Fishing Contest

## Fishing Contests

A view of /warp fishing

Fishing Contests are potential hourly fishing events. They occur at the beginning of each hour, so long as at least 5 players are online and last for a duration of 10 minutes.

Competing in fishing contests can be done from anywhere, simply fishing during them will let players catch special fish and compete with others for leaderboard spots. The fish caught in these contests can either be kept as collectibles or sold using /emf shop for extra money. After the 10 minute duration the player who caught the largest fish will be announced the winner.

## Removed Contest Types

Between January 2022 and April 2022 there existed 2 other types of Fishing Contests players could compete in with different winning criteria. Each hour the type of contest that began would be chosen from random.

#### Most Fish

In "Most Fish" contest types the goal was to catch as many fish as possible within the 10 minute time limit. Players could increase the amount of catches during these contests in a few ways:

* Fishing in rain/storm weather.
* Fishing in a warp or deep ocean biome.
* Fishing using a Lure IV crate rod.
* Having a high fishing mcMMO level.

If a player fished with some or all of these attributes a victory or leaderboard placement slot was almost secured, making this contest type the least random for victors as it's based entirely on fishing experience and prior set-up. It was eventually removed due to its lack of competitive nature and bias towards high level fishing players.

#### Specific Fish

In "Specific Fish" contests the goal was to catch as many of a certain type of fish in the 10 minute time limit. The fish could range from epic to ancient rarity and the winner was the player who was able to catch the most of that fish before the contest ended. These contests were entirely luck based and often times no winners were crowned since the desired fish type was not caught at all during the contest. It was eventually removed due to a bug that caused some fishing contests to end upon the desired fish being caught, resulting in some fishing contests beginning and concluding in less than a second.

## Fishing Contest Rewards

The rewards for placing in a fishing contest are as follows.

* 1st Place - $5,000 and a Golden Fishing Trophy.
* 2nd Place - $4,000
* 3rd Place - $3,000
* 4th Place - $2,000
* 5th Place - $1,000

## Contest Fish

There are 5 types of fish that can appear during fishing contests, Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary and Ancient.

### Catch Chances

* Common Fish - **59.9%**
* Uncommon Fish - **25%**
* Rare Fish - **13%**
* Legendary Fish - **2%**
* Ancient Fish - **0.1%**

**Fishing Contest Fish**

## Biome Fish

As well as the usual fish that appear during Fishing Contests there are a select number of **Legendary** fish that can only be caught when fishing in a specific biome. Many players make it a personal goal to catch every single one of these fish and they're often some of the most sought after for fish collections.

\*Due to the changes Minecraft 1.18 made to biomes, the Pebble Fish and Cliff Fish can appear anywhere and are not limited to a specific biome.

**Removed Biome Fish**

\*The Fishinos could be caught in any area so long as the player's fishing mcMMO skill was 750 or above.

## Seasonal Fish

Starting from Love Crate, each Seasonal Crate has been accompanied by a limited time themed fish available through the Fishing Contest. These were originally just for collection purposes, but separate Ancient versions of these fish that drop their respective seasonal key were introduced from Farmer Crate onward.

## Limited Time Fish

Occasionally special limited time fish are added to the fishing contest to mark celebratory events. These fish are only available for a very short time and often come in Legendary and Ancient forms, each dropping different rewards.

Limited Time Fish
 **Vampire Fish** | October 29th 2021 - November 1st 2021 (Legendary) November 5th 2021 (Ancient)
 Cupid Pufferfish
 Jellybean Jellyfish

## History

**April 1st 2022**

* Changed required players online to start a fishing contest from 10 to 5.
* Removed Fish Most Fish & Fish Specific Fish competition types.

**January 18th 2022**

* Fishing plug-in changed.
* Added 3 new contest types: Largest Fish, Most Fish and Specific Fish.
* Adjusted fishing contest catch rates.

**January 2nd 2022**

* Added Mystery Mackerel to the fishing contests that drop a Mystery Scroll when caught.

**July 26th 2021**

* Changed required players online to start a fishing contest from 15 to 10.

**July 4th 2021**

* Added Legendary versions of Seasonal Fish that do not drop keys when caught.

**June 2nd 2021**

* Added Wild Fish to fishing contests that drop a Wild Key when caught.
* Added Spartan Fish to fishing contests that drop a Gladiator Key when caught.
* Added Ancient Seasonal Fish to fishing contests that drop a Seasonal Key when caught.

**February 24th 2021**

* Added 5 more legendary biome fish to the fishing contest.

**February 1st 2021**

* Updated Paponoui contest fish sprite from Salmon to Tropical Fish.

**January 19th 2021**

* Items that cannot be sold in the fish shop will no longer be destroyed by putting them into the menu.
* Lores for contest fish display again.
* Everyone will now get a notification when a new player takes 1st place in an ongoing fishing contest.

**November 20th 2020**

* Scheduled restarts no longer occur during fishing contests on any realm.

**November 18th 2020**

* Fishing Contest Trophies now drop on the ground if your inventory is full.

**November 14th 2020**

* Fishing contests now begin every hour with at least 15 players online rather than every 3 hours with 10 players online.
* Updated fishing contest rewards. 4th place now gets $4,000 rather than $3,000 and 5th place now gets $1,000 rather than $0.

**November 2nd 2020**

* Removed junk items from the fishing contests.
* Removed contest fish that already exist in vanilla Minecraft (Salmon, Pufferfish, Clownfish)
* Adjusted fishing contest catch rates.
* Re-balanced most contest fish payments by changing them from cod to different types of fish.

**April 4th 2020**

* Added Ancient tier fish to the fishing contests.

**May 5th 2019**

* Added a new legendary biome fish to the fishing contest.

**April 15th 2019**

* Added 4 more legendary biome fish to the fishing contest.

**January 14th 2019**

* Added fishing contests.

**November 14th 2018**

* Removed fishing contests.

**September 18th 2018**

* Added a fish that can only be caught at /warp endfish

**August 4th 2018**

* Added /warp fishing
* Added 6 legendary biome fish to the fishing contest.
* Balanced fish lengths to make Pygmy Whale less OP.
* Added fish shop.

**July 29th 2018**

* Contest Fish now only appear during Fishing Contests.