Fish

Fish are creatures that can be caught using a Rod, Net, or Crab Pot. They can be collected in the inventory and sold for a profit to the Fishmonger or Travelling Merchant.

Catching

Disturbed Water

Most Fish are caught in Disturbed Water, patches of the sea where the fish can be seen swimming below the surface. The player can pull up alongside these attractions and attempt to go fishing, but will need the proper equipment.

There are 8 Fish Types:

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The Iron Rig DLC added an advanced type of each:

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Finally, this wiki has two other types to cover crab pots, and the Material Harvester and Flotsam Trap:

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Each type can only be caught by certain rods, purchasable from the Shipwright and Traveling Merchant after researching.

Fishing in disturbed water involves a minigame with a fishing meter indicated on the left and a bar that spins around a wheel. As the fish on the meter gets closer to the top, the actual fish is closer to being caught. When the fish icon goes all the way up on the meter, the fish will be caught.

If the player has a functional Rod equipped, then green sections of the bar will appear. The player can click "Fish" or hit the F key while over these green sections to reel the fish in much quicker. Without a rod, it is impossible to catch fish. If all onboard rods are damaged, it is possible to fish in disturbed water, but the green segments will not appear, leaving no choice but to let the meter slowly complete on its own.

Occasionally, a golden segment will appear on the wheel in addition to the green ones. If the player is able to time their click correctly to land on this segment, they will catch a "trophy" fish, with an extra large size and value.

• There is a 7.5% chance of a trophy notch, or 40% for bait.
• Four fish must be caught after a trophy for another to have the chance of occurring.

Trawling

Trawling involves using a Net. The Net can be placed down behind the boat as an Ability and will be dragged along behind it, passively catching fish as the boat moves. The net has its own separate inventory space in which the fish are amassed. Nets will need to be repaired regularly.

There are several fish types that can only be caught through trawling, such as the Aurora Jellyfish and the Anchovy.

Crab Pots

Some creatures can be caught using crab pots. These items can be dropped into the ocean and will passively collect whatever crabs are in the area. If left for too long, however, they will break.

Many creatures can only be caught in crab pots, including the Spider Crab and the Crown of Thorns.

Size

Fish can vary in size. Larger fish are more valuable. A fish that is on the top 15% of it's size range will be considered a "trophy" and be worth a much higher amount than normal. Every fish can be a trophy, including aberrations. At the max size, the base price of a fish is increased by 25%.

Condition

See Also: Infection

Fish have a condition which slowly degrades. Condition will degrade one level every 12 hours (The fish introduced with the Iron Rig DLC degrade one level every 24 hours instead). This condition starts as "Fresh" but slowly deteriorates to "Stale", then "Rotting.", and finally deteriorates to become worthless Rot, taking up only one inventory slot. Because the status Infected is stored in the same slot as freshness, an Infected Fish cannot progress to a pile of Rot.

Before accounting for the size of the fish,

• Fresh Fish are worth 100% of their value.
• Stale Fish are worth 70%
• Rotting Fish are worth 35%
• Infected Fish are worth 35%

