A guide on how to catch Ealad Skaan, the fish with the lowest uptime of any fish in the game. We’ll also cover “chum cancelling” — a small optimization technique which can help with Ealad Skaan.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:10 Chum Cancelling
0:45 Ealad Start pre-window prep
1:15 Ealad Skaan window start
1:39 Ealad Skaan catch
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Ealad Skaan
Folklore Book: Norvrandt
Location: Il Mheg
Fishing hole: Longmirror Lake
Bait: Baitbugs
Conditions: 23:30 – 24:00 Thunder into Clear
Min Gathering Req: 2250
Ealad Skaan now holds the record of lowest uptime fish. As of the creation of this guide, it less than .1% uptime. It has the shortest window of any fish in the game, only 30 Eorzean Minutes (or roughly 90 seconds).
Catching Ealad Skaan itself is rather simple, it is a straight !!! bite. Slap either Cerulean Loach or Grey Skipper before the window opens, and pre-chum so your GP has recovered in time for the window. You won’t need Hi-cordials for this. Ealad Skaan bites under 10s *when using Chum*. You can cancel the cast after 10s on a standard Macro. I’ve linked my macros below.
One optimization you can use to get you a few extra casts during the window is called “chum cancelling.” Chum has a long (~1-2s) animation delay which locks you out from using most skills. However, you can still use Collectors Glove! So, immediately after using Chum, TURN ON Collectors glove. If done correctly, this will cancel the animation of Chum and let you immediately cast. If you’re familiar with the term “weaving” in regards to combat skills, then that is what you’ll be doing here. Just toggle collectors glove OFF after you’ve casted.
💻Cast Timer Macro: https://pastebin.com/vvyciqJR
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I can't imagine how long it took you to catch this thing. This is the only video out there of anyone catching it! Congrats, you are the best ff14 fisher ever!
Is this really the only fish whose window opens at half an hour? Or was just nobody lucky to get it in the 90 seconds before that?
That chum cancelling technique is the sole reason I was able to catch the salad. Was granted a final cast with 1 second remaining that wouldn’t have been possible without it.
I've caught this 3 times now and found the best approach to be early arrival to surface slap the other big fish at this hole, as they're actually both up at the same time and both respond to the same bait. Anytime I've gone and just surface slapped a common fish, I get the other big fish or run out of time with no bite. Had a few other fishers confirm the same at one point 🙂
Funnily enough, I'm using this video not only as an Ealad Skaan reference, but as a better idea of when Cinder Surprise may bite with Chum (At least, until you release a video on that boy! I'm assuming roughly similar times since they seem to have similar normal cast tug times.)
Hoping to get this bad boy today! I've so far tried twice and failed, so hopefully Lady Luck gets me it! And maybe the wannabe Ealad, Celestial, as well!
is fish eyes something you can try with this fish? ^^