Fishing E-fish-iently: All You Need to Know About Fishing

Fishing grounds, fishing quests, catch rates, boosts, and more all in this guide!

Introduction

-Tsuritama

Hello, welcome to my guide on fishing! First of all, I'd like to congratulate you on getting level 10... unless you're not level 10; well you need to be level 10 to fish so I'll assume you are at least level 10.

The main benefits of fishing are that you may create a potion with fish that restores 20 of your 170 fatigue once per day and also the ability to fish up crates and barrels that may contain materials, avatars, mounts, and other useful items.

Any input or information is appreciated and will be added.

How to Fish

1. Head to a fishing ground which can be located on the map by a grey fish icon. Blue fish icons are special fishing grounds and may only be used if you have used a permit which can be fished from the the normal fishing ground.

2. Press spacebar when near the fishing area. This will bring up a Fishing menu.

3. You will see two slots followed by a bunch of slots under the "Caught Items" label.

4. Open your items menu and take the bait from your backpack and place it in the top slot. You can also right click your bait to place it in the slot.

5. Click the "Start Fishing" button located at the bottom of the menu.

6. Fish are caught automatically as long as you are fishing.

Is Fishing Worth It?

Now, If you've just started fishing, you're probably level 10 or 15 with maybe 1m, 2m ar (money). You go to Mokka and see the bait prices are a whopping 1k for just 1 Pasty Bait and twice as much for 1 Pacific Saury. Can you really afford to spend your life savings on 1000 Pasty Baits?

Quick answer: Yes!

Example 1 (Short)

Here's my haul (already sold energy drink fish) from 400 pasty bait (400000 ar) in the Watervale Fishing Ground:
After selling all the fish, I recieved 347904 ar, which means I lost 52096 ar. However, from the containers, I recieved 12 crystals of chaos (1190 ar ea), 9 chaos ore (1290 ar ea), 14 pure crystals (1190 ar ea), 10 red arche (520 ar ea), and 17 other materials (350 ar ea). The total of that is 53700, a number that is more than what I lost! Worth it! (I keep the materials instead of selling them though)

Example 2 (Detailed)

First of all, as you play more and more, the amount of ar you recieve goes up greatly. Also, there is a chance to win ar from the Goblin Money Slot Machine. At level 30 you'll have up to 15m if you don't fish. If that doesn't convince you, maybe these figures provided by kyuisu will.

Originally posted by kyuisu:

Bait used: Pacific Saury (2k Bait)
Bait amount: 120
Bait cost: 240,000
Boost: None
Fishing time: 1 Hour (permit)

AR before buying bait: 2,918,301
AR after buying bait: 2,678,301
AR after fishing then selling fish only: 2,806,821

As we can see, kyuisu only lost about 111,000 ar after using 120 of the most expensive bait. If he were to use Pasty Bait, he would've spent 120,000 less ar. However, do note that this is in the Special Fishing Ground which allows fishing for only 1 hour per permit which has a higher catch rate than the normal Fishing Ground, although, by 10% at most. Here's some fancy math based on kyuisu's numbers that shows why you should fish.

(ar after selling fish from special fishing grounds) - (ar before selling fish from special fishing grounds) = (ar from selling fish from special fishing grounds)
2806821 - 2678301 = 128520

(ar from selling fish from special fishing grounds) * (catch rate of normal fishing grounds) = (ar from selling fish from normal fishing grounds)
128520 * .9 = 115668
Note: turns out the catch rate is the same for both fishing grounds so you don't really need this step.

This means for every 120 bait spent at normal fishing grounds you'll recieve 115668 ar. Now we use the cheapest bait because we're trying to save money.

(amount of bait) * (bait price) = (cost of bait)
120 * 1000 = 120000

This comes out to a total cost of 120000 and a profit of 115668. We lost 4332 ar! But remember, fish are not all that you can catch in fishing areas and these numbers are just a theoretical average of what will happen. After taking a look at what you can get from the containers (which are quite common to fish up), we see that it is definitely worth fishing. You can also trade in fish for certain useful items as explained in the next section.