List of Fish

Fish	Number	Image	Location	Type	Time	Aberrations	Value per Slot	Rod	Trawl	Pot
Blue Mackerel	1		The Marrows		Day	Grotesque Mackerel Lumpy Mackerel Many-Eyed Mackerel	$5.00	Yes	Yes	No
Cod	2		The Marrows		Day	All-Seeing Cod Fanged Cod Three-Headed Cod	$6.00	Yes	Yes	No
Arrow Squid	3		The Marrows		Night	Brood Squid Snag Squid	$7.00	Yes	Yes	No
Grey Eel	4		The Marrows		Any	Barbed Eel Host Eel	$6.00	Yes	Yes	No
Gulf Flounder	5		The Marrows		Day	Cyclopean Flounder Riddled Flounder	$4.50	Yes	Yes	No
Black Grouper	6		The Marrows		Night	Tusked Grouper Voltaic Grouper	$8.75	Yes	Yes	No
Stingray	7		The Marrows		Any	Shard Ray	$8.57	Yes	No	No
Sailfish	8		The Marrows		Day	Sallow Sailfish Hooked Sailfish	$13.33	Yes	Yes	No
Bronze Whaler	9		The Marrows		Day	Bloodskin Shark	$16.67	Yes	Yes	No
Blacktip Reef Shark	10		The Marrows		Night	Cleft-Mouth Shark	$20.00	Yes	Yes	No
Osteostracan	11		The Marrows		Any	Plated Osteostracan	$7.33	Yes	No	No
Tullimonstrum	12		The Marrows		Any	Axial Matron	$9.28	Yes	No	No
Paddlefish	13		The Marrows		Any	Anvilfish	$9.16	Yes	No	No
Swordfish	14		The Marrows		Any	Ivory Impaler	$18.75	Yes	No	No
Common Crab	15		The Marrows		Any	Cerebral Crab	$5.25	No	No	Yes
Fiddler Crab	16		The Marrows		Any	Malignant Pincer	$7.00	No	No	Yes
Sea Cucumber	17		The Marrows		Any	Inverted Husk	$6.50	No	No	Yes
Oceanic Perch	18		Gale Cliffs		Day	Gnashing Perch	$5.50	Yes	Yes	No
Tiger Mackerel	19		Gale Cliffs		Day	Flayed Mackerel Bearded Mackerel	$6.25	Yes	Yes	No
Black Sea Bass	20		Gale Cliffs		Night	Scouring Bass	$7.50	Yes	Yes	No
Stonefish	21		Gale Cliffs		Any	Gelatinous Stonefish Enthralled Stonefish	$5.50	Yes	Yes	No
Blackmouth Salmon	22		Gale Cliffs		Any	Decaying Blackmouth	$6.67	Yes	Yes	No
Conger Eel	23		Gale Cliffs		Night	Sprouting Eel	$10.00	Yes	No	No
Devil Ray	24		Gale Cliffs		Night	Withered Ray	$6.88	Yes	Yes	No
Sturgeon	25		Gale Cliffs		Day	Translucent Sturgeon	$12.50	Yes	Yes	No
Wreckfish	26		Gale Cliffs		Day	Shattered Wreckfish Bony Wreckfish	$10.00	Yes	No	No
Nautilus	27		Gale Cliffs		Any	Clutching Nautilus	$7.50	Yes	No	No
Sollasina	28		Gale Cliffs		Any	Vagrant Sollasina	$8.67	Yes	No	No
Abyssal Gar	29		Gale Cliffs		Any	Bifurcated Gar	$8.75	Yes	No	No
Lancetfish	30		Gale Cliffs		Any	Silvering Lancetfish	$12.50	Yes	No	No
Rock Crab	31		Gale Cliffs		Any	Splintered Crab	$5.75	No	No	Yes
Decorator Crab	32		Gale Cliffs		Any	Cortex Decorator	$6.75	No	No	Yes
Trilobite	33		Gale Cliffs		Any	Cystic Trilobite	$7.00	No	No	Yes
Aurora Jellyfish	34		Stellar Basin		Night	Parhelion Jellyfish	$2.50	No	Yes	No
Fangtooth	35		Stellar Basin		Any	Cursed Fangtooth	$8.00	Yes	No	No
Barreleye	36		Stellar Basin		Any	Voideye	$7.50	Yes	No	No
