Takitaro

Found in 2 fishing areas across 2 zones. Bites on 5 different baits.

Large fishLegendary

Skill cap101Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance

Rod strengthrank 28Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks

SizeLargeSmall rods take a penalty

NPC price682–717 gilLowest to highest fame

RarityUncommon50% weight in its catch pool

Recommended setup

≈19% of casts land Takitaro

Misareaux Coast · Cascade Edellaine

Ties the best odds of any spot
2 zones and 2 areas have this fish

Fly Lure

Only Takitaro bites it there
Reusable: kept after each catch

Clothespole

Breaks 1 in 21 casts here (Takitaro); no rod that lands it as often is safer
Lands Takitaro 36% of the time; no rod does better

Bait that works

Odds shown for· Cascade Edellaine with a Clothespole, fishing skill 101. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.

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

BaitHook weight Chance it's Takitaro

3Bestbait power 3

Fly Lure · lure62100%

2Goodbait power 2

Peeled Crayfish5735%

Sinking Minnow · lure5523%

Minnow · lure5520%

1Weakbait power 1

Rogue Rig · lure4037%

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 101.

Rod	You land it	Gets away	Line snaps	Rod breaks
Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary	100%	—	—	—
Clothespole	36%	—	55%	9%
Single Hook Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Mithran Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Composite Rod	36%	—	55%	9%
Willow Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Yew Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Bamboo Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Fastwater Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Tarutaru Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Glass Fiber Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Carbon Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Hume Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%
Halcyon Rod	18%	50%	28%	4%

Where to catch it

2 zones · 2 areas · best spots first

Stars rate how often a cast lands Takitaro 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.

Misareaux CoastCascade Edellaine≈19% of castsBaitFly LureRodClothespoleBreaks 1 in 21 castsSingle Hook, Mithran and Composite have the same odds.

DavoiBasin of a Waterfall≈13% of castsBaitSinking MinnowRodMithran RodBreaks 1 in 31 castsClothespoleBreaks 1 in 29 castsComposite has the same odds.Harder zone (difficulty 2): more casts catch nothing.

Trade to Zaldon

Inside the Belly · Selbina

After you accept the quest, Zaldon pays 350 gil for each Takitaro. One roll can also give one item:

Item	Chance	Quantity
Philosophers Stone	2.4%	1
No item (gil only)	97.6%