Fishing Related Quests

• Level 10 - Energy Drink Quest (Daily)

The energy drink quest can be accepted from either Nikki or Mokka. They are marked by a red potion on your map. However, completing one means you cannot complete the other one; you can only get one energy drink per day. The energy drink disappears 24 hours after recieving it. Using the energy drink reduces your stress by 20.

Mokka wants:
Masou Salmon x20
Red Goby x15
Mica Fool Fish x10
Fancy Carps x5

OR

Nikki wants:
Blue Gill Soft Shell Clams x20
Sharp Fin Red Rockfish x15
Black Scale Flatfish x10
Slash Line Tropical Fish x5

Reward:
Energy Drink x1

• Level 30 - Griffin Token Quest (Weekly)

The griffin token quest can be accepted from the Tired Griffin. He is located southeast of Elwood. The token disappears 24 hours after recieving it. Using the token increases the amount of times you can challenge Necromancer Fortress by 1.

Tired Griffin wants:
Golden Arrow Fish x4

Reward:
Griffin Token x1

• Level 40 - Griffin Token Quest (Weekly)

The griffin token quest can be accepted from the Tired Griffin. He is located southeast of Elwood. The token disappears 24 hours after recieving it. Using the token increases the amount of times you can challenge Necromancer Fortress by 1.

Tired Griffin wants:
Piranha x4

Reward:
Griffin Token x1

Bait and Catch Times

• Bait

Bait can be purchased from item vendors such as Mokka and Nikki. These vendors can be located on the map by a red potion symbol. Currently, there are 4 types of bait that may be purchased.

Image	Bait	Time Reduction	Catch Time (60- Time Reduction)	Amount Used in 1 Hour	Buy Price
	Pasty Bait	0 seconds	60 seconds	60	1000 ar
	Earth Worm	10 seconds	50 seconds	72	1200 ar
	Eel Flesh	20 seconds	40 seconds	90	1500 ar
	Pacific Saury	30 seconds	30 seconds	120	2000 ar

Fishing time is carried over if you use the same bait. For example, if you're using Pasty Bait and fish for 40 seconds then stop fishing, then resume fishing, you will catch something in (Catch Time - 40), then another (Catch Time), then another (Catch Time), and so on.

Permit, Container, and General Catch Information

• General Information

In the next sections, the fishing areas will be listed along with the items that may be caught in the areas along with some rates. Energy fish rates are not included because they are the most common and basically useless once you get your energy drink for the day. All containers will give you an item from the same item pool except for the wood crate which may contain avatars, reinforcement parchments, mounts, and beauty coupons. The special fishing grounds of an area include the items that can be fished from the normal fishing grounds AND the items listed in their sections except the permit. The Quality Bag contains the same items as the Wooden Crate but with a higher chance to get its unique items.

The special fishing grounds can be accessed for 1 hour per permit you use. The Special Elwood Fishing Ground requires level 1 fishing and 200 exp while the Special Watervale Fishing Ground requires level 2 fishing and 500 exp. When leveling fishing, you retain the amount of exp you have. For example, you have level 1 fishing with 200 exp, then press level up; now you have level 2 fishing and 200 exp.

An event that is held sometimes adds reinforcement spell parchments to the list of item that can be directly caught when fishing.

Elwood Fishing Grounds and Special Elwood Fishing Grounds

• Elwood Fishing Ground:

Permits

Image	Item	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Fishing Permit [Elwood]	Allows 1 hour of fishing in the Special Elwood Fishing Ground	1000 ar	1%	1.3%	3/230

Energy Drink Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price
	Masou Salmon	Required to create energy drink	120 ar
	Red Goby	Required to create energy drink	160 ar
	Mica Fool Fish	Required to create energy drink	240 ar
	Fancy Carp	Required to create energy drink	480 ar

