Balenos Fishing Rod & AFK Fishing (Black Desert Online 2019)

This Balenos Fishing Rod & AFK Fishing Guide will help you learn about a profitable Life Skill and its Artisan fishing pole.

Because of it’s repairable nature and buffs, the Balenos Fishing Rod is the preferred fishing rod for AFK Fishing.

Balenos Fishing Rod Benefits:

• No Fishing Level restriction. Use on any noobie fisher.
• Cheap repairs when the Durability is low.
• Gives up to +25% AFK Fishing Time Reduction
• Has up to 100 Max Durability
• Usually easy to purchase at the Market (670k current price)
• Fairly easy to craft in a Tool Workshop

HAPPY AFK Fishing!!

AFK Fishing Basics

Is it Worth it to AFK Fish?
AFK Fishing is a profitable way to earn AFK income, especially if you have a full Inventory of 192 slots. Even with a smaller quested Inventory, you can still get one or two Ancient Relic Crystal Shards from overnight AFK Fishing (or more depending on RNG). Relic Shards are highly valuable because they provide Memory Fragments used in high level Enhancement.

How to AFK Fish
All you need is a boat or beach on a river, lake, or ocean. Walk up to it and right click your Fishing Pole to equip. Press Space Bar and that’s it! You can check the box that automatically throws away white grade “junk” items. But, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure! Don’t check the box if you want to keep any Washed-Up Laundry for crafting Terrmian Casual Wear. (Only inland water sources.)

Balenos Fishing Rod Crafting

Balenos Fishing Rod is obtained via crafting in a Tool Workshop that is level 3. There are 3 of them in Heidel and probably all major cities.

Icon	Fishing Rod	Level Requirement	Effect	Durability	Repair/ Enhance	Obtained By
	Balenos Fishing Rod	Beginner 1	Auto-fishing Time -10% (Auto-fishing Time -25% and 100 durability with +10 enhance)	50	Yes	Lvl 3 Tool Workshop 1x Ash Timber 4 Worker Nodes: (search for Ash Timber at somethinglovely.net) OR Gathering (axe) Ash Tree 2x Steel Processing » Heating 5x Melted Iron Shard Processing » Heating 5x Iron Ore 10 worker nodes and also gatherable (search for iron ore at somethinglovely.net) 5x Coal 3 Worker Nodes: (search for Coal at somethinglovely.net) OR Gathering (pickaxe) Coal nodes 5x Pure Copper Crystal Processing » Heating 2x Metal Solvent Alchemy Tool » Apprentice 1 1x Clear Liquid Reagent 1x Weeds 1x Salt 1x Sunrise Herb 1x Purified Water Processing » Filtering Bottle of River or Turbid Water (gathered with an Empty Bottle) 3x Melted Iron Shard Processing » Heating 5x Iron Ore 10 worker nodes and also gatherable (search for iron ore at somethinglovely.net) 4x Rough Stone 2x Trace of Savagery 3x Copper Ingot Processing » Heating 10x Melted Copper Shard Processing » Heating 5x Copper Ore 10 Worker Nodes: (search for Copper ore at somethinglovely.net) OR Gathering (pickaxe) Copper Gatherable and 40% from sandstone, mudstone, bloodstone, andesite, etc. 9x Monk’s Branch 3 Worker Nodes: (search for Monk’s Branch at somethinglovely.net) OR Gathering (axe) 3% drop chance from any Tree Gatherable (maple, cedar pine, etc.) 15x Black Stone Powder Processing » Grinding any Magic Crystal

Item Brand Spell Stone for Balenos Fishing Rod

An Item Brand Spell Stone can be used on a Balenos Fishing Rod. This will dramatically increase your AFK fishing time by reducing the Durability Consumption of the rod by 50%. This $4 item, effectively doubles your fishing time. It also reduces the cost to repair a Balenos Fishing Rod by 33%.

Item Brand Spell Stone

• Durability Consumption: -50% (Double your AFK fishing time.)
• Repair Cost: -33% (Saves a couple thousand silver each repair.)
• Pearl Cost x1: 400 Pearls ($4)
• Pearl Cost x6: 2000 Pearls (Buy 5 and get one free. Saves 400 Pearls)

Item Brand Spell Stones will not be removed if you decide to attempt Enhancement and succeed or fail.

A Balenos Fishing Rod with a Brand Stone can’t be sold on the Market.

Best AFK Fishing Locations

Mainland High Level Region Fishing:

Kamasylvia and Dreighan are both good for AFK Fishing. However, some places will show an “Exhausted” amount of fish. The most popular locations in Kamasylvia are Grana and Tooth Fairy Cabin because they are safe zones, but that also means they are normally Exhausted. Dreighan has safe zones of Harak’s Shelter and the main city.

Kama gives better distance bonus than Dreighan, when trading to Valencia.

Both Kama and Dreighan have higher than normal Ancient Relic Shard drop rates.

Great Ocean Fishing:

For the greatest distance bonus, I recommend fishing near South Margoria Sea (node 1414). With a distance bonus of 146.43%, it gives near the maximum allowed distance bonus of 150%. If you are willing to go further into Central Margoria Sea, you can get the max of 150%. (Node 1427)

However, Great Ocean travel is slow and can be deadly, if you are trying to get there on a boat that isn’t a fast Great Ocean boat, like the Epheria Sailboat.