Firefly Squid	37		Stellar Basin		Night	Radiant Squid	$7.50	Yes	Yes	No
Red Snapper	38		Stellar Basin		Day	Blood Snapper Latching Snapper	$6.50	Yes	Yes	No
Giant Amphipod	39		Stellar Basin		Any	Ruptured Vessel	$15.00	Yes	No	No
Loosejaw	40		Stellar Basin		Any	Perished Loosejaw	$8.33	Yes	No	No
Snailfish	41		Stellar Basin		Any	Calcified Snailfish Seizing Snailfish	$13.33	Yes	No	No
Coral Grouper	42		Stellar Basin		Day	Consumed Grouper	$8.00	Yes	No	No
Glowing Octopus	43		Stellar Basin		Night	Medusa Octopus	$10.00	Yes	No	Yes
Anglerfish	44		Stellar Basin		Any	Bursting Anglerfish	$10.00	Yes	No	No
Barracuda	45		Stellar Basin		Day	Savage Barracuda Concertina Barracuda	$8.75	Yes	No	No
Hammerhead Shark	46		Stellar Basin		Any	Gazing Shark	$19.44	Yes	No	No
Mahi Mahi	47		Stellar Basin		Any	Xeno Xeno	$10.00	Yes	No	No
Tripod Spiderfish	48		Stellar Basin		Any	Stalking Spiderfish	$11.67	Yes	No	No
Kerygmachela	49		Stellar Basin		Any	Drifting Chrysalis	$9.00	Yes	No	No
Eagle Shark	50		Stellar Basin		Any	Sanguine Shark	$20.00	Yes	No	No
Crown of Thorns	51		Stellar Basin		Any	Crown of Nadir	$1.11	No	No	Yes
Blue Crab	52		Stellar Basin		Any	Entangled Crab	$7.50	No	No	Yes
Spiny Lobster	53		Stellar Basin		Any	Imperious Lobster	$7.50	No	No	Yes
Sea Slug	54		Stellar Basin		Any	Mimic Slug	$7.00	No	No	Yes
Grey Mullet	55		Twisted Strand		Any	Entwined Mullet Gleaming Mullet	$7.00	Yes	Yes	No
Tarpon	56		Twisted Strand		Any	Blistered Tarpon	$8.33	Yes	Yes	No
Sergeant Fish	57		Twisted Strand		Day	Vortex Interloper	$10.00	Yes	Yes	No
Gar	58		Twisted Strand		Day	Clawfin Gar Grinning Gar	$10.00	Yes	Yes	No
Longfin Eel	59		Twisted Strand		Night	Twinned Eels	$13.00	Yes	No	No
Catfish	60		Twisted Strand		Night	Nightwing Catfish	$11.67	Yes	Yes	No
Opabinia	61		Twisted Strand		Any	Crawling Instar	$8.00	Yes	No	No
Boreaspis	62		Twisted Strand		Any	Boreal Shell	$6.67	Yes	No	No
Arapaima	63		Twisted Strand		Any	Broken Arapaima	$14.29	Yes	No	No
Xiphactinus	64		Twisted Strand		Any	Primordial Shadow	$18.00	Yes	No	No
Horseshoe Crab	65		Twisted Strand		Any	Effigy Crab	$6.25	No	No	Yes
Giant Mud Crab	66		Twisted Strand		Any	Mire Screecher	$8.33	No	No	Yes
Nipponites	67		Twisted Strand		Any	Wretched Nipper	$8.34	No	No	Yes
Armored Searobin	68		Devil's Spine		Day	Ossified Searobin	$7.33	Yes	Yes	No
Cusk Eel	69		Devil's Spine		Night	Infernal Eel	$10.00	Yes	Yes	No
Snake Mackerel	70		Devil's Spine		Any	Serpentine Mackerel Tattered Mackerel	$7.33	Yes	Yes	No
Pale Skate	71		Devil's Spine		Day	Defaced Skate	$11.00	Yes	Yes	No
Ghost Shark	72		Devil's Spine		Any	Rapt Shark	$12.50	Yes	No	No
Frilled Shark	73		Devil's Spine		Any	Twisted Shark	$20.83	Yes	No	No
Vetulicolia	74		Devil's Spine		Any	Unveiled Vetulicolia	$16.00	Yes	No	No
