Summary in 6 steps

For those who just want to get started. The details of each step are in the following sections.

1. Learn the skillsTalk to any Fishing Guild Member and learn Fishing, Pumping, Reeling and Fishing Expertise.
2. Buy a rod and baitAt the same NPC: the rod goes in the weapon hand and the lure in the shield slot (left hand).
3. Go to the waterStay on the shore, facing the water, and use the skill Fishing.
4. Wait for the biteAfter at least 10 seconds appears "You got a bite!" and opens the fishing window.
5. Win the minigameToggle Pumping and Reeling according to the fish's state until you bring its HP to zero before time runs out.
6. Open and exchangeDouble-click the fish to open it, exchange the materials for Proof of Catching a Fish and buy the expansion skills.

Where to learn · Fishing Guild Member

There's a Fishing Guild member in practically every town, always near water. They all offer the same services:

Fishing skills

There are 4 skills learned with adena. They stay in the normal skills tab and can be placed on the shortcut bar.

Fishing

1 level · Lv. 10 · 1.000 adena

Casts the line. Using it again while waiting cancels fishing.

Pumping

27 levels · cooldown 2 s

Deals damage to the fish when it is calm (during the day).

Reeling

27 levels · cooldown 2 s

Deals damage to the fish when it is fighting (during the day).

Fishing Expertise

27 levels · passive

Defines the fish level that bite your bait. It's the most important skill.

Level table

Pumping, Reeling and Fishing Expertise use the same minimum level and cost table. The power applies to Pumping and Reeling.

Fishing rods

The rod is equipped as a weapon. Each grade above adds +10% damage to Pumping and Reeling. Like any weapon, it suffers a penalty if the character doesn't have the required grade.

Rod	Grade	Damage bonus	Base price
Baby Duck Rod	No grade	+0%	30.000 adena
Albatross Rod	D	+10%	100.000 adena
Pelican Rod	C	+20%	400.000 adena
KingFisher Rod	B	+30%	1.200.000 adena
Cygnus Pole	A	+40%	4.000.000 adena
Triton Pole	S	+50%	10.000.000 adena

Lures

The bait goes in the shield slot and 1 unit is spent per cast, whether you catch it or not. The color defines which type of fish appears most often:

Lure	Where to get it	What you can fish
Colored Lure — For Beginners	Fisherman's shop (50–70)	Only fish from beginner: 35 s of combat, much easier.
Colored Lure	Fisherman's shop (120–180)	Normal fish and, sometimes, treasure chests.
Colored Lure — Low / High Grade	Drops and rewards	Same as normal, but the fish bites slower (Low) or faster (High).
Luminous Lure night	Fisherman's shop (100–180)	Fish Upper Grade, that fool in the minigame. Only works at night.
Prize-Winning Lure	Fisherman's shop (100–240)	Fish larger, for the championship. There are normal, night and beginner versions.
Elemental lures	Quests 50–53	Chests only. They are used in quests 27–30.
Hot Springs Lure	Hot Springs	"Old Box" in the Hot Springs lakes.

Fishing Shots

They work like soulshots, but for fishing: double the damage of the next Pumping or Reeling. The shot's grade needs to be the same as the rod. Enable automatic use with a right-click, just like a soulshot.

Shot	Compatible rod	For 1 Sweet Fluid (Quest 426)
Fishing Shot: No grade	Baby Duck Rod	66 shots
Fishing Shot: D	Albatross Rod	40 shots
Fishing Shot: C	Pelican Rod	28 shots
Fishing Shot: B	KingFisher Rod	8 shots
Fishing Shot: A	Cygnus Pole	5 shots
Fishing Shot: S	Triton Pole	4 shots

Fisherman's potions

A Fisherman's Potion makes Fishing Expertise "pretend" to be a lower level during 1 hour. It's used to fish lower-level fish, for example a specific quest chest or the fish color you want. To use it you need the Expertise at the indicated level.

Potion	Requires Expertise	Fish become level
Fisherman's Potion — Green	Lvl. 3	≈ 2
Fisherman's Potion — Jade	Lvl. 6	≈ 5
Fisherman's Potion — Blue	Lvl. 9	≈ 8
Fisherman's Potion — Yellow	Lvl. 12	≈ 11
Fisherman's Potion — Orange	Lvl. 15	≈ 14
Fisherman's Potion — Purple	Lvl. 18	≈ 17
Fisherman's Potion — Red	Lvl. 21	≈ 20
Fisherman's Potion — White	Lvl. 24	≈ 23
Fishing Potion	Removes the Fisherman's Potion effect and returns you to your real level.

Step 1 · Cast the line

1. Equip everythingRod in the weapon hand and lure in the shield slot. If you have one, activate the Fishing Shot matching the rod's grade.
2. Find a fishing zoneThese are lakes, rivers and sea shores near the towns and the Fishing Guild NPCs. Not all water is a fishing zone.
3. Turn towards the waterThe bait drops between 150 and 200 units in front of you, in the direction your character is facing. Stay on the shore, facing open water.
4. Use the Fishing skill1 bait is consumed, the character stays still and the bobber appears on the water.

