Zelda BoTW Stealthfin Trout Locations - Where to farm stealth fish
Stealthfin Trout is a type of fish in Zelda Breath of the Wild. It has a blue body with white spots and red fins. It’s important because you can use it to upgrade your Sheikah stealth armor set. It’s a tough catch, though. Thankfully, there’s an easy way to get this elusive fish. In this guide, we’re going to show you the best Zelda BoTW Stealthfin Trout locations, to help you farm them.
Where to farm Stealthfin Trout
There are several places where you can catch the Stealthfin Trout, but the best one by far is Lake Mekar. It’s the big body of water that goes all the way around Great Hyrule Forest. The southern part of the lake is the richest – between the narrow land passage that leads into the forest to the east and Mekar Island to the west.
Once you’ve spotted the fish from the distance, you can either glide above them and drop down to catch them unaware, or you can try bombing them. You’ll have to do this from the outer rim of the lake – if you get too close to the forest, the fog will teleport you back to shore.
If you’re having trouble spotting the fish, make sure you come back once it’s dark. The Stealthfin Trout, contrary to its name, is anything but stealthy. It posesses a kind of bioluminescence, which makes it glow in the dark. Not really the best evolutionary trait, but who are we to complain? You’ll need lots of them for the armor upgrade, so every bit of help is more than welcome.
There’s also a small lake in the southwestern part of the Great Hyrule Forest you can try. It’s a lot smaller, which makes catching the fish easier, but you’ll have to either contend with the fog, or use the nearby shrine waypoint.
Ok. I am trying lake Saria but it seems that maybe I have to pass a trial or something because the fog keeps taking me back halfway every time I get so far. I’m about maybe 200 steps away ?. Call me perplexed and/or stupid.
Oh wow thank you. I was trying to grind for my stealth armor and needed a bunch of these guys.
Wonderful tips guys! I also bait the fish closer with silent shrooms so the shock arrows can get all fish at once
Thanks so much for these two locations and the guy who commented about Lake Saria. I did what the other guy did and swam between ice blocks. Did lnt really need to set my sheikah target sensor bc they just pop up every few yards in that southern strip around lost woods. I got 15 total then used the Lake Saria tip. Just doing upgrades at the moment.. Can’t wait for a new Zelda !
I caught one, threw it on the ground, took a picture, added it to my Hyrule book, and pulled it up as my target sensor. Swam around between ice blocks in my sneaky armor with one Zora piece to help swim, and it’s made finding these guys much easier. Good luck every one!
Just a heads up, if you shoot an electric arrow into any body of water with fish those in the circle of impact float up dead…then you can just swim to pick them up.
Zora armor + Sheikah armor means you can swim right up to the fish without spooking them. Only takes one piece of Sheikah armor to get the benefit for fishing. (Bug hunting wear the whole Sheikah set)
Which one is the Sheikah armor? TIA
The armor bought in Kakariko village. The armor that takes 30 stealthfin (collectively) to upgrade.
Some call it the sneaky clothes.
Instead of zora use salvager gear it makes you swim much faster trust me
If you simply teleport to the shrine from the map the fish also respawn, it’s a bit quicker
If you have already been into the lost woods and unlocked Kuhn Sidajj Shrine, Saria Lake spawns between 2-6 each time you enter the area. Just go into the shrine, teleport back to it (outside) immediately. Swim to the little island in the middle and run around a couple times. It can take up to 30 seconds for them to spawn.
Dude great tip! Just what I was looking for!
Dude I love you thanks
Just a heads up, you wrote fist and I assume you meant fish. See below. Thanks
Once you’ve spotted the fist from the distance, you can either glide above them and drop down to catch them unaware, or you can try bombing them. You’ll have to do this from the outer rim of the lake – if you get too close to the forest, the fog will teleport you back to shore.
Oooops, my bad. Thank you.
Oh please you know what he meant get a life
And you told somebody to get a life over a comment. Looks like somebody could take a bit of their own advice 😉