Fishing

For a list of fish and their locations, see the Fish page.

Fishing is a skill associated with catching items with a fishing rod or by collecting items by diving. You can fish in any body of water, including in the Mines and the town fountain. A fishing rod will need to be purchased from Terithia at her Tackle Shop at the Beach. A Worn Fishing Rod can be purchased for 500 Tesserae. Alternatively, it can be crafted by Blacksmithing by having the required ingots and paying a certain price.

Tutorial

Rod-Based Fishing

Overview & Controls

To cast your rod into a body of water, hold down the Use Tool button (varies due to platform). The outline of a square will appear in the direction you are facing. It will change colour based on how far away it is from you. If the tile you've selected is not appropriate for fishing, a red X will appear and your cast will fail. Stamina isn't used until you successfully hit a fish

In fishing-appropriate waters, dark grey oval shapes will be moving around. These are what you are aiming to catch. While you can conceivably cast into any water, for best results, try to aim your bobber directly on top of a fish. If not that, as close to it as possible.

Once one catches interest, it will slowly swim to your bobber. It may 'nibble' on the bobber a few times before biting down. Do not be fooled by this- tugging your rod then will result in the fish swimming away and a failed catch. Once an exclamation point appears over your bobber, it is time to click the Use Tool button to reel in your catch.

Whether you succeded or not at this point is (likely) dependent on your fishing skill level, Skill Perks (like the Appealing Reeling perk), what buffs you have, and the difficulty of the fish itself. The first time a player catches each specific kind of fish, a message displaying the name, price, and description of the fish appears. If you catch a junk item (wood, glass, etc) and it's your first time encountering it, this message also appears,

Specific Mechanics

Schools of Fish

Rarely, fish will clump together in one spot in the water. This is an excellent place to cast your rod into. You can cast in this spot multiple times, obtaining a different species of fish on each catch. Be careful not to scare a fish away as this will result in the entire school of fish disappearing.

Stamina Cost

Stamina usage is based on what fish you catch, with bigger fish using more stamina than smaller ones.

On average:

Small fish: 6 Stamina

Medium fish: 13 Stamina

Large fish: 20 Stamina

Huge fish: 26 Stamina

Dive-Based Fishing

If you see a dark hole in the water, you can swim up to it and dive for loot. Your character will duck under the water, then emerge holding an item.

Skill Tree

Tier	Level		Description	Essence
1	1	Weedline Watcher	Fishing up Junk will become less likely.
		Aquatic Antiquities	Aquatic Artifacts can sometimes be fished up.
		Appealing Reeling	Fish will become attracted to your Bobber from a greater range.
		Catch of the Day	Catching a Fish will sometimes refund the Stamina used.	15
2	15	School Crasher	Swimming into a Fish School will drop half its contained items without spending Stamina.
		Lucky Haul	Catching a fish will sometimes drop double the amount.
		Perfect Catch	Uncommon and rare fish will become more common.
		Unexpected Haul	Treasure Boxes will become more likely to appear when Fishing.
3	30	Full Class I	Fish schools will all contain an additional Fish.	75
		Legendary	Legendary fish can now appear when the season and weather conditions are right.	80
		Treasure Trove	You can no longer catch Wooden Treasure Boxes, and you are now more likely to catch a higher tier of Treasure Box.	70
		Weedline Watcher II	Fishing up Junk will become even less likely.	75
4	45	Appealing Reeling II	Fish will become attracted to your Bobber from an even greater range.	155
		Frenzy	Catching a fish will occasionally cause a fish school to spawn nearby.	150
		What a Catch	Fish have a chance of dropping coins worth 10% of their value when caught.	145

Fish are a type of resource that can be acquired though fishing or purchasing. They are used in a variety of recipes, and also as gifts.

