Ironworks Fishing Rod

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you also get one of the rarest titles in the game.

It's hardly a stand-out title. Without knowing that it's from fishing, most assume that it's to do with DoM classes.

The ironworks can also be given to multiple retainers, as it can be bought from the calamity salvager for less than 4800gil.

You can buy a Halcyon Rod & do an entire second & third Lucis for less effort than one Ironworks Fishing Rod. It's 86/119 big fish vs. 106 big fish (most of which require more gathering than the supra/lucis fish anyway).

lucis has taken a lot of effort to get as well, as it requires the original halcyon rod, then the foragers, then the upgrade to lucis

You have to do Halcyon Rod > Forager's > Supra > Ironworks Rod too.
Even so, Halcyon Rod > Forager's > Supra > Lucis is still much much easier than Ironworks Rod.

Halcyon Rod > Forager's > Supra > Lucis
20 of one fish, 303 min gathering
3 of one fish, 348 min gathering
30 of one fish, 357 min gathering
...53 big fish total, 357 minimum gathering

Ironworks Fishing Rod
106 unique big fish, 393 minimum gathering