Tutorial:Fishing Guide

This is a guide for many fishing techniques for.

Note: It is recommended to have Shark Scale Armor and a fishing pet with a decent level for most of the techniques.

XP/Barn Fishing

 * Required item(s):

In order to start XP fishing, you would have to travel to the Spider's Den since it is the only place with natural rain that covers every island. You will then have to teleport over to The Barn with an Aspect of the End to start fishing. The reason for this is because there is water at a pretty high place and a platform under to keep the Sea Creatures there. After going to The Barn, fish for 5 minutes then equip the Squid Pet and go down to kill all the Sea Creatures.

For the best XP gaining rate, an paired with  is recommended.

Ink Fishing

 * Required item(s): ,

Ink fishing is a fishing method in which you kill a massive amount of s and s in order to obtain large amounts of s. This fishing style often happens in The Park with 's rain on. After some testing, using a to fish up Squids and then kill them with melee damage is the most efficient way to Ink fish.

However, for some unknown reason, killing Sea Creatures directly with a hook would reduce mob loot. This is when Pet Rules come into play. Setting up a Pet Rule like the one under would maximize your ink sack gaining rates.


 * Condition 1:
 * When: You enter Combat; equip Squid Pet
 * Condition 2:
 * When: You throw a fishing hook; equip Ammonite Pet
 * Condition 3:
 * When: You increase your collection; equip Squid Pet

Worm Fishing

 * Required item(s): Weapon with

And now we will get into the most known fishing money-making method, worm fishing. In order to worm fish, you would need to find a lava source in the Crystal Hollows above y=64 in the Precursor Remnants. After you found one, build a box around it and dig a two-block deep hole behind the place you will be fishing. After fishing up some s, you should kill the Worms with a weapon enchanted with a high-level of to get the most drops from them. It is worth noticing that there's a Sea Creature cap in the Crystal Hollows with 60 being the limit. Therefore, killing every 15-20 Flaming Worms is ideal.

Yeti Fishing

 * Required item(s): /,, setup

Yeti fishing is a kind of fishing that takes place on the Winter Island. On the Winter Island, you will fish up a lot of Sea Creatures that are very different from the ones you normally see while fishing on the main islands. For example,, , etc. One of these creatures stands out from all of them, which is the. A Yeti is a Sea Creature that has a  chance to be fished up. On killing Yetis, they have a slight chance of dropping a, and using a setup can increase the chance of it dropping.

Also, keep in mind, the is better than the  on the Winter Island because you can stun Frosty when you fish them up and it is important because it does a lot of knock back to players in its shooting radius.

Spooky Fishing

 * Required item(s): /, setup

Spooky fishing can be done whenever the Fear Mongerer appears in the Hub Island, which is one hour before the Spooky Festival to one hour after. During this period you can fish up some Spooky Sea Creatures such as and. Unlike normal Sea Creatures, they drop Candy when killed. However, this isn't the main source of money while spooky fishing. There are two Sea Creatures, the, and the , which both have a chance to drop a. The Grim Reaper can also drop, which are pretty high in price. The best location for spooky fishing is the Spider's Den, for the rain.

Shark Fishing

 * Required item(s): shark/whale bait, setup

Shark fishing occurs at every Fishing Festival, which is on the first few days of the month when is elected with the fishing festival perk, sometimes even  and  can have this perk. This kind of fishing is very similar to spooky fishing except that you don't fish up Grim Reapers but. This sea creature drops and s. Even though they are lower in price, shark fishing is still a good way to make money because of how often you fish up s.

Lava Fishing

 * Lava fishing is the least known fishing method because of how popular its variant, worm fishing, is compared to it. It was also considered the fishing method that makes the least money. You can do lava fishing by fishing in lava sources anywhere except for those you can fish up Flaming Worms in. Now you'll fish up s and . s, which drop from Lava Blazes and Lava Pigmen, can sell for a decent amount on the Auction House and aren't even that rare. For maximum efficiency, building a box like the worm fishing one would work too.

If you don't want to gain heat while lava fishing, you could use a with a  equipped. It may not be the best for or  but the  immunity it provides is very useful.

Rabbit Fishing

 * Required item(s):, , setup

Rabbit fishing is currently the only way to obtain s which are used to craft the, that gives a huge boost in. It has a pretty high value on the Auction House. Nonetheless, the drop rate of Lucky Clover Cores is very low. The is the Sea Creature you want to fish up to get money.


 * The Rabbit Axe is often used to get more drops with its ability to triple the items dropped when killing a Rabbit.