Fishing

**Fishing** is an activity that pets can perform. It primarily uses the Nature skill, with the occasional Brawl, Stealth, Strength, or Arcana checks.

## Helpful Merits

Many merits are potentially helpful during **Fishing** activities.

### Skill and Attribute Merits

Merits that modify skills or attributes can be universally or situationally useful, as different rolls may consider different stats. Such merits include:

* Balance: +1 all Attributes
* Force of Nature: +0-5 Strength, Stamina, and/or Dexterity
* Force of Will: +0-5 Dexterity, Perception, and/or Intelligence
* Matter Over Mind: +0-5 Strength, Stamina, and/or Dexterity
* Mind Over Matter: +0-5 Dexterity, Perception, and/or Intelligence
* Moderation: +1 all Attributes
* Moon-bound: Up to +3 Strength and Stamina
* No Shadow; No Reflection: +1 Stealth
* Prehensile Tongue: +1 Dexterity
* Spectral: +1 Stealth

### Merit: Lucky

Lucky greatly increases the chances that pets will achieve a lucky outcome in encounters where that is possible, e.g. finding a Little Strongbox at a Waterfall Basin, gaining extra ~~m~~ at the Plaza Fountain, or randomly reeling in Fish Bones. Lucky pets will have slight modifications to their activity logs when achieving a lucky outcome, usually ending with "Lucky~!" in the message.

Note that it is not impossible for non-Lucky pets to achieve lucky outcomes; it is simply far less likely.

### Merit: No Shadow; No Reflection

No Shadow; No Reflection reduces the chances that pets will receive the "nothing was biting" outcome. The activity log sometimes alludes to this merit with an additional statement of "(Having no reflection is pretty useful!)".

### Merit: Soothing Voice

A Soothing Voice makes a pet better at singing. This allows a pet to attract mermaids at a Waterfall Basin.

## Helpful Tools / Bonuses

Tools, tool bonuses, status effects, and other effects that aid fishing, increase skills, or boost attributes can be helpful during **fishing** activities.

### Finds Items

**Fishing** encounters may benefit from tools, tool bonuses, status effects, and other effects that help pets to find items. Many such effects apply when **fishing**, but Bonus: Fisherman's deserves a special mention because of how much Fish can be acquired while **fishing**.

## Bird Bath

If the Greenhouse has the Bird Bath add-on, pets may watch small birds when they fail to find anything to fish (instead of doing nothing else).

+Esteem
+XP
 (Pet) couldn't find anything to fish, so watched some small birds play in the Greenhouse Bird Bath, instead.
+Esteem

## Fishing Locations

Currently, all **fishing** locations are available year-round. Some encounters and outcomes may depend on other factors. For example, a Huge Toad can be reeled in at a Roadside Creek more often while it is raining.

### Beach

Pets might look for fishing spots on the beach, where they might end up getting distracted. Currently, pets will not catch anything at the beach.

 While (Pet) was looking for a good fishing spot on the beach, they saw a pair of crabs under a rock, grooming one another, and eating the various bits picked off one another!
 While (Pet) was looking for a good fishing spot on the beach, they saw some breaching whales out on the night ocean. They watched for a while before returning home.
 While (Pet) was looking for a good fishing spot on the beach, they saw some seagulls smashing clams against the rocks! They watched for a while - from a safe distance - before returning home.
 While (Pet) was looking for a good fishing spot on the beach, through the rain they saw some breaching whales out on the ocean. They watched for a while before returning home.
 While (Pet) was looking for a good fishing spot on the beach, they saw some seagulls smashing clams against the rocks in the rain! They watched for a while - from a safe distance - before returning home.
Trains Nature

### Coral Reef

Pets may sometimes fish at a Coral Reef, where they may catch different amounts and types of things depending on their level of success.

Trains Nature
Gives 1 rare item:
* Gold Bar
* Rusty Rapier
 (Pet) went fishing at the Coral Reef, and caught all kinds of stuff!
Trains Nature
Gives 3 items:
* Fish
* Iron Ore
* Sand Dollar
* Scales
* Seaweed
* Silica Grounds
 (Pet) went fishing at the Coral Reef, and caught a couple things!
Trains Nature
Gives 2 items:
* Fish
* Iron Ore
* Sand Dollar
* Scales
* Seaweed
* Silica Grounds
 (Pet) went fishing at the Coral Reef, but there were a bunch of Hammerheads around.
Trains Nature

### Fish Bones

On occasion, pets will randomly reel in Fish Bones while fishing. Fish Bones can also be obtained from other sources (like The Isle of Retreating Teeth), but the random reeling event is independent of the other fishing events.

Trains Nature
 (Pet) went out fishing, and reeled in... some Fish Bones!? (Lucky~??)
Trains Nature
Gives Fish Bones

### Flooded Paddy Field

Pets may find paddy-field-themed loot when fishing at a Flooded Paddy Field. Nón Lá is currently exclusive to this zone and can be found rarely.

