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Every rule of the game in one place. The numbers below are read straight from the live server, so drop rates, prices, energy, quest rewards and event timers are always what the game is actually using right now.
Welcome to the Lands! This page tells you what to do first, what to focus on, and which mistakes to skip. Everything else in this wiki is detail you can look up later.
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The Fishing Lands is a persistent online world where every angler shares the same waters, market, chat and events. You start at Millbrook Pond with a cane pole, a few coins and a handful of bait. Everything you do, every cast, sale, quest and crew contest, is written down and visible to other players.
Macros and auto-clickers are not allowed. The server watches for mechanical rhythms (recasting on an exact timer, identical fight input fight after fight, casting round the clock). Only an angler whose play has looked mechanical several times within the last day gets the Harbourmaster's check, a quick "I'm not a robot" box before the next cast, and never more than once a day. Normal anglers do not see it. Three failed checks count as a strike.
Each cast has a base 28% chance of a bite, plus a bite bonus from bait, time of day, weather, tide and expeditions. Bonuses are added as percentage points.
Luck shifts the rarity roll: every point moves weight away from common fish toward uncommon, rare, epic, legendary and mythic species. Sources: bait (only its full value at waters it is made for, otherwise a third), night (+4) and dawn/dusk (+2), weather and tide, an active expedition at your water (+25), an online friend at the same water (+3), rod tier (+1 per tier), and the crew Lucky Charms perk (+1/+2/+3). Groundbait ignores luck entirely.
| Total luck | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Epic | Legendary | Mythic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 59.78% | 27.9% | 8.97% | 2.79% | 0.5% | 0.07% |
| 10 | 49.34% | 33.24% | 11.94% | 4.47% | 0.88% | 0.14% |
| 20 | 37.97% | 39.05% | 15.19% | 6.29% | 1.3% | 0.21% |
| 30 | 31.38% | 41.84% | 17.26% | 7.64% | 1.62% | 0.26% |
| 40 | 28.84% | 42.3% | 18.27% | 8.46% | 1.83% | 0.3% |
You never have to work this out yourself: on the Fishing page, hover or tap the luck figure beside the weather to see the exact odds of your next cast at your current water with your bait, rod, friends and crew perks, next to the odds at luck 0.
Common fish never drop below the floor shown, but a high-level angler with a top rod and premium bait will still spend most casts on rare-and-up species. If you want the everyday fish, for contracts, the journal or species mastery, use Groundbait from the Tackle Shop: it ignores your luck entirely (see Bait).
Hold Reel (mouse, touch or Space) to raise tension, release to let it fall. Keep the needle inside the green sweet spot to fill the progress bar; the fish's pull, runs and jerks push you out of it. Tension in the red for too long snaps the line; slack for too long lets it slip the hook. Each species has a fighting style:
| Style | Strength | Erratic | Feels like |
|---|---|---|---|
| steady | 0.8 | 0.5 | pulls with slow, even pressure |
| sluggish | 0.6 | 0.3 | sits heavy and barely moves |
| runner | 1.2 | 1 | makes long, fast runs |
| thrasher | 1 | 1.6 | thrashes wildly and unpredictably |
| diver | 1.35 | 0.6 | dives deep with brutal force |
| jumper | 1.1 | 1.4 | leaps and jerks the line |
Your rod power shortens how long you must hold the sweet spot, rod control widens it, reel recovery brings tension back faster after a run, and line tolerance lets you survive longer in the red. Fights are checked server-side: hold timing that does not match a real fight is rejected.
Small common fish fight plainly. The rarer and bigger the fish (rarity, size for its species, a scarred/giant/golden variant, and a little for far-off waters), the more tricks it brings, shown as "Expect" tags when the fight starts, and hinted at in the bite text:
| Trick | Who | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Dive | divers, sluggish fish | The sweet spot drops low for ~3s: ease off. |
| Burst run | runners | The sweet spot climbs high for ~3s: keep the pressure on. |
| Leap | jumpers, thrashers | Tension spikes, then the line goes slack: take it up quickly. |
| Second wind | steady fish, every legendary | At 60% progress it rallies for 5s: narrower sweet spot, harder pull. |
| Tiring zone | score 4+ | The sweet spot narrows as progress climbs (to 75%, or 60% for the toughest). |
| Panic | score 6+ | In the last 20% its jerks come twice as often. |
Trick score = rarity (common 0 … legendary 4, mythic 5) + 1 if big + 1 if monstrous + 1 if a variant + 1 per four waters out. Score 2 unlocks the behaviour trick, 4 adds Tiring zone, 5 repeats the behaviour trick, 6 adds Panic.
The world clock is UTC. Dawn 05–08, day 08–17, dusk 17–20, night 20–05. Every species has an active period (legendary and sluggish fish are night feeders) and is about twice as likely to bite during it. Weather changes every few hours per water; salt waters also run a tide.
| Period | Bite | Luck |
|---|---|---|
| dawn | +6 | +2 |
| day | 0 | 0 |
| dusk | +6 | +2 |
| night | -4 | +4 |
| Tide | Bite | Luck |
|---|---|---|
| rising | +5 | +1 |
| high | +3 | +2 |
| falling | 0 | 0 |
| low | -5 | 0 |
| Weather | Bite | Luck | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| clear | 0 | 0 | Clear skies and still water. |
| overcast | +4 | +1 | A grey lid of cloud. Fish feed confidently. |
| rain | +8 | +2 | Steady rain dimples the surface, the fish are up and feeding. |
| storm | -6 | +5 | A storm churns the water. Dangerous, but strange things come up. |
| fog | -2 | +4 | Thick fog. You can barely see your float. |
| wind | -3 | 0 | A stiff wind makes casting awkward. |
Twelve waters, from a village pond to a volcanic sea trench. Each needs a minimum level and a one-time passage fee. Travel is free once unlocked. Deeper waters hold heavier, rarer and more valuable fish, and a legendary boss.
Every unlocked water card shows your progress there: species recorded in your journal out of the pool, and how many of those you have also caught as a scarred, giant, golden or other variant. Record every species and the water is stamped Complete.
| Water | Type | Level | Passage | Species | Legendary | Mythic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook Pond | Freshwater pond | 1 | free | 36 | 3 | 1 |
| Willow River | Lowland river | 3 | 150g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Greyfell Lake | Deep cold lake | 7 | 800g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Saltmarsh Estuary | Brackish estuary | 11 | 2,500g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Harrow Point | Rocky sea coast | 15 | 6,000g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Coral Shoals | Tropical reef | 20 | 14,000g | 36 | 4 | 1 |
| Blackwater Mangroves | Tropical river | 25 | 30,000g | 36 | 3 | 1 |
| The Frozen Reach | Arctic ice fishing | 31 | 60,000g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| The Sunken Deep | Open ocean abyss | 38 | 120,000g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Ghostlight Cavern | Subterranean lake | 45 | 250,000g | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| The Drowned Temple | Sunken temple lake | 60 | 500,000g | 26 | 4 | 2 |
| The Cinder Trench | Volcanic deep-sea trench | 80 | 1,000,000g | 25 | 4 | 2 |
416 species live in the Lands. Every species has a natural-history plate, a weight range, a fighting style and a value modifier. Discover them to fill your Fish Journal; click any entry for its full record and server-wide records.
| Rarity | Roll weight | Base value | XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| common | 600 | 8g | 10 |
| uncommon | 280 | 26g | 24 |
| rare | 90 | 95g | 70 |
| epic | 28 | 380g | 210 |
| legendary | 5 | 2000g | 650 |
| mythic | 0.7 | 6000g | 1600 |
Mythic sits above legendary: one per water, real species that belong there, roughly one in 650 bites at base luck. They fight at 1.8× strength with far more stamina than a legendary, so a matched high-tier set is all but required to land one. Hooking one raises a server-wide alert just like a legendary, and landing one counts toward the Legendary Hunter contest and the "Myth Made Flesh" / "Keeper of Myths" achievements.
Value = base × species modifier × (0.7 → 2.0 by how close the weight is to the species maximum) × variant multiplier. XP = rarity XP + 3×√weight.
| Variant | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| normal | 0% | ×1 |
| scarred | 3.5% | ×1.35 |
| giant | 2% | ×2.2 |
| albino | 1.2% | ×3 |
| golden | 0.6% | ×5 |
Variants are rolled independently of rarity. A golden mythic is the rarest thing in the game.
