How to Catch The Grinner in FFXIV

This is a short guide to catching The Grinner, the weekly Mogpendium Challenge for the week of March 5th, 2024. This fish can be caught by any player, including free trial players.

Chapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:10 Window Prep
0:54 Going for The Grinner
1:11 Why to ignore ! and !! bites
1:22 Catching The Grinner
1:46 Outro

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Fish: The Grinner
Location: South Shroud
Hole: East Hathoeva River
Bait: Syrphrid Basket
Conditions: Any time, any weather
Folklore Book: none
Min Gathering: 335+

Prep
Head to the East Hathoeva River by Quarrymill and cast out with Syrphid Basket. Catch a fish, use Surface Slap, and Chum. Ideally you catch and Surface Slap anything EXCEPT Dark Sleeper or Black eel, but really it’s fine if you do.

If you do not have Surface Slap, skip this step and just Chum!

Catching
Once you’ve Surface Slapped a fish and Chummed, cast out. At this point, you should only attempt to reel in !!! bites, as this will be The Grinner. By only reeling in !!! bites we preserve our Surface Slap buff (it won’t fall off!) and thus can save time and GP to use on Chum!

Replenish GP with cordials as needed.

Continue to Chum as much as possible until you get !!! bite, once you do use Hook. If it slips, keep Chumming until you get another !!! bite to attempt to hook.

Free Trial Fishers
You don’t have Surface Slap, so skip that step, but you can follow this guide as is beyond that.

Good luck and happy fishing!

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