Fish Types

Fishing Pole Fish

Item	Description	Price	Location	Season	Museum	Diveable	Used In
Alligator Gar	A rare giant pond fish found in winter.	100	Pond	Winter	Yes
Anchovy	A common small ocean fish found in spring.	35	Ocean	Spring	Yes	Yes
Angel Fish	A common small pond fish found in spring.	45	Pond	Spring	Yes
Archerfish	An uncommon small Tide Caverns Fish. It squirts a stream of water to catch bugs.	45	Tide Caverns	All Seasons	Yes
Barb	A common small pond fish found in spring.	40	Pond	Spring	Yes
Blue Gill	A common small river fish found in spring.	40	River	Spring	Yes
Bluefish	A common large pond fish found on rainy days in fall.	45	Pond	Fall (rainy days)	Yes
Bonito	A common medium ocean fish found in summer and winter.	45	Ocean	Summer Winter	No		Seafood Snow Pea Noodles
Bowfish	A common large river fish found in winter.	40	River	Winter	Yes
Bream	A common large river fish found in summer.	45	River	Summer	Yes		Pan Fried Bream
Brown Bullhead	A common medium pond fish found in summer.	40	Pond	Summer	Yes
Brown Trout	A common large pond fish found in spring.	50	Pond	Spring	Yes
Bullfrog	A common small pond catch found on rainy and snowy days in summer and winter.	45	Pond	Summer Winter	No
Burbot	A common large pond fish found on snowy days in winter.	45	Pond	Winter (snowy days)	Yes
Butterfish	A common small ocean fish found in fall.	40	Ocean	Fall	Yes
Carp	A common medium river fish found in spring.	35	River	Spring	Yes
Catfish	An uncommon medium pond fish found in all seasons.	80	Pond	All Seasons	No		Breaded Catfish
Cave Eel	An uncommon medium Upper Mines fish. They build nests out of stone.	50	Upper Mines	All Seasons	Yes
Cave Shark	A rare large Upper Mines fish. How did they end up in the Mines?!	80	Upper Mines	All Seasons	Yes
Cave Shrimp	A common small Upper Mines crustacean. Its translucent body gives it a distinct appearance.	35	Upper Mines	All Seasons	Yes
Char	A common large ocean fish found in summer.	40	Ocean	Summer	Yes
Cherry Fish	A legendary small pond fish found on breezy cherry blossom days in spring.	-	Pond	Spring	Yes
Chub	A common small river fish found in spring.	45	River	Spring	Yes
Chum	An uncommon large river fish found in summer and winter.	75	River	Summer Winter	No
Cod	A common large ocean fish found in summer and winter.	45	Ocean	Summer Winter	No		Cod with Thyme
Crab	A common small ocean crustacean found in summer.	40	Ocean	Summer	Yes		Crab Cakes Spicy Crab Sushi
Crucian Carp	A common medium pond fish found in spring.	40	Pond	Spring	Yes
Dace	A common small river fish found on snowy days in winter.	45	River	Winter (snowy days)	Yes
Dart	A common small ocean fish found in summer.	45	Ocean	Summer	Yes
Earth Eel	A common medium Deep Earth fish. Doesn't seem to have a mouth, so who knows what it eats.	45	Deep Earth	All Seasons	Yes
Emerald-Horned Charger	A rare large Deep Earth fish. This large fish is nearly all horn, which seems to be made of pure emerald.	120	Deep Earth	All Seasons	Yes
Flathead Catfish	A common medium pond fish found in winter.	30	Pond	Winter	Yes
Freshwater Eel	A common medium river fish found in winter.	45	River	Winter	Yes		Grilled Eel Rice Bowl
Frog	A common small pond amphibian found in spring and fall.	35	Pond	Spring Fall	No
Gar	A common large river fish found in summer and winter.	35	River	Summer Winter	No	Yes
Giant Koi	A rare giant pond fish found in summer.	90	Pond	Summer	Yes
Giant Tilapia	An uncommon giant pond fish found in winter.	80	Pond	Winter	Yes
Goby	An uncommon medium river fish found in all seasons.	70	River	All Seasons	No
Golden Shiner	A common small pond fish found in summer.	45	Pond	Summer	Yes
Goldfish	A rare small pond fish found in spring.	120	Pond	Spring	Yes
Grayling	A common small river fish found on rainy days in fall.	40	River	Fall (rainy days)	Yes
Grouper	A rare giant ocean fish found in summer.	90	Ocean	Summer	Yes
Halibut	A common large ocean fish found on rainy days in fall.	50	Ocean	Fall (rainy days)	Yes
Herring	A common small river fish found in winter,	45	River	Winter	Yes		Seafood Snow Pea Noodles
Horse Mackerel	A common small ocean fish found in winter.	40	Ocean	Winter	Yes
Jellyfish	An uncommon medium ocean invertebrate found in spring and fall.	80	Ocean	Spring Fall	No
Killifish	A common small pond fish found in fall.	40	Pond	Fall	Yes
King Crab	A common large ocean crustacean found on snowy days in winter.	45	Ocean	Winter (snowy days)	Yes		Seafood Snow Pea Noodles
Koi	A common medium pond fish found in all seasons.	40	Pond	All Seasons	Yes
Lake Chub	A common small pond fish found in summer.	35	Pond	Summer	Yes
Lamprey	A common small river fish found in fall.	70	River	Fall	Yes
File:Leaf Fish.png Leaf Fish	A legendary small river fish found on breezy falling leaf days in fall.	TBA	River	Fall (breezy days)	Yes
Lightning Fish	A legendary medium river fish found on stormy days in summer.		River	Summer (stormy days)
Loach	A common small river fish found in summer.	45	River	Summer	Yes
Lobster	A common medium ocean crustacean found in spring.	40	Ocean	Spring	Yes		Lobster Roll