Ross and Margoria seas all have faster than normal AFK fishing time. The fishing pool includes good Relic drop rates. Great Ocean waters are normally Abundant and the distance bonus for trade is the best. However, the travel time and boat building time dissuades many from going here. Breezy Sails (Skilled 1 sailing) helps to speed up ocean travel time.

Best Fishing Location Conclusion:

Several factors go into deciding the best fishing spot. If you only have 45 inventory slots and can’t check back very frequently, then it doesn’t really mater where you fish. An Exhausted fishing spot isn’t going to matter, because you are ultimately stopped by your small inventory anyway. However, if you have a max inventory of 192, you can fish for a very long time until your inventory gets full, and the best spot for you is going to be an Abundant spot.

Trade skill also factors into the best fishing location. If you have Artisan 2 Trade, then you can get the Valencia City desert trade buff, which will increase your earnings by 50%.

Balenos Fishing Rod Profits

A full load of 192 slots generally yields about 8-16 Ancient Relic Crystal Shards after 7-8 hours.

Fishing Setup:

• 5/5 Fishing Rank (reduces the time from initial cast to first bite)
• +10 Balenos Fishing Rod
• +10 Maple Float
• T4 AFK Fishing Pet: Penguin, Polar Bear, Marmot, Dragon (Special skill: Auto-fishing time reduced)

Advanced Fishing Setup:

• Master 1 fishing: Optional to see all seagull hotspots.
• Epheria Sailboat: A repairable boat that can travel across Ross and Margoria Sea at high speeds
• Skilled 1 Sailing: Will drastically cut your travel time.
• +10 repairable rod: Balenos Fishing Rod for AFK fishing.
• Supply of triple floats: For when you find hotspots, or active Margoria fishing
• 192 inventory slots: Maximum inventory goes a long way in increasing your AFK Fishing profits.
• Artisan 2+ trade: Allows you to sell fish in Valencia City with the desert buff of +50%.
• Connected node network: Disconnected nodes get 30% value for fish. —–> Patch Change: The origin node where you fish and the trade manager’s node no longer have to be connected to obtain full price after February 8th 2019

Fish Grades & Trade Prices

Knowing fish grades is important for Cooking Recipes.

When fish are dried, fish names loose their coloring that shows their grade. However, they still retain their Cooking rarity and effectiveness.

Cooking recipes call for “Dried Fish” or “Dried Seafood”, which is 1 dried version of a white grade fish or white grade seafood.

• 1 white fresh fish = 2 dried fish
• 1 green fresh fish = 2 white fish
• 1 dried blue fish = 2 green dried fish = 4 white dried fish
• 1 dried blue fish = 4 dried white fish
• Example: 1 dried octopus = 4 dried white seafood (needed for many seafood recipes)
• Example Organic Feed: 1 blue dried fish, or 2 green dried fish, or 4 white dried fish

Fish	Grade	Price
Mudskipper	Normal	4,140
Tuna	Rare	154,000
Porgy	Rare	134,000
Saurel	Normal	4,650
Squid	Normal	3,600
Crab	Normal	4,200
Jellyfish	Normal	4,000
Shellfish	Normal	4,900
Snakehead	Rare	114,000
Cuvier	Rare	164,000
Sunfish	Rare	141,500
Sea Bass	Rare	140,800
Angler	Big	28,900
Swordfish	Big	21,100
Seahorse	Normal	4,450
Starfish	Normal	4,150
Filefish	Normal	4,300
Scorpion Fish	Normal	4,900
Mullet	Normal	4,300
Swiri	Rare	109,000
Piranha	Rare	109,000
Mandarin Fish	Rare	109,200
Crawfish	Normal	4,050
Dace	Normal	4,500
Bluegill	Normal	4,800
Perch	Normal	4,300
Notch Jaw	Normal	4,350
Mudfish	Normal	4,400
Goby Minnow	Normal	4,050
Bitterling	Normal	3,900
Bleeker	Normal	4,150
Yellowfin Sculpin	Normal	4,450
Greenling	Normal	4,650
Flatfish	Normal	4,400
Grunt	Rare	100,500
Round Herring	Normal	4,140
Silver-Stripe Round Herring	Normal	4,950
Whiting	Normal	4,650
Dolphinfish	Normal	4,600
Striped Catfish	Normal	4,200
Golden-Thread	Big	22,600
Nibbler	Rare	115,000
Siganid	Big	20,220
Surfperch	Normal	4,400
Blackfin Sweeper	Normal	4,250
Smokey Chromis	Rare	124,000
Gurnard	Normal	4,400
Sandfish	Normal	4,510
Rosefish	Normal	4,750
Grouper	Rare	125,400
Fourfinger Threadfin	Normal	4,100
Leather Carp	Rare	81,600
Soho Bitterling	Normal	4,350
Bubble Eye	Normal	4,300
Pacu	Rare	100,100
Rosy Bitterling	Normal	4,150
Roundtail Paradisefish	Normal	4,150
Tapertail Anchovy	Big	20,460
Rock Hind	Normal	4,700
Butterflyfish	Normal	4,150
Checkerboard Wrasse	Big	20,570
Pomfret	Big	23,110
Yellow Swordfish	Big	21,000
Marlin	Big	20,490
Sailfish	Big	25,100
Black Marlin	Big	23,980
Moray	Rare	100,800
Tilefish	Rare	153,000
Porcupine Fish	Rare	102,300
Tongue Sole	Normal	4,200
Mackerel Pike	Normal	4,800
Sandeel	Normal	4,500
Black Porgy	Rare	140,400
Eyespot Puffer	Rare	140,800
Spotted Sea Bass	Rare	141,300
Giant Octopus	Rare	142,000
Blue Grouper	Rare	143,700
Striped Jewfish	Rare	146,700
Bahaba	Rare	144,800
Greater Amberjack	Rare	156,900
Skate	Rare	165,200
Blackfin Sea Perch	Rare	134,300
Goliath Grouper	Rare	156,000
Striped Bonito	Rare	135,800
Spotted Barbel	Rare	105,300
Miho Spine Loach	Rare	105,600

