Does anyone know what happened to Clooj's and Sketchwick's Fine Fishing Poles? They seemed to have quit the game. -- ShanVizen
Fishing
The fishing skill can be learned at a School of the Human Body for 25 twine and 1 board.
They will give you a Basic Fishing Pole. You should be careful not to lose this; there is no way to get another. You must have a fishing pole with you to fish. Stand close enough to water to see the fish icon, and click it, and you will fish.
Fish icon-
Fishing with a basic fishing pole only works at night, after about 6 pm and before about 8 am. If you get a message about the water being dead, move away, or try at a different time. If the message mentions ripples in the water, keep trying there or nearby, as you may catch fish. Everyone can catch the same types of fish at any particular location. However, the catch rate depends on location and time of night, and varies between people. The size of fish caught is dependent on your speed attribute and can be affected by cooking - see fishing recipes.
Types of Fish
Instructions for finding specific fish can be found on bottom of this page.
Common:
- Carp
- Perch
- Catfish
- Tilapia
- Chromis
Uncommon:
- Abdju
Rare:
- Oxyrynchus
- Phagrus
Ultra-rare (can only be fished with Huntsman's Fishing Pole):
- Malapterurus
Fishing Poles
There are currently two types of unique fishing poles, given by Pharoah on special events:- Craftsman's Fishing Pole: allows catching fish during the day and grants increased yields during night.
- Huntsman's Fishing Pole: allows catching fish during the day, has increased yields during night and allows fishing Malapterurus. It also appears that in certain times it allows high percentages of successful fishing: this requires further confirmation.
Questions
- What is a good percentage of successes?
- I average around 25% successful catchings, 75% "you failed, but notice rings in the water."
- What is an average yield for a good location?
- Egypt currently has seven Pyramids of the Deep Ocean that increase the minimal yield to 8, and the average is around eleven.
Grilled Fish
Grilling the fish
You can cook fish in Bonfires, and will get grilled fish. You can eat this (one at a time) from the special menu; you will then get +2 endurance for the next three teppyminutes. Grilled fish are portable! It does not matter what kind of fish you use.Fish has been shown to cook in a bonfire at temperature of 10-20.
Simply get the fire up to heat ten or higher - stoking is the recommended method, since it uses the least wood.
Note: by now, you should have added the fish.
Then, let the heat rise and fall by only adding wood every other tick (~10s).
For each fish you added, you will need to repeat the line above once.
If you want to cook n fish, you will need (n - 1)/2 wood to heat the fish with 10 wood overhead to get to heat 10.
(If you use a less efficient method of starting the bonfire, you will have higher overhead)
Fire and forget recipe: build 191 wood bonfire, add 21 of each species you have and fire.
See also Bonfires
- Duinn
It has been pointed out that fishing temperatures overlap with several other items - visit the bonfire page to see which things can be cooked simultaneously
Benefits
You recieve 2 Endurance from eatting Grilled Fish, which lasts approximately 2.5 minutes.
[Endurance information moved to Stats page]
Locations
The types of fish seem to be distributed in diagonal "bands" across the landscape. Bands seem to run NW-SE, so traveling in the NE or SW direction will cause the type of fish to change. Bands also move slightly over time, so just because you're standing still doesn't mean the type of fish won't change.
Starting from the SW end, you'll find fish in roughly the following order:
Carp > Carp/Oxy > Carp/Perch/Oxy > Perch/Oxy > Perch > Perch/Abdju > Perch/Abdju/Catfish > Abdju/Catfish > Catfish > Catfish/Tilapia > Tilapia/Chromis > Tilapia/Chromis/Phagrus > Chromis/Phagrus
From Carp to Chromis/Phagrus is around 210 coords (when traveling directly North or directly East). Then there is dead water for 656 coords before starting over at Carp.
You can determine if you are at a fishing spot by adding your X and Y coordinates, subtract 80, and determine the remainder after dividing by 866. If the remainder is between 0 and 210, you are at a valid fishing spot (assuming there is also water there). Carp is towards the 0 end, Phagrus is near the 210 end. Keep in mind that the bands also move (10-20 coords maybe??) so 0 and 210 are just guidelines.
