[Spoilers] Fish locations and tips.

[Krosis_x90]

Copying here and reformatting from the Gfaqs board, https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/168677-nier-automata/75095922?page=2, in case anyone needs this as badly as I did. ( Thanks guys! ) Feel free to add to the Steam guides, I'm bad at this.

Fish Locations:

Arowana- Forest Rivers- 1500G

Twinfish- Emil's Underground Hideout Pond- 2500G

Killifish- City Ruins- 1000G

Carp- City Ruins- 1000G

Bloat Fish- Emil's Underground Hideout- 2500G

Koi Carp- City Ruins- 2500G

Fur Carp- Forest Rivers- 3000G

Freshwater Ray- Amusement Park bridge after boss- 4000G

Arapaima- Forest Rivers- 4000G

Oil Sardine- Desert Oil Field- 3500G

Water Flea- Flooded City- 500G

Twoface- Flooded City (Coast)- 2000G

Coelacanth- Flooded City (Coast)- 3500G

Blowfish- Flooded City- 2000G

Swordfish- Flooded City (Missile)- 5000G

Mackerel- Flooded City- 500G

Horseshoe Crab- Flooded City- 1500G

Beetle Fish- Desert Oasis- 7500G

Starfish- Flooded City- 1000G

Bream- Flooded City- 3000G

Basking Shark- Flooded City (Missile)- 6000G

Killifish Machine- City Ruins/Desert Oil Field- 500G

Koi Carp Machine- City Ruins/Desert Oil Field- 2500G

Arapaima Machine- Forest Rivers- 4000G

Carp Machine- City Ruins/Desert Oil Field- 2500G

Bloat Fish Machine- Forest Castle Waterfall- 3000G

Blowfish Machine- Flooded City- 2000G

Swordfish Machine- Flooded City(Missile)- 5000G

Starfish Machine- Flooded City- 1000G

Bream Machine- Flooded City- 2000G

Coelacanth Machine- Flooded City (Missile)- 3500G

Mackerel Machine- Flooded City- 500G

Horseshoe Crab Machine- Flooded City- 1500G

Arowana Machine- City ruins ravine area, where you do the "lord of the valley" quest.- 2000G

Basking Shark Machine- Flooded City (Missile)- 6000G

Freshwater Ray Machine- Amusement Park bridge after boss- 5000G

Machine Lifeform Head- Rare Everywhere- 7500G

Tire- Sewers- 1500G

Gas Cylinder- Sewers- 1500G

Battery- Sewers- 1500G

Broken Firearm- Sewers- 1500G


Flooded City missile is basically near the missile pod, for coast I just fished near the soul box.

Also, some tips about reeling in, taken form the above post:

There are several ways to know when you can catch a fish when fishing. When you throw your pod in the water, it will start to flow in a certain direction. I've noticed there are 3 possible outcomes that lead to catching a fish :
- The pod will suddenly go underwater (there will be an audio feedback of a splash)
- The pod will stop moving (no audio feedback) (this is not to be confused with the pod bobbing in the water, it might slow down but it won't come to a full stop)
- The pod will move in the opposite direction of its flow (no audio feedback)

Pressing the fish button quickly enough in any of these circumstances will get you a fish.

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I'm currently 100%ing fishing and the rarity of some fish is just insane. I'm at one fish left and the swordfish took something like 12+ hours worth of fishing.

[Krosis_x90]

Yeah, swordfish was my last fish, caught it like 20 minutes ago. This and the beetle fish are just brutal.

[★Omega★]

Nice list but...Why do you post this here?
Just make a guide about this :/

[Dellicious]

Does it not matter where in the location you fish? Aka, any water in flooded city has the same results?

[Null_User]

Originally posted by Dellicious:

Does it not matter where in the location you fish? Aka, any water in flooded city has the same results?

From what I understand, there's river fish, sea fish and.... oil fish. That means that sea fish can only be caught on sea places like the sea side in Flooded city, and river fish can be caught in places with fresh water. Oil fish can be caught in a small place in the desert with an oil pond. where you can buy E-drug after doing Jackass' mission

[Krosis_x90]

Originally posted by Dellicious:

Does it not matter where in the location you fish? Aka, any water in flooded city has the same results?

Yes, for the flooded city specifically, if you fish near the missile pod, you get, for example, swordfish and sharks.
If you fish near the save point, you get Horseshoe Crabs and Starfishes.

Originally posted by DGG★Omega★:

Nice list but...Why do you post this here?
Just make a guide about this :/

Eh, tought it was harder, guide is now up.

