Duke Fishron line snap chance?

[Pixel Peeper]

I have a pretty bad fishing rod (30%). Plus some unknown bonuses from Angler Earrings and Angler Hat, which frankly I'm not sure I want to be switching with my real gear at the beginning of a boss fight.

I read that unless you have endgame fishing rods, there's a good chance your line will snap when trying to catch Fishron, giving you a chance to lose a precious Truffle Worm. I only have 15 of those at the moment, so I'm loathe to risk them.

I also have a Tacklebox that could reduce the odds of losing bait in case of a line snap, but that's still not ideal and again I don't want to have to change half my gear right after I've pulled a boss.

tl;dr What are the odds of your line snapping when trying to catch him? Do Fishing Potions help?

[Pixel Peeper]

Too early to tell?

I'm up to 21 or 22 worms now, so I guess I'll try with my crappy rod a few times. I suppose if the line snaps three times in a row I'll know to wait until I have a decent fishing rod.

[Tealtyr]

30% fishing power means you're using the mechanic's rod, which isn't that bad.

[Pixel Peeper]

I figured, since it can snap trying to reel in ordinary fish and wooden crates, it wouldn't do too well against a boss...

But I tried it twice in the ocean and it summoned the boss just fine both times.

Even got the Wings and Mask on my first kill, that was nice.

[Stresen]

the wiki says use the hotline fishing pole and truffle worms

[Pixel Peeper]

Don't have the Hotline yet, though I must have completed around 25 quests already.

In any case, Mechanic's seems to be doing the trick. I'll try, say, three more times, just for a sample of 5.

[Pixel Peeper]

I ended up summoning him 8 times. All with Mechanic's + Fishing Potion, and all worked on the first try. No accessories or anything.

It seems you really don't need an endgame fishing rod. You can farm Fishron as long as you've got Truffle Worms and a decent rod.

Also... man, his loot is insane. There's a homing spell that does a ton of damage, a bow that fires 5 arrows per shot, and... the Flairon, well, let's just say it's like the old North Pole if the old North Pole had had homing snowflakes.

[Honorable_D]

Been using the 22% Fleshcatcher... summoned him 100% with each cast - no snapped line. Looks like you only need the Truffle Worms.

Also, yeah. Amazing loot - glad its not holiday themed this time so it feels like it might actually belong in Terraria. Was getting tired of running around with Xmas themed weapons simply because they were the best.

[Pixel Peeper]

Yes... I mean, as ridiculous as a flying pigfishdragonthing with a nobility title might be, it's more fantasy themed and less commercial holiday themed.

I'll have to test the bow; it's not homing and you have to use your own special arrows (it doesn't convert arrows into anything unusual), so it looks less convenient to use. Even with piercing arrows, I don't know if it could compare to the awesome Stynger.

Homing spell looks great, but Sorcerer gear is still all-or-nothing (great damage and no healing, or poor damage and great healing), so I don't know how it'll work in practice. Changing hats in the middle of an event is just... urgh.

Still undecided about Summoners, but the Staff looks fun. Just worried about the aim.

Flail is just fantastic though, I killed Fishron twice without even getting hit thanks to that thing.

And the Wings... man, the Wings. Better than other Wings, plus lets you ignore water movement penalties, like it were air (unbreathable air, but still). So convenient.

More farming tomorrow.

[Jokaabel]

Originally posted by Tripoteur Ventripotent:

Too early to tell?

I'm up to 21 or 22 worms now, so I guess I'll try with my crappy rod a few times. I suppose if the line snaps three times in a row I'll know to wait until I have a decent fishing rod.

Hi tripoteur,

there is a glitch in the game at the moment where if you are useing a single truffle worm then the line will always snap, if you have two in your inventory however it will work,

source: http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Duke_Fishron

hope this helps.

[Pixel Peeper]

Thanks Jokaabei, I wasn't aware of this until now. Thankfully I brought a bigger stack with me when I tried it.

Originally posted by DemoPan(mvm worker, hire me):

how the ♥♥♥♥ do you have 15 truffles worms?

Underground Mushroom biomes. I just made some lanes and check 'em in-between fishing quests and whatever.

Once caught two worms within 10 seconds of each other...

[Celator]

Yeah, 20% fishing power or higher is usually enough to reel in Fishron 90% of the time, excepting the bug with single Truffle Worms. Which is good, because I didn't want to have to do all of those quests just to get a crack at the Duke.

The Tsunami is apparently really good for bosses and moon events, although I haven't used it much personally. But I absolutely love the Tempest Staff, the Flairon, and the wings.

As someone who has loved the summoner class since it was just Tiki Armor and pygmies, it's nice to see a summon weapon that is finally able to pack as much of a punch as the other classes can with their weapons; and boy, do those Sharknadoes pack a punch. With seven optimized Sharknadoes, I can kill Plantera within thirty seconds without ever clicking once, and I can walk through the dungeon and find drops from Paladins that were already killed before they even got a chance to come on screen. Combined with other weapons that summoners can use alongside their minions, this makes summoners quite possibly a contender with mages for top DPS output. I haven't tried the Sharknadoes in Pumpkin or Frost Moon yet, but I'd be willing to bet that I could make it pretty far with them.

[Pixel Peeper]

Sharknadoes look really really strong DPS-wise, but I'm worried about how they'd fare against Ice Queens. Those girls move around a lot and tornadoes aren't known for their accuracy no matter what kind of fish they're throwing around.

And then there's the matter of survival. What do you do once the action starts getting intense, spend all your time avoiding hits and throwing vampiric knives?

In any case I'll be happy to try the Moon events again with the new weapons. The Frost Moon got really hard after the North Pole nerf but the new weapons might just make it reasonable again.

[!Supreme Grand Wizard Yoodiv]

There is an accessory named something like High Test Fishing Line that makes it so your line will never snap. I got it from fishing quest rewards a couple times.

[Celator]

Originally posted by Tripoteur Ventripotent:

Sharknadoes look really really strong DPS-wise, but I'm worried about how they'd fare against Ice Queens. Those girls move around a lot and tornadoes aren't known for their accuracy no matter what kind of fish they're throwing around.

The Sharknadoes aren't very accurate on moving enemies at long distances, but when the Ice Queens stop or if I can get close to them I'd imagine they should tear them apart. They fire really fast, probably at least as fast as the Terra Blade fires its projectiles.

The only problem I'm a bit worried about is a weird bug I've encountered when there are a lot of enemies on the screen, in which the Sharknadoes will sometimes just stop attacking for a while. At least, I think it's a bug, since they don't seem to need to rest otherwise, but maybe it's a built-in cooldown for when they're active for too long. Or maybe their AI just gets confused about what to shoot at. They can still damage enemies by touching them in that state, though.

Originally posted by Tripoteur Ventripotent:

And then there's the matter of survival. What do you do once the action starts getting intense, spend all your time avoiding hits and throwing vampiric knives?

Spam Vampire Knives, pretty much. Summoning might not get me as far in the moons as the other classes given its lack of bulk, but it seems like it's at least viable now. The new potions will also make the moons a lot easier in general, especially the Endurance Potion, Lifeforce Potion, and Wrath Potion.

[Leaf]

Originally posted by Yoodiv-Msg for Terraria:

There is an accessory named something like High Test Fishing Line that makes it so your line will never snap. I got it from fishing quest rewards a couple times.

That item is currently bugged and does absolutely nothing.