This is a short guide for catching Phyllinos which gives Pure Aqueous Glioaether from Aetherial Reduction for the Small Otter Fountain housing item!
📖Chapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:10 Window Prep
1:21 Phyllinos Window
2:22 Phyllinos Caught
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Fish: Phyllinos
Location: Elpis
Hole: The Lower Hungering Gardens
Bait: Mayfly
Conditions: 05 – 08, Any Weather
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Min Gathering: 3,150 (2,650 Perception is also needed for large-sized fish with Patience II, however this can be ignored and bypassed with the method in this guide.)
📋Prep
Arrive early (about 1-2 Eorzean hours early) to the The Lower Hungering Gardens (Elpis, x25.0, y10.0). Use your food (if you need to hit 3,150 Gathering or want higher Perception), and then use Collector’s Glove to get the Collect Status :CollectorsGloveStatus:. Collector’s Glove is NEEDED TO GET PRIME GLIOAETHER from Aetherial Reduction. (1)
Once that’s done, set your bait to Mayfly, cast out and catch an Iribainion(2). Iribainion is a !! bite which can bite between 5 and 22s, but usually between 12-17s.
Once caught, use Surface Slap, Prize Catch (3), and Chum. Finally, prep work is completed, and you can wait until after 5:01 before casting back out again.
It’s recommended to have a macro timer for this fish.
🎣 Catching Phyllinos
Once 5:01 passes, you can cast out. Phyllinos is a ! bite, and is identified and isolated by its bite time. Reel in any ! bite after ~20s without Chum (or ~14/15s with Chum :ChumStatus: ) and it will be a Phyllinos. Select YES on the Collection screen to collect it and it to your inventory to be later reduced. Repeat the process as above to catch more Phyllinos until 08:00. If you’re low on GP, don’t use Chum.
Pure Aqueous Glioaether Collectable Breakpoints
Pure Aqueous Glioaether has been reported to drop as low as 110 Collectability, with the lowest bonus (x2! Pure Aqeuous Glioaether) being reported at 113 collectability. The Glioaether appears to be guaranteed at 114 Collectability or higher.
Reminder that fish collectability is based on the size of the fish caught. It’s calculated by [Size of fish in ilms] x 10. So a Phyllinos of 11.4 ilms would be 114 collectability.
🧪 Optimizations and Footnotes
(1) If you want, you can arrive REALLY early and get 10 Angler’s Art stacks. This is not required, but if you’re not confident with your GP management, or feel you may mess up a bit – it can be a nice safety net until you get comfortable. This would be recommended for new fishers, or those who are just going for “Prime” fish for the first time.
(2) We recommend slapping Iribainion here because it’s a common, longer bite. We want to maximize the number of bites we get in the window, so the more common longer bite is recommended to slap compared to shorter more common bites (from say, Isle Skipper). With the shorter bite, it means we’ll have to wait less before casting out again (we find out it’s not the fish we want quicker, basically). While TC may say that Colossoma is more common that Iribainion, I believe this is due to Colossoma being an Leve fish and skewing the results. In addition to this, Iribainion may be less common due to being mistaken for Colossoma, it is still the ideal slap to make for the aforementioned reason of “finding out we got the wrong fish quicker.”
(3) We use Prize Catch here instead of Patience II for two reasons. First, Prize Catch will override Perception level and still guarantees a large-sized fish (which means, more chance at the Pure Aqueous Glioaether). Secondly, Phyllinos so far appears to be a decently rare bite. With a Proper GP Pool (I’m at 905GP at the time of writing) and consideration towards GP management, you should not have much issues with Prize Catch. Further investigation into this is being done, and will be reported on when results are finalized.
Good luck and happy fishing!
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should you set up a new slap after each catch or just PC and spam chum?
it's super soulcrushing to get multiple phyllinos back to back without having PC up because you are trying to set up a new iribainion slap
Wish I got in early, the glioaether prices have plummeted
Wouldn't it be more effective to surface slap Dermogens instead since it's timer is the same?
@Fruity Snacks , totally random but would you be willing to do a Comprehensive Diadem Fishing Guide? There are no straightforward resources online and i really enjoy your video format.
is it possible to hit gathering requirement with scrip gear and budget food?
This whole video was… incredibly pleasant and the description info is perfect. Thank you!
i don't know why im failing to catch this fish, everytime i get the ! for this one, i reel and fail, i have more stats that it's required even with food ;-;