Fishing Rare Drops

Ancient Relic Crystal Shard, Silver Key, Breezy Conch Seaweed and Laila’s Petal items have a low drop rate chance in all fish tables except Common only or Trash tables.

• Ancient Relic Crystal Shard – creates a scroll to farm Memory Fragments used in high grade Enhancement
• Silver Key – exchange for Gold Key to open Golden Treasure Chest
• Breezy Conch Seaweed – Courser Training – Elegance (Diné). Increases Training Level by 1%
• Laila’s Petal – used to obtain a Fairy or to gain Enhancement Chance with Fairy’s Blessing
• Bottle with a Note – extremely rare (Kama and Dreighan)
  • There is a chance of obtaining a treasure map upon opening a Bottle with a Note.
  • Right-click the treasure map to receive a treasure hunting quest.
  • Based on the quest content, figure out the location of the treasure and dig it up.
  • Hand over the treasure to Marzana in Ibellab Oasis to receive Sealed Golden Treasure Chest as a reward.
  • Use a Gold Key to open the Sealed Golden Treasure Chest.
• Giant Fish Bone – extremely rare housing furniture (Kama and Dreighan)
• Washed-Up Laundry – for crafting the costume, Terrmian Casual Wear. (Only inland water sources and have “junk” not checked.) Processing > Drying creates Old Casual used in the recipe.

Is Balenos Fishing Rod the Best?

Balenos Fishing Rod is often spoken as being the best rod. There are a couple reasons for this. There are many Events in BDO that center around fishing and provide special drops. Sometimes these special drops are part of the “trash” loot table, even if the drop item shows a yellow grade. This is also the theory behind Ancient Relic Shards. Some players swear by using the Balenos Fishing Rod to catch more of those rare drops. Balenos also can decrease fishing time by 25%, so this increases your chances of getting that rare drop in a shorter time frame.

Mediah Fishing Rod + Maple Float remain the choice for active fishing and Balenos Fishing Rod + Maple Float for AFK fishing. Mediah Fishing rod is preferred by those with smaller inventories.

Lowering Fishing Time & Increasing Profits

There are two Fishing timers for each cast.

• Fishing time from initial cast to first bite. First bite is when a fish icon appears above your character’s head. (Fishing Rank can decrease this.)
• Fishing time from initial bite to collecting the fish. (Auto-Fishing Time Reduction lessens this.)

Normal Auto-Fishing time is 3 minutes. That’s without any fishing ranks or buffs.

There are several items you can obtain in game, besides the Balenos Fishing Rod, to decrease your Fishing Time.

“Auto-Fishing Time” means the time it takes after the fish bites (when there is a fish icon above your head) to the time you automatically reel it into your inventory.

You can buff up to a 65% Auto-Fishing Time Reduction, meaning that you can go as low as 63 seconds between when you get a bite and when you auto collect the fish. 72 seconds if you don’t use Arehaza Meal.

Fishing Rank/Level

Fishing Rank or Level can be increased up to a maximum of 5.

Fishing rank decreases the time it takes to get a fish on the hook. It decreases the time for a fish to bite.

Fishing Rank Item List

Fishing Life Skill Rank/Level

Fishing Life Skill levels help you to keep the Durability of your fishing rod and to see Fishing Hotspots.

Fishing Hotspots
Hotspots give an abnormally high amount of high grade fish.

The Fishing Life Skill reveals Hotspots based upon its level. Hotspots are the fishing spots in the ocean that have fish leaping out of the water and seagulls flying above them.

Fishing Rod Durability
There is a roll before each cast to see if the Durability of your fishing rod should go down by one. It is not always 1 cast = 1 Durability. The higher your level of Fishing Life Skill level is, the less Durability you will loose. Master fishermen can fish much longer than a Beginner level Fisher.

