Sealord's Crestfish | Monster Hunter World Wiki

to someone who commented that you can catch this thing in blizzard, I thank you. Apparently the game doesn't always tell you the truth, because I also have that one moment where I can only find gold crown burst arowana at midnight.

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this thing can be caught >>>ONLY<<< in a blizzard at night, dusk or dawn.
event quests do not have bonus chance of this appearing, people are victims of confirmation bias.

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as the description says, clear night by tobi-vipers pool, you can also spawn at the central camp if you doing the Wintermoon Nettle at the same time as both are night creatures with zoomaster, then drop from the central camp ice bridge into the whirlpool which leaves you right infront of the tobi-vipers pool.
You know the sealord is there when you see the pool xD gigachad

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The quest "Trophy Fishing" didn't seem to have any difference. probably 30+ tries with nothing. I ended up catching it during an expedition. The hunter notes say it appears at night to feed as well as the piscine researcher after you catch it. I had Felyne Zoomaster active as well as it being night. I was wearing a gilly mantle but I'm not sure if it makes a difference. Figured I might as well since you occasionally run past a viper tobi on your way down. It spawns slightly behind the other 3 fish but not super deep in the back. Hope this helps

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I caught this thing, got the trophy but somehow the fish has vanished from my ownership. whelp time to grind it all over again

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I can confirm it did appear around midnight from a regular expedition.

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after hours finally caught this fishe on blizzard dusk in exped

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I found one by the camp 8 in Elder Reces, same spot you can find the platinum fish.

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Aight I finally caught it in normal expeditions so I gotta say after doin Trophy Fishing with zoomaster boost +20 times I say its a lie.
Instead use my tactic that involves you consuming alcohol how you see fit, notice its night time and go to the spot and fish the damn thing up

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This fish keep running away

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The event quest "Trophy Fishin" seems to have a much higher chance for this fish to spawn. Both me and my friend got one in less than 10 attempts.

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The event quest "Trophy Fishin" seems to have a much higher chance for this fish to spawn. Both me and my friend got one in less than 10 attempts.

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Caught the fish at night, clear weather at Area 8 at the nasty pond. Normal size tho and it took me a long time

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Can confirm that this seems to be guaranteed in the Trophy Fishin event quest, got mine first try

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Really huge is only the gold crown.

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idk why people are checking weather at the tradeyard when you can usually see it when going on an expedition.

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This fish doesn't exist

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Just got a small crown crestfish today! :)

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There's a bounty to catch *a* Crestfish. What is everyone talking about a bounty to catch a gold crown Crestfish?

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"Night" is not accurate. I've gotten all of mine between dusk and dawn (mostly towards the ends of the two). I would say it's the full range of: dawn-dusk.

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If looking for a gold crown for the bounty, the piscine researcher will start giving dialogue at the fishing spot next to the shipwreck camp

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I don't know whats goin on. maybe they changed things, but I tried Flora Frostbite at least 15-20 times looking for this thing. Didn't get one. Then when I was about to try again, I noticed a few quests down was 'Trophy Fishin''. "Huh, 'TROPHY FISHIN',' that sounds like a quest that might spawn one.." I thought, and bam first try I FINALLY get it after at least 100 attempts between Flora Frostbite, Expeditions and passing by on other quests. It was during sunrise, not sure about the weather since I went straight there from the shipwreck camp and I had ate for Zoomaster and Biologist.

Figured I'd check to see if food skills helped it spawn and it was a coincidence or Trophy Fishin' really guarantees ones, so I went back without eating and it was there during sunrise again. Not sure if thats an huge coincidence or not, but I'm thinking it might be guaranteed. Don't feel like checking for a third since I hate this damn thing after it taking forever to show up

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i catch my on (first try on dusk) :expediton , dusk, clear weather , zoomaster

i try few hour on night and nothing ...

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'Appears in Flora Frostbite quest' utterly false. I've been doing this quest over and over for days now, and I've still never seen this damn thing spawn.

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I just caught this fish during the day time but with a blizzard happening.

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I got this fish at dawn with a blizzard in the event quest "flora frostbite"

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"Appears only at night" is bs. I caught most of mine at sunset and a few at sunrise

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Caught mine yesterday flora frostbite at sunset no blizzard.

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After reading the comments here I went on the Flora Frostbite quest and found the Sealord at the very beginning.

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Caught one in an expedition, Blizzard at Night.

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I don't know who wrote the night with cloudless skies and I tried that like 30 times go back and forth to watch from Tradeyard in Astera, just to make sure there are no clouds. And among those 30 times there was no single night without clouds. Nonetheless I checked every single night, all clear weather (even tho with clouds everywhere because I couldn't see a single on "without" clouds), I failed to find the Sealord. THEN, I decided to give a last try before I go off, then I noticed the weather was "Blizzard". I thought "Screw it, might as well try before I close the game". AND THEN I FOUND THE SEALORD. Really? I don't know what those "cloudless skies" look like to u guys, but I clearly never found such criteria, then again there is no mention about "Blizzard" weather where I literally found one on that criteria. Might double check that guide because it's frustrating to get mislead.

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I caught it twice doing the Flora Frostbite quest. It was dusk and dawn( once each time). I don’t think it matters what monsters are there.

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Mini Sealord's Crestfish; Dusk; Clear weather; No Velkhana

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This fish can spawn regardless of weather : clear, blizzard or even "???". Velkhana being present is not a requirement for it to spawn Gold Crown, unlike what that other comment suggests. I'd know, I caught one and Velkhana wasn't there.

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Chance for Mini Crown spawns somewhere in the middle of night (Night is 17 minutes) Giant Crown requires Velkhana to be in the area at night

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I caught one small crown 259.70

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Can be rewarded with pawswap with boaboa.

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Description when caught: These fish dwell in the deeps, save by night, when they surface to feed. Their fins glow to lure insets in. A few fishable bodies of water can be considered within in area 8. More specifically it can be found (in my case) in the bigger body found toward the middle, with the sleeptoads, paratoads, and vespoids. In the body of water where you normally find Golden fish or Planinum fish. Unsure of where else it can spawn Although not a crown size, mine measured 347.36, so in case you cant tell from the picture, its a very big fish, mainly in length and near unmissable. Can be easily lured and caught with baitbugs while fishing I used Felyne Zoomaster every time i went out too look for it, Still took me hours to find. Felyne Biologist exists as well. Unsure if zoomaster and biologist stack, but the both give increased chance for rare endemic life to spawn. Dont know if it helps, just a suggestion. I hate this fish, good luck to anyone else trying to catch it

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More info on the fish spawn's only at night time at least this been the case for me in Area 8.

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