Cinder Surprise, or also sometimes called Mr. Egg or just āeggā, it the Rare, Legendary Fish of the River of Sand in Amh Araeng. Itās a straight forward intuition fishā¦ but that doesnāt make it easy. Dumb Egg š„
šChapters
0:00 Intro & What to know ahead of time
0:18 Cinder Prep
0:52 The four swoosh method for prep
1:13 Important Prep Reminder
1:53 Cinder Window opens + Slap options
2:54 Chum and No Chum recast times
3:14 Cinder Surprise Catch š„
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Cinder Surprise
Location: Amh Araeng
Fishing Hole: The River of Sand
Bait: Desert Dessert Frog
Conditions: 0-2, Heatwaves after a Dust Storm
Min Gathering: 2250
Intuition Length: 6min
šPrep Phase
Arrive EXTREMELY early. I usually do about 30 minutes (real life) before the window opens, but 20 minutes also can work. You need a total of 10 Sand Eggs to trigger Cinderās Intuition. What you want is to catch 9, and then Identical Cast the 9th egg so you can āholdā the last egg until itās time for Cinderās window.
Start by casting out into the River of Sand with Desert Dessert Frog. Sand Egg is a ! bite before 10 seconds, but so are a couple other fish. Reel in any ! bites before 10s. If 10s pass and no bite, just hook to reel in, and cast out again. An easy way to tell when to reset the cast is to count the number of swooshes your rod makes. After 4 swooshes, reel in and cast outā¦ itās about 4 swooshes until Sand Egg will no longer bite.
Catch a Sand Egg, then use Identical Cast and Double Hook to can two more. Continue to catch sand eggs until you have 8 (EIGHT). You donāt want to catch your 9th sand egg off an Identical Cast, because then you canāt Identical Cast it. Once you have 8 eggs make sure you have enough GP for Identical Cast; cast out and catch a 9th Sand Egg, then Identical Cast right after it. This will leave you prepped for Cinderās window.
š„Cinderās Window
At or soon after 23:52 (11:52pm) Eorzea time cast out, and catch your 10th and last Sand Egg to trigger Cinderās Intuition. You have two option for Surface Slap targets.
First option is to slap the sand egg you caught to trigger intuition. If you do this, you can wait until a little after X:52 to cast out, slap and then chum. Cast out after midnight Eorzea time.
Second option is to catch the sand egg to trigger intution, then cast out again, catch, and Surface Slap the next fish that bites. Chum afterwards, then cast out again if it is after midnight Eorzea time.
Either method is valid, I usually slapped the Sand Egg that triggered intuition, but for this catch, I did the second method. Be sure you use Chum right after slapping something.
IN THE WINDOW youāre just going to chum and cast as much you can. Hi-Cordials are HIGHLY recommended. If you are using a standard timer macro (linked below), Cinder will bite NO LATER THAN 13s with Chum. Cinder will bite NO LATER THAN 18s WITHOUT Chum. If you donāt have a bite after either of those times, use hook to reset the cast, chum if you can, and cast out again.
And thatās it! Repeat until your intuition has ended! Across the intuitions I had during the confirmed window, I averaged about 1 egg bite per window, sometimes two, sometimes none. Cinder Surprise is a RARE bite. Worthy of its Legendary Status.
Good luck and happy fishing!
š»Cast Timer Macro: https://pastebin.com/vvyciqJR
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LET ME INNNNN IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR AGES
I think this thing is as hard if not harder than the ruby dragon X.X?
It's almost time for EGG!
Well, that concludes your shadowbringers legendaries. What fish do you still need for the Big Fish title?
was that āall fish located at Prism Lakeā intentional? 0:08
This one always is up early enough for me that I miss it. Thanks for the video!
I can't wait to sell my soul to catch an egg. First I need to sell my soul to Ruby Dragon though. š
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what do you mean 1 bite per window!!! I have gone for this egg for around 20 times now. not a single !!! bite…
finally got mine today, your guides a really helpful in my fishing adventures thanks!
Hi, thank you for all the guides! For these videos marked as (LEGACY), it seems like the methods should still work as of 6.1? Or are there parts of it that don't work now? (Except for obvious things like HQ fish now being called large fish)
Okay, I need to ask about this. I've gone for a dozen or more windows and seen the !!! exactly two times.
On BOTH occasions, it bit, I hit the Reel In button immediately…and it doesn't reel in. I can't press the button again and have to watch as my character does nothing and says it got away. The first time was with a mouse so I switched to a different one. The second time was on keyboard. It happened both times. I have caught every other big fish aside from Ealad and this has never happened with any other fish.
What is happening, and how do I fix it?!