“Durability use on fishing rods is determined as 90 – (0,5 * fishing level) = % chance to decrease durability on use” — Thanks to Knowledge (bondenn#2446) and Moonraker (Moonraker#2967) for this information

Example Durability Loss Chance:
Master 1 Fishing = 64.5% chance the durability will decrease.
    → 90 – (0.5 * 51) = 64.5%
Guru 1 Fishing = 49.5% chance the durability will decrease.
    → 90 – (0.5 * 81) = 49.5%

Fishing XP Per Level

The Xp table below will help you determine how many quests or fish you need, to obtain your next Fishing level/grade.

      Fishing XP Per Level

Life Skill XP Changes on April 30th 2019

Patch Notes – April 30th 2019 Source

• In order to alleviate the difference among Life Skill levels, the required EXP and obtained EXP have been readjusted for Hunting, Training, Farming, and Sailing.
  (However, Life Skill EXP obtained from quests will not change.)

  • We have decided to make adjustments for the 4 Life Skills above in order to alleviate the difference among Life Skills Levels. Therefore, we reduced required EXP for Sailing and increased obtainable EXP for Hunting, Training and Farming. We’ll bring our best to preserve the value of every Adventurer’s efforts.

    • Required EXP decreased – Sailing

    • Obtainable EXP increased – Hunting, Training, Farming, Sailing, Fishing, Trade

  • With the change of the obtainable and required EXP amount, Life Skill Level for Hunting, Training, Farming and Sailing will also increase proportional to the adjustment made.

Patch Notes – May 8th 2019: Source

• Life Skill Level has been expanded.

  • While there are adventurers who have reached the Guru level in certain Life Skills, there are also certain Life Skills where adventurers are remaining at a relatively lower level.

  • Last week, we adjusted the amount of EXP required for each Life Skill in order to adjust for the amount of effort put into each Life Skill.

  • Also, in order to provide a target goal for adventurers who have already reached the top level, we have expanded all Life Skill levels up to “Guru 50”.

  • Due to the increase in Life Skill levels, you can now receive more benefits from the higher levels, and we will also continue to provide various updates to enhance the Life Skill content.

Margoria Faster Fishing Time

Margoria has unusually fast bite times. The drawback for fishing here is the travel time to get there. Be sure to use an Epheria Boat. If you don’t have one, you can travel here by using the Griffon and Ferry travel system.

Fishing tests from Margoria.

NPC Traveling to Margoria (Griffon and Ferry)

There is a ferry that leaves the NW dock on Lema Island and travels into Great Ocean water, pausing at Port Ratt, before heading back to Lema. One-way, it’s a 44 minute boat ride, in which you can somewhat AFK Fish the entire way.

Velia Griffon Travel:

The giffon option does require some kind of boat to travel from Iliya to Lema. (at least a raft, purchased at the <Wharf Manager> is recommended.)

• Travel via griffon from Velia to Iliya Island.

• Walk onto the timber box the Griffon is holding.

• The Griffon will depart 3 minutes after stopping at the station.

• Velia station location: Near the western entrance of Velia

• Iliya station location: Near the western entrance of Iliya.

• Griffon ride takes about 3 minutes.

• Bring a boat license in your inventory, then register it at Dario <Wharf Manager> Sail from Iliya to Lema.

• Take the NW ferry to Port Ratt. (Ferry ride takes 44 minutes.)

• Total travel time: about one hour.

Ferry to Lema Island

Alternatively, you can wait for a ferry and go straight to Lema Island. Find Chadwick, the <Guild Wharf Manager> located along the coast, east of Olvia. The wait can be a bit long, but you can fish off the dock while you are waiting. The boat ride itself is 11 minutes.

There is also a ferry that leaves from Velia to Iliya. Again, the wait can be long.

Abundant AFK Fishing Spots

Abundant fishing spots will decrease your fishing time by lowering the time it takes for that initial bite.

Example Overnight AFK Fishing with 192 fishing inventory…

1. Abundant: Inventory full (176 fish) and 9 to 16 Ancient Relic Crystal Shards
2. Average: 130 fish + 6 to 12 Ancient Relic Crystal Shards
3. Not Enough: 90 fish + 4 to 8 Ancient Relic Crystal Shards
4. Exhausted: 50 fish + 2 to 4 Ancient Relic Crystal Shards

One thing to keep in mind is that the water tables are shared across all channels. This means even if your channel is empty, your favorite fishing spot might be Exhausted.

Fishing Items & Gear

Short & Sweet: Fishing/Life Skill XP Item List:

• Perfume of Swiftness: 20% Life XP (stacks with Elixir of Flowing Time or Verdure Draught)
• Verdure Draught: 20% Life XP or Elixir of Flowing Time: 15% (these stack with Perfume of Swiftness, but can’t be stacked together or with other elixirs)
• Loyalty/Event Extra Life EXP Scroll: 10%
• Sute Tea: 8% Life XP (or Whale Salad/Seafood Cron Meal: 10%, +15% for crit version)
• Challenge reward, Fisher’s Uniform: 10% Fishing XP, +1 Fishing, (optional conversion into a Costume, using tailoring coupon, costs 1,500 Pearls) Professional Fisher’s Uniform are also sold at Luxury Vendor. Quest for Apprentice and Skilled level Uniforms.
• Pets: 0-25%, a T4 cat gives 4% Life XP, Fishing XP 0-25% (random chance), AFK Auto-Fishing Reduction: Penguin, Polar Bear, Marmot, Dragon
• Villa Life EXP Buff: 10% (via Tent or traveling to Valencia)
• Value Pack: 10% Life XP
• Guild Buff (Experienced Cry): 10% Life XP
• GM’s Blessing/Event Buff (rare reward): 10% to 15% Life XP