Mackerel	A common large ocean fish found on rainy days in spring.	45	Ocean	Spring (rainy days)	Yes		Mackerel Shashimi Sushi Platter
Mini-Whale Shark	A rare large Tide Caverns fish. Despite its name it is still very large.	100	Tide Caverns	All Seasons	Yes
Minnow	A common small river fish found in summer.	40	River	Summer	Yes
Mullet	A common medium ocean fish found in fall.	40	Ocean	Fall	Yes
Oarfish	A rare giant ocean fish found in winter.	100	Ocean	Winter	Yes
Ocean Sunfish	A rare giant ocean fish found in spring.	80	Ocean	Spring	Yes
Octopus	An uncommon large ocean cephalopod found in summer and winter.	70	Ocean	Winter	No
Paddlefish	A rare giant river fish found in spring.	90	River	Spring	Yes
Pebble Minnow	A common small Deep Earth fish. The scales of these fish have taken on a pebbled texture to help it blend into its surroundings.	45	Deep Earth	All Seasons	Yes
Perch	A common large river fish found on rainy days in fall.	45	River	Fall (rainy days)	Yes		Perch Risotto
Pike	A common large river fish found in all seasons.	45	River	All Seasons	Yes	Yes	Fish Skewers
Pollock	A common large ocean fish found in all seasons.	35	Ocean	All Seasons	Yes	Yes
Puffer Fish	An uncommon medium ocean fish found in summer and winter.	90	Ocean	Summer Winter	No
Rainbow Trout	A common medium pond fish found in fall.	35	Pond	Fall	Yes
Razorblack	A rare medium river fish found in fall.	160	River	Fall	Yes
Red Snapper	A common large ocean fish found in spring and fall.	45	Ocean	Spring Fall	No		File:Fish Stew.png Fish Stew
Roach	A common medium pond fish found in all seasons.	35	Pond	All Seasons	No
Rock Bass	A common medium river fish found in spring and fall.	40	River	Spring Fall	No
Rock Guppy	An uncommon small Upper Mines fish. Very similar to a regular guppy.	40	Upper Mines	All Seasons	Yes
Rockbiter	An uncommon medium Deep Earth fish. This fish has an over-developed jaw to help it grind down stone.	55	Deep Earth	All Seasons	Yes
Salmon	A common large river fish found in spring and fall.	40	River	Spring Fall	No		Salmon Sashimi Sushi Platter
Sand Lance	A common small ocean fish found in winter.	45	Ocean	Winter	Yes
Sapphire Betta	A common small Tide Caverns fish. It has a lovely color.	40	Tide Caverns	All Seasons	Yes
Sardine	A common small ocean fish found in all seasons.	35	Ocean	All Seasons	No	Yes	Canned Sardines
Sauger	A common large pond fish found in summer.	45	Pond	Summer	Yes
Saury	A common large ocean fish found in fall.	45	Ocean	Fall	Yes
Sea Bass	A common medium ocean fish found in winter.	40	Ocean	Winter	Yes
Sea Bream	A common medium ocean fish found in spring and fall.	45	Ocean	Spring Fall	No		Sea Bream Rice
Shad	A common medium river fish found in fall.	40	River	Fall	Yes
Shadow Bass	A rare medium river fish found in winter.	140	River	Winter	Yes
Shardfin	An uncommon small Deep Earth fish. This fish’s sleek fin has an iridescent shimmer.	55	Deep Earth	All Seasons	Yes
Shark	A rare giant ocean fish found in fall.	100	Ocean	Fall	Yes
Shrimp	A common small ocean crustacean found in spring.	40	Ocean	Spring	Yes		Deluxe Curry
Smallmouth Bass	A common small river fish found in all seasons.	35	River	All Seasons	Yes		File:Fish Stew.png Fish Stew
File:Snakehead.png Snakehead	An uncommon large pond fish found in spring and fall.	60	Pond	Spring Fall	No
Snapping Turtle	A common large pond reptile found in summer and winter.	40	Pond	Summer Winter	No
Snow Fish	A legendary medium ocean fish found on blizzard days in winter.	-	Ocean	Winter
Squid	A common medium ocean cephalopod found in all seasons.	30	Ocean	All Seasons	No		Dried Squid
Stingray	A common medium ocean fish found in summer.	40	Ocean	Summer	Yes
Stone Loach	A common medium Upper Mines fish. They easily blend in with the surrounding rocks.	35	Upper Mines	All Seasons	Yes
Striped Bass	A common large pond fish found in fall.	40	Pond	Fall	Yes
Sturgeon	An uncommon large river fish found in spring and fall.	80	River	Spring Fall	No
Sweetfish	A common medium river fish found in summer.	45	River	Summer	Yes
Swordfish	An uncommon large ocean fish found in spring and fall.	80	Ocean	Spring Fall	No
Tarpon	A rare giant river fish found in summer.	100	River	Summer	Yes
Tetra	A common small pond fish found in all seasons.	40	Pond	All Seasons	No		Fish Tank
Tilapia	A common small pond fish found in winter.	45	Pond	Winter	Yes
Transparent Jellyfish	A common medium Tide Caverns invertebrate. It evolved in darkness, resulting in an unusual transparent appearance.	40	Tide Caverns	All Seasons	Yes
Trout	A common medium river fish found in all seasons.	40	River	All Seasons	Yes	Yes	Smoked Trout Soup
Tuna	A common large ocean fish found in all seasons.	40	Ocean	All Seasons	No		Sesame Tuna Bowl
Turtle	A common large pond reptile found in all seasons.	45	Pond	All Seasons	No
Walleye	A common large river fish found on rainy days in spring.	45	River	Spring (rainy days)	Yes
Water Balloon Fish	An uncommon medium Tide Caverns fish. It takes in an impressive amount of water to discourage predators.	50	Tide Caverns	All Seasons	Yes
White Perch	A rare medium pond fish found in fall.	120	Pond	Fall	Yes