Step 2 · The Bite

As soon as the line drops, the server already rolls the fish:

Fish level

Equal to your Fishing Expertise50%

1 level below36%

1 level above14%

Fish type

Bait color (preferred type)~54%

Treasure Chest~5%

Fishing zonechanges

Wait time

• In the first 10 seconds no fish bites.
• After that, at each check (of 2 to 5 s, depending on the fish) it has between 40% and 66% chance of biting.
• The lure grade changes the interval: High Grade checks 34% faster and Low Grade 33% slower.
• If nothing bites within 30 seconds, appears "The bait has been lost because the fish got away".

Step 3 · The minigame

Objective: bring the fish's HP to zero before the timer runs out. The fish alternates between two states, and each state calls for a skill:

Calm fish · HP steady

Pumping

During the day. At night, use Reeling.

Fish fighting · HP rising on its own

Reeling

During the day. At night, use Pumping.

• Right skill: the fish loses HP equal to the damage. Message: "Pumping/Reeling is successful".
• Wrong skill: the fish recovers that same amount. Message: "The fish resisted… HP regained".
• Every 2 seconds, the fish has 30% chance to switch state. It starts calm 80% of the time.
• While fight, the fish regenerates HP every second. That's how you recognize the state: the bar fills up on its own.
• Any attempt has 10% chance of failing ("The fish has resisted your attempt"), with no damage and no healing.

Upper Grade Fish that trick you

With Luminous lures (night) the fish appear Upper Grade. Every once in a while they pretend the state: the window shows the fake HP warning and the icon suggests the wrong skill. The bar rule still applies. If it's rising on its own, the fish is regenerating, and the right skill is the "fighting fish" one.

Training simulator

Train here before going to the water. The rules are the same as the server's: 2 s cooldown, 30% state change, 10% failure and regeneration while the fish fights.

Night Upper Grade (tricks you) Fishing Shot

30s

HP 600 / 600

0 = caughtStarting HP2× = the fish flees

Click "Cast the line" to begin.

Cast the line Pumping Reeling

Training fish: HP 600, regeneration 18/s, skill damage 60 (120 with shot).

Damage and penalty

• Rod grade: no grade = 0, D = 1, C = 2, B = 3, A = 4, S = 5.
• Example: Pumping level 13 (power 109) with Pelican Rod (C) and Fishing Shot = 109 × 1.2 × 2 = 261 of damage.
• Penalty: if Pumping or Reeling is 3+ levels above of Fishing Expertise, the strike loses 50 of damage.

How it ends

Fish levels and colors

There are 27 levels of fish, grouped into 9 colors. The level comes from your Fishing Expertise: to catch blue fish, for example, you need Expertise between 7 and 9.

Color	Fish level	Character	HP	Regen/s	Combat
Green	1–3	Lvl. 10–15	100–252	4–8	24–32 s
Jade	4–6	Lvl. 17–22	276–370	10–12	28–32 s
Blue	7–9	Lvl. 25–30	380–529	12–17	29–32 s
Yellow	10–12	Lvl. 32–37	541–633	18–20	30–31 s
Orange	13–15	Lvl. 40–45	644–832	21–28	29–32 s
Purple	16–18	Lvl. 47–52	845–949	29–31	29–31 s
Red	19–21	Lvl. 54–59	962–1.230	34–46	27–30 s
White	22–24	Lvl. 62–67	1.453–1.593	54–59	26–27 s
Black	25–27	Lvl. 69–74	1.610–1.950	59–78	25–28 s

Fish types

Nimble (agile)

Green bait

Less HP and the shortest combat time. Requires a fast pace.

Ugly

Yellow bait

Intermediate in HP and time.

Fat / Pudgy (fat)

Purple bait

More HP, but more time to fight.

Treasure Chest

Any normal lure · rare

Gives Proof of Catching a Fish directly and other items.

For Beginners

Beginner lures

35 s of combat and lower regeneration. Ideal for learning.

Upper Grade

Luminous Lures · night

Fakes the state in the minigame. Gives the colored scales of the recipes.

Open the fish

Fish are stackable items. Give double-click to open a fish; each one has a chance to give some of these materials. Higher-level fish give more items and better quality.

Fish Oil

Most common material.

Greater / Premium Fish Oil

Medium and high level fish.

Fish Scale / Shiny Fish Scale

Scales, common on Ugly fish.

Fish Gem / Shiny Fish Gem

Gems, common on Nimble fish.

Thin / Thick Fish Bone

Bones, common in Fat fish.

Colored scales

Fish only Upper Grade. Exchanged for recipes.

