Yew Rod

Max rank6Fish and junk ranked higher can snap or break it
SizeSmallLarge fish take a penalty
Can breakYesBreaks into a repairable broken rod
Cheapest145 gilLowest NPC or guild price

How to get it

Buy from an NPC

NPCZonePriceNote
GelzerioBastok Mines236 gilOnly while the nation is 1st or 2nd in conquest
LusianeSouthern San d’Oria236 gilOnly while the nation is 1st or 2nd in conquest

Base prices. Nation fame changes them a little.

Guild shops

NPCZoneUsual priceOpen (Vana'diel time)Stock
BabubuPort Windurst145 gil3:00–18:00 · closed LightningdayRestocks daily
GraeghamSelbina145 gil3:00–18:00 · closed LightningdayRestocks daily
MendolineSelbina145 gil3:00–18:00 · closed LightningdayRestocks daily
WahnidAht Urhgan Whitegate145 gil1:00–18:00 · closed LightsdayOnly what players sell to it

Guild prices move with stock: cheapest when the shelf is full, up to 10× when it's nearly empty. Hover a price for the range.

Craft it

Woodworking (24)
Wind Crystal
  • 1x Piece of Yew Lumber (330 gil)
  • 1x Spool of Linen Thread (750 gil)
Yield · what an NPC pays for it
  • 1x Yew Rod (59 gil)

Repair a broken one

Woodworking (20)
Light Crystal
  • 1x Broken Yew Fishing Rod
Yield · what an NPC pays for it
  • 1x Yew Rod (59 gil)

A rod that breaks while fishing turns into its broken version; this synthesis turns it back.