Trilobite
Found in 3 fishing areas across 2 zones. Bites on 5 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap59Fish 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 price39–41 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityCommon100% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈38% of casts land TrilobiteBibiki Bay · PI - North Beach
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 2 zones and 3 areas have this fish
Worm Lure
- Trilobite is 58.5% of fish bites there
- Reusable: kept after each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Hume Rod (breaks under 1 in 1,000 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· PI - North Beach with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 59. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Trilobite's share of fish bites at that spot Only Trilobite bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Trilobite
3Bestbait power 3
Worm Lure · lure12059%
2Goodbait power 2
Shrimp Lure · lure11056%
Peeled Crayfish11539%
Lugworm11531%
1Weakbait power 1
Robber Rig · lure8016%
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 59.
| 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
2 zones · 3 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Trilobite 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.
Bibiki BayBest: PI - North Beach≈38% of castsBaitWorm LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks under 1 in 1,000 castsOther fish bite every bait that works here.
ManaclipperDhalmel Rock≈23% of castsBaitWorm LureRodHume RodNever breaksHalcyon also never breaks.Other fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
1 recipe · lowest craft level firstGoblin Stir-FryCooking (49)
Fire Crystal
- 1x Bunch of Kazham Peppers (45 gil)
- 1x Ginger Root
- 1x Flask of Olive Oil (15 gil)
- 1x Trilobite (120 gil)
- 1x Slice of Hare Meat
- 1x La Theine Cabbage (18 gil)
- 1x Eggplant
- 1x Rarab Tail
- 1x Serving of Goblin Stir-fry (480 gil)