Fishing Rod (crafted)

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Fishing Rod (crafted)
General
Category	Fishing
Encumbrance	0.4
Function	Fishing
Equipped	Two-Handed
Condition max.	3
Skill	Long Blunt
Attachment	Back
Damage
Type	Blunt
Attack speed	1.3
Range	0.61–1.55 tiles
Damage	0.2–0.3
Crit chance	5%
Tree damage	0
Door damage	1
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	0
Technical details
Ingredients	Sharp knife Sturdy Stick 2×Fishing Line or Twine Paperclip or Nails (Learned)
Base ID	Base.CraftedFishingRod Base.CraftedFishingRodTwineLine

This article is about the crafted fishing rod. For the un-crafted fishing rod, see Fishing Rod.

A fishing rod is a crafted fishing tool or improvised 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.

Crafting

To craft a fishing rod, the player must have picked either the "Fisherman" occupation or "Angler" trait during character creation. Otherwise, it will be available after reading Angler USA Magazine Vol. 1

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Fishing Rod	0 XP	none		One of: Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Machete Meat Cleaver Stone Knife (keep)	Sturdy Stick (consumed)	One of: Fishing Line Twine (2 units) (consumed)

Condition

While fishing, the line can break, leaving a sturdy stick, and will need to be crafted again. This is unrelated to the durability of the item, where the rod/stick will break, rather than the line.

The fishing rod has a maximum condition of 3, with a degradation rate influenced by the long blunt and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (1 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the long blunt and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and long blunt skills.

For how this is calculated, see: Condition

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition lower chance
0	0	1/1 (100%)
0	4	1/3 (33%)
0	8	1/5 (20%)
4	0	1/5 (20%)
8	0	1/9 (11%)
4	4	1/7 (14%)
4	8	1/9 (11%)
8	8	1/13 (8%)
10	10	1/15 (7%)

Code

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Base.CraftedFishingRod
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item CraftedFishingRod
    {
        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,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	2,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	FishingRod_crafted,
        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,
    }

Base.CraftedFishingRodTwineLine
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item CraftedFishingRodTwineLine
    {
        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,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	2,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	FishingRod_crafted,
        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,
    }

See also

• Fishing
• Fishing Rod