Spearfishing/Old

Retired Content

• The subject of this section was retired or removed from the game in patch 6.0, and is no longer available to players.
• Retired items may still be kept in inventory but can no longer be renewably obtained. Tradable items may still be obtained from the Market Board or directly trading with other players.
• The information in this section is kept and maintained for historical purposes.
• This version of Spearfishing was replaced in patch 6.0 with the launch of Endwalker.

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 targeting 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 are 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 are 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 are purchasable from NPCs upon unlocking spearfishing.

References

• Spearfishing Fishing. "Gamer Escape" (2021), <https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Spearfishing_Fishing>.