Ambitious Lure
Ambitious Lure
Attracts fish with large jaws and increases your chances of landing one. Occasionally guarantees you will land a large-jawed fish.
Can be used up to 3 times while fishing, each use increasing the effectiveness and GP cost.
May also attract rare species of fish. Can also be used with fish caught using Powerful Hookset.
First Use: 10 GP
Second Use: 20 GP
Third Use: 30 GP— In-game description
Ambitious Lure is an action unlocked at level 100. It is available for Fisher.
Notes
Ambitious Lure affects fish that use the 
Powerful Hookset. Ambitious Lure is used after you cast your line and can be used up to 3 times per cast, granting a stack each time.
Each time you use Ambitious Lure you increase the likelihood of a Powerful Hookset fish biting (decreasing the odds of an Precision Hookset fish biting). Once you use Ambitous Lure, you cannot use 
Modest Lure (and vice-versa).
Additionally, each use of Ambitious Lure grants a small chance to receive the following message: "You have a feeling your next cast will land a large-jawed fish!". When this message appears, the next fish to bite will be one that uses the Powerful Hookset. Using Ambitious Lure again after this message appears will remove the effect.
Ambitious Lure cannot be used if:
Identical Cast is active for the current cast.- The current cast is a mooch.
Hidden fish
Some Dawntrail fish are "hidden" (unofficial name) and require use of Ambitious Lure to be available to catch (for that attempt). Further, certain fish require Ambitious Lure to be used at least 2 or 3 times for the special message to have a chance of appearing.
Once the special message appears for these fish, it will remain available to catch this cast (even if the Ambitious Lure is used again).
| Target Fish | Fishing Hole | Minumum stacks |
Proc message |
|---|---|---|---|
 Crenicichla Miyaka |
Fishing Log: The Dewspun Bank | 3 | "An impetuous challenger stirs in the water!" |
 Zorgor Condor |
Fishing Log: Westbound Zorgor | 1 | "A winged shadow rises from within the mist!" |
 Thunderswift Trout |
Fishing Log: The Driftdowns | 2 | "A lightning-fast flash disturbs the water!" |
 Goldgrouper |
Fishing Log: Alexandrian Ruins | 1 | "You spot a glinting golden flash in the water!" |
 Copper Shark |
Fishing Log: Canal Town North | 2 | "A gentle giant stirs beneath the water!" |
 Datnioides Aeroplanos |
Fishing Log: Leynode Aero | 3 | "A ferocious form darts into view!" |
 Harlequin Queen |
Fishing Log: The Knowable | 3 | "Whip-like barbels unfurl near the water's surface!" |
 Cleyran Carp |
Fishing Log: Mu Springs Eternal | 2 | "A dark form looms in the water!" |
 Goldcheek |
 EX: Large Aquatic Specimens ( Sinus Ardorum) |
1 | "A blindingly fast form scythes through the water!" |
 Sinking Crystascute |
EX: Large Aquatic Resources ( Phaenna) |
2 | "A mass of crystal wriggles in the water!" |
 Cobalt Horn |
EX: Red Cosmomaggot Field Test ( Phaenna) |
1 | "A dark horn darts in the water!" |
 Chasm Avatar |
EX: Bubble Bursters Distribution Survey ( Phaenna) |
2 | "An ethereal image appears in the water!" |
 Elongated Cameroceras |
EX: Large Mutant Distribution Survey ( Oizys) |
2 | "You spot a sharp silhouette in the water!" |
 Marine Magnet |
EX: Gravitational Sphere Impact ( Oizys) |
2 | "A knifelike form glints near the surface!" |
 Burrow Bolo |
EX+: Ruin Currents Environmental Survey ( Oizys) |
2 | "A pointed shadow shimmers in the water!" |
Rerolling
Each time a Lure action is used, the fish on the line (which is normally determined at the start of a cast) is re-determined (or "rerolled") at the point in time the lure was used.
Be warned that this means using a lure will discard any "snapshotted" conditions from the original cast.
- For example: if a fish's availability window is 00:00 - 04:00 Eorzea time, and the cast was done at 3:55, then the cast has a chance of being the target fish, even if it actually bites the line later than 04:00. However, if a lure is used at 04:02 Eorzea time, then the rerolled cast is no longer within the time window, and the target fish cannot appear.
- Similarly, if conditions such as
Fish Eyes and 
Fisher's Intuition expire, but the cast continues, then those effects are still considered for the current cast. But if a lure is used after those effects expire, then they are not considered for the rerolled cast.
After a lure is used, a 5-second grace period is applied, during which no fish can bite. At the end of this period, if the new fish has a bite time before the total elapsed time, it will bite immediately. Otherwise, the new fish will bite at its usual time.
- For example: suppose Lure is used when 15s have elapsed during a cast. After a 5s grace period, a total of 20s have elapsed. If the new fish would have bitten at 13s, then it will bite immediately after the grace period ends, at 20s. If the new fish would have bitten at 27s, then it will not bite until a total of 27s have elapsed.
This reroll can be used for additional tries at a fish that has a short bite time, by using a lure after the end of the fish's possible bite range.
- For example: if a fish bites at 8s at the latest, then using a lure after 8s essentially grants another try at the fish, only having to wait 5s for the grace period instead of 8s for a whole new cast.