Every species has its own mastery, levels 1–10, earned simply by landing more of it. Progress shows on each Fish Journal card and in the catch result. Rarer fish master in far fewer catches, but a common takes 300 to master, so a full bar is a real badge.
| Rarity | Lv 1 | Lv 2 | Lv 3 | Lv 4 | Lv 5 | Lv 6 | Lv 7 | Lv 8 | Lv 9 | Lv 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 60 | 100 | 150 | 220 | 300 |
| uncommon | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 70 | 105 | 154 | 210 |
| rare | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 45 | 68 | 99 | 135 |
| epic | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 55 | 75 |
| legendary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 30 |
| mythic | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| Level | Perk |
|---|---|
| Lv 1 | +2% vendor price and XP per level (up to +20%; the price bonus is applied when you sell to the vendor, so it counts for every fish of that species you still hold) |
| Lv 3 | fish tires 5% faster (10% at Lv 6, 15% at Lv 9) |
| Lv 5 | +5% on the weight roll (+10% at Lv 10): a mastered species can weigh up to 10% more than the journal range shows |
| Lv 7 | giant / albino / golden variants 1.5× as likely |
| Lv 10 | Master title, 1 Pearl, feed shout-out |
Reaching Lv 10 grants the "[Fish] Master" title, a Pearl and a feed shout-out. Your total mastery levels are shown on your profile and rank on the Fish masters board.
Buy at the Tackle Shop. Only one rod, reel and line are equipped at a time. Some tackle is level-locked and the finest pieces cost gold and Pearls: earn Pearls from weekly quests, contests, bosses, streaks and the day-7 Harbour Chest. Matched set bonus: equip a rod, reel and line of the same tier and you get +5% fight power and 50% of all durability wear is skipped, your tackle lasts twice as long. Mixed tiers get no set bonus, so complete the set at every step up.
Besides shorter, safer fights, each piece of tackle carries a bonus that grows with its tier (T1 = none): the rod adds +1 luck per tier on every cast (rarer species and variants, a T8 rod is +7 luck, about the same as a dawn bite in good weather), the reel adds +2% vendor price per tier whenever you sell fish to the vendor (it uses the reel you are wearing at the moment of sale, so upgrading pays off on every fish already in your keepnet), and the line adds +2% XP per tier. A fish's listed value is the same for every angler, the reel and mastery bonuses are added only at the vendor, never on the Market or in contests. These stack with crew perks and are listed on every shop card.
| Tier | Repair cost per point |
|---|---|
| T1 | free |
| T2 | 5 gold |
| T3-4 | 10 gold |
| T5-6 | 20 gold |
| T7-8 | 35 gold |
| T9 | 50 gold |
Repair cost depends on the tier band only, never on the price you paid, so a top rod is not a money pit to maintain.
| Rod | Tier | Power | Control | Luck | Price | Lv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Pole | T1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Fibreglass Rod | T2 | 1.15 | 1.06 | +1 | 250g | - |
| Graphite Spinning Rod | T3 | 1.3 | 1.15 | +2 | 900g | - |
| Heavy Surf Rod | T4 | 1.5 | 1.22 | +3 | 2,800g | - |
| Riverkeeper's Willow Rod | T4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +3 | 4,500g | 8 |
| Carbon Match Rod | T5 | 1.7 | 1.35 | +4 | 7,500g | - |
| Shoalcaller Rod | T5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | +4 | 12,000g + 5 Pearls | 15 |
| Offshore Trolling Rod | T6 | 2 | 1.45 | +5 | 20,000g | - |
| Fellowship Ash Rod | T6 | 2.1 | 1.55 | +5 | 35,000g + 10 Pearls | 20 |
| Stormbreaker Rod | T6 | 2.15 | 1.5 | +5 | 32,000g | 18 |
| Deepwater Composite | T7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | +6 | 55,000g | - |
| Duelist's Rapier Rod | T7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | +6 | 90,000g + 20 Pearls | 28 |
| Leviathan Gaff Rod | T7 | 2.55 | 1.7 | +6 | 90,000g + 15 Pearls | 25 |
| Master's Heirloom Rod | T8 | 2.8 | 1.8 | +7 | 160,000g | - |
| Giantsbane Rod | T8 | 2.95 | 1.9 | +7 | 200,000g + 35 Pearls | 35 |
| Drowned King's Rod | T9 | 3.1 | 2 | +8 | 260,000g + 40 Pearls | 35 |
| Titan Stand-Up Rod | T9 | 3.2 | 2 | +8 | 420,000g | - |
| Eternal Tide Rod | T10 | 3.5 | 2.25 | +9 | 750,000g + 100 Pearls | 50 |
| Reel | Tier | Recovery | Vendor price | Price | Lv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Spool | T1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Spinning Reel | T2 | 1.15 | +2% | 400g | - |
| Baitcaster | T3 | 1.3 | +4% | 1,600g | - |
| Brass Fly Reel | T3 | 1.4 | +4% | 2,800g | 7 |
| Sealed Drag Reel | T4 | 1.5 | +6% | 6,000g | - |
| Big Game Reel | T5 | 1.75 | +8% | 24,000g | - |
| Harpooner's Winch | T5 | 1.88 | +8% | 45,000g + 8 Pearls | 20 |
| Precision Tournament Reel | T6 | 2 | +10% | 90,000g | - |
| Deepwater Lever Drag | T7 | 2.2 | +12% | 55,000g | - |
| Abyssal Lever Drag | T7 | 2.25 | +12% | 150,000g + 30 Pearls | 32 |
| Master's Heirloom Reel | T8 | 2.45 | +14% | 160,000g | - |
| Titan Electric Winch | T9 | 2.75 | +16% | 420,000g | - |
| Drowned King's Winch | T9 | 2.9 | +16% | 260,000g + 40 Pearls | 35 |
| Line | Tier | Tolerance | XP | Price | Lv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Line | T1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Monofilament | T2 | 1.1 | +2% | 300g | - |
| Fluorocarbon | T3 | 1.22 | +4% | 1,300g | - |
| Waxed Silk Line | T3 | 1.3 | +4% | 2,600g | 6 |
| Braided Line | T4 | 1.38 | +6% | 4,500g | - |
| Wire Leader Rig | T5 | 1.55 | +8% | 18,000g | - |
| Deep-Sea Dyneema | T5 | 1.68 | +8% | 30,000g + 6 Pearls | 17 |
| Kevlar Braid | T6 | 1.8 | +10% | 65,000g | - |
| Hollow-Core Braid | T7 | 2 | +12% | 55,000g | - |
| Leviathan Sinew | T7 | 2.05 | +12% | 120,000g + 25 Pearls | 30 |
| Master's Heirloom Line | T8 | 2.25 | +14% | 160,000g | - |
| Titan Cable Braid | T9 | 2.55 | +16% | 420,000g | - |
| Drowned King's Line | T9 | 2.7 | +16% | 260,000g + 40 Pearls | 35 |
Every item has 100/100 durability. Each fish you fight (landed or lost) takes 1 point off your equipped rod, reel and line. Tackle never breaks and never stops you fishing: at 0 it still works but at 70% of its fight stats and of its tier perk (rod luck, reel sell bonus, line XP, rounded down) until repaired. The luck readout on the Fishing page shows a worn rod as "rod T8 (worn, 70%)". Below 25 the condition readout turns amber.
Repair everything in one click from your Inventory tackle box or the Tackle panel while fishing. Cost is a flat amount per point set by the item's tier band (see the table under Tackle above, 5 gold at T2 up to 50 gold at T9), never a percentage of the price; the free starter gear is repaired for nothing.
Crates are rare loot boxes in three tiers: Bronze, Silver and Gold. They are only ever earned by playing, never sold for Pearls or money. You can open them from your Inventory (Crates & more) or sell them unopened on the Market.
Every opening is a fresh roll with the chances below. Nothing carries over between openings: there is no pity counter, no guarantee and no progress towards a prize. A rod you already own goes into your Tackle box as a spare that you can sell.
| Source | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Each fish you land | 0.005% | 0.0013% | 0.00025% |
| Slaying a boss | 8% | 2% | 0.3% |
| Pulling on a crew Leviathan | 5% | 1% | 0.1% |
Nailed shut with bronze bands. Mostly gold and tackle, but every so often something extraordinary rattles inside.
| Prize | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500 gold | 30% | 2,500g |
| 25× Premium Chum | 16% | 1,700g |
| 6,000 gold | 15% | 6,000g |
| Energy Potion | 12% | 900g |
| 200 Tackle Scrap | 12% | 2,400g |
| 10× Moonfly Lure | 8% | 675g |
| 15,000 gold | 4% | 15,000g |
| 3 Pearls | 2% | 6,000g |
| Silver Crate | 0.5% | 30,000g |
| Reefsong Coral Rod | 0.4% | 30,000g |
| Moonreed Rod | 0.09% | 80,000g |
| Tempest Fang Rod | 0.009% | 250,000g |
| Emerald Wyrm Rod | 0.001% | 600,000g |
Silver-bound and humming with cold light. Better hauls and a real shot at a crate-only rod.
| Prize | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 gold | 28% | 10,000g |
| 25,000 gold | 15% | 25,000g |
| 10× Abyss Lantern | 12% | 1,040g |
| 3× Energy Potion | 12% | 2,700g |
| 750 Tackle Scrap | 10% | 9,000g |
| 10× Siren's Roe | 8% | 1,310g |
| 8 Pearls | 5% | 16,000g |
| 60,000 gold | 4% | 60,000g |
| Reefsong Coral Rod | 2.5% | 30,000g |
| Gold Crate | 1.5% | 150,000g |
| Moonreed Rod | 1.5% | 80,000g |
| Tempest Fang Rod | 0.4% | 250,000g |
| Emerald Wyrm Rod | 0.09% | 600,000g |
| Starfall Rod | 0.009% | 1,500,000g |
| Abyssal Crown Rod | 0.001% | 4,000,000g |
Black lacquer and gold filigree, light pouring out of every seam. The only crate where the rarest rods are more than a dream.
| Prize | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 50,000 gold | 25% | 50,000g |
| 120,000 gold | 15% | 120,000g |
| 30× Siren's Roe | 12% | 3,930g |
| 6× Energy Potion | 10% | 5,400g |
| 2,500 Tackle Scrap | 10% | 30,000g |
| 20 Pearls | 8% | 40,000g |
| Moonreed Rod | 7% | 80,000g |
| 300,000 gold | 5% | 300,000g |
| Tempest Fang Rod | 5% | 250,000g |
| Emerald Wyrm Rod | 2.5% | 600,000g |
| Starfall Rod | 0.49% | 1,500,000g |
| Abyssal Crown Rod | 0.01% | 4,000,000g |
These six rods are never sold in the Tackle Shop. They only come out of crates, or from another angler on the Market. You need the listed level to equip one.
| Rod | Tier | Lv | Power | Control | Bonuses | Bronze Crate | Silver Crate | Gold Crate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reefsong Coral Rod | T5 | 10 | 1.75 | 1.4 | Reef Song: +5% bite chance and +2 luck on every cast. | 0.4% | 2.5% | - |
| Moonreed Rod | T6 | 15 | 2.1 | 1.6 | Moonlit: +12% XP from every fish and 5% of casts cost no energy. | 0.09% | 1.5% | 7% |
| Tempest Fang Rod | T8 | 22 | 2.9 | 1.95 | Stormcharged: 10% of casts cost no energy, fish weigh 8% more, never wears out. | 0.009% | 0.4% | 5% |
| Emerald Wyrm Rod | T9 | 28 | 3.3 | 2.1 | Wyrmscale: +4 luck, fish weigh 12% more, +10% XP, never wears out. | 0.001% | 0.09% | 2.5% |
| Starfall Rod | T10 | 35 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Falling Star: 10% of landed fish bring a twin, +15% XP, 6% free casts, never wears out. | - | 0.009% | 0.49% |
| Abyssal Crown Rod | T11 | 40 | 4 | 2.5 | Crown of the Deep: 15% twin catches, fish weigh 20% more, +20% XP, +6 luck, +6% bite, 8% free casts, never wears out. | - | 0.001% | 0.01% |
About 12% of empty casts ("nothing bites") haul up trash instead, it costs the normal cast energy, gives no XP and never replaces a fish. Trash stacks in the Inventory Salvage box, where it is recycled into Tackle Scrap. Deep and sea waters (The Cinder Trench, Coral Shoals, The Frozen Reach, Ghostlight Cavern, Harrow Point, The Sunken Deep) give heavier junk, hooks, planks and anchor chain, so more scrap per hour. A bottle has a 5% chance to hold a note with gold and a 0.1% chance to hold a Harbourmaster's Seal.
| Trash | Scrap | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterlogged Boot | 1 | Somebody's left foot, or what the eels left of it. |
| Glass Bottle | 1 | Corked. Sometimes there's something inside. |
| Tangled Line | 2 | A bird's nest of old nylon and a lost sinker. |
| Rusty Hook | 3 | Bent, barbed and older than you. |
| Driftwood Plank | 3 | Good hardwood under the barnacles. |
| Anchor Chain Link | 5 | Heavy iron from some forgotten wreck. Deep waters only. |
At the Tackle Shop → Enhance bench every owned rod, reel and line can be raised level by level. Each level adds +2% to the item's fight stat (rod power & control, reel recovery, line tolerance). On top: the rod gains +1 luck at every even level (+5 at +10), the reel +1% vendor price per level and the line +1% XP per level. Enhancement sticks to the item and shows as "+N" after its name. Cost for level n is 8·n² scrap plus gold equal to 10% × n of the item's shop price (starter gear counts as 500 gold). +1 always succeeds; every step after that can fail, losing the scrap and gold, and from +6 a failure also knocks the item down one level.
| Level | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +8 | +9 | +10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 25% | 20% |
| Scrap | 8 | 32 | 72 | 128 | 200 | 288 | 392 | 512 | 648 | 800 |
| Gold (% of price) | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% |
Harbourmaster's Seal is no longer sold for Pearls. Earn one on the weekly Duel Ladder (some weeks a top milestone holds one, and the #1 podium prize always does) or, very rarely, find one in a recycled trash bottle. Spend one on an attempt and it cannot fail. One Seal per attempt. Groundbait still ignores all luck, enhanced rod included.
Bait is consumed one per cast. Select it on the Fishing page. Each bait gives its full luck and bite at the waters it suits; elsewhere only a third of its luck. Live bait is made from your own catches (+1 per fish, one small fish, one hook). Crafted baits out-luck the shop bait of their tier without costing Pearls (Angler's Secret is the strongest bait of all) and can only be made at Bait Crafting from fish plus vendor ingredients, or bought from other anglers on the market.
The better your rod, bait and crew perks, the harder it becomes to land a plain common or uncommon fish, which is exactly what many Harbour contracts, journal gaps and mastery levels ask for. Groundbait (10g, Tackle Shop, no level needed, every water) solves this: while it's on the hook your luck is ignored for the rarity roll and common and uncommon fish are twice as likely. The odds are the same for everyone, whatever their level: about 63.7% common, 29.73% uncommon, 4.78% rare, 1.49% epic, 0.27% legendary and 0.04% mythic. It has the highest bite bonus of any bait (+10%) so grinding casts rarely come back empty. Everything else is untouched, variant chance, secret fish windows, boss hooks, bait-only species, time-of-day bonuses and weight rolls. Rule of thumb: Groundbait to fill orders, Chum and Glow to hunt trophies.
