Sandbox/Fish

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**Additional comments:** page still needs 1.5 catchables addedThe waters around the wilderness and beaches are teeming with **fish** and other marine creatures of all sorts. Fish can be sold for Petals (), used in cooking, given as gifts (Riah in particular is a fan of fish, though other villagers are neutral**[ ? ]** to them), or donated to the Museum.

Players can quickly find something to catch in almost any body of Water just by casting a line from their Fishing Rod (with the exception of Frozen Pond Water, which can only yield fish during the Snowdust Faire that is held from the 5th to 9th of Winter). Fishing typically becomes available in the Spring or Summer of Year 1, after acquiring a Fishing Rod. Experienced players may catch and sell freshwater fish during idle days between tending their crops, while stockpiling saltwater fish for use in lucrative cooking recipes or the occasional magical crafting.

Besides fish, other items may sometimes be hooked. Junk can randomly be caught instead of fish, and special catchables can be fished up during certain quests or other conditions.

Fish can be stored once caught, but cannot be bought from any merchants or the Shipping Catalogue due to being tied to a Steam achievement.

## Fishing

To fish, players only need a Fishing Rod; no bait or other items are needed. A Fishing Rod can be obtained from Riah in her *Let Them Eat Fish* quest, or be bought from a Shipping Catalogue.

The player can stand in front of any block(s) of water, equip the fishing pole in their active toolbar slot, then left-click the surface of the water to cast their line. After some time, a fish will bite. Pulling in the fish will cause a minigame to begin, but waiting too long to hook the fish will let the fish escape.

To catch the hooked fish in the minigame, the left-click button must be held to fully fill the bar with green. Occasionally, the bar will begin to turn red; at this point, the player should either stop holding the button or only click enough to hold their progress and prevent it from dropping. If the bar turns completely bright red, the minigame will end and the fish will get away.

Time does **not** pause while fishing. If the day cycle ends while the player is fishing, the clock will update after the minigame ends and the player will fall asleep.

## Types of fish

### Freshwater fauna

Freshwater fauna can be found by fishing on Pond Water tiles. They are small and relatively easy to catch, with many convenient fishing locations in Town. They are not sold by any merchant.

### Saltwater fauna

Saltwater fauna can be found by fishing on Ocean Water tiles. They tend to be both larger and more difficult to catch. None are sold from merchants, but they may be bought as cooked meals. Players can also create inland salt-water ponds using Dry Sponges for more convenient fishing access after reaching the Beach.

*(1) Ocean fishing typically provides around 1 Blue Lobster for every 6 Lobsters caught, so Blue ones are considered one of the most difficult entries to complete in the Fishing Collection*

### Galaxy fauna

Galaxy fauna can be found by fishing on galaxy water tiles. Galaxy water con be found on Galaxy Island. They are not sold by any merchant.

### Portal fauna

These Fish can only be caught in the Portal Worlds during the Island Portals event that happens twice every season.

## Junk

Junk can be found in any aquatic environment and has no particular value. Remember not to litter!

## Special catchables

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Special catchables only appear on specific days during their season, usually corresponding to a festival or friendship quest.

*(2) Ice Water can be found in the Abandoned Mine during periods when the Snowdust Faire is not available*

*(3) **(Large Spoiler)** M'yah will only appear in water located inside the boundaries of a M'yah Lure with all Tier 1 requirements met, while the quest is active or after Best Friend status has been achieved with Riah*

## Trivia

* Betta Fish text description: *This Betta Fish has very elegant fins. They look like silk wings!*
* The fishing minigame used to be more complex. Players were presented with a bright Fishing Meter that represents the remaining time in the minigame, along with a series of button combinations to enter. Entering all of the combinations before time runs out resulted in catching the fish successfully. The difficulty of the fishing minigame could vary substantially depending on the challenge level of the fish on the line. At the lowest difficulty for "Small" fishes, most button combinations would be single letters entered in order. Increasing challenge levels had growing rates of double-letter combinations and more combinations to enter, with the highest difficulty "Legendary" fishes also requiring number combinations at random points. It was recommended for most players to try out fishing in Pond Water first, as all the available species would be the lowest difficulty "Small" catches.