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FAQ
These are the same answers as the FAQ in the game. To read them there, open the pause menu and choose Fishtastic help, then FAQ. Keys shown here are the defaults; the in-game FAQ shows your current keys.
Only Fishtastic rods open the minigame. A vanilla rod still fishes the old way. Craft a Copper Fishing Rod using the vanilla rod recipe, with copper ingots in place of the top two sticks.
In a crafting table, combine a fish with dirt to make marine compost. Place the marine compost in world. It will turn to worms over time. This takes about five minutes while you stay nearby. Right-click it whenever it looks dry to speed it up and add a worm. Once it looks ready, break it to collect the worms. Don't break it early, or you'll lose it. Better fish give more worms. The First Catch quest and the Shop also give worms.
No, but a bare hook catches a lot of trash and vanilla fish. With any bait loaded, vanilla fish stop biting. Bait is only used up when you land something.
Open your inventory, pick up the bait and click it onto the rod. Hooks and charms go on the same way. Right-click the rod with an empty cursor to take gear back off. Only one type of bait can be loaded at a time.
When the bobber dips, use the rod again. Hold [Space] or right-click to raise the green bar, and let go to let it fall. Keep the bar over a fish or chest and it grows as you reel it in. Centre it to reel faster. Off the bar, it shrinks and turns red, and if it shrinks too far it gets away.
Each species only bites in its own zones: River, Ocean, Deep Ocean, Cave, High Altitude or Nether. Its Fishopedia entry [K] lists them, and the icons beside the minigame bar show the zones you're in. Caves are more than 30 blocks below sea level or in a cave biome. High Altitude is more than 30 blocks above sea level or in a snowy peaks biome. Time, weather and moon phase also change the odds.
Cast into lava with an Obsidian Fishing Rod, crafted like the Copper Fishing Rod with obsidian in place of the copper. A Copper Fishing Rod also works in lava, but it takes heavy damage.
You don't need the books: press [J] for quests, [K] for the Fishopedia and [L] for leaderboards. Your first Copper Fishing Rod also gives you all three books. To craft one, combine a book with a Fishtastic fish to make a Quest Book. Craft any of the three on its own to turn it into the next one.
Catches count towards quests automatically. Open your quests [J] and click Claim on any finished quest. Fishopedia rewards also pay tokens. Spend them in the Shop, on the Market tab in your quests, which restocks each Minecraft day.
Craft an Iron Hook from an iron ingot and string, or a Rusted Hook from a copper ingot and string. Charms can't be crafted. They come from quests, the Shop and treasure.
Craft a Fish Tank Assembly from a Fishtastic fish and a crafting table, then place and open it. Put blocks in the frame, glass and sand slots, pick a shape and take the finished tank. The First Catch quest also rewards ready-made tanks.
Right-click it while holding a fish to add the fish. Right-click with an empty hand to see everything inside and take things out. Tanks placed side by side merge into one, so add another when a tank is full. Right-click with coral, plants or cosmetics from the Shop to decorate.
Each fish has its own size and quality. Pick up a fish and click it onto another to start a Pile of Fish, which holds many fish in one slot. Double-click a fish to gather every matching fish into a pile. An Electric Fish Organizer stores piles in bulk.
Keep catching a species until its Fishopedia entry is complete. Some species bond through a quest instead. Then open your inventory, hover over that fish and hold [B] to bond. Press [B] outside your inventory to manage your party of up to three.
Most are scenery, but fish marked with sparkles can be caught. Cast nearby and one may swim to your bobber and join your catch.