Fishing

Fishing is a game mechanic in Roots of Pacha.

Fishing can be done from the first day in-game with your Handaxe tool at multiple locations. In time Players can unlock new tools to fish with, and different Aquatic Animals available to catch, as well as new methods to fish.

How to Fish

To fish: Select your tools inventory and interact with any body of water while holding a fishing tool.

Hover over any shadow and stay over the shadow to slowly increase the fishing bar.
If the fishing bar disappears and you see a "!" icon then move away until the "!" icon disappears.
At any time you can interact on the fish shadow you want to catch but the chance of catching it will be more likely if you increase the fishing bar to full. When the bar is completely full it will disappear and say: "CATCH NOW!" this is a 100% catch.
When a Player catches Aquatic Animals their knowledge of that specific Aquatic Animal will increase. Increased knowledge level will reduce the fishing bar needed to catch, and also increase the chance of catching a better quality.

Fishing Tools

Tool	Description	Requirements
Handaxe	Weak but versatile multi-tool. Can cut wood, break rocks, till ground for farming, and catch fish.	Starting item
Harpoon	Fishing tool that unlocks all fish.	Inza's idea " A New Way of Fishing".

Fishing Locations

• You can fish at any river around The Land.

• You can fish at the river or the lake in the Forest.

• You can fish at the beach shore, or the island off from the Beach.

• You can fish at the river along the Savanna or at the river source.

• East of Pacha's Pair of Rocks in the Caves, there's a fishing spot. The fish here are taken from another fishing spot, depending on the day of the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Beach	The Land	Forest (Lake)	Savanna	Forest (River)	Savanna	The Land

Factors Affecting Fishing

Weather and Time

Players can fish at any time, but the current time of day will affect what fish are available. The times of day that affect fishing are:

Morning	starts at 6 (6am)
Noon	starts at 12 (noon)
Afternoon	starts at 14 (2pm)
Night	starts at 20 (8pm)

The fish affected by weather are:
Redeye, Rock, Smallmouth, and Wingy.
They can only be caught during Rainy weather.

Fishing Difficulty

The Difficulty of catching any Aquatic Animals is influenced by which fishing tool the Player is using.
Difficulty is equal to the number of segments on the bar (as well as affecting how quickly the fish moves and how often you have to back off). Difficulty is reduced by 1 at knowledge level 3 and reduced by 2 at knowledge level 5, but cannot be below 2 (so, for example, with knowledge 3 and a harpoon, both Tier 1 and Tier 2 fish have 2 bar segments).

Fish rarity bonuses scale the chance from Min (0 rarity bonus) to Max (30 rarity bonus).

Fish Tier	Difficulty	Outside Chance		Cave Chance
		Min	Max	Min	Max
Handaxe
1	3	75%	65%	65%	55%
2	4	23%	30%	30%	30%
3	5	2%	5%	5%	15%
Harpoon
1	2	15%	10%	0%	0%
2	3	60%	50%	50%	40%
3	4	23%	35%	45%	45%
4	5	2%	5%	5%	15%

All Aquatic Animals

Spearfishing

TOOLS: Handaxe, Harpoon

NOTE: Some fish can only be caught using the Harpoon, as the Handaxe is limited to lower tier fish (Tiers 1-3).

Name	Contribution	Location	Season	Weather	Time	Tool
Name	Contribution	Location	Season	Weather	Time	Tool
Antenna	27	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Archer	37	Savanna	Spring  Fall	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Belemnite	14	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Bigeye	42	Forest	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Birkenia	19	The Land, Savanna	Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Bosirem	67	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Cera	14	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Chitons	42	Beach	Spring	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Coccosteus	49	Forest	Winter	Any	Morning, Noon	Handaxe, Harpoon
Cubomedusa	37	Beach	Summer  Fall	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Cutlass	42	Forest	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Fatfish	37	Savanna	Spring  Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Gonny	84	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Afternoon, Night	Handaxe, Harpoon
Gyrodus	42	The Land	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Hammer	14	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Highwind	105	Forest	Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Kabeza	37	Forest	Spring  Fall	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Knifetooth	224	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Harpoon
Lunas	42	Forest	Spring	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Matter	224	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Harpoon
Medusalion	434	Beach	Winter	Any	Night	Harpoon
Mystique	92	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Night	Handaxe, Harpoon
Oysters	37	Beach	Spring  Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Peludo	67	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Porcupine	19	The Land	Spring  Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe<br>Harpoon
Redeye	113	The Land	Summer  Fall	Rain	All	Handaxe, Harpoon
Rock	48	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Rain	Morning, Noon, Afternoon	Handaxe, Harpoon
Ruscus	42	Savanna	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Serpente	224	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Harpoon
Serrado	67	Savanna	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Shasto	42	Beach	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Smallmouth	111	Savanna	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Rain	All	Handaxe, Harpoon
Sponge	22	Beach	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Stargazer	92	The Land	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Night	Handaxe, Harpoon
Syll	42	Beach	Fall	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Thunnus	27	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Tiktak	37	The Land	Spring  Fall	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Trident	37	Forest	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Night	Handaxe, Harpoon
Trilobite	84	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Morning, Noon	Handaxe, Harpoon
Trumpet	130	The Land	Winter	Any	Night	Handaxe, Harpoon
Tuso	105	Beach	Summer	Any	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Wingy	45	Beach	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Rain	Any	Handaxe, Harpoon
Yark	308	The Land	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Morning	Harpoon
Zeus	224	Savanna	Spring  Summer  Fall   Winter	Any	Any	Harpoon

