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Which New Life Fish is the rarest?

Jolipinator
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Which fish seems to be the hardest to catch for you? Cast your line vote now and reel tune in later to see the results!
Edited by ZOS_Icy on 21 December 2024 11:27
PS5 EU.

Which New Life Fish is the rarest? 121 votes

Histmuck Blobfin
37%
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Shadowfen Creeping Leech
36%
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Black Marsh Cucumber
26%
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  • DeadlyRecluse
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    The 3rd one.
    Thrice Empress, Forever Scrub
  • lygerseye
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    Shadowfen Creeping Leech
    Out of the 24 fish I caught before giving up: 12 blobfin, 10 cucumbers, 2 leech. At one point, I got 8 blobfin in a row.

    Used bait not counted
  • Alinhbo_Tyaka
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    I've only fished once and got one of each for my three casts.
  • SpacemanSpiff1
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    Histmuck Blobfin
    I'd say the blobfin. It was the last one I needed for the achievement on a couple characters.
  • eso_nya
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    not more than an urban legend, it could be that the different fish prefer different bait.
    iirr from last year, i went with something like 5 worms -> 5 guts -> 5 crawlers and got equal amounts of all fish.
  • Reverb
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    Black Marsh Cucumber
    I’ve gotten a dozen each leech and blobfin and only 2 cucumber. I think I had the same experience last year.
    Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
  • theyancey
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    Both days so far I have gotten all 3 fish in under a dozen casts
  • Colecovision
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    Planning on doing this every day with my main, so I need 20 of each fish. I got to 14, 15 and 16 last night before moving on. If you're stopping at one of each, rng is going to hit you, but if you stick it out for a while, most people will have evenly distributed results. I had 7 or 8 blobfin before a single leech and then 11 leeches before 9 blobfin.

    I'd bet real money that the rng is programmed and functioning equally across the full user base.

    Suuuuuuper boring answer, but also true.
  • Acrolas
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    Histmuck Blobfin
    It's technically the only fish out of the three.
    signing off
  • Loralai_907
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    Uhhh, I don't remember. I started this years event with over 20 of each stored from last year. Hoping that gets me through enough quests/characters to get close to all the special writs we need. So far I have 8 of the special writs.
    PC-NA - formerly, mommadani907Guild: Weeping Angels - Co-GMTwitter: @ Loralai_907 several Alt accounts....CP 1700+
    Active characters:Fauna Rosewood ( Bosmer Stam DK - Master Crafter/AD)///Loralai Darknova (Drunken Zombie Bosmer Stam Sorc - PvP/AD)Lilith Darknova ( Dunmer Mag DK - Master Crafter - PvP/AD)///and roughly 1billion alts
  • starkerealm
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    Having caught over 1k New Life Fish, I can confidently say... yeah, they're all pretty much equal. One day, or on one character, you'll never get a cucumber, on another day, with a different character, it'll be the blobfin. Sometimes it's the Leech. They're all equal.
  • Number_51
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    Just use simple bait.

    I'd have to say all three are about equal. I've saved leftover fish from the previous two years of New Life events and have 51-56 of each of the 3 types. Bank them and give them to alts and you don't have to fish at all.
  • HallowedUndead
    None, i got them all in a 3 minute span with 2 extra fish.
  • bearbelly
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    In the two days so far, I've found them to be relatively equal.
    Got lots of Leeches and Blobfish yesterday, but I had a difficult time hooking a Cucumber yesterday. I caught several today.
    It allowed me to ding the angler achievement for the Fish Boon quest today.
  • kojou
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    Shadowfen Creeping Leech
    The last one you need for the quest...
    Playing since beta...
  • xan4silkb14_ESO
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    If you start with none then whichever you really need for the quest. I got 7 blobfin, and 5 cucumbers before I got my first leech. I stuck around for a while afterwards and had 9 blobfin, 7 cucumbers and 8 leeches when I finally left.
  • xievis21ub17_ESO
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    Black Marsh Cucumber
    Tryin to finish the achievement, I ended up with 15 Histmuck Blobfin, still need 1 more cucumber :#


    I also have more used bait than I have the cucumbers ... :D
    Edited by xievis21ub17_ESO on 14 December 2018 19:58
  • grkkll
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    Shadowfen Creeping Leech
    Try a different swim
  • fgoron2000
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    Black Marsh Cucumber
    cucumber is rarest for me so far, and it was the same last year for me
  • Jameliel
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    Use hissmir fish-eye rye. You will catch them fast without fail.
  • MyNameIsElias
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    Shadowfen Creeping Leech
    Shadowfen one
  • Marcus684
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    Shadowfen Creeping Leech
    6 characters run through the quest, each time I catch 2-8 of the other 2 before I get my first Leech.
  • Ackwalan
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    I change to a different bait after every catch. Since doing this, I no longer get the same fish multiply times in a row.
  • D0PAMINE
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    Jameliel wrote: »
    Use hissmir fish-eye rye. You will catch them fast without fail.

    All that does is make the fishing hole easier to see, great for Coldharbour.
  • Dr3sden
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    Black Marsh Cucumber
    or maybe neither... just trade with someone >...>
  • eso_nya
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    could be coincidence/rng, it looks like:
    insect part -> equal amounts
    guts -> higher chance of cucumber
    worms -> higher chance of leech
    crawlers -> higher chance of blobfin
  • Enemoriana
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    Histmuck Blobfin
    Histmuck Blobfin is most difficult to catch for 3 characters...
    But easiest for 4th.
    PC EU, @Enemoriana. Ru.
    Houses: Erstwhile Sanctuary as actual Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Hunter's Glade as werewolf tavern (downstairs), Strident Springs Demesne as adventurer's house.
    Wishlist: Furnishing Pack: Haunted Housewares, atronach trader, attunable stations (have 21/80 sets collected), molten war torte and white gold war torte recipes.
  • GreenhaloX
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    None.. all too easy to get.
  • phileunderx2
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    The fish that you need is the rarest.
  • Kiralyn2000
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    The fish that you need is the rarest.

    This.
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