Nosteau Herring
Found in 8 fishing areas across 5 zones. Bites on 4 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap39Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 10Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price78–82 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityUncommon95% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈64% of casts land Nosteau HerringBatallia Downs · North Seaside
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 5 zones and 8 areas have this fish
Ball of Sardine Paste
- Only Nosteau Herring bites it there
- Used up on each catch
Hume Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Carbon Rod (breaks 1 in 357 casts); Glass Fiber Rod (breaks 1 in 233 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· North Seaside with a Hume Rod, fishing skill 39. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Nosteau Herring's share of fish bites at that spot Only Nosteau Herring bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Nosteau Herring
2Goodbait power 2
Ball of Sardine Paste109100%
Shrimp Lure · lure10444%
Lugworm10928%
1Weakbait power 1
Rogue Rig · lure7619%
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 39.
| 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 | 73% | — | 19% | 8% |
| Fastwater Rod | 50% | — | 38% | 12% |
| Willow Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Yew Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Bamboo Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Clothespole | 30% | 70% | — | — |
| Single Hook Rod | 30% | 70% | — | — |
| Mithran Rod | 30% | 70% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 30% | 70% | — | — |
Where to catch it
5 zones · 8 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Nosteau Herring 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.
Batallia DownsBest: North Seaside≈64% of castsBaitBall of Sardine PasteRodHume RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 357 castsGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 233 castsHalcyon also never breaks.
Beaucedine GlacierSeaside≈64% of castsBaitBall of Sardine PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 526 casts
Qufim IslandBest: Northwest Seaside≈64% of castsBaitBall of Sardine PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 625 castsGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 333 casts
Lower JeunoWhole Zone≈61% of castsBaitBall of Sardine PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 417 castsGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 143 castsCity: more casts bring up junk.
Port JeunoWhole Zone≈61% of castsBaitBall of Sardine PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 476 castsGlass Fiber RodBreaks 1 in 159 castsCity: more casts bring up junk.
Used in
1 recipe · lowest craft level firstPickled HerringCooking (46)
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