Sawfish	75		Devil's Spine		Any	Plated Barbjaw	$18.34	Yes	No	No
Giant Dragonfish	76		Devil's Spine		Any	Untouchable Wyrmfish	$13.34	Yes	No	No
Dunkleosteus	77		Devil's Spine		Any	Excoriated Fiend	$21.25	Yes	No	No
Volcano Snail	78		Devil's Spine		Any	Grasping Snail	$6.75	No	No	Yes
Squat Lobster	79		Devil's Spine		Any	Sable Reacher	$9.00	No	No	Yes
Spider Crab	80		Devil's Spine		Any	Umbral Puppet	$11.43	No	No	Yes
Sea Scorpion	81		Devil's Spine		Any	Erupting Scorpion	$8.00	No	No	Yes
Anchovy	82		Open Ocean		Any	Anchovy King	$6.50	No	Yes	No
Scarlet Prawn	83		Open Ocean		Any	Leeching Prawn	$7.00	No	Yes	Yes
Blackfin Tuna	84		Open Ocean		Any	Razormouth Tuna	$10.00	Yes	Yes	No
Viperfish	85		Open Ocean		Any	Decrepit Viperfish Collapsed Viperfish	$8.00	Yes	No	No
Moonfish	86		Open Ocean		Night	Skeletal Moonfish Beaked Moonfish	$11.25	Yes	No	No
Rattail	87		Open Ocean		Any	Congealed Rattail	$12.00	Yes	No	No
Ocean Sunfish	88		Open Ocean		Day	Charred Sunfish Glaring Sunfish	$12.78	Yes	No	No
Icefish	89		The Pale Reach		Any	Fractalline Icefish Thawed Icefish Astral Icefish	$6.50	Yes	Yes	No
Char	90		The Pale Reach		Any	Bubbling Char	$6.00	Yes	No	No
Wolffish	91		The Pale Reach		Night	Hinged Wolffish	$8.33	Yes	No	No
Stargazer	92		The Pale Reach		Any	Craterous Seer	$8.75	No	Yes	No
Lizardfish	93		The Pale Reach		Any	Feral Lizardfish	$9.00	Yes	Yes	No
Toothfish	94		The Pale Reach		Any	Bulbous Toothfish	$10.00	Yes	No	No
Goblin Shark	95		The Pale Reach		Any	Grisly Shark	$15.00	Yes	No	No
Colossal Squid	96		The Pale Reach		Any	Pale Grasper	$18.18	No	Yes	No
Sea Stars	97		The Pale Reach		Any	Fallen Stars	$6.00	No	No	Yes
King Crab	98		The Pale Reach		Any	King's Wreath	$8.75	No	No	Yes
Oarfish	99		Gale Cliffs		Any	Archon's Burden	$35.71	Yes	No	No
Gulper Eel	100		Stellar Basin		Any	Famine's End	$35.71	Yes	No	No
Goliath Tigerfish	101		Twisted Strand		Any	Brute's Crux	$31.25	Yes	No	No
Coelacanth	102		Devil's Spine		Any	Shaper's Prime	$35.71	Yes	No	No
Sleeper Shark	103		The Pale Reach		Any	Sleeper's Torment	$50.00	Yes	No	No

Aberrations

Main article: Aberrations

Aberrations are mutated fish that are dissimilar in appearance to their standard counterparts. They can be caught in the same disturbed waters as any other fish. Aberrations are guaranteed when there is a green glow above the fishing spot. Other ways to increase the odds of catching one include fishing at night, using some cursed equipment.

Achievements

Main Article: Achievements

Lives for Profit

Sell a total of $2500 worth of Fish.

Unwanted

Discard 25 fish.

Master Angler

Catch all known species of Fish.

Polar Angler

Catch all known species of fish in The Pale Reach.

Ancient Angler

Catch all known species of fish in The Iron Rig.