Conservative, Easily-Obtainable Total: +38% (Verdure Draught, Sute Tea, Scroll)

Detailed Fishing/Life Skill XP Item List

Fishing Item	Fishing Buff	Duration	Ingredients	Acquisition
Elixir of Time	Life Skill +10% Life Skill +15%	5 min. [10 min.] 8 min [15 min.]	1x Wise Man’s Blood 1x Clear Liquid Reagent 1x Weeds 1x Salt 1x Sunrise Herb 1x Purified Water Processing » Filtering Bottle of River or Turbid Water (gathered with an Empty Bottle)  1x Monk’s Branch  1x Trace of Ascension  2x Blood 3 Weasel Blood Fox Blood Raccoon Blood Cobra Blood  2x Powder of Time  6x Fire Flake Flower  5x Maple Sap [Party] & Crit Recipes [Party] elixir recipe Processing » Simple Alchemy 2xElixir 1x Aal’s Tear (at Material Vendor for 22k) Crit elixir recipe Processing » Simple Alchemy 3xElixir 1x Blue Reagent (at Material Vendor for 50k)	● Marketplace (Current Price: 8.9k) Crit: 98k, [Party] 159k ● Alchemy Tool (Apprentice 1, Crit: Professional 1)
Verdure Draught	Life Skill +20% Movement Speed +3 +200 LT	15 min.	Simple Alchemy: Worker’s Elixir x3, Elixir of Time x3, Elixir of Swiftness x3, Tears of the Falling Moon x1 2 other Simple Alchemy recipes on bddatabase.net	● Marketplace (Current Price: 243k) ● Simple Alchemy
Sute Tea	Life XP +8%	90 min. 110 min.	Cooking: Tea With Fine Scent x2 + Milk x3 + Salt x1 + Butter x2 view recipe on bddatabase.net	● Marketplace (Current Price: 9.1k, Crit: 71k) ● Cooking Utensil: Skilled Lv.1 (Crit: Professional Lv.7)
Value Pack	Life XP +10%	1-90 Days	Purchase Pearls with real $$$ or obtain via Loyalties (you earn 100 Loyalties per day for logging in). Rarely through events, rewards, etc.	● Marketplace (Current Price: 88 mil. lucky pre-order required) ● Loyalties: 1,400 (14 Days) ● Pearls: 1,500 (30 Days, $15)
Pets	Life XP 0-4% Fishing XP 0-25% AFK Fishing	permanent	● Fishing XP 0-25% (random chance) ● AFK Fishing: Penguin, Polar Bear, Marmot, Dragon ● Cats: Life XP 1-4% each ● Purchase Pearls with real $$$. Pets are rarely obtained through events, rewards, etc.	● Marketplace (Marketplace Price: 53 mil. lucky pre-order required) ● Challenge Reward: 5000 hours play time ● Pearls: 1,100 ($11)
Professional Fisher’s Uniform (Costume)	Fishing EXP +10% Fishing +1	Armor, Gloves, Shoes, Helmet Costume (Appearance) with Pearls	Apprentice Fisher’s Uniform: 0% XP, +1 Fishing, Beginner 10 Skilled Fisher’s Uniform: +5% XP, +1 Fishing, Skilled 5 Professional Fisher’s Uniform: +10% XP, +1 Fishing, Professional 10	Challenge reward for obtaining Artisan Fishing skill, or purchase Fisher’s Uniform at the Luxury Vendor. To convert into a costume for appearance slots, purchase Pearls with real $$$ and buy an Equipment Tailoring Coupon: 1500 Pearls ($15) – pre-order at Market (Current Price: 72.5 mil.) Obtain Skilled and Apprentice via questing. See below.
[Villa] Turning Gates	Life EXP +10%	90 min. 180 min.	3x Gold Bar 1G (300k) 9x Gold Bar 1G (900k)	Villa Rental (7 Days): 1x Villa Invitation 1x Gold Bar 100G (10 mil.) Villa Buff Locations: Karashu, Shakatu, Kiyak, Muna, Marzana, Talia
Perfume of Swiftness	Life Skill +20% Movement Speed +5 +200 LT	20 min.	1x Blue Whale Oil 2x Clear Liquid Reagent 1x Weeds 1x Salt 1x Sunrise Herb 1x Purified Water Processing » Filtering Bottle of River or Turbid Water (gathered with an Empty Bottle)  4x Powder of Time  6x Everlasting Herb 4x Purified Water Processing » Filtering Bottle of River or Turbid Water (gathered with an Empty Bottle)	● Market (Current Price: 7.4 mil.) ● Alchemy Tool (Skilled 1) ● Blue Whale Oil: (Market: 4.4 mil.) or butcher Blue Whale with a butcher knife (requires group matchlock hunting) Dulfy’s Blue Whale Guide
Extra Life EXP Scroll	Life XP +10%	60 min.	Earn 100 Loyalties per day for logging in. Life scrolls are rarely obtained through events, Challenge rewards, etc.	● Loyalties: cost 300

Paste Bait

Paste Bait gives +2 to Fishing Level. You can obtain them through quests or exchanging Fisher’s Tokens with an Otter fisher. The duration is extremely low, but it will stack with food.

