Rods

Rods

Each rod is better than the last. Every rod lists its stats in its tooltip: cast distance, line, line strength, reel speed, power, hook bonus, stamina use and durability.

Rod	Station	Materials
Wooden	Workbench 1	Wood 10, Leather scraps 4
Copper	Forge 1	Wood 6, Copper 5, Deer hide 2
Finewood	Forge 2	Fine wood 10, Bronze 4, Troll hide 2
Ancient Bark	Forge 2	Ancient bark 10, Iron 4, Guck 3
Silver	Forge 3	Fine wood 6, Silver 6, Wolf pelt 2
Black Metal	Forge 5	Fine wood 6, Black metal 6, Linen thread 6
Yggdrasil	Black forge 1	Yggdrasil wood 10, Carapace 4, Eitr 2
Ashwood	Black forge 2	Blackwood 10, Flametal 4, Asksvin hide 2
Frostwood	Black forge 3	Timberwood 10, Frostcore 3, Moose sinew 4
Leviathan	Black forge 2	Two materials from each of the seven boss fish, Yggdrasil wood 10, Flametal 6
Allfather's Rod	Black forge 3	The Leviathan Rod and three materials from each boss fish; shows once you've landed every boss fish
Haldor's Gilded Rod	Haldor only	6000 coins

Rods wear while a fish is on the line, faster with heavy fish and high tension. A broken rod loses the fish and must be repaired where it was crafted.

Upgrading rods

Every rod upgrades to level 4 at its crafting station, like vanilla gear. Each level adds cast distance, line, line strength, reel speed, power, hook bonus and durability, and eases reeling stamina; a fully upgraded rod sits about halfway to the next one. Upgrades cost fish materials (see below), the line of the rod's era (leather scraps, deer hide, linen, jute, morgen sinew, moose sinew) and some of each biome's oddments: greydwarf eyes, obsidian, tar, deathsquito needles, sap, charred bone, celestial feathers. The last level also needs a Trophy Fin. The tooltip shows the rod's stats at its level.