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Sandfish

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Sandfish

A freshwater fish found deep below
the sands of the Altepa Desert.

Stackable: 12

Habitat: Freshwater

Size: Small (Something caught the hook!)

Food Effects: (5 minutes, Mithra*)

• Dexterity +3
• Mind -5

Other Uses

Used in Quests:

• You Call That a Knife?
• Fisherman's Heart

Resale Price: ~26 gil

Used in Recipes

• ³¹ Anchovy

• ⁸³ Pescatora

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.

Guild Merchants

Price: 348 - 644 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.

Fishing

Skill Cap: 50 Size: Small (Something caught the hook!)
Location	Bait	Rods
Abyssea - Altepa Eastern Altepa Desert Korroloka Tunnel (Pond) Kuftal Tunnel Rabao * Western Altepa Desert	Little Worm Insect Ball Robber Rig Rogue Rig Sabiki Rig Worm Lure *	Ebisu Fishing Rod Ebisu Fishing Rod +1 Halcyon Fishing Rod * Hume Fishing Rod * Lu Shang's Fishing Rod Lu Shang's Fishing Rod +1 Tarutaru Fishing Rod Carbon Fishing Rod !! Composite Fishing Rod !! ● Fastwater Fishing Rod !!! Glass Fiber Fishing Rod !!! Willow Fishing Rod !!! Yew Fishing Rod !!!
* Recommended fishing setup. ● Fish may be too big. ● Fish may be too small. !! Line may snap. !!! Rod may break.

Note: Use Worm Lures to isolate Sandfish and Giant Donko.

Treasure Casket

• Gustav Tunnel
• Kuftal Tunnel
• The Boyahda Tree
• The Shrine of Ru'Avitau

Source entry: Sandfish. Cached on this server on 4 November 2026.