Fishing Rod

Don't Starve

DST

Fishing Rod
"Go fishing. For fish."
	4.25 (3.1875 )
	×2 ×2
Tab
Tier
	9 uses (Fishing) 3 uses (Damage)
	: ( ×10)
Dropped by	:
Perk	Allows the player to catch Fish and Trinkets.
	Does not stack items
	"fishingrod"

“Hook, line and stick!”

–Wilson

“Fishing for the answer with a hook, line and sinker.”

–Willow

“Is for get fishy from pond place.”

–Wolfgang

“With this, I can yank the fishies out of their precious safe pond.”

–Wendy

“I DO NOT LIKE WATER”

–WX-78

“I've read all about fishing. It should be a snap.”

–Wickerbottom

“I should spend some time at the lake.”

–Woodie

“I will eat for a lifetime.”

–Maxwell

“An elementary tool. Yet a very useful one.”

–Wagstaff

“I'm a ruthless fisherwöman.”

–Wigfrid

“I miss grandpa's fishing trips.”

–Webber

“Have rod, will travel.”

–Walani

“I believe I prefer the fish market.”

–Warly

“'Tis a useful tool.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS FISHY STICK”

–Wilba

“Glub Glub Stick”

–Wormwood

“Amazing what you can make with a stick and some spider webs.”

–Wheeler

“Not a bad way to unwind.”

–Winona

“A mortal pastime.”

–Wortox

“Grab on, fishes!”

–Wurt

“It's a fishing rod, you use it for fishing.”

–Walter

“I don't know if I'm patient enough to be a fisherwoman...”

–Wanda

A Fishing Rod is a Survival Item used to catch Fish or Eels at a Pond. It requires 2 Twigs and 2 Silk to craft and a Science Machine to prototype. The Fishing Rod can be used to catch up to 9 fish/eels before breaking. Fishing does not count towards Naughtiness, so the player is in no danger from Krampus.

The Fishing Rod can also be used to catch Flotsam from the coast, which returns various resources and Trinkets. This action also degrades the Fishing Rod.

Usage

Ponds can be found in any part of the map, but they are most common in Marshes, Forests, and Grasslands. To begin fishing, drag and drop the Fishing Rod on the pond or equip the rod and click the pond, and the character will cast a line into the pond. After 5–40 seconds, the line will tug and the "Hook" option will appear. Clicking the left mouse button on the pond will hook the fish, and an additional click will reel it in.

If the player does not reel the fish in shortly after "Reel in" appears after "Hook", the fish will escape and the Fishing Rod will be lost. The player can stop fishing any time by walking away or clicking the pond again.

The time required for the fish to bite depends on the amount of fish remaining in the pond. It will require a minimum of 5 seconds when the pond has maximum amount of fish. As more fish are caught, the time will increase to 5 + 35 * (percentage of the pond fished). For example, if half of the fish in a pond are caught, the next fish will take 22.5 seconds to bite. Fish respawn in ponds over time. After the last fish has been caught, any fishing attempts started before a new fish spawns will never catch a fish. In other words, there must be at least one fish remaining when the fishing is started for any fish to be caught.

Downloadable Content

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Shoals and Tidal Pools can also be fished. Both yield Tropical Fish, though Shoals have a chance of additionally spawning Crocodogs.

In the Hamlet DLC, Fishing Rods can be used to retrieve sunken Lost Relics in the Lily Pond Biome. They can be bought for ten Oincs in the Pigg and Pigglet's General Store in the Pig City.

Tips

• When trying to fish in surface ponds, dangerous creatures will be present depending on the time of day. Grasslands Ponds will spawn Frogs during the day time, while Marsh Ponds will spawn Mosquitos during dusk and night.

Bugs

• Sometimes a glitch occurs where the fishing hooks ends up in the ground instead of the pond, depending on the direction the player is facing and proximity to the pond. This can be fixed by changing the position where the player was fishing.
• Sometimes when a Fish is reeled in but the character tries to pick up another item before it hits the ground, the Fish will disappear.

Gallery

• 

  Wilson fishing.

• 

  The Fish took the bait.

• 

  The Fish is hooked and ready to get reeled in.

• 

  Wickerbottom getting a bite while fishing, with the "Hook" prompt.

• 

  The lure is in the ground rather than the water.

• 

  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.