Fishing

Fishing is a Survivalist skill, and an activity that allows you to use a Fishing Rod combined with Bait (disambiguation) to catch various types of fish. As Fishing levels improve, so does the quality of fish you are able to catch, along with actually catching something, the chance to break the line, the chance to lose the bait, and the chance to lose the fish if baited.

This ability is a great way to feed yourself if you have decided to camp near the river, as a single fish could feed you for a day. Fishing is a useful skill to choose in West Point, as West Point is much closer to bodies of water than Muldraugh.

Usage

To begin fishing, you must have a Fishing Rod and some Bait in your main inventory (bags do not count), and right click on a river or lake to select the Fishing right click context option. Fishing takes about five seconds to complete. While fishing, the rod will occupy your main hand, and the bait will occupy your secondary, so you may want to leave any secondary bags at home, or at least make sure they are relatively unpacked. Because of that, you may want to make sure your fishing area is zombie free.

Experience is only gained when something is caught, even if its junk such as Socks. From November to February, nothing can be caught at all, not even junk like Socks. The player can overfish an area, where no more fish can be caught from said area until eventually replenished naturally.

Repairs

Quite often, your rod will lose it's line while fishing. To reline your rod, you must have:

1. A Nail or Paperclip
2. Twine or Fishing Line

When used in the repair, the Nail or Paperclip is consumed, while the Twine or Fishing line loses some of its durability. The Fishing Rod doesn't lose durability when used for fishing.

Occupations & Traits

The Fisherman occupation provide a starting boost to the Fishing skill. The Fisherman occupation starts the player off with +3 to the Fishing skill. The Angler trait also begins the player off with a starting boost to it, giving +1 to the Fishing skill. Both can be taken with each other, giving the player a +4 starting boost to the Fishing skill.

Items

Rods

The main tool in fishing, along with Bait. If the player is in a pinch, they can also craft makeshift fishing rods or a Wooden Lance to spearfish.

Item	Description	Weight	break the line	Classname
Fishing Rod Fishing Rod		0.4	Fishing Rod Without line	Base.FishingRod
Fishing Rod Fishing Rod with Twine Line		0.4	Fishing Rod Without line	Base.FishingRodTwineLine
Crafted Fishing Rod Fishing Rod (crafted)		0.4		Base.CraftedFishingRod
Crafted Fishing Rod Crafted Fishing Rod with Twine Line		0.4		Base.CraftedFishingRodTwineLine
Crafted Spear	Use to spearfishing.	0.4	-	Base.WoodenLance

Fishing Net

A net used to catch fishes, and catches bait fish instead.

Item	Description	Weight	Classname
Fishing Net Trap Fishing Net Trap		0.5	Base.FishingNet
Broken Fishing Net Trap Broken Fishing Net Trap		0.4	Base.BrokenFishingNet

Materials

The various materials used to craft with fishing.

Item	Description	Weight	Classname
Fishing Line	Used to repair and used to craft a Fishing Rod (crafted).	0.1	Base.FishingLine
Fishing Rod Without line Fishing Rod		0.4	Base.FishingRodBreak
Nails	Used to repair and used to craft a Fishing Rod (crafted).	0.003	Base.Nails
Paperclip	Used to repair and used to craft a Fishing Rod (crafted).	0.1	Base.Paperclip
Sturdy Stick	Used to craft a Fishing Rod (crafted).	0.1	Base.WoodenStick
File:Treebranch.png Tree Branch	Used to craft a Crafted Spear.	0.2	Base.Treebranch
Twine	Used to repair and used to craft a fishing net trap.	0.1	Base.Twine

Bait

There are three types of bait that you can use for fishing, Worms, Fishing Tackle, and Little Bait Fish. Insects may also be used as bait, and are consumed like Worms or Bait Fish.

Worms are the most common bait to find. You can find them uncommonly while scavenging around the town, or you can find them frequently while digging with a Trowel. So long as it's your selected bait, a worm will be consumed every time you fish, even if you fish up junk items like Socks.

Fishing Tackle is found while scavenging, and has a higher chance of catching fish instead of junk. They have a durability, unlike both Worms and Bait Fish, thus you can use them more than once, reducing the weight for the bait you need to bring. It is recommended to conserve any available Fishing Tackle, unless the player's Fishing skill level is medium or higher.

Bait Fish are fish that you have a chance of obtaining while fishing or by using a Fishing Net Trap. Bait Fish can catch only Pike, have a 50% chance to catch more junk, and are consumed when used as bait.

Item	Description	Weight	Classname
Bait Fish Little Bait Fish	-	-	Base.BaitFish
Fishing TackleFishing Tackle Fishing Tackle	-	0.1	Base.FishingTackle
Worm Worm	-	0.1	Base.Worm
Cricket Cricket	-	0.1	Base.Cricket
File:Item Grasshopper.png Grasshopper	-	0.1	Base.Grasshopper
File:Item Cockroach.png Cockroach	-	0.1	Base.Cockroach

Fish

The various types of fish that can be caught from common Bass, to large Pike.
NOTE: Numbers in green are weight modifiers.

Item	Description	Little	Medium	Big	Base Weight	Bait	Classname
Bass Bass	-	25cm - 35cm 30	35cm - 55cm 40	55cm - 75cm 30	0.4	WormFishing TackleFishing Tackle	Base.Bass
Catfish Catfish	-	15cm - 25cm 50	25cm - 35cm 40	35cm - 55cm 30	0.4	WormFishing TackleFishing Tackle	Base.Catfish
Crappie Crappie	-	15cm - 20cm 50	20cm - 25cm 40	25cm - 35cm 30	0.4	WormFishing TackleFishing Tackle	Base.Crappie
Pan Fish Pan Fish	-	15cm - 20cm 40	20cm - 25cm 35	25cm - 35cm 30	0.4	WormFishing TackleFishing Tackle	Base.Panfish
Perch Perch	-	20cm - 30cm 20	30cm - 40cm 16	40cm - 60cm 12	0.4	WormFishing TackleFishing Tackle	Base.Perch
Pike Pike	-	50cm - 65cm 23	65cm - 90cm 18	90cm - 120cm 8	0.4	WormBait Fish	Base.Pike
Trout Trout	-	30cm - 40cm 60	40cm - 50cm 45	50cm - 70cm 30	0.4	WormFishing TackleFishing Tackle	Base.Trout

Recipes

Output	Recipe	Description	Skill Level

History

Alpha
Build 29	*Fishes aren't unlimited anymore, after fishing in a zone for a while, you won't find anything, go fish elsewhere, the fishes will be replenished after some time.
Build 27	*Introduced