Some fish are fussy. The species below only take the listed baits; with anything else they bite at a token 4% of their normal rate, so for practical purposes you will not catch them. The Bait panel on the Fishing page tells you which local species your current bait unlocks.
| Fish | Water | Rarity | Takes only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Carp | Millbrook Pond | common | Bread Crust, Crickets |
| Escaped Koi | Millbrook Pond | rare | Bread Crust, Crickets |
| Brown Trout | Willow River | common | Crickets, Spinner Lure, Earthworms |
| Northern Pike | Willow River | uncommon | Live Minnows, Spinner Lure |
| Zander | Willow River | uncommon | Live Minnows, Spinner Lure |
| Northern Pike | Greyfell Lake | uncommon | Live Minnows, Spinner Lure |
| Tarpon | Saltmarsh Estuary | rare | Live Bait, Frozen Sardine, Cut Bait |
| Mahi-Mahi | Coral Shoals | uncommon | Frozen Sardine, Squid Strips, Spinner Lure |
| Giant Trevally | Coral Shoals | rare | Live Bait, Moonfly Lure, Spinner Lure |
| Sailfish | Coral Shoals | epic | Frozen Sardine, Live Bait |
| Greenland Shark | The Frozen Reach | rare | Cut Bait, Frozen Sardine, Siren's Roe |
| Coelacanth | The Sunken Deep | epic | Abyss Lantern, Glow Jig, Glow Paste |
| Ghostlight Wraithfish | Ghostlight Cavern | epic | Abyss Lantern, Glow Jig, Glow Paste |
| Giant Trevally | Coral Shoals | legendary | Live Bait, Moonfly Lure, Spinner Lure |
| Bait | Luck | Bite | Size | Price | Lv | Best at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Crust | 0 | +4 | 0/5 | 3g | - | Millbrook Pond, Willow River, Greyfell Lake, The Drowned Temple |
| Groundbait ◇ | ignored | +10 | 0/5 | 10g | - | all waters |
| Earthworms | +1 | +6 | 0/5 | 7g | - | Millbrook Pond, Willow River, Greyfell Lake, Blackwater Mangroves, Ghostlight Cavern, The Drowned Temple |
| Maggots | +1 | +8 | 0/5 | 8g | - | Millbrook Pond, Willow River, Greyfell Lake, The Drowned Temple |
| Crickets | +2 | +9 | 1/5 | 15g | 3 | Millbrook Pond, Willow River, Greyfell Lake, The Drowned Temple |
| Live Minnows | +4 | +4 | 1/5 | 18g | - | Millbrook Pond, Willow River, Greyfell Lake, Blackwater Mangroves, Ghostlight Cavern, The Drowned Temple |
| Peeled Shrimp | +4 | +6 | 1/5 | 20g | - | Saltmarsh Estuary, Harrow Point, Coral Shoals |
| Bloodworms | +5 | +7 | 1/5 | 24g | 6 | Saltmarsh Estuary, Harrow Point, Blackwater Mangroves, The Drowned Temple |
| Spinner Lure | +6 | +2 | 2/5 | 27g | - | all waters |
| Squid Strips | +7 | +5 | 2/5 | 35g | - | Saltmarsh Estuary, Harrow Point, Coral Shoals, The Frozen Reach, The Sunken Deep, The Cinder Trench |
| Cut Bait | +8 | +4 | 2/5 | 37g | - | Saltmarsh Estuary, Harrow Point, Coral Shoals, The Frozen Reach, The Sunken Deep, Blackwater Mangroves, The Cinder Trench |
| Live Bait | +9 | +5 | 2/5 | - | - | all waters |
| Frozen Sardine | +9 | +6 | 2/5 | 43g | 12 | Harrow Point, Coral Shoals, The Frozen Reach, The Sunken Deep, The Cinder Trench |
| Salted Cutbait ✦ | +10 | +8 | 2/5 | crafted | - | all waters |
| Duellist's Chum | +12 | +7 | 3/5 | - | - | all waters |
| Premium Chum | +14 | +8 | 3/5 | 68g | - | all waters |
| Moonfly Lure | +15 | +5 | 3/5 | 675g + 1 Pearl per 10 | 15 | all waters |
| Oiled Chum Ball ✦ | +17 | +7 | 3/5 | crafted | - | all waters |
| Glow Jig | +20 | +3 | 4/5 | 91g | - | The Sunken Deep, Ghostlight Cavern, The Frozen Reach, The Cinder Trench |
| Abyss Lantern | +26 | +4 | 4/5 | 1040g + 2 Pearls per 10 | 24 | The Sunken Deep, Ghostlight Cavern, The Frozen Reach, The Cinder Trench |
| Glow Paste ✦ | +28 | +5 | 4/5 | crafted | - | The Sunken Deep, Ghostlight Cavern, The Frozen Reach, Greyfell Lake, The Cinder Trench |
| Siren's Roe | +30 | +8 | 5/5 | 1310g + 4 Pearls per 10 | 30 | Coral Shoals, Harrow Point, Saltmarsh Estuary, The Sunken Deep, The Cinder Trench |
| Angler's Secret ✦ | +34 | +9 | 5/5 | crafted | - | all waters |
✦ crafted · ◇ luck ignored, common & uncommon doubled
Every bait has a Size grade from 0 to 5. The grade flattens the weight roll toward heavy specimens (an average catch sits around 31% of the species' weight range with a grade-0 bait and around 55% at grade 5) and multiplies the (small) variant odds by 1 + 0.15 per grade, e.g. Golden is 0.6% of catches with plain bait and about 1.05% with a grade-5 bait; Giant goes from 2% to 3.5%. Heavier fish sell for more, fight harder and set records, so a high-grade bait pays for itself even before the extra rare and legendary bites. Shop prices are set at about half of the extra fish value a bait brings in at its own waters; the Tackle Shop shows the expected net gold per cast at the water you are standing at.
| Makes | Fish needed | Ingredients | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salted Cutbait | 2 | 1× Sea Salt | 6 |
| Oiled Chum Ball | 3 | 1× Fish Oil, 1× Harbour Spice | 5 |
| Glow Paste | 2 | 1× Glow Powder, 1× Fish Oil | 4 |
| Angler's Secret | 5 | 1× Fish Oil, 1× Harbour Spice, 1× Glow Powder | 3 |
The dockside vendor sells each angler a limited stock of every ingredient per UTC day; the allowance resets at midnight UTC together with daily quests. Crafting itself is never capped, if you run out, buy ingredients from other anglers on the Market (filter "Ingredients only") or sell your spare stock with the Sell button in your Inventory. Guests must claim their account before listing ingredients. Ingredients from the Harbour Chest do not count against the cap.
| Ingredient | Vendor price | Daily stock |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Salt | 15g | 20 |
| Fish Oil | 45g | 16 |
| Harbour Spice | 120g | 12 |
| Glow Powder | 350g | 8 |
XP to reach the next level = 80 × level1.55. Titles shown by default follow level; land 3 legendary fish for Living Legend. The ladder goes to level 250: levels 100, 150, 200 and 250 carry their own titles (and achievements) that outrank everything but the Harbour Warden. Titles earned from achievements, story quests and bosses can be chosen on My Angler.
| Level | XP for this level | Default title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80 | Greenhorn |
| 5 | 969 | Pond Regular |
| 10 | 2,838 | River Warden |
| 20 | 8,311 | Sea Hand |
| 30 | 15,582 | Deepwater Captain |
| 45 | 29,212 | Master Angler |
| 70 | 57,941 | Grand Angler |
| 100 | 100,714 | Centurion of the Deep |
| 150 | 188,812 | Tidecaller |
| 200 | 294,907 | Fathom Lord |
| 250 | 416,770 | Living Myth |
The Quest log has three kinds. Daily (3 per day) and weekly (2 per week) quests are rolled from templates for your level. Finish all dailies to extend your quest streak; every 7th day pays a big streak bonus, and an alive streak boosts your Harbour chest. Story chapters unlock by level and tell the tale of the harbour; a "!" on the Quests tab means a new chapter is ready.
