How to Catch Sidereal Whale in FFXIV

In this guide I’ll talk about how to catch Sidereal Whale, and its three intuition fish. This whale friend is the legendary fish on Ultima Thule, added in #ffxiv patch 6.55.

Chapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:15 Intuition Fish Notes
0:37 How to catch Horizon Events
2:13 How to catch Unbegotten
2:55 How to catch Phallaina
4:16 How to catch E.B.E-9318
5:09 How to catch Sidereal Whale (and trigger Intuition)
5:50 Sidereal Whale Catch
6:19 Outro

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Sidereal Whale
Location: Ultima Thule
Fishing Hole: Limne 3-β
Bait: Stardust (Mooch, Intuition)
Conditions: 0:00 – 08:00, during Astromagnetic Storms after Umbral Wind
Folklore Tome: Sea of Stars
Minimum Gathering: 3,300

Fisher’s Intuition Requirements
x3 E.B.Es-9318
Bait: Stardust (or Panic Jig)
Conditions: Any time, any weather

x2 Unbegotten
Bait: Stardust (mooch)
Conditions: Any time, any weather

x1 Phallaina
Bait: Stardust (mooch)
Conditions: 0:00 – 04:00, any weather

Prep
Sidereal Whale is one of only two fish which have three-fish intuition requirements. I recommend prepping for this well in advance of the Phallaina window, and while building 10 Angler’s Art Stacks. I also may recommend that fishers who are not comfortable with their GP management, read through this guide a few times to fully understand what to do before attempting.

Ahead of a Phallaina window, use Stardust catch 3 E.B.Es-9318 (longer straight-catch !! bites), and two Unbegotten from Limne 3-β. For Unbegotten, you’ll be mooching Horizon Events to catch, which are !! bites before 13s after casting. Unbegotten are longer !! bites off the Horizon Event mooch.

You’re pretty much going to be working towards both of these fish ahead of the Phallaina window, and do not need to do them in order. You can use the method for catching Horizon Event I mention in the next section to help with Unbegotten if you just want to Double Hook them once.

Catching Horizon Events
After you’ve gotten your E.B.Es-9318 and Unbegotten, you’ll want to get a large-sized Horizon Event before the window opens at midnight. Horizon Events are a !! bite before 13s after casting, and share a bite type and overlapping window with Triaina. To start, use Prize Catch, then cast out with Stardust into Limne 3-β ahead of the Phallaina window. Only reel in !! bites before 13s, the sooner it bites, the more likely it is Horizon Event. If you do not get a bite by 13s, use Hook to reel in and cast back out.

If you do get a !! bite, use Hook to reel it in. If it’s a Horizon Event – neat, you’re done and ready for the window. If you get Triaina instead, you can use Surface Slap on it to ensure the next !! bite before 13s is a Horizon Event. Use Prize Catch again, then cast back out like before, reeling in any !! bites before 13s. Repeat this until you have a large-sized Horizon Event.

Catching Phallaina and Sidereal Whale
Catching Sidereal Whale follows a similar method for catching Phallaina – the ‘hard’ part of Sidereal Whale’s Intuition, so the guidelines here will basically apply to catching both, but I’m writing this from the perspective of catching Phallaina. I’ll note differences at the end.

As 0:01 passes, mooch the Horizon Event. Only reel in !!! bites when you mooch the Horizon Event. If it’s a !!! bite, use Hook to catch a Phallaina (or Sidereal Whale during intuition). If it’s not a !!! bite, or the bite gets away, we’ll need to get another Horizon Event. You can do this by repeating the previous method for catching Horizon Events using Prize Catch and only reeling !! bites before 13s. You’re encouraged to use Thaliak’s Favor, Prize Catch, and Surface as needed to manage GP. I would recommend holding at least 5 Angler’s Art stacks, however, in case you get Intuition.

Continue to do this until you catch Phallaina (or Sidereal Whale) or the window closes.
If you catch Phallaina:
Select “Yes” if you had Collector’s Glove on, this will give you the 10 minute intuition for Sidereal Whale where you’ll repeat the steps above for catching and Mooching Horizon Events. At this point, use Angler’s Art stacks on Makeshift Bait (instead of using Prize catch) whenever Mooch II is on cool-down.

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Good luck and happy fishing!

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