Fishing

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Fishing is a mechanic that allows you to obtain seafood and various valuables using a Fishing Rod.
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== How to Fish ==
To fish, first craft or purchase a Fishing Rod. To craft a Fishing Rod, you must combine two Sticks and one Fiber at a Crafting Station. You can purchase a Fishing Rod for at the Etris Docks and the house at the base of the tall island between the Isle of Vigils and Etrea, or for from a fishing pond room in a Guild Base.
The next step to fishing is to cast your line into either the sea or a fishing pond. After a while, you will get a bite, and your character will begin leaning in a certain direction. You must hold the key that is displayed on your screen. As you are doing this, start clicking rapidly, this will reel in the fish. You are also given a time limit, failing to reel in the fish in the correct time will result in you losing the fish. Clicking with the wrong key can also lose you the fish. You can tell when the fish is almost caught/escaped when the circle is almost completely closed. you will catch the fish when the fish icon reaches the border. 
Catching rare fish like the swordfish, lionfish, and chests should not be treated the same as catching common fish, as the "start clicking rapidly" part of the strategy will make you loose the fish in seconds. The minigame changes to only allow one click per leaning direction and after registering the click, it changes the direction to a different one. Chests and swordfish allow you to mess up the clicks a couple times, hovewer to catch a lionfish you must not miss a single click while also reacting to the side switches faster. It is reccomended to only click once when the fishing minigame starts to avoid loosing rare fish, and if the direction doesnt change after one click then you can start rapidly clicking. 
Though bait is not required for fishing, it is highly recommended as you are able to get better loot and catch fish slightly faster. To equip bait, hold out your fishing rod and attempt to hold out any uncooked edible food, such as fruit, mushrooms and fish meat. Some baits have moderate changes in catch rarity and/or slight changes in catch speed, but it's not super significant.
Fishing can also level each physical attribute (except weapon) given enough time. Notably, it provides a large amount of willpower experience in comparison to other stats.
The frequency and quality of loot from fishing is also heavily based on the location you are fishing in. Even slight angle adjustments in the same spot can lead to significantly better results.
== Loot From Fishing ==
Many varieties of fish can be obtained from fishing, as well as some loot. Fished up objects can very rarely be golden. The bigger the fish, the better the loot. The loot you can get from fishing is:
* Sea Bass 
* Red Snapper
* Tuna
* Swordfish
* Squid
* Urchin
* Pufferfish
* Seaweed
* 1 Mudskipper (Will spawn a Mudskipper)
* 1 Lionfish (Will spawn a Lionfish)
* Old Boots (Leather Boots)
* Chests (Uncommon, not "very rare" you can probably fish up 1-5 chests in a 10-20 to minute time period if you are very good. Not all loot can be obtained from fishing (There are some exceptions). Example of Chests that can be fished up: Aratel Chests, Bandit Chests, Mudskipper Chests, Depths Chests, And Primadon Chests.)
* Golden/Enchanted Fish
Everything you can get from fishing has its own chat bubble pop-up, as a reaction of your character, with most of them being puns or word plays.
* If you fish a Sea Bass: "It's a Sea Bass! Where's its instrument?"
* If you fish a Red Snapper: "A Red Snapper! Quite the sailor's mouth on this one..."
* If you fish a Tuna: "Holy moly, a Tuna! I wonder what at-tuna-ment it is?"
* If you fish a Swordfish: "A Swordfish! Too bad I can't wield it..."
* If you fish a Squid: "Cool Squid! No, I'm not squidding."
* If you fish a Pufferfish: "A poisonous Pufferfish! Careful eating this one..."
* If you fish an Urchin: "Barely edible..."
* If you fish a Seaweed: "It got stuck on a Seaweed..."
* If you fish a Mudskipper: "What the...?!"
* If you fish a Lionfish: "A LIONFISH?!"
* If you fish a Treasure Chest: "Woah! A Treasure Chest!"
* If you fish a Golden Fish: "Huh?..."
