How to catch Giant Aetherlouse in FFXIV (Lv.80 FSH Role Quest)



(This guide contains no MSQ quest name spoilers, but does include the first city and adjacent zone, along with its music.) Aetherlice is the plural of Aetherlouse!

T’laqa Tia is in a bit of a bind, trying to find fish to finish… well actually start… his Thesis. He’ll first send you to Labyrinthos to catch some Giant Aetherlice to study.

📖Chapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:10 Unlocking Studium Quests and Fish Quest Giver.
0:49 Tips and Tricks for Catching
2:46 Great Aetherlouse Catch
4:01 Great Aetherlice Turn-in

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Fish: Giant Aetherlouse
Location: Labyrinthos
Hole: Unmoved Source Alpha
Bait: Golden Salmon Roe
Conditions: Any

✅Unlocking Studium Quests
During the MSQ Lv81 Quests, you’ll be taken to a place in Old Sharlayan, where you’ll be introduced to the Studium. Talk to Qih Aliapoh to begin, and get an introduction to the faculty of the Studium. You’ll learn that T’laqa Tia is the Fisher Studium Quest giver, and desperately needs your assistance. After a short introductory quest, T’laqa will ask you to head to Labyrinthos to catch some Great Aetherlice.

🎣Catching Great Aetherlouse
Great Aetherlouse is caught in the Unmoved Source Alpha, which is located at The Phreatic Conduit, X17.7, Y5.1. The hole is all the water BEFORE it runs under the bridge. Using Golden Salmon Roe, cast out into the pool. Use Patience II and Collect! You want COLLECTABLE Giant Aetherlice, and as high as quality as possible for more experience and scrip!

Great Aetherlouse is a ! bite, along with a couple other fish in the hole. If you’re leveling, I suggest catching everything! This will also land you Topminnow, which is a collectable in it’s own right, and worth more experience and scrip. Use Precision Hookset to catch ! bites, and Powerful to catch the !! bites.

Once you catch a Giant Aetherlouse, click yes to confirm it as a collectable, then use Identical Cast to catch a second. Repeat this three time to have all SIX (6) needed to turn in to T’laqa Tia. If you find yourself starved for GP, use hi-cordials, or the new Lv15 skill, Thalik’s Blessing, when you have 3 stacks of Angler’s Art.

After all the Great Aetherlouse have been caught, head back to T’laqa Tia and turn them in. You will get Scrip and Experience based on the collectability rating of the Great Aetherlouse. A short cutscene will play afterwards, it’s quite fun.

The next Studium Quest for fish unlocks at Lv.83 Fisher.

Good luck and happy fishing!

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