Fishing

Fishing refers to a Monster Hunter: The Savage Coast mechanic or behavior. It is only applicable to High Rank Hunts.

Fishing is one of the three gathering activities that can be done on the Savage Coast.

Unlike its two Gathering counterparts, you can also fish outside of the island, next to any bed of water.

For Master Fishermen (Fishing Enchant level 3), the types of fish you encounter will change depending on the map type you fish in:

• Fishing in The Savage Coast will result in a higher chance of finding Large Fish.
• Fishing in Towns will result in a higher chance of finding Small Fish.
• Fishing in Fields or Dungeons will result in an even split between Large and Small Fish.

Note: Aqualings will only spawn on the Savage Coast, you can not spawn them in fields, towns, or dungeons.

Fishing Tasks

Tasks for Level 1 Fishing

Oscar, Fishing Instructor

• To start fishing talk to Oscar, the Fishing Instructor.
• He gives you a fishing rod, and the ability to start fishing (You now have level 1 fishing).

Tasks for Level 2 Fishing

• Oscar tells you to fish 10 times, talk to him again to turn in the task. He gives you 1 Azure Sea Star.
• Fish 15 more times to get the next task.
• He tells you to catch 15 Slimy Eels. When you turn in the task Oscar gives you 2 Psychoserum.
• Fish 65 more times to get the next task.
• He now tells you to mash Insect Husk and Slimy Eel together using Combination Kit
  • Insect Husk and Combination Kit can be obtained through Foraging.
• Mash 5 Insect Husk and 5 Slimy Eel with your Combination Kit to make 5 Dash Juice.
• Bring your 5 Dash Juice to Oscar. He gives you "Good Rod" (Level 2 fishing). You can now use Jumping Bait, Juicy Bait, and Lively Bait.

Tasks for Level 3 Fishing

• Fish 50 more times to get the next task.
• Oscar tells you to defeat 2 Aqualings. (This step may take some time to complete, as they spawn at a low rate while fishing)
  • Aqualings spawn at low chance after catching a fish.
  • To defeat an Aqualing you must press "Interact" near it 4 times. Note that Aqualings will run away from you.
• Talk to Oscar after completing the task. He gives you x5 of a 500 point fish of your choosing.
• Talk to Oscar again, he tells you to catch 30 fish. (If you have 30 fish in your inventory you can talk to him right away {Unsure on specific type of fish})
• After completing the task, Oscar gives you x3 of a 1000 point fish of your choosing.
• Oscar asks you to bring him tonics. {Unknown how many tonics are needed, maybe x1 of each}
• After completing the last task. Oscar gives you "Super Rod" (Level 3 Fishing). He also gives you x30 Tonics of your choosing.
• You can now catch 1000 point fish

How to Fish

• Talk to Oscar, the Fishing Instructor to get the fishing skill.
• Use Choose Bait in your Misc tab of skills.
• Stand near an area of water, and use "Interact" to cast a line.
• When the bobber starts shaking spam the Interact skill, when the bobber stops moving, stop spamming Interact.
• Continue this until you catch a fish.

Fish

Level 1 Fishing

Bait	Fish	Chance to Catch
Wriggling Bait	Smelly Fish	High
	Slimy Eel	High
	Azure Sea Star	Medium
	Aquaring	Low

Level 2 Fishing

Bait	Fish	Chance to Catch
Wriggling Bait	Smelly Fish	High
	Slimy Eel	High
	Azure Sea Star	Medium
	Aquaring	Low
	Strong Mackerel	Low
	Swordfish	Low
	Tough Fish	Low
	Baby Squid	Low
	Small Octopus	Low
	Charmed Carp	Low
Jumping Bait	Smelly Fish	Low
	Slimy Eel	Low
	Azure Sea Star	Low
	Aquaring	Low
	Small Octopus	High
	Charmed Carp	High
Juicy Bait	Smelly Fish	Low
	Slimy Eel	Low
	Azure Sea Star	Low
	Aquaring	Low
	Strong Mackerel	High
	Baby Squid	High
Lively Bait	Smelly Fish	Low
	Slimy Eel	Low
	Azure Sea Star	Low
	Aquaring	Low
	Swordfish	High
	Tough Fish	High

