Fisherman

Fishing

**Fisherman** is one of the seven available jobs on Vulengate. It focuses around catching fish.

It's one of the best jobs for new players as the entry requirements for it are almost non-existent, just requiring a fishing rod to begin working. Upgrades such as a crate rod and higher fishing mcMMO can help high level Fishermen make tons of money very quickly. Fishing during Fishing Contests is an optimal grinding set-up for this job as it eliminates the mcMMO junk catches from appearing for the duration of the contest.

Players who reach level 200 in the Fisherman job are given a commemorative [Fisherman] Tag for the accomplishment.

## Job Info

*All job information is shown at level 1. The increase of income and experience is by 0.1% of its value every level.*

**Catching**
  Raw Salmon
  Pufferfish
  Player Head
  Tropical Fish

## Getting Started

### Essentials

Any crate fishing rod with Lure III or above is a good first step into grinding Fisherman job. The Wild Rod from the Wild Crate is easily obtainable on most colors and is a fantastic starter rod.

Eventually when enough money is saved up, players looking to grind fisherman and wanting improved catch rates should look into purchasing a Lure IV crate rod. These are available through the Galactic, Ancient Greece, Festive, Pirate, Retro, Fall and 2022 Anniversary Crates and will make a noticeable different in fish catch rates when one is being used.

#### mcMMO fishing bug

Past a certain mcMMO fishing level (starting around 1000 usually and worsening as time goes on), Lure IV crate rods begin to malfunction and perform worse than their Lure III counterparts while being used in the main hand. The easiest fix for this is to swap to fishing with Lure IV rods in the offhand slot to prevent a decrease in catch rate.

## Strategies

### Biome Selection

Biome selection is the most important part of grinding Fisherman job. It's a fairly straightforward job, and therefore the meta for it is relatively simple compared to other jobs. It's all about increasing fish catch rate. Warm or deep ocean biomes provide the biggest increase to natural fish rates so these are the biomes players grinding will want to stay in.

#### Weather

Certain weather conditions such as rain, storm and thunderstorm will also affect the fish catch rate. If the correct biome is paired with these weather effects the fish rate multiplier increases quickly.

### Fishing Contests

By far the most popular method of grinding Fisherman job is participating in Fishing Contests. The vanilla Minecraft fish catch rates are adjusted during these to favor higher paying fish, and the mcMMO fishing junk drops are disabled during them too, allowing for a consistent source of high income and experience. Fishermen can also catch the high paying custom head fish during these contests, providing the second highest source of income and experience in the job.

## History

**January 25th 2022**

* Added catching Player Heads.

**October 19th 2020**

* Buffed every action in the job.

**January 24th 2020**

Buffed every action in the job by 35%.

**May 30th 2019**

* Fixed catching fish not paying with Fisherman job.

**March 1st 2019**

* Buffed every action in the job by 50%.

**March 14th 2018**

* Fisherman Job Added