Exp Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Red Shrimp	Increase fishing experience by 1	2304 ar	9.5%	9.3%	81/875
	Starfish	Increase fishing experience by 2	4608 ar	5%	4.8%	42/875
	Emerald Scale Snapper	Increase fishing experience by 4	9216 ar	1%	1.0%	9/875
	Ruby Rice Fish	Increase fishing experience by 8	18432 ar	0.5%	0.7%	6/875

Containers

Image	Name	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Battered Wood Crate [Elwood]	5%	4.7%	41/875
	Wood Barrel [Elwood]	10%	10.2%	89/875
	Wood Crate [Elwood]	2%	2.2%	19/875

All containers have a chance to give one of the following items:
-Pure Crystal x1 x3 x5 x10
-Crystal of Chaos x1 x3 x5 x10
-Red Arche x1 x3 x5 x10
-Mammoth Fabric x1 x3 x5 x10
-Mammoth Leather x1 x3 x5 x10
-Mammoth Yarn x1 x3 x5 x10
-Mammoth String x1 x3 x5 x10
-Euclio Tree x1 x1 x3 x5 x10
-Chaos Ore x1 x3 x5 x10

Wooden Crates may give an item from the list above this one in addition to this list:
-Low-Grade Armor Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment
-Rental Ticket for Appaloosa (3 Days)
-Sea Creature Themed Avatars
-Avatar Box
-Beauty Shop Coupon [Hair]
-Beauty Shop Coupon [Facial]

• Special Elwood Fishing Ground

Other Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Golden Arrow Fish	Instantly recover 50% HP and 50% MP, 2m cooldown	36864 ar	0.1%	0.3%	2/645

Containers

Image	Name	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Quality Bag [Elwood]	1%	1.4%	9/645

Watervale Fishing Grounds and Special Watervale Fishing Grounds

• Watervale Fishing Ground

Permits

Image	Item	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Fishing Permit [Watervale]	Allows 1 hour of fishing in the Special Watervale Fishing Ground	1000 ar		2.6%	36/1400

Energy Drink Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price
	Blue Gill Soft Shell Clam	Required to create energy drink	120 ar
	Sharp Fin Red Rockfish	Required to create energy drink	160 ar
	Black Scale Flatfish	Required to create energy drink	240 ar
	Slash Line Tropical Fish	Required to create energy drink	480 ar

Exp Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Sand Clam	Increase fishing experience by 1	2304 ar	8%	7.5%	123/1640
	Giant Octopus	Increase fishing experience by 2	4608 ar	4%	3.6%	59/1540
	Sharp Mouth Blue Marlin	Increase fishing experience by 4	9216 ar	2.5%	2.3%	37/1640
	Clown Fish	Increase fishing experience by 8	18432 ar	1%	1%	16/1640

Other Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Golden Arrow Fish	Instantly recover 50% HP and 50% MP, 2m cooldown	36864 ar	0.1%	0%	0/1640

Containers

Image	Name	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Battered Wood Crate [Watervale]	4%	3.2%	53/1640
	Wood Barrel [Watervale]	8%	8%	131/1640
	Wood Crate [Watervale]	2%	1.7%	28/1640

All containers have a chance to give one of the following items:
-Pure Crystal x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Crystal of Chaos x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Red Arche x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Mammoth Fabric x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Mammoth Leather x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Mammoth Yarn x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Mammoth String x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Euclio Tree x1 x1 x3 x5 x10 x20
-Chaos Ore x1 x3 x5 x10 x20

Wooden Crates may give an item from the list above this one in addition to this list:
-Weapon Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment
-Armor Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment
-Low-Grade Weapon Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment
-Low-Grade Armor Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment
-Rental Ticket for Appaloosa (3 Days)
-Sea Creature Themed Avatars
-Avatar Box
-Beauty Shop Coupon [Hair]
-Beauty Shop Coupon [Facial]

• Special Watervale Fishing Ground

Other Fish

Image	Fish	Use	Sell Price	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Piranha	Instantly recover 50% HP and 50% MP, 2m cooldown	36864 ar	1%	0.8%	2/240

Containers

Image	Name	Estimated Catch Rate	Experimental Catch Rate	Raw Catch Rate Data
	Quality Bag [Watervale]	1%	0.8%	2/240

Boosts

• Boosts

So, there is another slot in the fishing menu which is optional and called boosts. Apparently, any material can be placed in it. According to a developer:

Originally posted by GTAnna:

boosters in fishing increase the probability to catch the items not decrease the time to catch!

