For Want of Fish

For Want of Fish
Client	Angler
Region	Riverlands
Town	Clearbrook
Prereq(s)	Alfyn's Chapter 1 story completed
Reward(s)	1,500 Mighty Belt x 1

"My nets are all but empty these days. How is a humble fisherman supposed to make a livin'!?" —Angler

For Want of Fish is a side story in Octopath Traveler. The tale begins by speaking to the Angler standing on the docks in Clearbrook.

Angler, Clearbrook

Resolution

The side story may be resolved using one of two methods:

Purchase / Steal

Successfully use the Purchase or Steal path action to obtain Saucy Prawns from Magg the Cook (   95 /  Lvl 1 ), located in the Clearbrook tavern.

Magg the Cook, Clearbrook

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The tale ends once the Saucy Prawns are given to the Angler.

"Using the prawns as bait, the fisherman was once again able to fill his nets with a veritable bounty of plounder."

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Challenge / Provoke

Travel to West Clearbrook Traverse. Use the Challenge or Provoke path action to duel the Fishmonger (  Min Lvl: 5 /  [Strength:3, HP:983, Weak:] ) by the river south of the save point.

Fishmonger, West Clearbrook Traverse

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The tale ends once the Fishmonger is defeated.

"The greedy fishmonger gone, the plounder have once again returned to the river."

Epilogue

Upon completion of the side story, the following occurs:

• If the Challenge/Provoke path is chosen, the Fishmonger relocates to the tavern in Clearbrook.
  
  

  Fishmonger, Clearbrook

Trivia

• Magg the Cook and Fishmonger appear only after completing Alfyn's Chapter 1 story.
• Alfyn refers to this quest in the Japanese novel The Four Paths of Eight Travelers, in which he mentions that Olberic and H'aanit stopped the poacher (implying that the Challenge/Provoke route is the canonical ending).

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