Fishing

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Fishing is a skill in FOnline: The Long Journey.

Silence, calm, nasty mosquitoes.. and the chance to feed the family almost without risking their own health.

The skill is practiced through application. Its affecting chances of success of actions due fishing process.

CAUTION: Due fishing process it`s possible to lure a monster from water, be ready for it!

General notes:

- Size and type of fish depends of bait used and depth. Bigger fish is harder to catch (need higher skill), so better to start leveling from smallest type.

- Fish mostly used for frying. Amount for fired pieces depends on fish size

- If water is far from your home, its good to take with you few hooks and lines, because those can be lost due process.

- Fishing mechanics: Equip a fishing rod: use it from your inventory while holding it in your hand. Fishing rod + line -> Fishing rod with line + hook -> Fishing rod with line and hook + bait -> Ready-to-use fishing rod. Decraft will remove the hook and then the line if necessary.

- After equipping the fishing rod, it must be cast by using it on a hex with a suitable water tile. Depending on the distance of the water tile from the shore, the bait will reach the desired depth. The shore is 1, and the maximum distance is 4. However, there may be hidden underwater pits. The range of the cast depends on the skill. Formula: [ Fishing ] / 50 + 2.

- The check for a successful bite occurs every 3-6 seconds. The chance of a bite is 10%. The chance that the bite will result in the fish swallowing the bait is 50%, provided that the depth and bait are suitable for the fish (there is no point in trying to catch a giant fish at depth 1). After that, the float will start twitching every 1-3 seconds.

- To hook the fish and start fighting it, you need to cancel the long action by pressing [space] or [esc].

- If the fish is on the hook, the interaction menu will open:

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Game screen:

Depth - is informative

Fish size - will be shown depending on the depth: ( depth * 100 + 50 ) < [ Fishing ] - calculated 1 time since the casting

Fish actions - will be shown depending on the depth: ( depth * 100 + 50 ) < [ Fishing ] - in each "turn" of interaction with the fish

- The player's task is to exhaust the fish by reducing its stamina to their [ Fishing ] skill, and then press the "Pull Out" option.

- The fish's stamina will decrease if you respond correctly to its actions. If the fish is pulling, you need to pull it. If the fish is thrashing around, you need to reeling it. Each successful action reduces the fish's stamina by 20%. Each unsuccessful action increases the fish's stamina by 20%.

- Each action has a 1% chance of causing the fish to break free from the hook, with a subsequent protection from luck*2. The larger the fish, the higher the chance that the hook or line will break.

- If the player fights the fish for too long or fails to notice the bite, the fish will eat the bait and escape.

- The "Cut the Line" option allows the player to end the fishing session by losing the line and hook.

Fish types

Fish name	Size	Depth	Stamina	Bait
Fishy	1	1	150	Maggots, Desert Cockroach, Mantis Foot, Mushrooms
Fish	2	2	300	Maggots, Desert Cockroach, Mantis Foot, Mushrooms
Fish	3	3	450	Mantis Foot, Mushrooms, Low Quality Meat, Ear, Thorax, Fishy
Fish	4	4	600	Low Quality Meat, Ear, Thorax, Fishy, Rat Carcass, Meat
Giant Fish	5	4	750	Thorax, Fishy, Rat Carcass, Meat

Initial value:

0% + (3 x PE) + (2 x AG) + (5 x LK)

Example:

Character with 10 Perception , 4 Agility and 6 Luck will have

0 + (3 x 10) + (2 x 4) + (5 x 6) = 68%

Linked items:

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