Another viable option to change up your Purple Scrip Farming, Basilosaurus provides an alternative fish to catch if you happened to accidentally get the Folklore book for Thavnair. (oops)
📖Chapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:15 Where to find Mackerel Strips
0:58 Prepping for Basilosaurus
1:58 Basilosaurus Mooching
2:51 Other Useful Steps
3:28 Catching Basilosaurus
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Fish: Basilosaurus
Location: Thavnair
Hole: The Perfumed Tides
Bait: Mackerel Strips
Conditions: Any time, Fair skies.
🥩Where to find Makerel Strips
Mackerel Strip can be bought from my Scrip Exchange vendor for 5 Purple Scrip each. They’re under the “Gatherer’s Scrips (Materials/Misc.)” section of the vendor. You can get all scrip bait this way, just check the sections that have “Bait” listed. You’ll need to unlock Purple Scrip in Radz-at-Han first to actually get Purple Scrip, too… if you’ve not done so already for some reason.
🐋Catching Basilosaurus
Arrive to the Perfumed Tides (ideally early, but it’s not huge if you don’t) and use Collector’s Glove – but don’t use Patience II immediately! It’s viable to use Surface Slap on Fiery Goby, a quick ! bite. Use Surface Slap when you catch one, THEN use Patience II. Once you’ve done that, cast out again , and ONLY attempt to reel in the long ! bites. This is Puff-paya, the mooch fish for Basilosaurus. You can let any !! bites go.
With a Puff-paya ready to mooch, cast out again (assumedly during the Fair weather). Basilosaurus is a longer !!! bite. It bites somewhat uncommonly, but you’ll think it’s rarer. Let all the non !!! bites go. Once you get a !!! bite, use Powerful Hookset (if under the effects of Patience II) to reel in Basilosaurus.
👩🌾Farming tips
If you want to make the most of your time during the fair weather of Thavnair, and want multiple Basilosaurus, consider these tips.
– Keep Patience II up all the time. Use Thaliak’s Favor and hi-cordials to do so.
– After each time you mooch a Puff-paya, if you get a fiery goby, catch and slap it — then repeat the previous steps. It’s viable to slap goby’s as long as you’re targeting Basilosaurus.
– To save a little on Mackerel Strip, you can catch a Fiery Goby with any other bait. Once you’ve caught and slapped it, swap back to Mackerel Strip.
Good luck and happy fishing!
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