Inside the Belly

Start NPC:   Zaldon - Selbina (H-9)   Requirements: Selbina/Rabao Reputation ? Fishing 30+ (Novice)   Items Needed: Bhefhel Marlin Cave Cherax Dark Bass Emperor Fish Giant Catfish Giant Chirai Giant Donko Gugrusaurus Jungle Catfish Lik Ogre Eel Ryugu Titan Sea Zombie Silver Shark Takitaro Titanictus Tricorn Zafmlug Bass   Title:   None   Repeatable:   Yes   Reward:   10 gil - 880 gil and: Ancient Sword Blue Rock Brigand's Chart Broken Halcyon Rod Broken Hume Rod Cuir Highboots Darksteel Ore    Drill Calamary Dwarf Pugil Earth Wand Green Rock Mercurial Sword Opal Silk Philosopher's Stone    Pirate's Chart Saber Shoot Trident Turquoise Ring Twinthread         Previous Quest:   The Real Gift   Next Quest:   None

Walkthrough

• Zaldon offers to cut open fish that you give him.
• If there is an item in the fish he'll give it to you and he'll give you some gil for compensation for taking the fish.

Note

The quest Indomitable Spirit is related.

The quests Brigand's Chart (Quest) and Pirate's Chart (Quest) are also related.

Notes

Zaldon will accept all of these fish.

Fish	Gil Reward	Possible Item		Fish	Gil Reward	Possible Item
Bhefhel Marlin	150 Gil	Brigand's Chart (1.9%) Pirate's Chart (3.8%)		Cave Cherax	800 Gil	Dwarf Pugil (24.5%)
Dark Bass	10 Gil	Green Rock (4.5%)		Emperor Fish	300 Gil	Cuir Highboots (0%)
Giant Catfish	50 Gil	Earth Wand (5.7%)		Giant Chirai	550 Gil	Twinthread (1.4%)
Giant Donko	96 Gil	Broken Halcyon Rod (2.6%)		Gugrusaurus	880 Gil	Saber Shoot (0.6%)
Jungle Catfish	300 Gil	Broken Hume Rod (3.3%)		Lik	880 Gil	Opal Silk (0.9%)
Ogre Eel	16 Gil	Turquoise Ring (1.2%)		Ryugu Titan	800Gil	Mercurial Sword (0.9%)
Sea Zombie	350 Gil	Drill Calamary (21.1%)		Silver Shark	250 Gil	Trident (0.8%)
Takitaro	310 Gil	Philosopher's Stone (1.5%)		Titanictus	350 Gil	Ancient Sword (1.3%)
Tricorn	810 Gil	Darksteel Ore (???%)		Zafmlug Bass	15 Gil	Blue Rock (1%)

Drop Rates While Keeping Charts

It is well-known that if you store either a Pirate's Chart or a Brigand's Chart in your inventory and continue trading Zaldon marlins that you will eventually receive the other chart from him. What is not known is whether this affects the drop rate of the second chart. Obviously, the game must check your inventory in order to know that you are holding the chart. Thus, there are two possibilities:

• The game checks your inventory, sees that you are holding a chart, then gives you the other one. In this case, the drop rate of the chart when holding should be equal to the combined drop rates for both charts when not holding.
• The game checks your inventory, sees that you are holding a chart, then drops the chart without informing you. In other words, the drop rates for the charts are independent of each other. In this case, the drop rate when holding a chart will be equal to the drop rate of the chart when not holding.

Clearly, the first case is preferable. It would mean that players can hold on to a chart without fear that they are silently missing out on obtaining more. The way to determine which is happening is to also keep track of drop rates when holding charts. A preliminary study posted on Titanictus.com showed that the drop rate when holding is equal to the drop rate when not holding, meaning the second case is how the game actually works. The sample size of that experiment was too small to be conclusive though.

If you trade marlins without holding on to a chart, please post those drop rates in the table above. If, however, you trade marlins to Zaldon while holding a chart in your inventory, please post the drop rates below.

• Pirate's Chart (While holding a Brigand's Chart in your inventory) - (???%)
• Brigand's Chart (While holding a Pirate's Chart in your inventory) - (1.5%)

== Edit Note: == When Editing make sure you add the amount of marlins you traded in to both totals since any marlin can result in either chart.

Game Description

Client: Zaldon (Fishermen's Guild Salesroom, Selbina)
Summary: Some fish in Vana'diel like to eat shiny objects. If you catch one, let Zaldon cut it open for you.