Our information on Abiotic Issue Fishing will go over how one can craft a rod and begin catching fish, together with why it is value doing.
Quicklinks: Crafting a Rod | Catching Fish | Fish Checklist
Whereas catching fish in Abiotic Issue, it is also value keeping track of the way you degree your different abilities. Fish are additionally a very good supply of meals, with some dropping rarer crafting sources.

Crafting a Fishing Rod
As you’ve got little question guessed, fish in Abiotic Issue could be caught utilizing a Fishing Rod. The recipe for a Fishing Rod unlocks as soon as you’ve got obtained a Stapler for the primary time.
To craft a Fishing Rod, you want:
- 1 Stapler
- 2 Desk Telephones
- 4 Plastic Scrap
- 2 Wooden Plank
You will solely want one in every of these per participant, as they are often repaired utilizing Wooden Planks at a Restore Bench. Fishing doesn’t appear to cut back the sturdiness ranking, so it’ll solely go down whenever you die with it in your stock (relying on server settings.)
Catching Fish
With rod in hand, head to any physique of water — sure, this even consists of tiny ones just like the foyer fountain. Maintain left click on to arrange the solid, then let go to throw the hook within the path you are wanting.
If a fish is current, a small shadow ought to quickly seem and begin swimming round, earlier than biting the hook.
The fish will wrestle, represented by a jet of water popping out of the bobber. To counter this, you wish to transfer in the wrong way. For instance, if the fish is swimming away, you may wish to press the motion key/path that’s in direction of you.
When it stops transferring, maintain the use button to reel the fish in. You will must repeat this sample a number of occasions earlier than the fish is caught.
Catching fish earns Fishing XP, even when the ultimate consequence occurs to be a junk merchandise like a mug.
Bait
Every time you catch a brand new fish for the primary time, you may unlock its respective bait as nicely (e.g. Portal Fish unlocks Portal Fish Bait.) This allows you to have a better likelihood of catching that fish with the bait outfitted, whereas additionally making a uncommon variant of it extra more likely to seem.
Bait could be outfitted to the fishing rod by holding down the reload key. Notice that bait shall be used up even should you solely catch Junk — at Fishing Stage 12, there is a 33% likelihood that this wont trigger you to lose bait.

Butchering and Cooking Fish
Fish could be butchered at a Chef’s Counter, utilizing the brand new fish preparation part on the correct aspect. Every kind of fish could be butchered to provide totally different gadgets, although some supplies have a decrease likelihood of dropping than others.
Uncooked Fish Filets could be cooked on a frying pan to make fast and simple meals. Fishes that may be butchered into Filets additionally drop several types of Filet that supply kind of Starvation Fill.
Buying and selling Fish For Staplers
One further use for fish — or relatively, one particular fish — is in buying and selling. Warren within the Workplace Sector will commerce you staplers should you drop Uncooked Antefish Filets into the chute subsequent to his workplace.
Whereas the remainder of the fish places are listed beneath, Antefish can be found on the Caves in Manufacturing West contained in the purple swimming pools, or within the Labs Sector aquarium.
Abiotic Issue Fish Checklist
- IS-0098 – Any common water. Butchers into Uncooked IS-0098 Tentacles, Fish Bones, Fish Oil, Leather-based Scrap, Leyak Essence
- Portal Fish – Any common water. Butchers into Uncooked Portal Fish Filet, Fish Bones, Fish Oil, Exor Quill, Uncooked Exor Coronary heart
- Chordfish – Flathill Fountain
- Moon Fish – Water in the course of the night time or in darkish areas. Butchers into Uncooked Moon Fish Filet, Fish Bones, Fish Oil.
- Antefish – Present in Manufacturing West contained in the purple swimming pools within the caves, or within the Labs Sector aquarium. Butchers into Uncooked Antefish Filets, Fish Bones, Fish Oil.
- Radfish – Present in Manufacturing West inside swimming pools of radiation. Butchers into Uncooked Radfish Filet, Fish Bones, Fish Oil, Salt.
- Inkfish – Discovered within the giant inky lake within the Evening Realm.
- Darkwater Fish – Caught inside water within the Hydroplant.
That is all for our information on Abiotic Issue Fishing! Make certain to take a look at extra of our guides for the sport beneath.