Heavyweight Fishing Orbs: All 7 and Where They Drop
Every orb rolls its bonuses inside a range, so two copies of the same orb are not equal — a Maoshan Orb can land anywhere from +25% to +200% damage. That is why farming duplicates matters more than getting the "right" orb once.
| Orb | Boosts | Source | Roll ranges |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maoshan Orb | Maoshan | Maoshan Merchant, 200M Cash | +25-200% damage, -5-10% cooldown, +1-50% drop rate |
| Taoist Orb | Apex Eagle Hunt / Taoist | Taoist Merchant, 100M Cash | -5-10% cooldown, +25-200% damage, +5-25% Cash, +1-50% drop rate |
| Qian Gate Orb | Xian Gate Dao | Rainbow Dragon Fish | -5-10% cooldown, +20-100% damage, +1-100% drop rate |
| Sage Yijiu Orb | Sage Yijiu | Frost Queen Fish | +50-200% damage, +5-25% Cash |
| Cloud Ascension Orb | Cloud Ascension | Frost Kingfish | -1-25% cooldown, +10-120% damage, +5-15% drop rate |
| Bac Minh Orb | Bac Minh | Bac Minh's quest (Coconut Isle) | Quest-locked orb tied to the Bac Minh skill line. |
| Execution Orb | Execution | Enzo, Nightmare mode only (50%) | +5-150% damage, +10-40% Cash, -5-25% cooldown |
How to actually get one
- Two are bought: the Taoist Orb for 100M and the Maoshan Orb for 200M, from the roaming merchants — see merchant spawn timings.
- Three come from fish: Rainbow Dragon Fish, Frost Queen Fish and Frost Kingfish each carry one. The first two are summoned with crafted bait rather than found, so they are the most schedulable orbs in the game.
- One is a quest: Bac Minh on Coconut Isle.
- One is boss-only: the Execution Orb drops at a listed 50% from Enzo on Nightmare and nowhere else.
What the sources disagree on
Two widely watched guides describe orb acquisition differently: one says orbs come from the summon banners or quest rewards, another says you buy them from a merchant for 1M Cash. Neither matches the per-orb sources on the board, which are listed above and are far more specific. If you are following a video and an orb is not where it says, the table above is the one to trust — and the 1M Cash figure in particular does not match either merchant's listed price.
Orb table transcribed: