Tutorial:Fishing Guide

This is an overall guide for the skill including ironman/stranded gamemodes.

Minions
To gain fishing experience while being early-game is incredibly tedious. Therefore, a considerable amount of people decide to use minions for their first few fishing levels. s can potentially provide players more fishing experience than s. However, it is not until tier 9 that fishing minions outclass tier clay minions in terms of fishing experience over the same time span. Other than fishing experience, fishing minions also can help you progress faster in fishing related Collections, like, which is a slow collection to do when manually fishing. That being said, fishing minions still cannot help with, , and collections.

Rain
Different types of rain grant divergent buffs for fishing. Rain in the grants. Thunderstorms, which are exclusive to the Spider's Den, grant an extra chance on top of the aforementioned Fishing Speed bonus.

Unlike the other two giving direct fishing stat buffs, rain in the increases the chance to catch s and allows the player to catch s without the use of.

Sea Creature Chance
Sea Creature Chance means how likely a player will catch a Sea Creature. There is no cap for this stat, however, any number for this stat above is ineffective. There are many ways to gain Sea Creature Chance, most notably armor and rods. There are also some unique ways to increase Sea Creature Chance, like from a and s. Although this stat is very important, it is recommended for starter fishers to stop at around   and start working on Fishing Speed. Show/Hide Ways to increase Sea Creature Chance
 * Pro Tip: Clicking on the Cost Per SCC Box will sort it from lowest to highest.

Fishing Speed
Fishing Speed is a stat that can shorten the time before particles appear and move toward your rod. At ( on the ) Fishing Speed, particles instantly appear. Compared to Sea Creature Chance, this stat is a lot harder to max out considering most methods are quite expensive. Gillsplash equipment, often being the last resort for people to gain Fishing Speed, require each to craft and only gives. Therefore, newer fishers should focus on Sea Creature Chance first then slowly upgrading their gear for more Fishing Speed. Show/Hide Ways to increase Fishing Speed
 * Pro Tip: Clicking on the Cost Per FS Box will sort it from lowest to highest.

Squid Fishing

 * Required items:, Weapon with
 * Recommended bait:

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 magic damage was the most efficient way to ink fish.

Since the bobber is a different entity from the player, killing Sea Creatures directly with a hook would nullify the enchant from working. 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 Flying Fish Pet

Rabbit Fishing

 * Required items: setup
 * Recommended bait:

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 does not triple Lucky Clover Core drops.

Coin Fishing

 * Required items: None
 * Recommended bait:

For unknown reasons, the pond on the Hub Island behind Guy makes it impossible for players to fish up Sea Creatures. This method is a good way for Ironman players who are in need of. Alternatively, you could use Hunter Armor to avoid any sea creatures.

Worm Fishing

 * Required items: Weapon with, Lava rod
 * Recommended bait:
 * Recommended attributes: ,

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 in the Precursor Remnants. After you find 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. You should be killing every worms or when with a lootshare party, every time you hit the sea creature cap,  sea creatures.

In order to lootshare, try to corrupt them first, then everyone who loot-shares use an AOE weapon to damage them (eg. Dreadlord Sword). In the end, let the player with the highest level weapon kill the worms. Magic damage does not nullify looting effects.

Crimson Isle Barn Fishing

 * Required items: Lava rods, damage gear, weapon with
 * Recommended bait:
 * Recommended attributes: ,

The Crimson Isle sea creatures have the highest HP of all. Before you have Magma Lord Armor or Thunder Armor, it is recommended to fish with a damage set. It is advised to use a to kill the lava sea creatures if you're on a low budget, otherwise just use a Hyperion to skill the sea creatures.

Just like the original barn fishing, you need to find a cliff where you can store your sea creatures, then start fishing. Kill the sea creatures every 5 minutes or whenever the sea creature cap has been reached. If you want more Magmafish, you should consider placing a Totem of Corruption before killing the sea creatures.

Magic Find also buffs the chances for fishing loot, so getting the attribute is recommended.

For the maximum loot gain, use these pet rules:
 * Condition 1:
 * When: You enter Combat; equip Hound Pet
 * Condition 2:
 * When: You throw a fishing hook; equip Flying Fish Pet

Crimson Isle XP Fishing

 * Required items: Lava rods, damage gear
 * Recommended bait:
 * Recommended attributes: ,

In order to get the most XP out of sea creatures, you would have to kill every mob you fish up instantly. By doing this you wouldn't have any time wasted just to kill the sea creatures. The recommended weapon for this would be a Midas Staff because of the higher damage per hit than a Hyperion.

For the maximum xp gain, use these pet rules:
 * Condition 1:
 * When: You enter Combat; equip Squid Pet
 * Condition 2:
 * When: You throw a fishing hook; equip Flying Fish Pet

Trophy Fishing

 * Required items: Lava rods, Hunter Armor
 * Recommended baits: ,
 * Recommended attributes:, ,

The Crimson Isle introduced a new aspect to fishing: Trophy Ranks. In order to be able to use the best Hunter Armor, you need to fish up every level of every Trophy Fish. There is no particular way to fish up trophies efficiently, the most you could do is just be patient.

In order to avoid the ridiculous stage where you need to deal with sea creatures without hunter armor, you should be trophy fishing under fishing level 27 since, Magma Slugs, the first Crimson Isle sea creature is available after hitting fishing 27.

It is also recommended to be in a lobby where the volcano hasn't erupted yet so gushers can't be fished up, making other trophy fish chances higher.

Trophy Fish Tips
The two trophy fish people struggle most with are Vanille and Slugfish. However, there are ways to make obtaining them easier. The methods will be shown below.

