Fishing

Introduction

Fishing is one of the skills which Medivia offers alongside the likes of Cooking and Mining. It does not have a direct impact on your gameplay, although it can result in long-term benefits and enjoyment.

Getting started

To begin your journey with fishing, you will need a fishing rod. Fishing rods can be used to catch fish, but they cannot be used on all types of water. It's not possible to use fishing rods on shallow water. Once a fish is caught, it takes 10 minutes to respawn. There are three types of fishing rods, ranging in quality and difficulty to obtain:

Image	Name	Weight	Price	Note
	Wooden Fishing Rod	8.5 oz.	150 gp	Can be bought from any equipment/tool shop. Can be pulled out of your hands and drop into the water.
	Modified Fishing Rod	9.5 oz.	25000 gp	An improved fishing rod, can be used to catch more uncommon types of fish, ones that cannot be caught with a wooden rod. Cannot be pulled into the water. Can be bought from Trond in Holdangraff and from Scott on Novus.
	Enhanced Fishing Rod	12.5 oz.	5x Heliodor Bar 1x Glob of Tar 1x Frozen Ham 1x Modified Rod	The best fishing rod, can be used to catch even the rarest types of fish, ones that cannot be caught with the other rods. Cannot be pulled into the water. Randy in Abukir can give you one in exchange for some items. You also need 10x Northern Pikes, but only for the first rod you make with Randy.

Note: Increasingly rare fish can only be caught with more advanced fishing rods.

The higher your fishing skill, the higher your success rate at successfully fishing on a water square, and the lower the chance of getting Worn Leather Boots and Broken Bottles.

Pools of fish

If you spot a fish jumping out of the water, quickly grab your fishing rod.
Fishing from pools of fish has a much higher chance of resulting in an uncommon fish than fishing from regular water squares, the chance of getting common Herrings from pools decreases as your fishing skill gets higher.
Northern Pikes and Shrimp can only be caught from regular fishing and not from pools of fish.
Fishing from pools also grants higher amounts of fishing skill points.
Pools of fish in different regions of the world may yield differing uncommon fish (Snowy, Desert, Regular).

Aquarium & fish growing

An aquarium for your house can be purchased from the Medivia Store, it can be used to grow and harvest fish by placing inside some of the various kinds of Fish Roes available from the store!
Up to 3 roes can be placed inside an aquarium at one time. A fish takes 3 hours to grow to full maturity, at which point it will be visible by a fish animation appearing on the aquarium. The fish can then be harvested by right-clicking.

Types of fish

Most fish types can be used for Cooking, although they can also be eaten raw, which isnt recommended since you could reap more significant benefits from cooked meals.

Note: Some types of rare fish may only be caught in certain regions or climates of the world (and with better rods), the regions being:

• Snowy (waters around the Ice Islands, such as Mejborn and Forgula);
• Desert (waters around desert cities, such as Osaris, Yehsha and Abukir); 
• Regular (waters around areas with temperate climates and lots of greenery, such as the mainland of Medivia, Garrogat etc.).

Through fishing, you can obtain the following types of fish (also Broken Bottles and Worn Leather Boots):

Image	Name	Chance	Region
	Herring	Abundant	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Sockeye Salmon	Very-common	Regular
	Bluegill	Common	Desert
	Yellow Perch	Common	Snowy
	Lionfish	Semi-rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Shrimp	Rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Emerald Puffer	Rare	Desert
	Butterfly Fish	Rare	Regular
	Trout	Rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Maris	Rare	Snowy
	Dusky Batfish	Rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Flame Angelfish	Very rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Barbel	Extremely rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Northern Pike	Extremely rare	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Goldfish	Insanely rare	???

Items you can fish up

These are the non-fish items obtainable by fishing, they can only be fished up from regular water tiles and not pools.
The chance to get broken bottles and worn leather boots decreases as your Fishing skill increases.

Image	Name	Chance	Region
	Broken Bottle	Common	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Worn Leather Boots	Common	Desert, Snowy, Regular
	Ancient Amulet	Extremely rare	Desert?, Snowy?, Regular