In Game Black Desert fishing is not a meditative way to fall asleep on the keyboard, but a real challenge for fishing lovers. Of course, between biting fish you can fall asleep, but as soon as you bite, you will have to try not to miss the catch. For information on what you need to catch fish and how to prepare for catching it, see the guide below.
"Fishing" quests. Fishing Level
You can pick up the very first quest from NPC Evelyn at Velia's Wharf:
He will offer you to speak with the NPC Crio. As a reward for the quest, you will receive your first fishing rod and bait:
Crio will give you a task to catch a shallow goby and a starfish. These are important tasks, for which you will receive expansions for the bag. A starfish is harder to get. Why? Because depending on the level of fishing, you can catch different fish. The higher the level, the higher the chance to catch more valuable and rare fish, and vice versa, not to catch a torn net and other garbage.
You can see the level of fishing here:
Where to get a fishing rod? Fisherman costumes
You have already received your first fishing rod, but this is not the only way. Also, you can buy a workshop and set up the production of fishing rods there. The workshop where you can craft the highest level fishing rod (gold) is located in Heidel at 8-4:
Fishing rods come in different levels, which differ from each other in durability and bonuses. Strength, by the way, is not restored, and after good fishing, the fishing rod will have to be thrown away.
Tier 1 fishing rods:
Fishing rod of the second level:
Fishing rods of the third level:
However, you cannot immediately craft a golden rod and start fishing. Pay attention to the descriptions - in order to be able to fish with fishing rods of a higher level, you need to upgrade your fishing skill.
The effect of "fishing speed" should be understood as that additional (+1, +2, +3) will be added to the current level of fishing when equipping a fishing rod.
Also, a simple fishing rod can be bought for 500 silver from Crio.
About the fishermen's costumes. By completing Evelyn and Crio's quests, you will receive this costume:
You can also craft it in the dressing room. For example, 7-4-2 in Heidel (second):
A higher quality costume can be purchased for a huge pile of silver from the Clothing NPC:
This, for example, Georges Corbs in Heidel:
Let's fish!
Whoo! Now, with a fishing rod and bait, you can finally go fishing. Before you cast your bait, open your inventory and right-click on the bait. While fishing, you will get this buff for 5 minutes:
This is a very strong boost.
In general, fishing itself does not consume energy points, however, before you start fishing, you can try to cast the line further and thereby increase the chance of catching something good. To do this, hold down the spacebar (2) and release when you think you have spent enough energy (1):
After the bite starts, an image of a fish will appear above your character's head and after a few seconds you will be able to pull the fish. Don't yawn, press the space bar!
Depending on the value of the fish, there will be more letters and they will not be so well distinguishable, so you won't be bored.
Hooray! Fish caught:
If you caught such a fish for the first time, you will gain new knowledge. Press the "H" key and check:
What is the fish for?
Please note that freshly caught fish can be used for various needs within 24 hours. After that, she falls into disrepair.
What can be done with the fish?
First option:
Exchange with Crio:
For the fisherman's token:
Cryo accepts shallow-water goby and perch for exchange.
Second option:
Sell at auction. Fresh fish cannot be put up for auction, as the shelf life is clearly below the limit period for auction rates. Therefore, before putting up for auction, the fish must first be dried.
To do this, open the inventory, click on "Make" (1), and then - "Dry" (2):
After that, right-click on the fish that needs to be dried and select "Make" on the left side of the screen. The drying process will start:
You can dry the fish only in clear weather (you can also at night, but it is important that there is no rain). We sell dried fish at auction:
Third option:
You can hire workers to make paki out of fish. To do this, you need to open a fish shop. He is, for example, in Velia (1-3).
Fishing in Black Desret Online can be either a semi-active activity or one of the hardest crafting skills in the game. Fishing is popular among new players due to the fact that it doesn't require much presence, but in the late game it can also be one of your biggest incomes. Fishing is an extremely relaxing activity, but it's also one of the hardest crafting skills to get on the leaderboard.