Diving Fish/Mollusks

Fish	Description	Price	Location	Season	Museum	Used In
Clam	A common find found in all seasons.	20	Ocean	All Seasons	No	File:Clam Chowder.png Clam Chowder
Crayfish		25	River	All Seasons	No	File:Crayfish Etoufee.png Crayfish Etoufee
Freshwater Oyster	A common river mussel, found in all seasons.	25	River	All Seasons	No
Pearl Clam	A common ocean mollusk, found in all seasons.	25	Ocean	All Seasons	No
Pond Snail	A common pond gastropod found in all seasons.	25	Pond	All Seasons	No
File:River Snail.png River Snail	A common river gastropod found in all seasons.	25	River	All Seasons	No

Treasure Boxes

Treasure Box	Description	Money	Items
Golden Treasure Box	A very rare golden treasure box. Open it to find out what's inside!	~450	Recipe: Sesame Tuna Bowl, Recipe: Lobster Roll
Silver Treasure Box	A rare silver treasure box. Open it to find out what's inside!
Copper Treasure Box	An uncommon copper treasure box. Open it to find out what's inside!
Wooden Treasure Box	A common wooden treasure box. Open it to find out what's inside!

Wiki page missing info that you use these fish for cooking recipes

Bonito

Bream

Herring

King Crab

Source:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/10hJFo_7S645bk2VSP9lJBSo6GoTpa0JYLgiob5ofulk/htmlview?pli=1

Other

Image	Description	Price	Museum
Fiber	Fiber made of plant material. Used in a variety of crafting recipes.	2	No
Seaweed	A common plant, grows in all seasons.	15	No
Wood	A piece of cut wood. Essential in many crafting recipes.	2	No
Glass	A slab of naturally formed glass. Used in a variety of crafting recipes.	15	No

Gallery

Player next to a Dive Hole

Player unable to reach the School of Fish

Trivia

• Hayden hates fish.
• Despite the grey (presumably fish-shaped) oval noticeably swimming up to your bobber and biting it, you can reel up many not-fish items such as wood, glass, and even treasure boxes!