Fishing


Info

Trivia

  • The maximum distance you can get between the bobber and yourself is 33 blocks.
  • If you cast the bobber into a waterfall, the bobber will float up the waterfall until it reaches the top where it will stay until the player pulls it back in or until a fish is caught on the line. If a fish is caught on the line, the bobber will then fall off from the waterfall making it much easier to visualize when to reel in.
  • If you are underwater, or if you stand right next to the bobber, you can still catch fish.
  • If you cast the line into an End Portal, the line and bobber will disappear, although it doesn`t teleport back to the Overworld.
  • You can switch from one fishing rod to another, at any time, even after hooking a fish or snagging something. This means that you can hook a fish with one rod, and reel it in with another. When you reel it in the new rod will take the durability cost.
  • You can obtain the Cow Tipper achievement from reeling in leather.
  • If you cast the line into the corner of a block it will "skip" the process of rising out of the water. This can be used for faster fishing. This is known as skishing.
  • You are able to fish using the fishing rod in your off-hand slot.
  • The fish or other caught item behaves like a drop and can be stopped by solid blocks.
  • When in F1 Mode, the tool will be hidden but the line and bobber will still be shown.
  • When the line is thrown, the sprite for the fishing rod in the hotbar will update and be seen without the line and bobber.

Videos

Catching fish

A fishing bobber
A newly obtained Fishing Rod with the enchantments Lure II, Unbreaking III and Luck of the Sea II.

Use a fishing rod Fishing Rod Type Tools Durability 65 Renewable Yes Stackable No Experience Per catch: 1–3 First appearances See History Data value dec: 346 hex: 15A bin: 101011010 Name fishing_rod Fishing rods are tools whose primary purpose is obtaining fish. minecraft to cast the line into a body of water. The position of the player does not matter; the player can be in the water, sitting in a boat Boat Type Vehicles Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable No Flammable No, but drops except in lava Internal ID PC: 41 PE: 90 Network ID PC: 1 Entity ID boat Drops See Drops Health points 4 minecraft , or standing on adjacent land. Fish can be caught just as readily in small, shallow, and/or player-created pools.

The bobber must be watched closely. Small splashes can be seen around the bobber.

There will be a period where the player must wait, randomly chosen from 5 to 45 seconds.

It has been noted that if there are enemies near the fishing site (around 12–16 blocks), the fish will not bite. Consoleedition only Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 minecraft citationneeded

After a period of waiting, a fish will approach and start to bite. A small trail of water particles Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft. Contents 1 Behavior 2 Types of particles 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery Behavior edit | edit source] Particles always seem to face the player and minecraft will head towards the bobber (unseen if Particles is set to Minimal in Video Settings). When the bobber dips below the surface, immediately right-click again to reel in the line. The window for reeling in when a fish bites is about half a second. If a bite is missed, the line can be left in the water to wait for another bite.

The line will disappear if the player wanders more than 32 blocks away from the bobber, or if the player stops holding a fishing rod. The rod will not be damaged by this.

If a fishing rod is used while underwater, the bobber will float up to the water`s surface, unless a block is in the way or unless it hooks a mob such as squid.

Reeling in the fishing rod costs durability; see below.

Notes
  1. All blocks above the bobber must be completely transparent to sunlight. This includes glass Glass Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 1.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops None Data values Glass: dec: 20 hex: 14 bin: 10100 Stained Glass: PC: dec: 95 hex: 5F bin: 1011111 PE: dec: 241 hex: F1 minecraft and tripwire String Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops String (1) Data values Block dec: 132 hex: 84 bin: 10000100 Item dec: 287 hex: 11F bin: 100011111 Name Block tripwire Item minecraft , but not leaves Leaves Transparency Partial (diffuses sky light) Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Sapling (0–1) @@@#@@@Apple(apple.com)###@### (0–1) (from oak and dark oak leaves) Data values Oak/Spruce/Birch/Jungle dec: 18 hex: 12 minecraft
  2. Each tick will have a 50% chance of not decrementing the count
  3. The bobber must be located in a biome A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you minecraft where it is currently raining and all blocks above it must not block movement (e.g. torch Torch Transparency Yes Luminance 14 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 50 hex: 32 bin: 110010 Name torch See the common light-emitting torch. minecraft , tripwire String Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops String (1) Data values Block dec: 132 hex: 84 bin: 10000100 Item dec: 287 hex: 11F bin: 100011111 Name Block tripwire Item minecraft ).
  4. Each tick will have a 25% chance of counting down 2 instead of 1