(For those of you too lazy to do this with a calculator, I have created a very simple program to do it. You can download the source code at http://www.carbondog.net/atitd/fishcalc-src.tar.bz2 [MD5: 2f58a3324e9593b86b883ccfa9ef39fc] and the Linux binary at http://www.carbondog.net/atitd/fishcalc-bin.tar.bz2 [MD5: 104fb347e58a97751e1e87ab96463f11]. Windows binaries coming soon; Mac ones as soon as I can find a developer who uses Mac. --Meudar)
(For the even lazier/don't want to download stuff/have a mac etc, I made a JavaScript to do it and threw it up on a geocities page, you can see it at http://www.geocities.com/xodarap00/Calc.html. If anyone knows how to put up JS on the wiki feel free to do so. --Xodar)
(I wanted a more complete tool, so I created Fishing Assistant. It will show all fish types available at the location you enter. --TheMazeEcho)
Please help fill in the following chart to make finding a local fishing band easier and perhaps help to clarify how fishing works on a more global scale.
| Location | Game Time | Type |
| -28, -3300 | 2:30 AM | Perch/Abdju (at the pond with too many vineyards.) |
| -71, 275 | 12am | Carp |
| -238, -3188 | 4:50 AM | Carp |
| -443, -3818 | 4:41 AM - 5:22 | Carp/Oxyrynchus |
| -573, 685 | 3.00am onwards | Perch/Oxrynchus |
| -999, 2109 | 5.00am onwards | Chromis/Tilapia |
| -1000, 3764 | Abdju/Perch | |
| -1011, 4782 | Phagrus , Malapterurus (with Huntsman pole) | |
| -1051, 2180 | 12:55 PM | Chromis/Tilapia (player JacquouLe, male game character |
| -1222, 5636 | 5.00am to 10:00 am | Carp |
| -1264, 5676 | 10:50 PM to 6:30 am (not exact) | Carp/Oxy/Perch |
| -1366, 4866 | 4am | Carp |
| -1615, 5339 | 12.00am to 1.00 am | Tilapia/Chromis |
| -1682, 5262 | 1am | Carp/Oxy/Perch |
| -1700, 4590 | 1:00 am | Phargus |
| -1700, 4578 | 9am | Catfish/Tilapia |
| -1787, 8140 | 8:00 AM | Tilapia/Chromis/Phagrus |
| -1800, 4599 | 9am | Abdju |
| -1935, 2942 | 10:05 PM | Perch |
| -1960,5644 | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | Catfish/Tilapia |
| -1979, 4655 | 10.55am | Carp |
| -1980,5659 | 9:00 am | Catfish |
| -2000,5673 | 9:00 am | Catfish |
| -2020,5683 | 9:00 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -2040,5696 | 9:00 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -2060,5708 | 9:00 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -2084,5723 | 9:00 am | Perch/Abdju |
| -2097,5731 | 9:00 am | Perch/Abdju |
| -2100,5741 | 9:00 am | Perch/Abdju |
| -2108,5750 | 8:00 am | Perch/Abdju |
| -2121,5778 | 8:00 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -2122,5764 | 8:00 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -2131,5785 | 8:00 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -2145,5781 | 8:00 am | Perch/Abdju |
| -2216,5819 | 8:00 am | Perch |
| -2340,7805 | 11pm | Chromis |
| -2364,5192 | 12am | Catfish/Tilapia |
| -2391,4180 | 02.00 AM | Carp |
| -2394,4200 | 01.00-05:00 | Carp |
| -2391,4220 | 01:00-05:00 | Carp/Perch/Oxrynchus |
| -2404,4260 | 01:00-05:00 | Perch/Oxrynchus |
| -2415,4280 | 01:00-05:00 | Perch |
| -2420,4300 | 01:00-05:00 | Perch |
| -2424,4320 | 01:00-05:00 | Perch/Abdju |
| -2430,4340 | 01:00-05:00 | Catfish/Perch/(Abdju?) |
| -2432,4360 | 01:00-05:00 | Catfish/Abdju |
| -2453,4380 | 01:00-05:00 | Catfish |
| -2449,4400 | 01:00-05:00 | Catfish/Tilapia |
| -2452,4420 | 01:00-05:00 | Catfish/Tilapia |
| -2454,4440 | 01:00-05:00 | Tilapia/Chromis |
| -2460,4460 | 01:00-05:00 | Tilapia/Chromis |
| -2461,4472 | 01:00-05:00 | Chromis/Phagrus |
| -2834, 4756 | 2 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| -3007,5799 | 9pm | Catfish |
| 1917, 2495 | 12am - 8am caught 483 | Carp |
| 1252, 6848 | 9:49pm | Phargus/Chromis |
| 1261, 6824 | 11:32pm | Chromis/Tilapia |
| 1275, 6755 | 12:11am | Tilapia/Catfish |
| 1282, 6715 | 12:28am | Catfish/Abdju |
| 1282, 6701 | 12:28am | Abdju/Perch |
| 1280, 6674 | 12:53am | Perch |
| 1270, 6622 | 1:16am | Carp |
| 1206, -970 | 1:08am to 6am | Chro/Phar/Tila/Cat |
| 998, 6926 | 5:19am | Oxy/Perch |
| 1246, 4070 | 11:00 | Carp/Oxy |
