about the fishing trip and how to handle it without tearing your hair apart with the new fishes tables.

guide for 1st timers at sea



this chain quest allow you to visit most islands, and get a good boost of Energy for discovering them and meeting the node managers. the fishing part may feel very tedious at time though.



Preparation tour:

sell swellfishes

empty your boat!!

empty your boat

escape

seagulls on the trip

Spoiler --- Blancy : Staren

catch 1x bluefish

catch 10x dolphinfish



--- Ninehart : Llbresser

catch 3x Ray

catch 5x Porcupine

catch 2x octopus



--- McCulley : Oben Island

cath 3x broken hook

catch 10x saurel

catch 3x mackerel pike



--- Sagotts : Randis

catch 10x saurel

catch 5x John Dory

catch maomao - sell maomao



Trip to Epheria - Hario's test

catch : porgy, sea bass, nibbler, smokey chromis, 15 mackerel pike



--- Ludwig :baeza island

catch 5x Atka mackerel

catch 5x cero



--- Schutgen : Ginburrey

catch 5x porcupine

catch 2x swellfish



--- Sion : Daton

sell saurel for 8700

sell mackerel pike 6700

sell mullet for 12150



--- Riotina : Theonil

sell cero 15000

sell akta mackerel 20000

sell mackerel pike 15000

sell pintado 1200



--- Vidicto : Teyamal

catch 6x bigeye

catch 1x cero

report to Riotina (15th island)



Back to Hario (Epheria)

I'll let it in this thread so you can still use Ctrl-F to check Moonracker's locations guide.Note: quest is character based, so no shortcut basically (storage maid wont allow storing fishes because trade goods iirc), fishes are just to be given to the NPC, so you can prepare them in advanceThis quest, that asks you to go to Erio once you've crafted a raft, is very long, and the raft probably won't be enough.Get yourself, it has a bit more inventory than a rowboat and will allow harpooning if you reach professional 5 during the quests.Buy, they are equippable at beginner 1 and can be repaired.Some node managers at sea do repairs (Baremi to name a central one)empty your bag at maximum except for 1 equippable matchlock (not the practice one), 1 butcher knife and fishing buffs. a handfull of HP pots too if you're too low level for islands pirates (they are around lvl50+ iirc)--asks forand. (you can fish them on the spot or bring them from Velia so you don't clutter your bag right away)and full prices for your fishes andthat are gonna be required. With a pool of around 10-15 contribution points and the VP you can be set to change them when needed and always have everything at 100% at any invested trader, without VP to remote manage nodes, your best shot for your inventory management if you are reluctant selling at 30%, is to dry the fishes you get the most (dried fishes stack) when you dont have the node.Isles only take 1 CP to invest in, but a lot are needed to draw a path to the main ones (Baremi, Invernen…). If you stay too close from an island to fish, you'll need that node too to be able to sell at 100% (check the zone on the mini-map and fish tooltip)get the siganids, the pomfrets and optionally kill whales on the way (lvl 40+) for a relatively easy starfish. Repairs found at Baremi node manager and a few others (mostly west of Baremi though)(you can fish them on site)from Nox sea (easy to get)from Arsha (or Iliya if you wanna sell your other catches at good price without investing in nodes) - (then againafter the siganids)you'll be asked totoo but it won't block the chain quest. They are a PITA to get. We'll see where they are later.while you fish the clowfishes,for the next fisher.the fisher will ask for, but it won't block the progression, skip that for now but give:(dropped by humpback whales - you need a matchlock and a butcher knife - , recommanded level to be able to kill them 40+, or fished in Mediah waters - see above, but the fishing rate seems to suck)you'll be asked. This time, it is blocking progress.then(not blocking progress).It'll also allow you to sell at 100% in Altinova without investing more CP. Or just stay at NPC, but rockfishes are kinda scarce. It has a good chance to be a waste of a full inventory of fishes at 30%. you can still dry them. Other quests in Altinova ask you to fish around Pilava anyway, so you'll have occasions to do the Grouper quest later.in the meantime, we need that swellfish.(Groupers are rare, very rare. If you saved fishes for later quests, by the time you get 2 of them, saved fishes may have decayed a lot to the point you'll regret having them in Iliya bank. So do not overstay,) go back give them to the NPC, thenand use(up in the Esc Menu)You're on land. Next stable is at Kusha (hopefully your horse is empty and out so you can remote call it to this stable)Call your horse and go sell your fishes at(butif you caught them already) or anywhere you want that is connected, repair, sell your relics, or not, then autopath to Epheria while you make yourself a huge snack. You gonna need it before you get that Swellfish. A nap could be useful too if your horse is that slow.In, remote collect your empty boat, then go north near Randis. For 2 CP you can make your fishing worth in the whole Epheria Sea. This is where you gonna find the Maomao we skipped. (optional now, many occasions to get it during the second part of the fishing trip)But we need the Swellfish. Again, invest up to Daton if you wanna make the long fishing ahead worth. you can get there from balenos islands or from randis (get all the islands west then go up is cheaper iirc than what i started to do on the Screenshot).Maybe do this only if you fill your bag before getting a single swellfish. As there is a lot of green fishes in Ahrmo, it's not crucial to invest now. We need only 1 swellfish to proceed to the next step, and more fishing in this zone will be asked later, so will be able to complete what we skipped.sail North from Epheria:I caught mine after 6 tries directly onbeach, vs 2 full rods yesterday in deep see for none. Idk if they share the exact same table, but you're safe fishing on Daton and emptying your inventory at the trader as long as you have weight free for the money.Back tonow.On your way, you can stop at Balenos Islands to get dolphinfishes and filefishes (10 and 10 will be required next step, though you dont have to give 10 at once)Give your Swellfish, then accept the 2 new quests (groupers and next fisher)what will be required:thenstop atfor the. (they may be at Iliya too, but i haven't fished one in around 30 fishes, so your call) - alsoput it in the boat along with extra saurels, surfperch etc... (see next islands).Also keep going north till you're, ingetand save them for later tooIf you didnt keep enough Dolphin/Filefishes, Iliya beach has green fishes along with blue ones, but for that many fishes, it may be quicker to go down to Cron/Balenos islands)haven't checked that yet but so far no quest was changed from what i had last time, so it should be what is asked:Nothing difficult, you can fish them on site if you dont already have them from previous session(probably non blocking, get them from Nox sea, just North of the island)you should have what is required already, maybe you need just a bit of extra fishing on site for more Filefishes.on the way back to Velia, keep an eye for seagulls, around Makra you may find Black spotted sea bass and Black Porgys, near Velia maybe Grunts, and a bit up in Olvia sea, a good chance at Tuna, all required for Fish for Villagers quest that will be available after this trip, due to your fishing level or the quest itself.this quest repeatable every 3 days give access to the next quest to pick up 3 triple float rods (usable from skilled 5, allows to catch up to 5 fishes at once)--------------------------End of the first part.you "just" have to catch or sell the fishes. Only info needed is Moonraker's guide (original post)here is my (very) old file, i'm not there yet, but as the first part was unchanged, it may still be useful.you'll have the occasion to get the missing Maomao and 3 swellfishes 1 for selling, 2 to give to 3rd fisher.