Trains Nature
Gives 1x Fish
Gives 1x Nón Lá
 (Pet) went fishing at a Flooded Paddy Field, caught a Crawfish, and picked some Rice!
Trains Nature
Gives 1x Fish
Gives 1x Rice
Trains Nature
 (Pet) went fishing at a Flooded Paddy Field, and almost caught a Crawfish, but it got away. There was plenty of Rice, around, though, so (Pet) grabbed some of that.
Trains Nature
Gives 1x Rice
 (Pet) went fishing at a Flooded Paddy Field, but nothing was biting.
Trains Nature

### Foggy Lake

Pets may sometimes fish at a Foggy Lake, where the fishy denizens are a bit strange and don't actually grant any Fish.

Trains Arcana
Gives Quintessence
Trains Arcana
Trains Nature
 (Pet) went fishing at a Foggy Lake, and almost caught something, but it got away.
 (Pet) went fishing at a Foggy Lake, but nothing was biting, so (Pet) grabbed some (item), instead.
Trains Nature
 (Pet) went fishing at a Foggy Lake, but nothing was biting.
Trains Nature

### Foot of the Volcano

Pets might go fishing at the foot of the Volcano, where on rare occasions, they may even find a Firestone.

### Galloping Octopus

Pets may sometimes hook a Galloping Octopus, which they will need to fight.

+Esteem
+XP
Trains Nature and Brawl
 (Pet) went fishing, and started to reel something in, only to realize it was a huge Galloping Octopus! The two tussled for a while before breaking apart and cautiously retreating...
 (Pet) went fishing, and started to reel something in, only to realize it was a huge Galloping Octopus! (Pet) was caught unawares, and took a tentacle slap to the face before running away! :(
-Esteem
+XP
Trains Nature and Brawl

### Ocean

Pets may fish in the ocean on some rocks.

 (Pet) went fishing on some rocks in the ocean, and caught a sea Cucumber.
Gives Cucumber

### Plaza Fountain

Pets may sneakily fish for moneys in the Plaza fountain.

Trains Stealth
 (Pet) fished around in the Plaza fountain while no one was looking, and grabbed (11-20) moneys! Lucky~!.
Trains Stealth
Gives 11-20~~m~~

### Roadside Creek

Pets may sometimes fish at a Roadside Creek, where they may encounter a Huge Toad or a Singing Fish.

Toad Legs can become Rainbow Toad Legs
Trains Nature
 (Pet) went fishing at a Roadside Creek, and a Huge Toad bit the line! Pet tried to reel it in, but it was too strong, and got away.
 (Pet) went fishing at a Roadside Creek, and caught a Singing Fish!
Trains Nature
Gives 1 item:
* Fish
* Plastic

 (Pet) went fishing at a Roadside Creek, and almost caught a Singing Fish, but it got away.
 (Pet) went fishing at a Roadside Creek, but nothing was biting.
Trains Nature

### Small Lake

Pets may sometimes fish at a Small Lake, where they may capture a Mini Minnow.

Trains Nature
Gives 1-2 items:
* Fish
 (Pet) went fishing at a Small Lake, and almost caught a Mini Minnow, but it got away.
 (Pet) went fishing at a Small Lake, but nothing was biting, so (Pet) grabbed some Silica Grounds, instead.
Trains Nature
 (Pet) went fishing at a Small Lake, but nothing was biting.
Trains Nature

### Still-water Pond

Pets might fish at a still-water pond, where they are doomed to trials of boredom (and never catching a fish).

### Stream

Pets may sometimes fish at a Stream, where they will find the elusive Merchant Fish.

+XP
Trains Nature
Gives Merchant Fish

### The Isle of Retreating Teeth

On very rare occasions, pets may go fishing at The Isle of Retreating Teeth. There, they will find Talo-- er, Teeth. And sometimes Fish Bones?!

Trains Nature
Gives Fish Bones
 (Pet) went fishing at The Isle of Retreating Teeth. They weren't able to catch anything, but they did grab some Talo-- er, I mean, Teeth.
Trains Nature
Gives 1-3x Talon

### Under a Bridge

Pets may go fishing Under a Bridge, where they may reel in a Muscly Trout or Canned Food.

Trains Nature
Gives 1-2 items:
* Fish
 (Pet) went fishing Under a Bridge, and almost caught a Muscly Trout, but it got away.
 (Pet) went fishing Under a Bridge, but all they got was an old can of food...
Trains Nature
 (Pet) went fishing Under a Bridge, but nothing was biting.
Trains Nature

### Waterfall Basin

Pets may sometimes go fishing at a Waterfall Basin, which is home to Medium Minnows. Several rare types of loot can sometimes be found here, and pets with a Soothing Voice may even be able to attract a mermaid.

### Way Out on the Pier

Trains Nature
Gives 1-2 items:
* Jellyfish Jelly
 (Pet) went fishing way out on the pier, and pulled up a Jellyfish, but it stung (Pet), and got away!
+XP
Trains Nature

### Woods

Pets can sometimes explore the woods while searching for a fishing spot. Currently, no items can be fished from this area, but pets might see some wildlife.

 While (Pet) was looking for a good fishing spot in the woods, they saw a raccoon rummaging around a bush, when a huge owl swooped in and grabbed the raccoon! The raccoon let out a short cry as it was carried away, into the darkness; any sound of struggle was drowned out by the rain...
Trains Nature