how to get abysmal and hadal gear?

[cocytushexen]

i thought i could upgrade and purchase gear for the research gear? but no matter how much i tried to upgrade even with the required material, i can't obtain it. is it due to gears before what i want; like a "skill tree or in this case gear tree"? or am i soft-lock till certain event/quest is encountered?

i have the request to collect abysmal types but i don't have any gear to fish it with. so i thought i need research materials to upgrade in order to purchase it; so that i can purchase from the merchant. but i can't even upgrade it. apologies if my explanation is confusing.

[Sir Crashalot]

You get given your first rod and the ability to research more by the scientist at the basin

[cocytushexen]

Originally posted by Sir Crashalot:

You get given your first rod and the ability to research more by the scientist at the basin

basin? sorry i have met the researcher/technician in the oil rig; but i have tried to upgrade the requirement before purchasing its blueprint. i lack of key ingredient which is gears that i don't recognize nor have seen before. i have slotted everything i could but it's missing its last component. 2/3.

[Sir Crashalot]

Have you visited the scientist at the Stellar Basin?
She gives you a quest and a rod to fish abyssal fish, which allows you to upgrade to hadal.

The Stellar basin is in the southwest.

[Jexvrok]

i had the same issue but eventually figured it out :) you are not soft locked

[cocytushexen]

Originally posted by Sir Crashalot:

Have you visited the scientist at the Stellar Basin?
She gives you a quest and a rod to fish abyssal fish, which allows you to upgrade to hadal.

The Stellar basin is in the southwest.

yes i've been there. a few times. been on all four parts of the areas, except the furthest south where a huge red circle is. but i haven't acquire gear from that exiled scientist. i can't understand why i can't use research gear to buy blueprints for hadal/abysmal rods.

i notice there's several hadal/abysmal fishing spots; i have granted her the few she needs, but i fear some are hadal/abysmal type, which i still don't have it to fish. wonder when does she give you the rod? (edit: ah i realise the jelly i need is tawl based to capture, never use tawl to its full effects, kept cleaning oil lol. guess i know how to obtain the hadal rod as per her request) thank you! fully obtain blueprints, now to earn more to upgrade in rig's upgraded version.

am i to avoid those red jelly? i thought it's part of her specimen? can't get near without rotting my catches; and they aren't spots to fish, as they kept floating around

[RCMidas]

Yeah, the Stellar Basin jellies are not fish you catch - they just blow up and sink you. If it's not in a fishing spot (and not something you must trawl for or catch via crab pot) it's not a collectible creature. It'll be either passive sea life (like the dolphins and whales) or an actual danger to you (like the jellies and giant ray and leviathans).

[cocytushexen]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Yeah, the Stellar Basin jellies are not fish you catch - they just blow up and sink you. If it's not in a fishing spot (and not something you must trawl for or catch via crab pot) it's not a collectible creature. It'll be either passive sea life (like the dolphins and whales) or an actual danger to you (like the jellies and giant ray and leviathans).

thank you for the advice. i had steer clear of those bright jellies there. if anything, them drawn to me and moving on their own is a clear indication to not approach.