Fish

Fish
Trophy	Fish trophy
Internal ID	Fish1, Fish2, Fish3, Fish4_cave, Fish5, Fish6, Fish7, Fish8, Fish9, Fish10, Fish11, Fish12
Type	Passive
Details
Main biome	Rivers Ocean Frost Cave Shoreline of any biome
Tameable	No
Drops	Perch Pike Tuna Trollfish Giant herring Tetra Grouper Anglerfish Pufferfish Coral cod Magmafish Northern salmon
Stats
Health 0★	1
Health 0★	1
Damage 0★	0
Damage 0★	0
Health 1★	1
Health 1★	1
Damage 1★	0
Damage 1★	0
Health 2★	1
Health 2★	1
Damage 2★	0
Damage 2★	0
Resistances
Neutral to (x1)	Blunt, Slash, Pierce, Chop, Pickaxe, Fire, Frost, Lightning, Poison, Spirit

Fish are passive creatures found in shores, lakes and Oceans. They are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs and live entirely underwater. They can be obtained through Fishing, or picked up when close enough.

Quality

Each fish has a quality level, which goes from one to five, and bigger quality levels correspond to fish that are visually larger and have a greater item weight.

The level up chance for most fish is 20%. This would mean there's an 80% chance of a quality 1 fish, 16% chance of a quality 2 fish and a 3% chance of a quality 3 fish and so on. The exceptions are the Ashlands (Magmafish) and Deep North (Northern salmon) fish which have a 15% chance of levelling up.

Raw fish can be made in the Cauldron from any type of fish. The number of Raw fish acquired depends mainly on the fish quality, as listed below. However, certain types of fish also add a flat bonus (which is not multiplied per quality level): for example, a quality 3 Tuna will yield 8 raw fish. See the next section for details on which fish give bonus raw fish.

Type: Perch, Pike, Tetra, and Trollfish

Quality	Weight	Base Amount of Raw fish
1	2.0	1
2	4.0	4
3	6.0	7
4	8.0	10
5	10.0	13

Type: Tuna, Coral Cod, Giant Herring, Grouper

Quality	Weight	Base Amount of Raw fish + 1
1	2	2
2	4	5
3	6	8
4	8	11
5	10	14

Type: Pufferfish, Angler Fish, Magma Fish, Northern Salmon

Quality	Weight	Base Amount of Raw fish + 2
1	2	3
2	4	6
3	6	9
4	8	12
5	10	15

Fish types

Fish type	School spawn locations	Bait type(s)	Speed (m/s)	Stamina drain		Raw fish bonus	Bonus resources		Notes
				Struggling	Idling		Rarity	Loot
Perch	Meadows Black Forest	Fishing bait	3	10	3		16.67% 3.33%	1-2 Stone 1 Amber
Pike	Meadows (semi-deep) Black Forest (semi-deep)	Fishing bait	5	15	5		16.67% 3.33%	1-2 Flint 1 Amber pearl	Wanders a wider range Reels in quickly
Tuna	Ocean (deep)	Heavy fishing bait	10	20	7	+1	16.67% 3.33%	1-2 Tin ore 1-2 Ruby	Wanders a very wide range Reels in very quickly
Coral cod	Ocean (deep)	Heavy fishing bait	3	34	12	+1	13.33% 6.67%	1-2 Chitin 1-2 Onion seeds
Pufferfish	Ocean (very deep) Mistlands shores (very deep)	Misty fishing bait	3	40	14	+2	10% 10%	1-2 Sap 1-2 Ooze
Trollfish	Black Forest shores	Mossy fishing bait	4	25	9		10% 10%	1-2 Troll hide 1 Copper ore
Giant herring	Swamp shores	Sticky fishing bait	3	30	10	+1	16.67% 3.33%	1-2 Iron ore 1-2 Chain
Tetra	Frost Cave lakes	Cold fishing bait	2	28	11		16.67% 3.33%	1-2 Obsidian 1-15 Coins	Doesn't wander far Reels in very quickly
Grouper	Plains shores	Stingy fishing bait	3	32	12	+1	10% 10%	1-2 Black metal scrap 1-2 Barley
Anglerfish	Mistlands shores	Misty fishing bait	2	38	14	+2	10% 10%	1-2 Soft tissue 1-2 Blue jute	Used in Uncooked fish n' bread
Magmafish	Ashlands shores	Hot fishing bait	3.5	50	18	+2	4.62% 7.69% 7.69%	1-2 Flametal ore 1 Surtling core 1 Grausten
Northern salmon	Deep North shores	Frosty fishing bait	4	60	20	+2	13.33% 6.67%	1-2 Carrot seeds 1 Silver