General characteristics of fish
There are "marine regions" and "fish spots" all over the world, and they are not the same thing. To see what's what, the best option use the interactive map SomethingLovely, it's in English, but accessible enough to understand everything. If you check the "Sea Regions" checkbox you will be able to see what kind of sea regions there are. The sea region is displayed on your minimap, so you always know where you are.
Some sea regions have multiple source nodes (which determine the distance bonus when you sell your fish), and some have multiple fish schools.
"Fish Spot" only refers to what kind of fish you can catch in any given area, as well as the percentage chance of getting each type of fish. It is important to consider fishing spots and sea regions separately, because although they are usually very similar, sometimes there are some differences.
Why is that? For example, you are fishing in the waters of the Eur - if you get close enough to the North Lagri, you will actually get the North Lagri fish spot while still in the waters of the Eur. This means you can get the best distance bonus if you position your boat correctly. Lagri's fishing spots often overlap sea areas, sometimes for some distance.
As for fresh water, each region has 1 fish spot. This means that if you fish in Serendia, no matter what river you fish in, you will get the same. Balenos has its own freshwater fish spot, so does Calpheon, etc. The only exception to this is the Kamasylvia region with two fish spots.
Lagri has one group of rare species that is used for all of Lagri's oceanic fish spots, including the Ross Sea, Barren Waters, and Eur Waters.
Before we get into what rods to use, it's important to understand what some of the options actually mean.
Rod strength
First, consider the strength of the fishing rod. For me, for example, this aspect is one of the most important. Durability is not consumed, as 1 roll = 1 unit. strength. There is most likely a chance that your fishing rod will consume durability depending on your level of fishing. The higher your fishing level, the less likely you are to spend durability. This means that high level fishermen can fish much longer than beginners.
Fishing speed
Then pay attention to the speed of fishing. Fishing speed can be viewed in the character information window (P) - combat characteristics. Fishing speed reduces cast time (how long it takes to catch a fish), making it an incredibly important stat. However, it can go up to a maximum of +5, and anything above is just useless.
You can get +5 in various ways:
1) use iron/steel/gold rods;
2) the use of cooking and alchemy;
3) clothes of a fisherman;
4) passive skill of the guild.
It's actually very easy to get fishing speed +5. Many guilds have a +3 passive fishing skill, so just being in a guild already gives you +3 fishing speed. The clothes of the fisherman also add fishing speed, so I don’t see the point in increasing the fishing speed using special fishing rods.
Fisherman's clothes
Fisherman's Special Clothes
Fisherman's special clothes can be crafted in the dressing room. To make, you need 10 linen cloth, 10 century dust, 15 black stone powder. The basic fisherman's special clothing has the following effect: fishing +1, movement speed +1. It can be improved, and it improves in the same way as jewelry. That is, if it fails, it burns out. But as you improve, the standard indicators increase and the effect of increasing fishing experience is added. So at +5, the special clothes of the fisherman will have the effect: fishing +3, movement speed +4, fishing experience + 40%.
rare fish
In order to catch rare fish (and fill out your encyclopedia of fish), it is good to use, on which it is written - a chance to catch a rare fish. An interesting fact is that when testing the rod, a larger number of rare and large fish were caught, which is a bit confusing.
big fish
In order to catch large fish, it is good to use, on which it is written - an increase in the chance to catch large fish.
Contrary to popular belief, the chance to catch a big fish will not increase the size of your fish. This only affects the type of fish. However, "big fish chance" and "rare fish chance" have very different results in terms of profit.
Additional fish
The last stat worth mentioning is the chance to catch extra fish, the special fishing rod ability.
In the case of a special rod, you get a chance to catch 0-3 additional fish per cast. You will gain experience for every fish you catch (so if you catch 3 fish you will get experience for all 3), which makes the special rod very good for leveling up your fishing skill.
A special fishing rod really affects the capture of a piece of crystal from the ancient ruins. This means that you could catch 4 pieces with one throw. And that's a lot of money.
How to fish
Once you're ready, just throw your rod into the water. If you are in active fishing, then while biting, press Space and stop the slider on the blue zone, then press a certain combination of letters indicated on the screen. If you are fishing in afk, then do not forget to check the box on the top of the screen "Throw away garbage", and the character will cast and catch fish on his own without your help.
