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Ice Fishing
In the Deep North (and on the Mountain's frozen lakes) the water is covered in ice you can walk on. Nothing can be cast onto it: drill a hole and fish down it. Three fish live only under the ice and bite nowhere else: the Lake Whitefish, the Burbot (at night, on the bottom) and the legendary Ice King Trout. The cold-water fish of the place bite through a hole too.
The Ice Auger (Forge 3: Iron 4, Fine wood 2, Silver 2). Stand on the ice and attack: you set the auger upright and twist its T-handle until the bit breaks through, and a hole opens in the ice in front of you. It needs at least 1 m of water underneath. A hole freezes over again after 20 minutes, skinning over in the last two. Press E on it to scoop out the slush and keep it open as long again.
The Ice Fishing Rod (Forge 3: Fine wood 4, Gold 2, Elaking hair bundle 3) is a short rod with a bloodgold reel and an Elaking-fur grip. It fishes only through a hole, with a longer hook window there; any other rod works in a hole at half the window. Stand at a hole and click to drop the line straight in; hold the click to let it down further. Jig it with the Grub Jig or the Rime Jig (see Lures and trailers). Carried, it hangs in your left hand; with the line down you hold it out over the hole.
Three shelters to fish the ice from, built with the hammer (Furniture, near a workbench). You walk into each one: it counts as shelter for resting, and a fire inside doesn't smoke you out. Drill a hole inside and the fish bite sooner, because they can't see you against the sky.
| Shelter | Materials | Bites sooner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hide Lavvu | Wood 20, Wolf pelt 6, Leather scraps 8 | +10% | A cone of poles under sewn hides, open at the top for smoke |
| Ice Shelter | Ice 30, Stone 5 | +15% | An igloo of the game's own ice blocks, with a vent at the top and an ice bench |
| Ship-Tent | Fine wood 12, Elaking hair bundle 4, Lox pelt 4, Iron 2, Stone 5 | +20% | A Viking ship's tent with dragon-head gables; comes with a campfire at the back |
The Ice Shelter's ice bench runs round its back wall, under a deer hide: three seats, so you can sit and fish the hole in the middle.
The Rod Holder (Workbench: Wood 4, Leather scraps 2) is a forked stake for the bank or the ice. Set a rod in it with its line out and the line keeps fishing while you do something else; you can run several at once. When a fish bites, everyone nearby is told, a circle hook sets itself, and anyone can take the rod up and fight it. The Rod Rack (Workbench: Fine wood 8, Iron 2, Leather scraps 4) stores ten rods.