Line Fishing

Line Fishing becomes available after completing Tayta's Line Fishing (Idea). The dock is located on the southern part of the Mangrove Island, just right from where the wild Grapes grow.

Interact with the boat at the end of the dock to sail around until you find a spot where the fish are active. Interact with the active fish spot to select 1 of any Bug from your inventory to use as bait. When a fish hooks onto your line, press and hold to reel it in. Be mindful of the tension bar: if it turns red, release the reel to avoid breaking the line. Reeling can continue safely when the tension is in the green or yellow zones.
If your line breaks you can fish in the spot again but you will need another Bug from your inventory to use as bait.
If you successfully reel in a fish then you will be unable to fish in that spot until the next day. There are 5 spots in total that you can catch fish at per day.

Name	Rarity	Contribution
Actino	Legendary	284
Bela	Rare	123
Brocho	Common	67
Cantha	Epic	164
Cocra	Epic	164
Grap	Rare	123
Homaru	Legendary	284
Parex	Common	67
Priggi	Rare	123

Water Trapping

Water Trapping can be accessed at the lagoon dock in the Mograni Plains after researching Todu Water Trap (Idea). Any Bug can be used as bait. Place the bait in one of several locations, then return the next day to collect your catch.

Name	Rarity	Contribution
Aspi	Common	67
Googly	Legendary	284
Gyra	Rare	123
Ischy	Common	67
Lizar	Rare	123
Mena	Legendary	284
Rani	Rare	123
Rocky	Epic	164
Tanos	Legendary	284

Usage

Ideas & Smoke Signals

Name	Character	Prosperity	Materials
Fermenter (Idea)	Nokk	35,000	Wood (25) Any Fish (3)

Name	Character	Objective	Reward
Shallow Waters	Frer	Catch and contribute 3 fish	Smoker

Processing

Fish can be processed in the following ways:

Processor	Contribution Change	Processing Time	Exceptions
Solar Dryer	1.6x	3h	Oysters
Smoker	2x	4h	Cubomedusa Medusalion Oysters Sponge
Fermenter	3x	16h	None
Pickler	4x + 30	18h	None

Cooking

All Stamina and Contribution numbers are for Base quality items.

Name	Utensil	Ingredients	Stamina	Contribution	Buff
Calamari Salad	Obsidian Knife	Any Cephalopod (1) Olive Oil (1) Citron (1)	84	42	none
Fish Larb	Copper Pan	Any Fish (1) Mint (1) Citron (1)	124	26	+ 7 Fish Rarity
Fish Taco	None	Any Fish (1) Plain Tortillas (1) Avocado (1)	96	32	None
Mediterranean Grilled Fish	Obsidian Knife	Any Fish (1) Oregano (1)	52	26	+ 1 Fish Catching
Pasta of the Sea	Copper Pan	Any Cephalopod (1) Tomato Juice (1) Wheat Flour (1) Garlic (1)	168	84	6 Fish Spawn
Roasted Fish	None	Any Fish (1)	38	19	+ 1 Fish Spawn
Stuffed Calamari	Copper Pot	Any Cephalopod (1) Any Root (2) Tomato Juice (1)	152	38	6 Fish Catching
Sushi	Obsidian Knife	Any Fish (1) Rice (1) Seaweed (1)	78	25	None
Tuna Pancake	Copper Pan	Any Fish (1) Any Root (1) Any Flour (1)	80	40	+ 4 Fish Catching