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How to Get Sour Bait and Effects

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Genshin Impact - How to Get Sour Bait and Effects

Sour Bait is a type of Bait in Genshin Impact's Fishing System. Learn how to craft Sour Bait, how to use it to catch Fish, the best fish to use it on, and other information in this Fishing Bait guide!

List of Contents

How to Get Sour Bait

Sour Bait Locations

Location 1 Crafted
Location 2 Formula: Purchased from the Fontaine Fishing Association

How to Get Sour Bait Recipe

Genshin - Fontaine Fishing Association Map Location,

The formula for Sour Bait can be purchased from the Fishing Association in the outer area from the Court of Fontaine. Use the Fish you've caught to buy it!
Fishing Association Items & Locations

Fish Needed to Buy the Recipe

Fish and Amount Needed
Genshin - Medaka Image Medaka x3

You will need specific fish to trade for the items in Fishing Associations. Take a look at all Fish locations and which Fish they have in our guide:
View All Fishing Spot Locations

How to Craft Sour Bait

Bait Crafting Material
Genshin - Sour Bait Image Sour Bait
Genshin - Wheat Image Wheat x1
Genshin - Bulle Fruit Image Bulle Fruit x1

Once the formula is obtained, Sour Bait can be made at an Alchemist crafting bench like the other baits!
How to Craft & Use Bait

How to Use Sour Bait

Used to Catch Fish

Genshin - Fishing System - How to Catch Fish
Sour bait is used with a Fishing Rod to catch fish. This bait is best used to catch the following fish types:

Fish Types
Genshin - Rippling Heartfeather Bass ImageRippling Heartfeather Bass Genshin - Blazing Heartfeather Bass ImageBlazing Heartfeather Bass Genshin - Jade Heartfeather Bass ImageJade Heartfeather Bass

How to Catch Fish

Sour Bait Effects and Basic Information

Item Inventory Information

Sour Bait ImageSour Bait Rarity 2
Type Materials
Effect Suitable for catching Heartfeather Bass

A type of bait based on flour mixed with the pulp and seeds of Bulle Fruit. When tossed into the water, it quickly spreads a sweet and sour fragrance that is irresistible to fishes such as Heartfeather Bass. A group of anglers once resorted to eating this bait in an emergency after they had run out of supplies, and were poisoned as a result. To prevent such accidents from happening again, this type of bait was made much sourer than it was before – so sour in fact that simply holding it up to their noses makes people feel dizzy and causes their eyes to stream, let alone putting it in their mouths...

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