Fishing
Ever wanted to channel your inner fisher on Oshan or Nadir? Now you can! This is a guide to fishing.
Space Fishin' 101
If you order by yelling kindly asking QM to order you a Angling Starter Kit, you get a Portable Fishing Supplies Vendor which is preloaded with five fishing credits, a Portable Aquatic Research Upload Terminal, and your very own Portable Aquatic Research Pool (NOT a tub of water) can be fished in an infinite amount of times yielding an infinite amount of fish (don't question it).
To fish, click on the tub of water provided, and your super fancy fishing rod will take care of the rest, automatically casting and reeling in fish for you to enjoy. If you switch to your offhand or put your rod away, you will cease fishing, forcing you to cast your rod again. Some rods are better than others. For instance the Master's Fishing Rod, the highest tier of rod you can get will catch better fish than an ordinary basic one. Better rods will also catch fish faster, because space fish are attracted to more superior rods.
You aren't limited to just the provided tub of water. Try turning on the shower and fishing in there, pour water on the floor and cast your rod, the possibilities are endless! Try fishing in places nobody thought of before and experiment! After all there are about sixty different places in the game where you can cast your rod in, so don't shy away from places you believe won't work. You may be pleasantly surprised. It's also worth mentioning that there are some pretty wild and exotic places you can fish in down in the adventure zones, so don't be afraid to explore and find out what you can fish in.
Once you've gotten your fill of fishing, you can redeem your fish for research tickets at a Aquatic Research Upload Terminal; the rarer the fish, the more tickets you get. Then, you can turn those tickets in for gear at the Fishing Supplies Vendor. Besides fun fishin' clothes, the vendor also sells better rods, for a superior fishing experience.
Fishing Supplies Vendor
Here, you can redeem your research tickets for fishing credits and use them to buy fishing rods and angler clothing. To redeem your tickets for credits, you can either click on the Fishing Supplies Vendor with the tickets in your hand or drag and drop the tickets' sprite onto the vendor's (this is an especially handy shortcut for cyborgs.) Then click on the Fishing Supplies Vendor to access its buylist. Here is a list of what you can purchase using fishing credits.
Item | Image | Price | Description |
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Basic Fishing Rod | 0 Fishing Credits | Basic fishing rod for basic fishing. | |
Advanced Fishing Rod | 25 Fishing Credits | An upgraded fishing rod, able to fish in a variety of more difficult locations. | |
Master Fishing Rod | 50 Fishing Credits | The ultimate fishing rod, capable of fishing in the most extreme circumstances. | |
Angler's Overalls | 5 fishing credits | Don't be put off by the Examine text ("Smells fishy; It's wearer must have a keen appreciation for the piscine"); the angler's overalls actually smell quite normal. In fact, they're basically a normal jumpsuit-slot item. They don't boost your fishing abilities or anything, but they do make you look like a grizzled seadog. Starting gear for the Angler. | |
Fish Fear Me Cap | 15 fishing credits | The ultimate angling headwear, as the vendor puts it lightly. While it may not actually boost fishing skills, it does come with a wacky procedurely-generated motto in the item name, in the general format of "[plural noun] [verb] [plural noun], [plural noun] [verb] [plural noun]", e.g. "Fish love men, women love fish". Emagging it (really!) makes it even more silly, unlocking additional verbs and allowing the hat to mention in-game mobs, items, and turfs, resulting in things like "Tables want Shitty Bill's intestineses, Integrated sponges fear fish". Comes in a random color. While it may look like a baseball cap, it can't be worn backwards. | |
Portable Aquarium | 10 fishing credits | Basically, a box that can hold up to six fish (and only fish), greatly expanding the amount of fish you can carry. If you want to turn them in to the Aquatic Research Upload Terminal, you can simply click on the machine while holding the portable aquarium to load them all at once; you don't have to take each fish out and insert them one-by-one. The fish can stay inside it for the entire round; you don't need to worry about changing the water or whatever. | |
Fish Wall Mount | 10 fishing credits | A "'Biggest catch' Fish Wall Mount" for proudly displaying a fish of your choice. Click on it with a fish, then click on a wall to hang the mount (putting the empty mount up first, then the fish also works.) Reverse these steps to remove the mount. To change the fish mounted, click on the mount to remove the current fish, then click on the mount with your new fish. |
Aquatic Research Upload Terminal
Here, you can trade fish for research tickets which covert to fishing credits. The terminal categorizes fish into five rankings based on rarity, ranging from common to legendary. Usually, fish found in more obscure places tend to be worth more than fish found in common places, as the fish there are probably rarer.