Now that you have all this information, we can try to come to a conclusion about which rods are best to use. It's also important to consider that the effects/strength of the rod is not the only thing to consider, you also have to think about our own play style.
Once you've chosen a basic repairable fishing rod, your best bet is to use a Seal Stone whenever possible. It seals the item, reducing wear and tear by 50% and repair cost by 33%.
Halving the life of a rod is an extremely important effect and will make your rod more useful.
Efficient fishing
Fishing is very easy. You can buy a cheap fishing rod for almost pennies and then run to any body of water to get started. There are, however, a lot of things that make fishing better, and it takes a lot of work to get the most out of fishing and to fish the most efficiently.
Here's what you need to be a successful fisherman:
Grandmaster Fishing Skill 1: To see all seagull hotspots. This is not necessary unless you are fishing from schools.
The higher your fishing level, the more schools of fish you see. You will open expensive fish. In addition, the level of fishing craft affects the wear of a special fishing rod and the mini-game (it becomes easier).
Epheria Chestplate: A repairable vessel that can travel the world at high speed.
Navigation skill Professional 1: will drastically reduce your travel time. Time spent swimming is time not spent fishing, so it is important to minimize the amount of time spent on the road. Well-pumped navigation is extremely important for anglers.
+10 Improved Fishing Rod: For most people this means a Balenos fishing rod. The best afk fishing and enough durability to last an active fishing session.
A few special rods: for those places where you find hot spots, or for fishing in Lagri.
192 inventory slots: Long fishing trips are extremely useful. Especially if you trade fish with Valencia merchants, the travel time is huge. Minimizing this travel time, allowing you to stay in the water longer, is a huge bonus.
Trade Skill Master 2: Allows you to sell your fish in Valencia. This will allow you to sell fish for several times what you can get.
Notice now you don't need to connect knots to fish, you can fish anywhere and then sell to any merchant.
Not all of these things are absolutely necessary for fishing, but they will give you a better chance of getting the most out of your fishing.
In general, I think sea fishing is much better than freshwater/coastal fishing. However, if you're low on inventory slots, low trading, and no brigantine, you're probably better off fishing in Kamasylvia than trying to get out to sea.
Imperial fisherman
If you don't have Trade Master 2, you're probably better off trying to sell fish to an imperial fisherman. He will buy your fish at a price of 250%, regardless of the distance and the freshness of the fish (if it is not at 0%). You can make really good profits from this, and get prints. If the imperial fisherman doesn't accept the fish, you can always sell it to the normal merchant.
Golden Seal - [Fishing] can be exchanged with NPC Evelyn:
Exchange 10 pcs. = Enchanted Syringe
Exchange 200 pcs. = Antique panel
Exchange 250 pcs. = Steel seat
Exchange 250 pcs. = Essence of Darkness - Karma
I present to your attention another most important element of any RPG - fishing in Black Desert. Waiting for you: a dynamic expectation, a splash of water caressing the ear and three drunk cups of cocoa / coffee / beer.
We take a fishing rod
First of all, you need to get a fishing rod. There are two ways. The first - . The second is to make it yourself.
Each fishing rod has a durability parameter that is spent after fishing. It cannot be restored. So you'll have to make yourself a new instrument anyway.
We go to the city of Velia and buy a workshop at 8-4. It will be possible to make the coolest fishing rod in it - a golden one. But don't rush just yet.
There are three levels of rods. Each tool has its own characteristics and durability. Some give bonuses to fishing speed, others reduce auto-fishing time. So read the description.
Making a golden tool will not work right away - for this you need to pump the level of fishing. To do this, go ashore and pull out more living creatures.
If you are too lazy to make fishing rods, you can buy them from Crio - 500 silver coins for each.
How to fish in Black Desert
Throw in water first - it will give a good boost, which will improve your chances of luck.