Junk and treasures

The player can occasionally catch treasure or junk instead of fish. An unenchanted fishing rod has an 85% chance of catching fish, a 10% chance of catching junk, and a 5% chance of catching treasure. Each level of the Luck of the Sea "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will minecraft enchantment decreases the chance of junk and fish, and increases the chance of treasure.

Catch Possibilities
Fish Chance in Category Unenchanted Chance (85%) LotS 1 (84.8%) LotS 2 (84.7%) LotS 3 (84.5%)

Fish
60% 51.0% 50.9% 50.8% 50.7%

Salmon
25% 21.2% 21.2% 21.2% 21.1%

Clownfish
2% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7%

Pufferfish
13% 11.1% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0%
Treasure Chance in Category Unenchanted Chance (5%) LotS 1 (7.1%) LotS 2 (9.2%) LotS 3 (11.3%)

Bow
16.67% (16) 0.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.9%

Enchanted Book
16.67% (16) 0.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.9%

Fishing Rod
16.67% (16) 0.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.9%

Name Tag
16.67% (16) 0.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.9%

Saddle
16.67% (16) 0.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.9%

Lily Pad
16.67% (16) 0.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.9%
Junk Chance in Category Unenchanted Chance (10%) LotS 1 (8.1%) LotS 2 (6.1%) LotS 3 (4.2%)

Bowl
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%

Fishing Rod
2.4% (283) 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%

Leather
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%

Leather Boots
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%

Rotten Flesh
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%

Stick
6.0% (583) 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%

String
6.0% (583) 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%

Water Bottle
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%

Bone
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%

Ink Sac
⃗ 10
1.2% (183) 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

Tripwire Hook
12.0% (1083) 1.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%
  1. a b c This does not vary depending on enchantments.
  2. a b Bows and Fishing Rods caught from the Treasure category will be enchanted, but also 75%–100% damaged. Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-30 enchantment on an enchantment table Enchantment Table Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Computer: No Pocket Edition: 12 Blast resistance 6,000 Hardness 5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops minecraft . These can also include treasure enchantments that are unavailable via an enchantment table.
  3. Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-30 enchantment on an enchantment table Enchantment Table Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Computer: No Pocket Edition: 12 Blast resistance 6,000 Hardness 5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops minecraft , but the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced. These can also include treasure enchantments that are unavailable via an enchantment table.
  4. a b Fishing Rods and Leather Boots caught from the Junk category will be 10%–100% damaged, and not enchanted.

Fishing rod durability

See also: Fishing Rod⃂₧⃂Usage

The fishing rod Fishing Rod Type Tools Durability 65 Renewable Yes Stackable No Experience Per catch: 1–3 First appearances See History Data value dec: 346 hex: 15A bin: 101011010 Name fishing_rod Fishing rods are tools whose primary purpose is obtaining fish. minecraft can be used 65 times before breaking, or more if the Unbreaking "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will minecraft or Mending "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will minecraft enchantments are applied.

  • Reeling in while the bobber is in the air, or in the water, does not reduce durability.
  • Reeling in successfully catching a fish, junk or treasure costs 1 durability.
  • Reeling in while the bobber is stuck in a solid block costs 2 durability.
  • Reeling in a dropped item costs 3 durability.
  • Reeling in an entity that`s not a dropped item costs 5 durability.

