Fishing

The Fishing skill allows players to catch a variety of items and resources.

Players can use a bladed weapon to cut Raw Fish into Fish Steaks.
Fishermen can wield Fishing Weapons, which are player-crafted and rely on the Fishing skill.

Fishing Weapon Special

Fishing Weapons have a unique weapon special ability with the following effects:

Damage is increased by 100%.
Impales target, inflicting an additional 60% of damage to a random target within 2 tiles.
Damage is increased by 30% if no additional targets exist within 2 tiles.

Fishing Weapons

Players can use Ocean Weapons such as Harpoons and Tridents while on land, but with the following adjustments:

Against creatures and players, Ocean Weapons will adopt the Swing Speed and Range of Heavy Crossbows.
Damage will be similar to Heavy Crossbows, though slightly lower.
Ocean Weapons will continue to use their normal Weapon Specials, Codex Stances, Codex Finishers, and Weapon Abilities, unless otherwise indicated.
Bonuses, abilities, or effects related to ships or crewmembers will not activate on land.

Burst
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Harpoon	2H	No	20
Trident	2H	No	20

Land Fishing

While fishing on land, players will not receive Captchas.
Automated and AFK Land Fishing is allowed.
Players will only be able to catch Raw Fish (no special items).
Land fishing success rate is substantially lower than ship fishing.

Ship Fishing

Captchas still apply while fishing on ships.
Players can harvest:

 * Raw Fish  
 * Special Cooking Fish (Large Fish, Lobster, Crab)  
 * Special Fishing Nets

Aquarium Creatures cannot be caught through ship fishing.
See Ships for more details.

Fishing Pole Bonuses

When fishing for Special Fish or Special Fishing Nets, players receive a bonus based on the quality and material of the fishing pole.

Fishing Poles can be crafted using Tinkering under the Harvesting Tools category.

Player-Crafted Leather Fishing Nets

Players can craft Leather Fishing Nets using any leather type via Tailoring or purchase them from Fisherman NPCs.
Leather Fishing Nets have limited uses, which increase based on quality and material type.
Used at Fishing Spots and SOS locations to retrieve items.

Special Fishing Nets

Players have a chance to find Special Fishing Nets while fishing on a ship.
Special Fishing Nets are single-use items.
Throwing a Special Fishing Net into the water has a 75% chance to spawn a Fishing Creature and a 25% chance to catch a Special Fish.
If a Fishing Creature spawns, one in four will carry a Message in a Bottle.
Special Fishing Nets are stackable.

Fishing Creatures

Players have a chance to spawn Fishing Creatures while fishing at Fishing Spots and SOS locations. Fishing Creatures will not spawn during normal fishing.

Messages in a Bottle (SOS)

SOS messages do not expire.
Double-click a Message in a Bottle to receive an SOS location.
Players must be within 12 tiles of an SOS location to attempt retrieval.
A maximum of 20 retrieval attempts can be made at each SOS location.
Players are guaranteed at least 1 Creature Spawn per SOS, with a maximum of 3.
Each spawned creature drops a Salvaged Crate containing loot.

SOS Storage Case

Players can craft SOS Cases via Inscription under the Utility Items category.
SOS Cases store SOS messages, preventing clutter.
Players can add all SOS messages in their backpack to the case via Shift-Click.
Locked-down SOS Cases in houses require Co-Owner access to use.

Fishing Resource Map

See the Resource Maps page for more information.

Fishing Frenzy

Fishing Frenzies are special fishing locations that spawn randomly.
Players can fish at these locations for Freshwater Aquarium Creatures.
Fishing Frenzies have limited harvest attempts.
Harvest completion time is reduced to 3 seconds.

Aquarium Creatures

Aquarium Creatures are categorized by Rarity (Common, Uncommon, Rare) and Water Type (Freshwater, Saltwater).
Freshwater Aquarium Creatures are found in Fishing Resource Maps and Fishing Frenzies.
Saltwater Aquarium Creatures are found in Special Fishing Nets, Fishing Spots, and SOSes.
See Aquarium Creatures for details.

World Records

Catching a World Record Fish is rare and difficult.

Players receive a notification when they catch a unique fish or world record fish.
Double-clicking a fish displays its stats, including the record holder and weight.
Fishing Record Boards list all fish types, record weights, and record holders.
Boards are located at each city's dock near the Dockmaster.

Fishing Spots

Special Fishing Spots can be found while sailing.
Players can use Leather Fishing Nets at these spots for a chance to pull up:

 * Aquarium fish  
 * Delectable fish  
 * Fishing spawns

Training

Fishing skill delay: 7 seconds per use.
Players can gain Fishing skill up to 100 while using Fishing Weapons (Harpoons, Tridents) in combat.
Skill gain is vastly increased for Fishing Spots, Fishing Frenzies, and MIB retrievals.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Train at a shelter dummy using a harpoon or trident.
80-100	Train at a dummy or in combat using a harpoon or trident.
100-120	Fish from a ship (Captchas required).