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Fish Quality

Curren edited this page Jun 4, 2026 · 3 revisions

Fish Quality

Every fish caught through the Fishtastic minigame is assigned a quality tier at the moment the server generates the loot. Quality affects the fish's size, its tooltip color, and whether it renders with a visual glint effect.


Quality Tiers

There are five quality tiers: Common (gray), Uncommon (green), Rare (blue), Epic (purple), and Legendary (gold).

Spoiler: Base drop weights and chances
Tier Color Base Weight Base Chance
Common Gray 6400 ~63.9%
Uncommon Green 2500 ~25.0%
Rare Blue 750 ~7.5%
Epic Purple 250 ~2.5%
Legendary Gold 100 ~1.0%

Total base weight: 10,000.


Quality Bias (Gummy Worms)

Gummy Worms bait applies a quality bias of +1.5, which multiplicatively boosts higher tiers. The formula scales each tier's weight by (1 + bias × ordinal), where Common = 0, Uncommon = 1, Rare = 2, Epic = 3, Legendary = 4.

Spoiler: Effective drop chances with Gummy Worms
Tier Base Weight With Bias (+1.5) Approx. Chance
Common 6400 6400 ~36%
Uncommon 2500 6250 ~35%
Rare 750 3000 ~17%
Epic 250 1375 ~7.8%
Legendary 100 700 ~4.0%

Blazed Grub applies a smaller bias of +0.5, giving a modest boost toward higher tiers without the dramatic shift that Gummy Worms provides.


Quality and Size

Each quality tier applies a modifier to the fish's Gaussian size distribution — higher tiers push the mean further up. So a Common Bluegill averages 30 cm while a Legendary Bluegill averages ~92 cm and is drawn from a wider distribution.

Spoiler: Exact size modifiers per quality tier
Quality Mean size bonus Mean multiplier
Common +0 cm ×1.0
Uncommon +10 cm ×1.1
Rare +20 cm ×1.2
Epic +45 cm ×1.3
Legendary +75 cm ×1.5

These modifiers stack on top of each species' base mean (defined in its fish profile). See Fish Species for per-species base sizes.


Visual Effects

Items with Uncommon quality or higher render with a visual sparkle/glint overlay. Effect intensity scales with tier:

Quality Effect intensity
Common None
Uncommon / Rare 30%
Epic 60%
Legendary 100%

Tooltip

Hover over any fish to see its quality and size:

Bluegill
Quality: Uncommon     ← green text
42 cm

Commands (Debug / Admin)

/setfishquality <quality>           — set quality on the held fish
/setitemsize <size>                 — set size in cm on the held item
/fishcatchdata [player]             — dump leaderboard data for a player
/fishprofile <id>                   — pretty-print a registered fish profile

/fishprofile supports tab-completion for all registered profile IDs.

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