Better Gear

[Swisspike]

I have completed the story quest, and have the LWE boat with 16 well slots.

The fishing pole I have has six lure slots, and the bigger poles don't interest me.

I have 30 slots opened to save random lakes.

Is this it? Will there be better equipment down the road? Can I get three slots for mods? I have one tournament, and the one which gives me the save slots, and that's it.

[Axeking]

Lure slots is tied to the BOAT, not the rod.

For rod - considerations are casting range, strength, sensitivity, and control. probably in that order. With at least 33 different rods you can pick and choose which priority you want. But to complete certain quests, you will almost certainly need one of the strength 10 rods. There are also 2 rods that give you cr for every fish you catch (in addition to any from selling them).

For BOAT - The LWE has the most live well slots, but is amongst the worst for module slots. Probably most important for boat is live well slots combined with module slots. With module being more important. I run a boat that has 7 module slots, but intrinsic LW of only 4. So I use 3 LW expanders and 4 other modules - I have space for 16 fish plus some useful modules. Switch out which modules you use depending on what you are doing.

For exploring random lakes, the contract and tournament modules are useless. Likewise, the exploration kit is useless on network lakes after you have examined them all once...

Note- the 30 slots you mention is only for storing exploration data on 30 lakes, that doesn't let you teleport to any of those lakes - you need the teleporter to store the coords of the random lakes to go back to them.

[Swisspike]

Originally posted by Axeking:

Lure slots is tied to the BOAT, not the rod.

For rod - considerations are casting range, strength, sensitivity, and control. probably in that order. With at least 33 different rods you can pick and choose which priority you want. But to complete certain quests, you will almost certainly need one of the strength 10 rods. There are also 2 rods that give you cr for every fish you catch (in addition to any from selling them).

For BOAT - The LWE has the most live well slots, but is amongst the worst for module slots. Probably most important for boat is live well slots combined with module slots. With module being more important. I run a boat that has 7 module slots, but intrinsic LW of only 4. So I use 3 LW expanders and 4 other modules - I have space for 16 fish plus some useful modules. Switch out which modules you use depending on what you are doing.

For exploring random lakes, the contract and tournament modules are useless. Likewise, the exploration kit is useless on network lakes after you have examined them all once...

Note- the 30 slots you mention is only for storing exploration data on 30 lakes, that doesn't let you teleport to any of those lakes - you need the teleporter to store the coords of the random lakes to go back to them.

Where are all these extra rods and boats?

[Axeking]

Check the various docks in the ULT lakes - they carry different inventories.

The BOAT I use can be found here:
Brim Lake Emporium
And is Eberman Deluxe

The rod is available at the same place and is
Atume Elite

Another useful rod is
TFG Alchemist - eventually available in every ULT lake

Just check every lake all the docks - you will find various equipment at each (other than the quest and fish market docks). Teleporters are only at the ULT shops.

the modules I use are:
TFG Exploration kit 30a, Short Range teleporter, Fishing Spot Saver, and 4 x Livewell expansion. For Tournaments/contracts, I swap out 1 livewell expansion for whichever is needed

[Swisspike]

Thank you Axeking.