Complete Core Keeper Fishing Guide

Fishing in Core Keeper is a mechanic that lets you catch fish and other loot. While that may sound like a simple task, there are a lot of different aspects in the game that affect how you fish, like skills and equipment. Here’s a complete Core Keeper fishing guide to teach you everything you need to know about fishing!

How to Fish in Core Keeper

Here’s how to fish in Core Keeper:

1. Equip your Fishing Rod
   • Look for a Bubbling Fish Shoal in any body of water.
     • Note: You can fish in any liquid found in Core Keeper, but you’ll get bites much quicker and be guaranteed a chance of catching fish instead of another object.
   • Press and hold the Right Mouse button
     • Note: How much you fill the meter will dictate your cast strength. You can cast between one to three blocks in the direction of your cursor after releasing the right mouse button.
2. Press the Right Mouse Button after you see the fishing rod’s bobber start bobbing, and an exclamation appears above your character’s head.

If you need to cancel a cast, you can unequip your fishing rod or move your character to do so. You might need to do so if you start casting but are about to get attacked by an enemy.

Fisherman Background

If you love Fishing in Core Keeper, pick the Fisherman background. This background will make you a good fisherman right from the start of the game due to increasing your stats and providing you with a fishing rod you will get later in the game.

Here’s what you’ll get with the Fisherman background in Core Keeper:

• +3 Fishing Skill
• +1 Tin Fishing Rod
• +3 Food Rations

Where to Get a Fishing Rod

However, if you don’t have a Fisherman Background, you’ll need to craft a Fishing Rod before you can attempt to fish. The first Fishing Rod you can craft is a Wood Fishing Rod at a Copper Workbench for five Wood. After that, you’ll be able to craft increasingly powerful fishing rods that will increase your fishing skills at advanced workbenches based on the ore used for crafting.

Here are the seven Fishing Rods in Core Keeper:

• Wood Fishing Rod (Copper Workbench)
  • +21 Fishing
  • Level 2
• Tin Fishing Rod (Tin Workbench)
  • +74 Fishing
  • Level 4
• Iron Fishing Rod (Iron Workbench)
  • +126 Fishing
  • Level 6
• Scarlet Fishing Rod (Scarlet Workbench)
  • +169 Fishing
  • Level 9
• Octarine Fishing Rod (Octarine Workbench)
  • +202 Fishing
  • Level 12
• Galaxite Fishing Rod (Galaxite Workbench)
  • +246 Fishing
  • Level 14
• Solarite Fishing Rod (Solarite Workbench)
  • +287 Fishing
  • Level 16

Fishing Skills

There are five fishing talents in Core Keeper that you can unlock by performing the fishing mechanic. As you level fishing you’ll gain talent points that you can put into one of the five fishing talents, with a max of five points allowed per talent.

Here are the five fishing talents:

• Fishing: +0-100% Fishing Skill
• Improved Bait: Fish (and other things) bite +5-25% Faster
• Fisherman’s Luck: +4-20% chance to get a fish on the hook
• Angler’s Advantage: +2-10% chance for higher rarity fish to bite
• Studied Patterns: +2-10% dodge chance
• Steady Feet: +10-50% reduced impact of slippery movement
• Chewy Bait: +5-25% chance bait will not be consumed when catching a fish
• Well-Trained Aim: +6-30% fishing added as ranged damage
• Power of Omega-3!: +3%-15% damage against bosses after eating fish or cooked meals made with fish

Fishing Bait

Here are the seven types of bait in Core Keeper that you can craft at a Bait Workbench:

• Glowing Bait
  • +10% chance to get a valuable or other non-fish item on the hook when fishing
  • Glow Tulip x 1
• Spicy Bait
  • Fish (and other things) bite +9% faster
  • Bomb Pepper x 1
• Sticky Bait
  • +11% chance to get double fish when catching a fish
  • Larva Meat x 1
• Sweet Bait
  • +10% chance to get a fish on the hook
  • Heart Berry x 1
• Green Bait
  • Fish (and other things) bite +7% faster
  • +7% chance of getting a fish on the hook
  • Purchase from Fishing Merchant for 5 Ancient Coins
• Red Bait
  • Fish (and other things) bite +8% faster
  • +8% chance to get double fish when catching a fish
  • Purchase from Fishing Merchant for 5 Ancient Coins
• Purple Bait
  • +21% chance for higher rarity fish to bite
  • Purchase from Fishing Merchant for 10 Ancient Coins

