FSH in Patch Notes (4.x)

4.0:
– [4.x] When playing as a class over level 60, rewards for tradecraft leves and fishing fieldcraft leves below level 60 will be greatly reduced.
– [2.x][3.x][4.x] New aquarium fishes have been added.
– [2.x][4.x] The challenge log has been adjusted as follows: New categories have been added.
Spear me: Spear 50 fish.
Spear me (HQ): Spear 20 high-quality fish.
– [4.x] Spearfishing has been added.
Spearfishing can be conducted underwater by aiming your gig at fish in teeming waters.
Spearfishing can be unlocked by completing the following side quest: A New Fishing Ex-spear-ience
How to Spearfish:
1. Equip your spearfishing gig, then dive underwater and use the actions “Fathom” or “Shark Eye” to identify the location of teeming waters.
2. Target the teeming waters.
3. After target the teeming waters, wait for bubbles appear.
4. When bubbles appear, a sea creature will approach and you can use your gig to spear it.
5. Successfully speared fish will be added to your inventory.
6. In the event you fail to spear anything, you may try again so long as the teeming waters have not been fully depleted.
7. Replacing the head of your gig will allow you to spear a larger variety of fish.
You can quit spearfishing at any time by hitting the escape key, the cancel button, or using the cancel action.
Similar to fishing, all fish you spear will be recorded in your Fishing Log, Fish Guide, and your Records.
* When certain conditions are met, swimming shadows will appear in teeming waters.
Spearfishing Gigs
There are three types of gig heads, each of which will allow you to spear different kinds of fish. Players can swap between gig heads using the Gig Head action. Gigs can be purchased from NPCs upon unlocking spearfishing.
Teeming Waters
Teeming Waters where spearfishing can be conducted have been added.
– Actions: Fathom (61), Shark Eye (61), Gig (61), Gig Head (61), Veteran Trade (63), Calm Waters (64), Shark Eye II (65), Truth of Oceans (66), Salvage (67), Bountiful Catch (68), Nature’s Bounty (69)
– Traits: Auto Fathom (61), Fish Whisperer (63)
* Certain traits and actions can be obtained upon completing Class Quests.
– [2.x] The following adjustments have been made to Fishing:
AAA records can now be obtained from all fishing spots listed in the Fishing Log.
EXP granted to level 50-60 fishers catching fish from fishing locations equivalent to their level has been increased.
Players can now use consumable items while waiting for fish to bite.
The following actions can now be used during mooching opportunities. Please note, however, that using the following actions will result in the loss of your mooching opportunity: Chum, Fish Eyes, Patience, Patience II
– [2.x][4.x] New fishing holes have been added.
* Please note that not all locations listed in the Fishing Guide will be accessible in patch 4.0.
– [3.x][4.x] New Tomes of Regional Folklore have been added.
– [2.x] The Actions & Traits interface has been adjusted as follows: Fisher actions have been added to the Additional tab.

4.01:
– [4.x] New Items: Stonefly Larva, Blue Bobbit

4.05:
– [4.x] The difficulty of acquiring fish in fishing fieldcraft leves has been reduced.
– Bug fix: An issue when playing fisher at level 69 wherein provisioning missions would request fish from a fishing hole players could not access at their current level.
– Bug fix: An issue when using the fisher actions Patience and Patience II wherein the fisher actions Precision Hookset and Powerful Hookset did not properly apply their effects when fishing for the following fish: Steelhead Trout, Padjali Loach, Heather Charr, Nogoi, Yellow Prismfish, Blue Prismfish, Seraphim, Hak Bitterling, Harutsuge, Hanatatsu
– Bug fix: An issue when fishing wherein the incorrect line tug animation was triggered when a fish was on the line. The following fish were affected: Golden Cichlid, Abalathian Bitterling, Mirage Chub, Tail Mountains Minnow, Killifish, Yat Goby, Samurai Fish, Tao Bitterling, Ala Mhigan Ribbon, Sweatfish, Whitehorse, Steelshark, Deep Velodyna Carp

4.1:
– [4.x] New aquarium fish have been added.
– [4.x] The fisher skill Fathom is no longer required to activate Truth of Oceans.
– [4.x] New fish have been added to level 61-70 fishing locations.
– [4.x] New spearfishing locations have been added to the Ruby Sea.
– [4.x] The location of swimming shadows in the Ruby Sea and Yanxia have been adjusted.
– [4.x] The success rate for reeling in certain fish in Stormblood areas has been increased.
– Bug fix: An issue wherein the fisher status Truth of Oceans could not be cancelled under certain conditions.

4.2:
– [2.x] New aquarium fish have been added.
– [4.x] New fishes are available at level 62 to 70 fishing holes.
– [2.x][3.x] The chance of successfully reeling in fishes has been increased at fishing holes in 2.0 and 3.0 areas.
– [2.x] Adjustments have been made to the order of items shown in the Fishing Tackle menu.
– Bug fix: An issue wherein fishing was possible in areas without water in Limsa Lominsa: Lower Decks.

4.3:
– [2.x] New aquarium fish have been added.(First time the new fish are not listed.)
– [4.x] New fish have been added.
– [4.x] All fishing locations on the Azim Steppe are now level 60.
* The levels of spearfishing locations have not been adjusted.
The following adjustments have also been made to accommodate this change:
Salmon roe can now be used as bait at Azim Steppe fishing locations.
Timeworn maps can no longer be obtained from Azim Steppe fishing locations.
– [4.x] A log message will now display upon commencing fishing or spearfishing at locations where quest-related creatures can be caught.
– [4.x] The number of fish that must be caught before swimming shadows appear has been reduced.
– Bug fix: An issue wherein the icon for the fisher action “Auto Fathom” appeared incorrectly.
– Bug fix: An issue wherein ”Miounnefish” could not be fished by mooching the “Balloon Frog” at Timmon Beck within The Fringes.

4.4:
– [2.x] New aquarium fishes have been added.
– [4.x] A new fishing hole has been added to the Doman Enclave.
* Unlike other fishing holes, this will not appear in the fishing log.
– [4.x] New fish have been added.
– [4.x] The success rate for the following fish has been increased: Rainbow Killifish, Grass Shrimp
– [4.x] The rate at which spiritbond accumulates when spearfishing at swimming shadows has been increased.
– [4.x] The fishing log now displays the conditions necessary to catch certain fish.
This includes information on fish you have not yet caught.
* Conditions for some rare fish are not displayed.

4.5:
– [2.x] New aquarium fishes have been added.
– [4.x] New fish have been added.

4.56:
– [4.x] New big fish have been added to fishing spots in the Gyr Abania and Othard regions.