| Chapter | Level | Objective | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casting Off | 1 | Land 3 fish. | - |
| The Miller's Complaint | 1 | Land 6 fish at Millbrook Pond. | - |
| A Fair Price | 2 | Sell 5 fish to the vendor or on the market. | - |
| Down the Willow | 3 | Travel to Willow River. | - |
| River Colours | 3 | Discover 6 new species. | - |
| Something in the Reeds | 4 | Land a rare-or-better fish. | Reed Stalker |
| The Missing Catch | 7 | Land a fish over 20 kg at Greyfell Lake. | Lakewatcher |
| Night Watch | 8 | Land 10 fish after dark. | - |
| Salt on the Wind | 11 | Travel to Saltmarsh Estuary. | - |
| Tide Tables | 11 | Land 15 fish at Saltmarsh Estuary. | - |
| The Merchant's Wager | 12 | List 3 fish on the player market. | - |
| Harrow's Teeth | 15 | Land 5 rare-or-better fish at Harrow Point. | Harrow Hand |
| Old Salt's Recipe | 15 | Craft 3 baits at the crafting bench. | - |
| Colours of the Reef | 20 | Discover 10 new species at Coral Shoals. | - |
| The Golden Rumour | 22 | Land any variant fish (scarred, giant, albino or golden). | Rumour Chaser |
| Into the Black | 25 | Land a fish over 40 kg at Blackwater Mangroves. | - |
| The Long Cold | 31 | Land 20 fish at The Frozen Reach. | Ice Breaker |
| What the Deep Keeps | 38 | Land an epic-or-better fish at The Sunken Deep. | Deepwater Witness |
| Light in the Dark | 45 | Land a legendary fish. | Light in the Dark |
Spin the Harbourmaster's wheel once per UTC day. Consecutive days climb a 7-day ladder; miss a day and it resets to day 1. Day 7 spins the Better Wheel, then the ladder starts again. Gold and XP scale with your level. Guests get gold instead of crates. A gold dot on the Harbour tab means today's spin is waiting.
| Daily wheel (days 1-6) | Base amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 150 | 30% |
| XP | 60 | 15% |
| Live Bait | 8 | 12% |
| Gold | 400 | 15% |
| Random ingredient | 3 | 10% |
| Tackle scrap | 40 | 10% |
| Energy Potion | 1 | 6% |
| Bronze Crate | 1 | 2% |
| Better Wheel (day 7) | Base amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1500 | 22% |
| XP | 200 | 16% |
| Random crafted bait | 4 | 14% |
| Pearls | 3 | 12% |
| Tackle scrap | 200 | 10% |
| Energy Potion | 3 | 8% |
| Gold | 4000 | 7% |
| Bronze Crate | 1 | 3% |
| Silver Crate | 1 | 4% |
| Jackpot: mythic fish, albino or golden | 1 | 4% |
Harbourmaster Aldous Crane, bait seller Nettie Marsh, Old Tobias and Cook Marisol Vane stand on the quay. Click a face to hear them talk, their lines change hourly and refer to real happenings: the week's heaviest catch, the leading crew, active expeditions and bosses, the weather where you fish, and your own record.
The Contract Board replaces the old bounty of the day. Four dockside patrons post delivery orders, a personal board of 6 offers at a time, each on the board for 12,48 hours before a fresh one takes its place; when you accept an offer its slot is re-posted 4 hours later, and filled contracts stay listed under "Your contracts" for a day. Accept an order (you can hold 2 at once; Old Tobias grants a third at Trusted rank) and you have 48 hours to fill it. At most 4 contracts can be filled per day, the board is a steady side income, deliberately smaller than fishing itself, and server boosters do not touch it. Hand in fish from your inventory in any number of trips, caught fresh or bought on the Market, it makes no difference. Fish handed in leave your inventory for good (your journal, mastery, contests and crew tallies already counted them). One offer per day can be swapped for another; abandoning an accepted contract costs 5 favour with that patron.
Orders are tiered 1,4 by the rarity of what they ask for (T1 common, T2 uncommon, T3 rare, T4 epic/legendary; trophy and curiosity orders are at least T2). Gold is the fish's plain value ×1.5 plus a tier bonus that scales with your level and the water's level, always more than the vendor pays, and usually more than the Market. XP scales with your level; a Pearl comes with 0/10/30/60% of T1,T4 orders and always with a special order. Every filled order adds favour (8/12/20/30 by tier, 45 for a special order) with that patron. Hand-ins are also handed in cheapest-first, so your valuable fish stay in the keepnet.
| Rank | Favour | One-off reward |
|---|---|---|
| Stranger | 0 | - |
| Acquaintance | 100 | 400 gold |
| Trusted | 300 | 1200 gold + 1 Pearls |
| Partner | 650 | 3000 gold + 2 Pearls |
| Old Friend | 1200 | 7500 gold + 3 Pearls + the patron's title |
Ranks never fall (abandoning only spends points). Each patron's perk is passive and permanent once unlocked, and stacks with crew perks:
| Patron | Wants | Perk at full rank |
|---|---|---|
| Harbourmaster Aldous Crane | bulk orders of everyday fish for the dock stores | -20% gear repair costs (from Acquaintance) |
| Nettie Marsh | small fish for her bait tubs and odd-looking specimens for the curious | -20% on bait at the Tackle Shop (from Acquaintance) |
| Old Tobias | heavy trophies and proof of skill from the far waters | +1 contract slot (from Trusted); -1% market fee on your sales (from Old Friend) |
| Cook Marisol Vane | fish by the kilo for the galley pots and the finest cuts for the captain's table | +25% gold on every contract (from Acquaintance); the Galley Copper portrait frame (from Old Friend) |
Old Friends (Old Friend) receive that patron's title and, now and then, a special order on their board: tier-4 pay, a guaranteed Pearl and 45 favour. A daily quest ("Honest Work") sometimes asks for one filled contract, and achievements reward 10 and 50 contracts and Old Friend status.
Every 4 hours an expedition opens at one water for 60 minutes, giving everyone there +25 luck and +10 bite. The Harbour and Fishing pages show the current and next expedition with a travel button.
The alert bar at the top of the game shows live legendary and mythic hooks, landings and losses across the server for 12 minutes, plus expedition and boss windows. Cheer other anglers on from the bar.
Browser notifications (off by default): open Settings (⚙ in the top bar) and turn on alerts for boss spawns, expeditions, random events and/or a full energy bar to get one ping per window even when the tab is closed. Works on desktop browsers and Android; on iPhone/iPad only after adding the game to your Home Screen. Guests must claim their account first.
One monster haunts every water. Roughly every 8 hours one boss rises for a 30-minute window on a hidden timer; the whole server is told "Something enormous is stirring at …". While it is up, 25% of bites at that water are the boss itself. The fight has two phases: at half progress it rallies, the sweet spot narrows and its pull jumps. Slaying it pays gold, XP and a unique title, records the kill in the Journal's ☠ Bosses tab, and pays online crewmates fishing the same water a 10% share. One kill per angler per window. Mount up to 3 bosses as gold plaques on your profile.
| Boss | Water | Style | Weight | Gold | XP | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Grandfather | Millbrook Pond | sluggish | 83.8–121.3 lb | 1,800 | 500 | Grandfather's Bane |
| The Willow Wyrm | Willow River | thrasher | 52.9–88.2 lb | 2,600 | 700 | Wyrmslayer |
| Greyfell's Shadow | Greyfell Lake | runner | 99.2–154.3 lb | 3,800 | 950 | Shadowbreaker |
| The Mudking | Saltmarsh Estuary | diver | 573.2–749.6 lb | 5,500 | 1,300 | Kingslayer of the Marsh |
| Harrowjaw | Harrow Point | diver | 209.4–308.6 lb | 7,500 | 1,700 | Harrowjaw's Bane |
| The Reef Emperor | Coral Shoals | sluggish | 837.8–1014.1 lb | 10,000 | 2,200 | Emperor's Bane |
| Blackwater Maw | Blackwater Mangroves | jumper | 463–639.3 lb | 13,000 | 2,800 | Mawbreaker |
| The Pale Titan | The Frozen Reach | sluggish | 1984.2–2645.5 lb | 18,000 | 3,600 | Titanfall |
| The Drowned King | The Sunken Deep | runner | 705.5–925.9 lb | 26,000 | 4,800 | Crownbreaker |
| The Ghostlight Wyrm | Ghostlight Cavern | thrasher | 330.7–485 lb | 40,000 | 6,500 | Wyrm of the Deep Dark |
| The Stone-Scaled Ancestor | The Drowned Temple | runner | 881.8–1433 lb | 65,000 | 9,000 | Keeper of the Temple |
| The Cinder King | The Cinder Trench | diver | 5511.5–8818.5 lb | 100,000 | 13,000 | Kingslayer of the Cinders |
Three species have a 0% spawn rate for most of the day. Each one only bites during a fixed real-world window in server time (the clock above the World feed runs on UTC), and nobody will tell you when: the hours are not written anywhere in the game. Read the lore, watch the water, compare notes with other anglers. While a window is open at its water, about 6% of bites there are the secret fish, and there is no announcement. Any bait works; they are not fussy eaters. They never count toward a water's Complete stamp, sit in your Journal as "???" until landed, and landing all three grants the title Keeper of Secrets.
| Secret catch | Water | Rarity | What the old salts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Ray | Coral Shoals | legendary | A ray whose back mirrors the night sky. Seen only when the stars are out. |
| Dawnfire Carp | Millbrook Pond | epic | Scales the colour of the first light. It rises with the sun and is gone by breakfast. |
| Vesper Eel | Blackwater Mangroves | epic | Hunts the mangrove channels in the half hour of red light, then sinks into the mud. |
Found a crew for 5,000 gold or join one (open crews accept instantly; invite-only crews take applications and leaders can whisper invites). Base capacity 20 anglers. Crews share a private chat channel and compete in a rotating weekly crew challenge (total weight, species landed or rarity points) that pays gold to split and Pearls to every member.
