How to Play Fisch
Fisch drops you on Moosewood with a Flimsy Rod. Catch anything, sell it to the Merchant for C$, buy a Rowboat at level 5, sail to Roslit Bay, finish Orc’s Pufferfish quest for the Magma Rod, then keep selling and upgrading.
First hour
A clean opening looks like this:
- Talk to Pierre / the tutorial NPCs on Moosewood
- Equip the Flimsy Rod, cast, shake, and reel (PC: rod on 1, inventory on backtick, bestiary on 3)
- Sell every trip to the Merchant — commons still pay the boat
- Hit level 5 and buy the Rowboat (about 400 C$)
- Sail to Roslit Bay, talk to Orc, catch a Pufferfish on the coral reef abundance, turn it in for the Magma Rod
- Fish Carrot Garden (and similar XP spots) until Magma feels automatic
The minigame
Cast, wait for the bite, keep the catch in the bar. If you can hook fish but cannot finish them, upgrade rod luck/resilience before burning bait. Selling mutations and heavy fish is how C$ spikes — appraise when you have a valuable catch.
What not to do
Do not tour every island before you have a boat and Magma. Do not skip selling. Plastic / Lucky / Carbon rods on the Moosewood rack are optional — Magma from Orc is the first rod that changes where you can fish.