Fishing: catches to late-game rods

Start with a rod

Use /fish for the main menu and /fish codex to look up catches. You can fish without bait. Get used to selling, gutting, and keeping materials before spending money on upgrades.

Fishing has its own level, XP, Entropy, and rod augments. Those are separate from the Fisherman job and the Fishing skill in /skills. Auto fishers and AFK fishing are not allowed.

Selling or keeping a catch

Use /fish shop to sell valid custom fish. Use /fish bag for fish storage. Gutting through /fish gut consumes fish for extra Entropy, so decide whether you need cash or upgrades first.

These are the base tier values. Special fish, individual catch settings, and upgrades can change the result. Catch chances are not shown here as guaranteed odds.

Keep your fishing materials

Crabs can spawn at your feet while fishing, so be ready to fight. Their base spawn chance is 3%. Claws, scales, dolphin tails, and squid tentacles feed into later recipes. Don’t clear them out with the rest of your junk.

Looting support is enabled for these materials. Spawner drops are restricted. Deliveries provide another route to some of the same parts.

Bait and fishing with friends

Bait is optional and has limited uses. Read the type and effect before buying it through /fish bait. A more expensive bait is only useful if it helps the catches you’re after.

Party fishing is enabled within 32 blocks, with the full player-count bonus at six players. Set up a shared fishing spot, but keep everyone actively playing.

Deliveries

You earn a delivery after 240 custom catches. Open /fish deliveries, read the requested fish, and check the timer before committing your rare catches. Different delivery tiers ask for different amounts and give different rewards.

Save spare matching catches and materials when you have room. Delivery rewards can include fishing parts, Entropy Crystals, and lures. The current delivery menu tells you what that particular request needs.

Fishing challenges

Challenges are scheduled at 2:20 PM and 8:20 PM Eastern time. They last 15 minutes and need at least two players. Catch a fish once the event starts to enter, then follow the announced scoring rule.

The goal rotates: it can be most catches, longest or shortest fish, crab kills, different biomes, total length, or another listed challenge. Catching the most fish does not automatically win every type.

Participation grants 150 Entropy. Winners are not excluded from the participation reward. Follow the live event message if a scheduled event is delayed or cannot start.

Crafting and applying augments

1. Open /fish augments and choose a goal that fits your rod.
2. Reach its fishing level and collect both the materials and Entropy.
3. Craft using the fishing system’s instructions, then open /fish augment.
4. Place the rod and augment in the application menu and confirm.

Crafting costs are not the whole story: recipes also require items. The table below gives the level and Entropy part so you can plan ahead.

Fishing totems

The totem is a structure with active bonuses and upgrade slots. Follow the build shown in the fishing menu, then use your rod on the bottom observer to check the activation requirements. Bring the requested fish and materials.

Stand inside the active totem radius yourself; putting only your bobber in the area is not enough. Unlocking a passive does not automatically give you enough slots to run it. Choose which bonuses matter and upgrade the radius, active time, or cooldown as needed.

Weighing is a risk

The scales can improve a fish’s sale value or make it worse. Low Risk has a 70% profit chance with a 20% value change; Extreme Risk has a 40% profit chance with an 80% change. If you need the money for a specific purchase, selling normally avoids that gamble.

Bait prices, uses, and target fish

Drag bait onto your rod to apply it. Check its remaining uses before a long fishing session. Different baits list different target fish; a higher price does not mean it targets every lower-tier fish too.

These are the fish assigned to each bait, not a promise of a rare catch on every use. Check /fish codex for the catch you want and leave enough cash for an unlucky run.

Individual fish sale prices

Fish have their own sale prices, which override the general tier values shown earlier. Use this table to compare the individual catches. The active special-fish offer or a relevant bonus can still change the final sale.

Keep fish needed for deliveries or totem progression before selling the rest. Gutting consumes the catch too, so the same fish cannot be used for all three.

Full augment shopping list

Collect the materials as well as the Entropy. These are the configured crafting ingredients for each enabled augment. Use /fish augments for its effect and crafting instructions, then /fish augment to apply it.

Choose the upgrade first, then save its ingredients. Buying every bait and gutting every fish without a goal can leave you short of the exact parts you need.

Choosing your totem passives

Use the earlier unlock-level and slot table to plan your setup. A passive needing five slots cannot be activated just because you reached its fishing level. Keep yourself inside the active radius, not only the fishing bobber.