Fishing Costumes & Clothing

There are 3 different costumes you can wear to increase Fishing Rank and Fishing Exp.

One effective strategy is to wear all three different Fishing Costumes by using an Equipment Tailoring Coupon.

You can buy a Professional Fisher Uniform at the <Luxury Vendor> and apply an Equipment Tailoring Coupon. This will allow you to wear it with the +2 Silver Embroidered Fishing Clothes and Splat Costume Helmet.

With all three costumes, you will have +4 Fishing Rank without food/potion buffs.

Splat Fisher’s Clothes

Fisher’s Uniform

The Fisher’s Uniform is obtained via quests, Challenge Rewards, and the <Luxury Vendor>

All Fisher’s Uniforms state “Item Effect: Monsters won’t attack first while you are squatting or Fishing. (Watchtowers and some types of monsters may still attack.)”

Professional Fisher’s Uniform:

There are two ways to obtain Professional Fisher’s Uniform:

• Achievement Reward: You became [Artisan Fisher]!
• <Luxury Vendor> 1.5 million silver

The Fisher’s Uniform can be purchased at a <Luxury Vendor> like George Fusto in Heidel for 1.5 million silver. It replaces your armor unless you purchase an Equipment Tailoring Coupon, which will allow you to wear it on your Appearance slots. (Hands, Top, and Shoes.)

The Costume version does not cover the head piece, so it allows you to wear the Splat helmet with it.

Silver Embroidered Fisher’s Clothes

Silver Embroidered Fisher’s Clothes are easily obtainable through the Marketplace. +2 Enhancement is 16 million silver at the moment. You can even find some higher enhancements, but it gets very expensive.

You can also craft your own in a level 1 Costume Mill housing. There are 3 Costume Mills in Hiedel and probably in most major cities. Crafting Silver Embroidered Fisher’s Clothes is one of the few ways to get rid of Flax Fabric.

Silver Embroidered Clothes cannot be converted into an Appearance costume with an Equipment Tailoring Coupon. You have no choice but to replace your gear with this, if you want its excellent Fishing buffs.

AFK Fishing Pets

All Pets have an RNG chance to gain a skill that increases Fishing Rank +1. Pets can also have permanent talents that decrease Auto-Fishing Time and/or improve Durability Loss.

Pets with Auto-Fishing Time Reduction buffs can help reduce the time it takes from bite to reeling in the fish.

You can take out more than one pet with the Fishing Buff, but only the highest buff will be used. The Auto-Fishing buffs on pets do not stack.

Best AFK Fishing Pet
Arguably, the best fishing pet is the Newborn Dragon, in which you can pick the skills you want, which would include a Talent of Durability Reduction Resistance and a Special Skill of Auto-fishing Time Reduced. This pet is called Newborn Crimson Dragon or Newborn Golden Dragon. It’s a Limited pet type and available periodically during certain Events.

For an example of a past Newborn Dragon event that took place April 10 to April 24 2019, go here.

Premium Auto-Fishing Pet: Marmot

The Marmot pet is the only pet that is easy to obtain from the Pearl Shop and is available all year around. All other Fishing pets aren’t as easy to obtain because they require an Event or rare drop.

PREMIUM PET TYPE
Pet Name	Special Ability	Talent	Sellable	Acquired By
Marmot	Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30%	Life Skill EXP +1-4%	YES	1100 Pearls

Limited Auto-Fishing Pets: Newborn Dragon, Polar Bear, Penguin

LIMITED PET TYPE
Pet Name	Special Ability	Talent	Sellable	Acquired By
Newborn Crimson Dragon Newborn Golden Dragon	Buyer’s Choice: Resistant to Desert Diseases Auto-fishing Time Reduced Hostility Detection	Buyer’s Choice: Life Skill EXP +1-4% Combat Skill EXP +1-4% Knowledge and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase Durability Reduction Resistance	NO	1650 Pearls
Polar Bear	Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30%	Weight Limit Increase Tier 1: 20LT Tier 2: 30LT Tier 3: 40LT Tier 4: 50LT	NO	Gift Package (see Hedgehog Guide) Kina’s Adventurer Pack: 4400 Pearls Vanacil’s Adventurer Pack: 5100 Purchase Restriction on Packs: 1 Per Character
Penguin	Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30%	Life Skill EXP +1-4%	NO	Previous Attendance/Loyalty Reward [Event] Penguin Package 2 Penguins for 2200 Pearls

Special Auto-Fishing Pet: Young Crimson Dragon

Young Crimson Dragon can only be obtained via a lucky Market Pre-order or a very rare drop. He is not the same as other dragons, although his name is very similar to the Newborn Crimson Dragon.

