However, you can press K to look around without aborting fishing.

Pressing Rmb, opening your inventory, or standing up from the chair at any time while the line is cast will abort the fishing, losing the bait and any fish that might be attached. Pressing any button other than indicated or running out of time will result in the line snapping, losing the fish and the bait. Successfully pressing the correct buttons will result in the disappearance of the fish and the appearance of items in your inventory along with a message indicating that the fish has been reeled in. The number of presses is always a multiple of 4. The distance from you to the fish does not affect the number of button presses needed, but the size of the fish does - larger fish need more presses. The keys that pop up will be randomly chosen from Q, W, E, A, S, D, Z, X, C, which are all left-handed keys on a qwerty keyboard. Once a fish bites your bait, it will initiate a quicktime event, and you must press all the keys that pop up on your screen within up to 21 seconds. In order to bite, a fish has to be in the attract radius for 20 to 42 seconds when using Sap and 45 to 90 seconds when using Leech Blood. Use the Fishing Rod from either your inventory or hotbar, aim at the water, cast it out (default Lmb) and wait for a fish to bite. Drag your bait onto the fishing rod to equip it and set up your chair or bench in a position where you are facing a large concentration of them. Different bait types determine the type and size of the fish you are able to catch.įind a body of water with either Coelacanth, Sabertooth Salmon, or Piranha visible below the surface. You also need to have some bait according to the following table. In order to use the Fishing Rod, you must sit on a Wooden Chair, Wooden Bench, Canoe, or Pelagornis in the water.

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