Alathra:Fishing

Fishing
Steel Fishing Rod
Location	Alathra, Nether
Availability	Always
Properties
Coin source	Yes
Difficulty	Chance-based
Info
Release	Launch

Fishing has been reworked to be a more challenging, yet also more rewarding profession. In addition to plenty of new, biome-specific fish and a selection of different rods, players can also increase their chances of catching rarer, more valuable fish with baits and build totems for specific bonuses.

Catching a fish

After a player has cast a line into water that's at least 2 blocks deep, they must wait as usual for something to hook. After the bobber dips below the surface, the player has a few seconds to reel in their catch, opening the minigame window.

The player is first asked to press Left Click to start the minigame. After the click, a game time counter appears with a certain amount of seconds to complete the catch. The player must continously left click to keep their crosshair in the green area of their catch bar. Doing so starts filling their catch progress, which must be fully completed before the game time runs out.

Rarity

The game time and the moving speed of the green area of the catch bar are both dependent on the rarity of the fish. There are 6 different rarities:

Rarity	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary	Alathran
Example	Cod	Herring	Swordfish	Squid	Lobster	Crab
Sell price	[2.00⌾]	[4.00⌾]	[8.00⌾]	[16.00⌾]	[100.00⌾]	[1000.00⌾]
Default chance	51%	26%	14.5%	7.98%	0.5%	0.02%

Equipment

Fishing rods

Catching high-rarity fish requires an upgraded fishing rod. Starting from Copper, which can hook up to Rare fish rarities, each metal upgrade allows to catch increasingly rarer fish up to Alathran rarity, which requires a Diamond Fishing Rod. Upgraded rods also reduce the wait time required for fish to hook.

Fishing Rod
WoodenCopperIronGoldSteelDiamond 3 Sticks + 2 String 3 Copper Ingots + 2 String 3 Iron Ingots + 2 String 3 Gold Ingots + 2 String 3 Steel Ingots + 2 String 1 Steel Fishing Rod + 8 Diamonds

Bait

Baits are items that only apply a bonus to a single catch attempt at a time. To use a bait, one must hold it in their off-hand while they cast their line. If the catch fails or the line is pulled out prematurely, the bait still gets consumed. Baits can be sometimes be obtained by specific activites, like tilling ground (Fresh Grub), but mostly through trade with the Fishing Trader at the Trading Hall.

Bait	Fresh Grub	Cut Bait	Imitation Minnows	Dough Baits	Stinky Cod Bait	Favored Nugget Bait	Sparkling Aetherium Bait
Item	Fresh Grub	Cut Bait	Imitation Minnows	Dough Baits	Stinky Cod Bait	Favored Nugget Bait	Sparkling Aetherium Bait
Tier	Basic				Hand-Crafted	Artisan
Traded for	-	4 Cod	4 Blue Terracotta + 2 Yellow Terracotta	4 Bread	1 Dough Baits + 1 Gold Ingot	1 Cod + 8 Rotten Flesh	1 Aetherium Ingot + 8 Emerald Shards
Bonus	Decreased waiting time	Decreased difficulty	Improved Uncommon & Rare odds	Increased minigame time	Hooks only Cod Decent wait time decrease Double catch chance	Improved Legendary odds	Increased minigame time Decreased waiting time Decreased difficulty Improved Uncommon & Rare odds

Additional mechanics

Totems

Players can build totems of specific shapes to grant them bonuses. Each totem grants a singular bonus for a few minute period while activated. Activation requires using a specific item on a totem's heart. An activated totem grants a bonus in a circular area with a radius of 15 blocks. Once activated, a totem can't be reactivated again until it runs out, but a totem can be prematurely deactivated by breaking its heart.

Totem	Game Time totem	Double Loot totem	Golden Rarity totem
Activator	Lapis Lazuli	Redstone	Gold Ingot
Structure
Materials (heart highlighted)	1 Block of Lapis Lazuli 4 Fence gates 2 Fences 5 Logs (any Wood works)	2 Stair blocks 1 Observer 1 Redstone Block 1 Quartz Pillar block 1 Anvil (any Wood works)	1 Daylight observer 1 Lightning rod 5 Blocks of Gold
Time	240 seconds	160 seconds	120 seconds