Fields of Mistria, like any good slice-of-life farm game, has a fishing mechanic. Catch fish, both freshwater and saltwater, throughout different seasons to either appease the local museum or cook them into delicious meals. The locals may even request one via the job board.

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There are a lot of instances where you need a fish. Whether it’s your first time trying to cast a line or you’re a Mistria veteran who can’t seem to find that one specific fish, we have everything you could need to know about the fishing system.
How To Get A Fishing Rod
You don’t start with a fishing rod; you need to go out of your way to get one. There are two ways to get a fishing rod: buy one from the Fishing Shop on the beach or craft one using March’s forge.
The fishing shop, located on the beach map just left of the entrance, will sell a Worn Fishing Rod for 500 gold.
At the forge, located just left of March’s shop and home, you can craft fishing rods yourself. These cost four ingots, with Copper, Iron, Silver, and Gold respectively. They have a casting range of eight, ten, 12, and 14, respectively.
How To Use A Fishing Rod
The fishing system is fairly straightforward. Hold the tool button to charge your line, then release it to cast it on the target.
Cast your line near the shadow of a fish, ideally near the front. If the fish notices, it will swim to it, poke at your bobber a few times, then bite. Bites are indicated by an exclamation mark pop-up. When this happens, press the tool button to catch the fish.
Some fish will consume more stamina when caught than others (it seems to be based on size), but otherwise, that’s it!
Alongside fish, you can also fish up junk, artifacts, and treasure boxes. Skills (detailed below) will increase the odds of this happening.
Diving And Schools, Explained
There are two other special mechanics involved with fishing: Diving spots and schools of fish. Neither of them are terribly complex, though.
Diving For Fish
If you spot a dark circle with bubbles in the water, you can dive there by pressing the action button while swimming over it. Doing so will result in fish and items that can’t be caught with a fishing rod, like seaweed and clams.
Seaweed can be dived for in the ocean and is an ingredient in higher quality fodder for your livestock.
Schools Of Fish
Schools of fish are visualized by a slightly darker spot in the water with many small shadows inside. Casting your line directly into this area allows you to catch fish multiple times. There is a predetermined limit to how many items or fish it contains, with the school disappearing once expended.
The Fishing Skill Tree
Like all of the other level-able professions in the game, fishing has a variety of skills you can unlock that improve or augment your experience.
These skills can be accessed from the Statue of Caldarus on your farm. Skills are broken up into four tiers, each having a different fishing level requirement to access. Each skill also costs a number of essence to unlock, becoming more expensive at higher tiers.
Skill Name |
Skill Effect |
Tier 1 (Level 1) |
|
---|---|
Weedline Watcher 1 |
Fish up less junk |
Aquatic Antiquities |
Can fish up artifacts |
Appealing Reeling 1 |
Increased bobber attraction range |
Catch of the Day |
Occasionally refund stamina for caught fish |
Tier 2 (Level 15) |
|
Lucky Haul |
Sometimes catch double fish |
Perfect Catch |
Uncommon and Rare fish appear more |
School Crasher |
Swim into schools of fish to collect half of it |
Unexpected Haul |
More likely to fish up treasure boxes |
Tier 3 (Level 30) |
|
Full Class |
Fish schools contain more fish |
Legendary |
Legendary fish now appear in the right conditions |
Treasure Trove |
Increase treasure box odds, but removes Wooden Treasure Boxes |
Weedline Watcher 2 |
Fish up even less junk |
Tier 4 (Level 45) |
|
Appealing Reeling 2 |
Further increased bobber attraction range |
Frenzy |
Catching fish might spawn a school nearby |
What a Catch |
Fish might drop money based on their own value |
Every Fish And Where/When To Catch Them
According to the almanac in the menu, there are 127 items in the Fishing and Diving section. This does include (for some reason) junk items like wood and fiber. It’s also listed in alphabetical order. This table will mimic those decisions to make things easy for anyone trying to finish the almanac.
Fish found in the mines are categorized by which mine biome they appear in: Starter, Water, Crystal, and Lava. Each one is about 20 floors and are separated by a sealing barrier.
Blank weather boxes indicate that it can be caught in any weather condition. Fish with a star next to their name are Legendary and require the Legendary skill to catch.