Or not a fish. Old shoes, jewelry, bones and other rubbish roll along the muddy bottom of the reservoirs. And this same rubbish (as, in fact, the fish) is terribly shy - he does not dare to sit on the hook for several minutes.
But sooner or later, something will take the bait. You will recognize this by the character's pose, depicting inhuman efforts. An indicator will immediately appear on the screen. You need to press the spacebar when the slider is on its right side.
If you catch this kind of fish for the first time, you will get knowledge. And then you can go further away from the shore.
What's the use?
Now the question arises - what to do with the caught carp? Keep in mind, you have 24 hours for everything about everything - after the fish goes bad.
Perch and shallow-water goby can be exchanged at the same Cryo for fisherman's token. It's like with chip chips - collect a certain amount and you can exchange them with Crio for some items.
Auction
Want to benefit here and now? Then we'll try to sell at auction.
- We go inventory, then click "Make" - "Dry". Right-click on those fish that we will dry, then click on "Make."
- The procedure is carried out in dry weather (day, night - it doesn’t matter, the main thing is that it doesn’t rain).
- Then we open the auction and start trading.
If the auction does not suit you, then read the article,
Fishing is a very popular activity in many online games, and Black Desert is no exception. Oddly enough, the black desert is not so deserted - the types of fish that can be caught simply cannot be counted. Here you have catfish and squid, crabs, shrimp ... but what is there, killer whales with dolphins may well get caught in your net! But let's take a closer look at this process.
To begin with, different fish are caught in different water bodies, and the aforementioned “killer whales and dolphins” and other expensive fish can only be caught by swimming far into the sea on something floating, for example, a boat. In addition, to catch such specimens, you need a high level of fishing skill. It is displayed in the character information window (P). For catching each fish, you will receive character experience and fishing skill experience.
Any fish is a trade item that can only be sold to merchants in cities and trade nodes. Such NPCs are marked on the map with a cart icon . The simplest fish white quality, it is the cheapest. Is there some more green, blue, yellow and orange quality (in ascending order). The quality only affects the price. The fish will be tied to one of the nearby nodes from where it was caught, so if you want to sell it for full value, open the right node. Or you can catch it right in the city, if it is on the river and sell it right there.
Fresh fish has a shelf life (24 hours real time) during which it can be cooked on the cooking table or sold. How much time is left is indicated in the description of the item.
If the fish goes bad, you can only sell it for 30% of the value. It will look like this:
In addition to cooking and selling fish, you can also dry it - press L and select drying, then select the fish in your inventory and press the start processing button. Dried fish is significantly cheaper than fresh fish, but it no longer has an expiration date and can be used to make trade goods in the Fish Shop - boxes of dried fish. One box requires 10 dried fish. In general, selling fresh fish is much more profitable.
What else, besides fish, can be caught in reservoirs? Sometimes the hook comes across garbage in the form of algae and boots, but sometimes you can catch a very useful thing - the key to the chests. With this key, you can open chests scattered around the world. They are found in caves, forests and any other hidden and hard-to-reach places. You can get scrolls of positive effects and other usefulness from the chests, but the main thing is black upgrade stones for weapons and armor (sharpening).
Sometimes you can catch home decor items - shells and giant fish skeletons.
To catch fish you will need a fishing rod. The simplest fishing rod is sold by NPC boaters or just fishermen for 500 silver. You can find such NPCs by the fish icon on the map. The purchased fishing rod has only 10 durability, which means that it is only enough for 10 casts - after that it will break and you can throw it away or sell it. Better fishing rods can be crafted in the Workshop house. Fishing rods, like all tools, come in different grades - white, green, blue and yellow. Green and above rods allow you to reduce the waiting time for a bite, but they can only be used from certain levels of fishing skill (indicated in the item description). Also, crafted fishing rods have a large margin of safety. For example, a blue fishing rod requires the fishing skill Professional Lv. 5.
You can use groundbait to speed up the bite process. It cannot be cooked or bought somewhere, the only way to get it is to exchange the fish you caught for Fisherman's tokens, and tokens for this very bait. Tokens are issued by ferret NPCs that fish here and there around the world, but not all of them exchange fish. One of these NPCs is located on the pier in Velia. First, you give him the fish, and then the Fisherman's Tokens and in return you randomly get some amount of bait or fishing rods of different quality. The exchange takes place in the dialog box using the buttons below.
