Rhinochimera

Found in 1 fishing area across 1 zone. Bites on 2 different baits.

Large fish
Skill cap73Fish 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 price585–615 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityRare45% weight in its catch pool

Recommended setup

≈52% of casts land Rhinochimera
Arrapago Reef · Whole Zone
  • Ties the best odds of any spot
Worm Lure
  • Only Rhinochimera 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 73. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.

Rhinochimera's share of fish bites at that spot Only Rhinochimera bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Rhinochimera
3Bestbait power 3
Sinking Minnow · lure5626%
2Goodbait power 2
Worm Lure · lure49100%
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 73.

RodYou land itGets awayLine snapsRod breaks
Composite Rod100%———
Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary100%———
Clothespole36%—55%9%
Single Hook Rod36%—55%9%
Mithran Rod36%—55%9%
Willow Rod18%50%28%4%
Yew Rod18%50%28%4%
Bamboo Rod18%50%28%4%
Fastwater Rod18%50%28%4%
Tarutaru Rod18%50%28%4%
Glass Fiber Rod18%50%28%4%
Carbon Rod18%50%28%4%
Hume Rod18%50%28%4%
Halcyon Rod18%50%28%4%

Where to catch it

1 zones · 1 areas · best spots first

Stars rate how often a cast lands Rhinochimera 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≈52% of castsBaitWorm LureRodComposite RodNever breaks

Used in

2 recipes · lowest craft level first
MacuahuitlBonecraft (59)
Wind Crystal
  • 1x Bugard Tusk
  • 1x Rhinochimera
  • 1x Macuahuitl -1
Yield · what an NPC pays for it
  • NQ1x Macuahuitl (2,081 gil)
  • HQ11x Macuahuitl +1 (2,211 gil)
  • HQ21x Macuahuitl +1 (2,211 gil)
  • HQ31x Macuahuitl +1 (2,211 gil)
Briny BrothCooking (63)
Water Crystal
  • 1x Rhinochimera
  • 1x Hamsi
  • 1x Mercanbaligi
Yield · what an NPC pays for it
  • NQ4x Jug of Briny Broth (160 gil)
  • HQ16x Jug of Briny Broth (240 gil)
  • HQ28x Jug of Briny Broth (320 gil)
  • HQ310x Jug of Briny Broth (400 gil)