[Xoninum]

I really wish they would make fishing a little bit more like the first Nier. Fishing was an actual skill that could be leveled and in doing so your chances for catching rare fish would increase greatly. Since they are not going to make any story related DLC hopefully we will get at least patch that makes it to where we can use some fish as bait for catching rare fish like in the first game. Although a DCL that totally overhuals the fishing process to that of the first nier complete with new fishing quests and adds more fish would be a better choice.

[Samyboy03]

Originally posted by Krosis_x90:

Copying here and reformatting from the Gfaqs board, https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/168677-nier-automata/75095922?page=2, in case anyone needs this as badly as I did. ( Thanks guys! ) Feel free to add to the Steam guides, I'm bad at this.

Fish Locations:

Arowana- Forest Rivers- 1500G

Twinfish- Emil's Underground Hideout Pond- 2500G

Killifish- City Ruins- 1000G

Carp- City Ruins- 1000G

Bloat Fish- Emil's Underground Hideout- 2500G

Koi Carp- City Ruins- 2500G

Fur Carp- Forest Rivers- 3000G

Freshwater Ray- Amusement Park bridge after boss- 4000G

Arapaima- Forest Rivers- 4000G

Oil Sardine- Desert Oil Field- 3500G

Water Flea- Flooded City- 500G

Twoface- Flooded City (Coast)- 2000G

Coelacanth- Flooded City (Coast)- 3500G

Blowfish- Flooded City- 2000G

Swordfish- Flooded City (Missile)- 5000G

Mackerel- Flooded City- 500G

Horseshoe Crab- Flooded City- 1500G

Beetle Fish- Desert Oasis- 7500G

Starfish- Flooded City- 1000G

Bream- Flooded City- 3000G

Basking Shark- Flooded City (Missile)- 6000G

Killifish Machine- City Ruins/Desert Oil Field- 500G

Koi Carp Machine- City Ruins/Desert Oil Field- 2500G

Arapaima Machine- Forest Rivers- 4000G

Carp Machine- City Ruins/Desert Oil Field- 2500G

Bloat Fish Machine- Forest Castle Waterfall- 3000G

Blowfish Machine- Flooded City- 2000G

Swordfish Machine- Flooded City(Missile)- 5000G

Starfish Machine- Flooded City- 1000G

Bream Machine- Flooded City- 2000G

Coelacanth Machine- Flooded City (Missile)- 3500G

Mackerel Machine- Flooded City- 500G

Horseshoe Crab Machine- Flooded City- 1500G

Arowana Machine- City ruins ravine area, where you do the "lord of the valley" quest.- 2000G

Basking Shark Machine- Flooded City (Missile)- 6000G

Freshwater Ray Machine- Amusement Park bridge after boss- 5000G

Machine Lifeform Head- Rare Everywhere- 7500G

Tire- Sewers- 1500G

Gas Cylinder- Sewers- 1500G

Battery- Sewers- 1500G

Broken Firearm- Sewers- 1500G


Flooded City missile is basically near the missile pod, for coast I just fished near the soul box.

Also, some tips about reeling in, taken form the above post:

There are several ways to know when you can catch a fish when fishing. When you throw your pod in the water, it will start to flow in a certain direction. I've noticed there are 3 possible outcomes that lead to catching a fish :
- The pod will suddenly go underwater (there will be an audio feedback of a splash)
- The pod will stop moving (no audio feedback) (this is not to be confused with the pod bobbing in the water, it might slow down but it won't come to a full stop)
- The pod will move in the opposite direction of its flow (no audio feedback)

Pressing the fish button quickly enough in any of these circumstances will get you a fish.

About the tips.. You are a f*cking genious Thank you!

[Mystokai]

Fun fact,

Anyone who is interested into #thuglife,
Can catch an actual weapon called: Iron Pipe in City Ruins - Sewers
:/

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

Originally posted by Mystokai:

Fun fact,

Anyone who is interested into #thuglife,
Can catch an actual weapon called: Iron Pipe in City Ruins - Sewers
:/

Not sure what #thuglife is but the iron pipe is a weapon in the first game

[Mystokai]

Originally posted by the.jester:

Originally posted by Mystokai:

Fun fact,

Anyone who is interested into #thuglife,
Can catch an actual weapon called: Iron Pipe in City Ruins - Sewers
:/

Not sure what #thuglife is but the iron pipe is a weapon in the first game

Well, I am one of those 99% people who have never played first Nier game :/

But it is still funny how you get Iron Pipe (when almost every other weapon is a sword-type) and that it even exist.