Fish Locations

Here are all fishing locations broken down by biome, the fishing level and rod required, type of fish, and percentage chance to catch every kind in Core Keeper:

• Undergrounds
  • Orange Cave Guppy: 37%
  • Blue Cave Guppy: 29%
  • Rock Jaw: 21%
  • Gem Crab: 13%
• Clay Caves and Larva Hives (Level 60 Fishing – Tin Fishing Rod)
  • Yellow Blister: 37%
  • Green Blister Head: 29%
  • Devil Worm: 21%
  • Vampire Eel: 13%
• Forgotten Ruins (100 Fishing – Iron Fishing Rod)
  • Dagger Fin: 37%
  • Pink Palace Fish: 29%
  • Teal Palace Fish: 21%
  • Crown Squid: 13%
• Azeos’ Wilderness (140 Fishing – Scarlet Fishing Rod)
  • Azure Feather Fish: 37%
  • Emerald Feather Fish: 29%
  • Spirit Veil: 21%
  • Astral Jelly: 13%
• Mold Dungeon (160 Fishing – Scarlet Fishing Rod)
  • Mold Shark: 50%
  • Rot Fish: 37%
  • Black Steel Urchin: 13%
• Sunken Sea (180 Fishing – Octarine Fishing Rod)
  • Bottom Tracer: 32%
  • Silver Dart: 22%
  • Golden Dart: 22%
  • Pink Coralotl: 12%
  • White Coralotl: 12%
• Desert of Beginnings (220 Fishing – Ocatrine Fishing Rod)
  • Solid Spikeback: 26.32%
  • Sandy Spikeback: 26.32%
  • Brown Dune Tail: 18.8%
  • Grey Dune Tail: 18.8%
  • Tornis Kingfish: 9.77%
• Molten Quarry (Lava Fishing – Galaxite or Solarite Fish Rod)
  • Dark Lava Eater: 28.17%
  • Bright Lava Eater: 28.17%
  • Elder Dragonfish: 18.78%
  • Verdant Dragonfish: 18.78%
  • Starlight Nautilus: 6.1%
• Shimmering Frontier (260 Fishing – Solarite Fishing Rod)
  • Beryll Angle Fish: 29.63%
  • Glistening Deepstalker: 25.93%
  • Jasper Angle Fish: 18.52%
  • Splendid Deepstalker: 14.81%
  • Cosmic Form: 11.11%
• Passage (280 Fishing – Solarite Fishing Rod)
  • Terra Trilobite: 28.57%
  • Litho Trilobite: 23.81%
  • Pinkhorn Pico: 19.05%
  • Greenhorn Pico: 19.05%
  • Riftian Lampfish: 9.52%

Fishing Equipment

You can increase your Fishing level and gain fishing buffs by wearing specific pieces of equipment.

Armor

Here are the three fishing Armor pieces in Core Keeper:

• Adventurer’s Hat (Level 3)
  • +7–44 max health
  • +5–26 armor
  • +3.9–18.5% damage
  • +8–140 mining damage
  • +10–66 fishing
  • +3–7.4% movement speed
• Scuba Fins (Level 4)
  • +12–55 max health
  • +7–29 armor
  • +8–22% chance to get a fish on the hook
• Diving Helm (Level 13)
  • +30–44 max health
  • +17–26 armor
  • +7–9% chance for higher rarity fish to bite
  • +40–59 fishing

Accessories

Here are the four fishing Accessories in Core Keeper:

• Goldfish Ring (Level 8)
  • Fish (and other things) bite +13–24% faster
• Neptune Necklace (Level 8)
  • +53–126 fishing
• Sea Foam Ring (Level 9)
  • +51–107 fishing
• Lucky Ring (Level 12)
  • +7–10% chance to gain an additional ore from walls containing ores
  • +7–9% chance to get a valuable or other non-fish item on the hook when fishing
• Polished Coral Amulet (Level 13)
  • +17–24% boat speed
  • +12–16% chance for higher rarity fish to bite

Now that you’ve used our Complete Core Keeper Fishing Guide, you’ll be an expert fisherman! Check out our Core Keeper hub for more guides like Where to Find Clear Gemstone, the necessary crafting material to make the Rune Song, one of the best melee weapons in the game!