Rods
Every rod can take a forge enchantment. The advanced iridium rod is the 1.6 mastery rod. From 1.6.9 onward, Willy sells extra copies after you have claimed the first one.
| Rod | How you get it | Price | Bait and tackle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training rod | Willy's shop. He can also visit on or after Spring 28, Year 1. | 25g | Neither. Sets the green bar to the level 5 size (136 pixels) if your skill is lower. The catch bar falls 33% slower. Only fish under difficulty 50, and only at normal quality. Eligible fish spawn 10% more often. XP and collection credit match other rods. |
| Bamboo pole | Willy's scene after the beach errand. Then his shop. | 500g | Neither. |
| Fiberglass rod | Willy, at fishing level 2. | 1,800g | Bait only. |
| Iridium rod | Willy, at fishing level 6. | 7,500g | Bait and one tackle. |
| Advanced iridium rod | Fishing Mastery, then Willy. | 25,000g after the first | Bait and two tackles. Different tackles stack. Two cork bobbers add 48 pixels. Two curiosity lures or two sonar bobbers do not stack. |
Training rod fish
The training rod can catch anchovy, bream, bullhead, carp, chub, herring, perch, rainbow trout, red snapper, sardine, sea cucumber, shad, smallmouth bass, sunfish, and walleye, when that fish is actually in season. It can also catch trash, green algae, white algae, seaweed, sea jelly, and river jelly.
In 1.6 it no longer hooks legendary fish, Woodskip on the forest farm, mines fish, or the Night Market submarine. Using it in the mines yields trash.
If you still have no fishing level on or after Spring 28 of year 1, and you already received the bamboo pole, walk onto the farm before 11:30am on a sunny day. Willy visits, gives you a training rod, and the lesson sets fishing to level 1.
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