Behavior

When undisturbed, fish tend to stay close to the specific location they spawned at, and generally only swim at certain depths. Note that the depths at which they swim are not always the same as the depths at which the fish can spawn. Fish may sometimes jump out of the water; generally (depending on the type of fish), higher-level fish cannot jump.

Once hooked on a player's line, fish will cycle back and forth between two states continually, until they are either caught or escape:

• When struggling, players consume significantly more stamina when trying to reel them in. The fish will also appear to shake and rotate on the hook while in this state.
• When idling, players consume less stamina when reeling in.

As soon as a fish is hooked, it will immediately begin struggling. Each struggle phase lasts a random amount of time (depending on the type of the fish), after which it will begin idling. Likewise, every idle phase lasts a random amount of time, after which it will begin struggling again.

Fish behavior details  

Fish type	Swim range (m)	Swim depth (m)		Jump level max	Reel speed (m/s)	Struggle time (s)		Idle time (s)
		Min	Max			Min	Max	Min	Max
Perch	10	1.5	3	2	10	0.5	3 + 1.5 × Level	1.5	5
Pike	15	2	4	2	15	0.5	3 + 1.5 × Level	1.5	5
Tuna	20	4	999	4	20	0.5	3 + 1.5 × Level	1.5	5
Coral cod	10	1.5	3	4	10	1	4 + 1.5 × Level	1.25	4
Pufferfish	10	1.5	3	2	10	1	4 + 1.5 × Level	1.25	4
Trollfish	10	1.5	3	2	10	0.5	3 + 1 × Level	1.5	5
Giant herring	10	1.5	3	2	10	0.5	3 + 1.5 × Level	1.5	5
Tetra	5	0.5	1	2	20	0.5	3 + 1.5 × Level	1.5	5
Grouper	10	1.5	3	2	10	0.5	3 + 1.5 × Level	1.5	5
Anglerfish	10	1.5	3	2	10	1	4 + 1.5 × Level	1.25	4
Northern salmon	10	1.5	3	2	10	1	4 + 1.5 × Level	1.25	4
Magmafish	10	1.5	3	2	10	1	4 + 1.5 × Level	1.25	4

Strategy

For strategies for hunting Fish, see Passive creature strategies § Fish.

• Stamina drain is the biggest challenge of fishing, thus attempting to hook and reel fish successfully becomes more difficult the further away the bait is cast from the player. Always try to minimize the distance between the bobber and the player when waiting for a fish to strike. Increasing the Fishing skill will lessen the effects of stamina drain and increase reeling speed.
• Eat high-stamina (yellow) food to maximize stamina.
• On a two-minute cooldown, stamina meads can be consumed to replenish stamina and continue reeling in the fish.
• While reeling in a fish with the RMB, be prepared to hit the "E" key to grab the fish. Sometimes this can result in "catching" the fish sooner than if relying on reeling alone. This tactic also requires aiming the crosshair at the fish, so careful and sometimes frantic mouse movement is required.
• If you want to avoid using a fishing pole, you can build a 3x3x1/2 box to catch fish by standing in the box and waiting for fish to jump in.
• To preserve fishing bait, you can throw your bobber really close to yourself and then reel it into about 1 or 2 meters. If your spot is close enough to the fish (it is recommended that you use a boat to get close) you will notice fish attempt to bite. Just wait as you would normally do. When you get a catch, you should be able to collect the fish straight from the hook. If not, then continue reeling until it is possible to do so. This will then allow you to catch another fish on the same bobber without using another bait. This also allows you to capture stamina-heavy fish easily due to them being out of the water as soon as you hook them.

Gallery

Washed up Pikes

Washed up Tuna

Notes

• Fish cannot be attacked by players with any weapons, including ooze bombs or unarmed punches.
• They can only be caught by hand or with a fishing pole.