Regular bait gives you a +2 fishing speed buff for 5 minutes, good bait+3 fishing speed. In addition, if you throw bait into the brazier, you can increase the duration of the buff to 15 minutes, but its strength will be reduced (instead of +2, there will be +1 fishing speed). You can buy a brazier from a tool vendor.
In addition to advanced fishing rods and lure, bait and a special fishing suit can speed up the bite. You can get a costume by completing a chain of quests in the city of Velia or crafting it in the Costume Shop. How to get fishing clothes for tasks read in ours.
So, you got a fishing rod, take it in your hands. The screen will display information about how to catch both fish and the amount of fish resources in this place. The fewer resources, the longer it will take to wait for a bite.
In the paragraph on the left, you can set a checkbox, then the character will throw out all the garbage that came across to him during automatic fishing. The character goes into auto-fishing mode if after 3 minutes after the bite you have not made an attempt to catch it. He will catch the fish himself without any mini-games and cast the line again. However, after a bite, the character will wait 3 minutes each time.
Press the spacebar, the character will cast the line. If you press the space bar and hold it, the scale that appeared on the left during the cast will begin to fill in percentages. This is the casting force that affects the quality of the catch. For every %, 1 point of energy is spent.
Now wait for the bite. When the fish bite, an animation with a fish will appear above the character. The fish at this stage will not break and swim away, it will wait for you to press the space bar to start the first mini-game.
The first mini-game prompts you to press the space bar in time - when the jumping scale is on the blue half of the line. The scale moves very fast, you need to learn how to stop it in time. The scale moves to the right twice, and if you still do not press the space bar, the attempt to catch fish is considered unsuccessful and the game ends.
If you press the space bar in time, the next mini-game will begin. However, you have a chance to hit right on target - press the space bar exactly at the moment when the scale is in the extreme right position. Then the next mini-game will not start, and you will immediately get the fish you caught.
But let's say you failed to hit the bull's-eye. Then we move on to the next mini-game. A bar with several letters will appear. You need to press them in order from left to right on the keyboard until the time has elapsed (displayed in a descending scale below). If you're not mistaken, the fish is yours. A window with loot will appear, press R and pick up what was caught. By the way, the more letters in the strip, the more valuable the catch. If you press the spacebar first, the catch will disappear without a trace.
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Fishing in Black Desert is an exciting and fun activity that you will surely spend dozens of hours on. Fishing is very simple, so you can combine it with watching movies or other activities. Caught fish can be cooked, sold to a merchant, or exchanged for special tokens.
In this guide, we will try to present all the available information about fishing.
As new data is received, the guide is constantly updated.
1. Rods and lures
To purchase a fishing rod, visit the nearest fishing tackle dealer. Their location is marked with an icon:
If you need a better fishing rod, build a workshop and make it yourself. In addition, fishing rods can be bought at. You may have problems buying Iron Rods, as they are in great demand and it is not always possible to just catch them at the auction. I recommend setting up crafting of iron rods in the city near which you are fishing.
In the table below you will find all the fishing rods currently available on Russian servers and the bonuses they give:
| Name | Required level of fishing | Strength | Fishing speed | Autofishing speed | Possibility of sharpening and repairing |
| old fishing rod | 0 | 10 | - | 180 seconds | - |
| iron rod | Rookie 10 | 40 | +1 | 180 seconds | - |
| Steel rod | Professional 5 | 65 | +2 | 180 seconds | - |
| golden rod | Master 1 | 100 | +3 | 180 seconds | - |
| Fishing rod from Balenos | 0 | 50 + 5 for each level of groove | - | -10% + 1% for each level of groove | + |
| Fishing rod from Serendia | 0 | 50+? for each level of groove | - | - | + |
| Special fishing rod | ? | 30 | - | 180 seconds | - |
Some fishing rods can be sharpened like weapons and repaired - these are fishing rods from Balenos and Serendia. These fishing rods can be crafted by yourself or bought at the auction. They are sharpened with the same black stones as weapons.