==Fishing Spots==
Fishing spots are static places around the map that has a significantly better loot pool for fishing compared to regular waters. Additionally you are able to summon a fishing spot using the relic Rain Spire
Screenshot 2024-05-17 183718.png|Visual effect for a fishing spot
There are 11 known fishing locations in game:
*Boatman's Watch
*Behind Mortus' shack
*Tomb of the Nameless Warrior
*Starfield Grove
*Starfield Veldt
*Near the Shrine of Division
*Miner's Landing
*Eastern Interstitial Lighthouse
*The Entropy Catalyst
*The Beloved Zofia
*New Kyrsa, The Sleeping City 
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|-|Boatmans Watch=
===Boatmans Watch===
This spot is seen on the coast of Boatman's Watch to the right of the shipyard looking outward.
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|-|Mortus=
===Mortus===
This spot is accessed by slipping through a crack past the left side of Mortus' shack.
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|-|Tomb of the Nameless Warrior=
===Tomb of the Nameless Warrior===
This spot can be seen once you enter the Strength uncap room. There are two spots on the left and right of the obelisk.
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Tomb of the nameless warrior fishing spot.png
|-|Starfield Grove=
===Starfield Grove===
This spot can be seen behind the Startree located in the Starswept Valley.
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|-|Starfield Veldt=
===Starfield Veldt===
This spot can be seen behind the Startree located near Miner's Landing.
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|-|Shrine of Division=
===Shrine of Division===
This spot is located to the right of the Shrine of Division island when facing outward.
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Shrine of Division fishing spot location.png
|-|Miner's Landing=
===Miner's Landing===
This spot is located in a waterfall in a staircase on the path to the upper landing.
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Miners Landing fishing spot location.png
|-|Eastern Interstitial Lighthouse=
===Eastern Interstitial Lighthouse===
This spot is located in the inner walls of the Lighthouse
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|-|The Entropy Catalyst=
===The Entropy Catalyst===
This spot is located at the entrance of The Entropy Catalyst
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Entropy catalyst fishing spot location.png
|-|Beloved Zofia=
===Beloved Zofia===
This spot is located around the rocks in front of the front of the Beloved Zofia
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Beloved zofia fishing spot location.png
|-|New Kyrsa, The Sleeping City=
===New Kyrsa, The Sleeping City===
This spot is located just in front of the waterfall.
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==Gallery==
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|-|Normal=
File:Best fishin buddies.png|Sea Bass
File:Screenshot 2022-04-07 081307.png|Red Snapper
File:The tnua.png|Tuna
File:Screenshot.png|Swordfish
File:Squidgame.png|Squid
File:Pufferfish.png|Pufferfish
File:Sea weed.png|Seaweed Bundle
File:Urchin pog.png|Urchin
|-|Golden=
File:Screenshot 2022-04-06 173636.png|Golden Sea Bass
File:Golden Fish.png|Golden Red Snapper
File:Golden Tuna.png|Golden Tuna
File:Goldenswordfish.png|Golden Swordfish
File:Gold squid.png|Golden Squid
File:Golden Pufferfish.png|Golden Pufferfish
File:Golden Seaweed.png|Golden Seaweed Bundle
File:Golden Urchin1.png|Golden Urchin [1]
File:Golden Urchin.png|Golden Urchin [2]
File:Golden urchin.png|Golden Urchin [3]
|-|Miscellaneous=
File:Old-boot-ganymede-idiot.png|Leather Boot (Fished)
File:Fishskipper.png|Mudskipper
File:Image 2022-08-10 204516332.png|Lionfish
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==Talents==
There are currently three Talents related to fishing, each automatically obtained after reaching certain milestones.
Name 	Description 	Requirements	Image
Fisher's Lure 	Fish are drawn to your line more quickly. 	50 Bites 	
Hook, Line, and Sinker	Once something's caught your line, it's much harder for it to get loose.
(+4 Carry Load)	30 Bites 	
Proficient Baiting 	Casting your line excites ocean life, reducing the chances of fishing up trash.	10 Bites 	
==Bait==
A lot of raw food can be used as bait, obviously I didn't have them all while testing so this list is obviously incomplete as well as pretty poorly made. This was tested at the left of the Etris docks, at the beach where the Den Master is.
Below is a list of bait that can be used. Don't see a valid bait? Feel free to test and add data!
DISCLAIMER: LACK OF DATA. EFFECTS WILL VARY. 
