Fishing rods

Players can choose to use one of several available fishing rods based on their fishing needs. Rods can initially be purchased at Broken Rod Anglers Store at the Home Island. If the player has built Anvil Ann Workbench on the Home Island and acquired blueprints to craft fishing rods, they can then also craft fishing rods using specific trash items from different destinations.

One rod can be equipped at any given time, and an additional 3 rods can be stored in the inventory. Rods take up 3 horizontal slots in the inventory panel, except for the Monster Hunter Rod and Pirate's Rod, which take up 4 slots.

Durability

Each rod has a fixed number of durability points. Catching various fish and items reduces the durability of the rod in slightly different ways:

• Catching anything without a minigame (i.e. most common fish, common creatures and trash) reduces rod durability by 1.
• Catching fish, creatures or monsters that have a minigame reduces rod durability by ~1.5.
• Missing a bite does not affect rod durability.
• A failed minigame reduces rod durability.

When a rod has about 7 durability points left, a small orange dot appears in the bottom right region of the rod icon, indicating that it is about to break. When the rod has 3 durability points left, the dot turns red, indicating that ~2 or 3 items can be caught before the rod finally breaks.

Purchasable rods

The following rods can be purchased at Broken Rod Anglers Store at the Home Island.

Wooden Rod

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Cost	100
Durability	24
Level requirement	None
Useful for	Common fish, common creatures and trash
Pros	Cheap Good for new players
Cons	Breaks quickly Not great for catching heavier fish (=fish with more stars) Reeling minigames are difficult

Fiberglass Rod

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Cost	500
Durability	37
Level requirement	Level 3
Useful for	Common and rare fish and creatures
Pros	Relatively cheap Much better durability than the Wooden Rod Possible to complete some of the easier reeling minigames
Cons	Some reeling minigames may be more difficult Not optimal for catching heavier fish

Carbon Rod

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Cost	1000
Durability	49
Level requirement	Level 4
Useful for	Common, rare and nearly all epic fish, most creatures, monsters
Pros	Great for catching heavier fish, and most rare/epic fish and creatures Can be used to catch monsters (depending on skill point distribution) Good durability
Cons	Not suitable for catching trash Some epic fish/creatures or monsters may be difficult to catch

Monster Hunter Rod

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Cost	3000
Durability	59
Level requirement	Level 5
Useful for	Some epic fish and creatures, all monsters
Pros	Great for catching monsters Also useful for catching some epic fish/creatures that may be difficult to catch using a Carbon Rod Excellent durability
Cons	Very expensive Takes up 4 inventory slots Not suitable for catching trash

Garbage Grabber Rod

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Cost	350
Durability	29
Level requirement	Level 6
Useful for	Trash
Pros	Cheap Excellent choice for catching large quantities of trash (using the "cast and reel" method)
Cons	Reeling minigames may be difficult

SlowMo Rod

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Cost	10
Durability	37
Level requirement	Level 4
Useful for	Rare/epic fish and creatures, monsters
Pros	Recommended for players who may have difficulties in tapping when the fish bites or reeling during minigames using other rods
Cons	Pricy

Craftable rods

The following rods can be crafted using Anvil Ann Workbench at the Home Island.

Wooden Rod

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Crafting requirements	Gear (Paradise Island), Old Branch (Great Lakes), Wood
Durability	24 (level 1) or 29 (level 2)
Useful for	Common fish, common creatures and trash (appears to behave the same as a store-bought Wooden Rod)
Pros	Crafting materials can be easily acquired More durability at level 2 than a store-bought Wooden Rod
Cons	May not be worth crafting at higher player levels as store-bought Wooden Rods can be obtained cheaply if needed

Pirate's Rod

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Crafting requirements	Gear (Paradise Island), Pirate Spyglass (Costa Rica), Australian Cricket Bat (Australia), Golf Club (Scotland)
Durability	~37 (level 1)
Useful for	Common, rare and nearly all epic fish, most creatures, monsters (appears to behave the same as a Carbon Rod)
Pros	Likely has more durability at level 2 than a Carbon Rod
Cons	Crafting materials may be hard to acquire Takes up 4 inventory slots

Toxic Fishing Rod

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Crafting requirements	Red Valve, Toxic Branch, Pipe (all from Chemical Plant)
Durability	??
Useful for	Common, rare and nearly all epic fish, most creatures, monsters (appears to behave the same as a Carbon Rod)
Pros	Possibly has more durability when fishing in Chemical Plant than a Carbon Rod Likely has more durability at level 2 than a Carbon Rod
Cons	Crafting materials are difficult to acquire