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How to find and catch Goldenfry in Monster Hunter Wilds

Goldenfry fish are one of the more common fish types in Monster Hunter Wilds, and you'll learn where to find them here.
John Schutt
John Schutt
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Fishing in Monster Hunter Wilds can be as relaxing as the real-world version, and if you’re looking to find Goldenfry fish, it will remain so. They’re fairly common fish, and if you know where to look and what bait to use, gathering a small aquarium of them is a cinch.

How to find and catch Goldenfry fish in Monster Hunter Wilds

Goldenfry aquatic monster guide page in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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Goldenfry fish can be found in the Scarlet Forest, the Iceshard Cliffs, and the Ruins of Wyveria. Their monster guide entry says you can also find them in Oilwell Basin, but I spent a while at the one fishing spot there and came up with nothing.

Here are the zones in each map where you can find Goldenfry:

Scarlet Forest

The area 6 fishing area in the Scarlet Forest in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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  • Zone 1 at the base camp
  • Zone 6 near the hidden Pop-up Campsite
  • Zone 17

Iceshard Cliffs

The area 1 fishing zone of the Iceshard Cliffs in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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  • Zone 1 at the hidden Pop-up Campsite
  • Zone 20 at the hidden Pop-up Campsite

Ruins of Wyveria

The fishing pond in area 8 of the Ruins of Wyveria in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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  • Zone 8 at the hidden Pop-up Campsite
  • Zone 13 at the hidden Pop-up Campsite

Of these, the Scarlet Forest is probably the easiest to find Goldenfry. I was able to snag two or three in a row at the Area 6 Pop-up Campsite.

You will want the Golden Bughead bait for the best chance at landing a Goldenfry, and you can only get it by progressing through the fishing quest chain at the Scarlet Forest base camp. The particular quest that gives it is called Seeking the Goldenfish, and it’s midway through the questline. 

I should also mention that Goldenfry are not unique to a specific type of day or environmental condition. Day or night, Fallow, Plenty, or Inclement are all perfectly doable for catching Goldenfry.

The slightly hidden passage to the zone 6 Pop-up Campsite in the Scarlet Forest in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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You access the Area 6 Campsite via a hole in the vines along the waterway in the zone’s southern edge. The fishing hole is on the way to the campsite itself in a small offshoot passage. Any of the listed locations works.

For more on Monster Hunter Wilds, check out our dedicated game page.

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John's been gaming for almost 30 years, starting with Super Mario 64, but his first real love is Final Fantasy. Or Armored Core, depending on how he slept last night. If you want to know where to find an item in a massive open world or how to beat a boss, he can help. They've probably kicked his teeth in a few times already. You can normally find him eyes deep in the latest FromSoftware game if he isn't doing dailies in the half-dozen live service games he plays. He can be found on BlueSky.

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