Fish Mithkabob  

Added additional recipe.

anyone know cap on this VS broiled crab?
i wanna know which i should use for 20 mini-avatar fight XD

on Asura server

Shall Shellx2.........50000
Nebimonite............19000
Fire...................6000
Bastore Sardine........1500
Bluetail............+.11000
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......................87500


what they sell for..|..15000
....................|.x....6
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.......................90000

Edited, Thu Oct 13 08:14:57 2005

An NPC merchant in Kazham's Bed & Breakfast (Nuh Celodehki) sells these. They go for around 1k each (I got mine for 1036 gil with level 7 fame).

On Diabolos server, they go for 16k a stack in Jeuno. So, if you have some spare time, you can save yourself 4k by making a small trip to the island.

as a good taru cook on garuda, these are the prices as follow from the windy ah... (pretty cheap)

Stacks

Fire CrystaL-4.5K
Bastore Sardine-1.3k
Bluetail-5k
Nebimonite-9.5k
2x Shall Shell-26k

Total Costs= 46.3k

And after the nerf, the above will make 6 stacks...
Sell these at jeuno for 10k and thus get 60k(when all sell)

The profit is 60k-46.3k= 13.7k profit, not that bad...considering the really BIG nerf(heck we got some profit)

Just got asked this for cooking guild points (guess it's one of the changes in the February patch..)

Limit was 2800, and each kabob is worth 180 points. You need 16 of them to max guild points.

Nerfed, they only synth 6 now instead of 12

This is all in my opinion but not what to use as a PLD but what to Synth if you are a PLD with a level 62 cooking skill. Since the chances of getting HQ synth on Boiled Crab are much higher (half the time for me) because the Boiled Crabs lv cap is 27 I would go with the Boiled Crab, but if you are buying Def Food from AH then I would buy Fish Mithkabob because they cost less.

Edited, Tue Nov 2 10:17:50 2004

One of the biggest myths out there and the basic argument for Steamed Crab VS. Fish Chiefkabob AND ALSO Phalanx vs. Verve/Chrysoberyl Rings for PLD is "2 VIT = 1 DEF". Although adding 2 VIT does add 1 DEF to your total defense, keep in mind you're still adding 2 VIT AND 1 DEF, not just 1 DEF.

To better understand the difference between VIT & Defense and avoid getting into the formulas for damage calculation, I'm going to explain in terms that I'm sure EVERYONE is familiar with:

Scenario A:
Party VS. Incredibly Tough
Most monsters that con only Incredibly Tough will usually not have a STR stat that overwhelms your VIT stat. There are some exceptions obviously, but for the most part it's pretty much a pure Attack vs. Defense battle. Go with the fish kabobs.

Scenario B:
Party VS. Icredibly Tough / High Def & Evasion
In these cases, often times the monsters will have a STR stat that is significantly higher than your VIT. When this happens, it doesn't matter what the difference is between attack & defense because an extra 1 VIT CAN mean a difference of 10-20 points damage taken PER HIT, so go with the Steamed Crab all the way.

If you're like me, you like to put together good, solid EXP parties that chain 5 IT++ mobs for 200+ EXP a pop. Most people that prefer fighting higher leveled IT++ mobs in better parties to gain EXP faster will swear by Steamed Crab. Most people that prefer the "safe" route by fighting VTs and ITs because they have a hard time finding good parties will swear by fish kabobs.

YOUR level means precisely diddly squat when it comes to choosing your food wisely. Choose your food based on the type of mobs you're fighting. In fact, as an Elvaan PLD, when I fight quick hitting mobs with very high DEX compared to my uber-low Paladin AGI (like a Torama in Labyrinth of Onzozo), I sacrifice a little defense AND VIT for AGI so I don't take critical hits every shot. I hope this cleared up some of the confusion.

for those of u who dont craft alot of items u craft there is an offchance u pull a +1 version of the item, hence ur wax sword +1 or whatever. some food has this as well, boiled crab becomes steamed crab instead and fish mithkabobs become fish chiefkabobs. when ur skill is 50+ over the cap of the item your makin u have a 50% chance to craft the +1 form, also day and moon affects chances. so someone with a 78 cookin skill will make steamed crab 50% of the time depending on the day and moon, more or less. steamed crab is the most popular food for high lvl plds, also runs consistant 17.5k a stack. fish chiefkabobs i havent really looked at so i dunno if it would be considered better than steamed crab i just know all the post 60 plds use steamed crab.

Fish Kabobs rock for ninja food! Aside the the bonus to vitality which is important to a solo ninja before utsusemi, the +1 to Dex made a noticable difference. I hate starting new jobs over, but now that "popeye has his spinach" by level 10 i have 21 DEX and 18 AGI and 15 VIT. Im not sure what the Def bonus is, but im tanking without utsusemi cause my defense is in the 80's much higher than the level 10s I was PT'n with.

I havent had much experience with using Fish Kabobs at higher levels on a "Melee" based character, but at lower levels it makes a huge difference.

Going to get all stat-geeky here, so please bear with me.

When a monster attacks you, four checks are made.

1. ACC vs. EVA. If you get out of the way, nothing else matters.
2. DEX vs. AGI. For parrying and blocking attacks. If your AGI is greatly overmatched by the enemy's DEX, you take more crits. Ow.
3. ATK vs. DEF. This is an exponential relationship. Think of it as a curve, or a "diminishing returns" relationship. Once your DEF equals the enemy's ATK, adding more DEF won't do you much good.
4. STR vs. VIT. As stated before, this will determine how much damage you take, up to maximum. This is a linear, not an exponential, relationship. In other words, more VIT is *always* useful.

The practical upshot of all this? It's easier to "cap" your DEF the higher level you are. When this happens, Boiled/Steamed Crab is the superior choice. At lower (pre-30) levels, when your DEF isn't all *that* much higher than a well-equipped WAR, it's all about the Fish Mithkabobs.

Hope this was helpful, and many thanks to the PLD who patiently explained all this to me, complete with logs of damage taken.

Everyone i think fish kabob is the best paladin food.Becuase i have 200 def with now def ups and it gives me plus 50 def which is a huge diference and the and 2 vit is 1 def and +1 health regen. So the boiled crab isnt better you want as highest percent up as you can to give you more def.