When sharpening fishing rods from Balenos its durability and autofishing speed bonus increase.
When sharpening rods from Serendia only increases the maximum strength.
bait
At the moment there are two types of bait:
- Basic Groundbait: +2 fishing for 5 minutes;
- Good Bait: +3 fishing for 5 minutes;
Using a brazier, you can extend the effect of bait up to 15 minutes, but the speed bonus will be reduced by one.
Regular bait can be obtained for signs of a fisherman. Signs can be obtained from a merchant in exchange for caught fish. For 5 of these signs, you can get bait, fishing rod, steel ducats, or a random beneficial effect. By purchasing signs and baits, you increase the chances of catching fish of unusual or rare quality.
good bait given as a reward for completing some of Crio and Egrin's fishing quests.
In addition, groundbait can be purchased at the Pearl Shop for 100 miles.
2. Clothes for fishermen
There are several types of clothing for fishermen. In the table below you will find all currently available suits for fishermen:
3. How to fish?
Pick up a fishing rod and go to the pond, after making sure that there are fish in it. Remember that the presence of competitors reduces the chances of success. You can fish both from land and from your boat or raft, in the latter case, the chances of a good catch increase. In order to cast a fishing rod, press the space bar. In addition, it is possible to increase the chance of catching more valuable fish by holding the space bar, but in doing so, you will use up all the energy very quickly.
When you see the bite message, press the space bar again to start the mini-game.
The object of the mini-game is to stop the floating cursor on the blue half of the bar. If you press the space bar when the cursor is at the far right (perfect sweep), the next stage of the game will be skipped. If you fail to press the space bar in time, the game will start over.
If you fail to complete a perfect sweep, the last stage of the mini-game will begin.
Quickly press the keys indicated on the screen, trying to meet the allotted time. If you do everything right, then the fish will fall on the hook. Don't forget to claim your catch by pressing R.
You can also fish without a mini-game, in automatic mode. To do this, you only need to cast the bait once and do nothing. The disadvantage of this method is that it takes 3 minutes (1.5 minutes with a golden rod) for each cast.
As a catch you can get different kinds fish of varying quality. In addition to fish, a bunch of unnecessary garbage, household items, keys to treasure chests, etc. will come across.
For each fish you catch, you get experience points and upgrade your fishing skill.
4. Where to sell fish?
Any fish can be sold to a merchant. Approach it and select Trade. Remember that fish has a 24 hour shelf life. After the expiration date, you can sell the fish for only a third of the price.
If you want to deliver fish to the nearest city, you will have to do it in order to maximize profits.
In addition to selling to the Merchant, fish can be dried and sold at the auction for a little more.
5. Where is the best place to fish?
Fishing in Black Desert can be divided into 2 parts - fishing in the sea and fishing from the shore. You can fish in the sea if you have a boat. The difference between these types of fishing lies in the amount of garbage that you will pull out along with the fish. If you are fishing from the shore, the amount of debris will be much greater than when fishing from a boat.
It would seem that the choice is obvious - it is best to fish in the sea. However, this is not quite true. If your goal is to improve your fishing as fast as possible, then it is better to fish in the sea, but if you want to earn more, then it is better to fish from the shore. The thing is that when fishing from the shore, you have a pretty big chance to catch, in addition to garbage and fish, silver keys and pieces of crystal from ancient ruins.
Silver keys allow you to open treasure chests that are scattered throughout the map. On average, each of the two chests drops one. It turns out that the price of one silver key is about 80,000 silver.
From five pieces of crystal from the ancient ruins, you can collect a scroll to summon an ancient relic (or as it is called in the game "Disco"). You can use the scroll at level 50. You will need to deal with three mini-bosses and their guards. As a reward, you will receive sharpening and fragments of memories, which can be sold very profitably at auction. With one call of the relic, you can earn approximately 2,000,000 silver. It turns out that one crystal from the ancient ruins will enrich you by about 400,000 silver.
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