Fishing help?

[kaisea.wings]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, how does this work?

I'm clicking the right mouse button to aim my fishing rod at the splashy bit of water, I wait until the exclamation mark appears/the 'bloop' sound and click the right button again. I reel in the line, but there's no fish.
I gather there's a mini game but I can't figure out how to get it going.

[Ishimuro]

When you hit the right button at the marker/bloop you either get a fish or a item, if your fishing is to low for the area, you get nothing. As far as i know.

[BU4U Gaming]

There's no fishing mini game atm. They removed it (but are adding it back soonish as a toggleable option due to popular demand)

Right now fishing is simple. Just cast the line with right click (or maybe left click. Not at pc atm to check). If you hold the mouse button you can cast the line further. I think the max is 4 tiles out. When the fish bites you hit right click again and instantly catch the fish/item, so no need to reel it in.

You can fish anywhere, not just in schools. In schools there is no wait for fish bites, they bite instantly, but usually they only have 2-3 fish to catch before the school disappears. Schools also guarantee you get a fish, so you can't catch any items like valuables/gear from those. In open water it takes longer for anything to bite and you can catch both fish and items.

[kaisea.wings]

Okay I think the key here is 'if your fishing level is too low you get nothing' because I'm in a meadow area and I just started. Would be nice if it told me!

[BU4U Gaming]

Originally posted by kaisea.wings:

Okay I think the key here is 'if your fishing level is too low you get nothing' because I'm in a meadow area and I just started. Would be nice if it told me!

Ah yes. Have to level up fishing to fish in later biomes. :) I always start fishing right away, so rarely think of that. I think I tried once that my fishing skill was too low for a new biome in my old playthrough, but I can't remember what happened - if it warned me or I just got nothing from it. But yeah bit confusing if you just get to fish but never catch anything.

[kaisea.wings]

See, now it's warning me, but I hadn't fished in the lower biome yet. I kept exploring till I found a nice place to set up shop. I'll have to backtrack and fish for a bit.

[BU4U Gaming]

Originally posted by kaisea.wings:

See, now it's warning me, but I hadn't fished in the lower biome yet. I kept exploring till I found a nice place to set up shop. I'll have to backtrack and fish for a bit.

You'd have to backtrack at some point anyway if you want all the fish types. There are different fish based on biome :D Some types of waters can be moved though, but for some biomes you have to fish IN the biome to get the corresponding fish and other loot.
But good that you found the issue. :D

[Raenyx]

Originally posted by kaisea.wings:

See, now it's warning me, but I hadn't fished in the lower biome yet. I kept exploring till I found a nice place to set up shop. I'll have to backtrack and fish for a bit.

Also i'm pretty sure just getting a better rod will facilitate your fishing level since i think the biomes just use a fishing power check.

[BU4U Gaming]

Originally posted by Raenyx:

Originally posted by kaisea.wings:

See, now it's warning me, but I hadn't fished in the lower biome yet. I kept exploring till I found a nice place to set up shop. I'll have to backtrack and fish for a bit.

Also i'm pretty sure just getting a better rod will facilitate your fishing level since i think the biomes just use a fishing power check.

Yup, any fishing gear helps :D

[kaisea.wings]

Thanks guys, I seem to have managed to level up :3

[Diarmuhnd]

Originally posted by kaisea.wings:

See, now it's warning me, but I hadn't fished in the lower biome yet. I kept exploring till I found a nice place to set up shop. I'll have to backtrack and fish for a bit.

You can use a bucket and bring different waters back to your base

[BU4U Gaming]

Originally posted by Diarmuhnd:

Originally posted by kaisea.wings:

See, now it's warning me, but I hadn't fished in the lower biome yet. I kept exploring till I found a nice place to set up shop. I'll have to backtrack and fish for a bit.

You can use a bucket and bring different waters back to your base

Well not dirt and stone biome water, since that changes according to the biome it's placed in :D So you'd have to backtrack for those no matter what :D