityUncommon80% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈29% of casts land KaplumbagaCaedarva Mire · Whole Zone
- Ties the best odds of any spot
Fly Lure
- Kaplumbaga is 44.7% of fish bites there
- Reusable: kept after each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Glass Fiber Rod (breaks 1 in 122 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· Whole Zone with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 53. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Kaplumbaga's share of fish bites at that spot Only Kaplumbaga bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Kaplumbaga
3Bestbait power 3
Frog Lure · lure10033%
2Goodbait power 2
Fly Lure · lure8845%
Shell Bug9236%
1Weakbait power 1
Robber Rig · lure6429%
Rogue Rig · lure6429%
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 53.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glass Fiber Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Carbon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Hume Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Halcyon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Tarutaru Rod | 50% | — | 38% | 12% |
| Willow Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Yew Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Bamboo Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Fastwater Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Clothespole | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Single Hook Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Mithran Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
Where to catch it
1 zones · 1 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Kaplumbaga 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.
Caedarva MireWhole Zone≈29% of castsBaitFly LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 122 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
1 recipe · lowest craft level firstVampire JuiceCooking (90)
Water Crystal
- 1x Faerie Apple (33 gil)
- 1x Rolanberry (120 gil)
- 1x Mithran Tomato (40 gil)
- 1x Kaplumbaga
- 1x Bottle of Vampire Juice (650 gil)