🐀 How to catch Charibenet in FFXIV 🌱

As of Patch 6.0, Charibenet’s strategy has become a lot more varied. Turning this Legendary Fish from a slog to catch into something pretty enjoyable. However, some people still spend tens of windows until they see a bite – only for it to slip away… here’s how to make that process a little less frustrating.

📖Chapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:15 Prep
1:13 Window Opens, Getting Intuition
2:30 Intuition Buff #2
3:05 Intuition Buff #3
3:17 Charibenet Catch

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Fish: Charibenet
Location: Coerthas Western Highlands
Hole: Clearpool (X36.4, Y6.5)
Bait: Purse Web Spider (mooch)
Conditions: 0 – 3 during blizzards

📋Window Prep
Arrive EARLY to the Charibenet window. With Purse Web Spider, use Prize Catch (if you have it) and cast out. The goal of prep is to have FOUR or more Angler’s Art stacks going into the window. You get 1 Art stack per fish caught (so Double Hook can give up to 3-4 stacks!). Double Hook the first ! bite. More likely than not, it will be Ice Faerie. In some cases it’ll be Abalathian Smelt. If it is the latter, restart prep or just catch Ice Faeries one by one. Just make sure that after you catch your fourth, you use Identical Cast. (You can not use Identical Cast after catching a fish that was caught off an Identical Cast!). Once you have 4+ Angler’s Art Stacks, and you have Identical Casted your 4th Ice Faerie, use Prize Catch.

🐀Intuition Window
Just before midnight in game (ie: right before the window), cast out and catch the last Ice Faerie to trigger the 2 minute Fisher’s Intuition buff for Charibenet. Since we used Prize Catch before catching this final Ice Faerie, then it’s guarenteed to be large sized, and thus moochable with mooch. Mooch the ice faerie. Charibenet is a !!! bite – ignore all other bites to save time (just don’t attempt to hook them). If using Patience, you need PRECISION HOOKSET to catch Charibenet.

With bite luck, you can get 3-4 Mooches per Intuition window. I recommend not using Patience, Makeshift Bait, or Prize Catch during your second mooch attempt, and instead rely on Mooch II and mooch an average sized Ice Faerie. After Mooch II is on cooldown, then consider using Makeshift Bait, Patience, or Prize Catch. ALL of these work, just do whatever makes the most sense GP wise to ensure you get moochable Ice Faerie. In the video, I never used Make Shift Bait or Patience, and instead just relied on Prize Catch. I was Lv90, with 799 GP.

🛠Rebuilding Intuition
Rebuild Intuition just like during Prep: Use Prize Catch, Double Hook ! bites. If you get a smelt, then try and recover GP or just catch Ice Faerie one by one. You’ll have time for it! Ice Faerie bites more often than Abalathan Smelt, so you can roll the dice if you want on Double Hooks. Usually the earlier the bite, the more likely it is Faerie – but their bite times overlap heavily, so it’s always a dice roll.

Again, Charibenet is a !!! bite, and requires Precision Hookset if you’re attempting to catch it while using Patience.

Good luck and happy fishing!

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