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Fishing is an often overlooked mechanic in V Rising. Fish can be used for a variety of purposes, from keeping prisoners alive, to making powerful potions, and more. Want to learn how to fish in V Rising?This V Rising fishing guide will provide what you need to know.

First things first, you’ll need to get yourself a fishing pole. To do this, you’ll need to unlock the blueprint to craft one. Unlock the ability to craft a fishing pole, and a woodworking bench to make it with, by defeating Rufus the Foreman.

Rufus the Foreman is a V Blood boss that resides in the Bandit Logging Camp, just southeast of the Forgotten Cemetery, near the center of the Farbane Woods.

Once you’ve defeated Rufus the Foreman, return to your spooky headquarters and build yourself a woodworking bench (12 planks and 60 animal hide).

In the menu for your brand new woodworking bench craft yourself a fishing pole using the following:

Equip your fishing pole through your hot bar just like you would with any new weapon, and now it’s time to find ourselves some fish.

You can find fish in V Rising at most of the bodies of water on the map. A fishing spot will appear as a small patch of bubbles in the water.

Once you find this, all you need to do is equip your pole, left click the bubbles, and wait. Once you see a large splash, left click again and you should pull a fish, or even a new recipe, up on to shore and directly into your inventory.

There are several different kinds of fish you can find in V Rising. Most can be found in the early areas of the game. However, if there is a specific fish you are looking for, you may want to seek out specific fishing spots in order to increase the chances of finding what you’re looking for.

If you’re just starting to get your feet wet with fishing, and with your progression through V Rising in general, you’ll mostly be using fish for fish oil, and to keep your prisoners from dying from blood loss or misery.

The best fish to do this with are Fat Gobys, Rainbow Trout, and Sage Fish.

Fat Gobys will return your prisoners to 100% health. You can find them in any area of the map, but are most commonly in the Hallowed Mountains, on the southeastern side of the world.

To keep your prisoners misery level low, you’ll want to seek out Rainbow Trout and Sage Fish. Rainbow Trout can be found in the relatively safe Farbane Woods. However they have a higher chance of spawning in the Dunley Farmlands, and the Silverlight Hills. That is dependent on if you have the gear necessary to defend yourself from the patrols you’ll encounter.

A Rainbow Trout will only lower a prisoner’s misery by a measly 5 to 10 percent, so if you really want to keep those prisoners, (and by extension, yourself) fat and happy, you’ll want to seek out the Sage Fish.

The Sage fish has a tiny chance to drop in the Dunley Farmlands, and roughly a ten percent chance to drop in the Silverlight Hills. Due to the abundance of water features in Silverlight, it may be worth sneaking in there to snatch a few if you’ve got prisoners with 90 to 100 percent of your favorite blood type.

If you’re simply in dire need of some fish scales and fish oil, remember, any fish can be fed to the devourer and broken down into scales, bones, and oil.

Well, there you have it. Everything you need to know to start on your career as a commercial fisherman… Fishervampire… Fisherpire? No, that doesn’t sound right either. We’ll get back to you on that.

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