Where is the pufferfish?

[E|E]

been fishing at the ocean 9am to 4pm for 3 days during summer sunny time. is there a specific spot for it?

[Riftweaver]

just summer during the day. they are a pretty tough catch, they move around a lot on the minigame. there isnt a particular spot, just anywhere on the beach map

[E|E]

Originally posted by Riftweaver:

just summer during the day. they are a pretty tough catch, they move around a lot on the minigame. there isnt a particular spot, just anywhere on the beach map

the problem is i cant even encounter one =( used up 3 traps and all my baits. haven seen one yet

[Riftweaver]

thats just really bad luck then, there isnt anything else you can do to raise your chances. maybe your fishing skill is too low? i dont think that matters, but you never know

[⋠Ĝ๏ą✞⋡'ƦэŁĨq.]

Im having 0 problems catching puffers. I go fishing at the boulder in the water on the left pier.

[Scottaroo]

Today I went fishing from 11am to 6pm. I caught a driftwood, 2 herrings, 2 anchovy, 4 seaweed, and 16 sardines! Zero pufferfish! I was fishing by the boulder and my fishing level is 9! What gives? Lol

[Joe Coffee]

Might not want what you're looking for, but another option is visiting the ♥♥♥♥♥ wagon near the wizard's tower. That one time, she had 2 pufferfish for sale and I snagged them. I think they were going for 1k per fish.

[Headrock]

Originally posted by Kyle Katarn:

been fishing at the ocean 9am to 4pm for 3 days during summer sunny time. is there a specific spot for it?

Originally posted by Vastana:

Today I went fishing from 11am to 6pm. I caught a driftwood, 2 herrings, 2 anchovy, 4 seaweed, and 16 sardines! Zero pufferfish! I was fishing by the boulder and my fishing level is 9! What gives? Lol

Again, there is no specific spot to catch any "recurring" fish. As long as you're at the beach, in Summer, on a sunny day, during the correct hours (12:00am - 4:00pm), you've got the same chance of catching Pufferfish on any point on the beach.

If you are not encountering Pufferfish, that is bad luck - but you'd need to be extremely unlucky for that to happen on two different days of fishing. What's more likely is that some fish keep escaping your hook, and you simply didn't realize that these are the pufferfish. They are much harder to catch than any of the other fish co-inhabiting the ocean with them during those hours. If any fish are escaping your hook, those are the puffers, and you need to improve your mini-game playing skill to catch them. If you're still having problems, augment your fishing skill with a Trap Bobber and a +Fishing bonus from a meal.

[Dee Twenty]

Originally posted by Headrock:

Again, there is no specific spot to catch any "recurring" fish. As long as you're at the beach, in Summer, on a sunny day, during the correct hours (12:00am - 4:00pm), you've got the same chance of catching Pufferfish on any point on the beach.

I do feel a bit like I catch less trash fishing off the Eastern pier than I do fishing from the Western pier, but that could just be my imagination.

[VioletDeadly]

I have yet to catch a puffer fish I bought mine from the caravan lady :P

[Headrock]

Originally posted by Dee Twenty:

I do feel a bit like I catch less trash fishing off the Eastern pier than I do fishing from the Western pier, but that could just be my imagination.

*Shrugs* I'm sure we all get these weird misconceptions and superstitions about things we think are helping us. I can't help but get those too. But I'm talking about something that is completely independent of the RNG: All I'm really saying is that the exact fishing location doesn't affect which fish can appear, in any way. If a fish is supposed to be available at the beach after sunset, you can catch that fish anywhere on the beach, if you keep trying (and have the skills...). So when I see people here telling other people that they can or can't catch a fish if they stand someplace "special", that's not helpful. It's misleading the newbies to think that it will solve their "missing fish" problems, and they'll just get increasingly frustrated over time... :/

And since this sort of question pops up a lot, I'm putting in extra effort to dispel the myth. The more people around here know it's false, the easier it will be to convince people that they just need to practice fishing - which in turn will help them enjoy the game more, etc. etc.

BUT - do feel free to fish in any spot you fancy. And if you can bring conclusive evidence that trash (or certain kinds of fish) is more or less abundant in specific locations, that would be a major discovery! For example, I'm pretty sure that fishing upstream in Pelican Town brings less trash - but I can't prove it. That would take ages of testing...

(Oh, also, specific location can and does affect the star-quality of the fish you do catch. So there _are_ places where you definitely want to fish simply for better profit...)