SPECIAL PET TYPE
Pet Name	Special Ability	Talent	Sellable	Acquired By	Notes
Young Crimson Dragon	One Random: Heat Stroke/Hypothermia Resistance, or Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30%, or Taunt Monster, or Hostility Detection, or Finds Rare Monsters	HP Buff: Tier 1: 25hp Tier 2: 50HP Tier 3: 75hp Tier 4: 100hp	YES	Defeat Garmoth, Obtain rare Garmoth’s Horn. Exchange horn to Gerson in Duvencrune (Gerson is near Trade Manager Tikara)	Currently, it can only be Exchanged with another Young Crimson Dragon. Can only have 1 Dragon summoned at once.

Fishing Food

Fishing Food that Increases Fishing Level

	Fishing Food	Cooking Skill	Fishing Speed	Minutes	Materials
	Aloe Yogurt	Beginner 6	+1	30	5 2 3 3
	Balenos Meal	Skilled 6	+2	90	2 2
	Exotic Herbal Wine	Beginner 1	+1	30	3 5 2
	Fruit Wine	Apprentice 1	+1	60	5 3 2
	Honeycomb Cookie	Apprentice 6	+1	90	4 6 2 4

Fishing Food with Auto-Fishing Time Reduced

	Fishing Food	Cooking Skill	Fishing Buff	Minutes	Materials
	Coconut Cocktail	Professional 1	Auto-fishing time -5%	60	2 2 5 Coconuts x2, Exotic Herbal Wine x1, Fruit x1, Essence of Liquor x2, Mineral Water x5
	Special Arehaza Meal	Artisan 1	Auto-fishing time -5%	90	2 Coconut Cocktails x2, Coconut Pasta x1, Fried Coconut Fish x1, Steak x1, Meat Stew x1

Fishing Elixirs & Pots

You craft Fisher’s Elixir by using an Alchemy Tool in your Residence. Requires Apprentice 1+ in Alchemy. There is a slight chance of obtaining Skilled Fisher’s Elixir when producing Fisher’s Elixir, if your Alchemy level is Professional 1 or above.

Green grade Fisher’s Elixer: +2 Fishing

Blue grade Fisher’s Elixer: +3 Fishing

Fishing Item	Fishing Buff	Duration	Ingredients	Acquisition
Fisher’s Elixir	Fishing +2 Fishing +3	5 min. [10 min.] 8 min [15 min.]	1x Wise Man’s Blood 1x Clear Liquid Reagent 1x Weeds 1x Salt 1x Sunrise Herb 1x Purified Water Processing » Filtering Bottle of River or Turbid Water (gathered with an Empty Bottle)  1x Monk’s Branch  1x Trace of Ascension  2x Blood 3 Weasel Blood Fox Blood Raccoon Blood Cobra Blood  2x Powder of Flame  6x Sunrise Herb  3x Fir Sap [Party] & Crit Recipes [Party] elixir recipe Processing » Simple Alchemy 2xElixir 1x Aal’s Tear (at Material Vendor for 22k) Crit elixir recipe Processing » Simple Alchemy 3xElixir 1x Blue Reagent (at Material Vendor for 50k)	● Marketplace (Current Price: 24.4k) Crit: 5.9k, [Party] 43.8k ● Alchemy Tool (Apprentice 1, Crit: Professional 1)

Increasing Relic Drop Rates During Fishing

Fever Time

• *Fever Time Bonus Starts Weekdays: Combat EXP + 50% / Skill EXP +10%

• **Fever Time Bonus Starts Weekends: Combat Exp +100% / Skill EXP + 20%
  • Drop rate Boost of Hard black Crystal Shard (via gathering)
  • Drop rate Boost of Sharp black Crystal Shard (via gathering)
  • Drop rate Boost of Ancient Relic Shard (via fishing)

Blessing of Kamasylve

Blessing of Kamasylve gives you a nice buff to rare drops chances. This will help in obtaining all those rare Relic Shards and rare fishing goodies.

Blessing of Kamasylve costs 1000 Loyalties (10 days of logging in for one hour) or 1,250 Pearls. ($12.50).

Buffs from Blessing of Kamasylve:
Energy Recovery +2
Item Drop Rate +20%

Kamasylvia Fishing Quests

Kamasylvia is a favorite fishing location for fishermen. There are two daily quests, with a short pre-requisite quest chain.

Locaton: Lake Flondor
Start NPC: Otter

Daily Kamasylvia Fishing Quest Requirements:
Level = 56+
Fishing: Apprentice 1

Balenos Fishing Rod Enhancement

Balenos Fishing Rod can be upgraded with Blackstone (Weapon) to a maximum of +10. Enhancement decreases Auto-fishing Time and increases max Durability.

Each Enhancement level gives +5 max Durability.

Balenos Fishing Rod is a very tough Enhancement after +7. After +7, it’s possible for the Balenos Fishing Rod to downgrade on Enhancement failure. In other words, your +7 fishing pole has a chance to drop to +6 on Enhancement failure.

Most players Force Enhance +8 to +10.

