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Advanced Crafter
Join Date: Jun 2003
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The Definitive gude to FISHING
I dont think this has been documented properly yet so let me fill you in here, I figured this out recently through trial and error and the fact is that once you understand how the system works then you're chances of succeeding increase a fair bit. However at the end of the day it isn't a skillful persuit because it's based 100% on luck.
First of all you need a good fishing rod, however due to the fact that the rods dont have statistics you have to either make it yourself or have someone else have it custom made. Make sure it's made from the toughest materials possible because these will greatly increase your chance of succeeding. Now once you have the rod you need bait, this is found by scouts so you need either the scouts foraging skills or ask someone else or buy it from the bazaar.
So now you have everything you need to start fishing, drag the bait over to the rob inside your inventory as if it was a container such as a backpack. The rod is now ready. Equip it and find yourself a reasonably deep body of water, wade out to about waist highet for the best results but make sure you're still standing.
Inside your menu bring up the radial menu for the rod and select 'start fishing' this will cast the line, I'd suggest you don't close the inventory until the bobber has landed in the water as I have noticed it causes the line to usually fall shorter than it needs to be. So now you're starting to fish. The first thing you will notice is that another window pops up with the details about the rod and the bait along with commands below them.
The distance is quite important for ensuring successful fishing, if it's too far out then you'll find the fish has more time to wriggle around and break free. If it's too close then you'll find the line being reeled in after only a few failed attempts. The other important detail is the status of the bait, this will slowly become soggy and then disintergrate the longer its in the water, sometimes faster and sometimes slower. The idea is to not let it become mushy as it can mean you simply lose the bait. Once it becomes mushy instantly stop fishing and cast the line again.
The fishing itself is a game of 'chase the ace', a card game which has several variations but boils down to having 3 cards face down and you need to pick the one which is the card which wins. The TUG commands on the fishing menu are those 3 cards. Only one of which progresses your fishing. After a brief period of time there will be a message on screen and in the menu saying 'NIBBLE' this is basically telling you to select a tug direction. UP, LEFT or RIGHT are your options. Pick the correct one and you progress to the next step.
Once you have picked the right direction for the tug the message will change to 'BITE!' you now have to pick one of the directions again. I have found that you typically need to only select the direction you picked previously again, it does however seem to be random but with a leaning towards that same tug command. If you pick the wrong one then you revert to the WAITING stage where you need to go through it all again.
If however you did pick the right one everything next is automated. You'll see a move by countermove report on what is happening with the struggle between you reeling the fish in and the fish trying to escape. This is where the rod's stats come into play as the higher the usage was for the rod the greater your success at this point. Once the fish is reeled in you'll be told what you have.
The fish will appear in your menu as it's natural self. To get anything usefull from it you have to select the radial menu options which says 'FILET' this will gut the fish giving you fishmeat, chum bait and the empty husk of the fish which you can use as a trophy in your home.
Currently I have only come across the following fish types:
Blowfish (slightly rare)
Ray
Blackfish
Striped fish
Bluefish
Laa
Faa
All of which i found on Rori and Naboo so other fish might exist on other planets. At the moment the biggest fish I've caught was a 1m long Ray, I'm unsure if there are any larger but the fact it was dot on 1m seems to suggest it might have been the maximum.
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