Every member can deposit gold into the crew bank; the leader spends it on perks that apply to all members. Hall tiers: Dockside Shack → Fishermen's Lodge → Great Hall → Harbour Palace.
Ranks. The leader can appoint officers from the roster (badges show next to names). Officers can build hall upgrades, write the notice board, invite anglers and approve or decline join requests; only the leader can kick, promote, demote or change crew settings. If a leader leaves, an officer takes the helm. The leader and officers can also send one crew message per 24 hours that lands in every member's inbox and the crew chat.
| Perk | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Charms | +1 luck on every cast (9,500g) | +2 luck on every cast (25,000g) | +3 luck on every cast (62,500g) |
| Trade Licence | +2 market listing slots (6,500g) | +4 market listing slots (19,000g) | +6 market listing slots (44,000g) |
| Galley Rations | +10% energy regeneration (11,500g) | +20% energy regeneration (31,500g) | +30% energy regeneration (81,500g) |
| Ship's Chandler | -15% gear repair costs for every member (7,500g) | -30% gear repair costs for every member (22,500g) | -50% gear repair costs for every member (56,500g) |
| Crew Hall | +5 member capacity, hall banner & notice board (6,500g) | +10 member capacity, hall banner & notice board (22,000g) | +20 member capacity, hall banner & notice board (69,000g) |
Tier requirements. Every perk's tier 2 needs 5 crew members and 5 weekly crew orders filled; tier 3 needs 10 members, 15 crew orders filled and 1 crew boss (Leviathan) landed. Tiers a crew already built stay built.
Every week each crew receives one big delivery order from a rotating dockside patron, sized to the roster (3–20 members counted): a bulk line of a common species, a bulk line of an uncommon species, a total weight of fish from one water (any species) and a handful of rare-or-better fish from anywhere. Species come from waters at least half the crew has unlocked, so everyone can pitch in. Any member hands fish in from their own inventory on the crew page; cheapest fish go first. All four lines must be filled before the week ends or nobody is paid. On completion the pool (fish value ×2 plus 600 gold per member) is split: 25% into the crew bank for perks, the rest among everyone who delivered in proportion to their share of the work (rare fish count 4×). Each contributor also gets XP, 1 Pearl (2 with a ≥5% share) and +30 favour with that patron. The daily 4-contract cap does not apply to the crew order.
From level 10 the Duelling Pier is open. Entering the queue costs 5 energy (refunded if nobody turns up within 90 s). Two anglers are paired and fish the same water, chosen at random from the waters both have unlocked, for 2 minutes. Two anglers on the same internet connection are never paired and can't rematch each other. Casts inside the duel are free, and you both fight with your own rod, reel and line (duels never wear gear down). Landing a species you have mastered adds +1.5% points per mastery level (up to +15% at level 10). Duel fish never enter your inventory or journal. Most points wins; ties go to total weight, then fewer lost fish. A fish hooked before the buzzer may still be fought (at most 90 s of overtime). Leaving the pier for 45 s forfeits the duel.
| Rarity landed | Points |
|---|---|
| common | 10 (+ up to 50% for size, +25% for a variant) |
| uncommon | 25 (+ up to 50% for size, +25% for a variant) |
| rare | 60 (+ up to 50% for size, +25% for a variant) |
| epic | 120 (+ up to 50% for size, +25% for a variant) |
| legendary | 250 (+ up to 50% for size, +25% for a variant) |
| mythic | 600 (+ up to 50% for size, +25% for a variant) |
Every duel you win moves you up this week's ladder by +3. Draws and losses never move you back. Crossing a milestone pays its reward straight away, once per week. Anglers on the same connection can't be matched against each other. The ladder and its rewards reset every Monday 00:00 UTC, and each week has a different set of rewards: gold, XP, all kinds of bait (including the duel-only Duellist's Chum), tackle scrap, Energy Potions, Pearls, crates, fish in rare variants put straight into your keepnet and sometimes a Harbourmaster's Seal on one of the top milestones. Every reward is random each week. The Duelling Pier page shows this week's full list.
| Milestone | Ladder points | Reward tier |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Small |
| 2 | 6 | Small |
| 3 | 10 | Small |
| 4 | 15 | Medium |
| 5 | 21 | Medium |
| 6 | 28 | Medium |
| 7 | 36 | Big |
| 8 | 45 | Big |
| 9 | 55 | Top |
| 10 | 66 | Top |
The three anglers with the most duel wins in the week (ties: more ladder points, then fewer losses) are paid when the week ends:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| #1 | 15,000 gold, 15 Pearls, a Harbourmaster's Seal, the title "Pier Champion" |
| #2 | 8,000 gold, 8 Pearls, a Silver Crate |
| #3 | 4,000 gold, 4 Pearls, a Bronze Crate |
The #1 angler takes the title "Pier Champion" and wears it until another angler wins a week. Anglers who bought the title in the old Duellist's Shop keep theirs. Duel Marks and the Duellist's Shop have been retired; cosmetics bought there stay yours.
Tournaments are scheduled contests you buy into, one every 3 hours, alternating gold and Pearls, never back to back. Gold tournaments start at 00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00 UTC and Pearl tournaments at 03:00, 09:00, 15:00, 21:00 UTC. Buy-in opens 1 hour before the start and closes when it begins; each runs 1 or 2 hours. Gold buy-ins are 250 / 500 / 1000 gold, Pearl buy-ins 2 / 3 / 5 Pearls, the amount, the length and the category are drawn per tournament and shown in advance. A tournament needs at least 3 anglers or it is called off and every fee is refunded. You can hold one ticket at a time, guests cannot buy in, and only fish you hook yourself during the window count.
The fee is a fee, not a prize pool. Every angler is paid for their own score: a rate per unit (fish, kilo, species, variant or point) that scales with the buy-in, the table shows the rate at the top buy-in (1000 gold / 5 Pearls); a 500-gold tournament pays half as much per unit, and so on. Payouts are capped at 10× the buy-in in gold tournaments and at 10 Pearls in Pearl tournaments. The top three also take a podium bonus in the other currency (3/2/1 Pearls in gold tournaments, 2000/1000/500 gold in Pearl tournaments) and the winner keeps the title "Tournament Champion".
| Tournament | What counts | Gold per unit | Pearls per unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land the most fish, any size. | 60 / catch | 0.2 / catch | |
| One fish, the heaviest on the board wins. | 300 / kg | 0.8 / kg | |
| Land the most different species. | 240 / species | 0.6 / species | |
| Points per fish by rarity: common 1 · uncommon 3 · rare 8 · epic 20 · legendary 50 · mythic 120. | 40 / point | 0.1 / point | |
| The combined weight of everything you land. | 30 / kg | 0.08 / kg | |
| Land the most variant fish (albino, giant, golden…). | 400 / variant | 1 / variant |
Crews get their own weekly challenge on the Crews page, drawn from Crew Total Weight, Crew Species, Crew Rarity Points. It resets on Monday 00:00 UTC; the top three crews split gold between their members and every member takes Pearls.