Vanille

 * 1) Cast rod with high Fishing Speed.
 * 2) Open your inventory.
 * 3) Hover over Starter Lava Rod and click on it.
 * 4) Hover over to the Fishing Speed rod then swap them.
 * 5) Reel in with Starter Lava Rod.

Slugfish

 * 1) Wear Rekindled Ember Armor.
 * 2) Cast rod.
 * 3) Wait  seconds.
 * 4) Swap to Hunter Armor.
 * 5) Reel in.

If you have max fishing speed, you won't need to use Ember Armor as a catch will appear after exactly seconds if you don't reel in.

Water Fishing
First, you should unlock the Fishing Minion recipe and craft some with fish you can buy from the Fish Merchant. The first set of fishing your armor you get should be 3/4 Angler Armor with. Then, keep collecting fishing loot until you are able to unlock the Salmon Armor. While unlocking the salmon armor, remember to regularly buy Sponge from the Builder in order to prepare for Sponge Armor which can then be upgraded to shark scale whenever you get enough from Marina's fishing festival.

The is a rod early game  players should aim toward, since its cheaper than the  and provides the same stats on the Jerry Island. Which could be useful to get gifts from sea creatures in order to obtain your first s.

Since Lily Pads can be hard to grind on ironman, you may decide to just use a Shredder after obtaining the Challenging Rod.

However, things would be different if you decide to go for the 's line. Even though upgrading will take longer, it's worth it and if you're lucky you should hit it by level 25 without minions.

Worms
In some point of Ironman progression, you would need to start worm fishing for chambers to put on your Divan Armor. Although doing this may seem inappropriate, but lootsharing worms with a good fisher is the most efficient way for you to obtain. They fish up more worms than you could and they might even own a weapon with which can also boost membrane drop rates of your worms.

Crimson Isle
Lava fishing is just the same as standard but takes longer to upgrade. To get a desirable rod, upgrade your rod's attributes to at least 8/8. The desired attribute combination is and.

Aim for trophy fishing before to unlock bronze tier so it's easier to get later tiers in the future unless you have a good Mage weapon by then.

Going for a trophy fishing rod isn't really suggested. However, if you do go for one, it is advised to get at least 6/6 since trophy fishing is better for Magmafish collection.

Going for the Lava Sea Creature Armor is recommended; try doing lootshare parties if you can't deal with the Sea Creatures yourself.

Submerged is slightly better for  but the mixed set also gives bonus damage to  sea creatures.

Stranded Fishing
Fishing is extremely rewarding and is fundamental for progression, and from the start of your profile it has a huge impact on your gear.

Stranded Water Fishing
The first thing Stranded players should do is get:
 * 1) Water Bucket Trade Every weapon for sea creatures works fine, just set your spawn near them and kill them. Create a bigger pool and fish until you unlock the Fishing Minion, going further isn't worth it for now.
 * 2) Prismarine Blade This weapon does 200% more damage while in water, making tanky sea creatures more approachable until you can get a high-damage Tactician Sword.
 * 3) Mercenary Armor Before starting to fish seriously be sure to have at least this armor set and a good weapon.
 * 4) Weather Stick This gives you  and a lot of fishing speed during rain, and is incredibly cheap material-wise.
 * 5) Winter Rod As your first rod after the basic one, you can get a Winter Rod for  from a trade and use it until you unlock the Challenging Rod.

From now on always use Baits and progress until obtaining a Rod of Legends, most likely fishing during events. Salmon Armor is the best armor before Diver and Shark Scale Armor is very unrealistic without the. You will be missing some sea creature chance but having free rain at all time is so overpowered that fishing is unironically easier than mining and combat.

There are a lot of items that boost that are unavailable on Stranded, so going over  isn't recommended until a new update is released and those missing items are added.

Stranded Lava Fishing
To lava fish in Stranded, summon Odger from the Island NPCs Menu to get a Starter Lava Rod. Upon reaching and, you can craft a Magma Rod. Reaching the collection milestone is made easier by Silver Magmafish, which has a chance to be caught from Lava Fishing and increases the Magmafish collection by.

Stranded Fishing Pets

 * Fishing Pets
 * Bought from during Traveling Zoo
 * Reaching Sea Creature Milestones
 * Rare drop from Sea Emperors
 * Unknown
 * Rare drop from Yetis

Stranded Fishing Tips

 * The Deep Ocean biome (unlocked at ) gives.
 * Voiding Sea Creatures doesn't yield Fishing XP or loot.
 * Suffocating Sea Creatures only gives items and XP if you hit them.
 * Deep Sea Protectors, s and many sea creatures can't hit you if you're blocks above them.
 * For other creatures like Phantom Fishers, Yetis, Great White Sharks and Grim Reapers, trap them in a using an InfiniDirt™ Wand to suffocate them. Remember to give them a hit or you won't receive drops or fishing XP.
 * Always use baits. They always pay off, during events (Winter, Fishing Festival, etc.) but also while squid fishing. It's easy to craft them and you can make more while fishing, and doesn't even slow your progression for items like the Bait Ring.
 * You can craft about 12 stacks of Carrot Bait and spam use it with a Shredder to max out the on it pretty quickly.
 * Try to use Fish Bait outside of any event as you can use the respective bait depending on the event, as described above.
 * You're bound to get a lot of Whale Bait from treasure drops, but it should only be used in certain events you want to prioritize.
 * Frosty and Frozen Steves have a small chance to drop s, and even more rarely, Red Gifts.
 * Using a Night Saver makes grinding for the Bait Ring much easier because of the increased chance to fish up Night Squids.