Fishing

is one of the Skills available for players to level up by performing certain actions that give them Fishing XP.

Roman Numerals are used to express its levels in-game.

Although Fishing goes from levels 1-50, 50 XP is required to reach the first level, meaning there is a "level 0," just like all other Skills.

Leveling up Fishing Skill will give the player:
 * Increased chance to fish up treasure.
 * Ability to fish up tougher and more valuable Sea Creatures.
 * The ability to use better fishing gear, such as Challenging Rod, Rod of the Sea, Phantom Rod, Yeti Rod, Salmon Armor, and Shark Scale Armor.
 * Coins.
 * Coins.

Fishing Rods
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Fishing Baits
Baits provide a variety of bonus effects to Fishing. They are consumed whenever a Fishing Rod is cast into a fishing source, regardless of whether that cast catches anything.

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Fishing Gear
The following armor and accessories provide fishing-related bonuses.

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Drops
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Sea Creatures
When fishing, players have a chance to catch a Sea Creature. Sea Creatures are mobs which drop Fishing loot and Fishing XP when killed. The player's determines the chance they have to catch a Sea Creature.

As a player increases their fishing level, they unlock stronger creatures that give more XP and better loot. Killing sea creatures on the private island does not provide fishing XP.

Sea Creatures cannot be damaged with arrows directly, except those shot from.

Runic sea creatures have a 50% chance to drop a Wake Rune upon death.

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Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter is an ability exclusively unlocked by leveling up the Fishing Skill. Each level of Treasure Hunter grants an additional 0.2% chance to obtain treasure.

Each level of Fishing grants one level of Treasure Hunter. For example, if you were on Fishing Level 15, you would be on Treasure Hunter level 15.

Leveling Rewards
Like almost all other non-cosmetic Skills, Fishing has a maximum level of 50. The cumulative rewards at Fishing level 25 are: The cumulative rewards at Fishing level 50 are:
 * +5% chance of catching treasure
 * 67
 * 30,475 Coins
 * +10% chance of catching treasure
 * 192
 * 1,406,475 Coins

Increasing the player's Fishing level also unlocks several items and additional Sea Creatures to fish up. The highest level required to unlock all Fishing content is Fishing Level 26.

Fishing Locations
The following are the coordinates of popular fishing spots and locations where unique drops occur.

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Trivia

 * There are currently 4 Fairy Souls you can only obtain by fishing. One of them can only be fished up in the Fairy Grotto.
 * The Fishing Crystal that spawns with the pond island grants more frequent drops of Prismarine Shards and Prismarine Crystals.
 * Daytime occurs between 6:00 am–7:00 pm whilst Night time occurs between 7:00 pm–6:00 a.m. It is also indicated by the sun or moon next to the time in the sidebar.
 * There are two blocks on the Fairy Lake bed where there is fire underneath; however, it doesn't seem to serve any purpose at the moment.
 * The Combat XP buffs from Slayer, Combat XP Boost Potion, Viking's Tear, or Accessories like Hunter Ring apply to Fishing XP earned from killing sea creatures.
 * XP from Sea Creatures based on Zombies (Sea Walker, Monster of the Deep, Water Hydra) count for Zombie Slayer.
 * The chicken of the Monster of the Deep drops more XP. But for a Runic Monster of the Deep only killing the Zombie yields a rune.
 * Spooky fishing mobs can be caught whenever the Fear Mongerer is in the hub, not just during the spooky festival.
 * The Deep Sea Orb and the Dragon Horn are the two reforge stones that give a reforge which affects fishing.
 * Lava Fishing could be currently a reference to Terraria's lava fishing mechanic.

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