You can use click-drag to combine multiple sets of research tickets together into one stack, much like with cash. Handy for civilian borgs who fish, since they lack the hands to manipulate research tickets manually.
Gotta catch them all!
You are able to catch fish that those earthlings may even recognize. Though, of course there are some truly beautiful fish you are able to catch, exclusive to their own special areas, though you will have to do your own exploring, these pretty ones are a well kept secret (not so secret) amongst experienced anglers. So far, here is a list of what you are able to catch.
Freshwater Fish
Ocean Saltwater Fish
Aquarium Fish
Name | Image | Rarity | Description |
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Clownfish | Common | A pop-culturarly significant orange fish that lives in a symbiotic relationship with an enemone. | |
Damselfish | Common | A small pretty fish native to tropical coral reefs and your local aquarium. | |
Green Chromis | Common | Beautiful iridescent apple-green. Wait a second, isn't this a damselfish? | |
Cardinalfish | Uncommon | A nocturnal ray-finned fish enjoyed for being small, peaceful and colourful. | |
Royal Gramma | Uncommon | A pretty pink and yellow common to aquariums. Peaceful and friendly. | |
Bicolor Angelfish | Uncommon | It's like two fish in one! Apparently they don't get along with other fish though, at least they have each other. | |
Blue Tang | Common | One of the most common and popular marine aquarium fish in the world, for reasons now lost to time. | |
Firefish | Uncommon | Someone set this one on fire! Just kidding, we have fun here. | |
Pufferfish | Uncommon | Funny looking but surprisingly intelligent, this sought after fish possesses a highly toxic defense mechanism. Its spines will also prick you, causing 3 BRUTE, 3 bleeding, and 2 seconds of Stunned, unless you either 1) have Kitchen Training, 2) are wearing gloves, or 3) have arms made of metal. | |
Yellow Tang | Common | Born around the full moon, but bright as the sun. A popular, pretty aquarium fish. | |
Mandarin Fish | Rare | Slow moving reef-dwellers, these extremely colorful fish find it hard to adapt to aquarium life. | |
Lionfish | Rare | With strong red and white stripes and armed with a full complement of venomous spines, you better be careful handling this one. | |
Betta | Common | This could be one of 73 species domesticated over 1000 years ago. Sadly used in fish-fights by less savory sorts. |
Alien Fish
Disclaimer: No, these fish are not secret. However, the areas where you can find said fish might fall under secret content, such as an Adventure Zone. With the way secret content rules work, you can tell someone where you found a fish and what it does. But you cannot tell them exactly how to reach the fishing spot with that fish if the spot is in a secret area. You can give hints or clues, but you can only give specifics under certain circumstances. See the "No spoilers" rule for more details on the secret content policy.
Name | Image | Rarity | Description |
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Meat Mutant | Rare | A fish? Whatver it is, it's grown accustomed to swimming in a pool of digestive acids. | |
Eye Mutant | Rare | Was this a fish once? It's got too many eyes on you. | |
Splashing Horror | Epic | A writhing, flailing mass of tissue pantomiming a sick caricature of a fish. You should probably just put this one back. | |
Void Fish | Rare | This fish has swum through the timestream to witness the death of the universe. Probably doesn't fry too well. | |
Code Worm | Epic | This unstable creature has been swimming around in this code for a long time, giving developers and its victims a massive headache. | |
Literal Sun Fish | Legendary | Nobody will ever believe you. | |
Lava Fish | Epic | "A blazing hot catch straight from the planet's core!" as the Examine text describes it. The flames aren't just for show; it actually does set people on fire. Holding this has a 50% to give you 3-5 seconds of Burning, and if you hit someone with it, it has a 50-50 chance to cause 2 seconds of Burning. It's also considered a open flame source, so it can, among other things, light cigarettes and their ilk if you click on one with a lavafish in your active hand. | |
Igneous Fish | Rare | A fish formed of cooled volcanic magma, neat! Still hot to handle though! | |
Blobfish | Rare | Looking good, blobfish. | |
Prosperity Pilchard | Legendary | A symbol of good fortune, this fish's shining scales are said to be extremely valuable!. | |
Arboreal Bass | Rare | This leafy fish's rough scales resemble coarse tree bark. |
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