| 727, 7331 | 11:30 PM | Chromis/Tilapia |
| 1091, -3615 | 12:20 AM | Oxy/Perch |
| 1090, -3615 | 12:40 AM | Carp |
| 803, -701 | 2:00 AM >> 8:30AM (ratio 5:3:1) | Perch/Carp/Oxy |
| 3475, -661 | Abdju/Catfish | |
| 2552, -1489 | Abdju/Carp/Cat/Perch | |
| 3088, -1097 | Chro/Cat/Phar/Tila | |
| 3986, -324 | All fish | |
| 2268, -1239 | 8:00 PM | Catfish/Perch/Abdju |
| 2093, -1974 | Carp/Cat/Perch | |
| 1455, -1288 | Catfish/Perch/? | |
| 1595, -2391 | Carp/Oxy/? | |
| 1421, -1145 | 3:00 AM | Chromis |
| 2523, 5387 | 3:45 AM | Carp/Perch |
| 2421, 5637 | 8:48 PM - 9:47 PM | Talipia/Chromis |
| 2413, 5628 | 8:48 PM - 9:47 PM | Catfish/Talipia |
| 2409, 5622 | 8:48 PM - 9:47 PM | Catfish/Talipia |
| 2473, 5611 | 8:48 PM - 9:47 PM | Chromis |
| 2358, 5619 | 12:35 AM | Perch/Abdju |
| 1631, -693 | Carp | |
| 1331, -336 | Perch | |
| 1516, -1255 | Tilapia/Chromis/Phagrus | |
| 107, 6245 | 8-10PM & 3-6AM | Tilapia/Chromis/Phagrus/Catfish |
| 1084, 7642 | 7 am | Carp |
| 877, 7042 | 3 am | Carp, Perch & Oxyrynchus |
| 2377, 2142 | 3 am | Abdju/Catfish |
| 946, -3377 | 4AM - 6AM (5:30am peak I think) | Abdju/Catfish/Perch |
| 867, 7100 | 10:13pm | Abdju/Perch |
| 1305, -262 | 1AM - 6AM | Abdju/Catfish/Perch |
| 818, -4137 | 8:30PM - 9:30PM 1AM - 6AM | Abdju/Catfish/Perch |
| 2346, -7427 | 8:49 AM - 9:30 AM (not exact) | Perch/Abdju |
| 1475, -4841 | 6:30 PM | Perch/Carp/Oxrynchus |
| 328 , -3570 | 3:05 AM | Tilapia/Catfish |
| 76, -3417 | 1:50 AM | Perch |
| 4460,3616 | 1 AM | Tilapia/Chromis |
| 4458,3631 | 2 AM | Chromis/Phagrus |
| 4426,3499 | 3 AM | Perch/Carp/Oxyrynchus |
| 640,-474 | 3 AM | Catfish |
| 666,-490 | 3 AM | Abbju/Catfish |
| 666,-510 | 4 AM | Abbju/Perch |
| 670,-530 | 4 AM | Perch |
| 670,-550 | 4 AM | Perch |
| 672,-570 | 5 AM | Perch |
| 670,-590 | 5 AM | Carp/Perch/Oxy |
| 1084,-998 | Carp/Perch/Oxy | |
| 1499, 3123 | 01:30 | Phagrus |
| -2516,-9 | 04:00-05:00 | Carp/Oxyrynchus |
| -2532,7 | 05:00 | Carp/Oxyrynchus |
There is a fish band along the western bank of the Nile in Karnak that stretches from -1346 to -1599, a vertical distance of 253 coordinates. Chromis occur at the north end, then tilapia, catfish, perch, abdju, oxi, and carp with many of these species occasionally overlapping. Carp occur across at least 59 coords, perch across at least 75.
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Location
Game Time
Type |
(I went back to those spots the next day at the same time, and got the same types of fish, so it seems not to change between days)
It appears that fish appear when it gets dark, and stop appearing an hour or so after the sun comes up. Some water never has fish. (note, puddles in the middle of nowhere can have fish. However, you can't adjust your position to follow the bands. And most puddles are't part of a fishing band.)
Fishing Science
What mathematics are behind the fishing?
We seem to have two states that occillate back and forth across time for a set location.
- State A - totally dead
- State B - rings (or catch depending on random chance during this rings interval)
My experiment started at 12:00 am game time and ran for an hour, collecting data for the number of A and B, in one location, using a macro that clicks the fish button ever 15.5 seconds. I built up a pretty nice list that I am debating on how analyze. This was a random place I chose so I think I am going to throw away these results and perform this experiment on a place I have a navpoint that I can zip to and run my hour of tests.
Just looking at this hour of data though, it seems pretty obvious that one location changes between A and B frequently and since popular thought tells us that fishing gets best around 5-7 am (or so) these numbers most likely change over a period of time. Again, need to run this experiment over multiple hour intervals from the same position. A big guess of what we might get out of this is the hours for maximising your State B and once we have this worked out we can see if it varies from location to location.
-- Chisisi
Personal Fishing Pages:
(See also: Tale 1 Fishing)