Hi, so I’m on my second year fishing festival and trying to best Lanna. I am able to catch large fish but no matter how many times I reset and Large fish in Meadow island I can’t get a fish bigger than 8.5 dots in size, which does not seem enough to beat her.
At this point I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong in the actual fishing process (I press Y as soon as I see the ! above my characters head). Or if no fish on Meadow island is big enough to win the festival.
Anyone who has won the festival and can shed some light?
Fishing help
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Cherubae
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Hmm... ok, so checking an old JP guidebook about the fishing tournament in SI, and if I'm reading it right, the entry score is a multiplication of fish type x quality
fish = 1 for small fish, 2 for medium fish, or 3 for large fish
quality = determined by the fish size. Base is 100 points of size plus 1 point for every cm of size for small and medium fish over the base, and plus 2 or 3 points for every 1 cm over the base for large fish (the book does not clarify when it is +2 or +3)
So let's say your large fish is 120 cm. In theory, that means 3 x (100 + (20 x 2)) = 420 points
3rd place = 300 to 399
2nd place = 400 to 499
winner = 500+ points
Freshness is also important. Each dot of freshness is worth 20 points, with a minimum of 150 points of freshness (7.5 dots) required to rank in the festival.
fish = 1 for small fish, 2 for medium fish, or 3 for large fish
quality = determined by the fish size. Base is 100 points of size plus 1 point for every cm of size for small and medium fish over the base, and plus 2 or 3 points for every 1 cm over the base for large fish (the book does not clarify when it is +2 or +3)
So let's say your large fish is 120 cm. In theory, that means 3 x (100 + (20 x 2)) = 420 points
3rd place = 300 to 399
2nd place = 400 to 499
winner = 500+ points
Freshness is also important. Each dot of freshness is worth 20 points, with a minimum of 150 points of freshness (7.5 dots) required to rank in the festival.
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zetillo
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Long Time Player Here, I'm not sure if there are other factors which influences the judging, but I'll offer what help I can!
Fishing Festival always gives me trouble too, and I really don't recommend trying to win it because it's (in my opinion) the hardest festival to win and I just enter for Wonderful Pieces. If you want to win using the silly methods I've used though, just put a bunch of L size fish in the Quality Improver beforehand if you have it. I've entered with Perfect S Rank S and M fish but have NEVER won first, usually coming in second or third, so make sure to ALWAYS use L size fish if you want to win. Another tip I can recommend is if you don't have the Quality Improver, is that I've found that Animal Island is astonishingly helpful. If you hire the Duck's for Fish, save before you go to bed, you can head back to Animal Island the next day and check which items the Duck's have found. Sometimes, they find perfect S rank fish in S, M, and L sizes and If you dont like what they've found, just reload and check again, and repeat until you do. This is how I've won the fishing festival because I don't recall fishing a perfect L fish as I'm not too sure whether it's random luck, or other criteria for S Rank Fish. Good Luck!
Fishing Festival always gives me trouble too, and I really don't recommend trying to win it because it's (in my opinion) the hardest festival to win and I just enter for Wonderful Pieces. If you want to win using the silly methods I've used though, just put a bunch of L size fish in the Quality Improver beforehand if you have it. I've entered with Perfect S Rank S and M fish but have NEVER won first, usually coming in second or third, so make sure to ALWAYS use L size fish if you want to win. Another tip I can recommend is if you don't have the Quality Improver, is that I've found that Animal Island is astonishingly helpful. If you hire the Duck's for Fish, save before you go to bed, you can head back to Animal Island the next day and check which items the Duck's have found. Sometimes, they find perfect S rank fish in S, M, and L sizes and If you dont like what they've found, just reload and check again, and repeat until you do. This is how I've won the fishing festival because I don't recall fishing a perfect L fish as I'm not too sure whether it's random luck, or other criteria for S Rank Fish. Good Luck!