Fishing Rods
Five fishing rods that open more fish and rare sea finds, and how to craft each upgrade.
Fishing Rods are tools that let you catch fish at the beach. A better rod opens more kinds of fish, makes the catch challenge easier, and brings up more treasure chests with rarer finds.
How to Get
- Scrappy Fishing Rod: Silas lends you one for free during the story quest A Rod to Borrow.
- Every other tier: craft it at a Crafting Bench. No shop sells fishing rods. Each upgrade uses up the rod one tier below it, so keep your current rod until you are ready to craft the next one.
How to Use
Cast
Select a rod and cast into the water along the Western Beach.
Hook the fish
Wait for a bite, then hook the fish right away.
Win the catch challenge
Keep the catch bar on the fish until the catch is complete. Hold the bar over a treasure chest to grab it too.
Tiers
| Rod | Rarity | Catches | Sea finds | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scrappy Fishing Rod |
Common | Sardine, Anchovy, Herring, Mackerel | None, and rare finds are much less likely | 25 gold |
 Wooden Fishing Rod |
Common | Everything above, plus Tuna and Clownfish | Tidepearl | 100 gold |
 Bamboo Fishing Rod |
Uncommon | Everything above, plus Red Snapper and Barracuda | Brinecrystal | 370 gold |
 Professional Fishing Rod |
Rare | Everything above, plus Pufferfish and Swordfish | Deepglass | 1,400 gold |
 Master Fishing Rod |
Legendary | Everything above, plus Anglerfish | Abyssal Tear and Stormglass | 4,750 gold |
Each sea find in the table is new for that rod, and you keep finding the earlier ones too. Sea finds come from the treasure chests that appear during a fight. Each better rod makes fish bite sooner, gives you a bigger green bar, fills the catch meter faster, and brings up a treasure chest more often, from 15% of fights with the Scrappy Fishing Rod to 35% with the Master Fishing Rod. Every rod can find rare seeds, and rods from the Wooden Fishing Rod up can also turn up gems and furniture.
Crafting Recipes
| Rod | Gold | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Scrappy Fishing Rod | 150 | 8 Seashell, 4 Pebbles |
| Wooden Fishing Rod | 500 | Scrappy Fishing Rod, 3 Herring, 3 Sardine |
| Bamboo Fishing Rod | 2,500 | Wooden Fishing Rod, 4 Clownfish, 2 Tuna, 1 Tidepearl |
| Professional Fishing Rod | 10,000 | Bamboo Fishing Rod, 3 Red Snapper, 2 Barracuda, 2 Brinecrystal |
| Master Fishing Rod | 40,000 | Professional Fishing Rod, 2 Pufferfish, 2 Swordfish, 2 Deepglass |
Tips
- Every recipe only needs fish and sea finds you can catch with the rod you are upgrading from.
- Upgrade as soon as you can. Each new rod makes every catch easier, not just the new fish.
- Sell extra fish to Silas after you set aside the ones you need.