Overall catch rate is 90% without boosts.

You may be able to catch two items at a time with boosts (not confirmed)

Changes

9/19/2014
-Updated boost information (not like I play the game anymore though)

8/12/2014
-Loving those GIFs

8/7/2014
-Added Roasted Piranha quest

8/5/2014
-Changed "Changes" sections if you know what I mean. Man I'm bored.

8/2/2014
-Updated description, this is not a somewhat informative guide anymore
-Finally favorited my own guide ^_^
-Added more pictures
-My new guide added to "Other Guides" section
-Updated Elwood catch rates

8/1/2014
-Added level to quests
-Added "Is Fishing Worth It?" example
-Updated Watervale catch rates
-Fixed spelling errors
-Put catch rate information in the Elwood/Watervale catch sections
-Merged catch rate information for Special/Normal Fishing Ground because fishing permit does not say anything about increased rate, but rather increased rarity of items (rare, yellow bordered items)

7/31/2014
-Updated information
-Organized some information into tables
-Separated Watervale and Elwood catches
-Added pictures
-Added guides I find worthwhile to "Other Guides" section
-Removed "FAQ" section
-Added quotes
-Changed branding image and title
-Added Special Watervale Fishing Ground rates

7/30/2014
-Reformatted, reworded
-Added "Is Fishing Worth It?" section
-Updated a lot of information

7/29/2014
-Added Griffin Quest information
-Added Piranha drop to Watervale Special Fishing Area
-Added other guide section SHAMELESS ADVERTISEMENT!
-Added fishing event information
-Added Golden Arrow Fish Drop to normal Watervale fishing catches
-Added Medium-Grade Armor Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment to Wood Crate [Watervale]
-Added Low-Grade Weapon Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment to Wood Crate [Watervale]
-Added Low-Grade Armor Random Reinforcement Spell Parchment to Wood Crate [Watervale]

7/28/2014
-Updated Watervale container drops
-Added 90% drop rate without boosts information

7/27/2014
-Added amount of fish needed for quests
-Added catch rate for Elwood Special Fishing Grounds
-Updated drops from Elwood containers
-Added Sea Creature Themed Avatars to Elwood containers

7/26/2014
- Updated boost information
- Updated drops from Elwood containers
- Added "Golden Arrow Fish" catch for Special Fishing Grounds
- Updated drops from Watervale containers
- Added Sea Creature Themed Avatars to Watervale containers

7/25/2014
- Guide Created

Other Guides

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=293167237
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=293079330
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291497241
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=295833481
Incomplete:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=294952739

[Big Tuna]

notification moment

[Rashja]

never heard about gettin pet egg from crate b4.. maybe your source was thinkin of greedy goblin box?

[Rashja]

I found that when using mats as boost, you can sometimes make 2 catches on a single cast.

[reimu]

Hello everyone, thank you for viewing my guide! I have a favor to ask, I heard that it was possible to get a pet egg from crates. Can anyone confirm this (with picture proof)?

[Steve`]

Fantastic guide, covers pretty much everything. Favourited.

[reimu]

Hey, an actual update! But it's for level 40 people...

[reimu]

Well I'm getting a little lazy on updating the guide especially since the only things to update are the catch rates so don't expect it to change much anymore! (also because I want to work on my new guide)

[reimu]

Yeah, you don't lose too much ar and you can get avatars and stuff. Not much else to do with your ar anyways.

[Kipi]

thanks a lot for answering my questions as well ^_^ great guide, i was really starting to wonder if fishing was worth it. once i hit 200 fishing im gonna make a jackpot from those exp fish :3

[reimu]

Nah, just plain old spelling error. Thanks for pointing it out though; I ended up copy pasting the whole thing in word and turns out I spelled "seperated" incorrectly also.