Rarity points: common 1, uncommon 3, rare 8, epic 20, legendary 50, mythic 120.
| Crew challenge | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| weekly crew (gold split) | 12,000g + 3 Pearls each | 6,000g + 2 Pearls each | 2,500g + 1 Pearls each |
104 achievements pay gold once and some grant a title. See your progress on the Achievements page.
| Achievement | Requirement | Gold | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Blood | Land your first fish. | 25 | - |
| Well-Kept Secret | Land one of the three secret catches. | 2,500 | - |
| Keeper of Secrets | Land all three secret catches. | 15,000 | Keeper of Secrets |
| Hundred Hooks | Land 100 fish. | 300 | - |
| Thousand Tides | Land 1,000 fish. | 3,000 | Old Hand |
| Curious Angler | Discover 10 species. | 100 | - |
| Naturalist | Discover 50 species. | 800 | Naturalist |
| Collector | Discover 100 species. | 3,000 | Collector |
| Archivist | Discover 200 species. | 10,000 | Archivist |
| The Complete Journal | Discover every species in The Fishing Lands. | 100,000 | Keeper of the Journal |
| Something Special | Discover a rare species. | 100 | - |
| Reliable Hands | Fill 10 harbour contracts. | 400 | - |
| Contractor | Fill 50 harbour contracts. | 2,500 | Contractor |
| Friend of the Harbour | Become an Old Friend of one of the dockside patrons. | 5,000 | - |
| Everybody's Favourite | Become an Old Friend of all four patrons. | 25,000 | Pillar of the Harbour |
| Tall Tale | Discover an epic species. | 500 | - |
| Legend Hunter | Land a legendary fish. | 2,500 | Legend Hunter |
| Living Legend | Land five legendary fish. | 15,000 | Living Legend |
| Legend Collector | Discover every legendary species. | 30,000 | Legend Collector |
| Myth Made Flesh | Land a mythic fish. | 5,000 | Mythbreaker |
| Keeper of Myths | Discover every mythic species. | 50,000 | Keeper of Myths |
| Heavy Hands | Land a fish over 10 kg. | 100 | - |
| Giant Slayer | Land a fish over 100 kg. | 2,000 | Giant Slayer |
| Leviathan Bane | Land a fish over 500 kg. | 20,000 | Leviathan Bane |
| Comfortable | Hold 10,000 gold. | 250 | - |
| Wealthy | Hold 100,000 gold. | 2,500 | Merchant |
| Tycoon | Hold 1,000,000 gold. | 25,000 | Tycoon |
| Market Regular | Sell 100 fish or items. | 500 | Trader |
| River Warden | Reach level 10. | 200 | - |
| Salt in the Blood | Reach level 25. | 1,500 | Sea Hand |
| Master Angler | Reach level 50. | 10,000 | Master Angler |
| Centurion of the Deep | Reach level 100. | 50,000 | Centurion |
| Tidecaller | Reach level 150. | 100,000 | Tidecaller |
| Fathom Lord | Reach level 200. | 200,000 | Fathom Lord |
| Living Myth | Reach level 250, the top of the ladder. | 500,000 | Living Myth |
| World Angler | Unlock every water. | 20,000 | World Angler |
| Golden Touch | Land a golden variant. | 1,500 | Gilded |
| Ghost Sighting | Land an albino variant. | 800 | - |
| Big One | Land a giant variant. | 500 | - |
| Champion | Win a server contest. | 1,000 | Champion |
| Crewmate | Join a crew. | 100 | - |
| Ten Thousand Casts Remembered | Land 10,000 fish. | 30,000 | Tidebound |
| Patience | Cast 1,000 times. | 300 | - |
| Harbour Cleaner | Recycle 100 pieces of trash into Tackle Scrap. | 500 | - |
| Tempered | Enhance any piece of tackle to +5. | 1,500 | - |
| Forged in Salt | Enhance any piece of tackle to +10. | 15,000 | Tacklesmith |
| The Ones That Got Away | Lose 100 fish. Every angler has stories. | 500 | - |
| Bait Kitchen | Craft 100 baits. | 800 | - |
| Master Baiter | Craft 1,000 baits. | 6,000 | Bait Master |
| Errand Runner | Complete 100 daily quests. | 1,500 | - |
| Harbour Fixture | Complete 500 daily quests. | 12,000 | Fixture |
| Contract Baron | Fill 250 harbour contracts. | 12,000 | Contract Baron |
| Fishmonger | Sell 1,000 fish or items. | 5,000 | Fishmonger |
| Ten Million | Earn 10,000,000 gold in total. | 40,000 | Magnate |
| Dragon's Hoard | Hold 10,000,000 gold at once. | 100,000 | Dragon |
| Salt-Cured | Reach level 75. | 25,000 | Salt-Cured |
| Boss Slayer | Help land a legendary boss fish. | 1,500 | - |
| Bane of Giants | Help land 25 boss fish. | 15,000 | Bane of Giants |
| First Blood Drawn | Win a duel. | 500 | - |
| Duellist | Win 50 duels. | 10,000 | Duellist |
| Butterfingers | Lose 500 fish. At this point the fish tell stories about you. | 15,000 | - |
| Bring a Friend | Recruit a friend who signs up with your referral link. | 1,000 | - |
| Harbour Crier | Recruit 5 friends. | 10,000 | - |
| Regular at the Docks | Log in 30 days in a row. | 20,000 | Dock Regular |
| Honours Even | Finish a duel in a draw. | 1,000 | - |
| Untouchable | Win 10 duels in a row. | 15,000 | Untouchable |
| Crew's Provider | Fill 50 crew orders. | 5,000 | Provider |
| The Old Koi | Land The Old Koi. | 10,000 | Koi Whisperer |
| Studied | Master one species (max mastery). | 1,000 | - |
| Scholar of Fins | Master 10 species. | 8,000 | Scholar |
| Grandmaster Angler | Master 50 species. | 50,000 | Grandmaster |
| Every Fish, Every Time | Master every species of one water. | 30,000 | Warden of the Water |
| Four Faces | Land a giant, an albino, a golden AND a scarred variant. | 3,000 | - |
| Midas | Discover 10 species as golden variants. | 20,000 | Midas |
| Gilded Legend | Land a legendary or mythic fish as a golden or albino variant. | 30,000 | Gilded Legend |
| Kraken's Equal | Land a fish over 1,000 kg. | 60,000 | Kraken's Equal |
| Warden of the Wild | Complete the Wildlife achievement of every water. | 150,000 | Warden of the Wild |
| Nothing Left to Find | Every species discovered, every water mastered, all three secrets landed. | 250,000 | The Compleat Angler |
| Thirty Dawns | Keep a 30-day quest streak. | 5,000 | Dawn Patrol |
| Hundred Dawns | Keep a 100-day quest streak. | 40,000 | Ever-Present |
| Master of Millbrook Pond | Discover every species at Millbrook Pond. | 2,000 | Master of Millbrook Pond |
| Master of Willow River | Discover every species at Willow River. | 3,500 | Master of Willow River |
| Master of Greyfell Lake | Discover every species at Greyfell Lake. | 5,000 | Master of Greyfell Lake |
| Master of Saltmarsh Estuary | Discover every species at Saltmarsh Estuary. | 6,500 | Master of Saltmarsh Estuary |
| Master of Harrow Point | Discover every species at Harrow Point. | 8,000 | Master of Harrow Point |
| Master of Coral Shoals | Discover every species at Coral Shoals. | 9,500 | Master of Coral Shoals |
| Master of Blackwater Mangroves | Discover every species at Blackwater Mangroves. | 11,000 | Master of Blackwater Mangroves |
| Master of The Frozen Reach | Discover every species at The Frozen Reach. | 12,500 | Master of Frozen Reach |
| Master of The Sunken Deep | Discover every species at The Sunken Deep. | 14,000 | Master of Sunken Deep |
| Master of Ghostlight Cavern | Discover every species at Ghostlight Cavern. | 15,500 | Master of Ghostlight Cavern |
| Master of The Drowned Temple | Discover every species at The Drowned Temple. | 17,000 | Master of Drowned Temple |
| Master of The Cinder Trench | Discover every species at The Cinder Trench. | 18,500 | Master of Cinder Trench |
| Wildlife of Millbrook Pond | Land every species at Millbrook Pond as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 6,000 | Wildlife of Millbrook Pond |
| Wildlife of Willow River | Land every species at Willow River as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 9,000 | Wildlife of Willow River |
| Wildlife of Greyfell Lake | Land every species at Greyfell Lake as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 12,000 | Wildlife of Greyfell Lake |
| Wildlife of Saltmarsh Estuary | Land every species at Saltmarsh Estuary as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 15,000 | Wildlife of Saltmarsh Estuary |
| Wildlife of Harrow Point | Land every species at Harrow Point as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 18,000 | Wildlife of Harrow Point |
| Wildlife of Coral Shoals | Land every species at Coral Shoals as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 21,000 | Wildlife of Coral Shoals |
| Wildlife of Blackwater Mangroves | Land every species at Blackwater Mangroves as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 24,000 | Wildlife of Blackwater Mangroves |
| Wildlife of The Frozen Reach | Land every species at The Frozen Reach as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 27,000 | Wildlife of Frozen Reach |
| Wildlife of The Sunken Deep | Land every species at The Sunken Deep as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 30,000 | Wildlife of Sunken Deep |
| Wildlife of Ghostlight Cavern | Land every species at Ghostlight Cavern as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 33,000 | Wildlife of Ghostlight Cavern |
| Wildlife of The Drowned Temple | Land every species at The Drowned Temple as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 36,000 | Wildlife of Drowned Temple |
| Wildlife of The Cinder Trench | Land every species at The Cinder Trench as a rare variant (giant, albino, golden or scarred). | 39,000 | Wildlife of Cinder Trench |
Pearls are a rare second currency spent only on cosmetics: angler portraits and name changes. They cannot be bought with gold or traded.