Balenos Fishing Rod Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Effect
Balenos Fishing Rod	Auto-fishing Time -10%
Balenos Fishing Rod +1	Auto-fishing Time -11%
Balenos Fishing Rod +2	Auto-fishing Time -12%
Balenos Fishing Rod +3	Auto-fishing Time -13%
Balenos Fishing Rod +4	Auto-fishing Time -14%
Balenos Fishing Rod +5	Auto-fishing Time -15%
Balenos Fishing Rod +6	Auto-fishing Time -16%
Balenos Fishing Rod +7	Auto-fishing Time -18%
Balenos Fishing Rod +8	Auto-fishing Time -20%
Balenos Fishing Rod +9	Auto-fishing Time -22%
Balenos Fishing Rod +10	Auto-fishing Time -25%

Maple Float Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Effect
Maple Float	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Maple Float +1	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Maple Float +2	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Maple Float +3	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Maple Float +4	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Maple Float +5	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Maple Float +6	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Maple Float +7	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Maple Float +8	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Maple Float +9	Chance to catch Rare Fish 4%
Maple Float +10	Chance to catch Rare Fish 5%

Balenos Fishing Rod Enhancement Cost

The cost of a Balenos Fishing Rod Force-Enhancement is about 78 million silver for 355 Black Stone (Weapon). There will also be an additional cost of extra Balenos Rods for max durability repair. 78 million is based on a Black Stone (Weapon) cost of 220k each. Balenos Rod cost is currently 670k at the time of this writing. Each rod will repair 10 Max Durability.

For Enhancement Chances, consider the +0 Balenos Fishing Rod about the same Enhancement Chance as a +7 Weapon.

Level	Blackstone (Weapon)	Auto-fishing Time	Minutes to Bite	Durability
+0	0	-10% (-18 seconds)	2:42	50
+1	2	-11% (-19.8 seconds)	2:40	55
+2	3	-12% (-21.6 seconds)	2:38	60
+3	4	-13% (-23.4 seconds)	2:37	65
+4	5	-14% (-25.2 seconds)	2:35	70
+5	9	-15% (-27 seconds)	2:33	75
+6	17	-16% (-28.8 seconds)	2:31	80
+7	35	-18% (-32.4 seconds)	2:28	85
+8	70	-20% (-36 seconds)	2:24	90
+9	90	-22% (-39.6 seconds)	2:20	95
+10	120	-25% (- 45 seconds)	2:15	100
TOTAL	355

Calpheon and Mediah Fishing Rod Enhancements

Calpheon Fishing Rod Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Effect
Calpheon Fishing Rod	Chance to catch Big Fish 1%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +1	Chance to catch Big Fish 2%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +2	Chance to catch Big Fish 3%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +3	Chance to catch Big Fish 4%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +4	Chance to catch Big Fish 5%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +5	Chance to catch Big Fish 6%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +6	Chance to catch Big Fish 7%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +7	Chance to catch Big Fish 8%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +8	Chance to catch Big Fish 9%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +9	Chance to catch Big Fish 10%
Calpheon Fishing Rod +10	Chance to catch Big Fish 11%

Ash Tree Float Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Effect
Ash Tree Float	Chance to catch Big Fish 1%
Ash Tree Float +1	Chance to catch Big Fish 2%
Ash Tree Float +2	Chance to catch Big Fish 3%
Ash Tree Float +3	Chance to catch Big Fish 4%
Ash Tree Float +4	Chance to catch Big Fish 5%
Ash Tree Float +5	Chance to catch Big Fish 6%
Ash Tree Float +6	Chance to catch Big Fish 7%
Ash Tree Float +7	Chance to catch Big Fish 8%
Ash Tree Float +8	Chance to catch Big Fish 9%
Ash Tree Float +9	Chance to catch Big Fish 10%
Ash Tree Float +10	Chance to catch Big Fish 11%

Mediah Fishing Rod Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Effect
Mediah Fishing Rod	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Mediah Fishing Rod +1	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Mediah Fishing Rod +2	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Mediah Fishing Rod +3	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Mediah Fishing Rod +4	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Mediah Fishing Rod +5	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Mediah Fishing Rod +6	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Mediah Fishing Rod +7	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Mediah Fishing Rod +8	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Mediah Fishing Rod +9	Chance to catch Rare Fish 4%
Mediah Fishing Rod +10	Chance to catch Rare Fish 5%

Maple Float Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Effect
Maple Float	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Maple Float +1	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Maple Float +2	Chance to catch Rare Fish 1%
Maple Float +3	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Maple Float +4	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Maple Float +5	Chance to catch Rare Fish 2%
Maple Float +6	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Maple Float +7	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Maple Float +8	Chance to catch Rare Fish 3%
Maple Float +9	Chance to catch Rare Fish 4%
Maple Float +10	Chance to catch Rare Fish 5%

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Sources and Additional Resources:

• Auto Fishing Reduction: What stacks and what doesn’t.
• #1 Ranked Fisher’s Fishing Guide and How to Make Millions
• How to get started in fishing in BDO
• DMUK’s Hotspot Fishing Guide (WIP) – Upto 45m/hr!
• BDO – Freshwater Fishing Guide – Version 2.0
• Black Desert Fish & Seafood Qualities
• Black Desert Fishing Guide – by Rubgish