Fishing

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How fishing works

Fishing is a minigame of its own: cast, wait for the bite, then reel the fish in. Every fish needs a level of Fishing and lives in certain zones, listed below.

Casting and the bite

Click on water to cast. The fish nibbles at the line a few times before it really bites; strike at the bite. Each new cast starts over.

Reeling

Once the fish is hooked, the reel meter opens over the action bars. Hold the mouse button down anywhere on the game to reel and let go to ease: the aim is to keep the white needle inside the green zone in the middle. The fish takes turns between calm spells and short bursts of thrashing, when it pulls hardest. While the needle stays in the green, the bar below fills; once it is full, the fish is landed. Out of the green, the fish can get away.

The green zone stays in the middle, and its width comes from your Fishing skill, which is written on it: the more skill, the more room the needle has.

Something is on the line!

Perfect

57

Hold to reel, let go to ease: keep the needle in the green

Reeling: the needle is in the green, which lights up, and the bar fills. The 57 is the Fishing skill.

Something is on the line!

57

Hold to reel, let go to ease: keep the needle in the green

A rare fish: title and bar turn gold. Here the needle has slipped out of the green, so the bar is not filling.

Perfect reels

Keep the needle in the green the whole time and the meter shows PERFECT in its corner; the catch is then a perfect reel ("Perfect reel! You caught ..."). In the 724 catches recorded for this wiki, a perfect reel brought 3.8 fish on average, any other 1.7.

The Great Whale

The Great Whale is a fight rather than a catch: instead of the bar that fills, the meter shows the whale's health, which you wear down. At its last stand the title turns red. Landing it shows a golden card with its prize.

Something is on the line!

Great Whale

57

Hold to reel, let go to ease: keep the needle in the green

The Great Whale at its last stand, its health nearly gone.

The catch

A landed fish shows a card with its name in the colour of its rarity (white common, green uncommon, blue rare, purple epic), its weight, and whether it is your biggest yet. One catch can hold several fish. The Fishing Log, from the crafting window, lists every fish of the game with the level it needs, its zones and the record weight.

Emerald Eel

10.4 lbs

Your biggest yet!

The card of a landed fish.

Abilities

• Basic Fishing: Learn how to catch fish from most bodies of water.
• Ice Fishing: Learn how to fish through ice.
• Blood Fishing: Learn how to fish in blood.

