Fisch Birthday Candle Rod: All 11 Anniversary Fish & Odds

Last Verified: October 5, 2026. Fish odds, rod stats and the Birthday Candle mutation come from the Official Fisch Wiki (fischipedia.org) and its Version 2.04 changelog. Anniversary Pool timing and the candle reward order come from community guides. The developers have not announced an exact end hour for the event.

The Birthday Candle Rod needs all 11 anniversary fish, and six of them come down to luck you can't buy. Each of those six has a fixed chance on any catch, anywhere. The rarest is 1 in 800.

Run the numbers on all six together and you need about 1,264 catches on average to collect the set. The event runs through October 6.

The other five live in Anniversary Pools, which show up about once an hour. The pools are the easy half, Leviathan aside.

The short version

The six global fish and their odds

Any water, any catch. The wiki lists each one with a fixed chance, so the usual luck stacking does nothing here.

What those odds add up to

Add the six together and roughly one catch in 63 is an anniversary fish of some kind. The trouble is the duplicates.

The Present turns up four times as often as the Balloon. By the time the Balloon arrives, you'll usually be sitting on a pile of spare Presents.

Your chance of having all six, by catch count:

The median is 1,089 catches, and one player in ten will still be missing something at 2,221. Even after 1,000 catches, there's a 29% chance you haven't seen a Balloon.

Nearly all of that tail is the Balloon.

Starting late? Catch speed matters more than anything else this event. A rod that lands fish fast beats a luck rod here, because luck doesn't move a fixed roll. Our Fisch rod tier list shows which rods actually reel quickly.

The five Anniversary Pool fish

Pool-only. The wiki gives weights, not percentages, but that's enough to rank them.

The Leviathan is the real wall.

Its weight is 1 against the Floppy's 80. On top of that, the wiki marks it progress-locked with a -95% progress speed, so even hooking it isn't the end of the fight. Land it and you get 50,000 XP for the trouble. The Floppy and Ducky will come on their own while you wait.

How the pools work

A pool spawns roughly once an hour and stays up for about 15 minutes (TheClick, Treyex and Bloxodes all agree). It appears at one of four places:

• Castaway Cliffs
• Forsaken Shores
• Roslit Bay
• Snowcap Island

A global chat message names the island when one spawns. Keep chat open and a fast boat ready, because a 15-minute window shrinks quickly if you're sailing from the far side of the map.

Anniversary Pools are separate from the Lucky Pool rework in the same update. Lucky Pools now spawn two at a time every 5 minutes and give a 15% chance at the Jackpot mutation, per the 2.04 changelog.

What each candle gives you

Only candle 11 is on the wiki. Bloxodes and Treyex agree on the rest:

Candle 5 is the one to plan around. The Anniversary Totem summons a pool on demand, according to those guides.

Don't fire it the moment you get it.

Your first five candles will almost always be the common fish, so by candle 5 you're probably still missing the Isonade, Squid or Leviathan. Save the Totem for when no natural pool is up and you're down to pool fish only.

Is the Birthday Candle Rod any good?

The burn and the cake make it a quick reeler. The mutation is the weak link.

Wiki stats:

Its ability does three things:

• 26% chance to apply the Birthday Candle mutation.
• Catching a Birthday Candle fish drops a cake worth +65% progress on your next fight. The wiki lists +46% against progress-locked fish but flags that number for verification.
• Every 3 catches, a burn kicks in during the minigame: +2% progress every 0.5 seconds.

That quick reel suits a mutation-farming rod, which makes the mutation the problem. Birthday Candle multiplies sell value by 8x. The same update raised Snowy from 6x to 10x and Flora from 7x to 10x, so the event mutation launched below two buffed regular ones.

Our read: get it because it's limited and fun to use, not because it'll be your money rod in November. Building a long-term mutation setup? The Fisch mutation strategy guide covers stacking.

A plan for the last day

1. Redeem Happy2ndYear first. The 25 Cupcakes are your bait for the whole event, and the code dies October 6 at 18:00 UTC. Enter it in Settings (full list on our Fisch codes page).
2. Fish with Cupcakes near the cake between pools. Every catch is a roll for the six globals, and Cupcakes give a 10% shot at the 8x mutation on top.
3. Drop everything when chat announces a pool. The Floppy and Ducky should fall quickly. Stay for the Mythicals.
4. Turn in every new species right away. Candles pay out Cupcakes, so cashing in early keeps you stocked.
5. Hold the Totem until you're down to pool fish and none is up.

Last caveat: there's no confirmed shutdown hour on October 6. If you're short a Balloon late on the 6th, assume the event could close at any time and don't count on a full day.

FAQ

How do you get the Birthday Candle Rod in Fisch?

Catch all 11 2nd Anniversary fish and throw each one into the Icing Pool inside the Birthday Cake at Moosewood. Each new species lights a candle, and the 11th candle gives the rod.

Where do Anniversary Pools spawn in Fisch?

Community guides report pools at Castaway Cliffs, Forsaken Shores, Roslit Bay and Snowcap Island. A pool appears about once an hour and lasts around 15 minutes, and global chat names the island.

What is the rarest 2nd Anniversary fish?

Among the global fish, the 2nd Birthday Balloon at a fixed 1 in 800. Among pool fish, the Birthday Leviathan. Its base chance weight is 1 against the Floppy's 80, and it's progress-locked.

When does the Fisch 2nd Anniversary event end?

Guides list the event as running October 3 through October 6, 2026, with no exact end hour announced. The Happy2ndYear code expires October 6 at 18:00 UTC.

What does the Birthday Candle mutation do?

It multiplies a fish's sell value by 8x. It comes from the Birthday Candle Rod (26% chance) or from Cupcakes bait (10% chance).

What does the Happy2ndYear code give?

2,026 C$, the Giant Fisch Cake boat, a title, 25 Cupcakes and a random item. It needs Level 25.

Related

• Fisch game hub
• Fisch codes
• Fisch rod tier list
• Fisch mutation strategy guide

Sources

• Official Fisch Wiki (fischipedia.org): Version 2.04 changelog
• Official Fisch Wiki: Birthday Candle Rod, Birthday Candle (Mutation), Cupcakes, Codes
• Official Fisch Wiki: fish pages for all 11 anniversary fish (odds, rarity group, XP, preferred bait)
• Official Fisch Wiki: Brandon (NPC), on the Icing Pool turn-in
• Fisch on X (@FischOnROBLOX): 2nd Anniversary Update announcement
• TheClick, Treyex Gaming and Bloxodes: Anniversary Pool spawn timing and locations, candle reward order, event dates
• Collection odds (catches needed for all six global fish) are worked out from the wiki's fixed chances