Fields of Mistria Fish Guide

How Fishing Works

You can fish in almost any body of water in Fields of Mistria, ponds, rivers, the ocean, and even inside the mines, with the sole exception of the fountain in town. To fish, charge your rod to open an aiming box, place it near a fish shadow, and cast. Casting costs no stamina; only landing a fish does.

Fish shadows come in four sizes, Small, Medium, Large, and Giant. Size reflects the fish's size, not its rarity, but bigger shadows do tend to be rarer and more valuable. When a fish nibbles and a "!" appears, press the use key to reel in. Time it wrong and the fish escapes.

Rod Upgrades (Casting Distance)

Higher rods cast farther, letting you reach distant fish. Several fish, especially in the Deep Woods, effectively require a Gold or better rod.

Best Fish by Price

Fish prices range from 15 Tesserae for Seaweed up to 200 Tesserae for the non-legendary Amberjack (caught in fish traps). The most valuable regular catches include Amberjack (200t), Razorback (160t, river, autumn, rain), Coelacanth (140t, Ancient Ruins ~81-99), and Shadow Bass (140t, river, winter).

Other strong catches: Firesail Fish (130t, Lava Caves Fl.4), Emerald Horned Charger (125t, Deep Earth Fl.3), Goldfish (120t, pond, spring), White Perch (120t, pond, autumn), Mini-Whale Shark (100t, Tide Caverns Fl.2), and giant ocean predators like Shark and Oarfish (100t each in autumn and winter).

Hunting the rare ones? Start with the four-fish legendary checklist or the dedicated Coelacanth guide.

Some fish only appear in certain weather, such as Mackerel and Grayling in autumn rain, Walleye in spring rain, and King Crab, Burbot, and Dace in winter snow or blizzards.

Fishing Locations & Diving

Fishing spots break down into ponds, rivers, ocean, and the five mine biomes. You can fish in any body of water except the town fountain.

Fishing inside the mines can turn a mining trip into a lucrative side income. You can also dive in dark water holes to catch smaller fish like Anchovy, Clam, Crayfish, Pike, and Trout without using stamina, and with the Archaeology Sunken Secrets perk, dive holes can also yield Sunken-set artifacts.

Fish Bait, Traps & Schools

Fish Bait (added in v0.15.0) comes from Terrariums and can be used while fishing to attract rarity-matched fish, or placed in the Fish Trap for a daily random haul:

• Common Bait: Massive Minnow, Copper Rockfish
• Uncommon Bait: Iron Fish, Silver Squid
• Rare Bait: Golden Eel
• Fish Trap exclusives: Blue Crab, Bait Thief, Sea Urchin, Hake, and the valuable Amberjack (Rare, 200t)

Sometimes fish clump into schools, fishing there lets you catch several in quick succession. With the School Crasher perk you can dive into a school and collect half its fish for no stamina cost, and Frenzy makes catching a fish sometimes spawn a school nearby.

Fishing Skill Perks

Buy perks with Essence at Caldarus' statue on the farm. Each tier unlocks at a specific Fishing level:

The Four Legendary Fish

Unlock the Legendary perk at Fishing Lv.30 (80 Essence) and, when the conditions are right, the morning message "A legendary fish is nearby…" tells you one is in the water. You can catch each one only once per save file. Use the legendary fish checklist for a season-by-season route.

Donate all four to complete the museum's Legendary Fish Set — the only 4-item set in the building — and pop the Fish Fanatic achievement. Two other Fish Wing sets need Fish Bait from Terrariums, which run on bugs: the insect guide explains that production loop.