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 or Riverside , as West Point and Riverside 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. The player can overfish an area, where no more fish can be caught from said area until eventually replenished naturally. Chances of catching fish at dawn and dusk (04:00-06:00 and 18:00-20) are increased (by one half an abundance level). From November to February the chances of catching fish are reduced (by one abundance level). The Wooden Lance reduces chances of catching compared to a Fishing Rod (by one half an abundance level). When using a fishing rod it is easier to catch while using live bait (Bait Fish, Worm, Cricket, Grasshopper, Cockroach), but live bait can escape and is consumed when catching something. Fishing Tackle requires higher levels of fishing to catch anything and is rarely consumed.
Repairs
Quite often, your rod will lose its line while fishing. To reline your rod, you must have:
- A Nail or Paperclip
- 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
Occupations
Name | Starting Points | Major Skills | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Fisherman | -2 | +3 Fishing +1 Foraging |
N/A |
Traits
Name | Cost | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Angler | -4 | +1 Fishing | Can be taken with Fisherman occupation |
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 |
0.4 | Base.FishingRod | ||
Fishing Rod with Twine Line |
0.4 | Base.FishingRodTwineLine | ||
Fishing Rod (crafted) |
0.4 | Base.CraftedFishingRod | ||
Crafted Fishing Rod with Twine Line |
0.4 | Base.CraftedFishingRodTwineLine | ||
Crafted Spear |
Use to spearfish. | 0.4 | - | Base.WoodenLance |
Fishing Net
A net used to catch fishes, and catches bait fish instead.
Item | Description | Weight | Classname |
---|---|---|---|
Fishing Net Trap |
0.5 | Base.FishingNet | |
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 |
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 |
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, Insect (disambiguation), Fishing Tackle, and Little Bait Fish. Insects include worms, cockroach, cricket and grasshopper.
Worms are the most common bait to find. They can be found uncommonly while scavenging around the town, or frequently while digging with a Trowel or removing grass. So long as it's the selected bait, a worm will be consumed every time the player fishes, even if they catch trash items like socks.
Fishing Tackle is found while scavenging, and has a higher chance of catching fish instead of trash. They have a durability, unlike both insects and bait fish, therefore they can be used more than once, reducing the weight for the bait that needs to carried. It is recommended to conserve any available fishing tackle, unless the player's fishing skill level is mid range or higher.
Bait fish are fish that have a chance of being obtained while fishing or using a fishing net trap. Bait fish can only catch pike, have a 50% chance to catch more junk, and are consumed when used as bait.
Item | Description | Weight | Classname |
---|---|---|---|
Little Bait Fish |
- | 0.1 | Base.BaitFish |
Fishing Tackle |
- | 0.1 | Base.FishingTackle |
Worm |
- | 0.1 | Base.Worm |
Cricket |
- | 0.1 | Base.Cricket |
Grasshopper |
- | 0.1 | Base.Grasshopper |
Cockroach |
- | 0.1 | Base.Cockroach |
Fish
There are 3 types of size per fish: little, medium and big. Each type of fish has a minimum size and a maximum size. A number is chosen at random between the minimum size and the maximum size to get the fish size. Each fish has a weight modifier, for example trout has 60, meaning a trout of 30cm / weight modifier (60) = 0.5 kg. Then the hunger reduction is based on the weight of the fish: weight * 10 (ex: 2kg * 10 = 20 hunger reduction).
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 |
- | 25cm - 35cm 30 |
35cm - 55cm 40 |
55cm - 75cm 30 |
1.1 | Base.Bass | |
Catfish |
- | 15cm - 25cm 50 |
25cm - 35cm 40 |
35cm - 55cm 30 |
0.4 | Base.Catfish | |
Crappie |
- | 15cm - 20cm 50 |
20cm - 25cm 40 |
25cm - 35cm 30 |
0.4 | Base.Crappie | |
Perch |
- | 20cm - 30cm 20 |
30cm - 40cm 16 |
40cm - 60cm 12 |
0.4 | Base.Perch | |
Pike |
- | 50cm - 65cm 23 |
65cm - 90cm 18 |
90cm - 120cm 8 |
0.4 | Base.Pike | |
Sunfish |
- | 15cm - 20cm 40 |
20cm - 25cm 35 |
25cm - 35cm 30 |
0.4 | Base.Panfish | |
Trout |
- | 30cm - 40cm 60 |
40cm - 50cm 45 |
50cm - 70cm 30 |
0.4 | Base.Trout |
Trash
Occasionally, the player can catch trash items.
Item | Description | Weight | Bait | Classname |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socks |
- | 0.01 | Base.Socks | |
Shoes (disambiguation) |
- | 1 | Base.Shoes |
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 |