Fish

Fish	Rarity	Fishing	Zones	Record	Best zone
Blood Fish	Uncommon	65	Hallengard*	18.5 lbs	-
Zebra Eel	Common	15	Fertile Lands	7.4 lbs	Fertile Lands
Betta Fish	Common	5	Hallengard	3.6 lbs	Hallengard
Blue Gourami	Common	5	Desert	3.5 lbs	Desert
Pearl Gourami	Common	15	Fertile Lands	7.3 lbs	Fertile Lands
Red Tailed Catfish	Common	5	Hallengard	3.8 lbs	Hallengard
Glass Catfish	Uncommon	60	Ice Cavern	23.8 lbs	-
Black Tetra	Common	10	Desert	6 lbs	Desert
Emperor Tetra	Common	20	Fertile Lands	7.5 lbs	Fertile Lands
Silver Dollar	Common	10	Desert	4.3 lbs	Desert
Hatchet Fish	Uncommon	100	The Nether Plane	36.5 lbs	The Nether Plane
Red Piranha	Uncommon	40	Forest Temple	13.3 lbs	-
Leporinus	Uncommon	55	Randi Marsh	19.9 lbs	Randi Marsh
Severum	Uncommon	75	Emerald Field*	21.3 lbs	Emerald Field*
Lemon Chichlid	Uncommon	75	Hermit's Cave*	-	Hermit's Cave*
Angler Fish	Uncommon	90	Desert*	28.3 lbs	Desert*
Artic Fish	Common	35	Frozen Wastes	11 lbs	Frozen Wastes
Frozen Fish	Common	55	Frozen Wastes	22.3 lbs	Frozen Wastes
Burr Shrimp	Common	50	Frozen Wastes	6.3 lbs	Frozen Wastes
Sky Fish	Common	100	Sky Sanctuary	41.9 lbs	Sky Sanctuary
Flying Fish	Uncommon	125	Sky Sanctuary	56 lbs	Sky Sanctuary
Cloud Fish	Uncommon	150	Sky Sanctuary*	50.9 lbs	-
Astari Cod	Common	1	Astari Forest	2.1 lbs	Astari Forest
Astari Bass	Common	1	Astari Forest	2.3 lbs	Astari Forest
Wind Fish	Common	110	Sky Sanctuary	41.4 lbs	Sky Sanctuary
Bluegill	Common	35	Randi Marsh	13.8 lbs	Randi Marsh
Catfish	Common	45	Randi Marsh	13 lbs	Randi Marsh
Emerald Eel	Common	25	Emerald Field	16.1 lbs	Emerald Field
Emerald Betta	Common	30	Emerald Field	12.1 lbs	Emerald Field
Astari Bloodfish	Common	60	Astari Forest*	22.6 lbs	Astari Forest*
Vile Lobster	Common	70	Astari Forest*, Hallengard*	9 lbs	Astari Forest*
Black Desert Eel	Common	80	Desert*	43.1 lbs	Desert*
Blind Cavefish	Uncommon	20	Hermit's Cave	5.4 lbs	-
Temple Koi	Uncommon	25	Fallen Temple	8.5 lbs	-
Mackerel	Common	15	The Undying Sea	8.9 lbs	The Undying Sea
Red Snapper	Common	45	The Undying Sea	15.4 lbs	The Undying Sea
Swordfish	Common	85	The Undying Sea, Lost Island, The Gate	96.6 lbs	The Gate
Bluefin Tuna	Common	110	Lost Island, The Gate	85.8 lbs	The Gate
Bloodfin Shark	Common	95	The Undying Sea*	158.6 lbs	The Undying Sea*
Crimson Carp	Common	100	Blood Lands	23.3 lbs	-
Sanguine Eel	Common	110	Blood Lands	37.9 lbs	-
Hellfire Eel	Uncommon	175	Hell Pit	106.9 lbs	-
Abyssal Lurker	Uncommon	170	Hidden Realm*	40.3 lbs	-
Crimson Marlin	Common	140	Lost Island*, The Gate*	197.3 lbs	Lost Island*
Infernal Eel	Common	160	Hellish Wastes	68.3 lbs	Hellish Wastes
Brimstone Pike	Common	180	Hellish Wastes	110.3 lbs	Hellish Wastes
Hellmaw Ray	Common	200	Hellish Wastes	97.8 lbs	Hellish Wastes
Golden Koi	Rare	10	Astari Forest, Hallengard, Desert	7.1 lbs	Desert
Rainbow Trout	Rare	35	Fertile Lands, Emerald Field, Randi Marsh, Hermit's Cave, The Undying Sea, Fallen Temple, Forest Temple	21.1 lbs	Emerald Field
Frost Pearl Crab	Rare	60	Frozen Wastes, Ice Cavern	9.8 lbs	-
Blood Ruby Eel	Rare	90	Hallengard*, Astari Forest*, Emerald Field*, The Undying Sea*, Hermit's Cave*	56.1 lbs	Astari Forest*
Silver Moonfish	Rare	110	Desert*, Lost Island, The Gate, The Nether Plane	56.9 lbs	The Gate
Sunscale Sturgeon	Rare	150	Sky Sanctuary, Blood Lands	189.3 lbs	-
Phoenix Koi	Rare	200	Hellish Wastes, Lost Island*, The Gate*, Sky Sanctuary*, Hidden Realm*, Hell Pit	107.3 lbs	Hellish Wastes
Whale Trophy	Epic	0	The Undying Sea	-	-