

Otherwise, it will escape and take your bait with it. If you can fill the progress icon, then you will catch the fish. During this phase, the speed at which you can move the Fishing Line Tension is affected. This is called a period of intense struggle, indicated by the Ideal Tension Zone’s change of color to orange. There are some situations in which fish will fight harder to not be caught by you.

Your objective is to always keep this bar within the Ideal Tension Zone, represented by a bracket that also changes position during the Struggling State. All this process is represented by a bar that increases and decreases depending on how much you press the button. To catch the fish, you need to fill a progress icon by keeping the fish hooked for enough time during a phase called the Struggling State, in which you need to control the Fishing Line Tension by pressing the Fish Button. With the fish on the hook, a minigame will start.

If the line is at a good distance and with a bait which works for any of the present fist, hooking one is only a matter of time. It is important to avoid throwing it too far from the fish since its capacity of attracting them decreases, while too close will make the fish flee. Having decided which rod and bait best suit the type of fish you are trying to catch, you can hold the Cast Rod command to aim where you want to toss your bait. In case you picked the wrong bait, if you can withdraw it from the water without any fish giving it a bite and you won’t lose it. After interacting with a fishing space, the option to choose the rod and the type of bait you are going to use is given to you. Once fishing is unlocked, you can check this list of fishing spots.

Then, talk to Katheryne, the adventurer’s guild’s receptionist in Mondstadt to start the quest.Ĭompleting it will not only teach you the basics of fishing, but it will also reward you with basic equipment to keep fishing. This quest becomes available once you have got access to your Serenitea Pot. To do so, you need to complete a World Quest called “Exploding Population”. Watch on YouTube Version 2.8 "Summer Fantasia" Trailer | Genshin Impact How to unlock fishing in Genshin ImpactĪlthough fishing is a system that can help you with basic aspects of the experience, such as cooking, it is not automatically unlocked.
