Shall Shell
Found in 7 fishing areas across 4 zones. Bites on 3 different baits.
Small fishShellfish
Skill cap53Fish 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 price292–307 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityCommon100% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈32% of casts land Shall ShellBuburimu Peninsula · Whole Zone
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 4 zones and 7 areas have this fish
Ball of Crayfish Paste
- Shall Shell is 48.9% of fish bites there
- Used up on each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Hume Rod (breaks 1 in 714 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.
Shall Shell's share of fish bites at that spot Only Shall Shell bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Shall Shell
3Bestbait power 3
Robber Rig · lure12048%
2Goodbait power 2
Ball of Crayfish Paste11549%
Rogue Rig · lure12048%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 10% | 90% | — | — |
| Single Hook Rod | 7% | 90% | 2% | 1% |
| Clothespole | 5% | 90% | 4% | 1% |
Where to catch it
4 zones · 7 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Shall Shell 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.
Buburimu PeninsulaWhole Zone≈32% of castsBaitBall of Crayfish PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 714 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Bibiki BayBest: PI - South Beach≈25% of castsBaitBall of Crayfish PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks under 1 in 1,000 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Valkurm DunesWhole Zone≈22% of castsBaitBall of Crayfish PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 526 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
Cape TerigganWhole Zone≈13% of castsBaitBall of Crayfish PasteRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 500 castsHarder zone (difficulty 5): more casts catch nothing.
Used in
8 recipes · lowest craft level firstPearlBonecraft (19)
Wind Crystal
- 1x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- NQ1x Pearl (1,200 gil)
- HQ11x Black Pearl (1,200 gil)
- HQ21x Black Pearl (1,200 gil)
- HQ31x Black Pearl (1,200 gil)
Fish MithkabobCooking (49)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Bastore Sardine
- 1x Nebimonite
- 1x Bluetail (1,350 gil)
- 2x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- NQ6x Fish Mithkabob (1,080 gil)
- HQ112x Fish Mithkabob (2,160 gil)
- HQ26x Fish Chiefkabob (1,224 gil)
- HQ312x Fish Chiefkabob (2,448 gil)
Celerity SaladCooking (75)
Wind Crystal
- 1x Clump of Gausebit Wildgrass
- 1x Pod of Blue Peas (21 gil)
- 1x Cupid Worm
- 1x Bag of La Theine Millet (2,205 gil)
- 1x La Theine Cabbage (18 gil)
- 1x King Truffle
- 1x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- 1x Vomp Carrot
- NQ1x Celerity Salad (2,919 gil)
- HQ11x Tornado Salad (3,200 gil)
- HQ21x Tornado Salad (3,200 gil)
- HQ31x Tornado Salad (3,200 gil)
Senroh SkewerCooking (79)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Bluetail (1,350 gil)
- 2x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- 1x Contortopus
- 1x Senroh Sardine
- NQ6x Senroh Skewer (2,562 gil)
- HQ112x Senroh Skewer (5,124 gil)
- HQ26x Piscators Skewer (4,554 gil)
- HQ312x Piscators Skewer (9,108 gil)
Senroh SkewerCooking (79)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Bluetail (1,350 gil)
- 2x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- 3x Contortacle
- 1x Senroh Sardine
- NQ6x Senroh Skewer (2,562 gil)
- HQ112x Senroh Skewer (5,124 gil)
- HQ26x Piscators Skewer (4,554 gil)
- HQ312x Piscators Skewer (9,108 gil)
Shallops TropicaleCooking (80)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Stick of Selbina Butter
- 1x Handful of Bay Leaves (130 gil)
- 1x Chunk of Rock Salt (12 gil)
- 1x Kazham Pineapple (45 gil)
- 2x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- 1x Flask of Distilled Water (9 gil)
- 1x Serving of Shallops Tropicale (1,404 gil)
PescatoraCooking (83)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Bulb of Mhaura Garlic (60 gil)
- 1x Serving of Spaghetti
- 1x Sandfish
- 1x Grimmonite
- 1x Gold Lobster
- 1x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- 1x Bowl of Pomodoro Sauce
- NQ2x Dish of Spaghetti Pescatora (1,830 gil)
- HQ14x Dish of Spaghetti Pescatora (3,660 gil)
- HQ22x Dish of Spaghetti Pescatora +1 (4,880 gil)
- HQ34x Dish of Spaghetti Pescatora +1 (9,760 gil)
Seafood StewCooking (87)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Popoto (36 gil)
- 1x Pinch of Black Pepper (255 gil)
- 1x Chunk of Rock Salt (12 gil)
- 1x Nebimonite
- 1x Gold Lobster
- 1x Shall Shell (1,350 gil)
- 1x Flask of Distilled Water (9 gil)
- 1x Bunch of Gysahl Greens (67 gil)
- 1x Bowl of Seafood Stew (1,320 gil)