*No Bait: Baseline for fishing. Results from 100 NoBait: 25 Sea bass, 5 Squid, 21 Red Snapper, 11 Tuna, 5 Lionfish, 4 Sword Fish, 2 Golden Sea bass, 1 Golden Red Snapper, 13 Chest and 13 Fails (which are mostly Lionfish, Chest or Sword Fish since those are the most difficult)
* Plumfruit: May take a longer time to fish up a fish. Regardless fish also seem to be harder to catch. Results from ~18 Plumfruits: 6 sea bass, 1 puffer fish, 2 squid, 2 urchins, 1 red snapper (Though a lot of misses).
*Pomar: Not Properly Documented.
*Gobletto: Getting bites was quite fast. Results from 7 Goblettos: 2 Misses, 1 Squid, 1 Red Snapper, 1 Sea Bass, 2 Urchins
*Squid: Seemed to get a lot of squid using squid. Results from 3 Squids: 2 Squids, 1 Miss, 1 Sea Bass, 1 Pufferfish
*Dentifilo: Unfortunately tested it in a laggy server. Effects: Received bites quick seemingly. Results from 8 Dentiflos: 2 Seaweed, 6 Misses
*Seaweed Bundle: Fast catches. Results from 2 Seaweed: 2 Seabass and 1 Miss.
*Urchin: Decent speed of bites. Results from 4 Urchins: 2 Sea Bass, 1 Squid, 1 Miss
*Browncap: Average bite times. Results from 10 Browncaps: 2 Seaweed Bundles, 3 Red Snappers, 2 Sea Bass, 1 Squid, 1 Miss, 1 Urchin
*Chum: Intended bait. Results from 100 Chum gave: 20 Sea bass, 10 Squid, 17 Red Snapper, 11 Tuna, 11 Lionfish, 17 Chest and 14 Fails. (All fishing Talents used)
*Calabash: Not Properly Documented.
*Fish Meat: Results from 100 Fish Meat: 32 Sea bass, 4 Squid, 15 Red Snapper, 9 Tuna, 6 Sword Fish, 8 Lionfish, 11 Chest and 15 Fails. (All fishing Talents used.)
* Redd: Slightly lower than average bites. Results from ?? Redd: 2 miss, 2 sea bass, 1 squid, 1 red snapper.
*Pufferfish: Not Properly Documented. (Possibly better chance of catching Mudskippers?)
Bait & Amount 	Misses	Common Fish	Uncommon Fish	Rare Fish	Chests	Monsters	Other
100 Dentifilos	25 	47 	16 	0 	6 	5 	1
100 Chum 	18 	50 	14 	0 	6 	12 	0
==Trivia==
*The general format and delivery of the lines that your character speaks is a possible reference to the Animal Crossing series.
* Some spots won't let you fish.
* There is no height limit, you can fish from the top of cliff faces.
*Some locations are better for fishing than others, for example the Vigils Docks.
*Fish meat can be used as bait or as food, though I would recommend cooking it if you are intending to eat it. Cooked Fish Meat is a pretty solid food item, giving you 15 Stomach Fill and 5 Water Fill. Good for Carnivores that need food.
*It's always good to have a fishing rod on you. If you're ever in a pinch, you can fish for food and items that can be useful on your journey.
*If you would rather not get carpal tunnel while fishing, you can use an auto clicker with its interval being set at 2 milliseconds for the best optimization (Tested.) be careful, as making a mistake can result in the "Catch" escaping.
* The harder the difficulty of the "Catch" (Aka. The fishing minigame, which the difficulty of is measured in Reel Speed, Direction Change Speed, and Fishing Time Limit.) the higher rarity of the item you may receive upon completing the fishing minigame.
*You can get Enchants, Deep Gems, and Legendary/Mythic Equipment from fishing chests, but it is VERY rare. Specific locations seem to have higher chances of getting these.
* Fishing will level your Strength, Fortitude, Intelligence, Willpower and Charisma by default.
*The Waterfall at Miner's Landing is the BEST source for Seaweed Bundles. Trust the process.
*Fishing used to contain every single item inside of it's lootpool as long as it was in any chest pool, this lead to infamous incidents such as the Verse 1 Enchant Shard incident. After this happened, a quick patch was rolled out to allow blacklists to items and chest pools, such as the blacklisting of Enchant Stone chests.
**Ever since this patch was rolled out, fishing activity declined.
*During the Warring States Era fishing would give points to the aspect you had.
*Fishing up a golden swordfish allows you to use it as a weapon.
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