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There are all sorts of ingredients and foods available for you to make inTravellers Rest, and one section of these is fish-based dishes. From fish tacos and fried seafood to sushi and fish soup, you’ve got quite a few options for your tavern, but to make them, you’ll need fish and shellfish.
you’re able to buy some in the city, but this is a pretty limited supply, and it’s going to eat into your profits having to buy some every day, especially early on. And what if the shops are closed for the day? It’s time to bust out your fishing rod and bait and fish up some tasty ingredients yourself.
At the time of this article, Travellers Rest is in Early Access, so information within is subject to change.
How To Get A Fishing Rod
To get your fishing rod, you’llneed to find Hikari, who spends the majority of her timefishing at the harbor. Fromyour tavern, leave through thesouthern exit to the open field area, then go left to the Harvest Hill Farm.
You can get a hint about where Hikari is from her father,Kajuku,who runs the fish stallin the city.
Take thestone bridge downwards, thenfollow the path past Boband through anothersouthern exitto reach thebeach area and the harbor. You canfind Hikari on the dockshere, but she isn’t as straightforward as other NPCs.
Thefirst time you talkwith her, she’ll shoo you away, and youwon’t be able to talk with her again that day.If yougo back to herthe next day, Hikari will apologize, and you’ll beable to get the fishing rodnext to her, as well as oneset of each of the five baits.
You canreturn to Hikariafter receiving the fishing rod to get anadditional fishing-related questand the Fishing Logbook, which records fish information.
How To Catch Fish
The process is going to be the same whether you’refishing in saltwater orfreshwater: first, face a body of water, thencast your rod with the Use keyand wait for the fish to bite.
Don’t always pull your rod back up for the first bite, as some fish give the bait a test bite or two before they actually take it, andpulling in the rod early will waste bait.
Wait for thebouy to go completely under the water, then quicklyhit the Use keyto start theprocess of reelingin the fish. Here, you’llget a barthat thefish will travel back and forth acrossand a rectangle that moves with your mouse.
When you’ve got therectangle centered on the fish, it willturn greenand this is when you want to hold theleft mouse button to start reelingthe fish in.
As youkeep up with the fish’s movementand keep that rectangle centered on it, theprogress bar will fill up with green, and you’ll successfullycatch the fish when it’s maxed out.
If youfail to keep up with the fish, the green progress on the bar will disappear and turn back red, and you’lllose the fish if the bar turns completely red.
Not reeling the fish in when the rectangle isn’t on the fishwon’t completely stop it from failing, but the red bar will fill up slower than if you attempt to reel where there is no fish.
When you receive the fish you catch, you’llget it recorded in the Fish Log if it’s the first oneyou’ve caught, and find out thesize of the fish. Youwon’t always catch something, though – sometimes you’llend up with other ingredients, like Boots or Nets.
Once you’vegot the Fishing Logfrom Taking The Bait, you can use it tosee what bait a fish likes, what type of water it’s caught in, and theseasons that it’s availablein.
How To Get And Use Bait
To catch fish, you’ll need bait, anddifferent types of baitattractdifferent kinds of fish. There arefive kinds of baityou can obtain: Worms, Larva, Meat Bait, Seafood Bait, and a Lure.
Where To Find It
Worms
Dug up from cross-shaped marksin the ground with a Shovel in the wild areas past your tavern.
Drops randomly whencutting down any non-fruit tree.
Meat Bait
Crafted at theTackle Table, which isbought from Hikariat the harbor for 2 gold and 25 silver.
Made with any type of Meat.
Seafood Bait
Made with any type of Shellfish.
Lure
Bought from Hikariat the harbor for 4 silver and 5 copper.
While you have afishing rod in your hotbar, you can select it with theright mouse buttonto open up therod’s bait inventory. From here, you canleft-click on the type of baityou want toequip it, as long as it’s in your inventory.
How To Craft And Use Fish Traps
Besides fishing them up, you’re able to alsopassively catch fisheach day byusing a Fish Trap, which iscrafted at a Tackle Tableusing several materials:
Next, you’ll need toput them downin a body of waterusing Build Mode, but they can only beplaced in the shallow water at the beach, not in the lake to the north or any river.
Each Fish Trap starts with two bait and each day one bait is consumedto catch one fish or shellfish. Onceboth baits have run out, the Fish Trap will disappear, and you’llneed to place down another.
You can catch an extra fish from every trap if you invest in the Improved Traps skill in your Skill Tree.
How To Upgrade Your Fishing Rod
Thenext best fishing rodis theHandmade Fishing Rod, but it’ll take some effort to get it. Aftercatching your first few fishusing the bait Hikari gives you,another quest will become available from her: Taking The Bait.
For this quest, you’ll need tosuccessfully catch any eight fishfrom any type of water, thenreturn to Hikari and speak with her.
She’llgive you the Handmade Fishing Rod, which reels in fish slightly faster and theprogress bar lowers at a slower speedthan the Battered Fishing Rod.
If you lose your fishing rod or begin playing with a second player, you canbuy another fishing rodfrom Hikari’s shop.
How To Place Fish Down As Furniture
Besides filling out the Fish Logbook andbeing used in recipes, fish also serve a third purpose:furniture for your tavern. While inBuild Modeand having any fish in your inventory, you canselect them and place them onto walls.
If you have the wall space for them, fish make for afree way to get the Comfort levels upin your tavern or any guest room.
Each type offish has a Comfort Value of five, and when placed, they’llappear as a trophy on the wall, which also displays their size.
