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Quick Start
Everything you need to catch your first fish and build your first tank.
Craft a Copper Fishing Rod using three copper ingots and two string in the same shape as a vanilla fishing rod. It has 250 durability.
Recipe — Copper Fishing Rod
| Copper Ingot | ||
|---|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | String | |
| Copper Ingot | String |
Yields: 1× Copper Fishing Rod
The Copper Fishing Rod is what activates the Fishtastic minigame. A vanilla rod still works the old way.
Open your inventory with the rod in a slot. Drag Worms, Gummy Worms, or Blazed Grub onto the rod to load a stack of bait into it. The rod's tooltip will show the loaded bait.
| Bait | Best for |
|---|---|
| Worms | More targets per session; mostly vanilla fish |
| Gummy Worms | Mod fish dominate the pool; quality bias toward Rare+ |
| Blazed Grub | 50% treasure chance; only exotic fish when fish do appear |
You can fish without bait — vanilla fish will still be available, just without any bonuses. See Bait for full details.
Cast the rod into water just like normal. Wait for a fish to bite (the bobber dips). At that moment, the Fishing Minigame screen opens automatically. The server has already determined your loot based on your bait, biome, time of day, and weather.
You'll see a vertical bar on your screen:
- The bobber (green zone) falls under gravity — right-click (or press the
Fishing Minigame Impulsekeybind) to push it upward. - One or more targets (fish icon or chest icon) float around the bar, each on a short progress meter.
- Keep the bobber over a target to fill its progress bar. Let it drift away and the bar drains slowly.
- Fill a target's bar to 100% to catch it. A target that drains to 0% escapes.
Each session has 1–5 targets generated by the server. Targets are hidden during play — fish show a generic fish icon; treasure shows a chest. You only see the actual item once you catch it.
When every target is either caught or escaped, the session ends and the server drops your rewards directly into your inventory.
Every fish you catch has two data components visible in the tooltip:
- Quality — Common through Legendary, shown in color. Higher quality fish glow.
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Size — Displayed in centimeters (e.g.
42 cm). Larger is rarer.
Recipe — Fish Tank
| Iron Ingot | Glass | Iron Ingot |
|---|---|---|
| Glass | Glass | |
| Iron Ingot | Glass | Iron Ingot |
Yields: 1× Fish Tank
Place a Fish Tank block anywhere. Then:
- Hold any item (a fish, a decorative block, anything) and right-click the tank to add it. Items display inside the tank facing toward you.
- Right-click empty-handed to take the top item back out.
- Place tanks adjacent to each other — they automatically connect into one larger tank. Large tanks (3×3 or bigger) can hold oversized fish (>100 cm).
Right-click the tank while holding a block to change one of three visual parts:
| Part | Default |
|---|---|
| Frame | Oak Planks |
| Sand (floor) | Sand |
| Glass (sides) | Blue Clear Stained Glass |
Cycle your active customization mode (Frame / Sand / Glass) using the mode manager. Hold the block type you want, right-click the tank, and that part updates instantly. Fishtastic adds borderless and clear variants of all 16 stained glass colors specifically for this.
If the server has GelatinUI installed, open the leaderboard screen to see:
- Your personal best catch sizes per species
- Your catch counts per species
- Global records across all players
- Time your fishing — certain fish only appear at dawn, dusk, or during rain. Check Bait for the full breakdown.
- Higher quality = larger fish on average, plus visual glint effects.
- Luck enchantments on your rod affect the treasure loot table luck parameter.
- Sessions time out after 5 minutes if you leave the screen open without finishing.
- You can have one active fishing session at a time per player.