Hadal fishes?

[breadeaterheh]

How do I catch those? In chapter 3 I see the researcher says I need to upgrade gear she gave me but I'm stupid and don't get what t odo.

[CEO of Big-game fishing]

You have a new rod available to research that costs 1 research component thingy and can fish hadal. You get 1 research component when activating the generator the first time. I accidentally used mine on something else and had to grind a new research component

[MaxNChachi]

Once you've gotten the base one from the researcher, you can use research points to get better Abyssal/Hadal rods.

[Honorable_D]

Or you can do the rock slab quest in the reef zone—find it near a small island near the main ones. You need 4 different sharks—the reward is a rod that can fish both Abyss and Hadal.

[Shaitan]

Note that I had to mount the Abyssal Rod the Researcher gives you before I could research the more advanced versions located in the top right of the Rods Research page.

[breadeaterheh]

Thanks for answers

[crazyabe111]

Fun fact: rather than researching the Hadal rod, you can use the ♥♥♥♥♥ rod to catch the Abyssal fish needed for a secret that gives you a "free" better version of the Hadal rod.