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Dark Bass

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Dark bass

This freshwater fish lives in
lakes and marshes across Vana'diel.

Stackable: 12

Habitat: Freshwater

Size: Small (Something caught the hook!)

Food Effects: (5 minutes, Mithra*)

• Dexterity +2
• Mind -4

Other Uses

Used in Quests:

• Fisherman's Heart
• Inside the Belly (Green Rock)

Resale Price: ~20 gil

Guild Resale Price: 24~30 gil (Fishermans' Guild)

Used in Recipes

• ⁸³ Bass Meuniere

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Food > Fish
Can be obtained as a random reward from the Gobbie Mystery Box Special Dial and similar sources.

Mog Garden

• Pond Dredger (Rank 3 and up)

Guild Merchants

Price: 45 - 396 gil
Name	Location	Type
Wahnid	Aht Urhgan Whitegate (H-11)	Fishermans' Guild Open 1:00 - 18:00 Not automatically restocked.
Babubu	Port Windurst (C-8)	Fishermans' Guild Open 3:00 - 18:00 Not automatically restocked.
Graegham Mendoline	Selbina (H-9)	Fishermans' Guild Open 3:00 - 18:00 Not automatically restocked.

Fishing

Skill Cap: 33 Size: Small (Something caught the hook!)
Location	Bait	Rods
Abyssea - Misareaux (Cascade Edellaine) Abyssea - Vunkerl (Ludiwa Spring) Abyssea - Vunkerl (Memjar Spring) Bastok Markets (Storage of Water) Bastok Markets (Waterway) Bastok Markets (S) (Storage of Water) Bhaflau Thickets Boyahda Tree Caedarva Mire Carpenters' Landing (Central) Carpenters' Landing (North) Carpenters' Landing (South) Davoi (Pond) Dho Gates (River) Escha - Zi'tah Giddeus (Pond) Giddeus (Spring) Jugner Forest (Lake) * Jugner Forest (S) (Lake) * La Theine Plateau La Vaule (S) (Pond) Lufaise Meadows (Leremieu Lagoon) Misareaux Coast (Cascade Edellaine) North Gustaberg (S) Phanauet Channel (North->Central) Phanauet Channel (South->North) Phanauet Channel (Central->South) Rala Waterways Rolanberry Fields (Fountain of Parting), (Fountain of Promises) The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah Vunkerl Inlet (S) (Lake Jaroia) Vunkerl Inlet (S) (Ludiwa Spring) Vunkerl Inlet (S) (Memjar Spring) Wajaom Woodlands West Sarutabaruta (Pond) West Sarutabaruta (S) (Pond)	Frog Lure Giant Shell Bug Insect Ball Little Worm Lizard Lure Meatball Minnow * Peeled Crayfish Robber Rig Shell Bug Sinking Minnow Slice of Carp Trout Ball * Worm Lure	Carbon Fishing Rod Ebisu Fishing Rod Ebisu Fishing Rod +1 Glass Fiber Fishing Rod !! Halcyon Fishing Rod Hume Fishing Rod Lu Shang's Fishing Rod Lu Shang's Fishing Rod +1 Tarutaru Fishing Rod !!
* Recommended fishing setup. ● Fish may be too big. ● Fish may be too small. !! Line may snap. !!! Rod may break.

• Note: At the recommended location, near the river mouth, minnow and trout ball will also attract Giant Catfish, and, at the river mouth, trout ball will also attract Emperor Fish.
• Insect Balls at Jugner Forest (lake) will allow you to skill up while collecting Moat Carp for Lu Shang's Fishing Rod.

Source entry: Dark Bass. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.