Purple Gear

[Stupendous Man]

So certain gear, mainly the rewards for completing the ancient shrines have purple text for their description. These same pieces of gear tend to be worse in terms of visible benefits than their counterparts from the shop. Now I would assume that these pieces of gear make up for it by increasing the chances of catching Aberrations. My question is do these bonuses stack? Or do I just need one of them for the increased Aberrations chance? If the bonuses do stack, is it merely the number of purple text gear that you have, or how much space you take up with said gear? Any and all info on this topic would be much appreciated.

[crazyabe111]

Not all of the gear is worse, for reference you can get a purple grade version of the "bottomless lines" that's roughly 20% better, or the "early game" crab-pot that is well, basically the best pot in the game given you don't need to waste research to get it.

[Stupendous Man]

Originally posted by crazyabe111:

Not all of the gear is worse, for reference you can get a purple grade version of the "bottomless lines" that's roughly 20% better, or the "early game" crab-pot that is well, basically the best pot in the game given you don't need to waste research to get it.

While I do indeed agree that certain gear can in the moment be better than what you have available, by the endgame all gear except the crab pot is outstripped by more efficient and faster equipment from the store. Therefore, there is no reason to have them with you, unless they provide the aforementioned bonus to Aberrations.

[Nyamses]

The equipment from the shrine is underpowered and not worth keeping around, unless you bee-line for it near the start of the game.

If you're worrying about how to get Aberrations reliably, one of the last abilities you receive from the Main Questline will just about guarantee you'll get an Aberration from the surrounding fishing points when used. It's especially useful for those rare fish that only give 1 or 2 per fishing spot.

[Stupendous Man]

Originally posted by Nyamses:

The equipment from the shrine is underpowered and not worth keeping around, unless you bee-line for it near the start of the game.

If you're worrying about how to get Aberrations reliably, one of the last abilities you receive from the Main Questline will just about guarantee you'll get an Aberration from the surrounding fishing points when used. It's especially useful for those rare fish that only give 1 or 2 per fishing spot.

Ah I see. I have that ability already but was afraid to use it since it permanently removes fishing spots. if it's almost a guaranteed Aberration however, then it might be worth it.

[RazielBG]

The shrine equipment has it's purpose. Some are for earlier access to fishing zones and are outperformed quickly and become obsolete.
Few, however, stay useful until the end.

For example, You would think that the 1st one you get that is 2 spaces and only gives 6% fishing speed is stupid, but I'm actually using it at the endgame.
After I cleared the Volcanic and Mangrove areas I opted for Oceanic nets,(6 spots) + the 2 spot reward on one side, so I can use the Abbyss/Hadal rod(4 spots) + the Super Fishing Speed hook (4 spots). That setup covers everything when searching for the last couiple of fish and is the fastest at fishing.

Those make sense for allowing combinations.

[Zr0Potential]

Wish they would be rebalanced to be consistently powerful/space efficient like the Mouth of the Deep (Purple Crab Pot), others are very underwhelming as a reward:

-The Sinew Spindle has only a pitiful 6% fishing speed (which tbf is fitting for its description but could buff the Spindle to like 10/12% and the Skimmer to 18/22% to fit better under Weighted Line)
-The Tendon Rod could be Oceanic/Mangrove/Volcanic or even just Mangrove/Volcanic to be at least as versatile as Sinew, in exchange for the inefficient slot shape
-The Viscera Crane is, well actually kinda decent but there's no reason to choose it over the
Fathomless Winch that also has Oceanic

Compared to them, the Mouth of the Deep doesn't have any significant drawbacks (other than the slight chance you get slapped by tentacles, but that's an occupational hazard in this game)

In conclusion, research unlockables beat them 3 out of 4 times

[cam]

Originally posted by Stupendous Man:

Originally posted by Nyamses:

The equipment from the shrine is underpowered and not worth keeping around, unless you bee-line for it near the start of the game.

If you're worrying about how to get Aberrations reliably, one of the last abilities you receive from the Main Questline will just about guarantee you'll get an Aberration from the surrounding fishing points when used. It's especially useful for those rare fish that only give 1 or 2 per fishing spot.

Ah I see. I have that ability already but was afraid to use it since it permanently removes fishing spots. if it's almost a guaranteed Aberration however, then it might be worth it.

Any permanently removed spots will regen upon save/load :)

[Aquillion]

Originally posted by Zr0Potential:

The Sinew Spindle has only a pitiful 6% fishing speed (which tbf is fitting for its description but could buff the Spindle to like 10/12% and the Skimmer to 18/22% to fit better under Weighted Line)

As someone implied above, it's extremely important to note that the speed of all your rods is added together. This makes the Sinew Spindle actually be extremely useful in the late game, since you can put a six-square net on the left side of your ship, put the Sinew Spindle below it, and reduce by 2 the number of types of fishing you have to worry about covering on the right.

With two other big fast rods on the right, your fishing will be very fast regardless.

[M.T. Fish]

Originally posted by Stupendous Man:

So certain gear, mainly the rewards for completing the ancient shrines have purple text for their description. These same pieces of gear tend to be worse in terms of visible benefits than their counterparts from the shop. Now I would assume that these pieces of gear make up for it by increasing the chances of catching Aberrations. My question is do these bonuses stack? Or do I just need one of them for the increased Aberrations chance? If the bonuses do stack, is it merely the number of purple text gear that you have, or how much space you take up with said gear? Any and all info on this topic would be much appreciated.

There's a light you can get from a certain quest that is the best light in the game. It's only two square but gives more light than the four square light and when combined with foggy lenses it gives 5000 lumen compared to 3000.

Some of the hidden gear is pretty good.