Abaia

Abaia

Statistics[edit]

Abaia
A legendary freshwater fish.

Stackable: Not Stackable

Size: Large (Something caught the hook!!!)

 279 - 317 (Im), 1361 - 1613 (Pz) (See Fish Ranking)

Other Uses[edit]

Guild Points Value: None
Used in Quest: Inside the Belly (1-3 Aurora Bass, Plumb Boots)
Resale Price: 1,920~1,958 gil

Synthesis Recipes[edit]

None

Used in Recipes[edit]

Information Needed

Desynthesis Recipes[edit]

None

Obtained from Desynthesis[edit]

  • None

How to Obtain[edit]

Auction House Category: Food > Fish ( )

Fishing[edit]

Skill Cap: 110+
Size: Large (Something caught the hook!!!)
Location Bait Rods

Historical Background[edit]

According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The Abaia is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or disturb them. It is said that those who are foolish enough to try and catch the fish from a lake containing the Abaia are immediately overwhelmed by a tidal wave caused by the thrashing of the Abaia’s powerful tail.

Another version of the legend states that if someone were to harm a creature living in the Abaia’s home, the Abaia would cause a great rainstorm flooding the land and drowning those who had caused the harm.

Although it would seem that the magical powers of the Abaia are the byproduct of human imagination and its fear of the unknown, it has been suggested that Abaia legend may have stemmed from encounters with an actual undiscovered species of giant eel living at the bottom of these remote lakes.

This article uses material from the "Abaia" article on FFXIclopedia and is licensed under the CC-BY-SA License.