Level 3 Fishing

Bait	Fish	Chance to Catch
Wriggling Bait	Smelly Fish	High
	Slimy Eel	High
	Azure Sea Star	Medium
	Aquaring	Low
	Strong Mackerel	Low
	Swordfish	Low
	Tough Fish	Low
	Baby Squid	Low
	Small Octopus	Low
	Charmed Carp	Low
Jumping Bait	Smelly Fish	Low
	Slimy Eel	Low
	Azure Sea Star	Low
	Aquaring	Low
	Small Octopus	High
	Charmed Carp	High
	Nimble Octopus	Medium
	Lucky Koi	Medium
Juicy Bait	Smelly Fish	Low
	Slimy Eel	Low
	Azure Sea Star	Low
	Aquaring	Low
	Strong Mackerel	High
	Baby Squid	High
	Bull Shark	Medium
	Ancient Squid	Medium
Lively Bait	Smelly Fish	Low
	Slimy Eel	Low
	Azure Sea Star	Low
	Aquaring	Low
	Swordfish	High
	Tough Fish	High
	Swift Sturgeon	Medium
	Fatty Tuna	Medium

Item Uses

Item	Use
Smelly Fish	Used to create Scoutflies
Slimy Eel	Used to create Dash Juice
Azure Sea Star	Used to create Shadow Gears
Aquaring	Drops various stat foods for tonics when defeated
Strong Mackerel	Used to create STR Tonic
Bull Shark	Used to create STR Tonic
Swordfish	Used to create AGI Tonic
Swift Sturgeon	Used to create AGI Tonic
Tough Fish	Used to create VIT Tonic
Fatty Tuna	Used to create VIT Tonic
Baby Squid	Used to create INT Tonic
Ancient Squid	Used to create INT Tonic
Small Octopus	Used to create DEX Tonic
Nimble Octopus	Used to create DEX Tonic
Charmed Carp	Used to create LUK Tonic
Lucky Koi	Used to create LUK Tonic

Making Tonics

Mack Arell, Tonic Brewer

To make tonics you trade in the fish you catch to Mack Arell. You can find him at the Fishing Camp.

Each fish trades in for points towards a specific stat. The NPC will store your points for you.

You can trade 3000 points of one stat to make 3~10 tonics of that same stat.

Every Tonic has a 10 minute duration, and can only be used during High Rank Hunting missions.

Fish	Points
Strong Mackerel	500 STR points
Swordfish	500 AGI points
Tough Fish	500 VIT points
Baby Squid	500 INT points
Small Octopus	500 DEX points
Charmed Carp	500 LUK points
Bull Shark	1500 STR points
Swift Sturgeon	1500 AGI points
Fatty Tuna	1500 VIT points
Ancient Squid	1500 INT points
Nimble Octopus	1500 DEX points
Lucky Koi	1500 LUK points

Tonics

Tonic	Effects
STR Tonic	+15 STR +7% ATK
AGI Tonic	+15 AGI +7% ASPD
VIT Tonic	+15 VIT +5% Max HP
INT Tonic	+15 INT +7% MATK
DEX Tonic	+15 DEX +5% Long Range Physical Damage
LUK Tonic	+15 LUK +10 Critical rate +25 ATK +25 MATK

Special Fishing Areas

These are area's that are not water cells, but are nearby water or areas that fishing would make sense. Feel free to suggest new fishing areas on our Suggestions Forum!

Mapname	Image Example
Amatsu Bridge @go amatsu	(amatsu 278,255)
Amatsu Fishing Pier @go amatsu	(amatsu 252,79) The entire fishing pier across the map fishable.
Old Payon Bridge @go old payon	(payon_mem 89,42)
Nameless Island Docks @go nameless island	(nameless_i 254,215)
Hugel Field Dock One map below @go hugel	(hu_fild06 328,233)

Notes

• It is possible to get Level 3 from Fishing level 2 baits, but the fishing process will take longer time.
• There is also chance that you get another "type" of fishes e.g. Level 2 Juicy Bait (STR and INT fishes) and getting Fatty Tuna (VIT fish).