Fisch: How to Get the Idol Taiga Companion on Skycrest

The Idol Taiga is the companion added alongside Skycrest, the floating island introduced in Fisch on September 5, 2026. It does not appear on a timer, it cannot be bought, and no NPC hands it over. It shows up under one specific weather condition, in one specific spot, and it only responds to one type of bait.

Quick answer: Trigger a Tropical Squall with a Tropical Squall Totem, go to the large stone idols on Skycrest, collect fireflies by holding E on the glowing lights, equip a firefly as bait, then cast near the small moving Taiga and hold E to feed it repeatedly until it is tamed.

What you need before you start

Three things gate the Idol Taiga. Miss any one of them and the companion either will not spawn or will refuse to be fed. Sort all three out before you head to the idols, because a Tropical Squall does not last forever and you do not want to spend it hunting for bait.

Requirement	Details
Tropical Squall weather	The only weather in which the Idol Taiga appears. Force it with a Tropical Squall Totem, sold at Elder Kaito’s shop on Skycrest and by other vendors.
Idol Favor level	Skycrest’s own progression track. You need enough Favor built up before the companion can be tamed.
Fireflies	The bait. Four nighttime roaming variants exist: Firefly, Loopy Five, Blue Ghost, and Gombak Bent-Winged.

Elder Kaito’s stock rotates weekly, so the totem is not guaranteed to be sitting there every time you check. Prices for his rotating goods run from around 10,000 C$ for smaller items up to 150,000 C$ for the pricier totems.

Why Idol Favor matters here

Idol Favor is the leveling system tied specifically to Skycrest, and it acts as the key for most of the island’s content. Taming the Idol Taiga, placing Sky Crystals for the Keeper of the Sky, and unlocking extra Charm slots on the Crest Amulet all scale with it.

If the companion is on screen but nothing happens when you try to feed it, low Favor is the most likely reason. The fastest way to push the number up is Master Hiroto’s timed angler challenges on Skycrest, which scale to your current level and pay out large Favor rewards. Completing Ancient Idol trials feeds into the same track.

Taming the Idol Taiga

Buy a Tropical Squall Totem and use it. The weather flips over immediately, and this is the only window in which the companion exists. Nothing else in the process works outside of a Tropical Squall.

Vendor shop menu in Fisch listing the Tropical Squall Totem and other weekly stock — The rotating weekly shop stock where the Tropical Squall Totem is sold. Image: Roblox

Head to the large stone idols on Skycrest. The Idol Taiga spawns near the base of these statues as a small creature moving around on the ground. You do not need to talk to the big idols themselves, and no dialogue is involved.

The large stone idol statues on Skycrest where the small Idol Taiga wanders — The large stone idols on Skycrest, with the small Idol Taiga moving around near their base. Image: Roblox

Gather fireflies. They appear as small glowing lights around the island at night. Walk up to one and hold E to catch it, then repeat until you have several in your bag.

Tip: Grab more than you think you need. One firefly will not finish the taming, and running out mid-squall means starting the weather over.

Open your backpack and equip a firefly as bait on your rod, the same way you would attach any other bait.

Fisch player character in the air with the Open Backpack prompt and hotbar on screen — The Open Backpack prompt and hotbar, used to equip a firefly onto your rod. Image: Roblox

Cast your rod on the ground near the Idol Taiga, then walk up to the creature and hold E to feed it. It will take the firefly and stay put rather than running off.

Keep feeding it fireflies. Each one moves the taming along, and after enough feeds the companion is yours and gets added to your companion list.

The tamed Idol Taiga companion beside the player near the Skycrest idols — The Idol Taiga after the final firefly feed, now registered as a companion. Image: Roblox

Where to find the four firefly variants

All four firefly types roam Skycrest at night only. They are worth collecting even outside the taming process, since they double as high-tier bait for regular fishing.

Firefly
Loopy Five
Blue Ghost
Gombak Bent-Winged

If you arrive during the day, there will be no glowing lights to collect. Either wait for night or use a totem that shifts the time of day before setting off the squall.

Common reasons the taming fails

What happens	Fix
No Idol Taiga near the idols	The weather is not a Tropical Squall. Use a totem to force it.
Feeding prompt does nothing	Your equipped bait is not a firefly, or your Idol Favor is too low.
No fireflies on the island	It is daytime. The variants only roam at night.
Ran out of bait mid-taming	Collect more fireflies before triggering the next squall.

Interacting with the large stone statues is not part of the process at all. Skipping straight to the small creature at their base is the correct approach.

What the Idol Taiga does once tamed

The companion is built around Skycrest’s systems rather than being decorative. It boosts the effects of Charms equipped on your Crest Amulet, automatically sacrifices low-rarity catches at the Fire of Spirits, generates extra Idol Favor as you play, and actively spears fish for you.

The auto-sacrifice behaviour pairs directly with the Fire of Spirits during a Tropical Squall, where feeding the flame raises nearby luck and weather spawn rates and eventually summons the Abaia Hunt. The extra Favor generation also compounds, since Favor is what unlocks additional Charm slots and lets you safely place Sky Crystals for the Keeper of the Sky.

Skycrest mixes permanent content with limited Fischfest material, so some of what surrounds the island will rotate out when the festival ends. The Idol Taiga itself sits inside the island’s permanent Idol Favor progression, which makes it worth taming early rather than leaving until you have cleared everything else.