Monkfish Bait

Tool

Verified for 0.12.0.8· Updated 29 Jul 2026

Bait made from monkfish tail. Increases the catch chance of Desert Sole.

Recipe

Crafting TableArtisan · 20 xp

1×Raw Monkfish

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Journal

You may be aware that, in some languages, fish is known as 'poisson'. Notice how 'poisson' is one letter shy of 'poison'? There's a reason for that: all fish carry varying amounts of poison in their bodies. Cooking can help to remove some of that poison, but certain varieties of raw fish are extremely dangerous to eat.
A chunk of raw monkfish is not only delicious to other fish, but extremely poisonous. It makes it an angler's dream: a little glob of angry meat that can attract and then kill some of the most desirable fish.
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