How to Fish

[RavenX]

Still starting out. Probably started over 5 or 6 times because of not being happy with this or that or finding out something new. Now I'm trying to fish and my character is just pulling up red bones. Not trying to set up anything special, just trying to catch fish to eat. Is it automatic or do I need to click again when the pole is winding or anything?

[Desmond]

I never had troubles with fishyng.
You do have the fishyng skill right? And both a rod and some baite? Did you try several spots?
My skill is still fairly lowe, yet I do cath mostly fish rarely some rubbish.

[Sairek Ceareste]

You just right click a tile with fish on it holding the fishing line with bait equipped, it's passive after that.

You can turn bones into bait so that's not necessarily a bad thing, assuming you're actually fishing and not accidentally murdering the fish by right clicking them which I accidentally did and had to wait a while before I could "make" more fish in my pond.

[RavenX]

Appreciate the answers. Seems to be automatic. The animation made me think I'd have to click again to get the winding timed to grab a fish. It seems I accidentally ate a fish and that's how I got the red bones...heh. Oops.

Good looking out on the answers.

[Tanalia]

Originally posted by RavenX:

Appreciate the answers. Seems to be automatic. The animation made me think I'd have to click again to get the winding timed to grab a fish. It seems I accidentally ate a fish and that's how I got the red bones...heh. Oops.

Good looking out on the answers.

I had the same problem when I tried fishing. I'm too used to games like Stardew Valley, lol.

[asdocco1]

Does anyone know how to make more of the fish water blocks ? Or how to add fish to water

[Just Some Random Kid]

Originally posted by asdocco1:

Does anyone know how to make more of the fish water blocks ? Or how to add fish to water

Unless this is brand new this just isn't a thing. You can fish in any water source as far as I know even self made ones.

[Jozie Pop]

Also, i'll throw this in here, in the settings for the game you can set it to auto pick up fish you catch.

edit: its actually under the character profile and the last tab of strategy and on the bottom.

[internetgrout]

Originally posted by Jozie Pop:

Also, i'll throw this in here, in the settings for the game you can set it to auto pick up fish you catch.

edit: its actually under the character profile and the last tab of strategy and on the bottom.

You should also never do this (or at least I don't), since you'll pick up a shark or whale and then try to take another action and die from squashing.

[Just Some Random Kid]

Originally posted by mrmeagle:

Originally posted by Jozie Pop:

Also, i'll throw this in here, in the settings for the game you can set it to auto pick up fish you catch.

edit: its actually under the character profile and the last tab of strategy and on the bottom.

You should also never do this (or at least I don't), since you'll pick up a shark or whale and then try to take another action and die from squashing.

It doesn't pick up sharks and whales but instead puts them on the ground and stops your fishing.

Edit: To be more precise, when you fish up something that would make you become "overweight" it auto drops it onto the ground and stop you from fishing.

[internetgrout]

Originally posted by Just Some Random Kid:

Originally posted by mrmeagle:

You should also never do this (or at least I don't), since you'll pick up a shark or whale and then try to take another action and die from squashing.

It doesn't pick up sharks and whales but instead puts them on the ground and stops your fishing.

Edit: To be more precise, when you fish up something that would make you become "overweight" it auto drops it onto the ground and stop you from fishing.

Ah ok so at least it won't outright kill you. I still want to use all my bait and not stop though usually

[Just Some Random Kid]

Originally posted by mrmeagle:

Originally posted by Just Some Random Kid:

It doesn't pick up sharks and whales but instead puts them on the ground and stops your fishing.

Edit: To be more precise, when you fish up something that would make you become "overweight" it auto drops it onto the ground and stop you from fishing.

Ah ok so at least it won't outright kill you. I still want to use all my bait and not stop though usually

This was something I experienced awhile go when I was farming soil so it could have been changed by now but there seems to be some form of "cap" on how many different stacks of items can be on a single spot. My estimate put it at around 250-300 before it started to sometimes not add another item onto the stack. So if you're using to much bait there is a chance that some of the fish are just being straight up deleted.

Also if you're using to much bait at once and letting things like Whales, Sharks, Moonfish, and a few others rot on the ground you're actually losing out on a ton of money and those are better to turn into wine straight up rather then turning them into bonito flake wine.

[Haperski]

Originally posted by asdocco1:

Does anyone know how to make more of the fish water blocks ? Or how to add fish to water

The two visible fish at the beginning pond is a prop.

You can make them in the floor workshop using a bone if Im not mistaken.
Yep, I know its weird.

[gimmethegepgun]

The 2 fish in the starting pond aren't fish in the sense of fishing, they're just a gather point that lets you get 2 Raw Food Bones. They function exactly the same as regular bones, except they won't stack with them, and they rot, but that has absolutely no impact on anything. Just use them to make nails just like the other bones. No one will care that your base is held together by rotten fish bones.

To actually fish, you need a Fishing Rod, which can be crafted at the Workbench for 2 Branches and a String (I advise using Grass Branches because they weigh less, and material doesn't affect fishing capability), and you need Bait, which can be crafted with the Quick Craft ability from corpses, body parts (like offal, bones, and fangs), or mushrooms of any variety. All crafted Bait comes out identical, so it doesn't matter what the ingredient is or what condition it's in. This can also be handy for freeing up inventory space in the field, by just mashing a variety of things together into one slot as Bait.