Fishing Poles

Fishing Poles

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Statistics

Type	Tool
Use time	7 Insanely Fast

Fishing Poles are used with Bait for Fishing. There are currently 9 types, 4 of which are craftable. The other 5 are sold or awarded by NPCs, or found in Chests.

Types

Fishing Pole		Source	Fishing Power	Velocity	Sell	Rarity	Notes
	Wood Fishing Pole Internal Item ID: 2289	Crafted: 8 @	5%	9	No value
	Reinforced Fishing Pole Internal Item ID: 2291	Crafted: 8 @  /	15%	11	No value
	Fisher of Souls Internal Item ID: 2293	Crafted: 8 @  /	20%	13	No value
	Fleshcatcher Internal Item ID: 2421	Crafted: 8 @  /	22%	13.5	No value
	Fiberglass Fishing Pole Internal Item ID: 2292	Can be found in Jungle Shrines, Jungle Sanctums, Living Mahogany Trees, or Jungle Crates	27%	14	10000*1
	Mechanic's Rod Internal Item ID: 2295	Sold by Mechanic during Hardmode (200000*20 ) during a waning crescent Moon	30%	15	40000*4		Sold by Mechanic, but only when Angler is present.
	Sitting Duck's Fishing Pole    Internal Item ID: 2296	Sold randomly by Traveling Merchant (350000*35 )	40%	16	70000*7
	Hotline Fishing Hook Internal Item ID: 2422	1/75 chance of being obtained in Hardmode from the Angler after 25 quests	45%	16.5	100000*10		Can fish in Lava. Can be obtained only in Hardmode, but quests finished before also count.
	Golden Fishing Rod Internal Item ID: 2294	Angler reward after exactly 30    / 50   quests, or 1/250 chance after 75 quests	50%	17	200000*20

Achievements

Glorious Golden Pole • "Obtain a golden fishing rod."

Obtain the Golden Fishing Rod from the Angler.  

Notes

• Despite the Golden Fishing Rod having more fishing power than the Hotline Fishing Hook, it cannot fish in lava.
• The only way to get the Obsidifish and Flarefin Koi is by fishing in lava with a Hotline Fishing Hook, so mass production of Inferno Potions makes the Hotline Fishing Hook integral.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Golden Fishing Rod only requires 30 completed quests now (instead of 50).

• Desktop 1.2.4.1:
  • Fixed a bug where trying to use a Fishing Pole while pulling a snapped line would make the bobber appear again.
  • You can now place Fishing Poles in the Weapon Rack.
  • Fixed bug where fishing bobbers would not disappear when you die.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.