Fish |
Season |
Location |
Weather |
---|---|---|---|
Alligator Gar |
Winter |
Lake |
|
Anchovy |
Spring |
Ocean |
|
Angel Fish |
Spring |
Lake |
|
Archer Fish |
Any |
Water Mines |
|
Armored Bass |
Any |
Lava Mines |
|
Barb |
Spring |
Lake |
|
Blue Gill |
Spring |
River |
|
Bluefish |
Fall |
Lake |
Rainy |
Bonito |
Summer/Winter |
Ocean |
|
Bowfish |
Winter |
River |
|
Bream |
Summer |
River |
|
Brown Bullhead |
Summer |
Lake |
|
Brown Trout |
Spring |
Lake |
|
Bullfrog |
Summer/Winter |
Lake |
Rain/Snow |
Burbot |
Winter |
Lake |
Snow |
Butterfish |
Fall |
Ocean |
|
Candelabra SeaDragon |
Any |
Lava Mines |
|
Carp |
Spring |
River |
|
Catfish |
Any |
Lake |
|
Cave Eel |
Any |
Starter Mines |
|
Cave Shark |
Any |
Starter Mines |
|
Cave Shrimp |
Any |
Starter Mines |
|
Char |
Summer |
Ocean |
|
Cherry Fish ☆ |
Spring |
Lake |
Windy |
Chub |
Spring |
River |
|
Chum |
Summer/Winter |
River |
|
Clam |
Any |
Ocean |
Diving |
Cod |
Summer/Winter |
Ocean |
|
Crab |
Summer |
Ocean |
|
Crucian Carp |
Spring |
Lake |
|
Dace |
Winter |
River |
Snowy |
Dart |
Summer |
Ocean |
|
Earth Eel |
Any |
Crystal Mines |
|
Emerald Horned Charger |
Any |
Crystal Mines |
|
Fiber |
Any |
All |
Diving |
Firesail Fish |
Any |
Lava Mines |
|
Flathead Catfish |
Winter |
Lake |
|
Forest Perch |
Any |
Deep Woods |
Rain/Snow |
Freshwater Eel |
Winter |
River |
|
Freshwater Oyster |
Any |
River |
Diving |
Frog |
Spring/Fall |
Lake |
|
Gar |
Summer/Winter |
River |
|
Giant Koi |
Summer |
Lake |
|
Giant Tilapia |
Summer |
Lake |
|
Goby |
Any |
River |
|
Golden Shiner |
Summer |
Lake |
|
Goldfish |
Spring |
Lake |
|
Grayling |
Fall |
River |
Rainy |
Grouper |
Summer |
Ocean |
|
Halibut |
Fall |
River |
Rainy |
Herring |
Winter |
River |
|
Horse Mackerel |
Winter |
Ocean |
|
Jellyfish |
Spring/Fall |
Ocean |
|
Killifish |
Fall |
Lake |
|
King Crab |
Winter |
Ocean |
Snowy |
Koi |
Any |
Lake |
|
Lake Chub |
Summer |
Lake |
|
Lake Trout |
Any |
Deep Woods |
|
Lamprey |
Fall |
River |
|
Lava Piranha |
Any |
Lava Mines |
|
Leaf Fish ☆ |
Fall |
River |
Windy |
Lightning Fish ☆ |
Summer |
River |
Rainy |
Loach |
Summer |
River |
|
Lobster |
Spring |
Ocean |
|
Mackerel |
Spring |
Ocean |
|
Mini Whale Shark |
Any |
Water Mines |
|
Minnow |
Summer |
River |
|
Mullet |
Fall |
Ocean |
|
Muskie |
Any |
Deep Woods |
|
Newt |
Any |
Lake |
Diving |
Oarfish |
Winter |
Ocean |
|
Ocean Sunfish |
Spring |
Ocean |
|
Octopus |
Summer/Winter |
Ocean |
|
Paddlefish |
Spring |
River |
|
Paper Pondshell |
Any |
Lake |
Diving |
Pearl Clam |
Any |
Ocean |
Diving |
Pebble Minnow |
Any |
Crystal Mines |
|
Perch |
Fall |
River |
Rainy |
Pike |
Any |
River |
|
Pollock |
Any |
Ocean |
|
Puffer Fish |
Summer/Winter |
Ocean |
|
Rainbow Trout |
Fall |
Lake |
|
Razorback |
Fall |
River |
|
Red Snapper |
Spring/Fall |
Ocean |
|
Roach |
Any |
Lake |
|
Rock Bass |
Spring/Fall |
River |
|
Rock Guppy |
Any |
Starter Mines |
|
Rockbiter |
Any |
Crystal Mines |
|
Salmon |
Spring/Fall |
River |
|
Sand Lance |
Winter |
Ocean |
|
Sapphire Betta |
Any |
Water Mines |
|
Sardine |
Any |
Ocean |
|
Sauger |
Summer |
Lake |
|
Saury |
Fall |
Ocean |
|
Sea Bass |
Winter |
Ocean |
|
Sea Bream |
Spring/Fall |
Ocean |
|
Seaweed |
Any |
Ocean |
Diving |
Shad |
Fall |
River |
|
Shadow Bass |
Winter |
River |
|
Shardfin |
Any |
Crystal Mines |
|
Shark |
Fall |
Ocean |
|
Shrimp |
Spring |
Ocean |
|
Silver Redhorse |
Any |
Deep Woods |
|
Smallmouth Bass |
Any |
River |
|
Snakehead |
Spring/Fall |
Lake |
|
Snapping Turtle |
Summer/Winter |
Lake |
|
Snow Fish ☆ |
Winter |
Ocean |
Snowy |
Squid |
Any |
Ocean |
|
Stingray |
Summer |
Ocean |
|
Stone Loach |
Any |
Starter Mines |
|
Striped Bass |
Fall |
Lake |
|
Sturgeon |
Spring/Fall |
River |
|
Sulfur Crab |
Any |
Lava Mines |
|
Sunny |
Any |
Deep Woods |
Rainy/Snowy |
Sweetfish |
Summer |
River |
|
Swordfish |
Spring/Fall |
Ocean |
|
Tarpon |
Summer |
River |
|
Tetra |
Any |
Lake |
|
Tilapia |
Winter |
Lake |
|
Transparent Jellyfish |
Any |
Water Mines |
|
Trout |
Any |
River |
|
Tuna |
Any |
Ocean |
|
Turtle |
Any |
Lake |
|
Walleye |
Spring |
River |
Rainy |
Water Balloon Fish |
Any |
Water Mines |
|
White Perch |
Fall |
Lake |
|
Wood |
Any |
All |
Diving |

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