Admin: Only carried fish count toward the bait trade; bait must be carried to fish (content audit, pass 2)

2026-09-11T06:27:12Z

Only carried fish count toward the bait trade; bait must be carried to fish (content audit, pass 2)

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	<div class="kin-note"><span class="kin-note-label">Note:</span> Raw and cooked Tuna both count toward the trade, and raw is spent first so your cooked food survives as long as possible. Bait is only consumed on a successful catch, never on an empty cast.</div>		<div class="kin-note"><span class="kin-note-label">Note:</span> Raw and cooked Tuna both count toward the trade, and raw is spent first so your cooked food survives as long as possible. Bait is only consumed on a successful catch, never on an empty cast. Only fish in your inventory or hotbar count toward a trade — banked fish don't — and bait has to be carried to be used.</div>

	== Used for ==		== Used for ==

Admin: New page: fifth bait tier — 1 gold per 100 or 10 Tuna for 5, used for Swordfish in the Deep (new page, content audit)

2026-09-10T19:52:28Z

New page: fifth bait tier — 1 gold per 100 or 10 Tuna for 5, used for Swordfish in the Deep (new page, content audit)

New page

{{Infobox item
| name = Squid Bait
| image = Bait swordfish.png
| image_size = 120px
| category = Fishing bait
| stats = Consumed on catch
| obtained = [[Old Fisher]] or [[Dockhand Maren]] — 5 Squid Bait for 10 Tuna (raw or cooked), or 1 Gold per 100
}}
'''Squid Bait''' is the fifth and highest tier of [[Fishing]] bait, required to catch [[Swordfish]] in [[The Deep]] — the raft-only water at [[The Shores]]. It's traded up from [[Tuna]], the fish caught with the previous bait tier — the top of the bait ladder.

== How to get ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Method
! Cost
! Where
|-
| Trade
| 10 [[Tuna]] (raw or cooked) → 5 Squid Bait
| [[Old Fisher]] ([[The Pond]]) or [[Dockhand Maren]] ([[The Shores]])
|-
| Buy
| 1 Gold per 100
| Either Fishing NPC
|-
| [[Sunken Treasure Map]] dig
| 25 per cache
| Dug up on the Shores sand
|-
| [[Waterlogged Crate]]
| One of its possible pulls
| Fished up in [[The Deep]]
|}

<div class="kin-note"><span class="kin-note-label">Note:</span> Raw and cooked Tuna both count toward the trade, and raw is spent first so your cooked food survives as long as possible. Bait is only consumed on a successful catch, never on an empty cast.</div>

== Used for ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Fish
! Location
! Fishing level
|-
| [[Swordfish]]
| [[The Deep]] ([[The Shores]], raft-only water)
| 28
|}

== Related pages ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Page
! Why it matters
|-
| [[Tuna]]
| Traded in to obtain Squid Bait.
|-
| [[Swordfish]]
| Fish caught with Squid Bait.
|-
| [[Fishing]]
| Skill Squid Bait supports.
|-
| [[Old Fisher]]
| Sells and trades for Squid Bait.
|-
| [[Dockhand Maren]]
| Also sells and trades for Squid Bait.
|-
| [[Tuna Bait]]
| Previous rung of the bait ladder.
|-
| [[The Deep]]
| Where Squid Bait is used.
|-
| [[Wooden Raft]]
| Needed to reach The Deep.
|}

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Squid Bait - Revision history

Admin: Only carried fish count toward the bait trade; bait must be carried to fish (content audit, pass 2)

Admin: New page: fifth bait tier — 1 gold per 100 or 10 Tuna for 5, used for Swordfish in the Deep (new page, content audit)