| Source | Pearls |
|---|---|
| Story chapter completed | 2 (3 if it grants a title) |
| Weekly quest completed | 1 |
| Daily quest streak bonus (every 7 days) | 3 |
| Daily Spin, Better Wheel (day 7, 12% slice) | 3 |
| Legendary boss slain | 1 |
| Daily contest podium 1st / 2nd / 3rd | 3 / 2 / 1 |
| Weekly contest podium 1st / 2nd / 3rd | 8 / 4 / 2 |
| Crew challenge podium (each member) | 3 / 2 / 1 |
| Achievement that grants a title | 1 |
Buy premium portraits and name changes in the Pearl Shop; swap between portraits you own from My Angler. Six village faces are free (you pick one when you register; guests get a random one). Premium portraits are bought once and kept forever. A name change costs 30 Pearls and carries all your history with it.
| Portrait | Pearls |
|---|---|
| Millbrook Lad | free |
| Millbrook Lass | free |
| Riverman | free |
| Net Mender | free |
| Dockhand | free |
| Ferrywoman | free |
| Storm Captain | 10 |
| Lantern Keeper | 10 |
| Lighthouse Keeper | 15 |
| Harpooner | 15 |
| Pearl Diver | 15 |
| Deepwater Diver | 20 |
| Tide Witch | 20 |
| Ghostlight Angler | 25 |
| Salt Queen | 25 |
| Kraken Hunter | 25 |
| Old Shellback | 15 |
| Reef Octopus | 15 |
| Abyss Lantern | 20 |
| Hammerhead | 20 |
| Blue Marlin | 20 |
| Orca | 25 |
| Leviathan | 35 |
| The Kraken | 40 |
| Lantern Ketch | 20 |
| Iron Trawler | 25 |
| Pumpkin Head | |
| The Duellist | |
| Storm Warden | 30 |
| Siren of the Shoals | 35 |
| Abyssal Anglerfish | 35 |
| Moon Whale | 40 |
| The Drowned Captain | 45 |
| Coral Empress | 45 |
| Sea Dragon | 55 |
| Golden Koi Spirit | 60 |
| Niels | |
| Storm Titan | |
| Kraken Lord | |
| Leviathan King | |
| Golden Founder | |
| Tide Queen | |
| Ghost Admiral | |
| Mermaid Duchess | |
| Cinder Corsair | |
| Frost Warden | |
| Leviathan Hatchling | |
| Lantern Monk | |
| Star Seer | |
| Dragon Turtle | |
| Merchant Prince | |
| Reef Druid | |
| Abyss Knight | |
| Phoenix Carp | |
| Storm Empress | |
| Ink Kraken | |
| Pearl Sultan |
Colour your name in chat and on your profile. Buy once, switch freely between owned colours; the default is always free.
| Colour | Pearls |
|---|---|
| Kelp Green | 8 |
| Lagoon Blue | 8 |
| Coral | 10 |
| Harbour Sunset | 10 |
| Sea Glass | 12 |
| Tide Lavender | 12 |
| Rosefin Pink | 12 |
| Abyssal Teal | 15 |
| Lantern Ember | 15 |
| Moonlit Silver | 15 |
| Duelling Crimson |
A frame wraps your portrait in the header, on your profile, on the rankings and in the online list. Buy once, switch freely; the plain border is always free.
| Frame | Pearls | Look |
|---|---|---|
| Hemp Rope | 10 | A coil of tarred dock rope. |
| Driftwood | 12 | Sun-bleached planks, salt in the grain. |
| Brass Bezel | 12 | Polished brass with four rivets, like a ship's gauge. |
| Kelp Wreath | 15 | Deep green fronds knotted round the edge. |
| Coral Reef | 15 | Warm reef coral and a hint of sunlit water. |
| Sea Glass | 18 | Frosted teal glass with a soft inner glow. |
| Abyssal | 20 | Black depths and a slow blue pulse. |
| Ghostlight | 25 | A cold cavern glow that breathes. |
| Crossed Rods | Two rods crossed in gold, worn by those who have stood the duel clock. | |
| Champion's Laurel | A wreath of gilded laurel over deep crimson. Only pier champions wear it. | |
| Loyal Tidekeeper | Silver tide-rings around a warm ember heart, worn by the harbour's most loyal supporters. | |
| Dragonfire Ring | Flames and a fire-breathing dragon. | |
| Frozen Abyss | Ice spikes and a frost serpent. | |
| Abyssal Maw | The breathing jaws of an abyssal anglerfish. | |
| Founder's Sun | Gilded sun rays, a crown and two golden koi. | |
| Galley Copper | Hammered copper with a warm hearth glow, straight from the galley. | |
| App Angler | A night-blue bezel with a soft screen glow, for anglers who keep the docks one tap away. | |
| Jack-o'-Lantern | A carved pumpkin rim that flickers with candlelight. | |
| Legend's Gold | 30 | Ornate gold that catches the light. For those who have earned it. |
Every full account has a recruit code and link on the Recruit page. A friend who registers (or plays as guest, then claims) with your code is your recruit. Every 10 levels they gain, forever, you get a crate and Pearls and they get a few Pearls too. Payouts happen automatically.
| Recruit reaches | You get | They get |
|---|---|---|
| Level 10 | Bronze Crate + 5 Pearls | 3 Pearls |
| Level 20 | Silver Crate + 10 Pearls + title "Dockside Mentor" | 3 Pearls |
| Level 30 | Gold Crate + 15 Pearls | 3 Pearls |
| Level 40, 50, 60… | Gold Crate + 15 Pearls | 3 Pearls |
Recruits who share a network with you are linked but never pay out. There is no limit on how many anglers you may recruit. Existing accounts may enter a code only within 48 hours of creation and before 50 fish landed. Guests must claim a real account before rewards count. Fights are validated server-side, so milestones cannot be scripted.
The Vote page lists game toplists where you can vote for The Fishing Lands. Click a site, vote there, and the harbour pays you the moment the toplist confirms it.
| Site | Vote again after | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Top100Arena | 24 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| Gtop100 | 24 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| MMOHUB | 12 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| BBOGD | 24 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| BrowserMMORPG | 6 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| XtremeTop100 | 12 hours | 500 gold + 1 Pearl |
| Arena-Top100 | 12 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| GameTop | 12 hours | 1000 gold |
| TopG | 24 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
| BrowserGamesTop | 24 hours | 400 gold + 1 Pearl |
Rewards are paid once per site per cooldown, only after the toplist confirms the vote. A dot on the Vote tab means a reward is waiting to be earned.