Fishing Rod

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Fishing Rod

General

Category

Weapon

Encumbrance

0.4

Equipped

Two-Handed

Slot attached

Back

Function

Fishing

Skill

Long Blunt

Properties

Max condition

3

Performance

Damage type

Blunt

Damage

0.2–0.3

Door damage

1

Tree damage

0

Range

0.61–1.55

Attack speed

1.3

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

0

Crit chance

5%

Technical

Item ID

Base.FishingRod Base.FishingRodBreak Base.FishingRodTwineLine

This article is about the spawned, non-crafted fishing rod. For the crafted fishing rod, see Fishing Rod (crafted).

A fishing rod is a fishing tool and a makeshift weapon.

Usage

Fishing

Main article: Fishing

A fishing rod requires some kind of bait, such as fishing tackle or worm. The player can fish by walking up to a body of water, right-clicking on it and selecting the "Fishing" option.

Fishing lines can also sometimes break and need to be replaced.

Weapon

The fishing rod can hit up to 2 enemies at a time (with multi-hit enabled), dealing a maximum of 0.3 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 1.55 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.3. Unlike crafted fishing rod, the fishing rod without line can still be used as a weapon after the line breaks.

Crafting

This fishing rod cannot be crafted, it can only be repaired if the line breaks, requiring either the "Fisherman" occupation or "Angler" trait during character creation, otherwise, reading the Angler USA Magazine Vol. 1. There is also a fishing rod that can be crafted with a stick.

Fishing

Main article: Fishing

For the crafted fishing rod, see: Fishing Rod (crafted)

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Fishing Rod	One of: Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Each of: Sturdy Stick ×1	none	Angler USA Magazine Vol.1	none	none

Condition

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Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

FishingRod distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
camping	counter	23.28%
camping	counter	41.14%
camping	shelves	23.28%
camping	shelves	41.14%
campingstorage	crate	23.28%
campingstorage	crate	41.14%
closet	crate	23.28%
closet	crate	41.14%
fishingstorage	counter	23.28%
fishingstorage	counter	41.14%
fishingstorage	crate	23.28%
fishingstorage	crate	41.14%
fishingstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
fishingstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
fishingstorage	shelves	23.28%
fishingstorage	shelves	41.14%
garagestorage	crate	23.28%
garagestorage	crate	41.14%
hunting	counter	23.28%
hunting	counter	41.14%
storageunit	crate	23.28%
storageunit	crate	41.14%
storageunit	metal_shelves	23.28%
storageunit	metal_shelves	41.14%
toolstore	shelves	23.28%
toolstore	shelves	41.14%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Fisherman	Trunk	23.28%
Fisherman	Trunk	41.14%

Trivia

• Fishing rod without line uses a crafted fishing rod model currently. This seems to be an mistake.

Code

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Fishing Rod
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item FishingRod
    {
        DisplayCategory = Fishing,
        MaxRange	=	1.55,
        WeaponSprite	=	FishingRod_Modern,
        MinAngle	=	0.8,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	Improvised;Blunt,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
        Weight	=	0.4,
        SplatNumber	=	1,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	3,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	1,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Fishing Rod,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	2,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	FishingRod,
        RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   FishingRodBreak,
        DoorHitSound = FishingRodHit,
		HitSound = FishingRodHit,
		HitFloorSound = FishingRodHit,
		SwingSound = FishingRodSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        CriticalChance	=	5,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 2,
        MinDamage	=	0.2,
        MaxDamage	=	0.3,
        BaseSpeed = 1.3,
        AttachmentType = Shovel,
        SurvivalGear = TRUE,
        Tags = FishingRod,
    }

Fishing Rod (Twine Line)
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item FishingRodTwineLine
    {
        DisplayCategory = Fishing,
        MaxRange	=	1.55,
        WeaponSprite	=	FishingRod_Modern,
        MinAngle	=	0.8,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	Improvised;Blunt,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
        Weight	=	0.4,
        SplatNumber	=	1,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	3,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	1,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Fishing Rod,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	2,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	FishingRod,
        RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   FishingRodBreak,
        DoorHitSound = FishingRodHit,
		HitSound = FishingRodHit,
		HitFloorSound = FishingRodHit,
		SwingSound = FishingRodSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        CriticalChance	=	5,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 2,
        MinDamage	=	0.2,
        MaxDamage	=	0.3,
        BaseSpeed = 1.3,
        AttachmentType = Shovel,
        Tags = FishingRod,
    }

Fishing Rod without Line
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item FishingRodBreak
    {
        DisplayCategory = Fishing,
        MaxRange	=	1.55,
        WeaponSprite	=	FishingRod_Crafted,
        MinAngle	=	0.8,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	Improvised;Blunt,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
        Weight	=	0.4,
        SplatNumber	=	1,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	3,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	1,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Fishing Rod Without line,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	2,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	FishingRodBreak,
        RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   FishingRodBreak,
        DoorHitSound = FishingRodHit,
		HitSound = FishingRodHit,
		HitFloorSound = FishingRodHit,
		SwingSound = FishingRodSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_BrokenRod,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        CriticalChance	=	5,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 2,
        MinDamage	=	0.2,
        MaxDamage	=	0.3,
        BaseSpeed = 1.3,
        AttachmentType = Shovel,
    }

See also

• Crafted Spear
• Fishing
• Fishing Rod (crafted)