Proof of Catching a Fish

At the NPC, in "Sell fish", each material becomes an amount of Proof:

Material	Proof	Material	Proof
Fish Oil	1	Fish Gem	10
Greater Fish Oil	5	Shiny Fish Gem	20
Premium Fish Oil	25	Thin Fish Bone	6
Fish Scale	4	Thick Fish Bone	9
Shiny Fish Scale	6

What to buy with Proof · expansion skills

On "Learn fishing skill" permanent skills paid for with Proof appear:

Skill	Effect per level	Levels	Cost (Proof)
Expand Inventory	+6 inventory slots	8 (up to +48)	4.000 → 100.000
Expand Storage	+6 warehouse slots	8 (up to +48)	4.000 → 100.000
Expand Trade	+1 slot in private store	3 (Lvl. 40/55/65)	10.000 → 40.000
Expand Common Craft	+6 common recipes	8	2.000 → 20.000
Expand Dwarven Craft	+6 dwarf recipes · Dwarf only	8	2.000 → 20.000

Colored scales → accessory recipes

Upper Grade fish scales are exchanged for 100% recipes for head accessories, like Pirate's Eye Patch, Monocle, Lady's Hair Pin, Outlaw's Eyepatch, Maiden's Hairpin, Forget-me-not Hairpin and Daisy Hairpin. Each recipe costs between 100 and 150 scales of three different colors.

×130×120×110 →Recipe (100%)

Quest for Fishing Shot

1. Accept the questWith any Fishing Guild member, choose "Please make me some Fishing Shot".
2. Hunt monstersCommon monsters from all regions drop Sweet Fluid. The NPC shows the list by region: Talking Island, Elven Village, Dion, Giran, Oren, Aden, Rune, Goddard, Schuttgart, and others.
3. Exchange for shotsGo back to the NPC and choose the grade. Each Sweet Fluid turns into:

×66 ×40 ×28 ×8 ×5 ×4

Special lures from the Fishing Guild

Four fishermen craft elemental lures that only fish up chests. Each quest requires 100 materials of a specific monster. The baits are used for quests 27–30.

Quest	NPC	Requirement	Material (×100)	Reward
50 · Lanosco's Special Bait	Lanosco · Dion	Lv. 27 · Expertise 8	Essence of Wind Singing Wind · Windy Hill (north of Gludin)	Wind Fishing Lure
51 · O'Fulle's Special Bait	O'Fulle · Giran	Lv. 36 · Expertise 11	Lost Bait Ingredient Fettered Soul · Death Pass	Icy Air Fishing Lure
52 · Willie's Special Bait	Willie · Oren	Lv. 48 · Expertise 16	Eye of Tarlk Basilisk (Elder) Tarlk Basilisk · Forest of Outlaws	Earth Fishing Lure
53 · Linnaeus' Special Bait	Linnaeus · Aden	Lv. 60 · Expertise 21	Crimson Drake Heart Crimson Drake	Flaming Fishing Lure

Lost chests (Chest Caught With a Bait of…)

After finishing the lure quest, the same fisherman reveals that the lure was made to find a lost chest of a client. Fish the chest with the elemental lure, deliver it closed to the fisherman and take the contents to the owner.

Quest 27 · Chest Caught With a Bait of Wind Lvl. 27 · after Q50

Fish with the bait→ Big Blue Treasure Chest level 9→ Lanosco opens the chest→ Strange Golem Blueprint→ Blueprint Seller Shaling (Dion)→ Black Pearl Ring

Quest 28 · Chest Caught With a Bait of Icy Air Lvl. 36 · after Q51

Fish with the bait→ Big Yellow Treasure Chest level 12→ O'Fulle opens the chest→ Kiki's Letter→ Mineral Trader Kiki→ Elven Ring

Quest 29 · Chest Caught With a Bait of Earth Lvl. 48 · after Q52

Fish with the bait→ Small Purple Treasure Chest level 16→ Willie opens the warehouse→ Small Glass Box→ Magister Anabel (Heine)→ Plated Leather Gloves

Quest 30 · Chest Caught With a Bait of Fire Lvl. 60 · after Q53

Fish with the bait→ Red Treasure Chest level 20→ Linnaeus opens the chest→ Rukal's Musical Score→ Bard Rukal (Dion)→ Necklace of Protection

Fishing King Championship

Every week the Fishing Guild rewards whoever catches the biggest fish. Every fish caught is measured automatically and, if it's among the biggest, it enters the ranking. See the ranking at "Fishing Contest" at any fisher or on the ranking button of the fishing window.

Prizes of the week

1th place800.000

2th place500.000

3th place300.000

4th place200.000

5th place100.000

How to earn

• Use Prize-Winning Lures: they increase the size of the fish.
• Fish a lot: each catch is a new size roll.
• Once the week ends, the top 5 redeem the prize in "Claim Prize".
• The prize must be claimed within up to 1 week.

Quick tips

• Start with beginner bait. With 35 s of combat and less regeneration, they're the best way to get into rhythm.
• Level up the three skills together. Fishing Expertise determines the fish, and Pumping/Reeling above it take a penalty.
• Always use Fishing Shot. Double damage means half the hits and less chance of the fish escaping.
• Place the skills on the F1–F3 bar. Fishing, Pumping, and Reeling side by side so you can react quickly.
• Don't press the skill for no reason. Each mistake heals the fish. If in doubt, wait half a second and look at the bar.
• Keep an eye on the game clock. At night the minigame rule reverses and Luminous lures start working.
• Chests are worth more than fish. Besides the materials, they give Proof of Catching a Fish directly.

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