Durability cost occurs on reel-in, rather than on impact, so penalties can be avoided by switching to another item or dropping the rod instead of reeling in.

History

Alpha Alpha Starting version Alpha 1.0.0 (Jun. 28, 2010) Latest version Alpha 1.2.6 (Dec. 3, 2010) Paid Yes Alpha versions 1.0.0 to 1.2.6 are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions minecraft
1.2.0 Alpha 1.2.0 Official name Halloween Update Server version 0.2.2 Release date Oct. 30, 2010 Download Client Server ◄◄ Alpha 1.1.0 ◄ Alpha 1.1.2_01 Alpha 1.2.0_01 ► Beta 1.0 ►► See the computer minecraft Added fishing.
The old algorithm is as follows: each tick has a 1⃢₁₄500 chance of catching a fish, unless it`s raining, in which case it`s a 1⃢₁₄300 chance instead. Rain reduces the average time between catches from 346 ticks to 207 ticks, a 40% decrease. This algorithm lasted until it was changed in 1.7.2.
Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first minecraft
1.4.2 12w37a Fishing now gives the player XP with each fish caught.
1.7.2 13w36a Fishing rewards and mechanics massively changed, with new rewards including enchanted books, saddles, enchanted fishing rods, name tags, and such.
Fishing now has particles when a fish is approaching the bobber.
There is now a chance to get "bad" items (junk) such as sticks, bones, and such.
1.11 16w38a Ink sac chances changed from 10 chances for 1 ink sac to 1 chance for 10 ink sacs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0 Mar. 13, 2015 Daniel Wustenhoff tweets an image of the player fishing.
build 1 Added fishing.
0.12.1 build 1 Fishing rewards can now be enchanted upon capture (enchanted books, etc).
Console Edition
TU1 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 Added fishing.
TU31 CU19 1.22 Patch 3 Fishing now has particle effects - bubbles will show up moving towards the bobber just before the player has something on the hook. This has the appearance of a fish swimming towards the hook.
Treasure and junk items can now be caught while fishing.

Issues

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Contents

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    Overview

    An example of fishing.

    Fishing provides a basic supply of food as well as obtaining the material used to tame Ocelots. Fishing will yield a small amount ofℂ₂⃂₠Experience whenever a fish or item is successfully caught. Players are more likely to catch a fish when it is raining or by using an enchanted Fishing Rod. Possible fish that can be caught include: regular fish, clownfish, pufferfish, and salmon. Normal fish and salmon can all be cooked whereas a pufferfish can be used in Brewing. All fish can be eaten raw, but fish variations that can be cooked will restore less hunger. There are two enchantments that can be applied to the fishing rod: Luck of the Sea and Lure. Lure increases the rate at which fish will be attracted to the rod whereas Luck of the Sea increases the possibility of finding junk treasure.

    Method

    1. Equip a fishing rod.
    2. Right-click (default settings) while facing a body of water. (This can be as small as one cubic block though the casting method becomes more difficult as one`s fishing area gets smaller.)
    3. Once the float has risen to the water`s surface, watch for it to go underwater.
    4. As soon as it "bobs" underwater, right-click again and a fish should fly out of the water towards the player`s feet. The fish will not always land at one`s feet, however. It will sometimes fall short or even fly over the player.

    Treasure

    • Bow
      (Enchanted with the same probability as a level 30 enchant, but it allows for treasure enchantments; damaged)
    • Enchanted Book
      (Enchanted with the same probability as a level 30 enchant, but it allows for treasure enchantments)
    • Fishing Rod
      (Enchanted with the same probability as a level 30 enchant, but it allows for treasure enchantments; damaged)
    • Name Tag
    • Saddle
    • Lily Pad

    Junk

    • Bowl
    • Glass Bottle
    • Leather
    • Rotten Flesh
    • Leather Boots
      (Severely damaged and named "Old Boots" when selected)
    • String
    • Stick
    • Bone