How to Fish in Book of Travels

How to start fishing

To start your epic fishing adventure, you’ll need to equip a fishing rod in your main hand slot. I mean, unless you plan on catching fish with your bare hands like a caveman. You can buy a fishing rod from the Myr Fishmonger in Myr or Pole Fisher at Crossings’ Market. And if you want to get fancy, you can also buy bait from these vendors. Just make sure you don’t accidentally try to fish with the bait instead of the rod – it won’t end well.

• Equipment: There are two types of rods available. The casting fishing rod is the best choice, as it provides a longer casting range that allows you to fish in distant fishing areas. When you obtain a fishing rod, you will unlock the Fishing skill, which you can memorise from your Skill Book to add it to your avaible skills.

• Baits: In order to attract fish, you’ll need to load your fishing rod with soil worms. These worms can be obtained from vendors in Myr, Bat Saha, and Crossings’ Market, or from fishermen who will appear randomly near rivers and oceans. However, you can also find worms during your travels as they appear as small patches of soil containing a single worm each. Without bait, you won’t catch any fish, only trash. To load the bait, select the worms in your inventory and drag them to the bait slot on your fishing rod.

• Fishing: Once you have equipped your fishing rod and loaded the bait, approach the fishing area. Use your skill card and click on the water. If you are trying to fish further away, a mini-game will appear. Keep in mind that if your fishing skill is low, it’s possible for the fish to escape more often. The higher your fishing skill, the better your chances of catching valuable fish.

• Areas: The types of fish you can catch depend on the type of water (river, ocean, lake) and part of the world where they occur. Fishing areas are indicated by small fish jumping out of the water and a distinctive sound effect. Outside of fishing areas, you will mostly catch trash. Fishing areas are now stocked with specific fish that deplete as you catch them, but regenerate over time.

• Weather: The weather affects fishing. When it rains, fishing is faster and more productive.

Fishing Map

In this little fishing map, you’ll find a detailed list of the exact spots where I’ve cast my line, and of course, the types of fish I’ve managed to catch. The fish are sorted by their name, value, and quality, because who doesn’t love a good organized catalog of aquatic species? Oh, but before we proceed: if you happen to come across any fish that aren’t on my list, please do let me know.

Alken Rock Coast:

• Frash salmon (17) (Good)
• Southern snapper (19) (Good)
• False carp (19) (Good)
• Umber Lake koi (19) (Good)
• Spinefin flatfish (114) (Great)
• Fresh deepwater tuna (129) (Great)

Bat Saha:

• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• Fresh salmon (17) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Fresh snapper from The Verve (110) (Great)
• Fresh fumes carp (114) (Great)

Brim of Abarat:

• Frash salmon (17) (Good)
• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Frash snapper from The Verve (110) (Great)
• Fresh fumes carp (114) (Great)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)
• Prize-winning halibut (357) (Exceptional)

Charwood Forest:

• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Tiny tombac minnow (20) (Good)
• Jade-eyed salmon (403) (Exceptional)

Crescent Link:

• Fresh salmon (17) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Western snapper (21) (Good)
• Prize-winning halibut (357) (Exceptional)

Harrow Ledge:

• Fresh salmon (17) (Good)
• False carp (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Prize-winning halibut (357) (Exceptional)

Kuro Orchard:

• Smelly sardines (2) (Poor)
• Cat’s sardine (19) (Good)
• False carp (19) (Good)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Tiny tombac minnow (20) (Good)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)

Little Slip:

• Rotten crescent fish (2) (Poor)
• Cat’s sardine (19) (Good)
• False carp (19) (Good)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)

Lakatos String:

• Fresh salmon (17) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Western snapper (21) (Good)

Mist Keeper’s Toe:

• False carp (19) (Good)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Tiny tombac minnow (20) (Good)

Myr:

• Smelly sardines (2) (Poor)
• Rotten crescent fish (2) (Poor)
• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• Cat’s sardine (19) (Good)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)

Myrt:

• Frash salmon (17) (Good)
• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• Fresh snapper from The Verve (110) (Great)
• Fresh fumes carp (114) (Great)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)

Siram Fields:

• Smelly sardines (2) (Poor)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Fresh fumes carp (114) (Great)

The Burnings:

• Smelly sardines (2) (Poor)
• Rotten crescent fish (2) (Poor)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Tiny tombac minnow (20) (Good)

The Jade Urn:

• Fresh salmon (17) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Tiny tombac minnow (20) (Good)
• Lucky Jadefin fish (339) (Exceptional)

Travellers’ Meadow:

• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• False carp (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Western snapper (21) (Good)
• Spinefin flatfish (114) (Great)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)
• Cedar-pink ayu (402) (Exceptional)

Western Verve:

• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• Frash salmon (17) (Good)
• Umber Lake koi (19) (Good)
• Fresh fumes carp (114) (Great)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)

Western Harvest Route:

• Smelly sardines (2) (Poor)
• Shiny woots fish (17) (Good)
• Common koi (19) (Good)
• Tiny tombac minnow (20) (Good)
• Fresh snapper from The Verve (110) (Great)
• Stray salmon (129) (Great)

West Wind Shores:

• Fresh salmon (17) (Good)
• False carp (19) (Good)
• Common crescent fish (20) (Good)
• Western snapper (21) (Good)
• Prize-winning halibut (357) (Exceptional)

Top Fishing Spots

Who has time to read maps these days? Not me, that’s for sure. That’s why I’m cutting to the chase and sharing with you my top three favorite fishing spots. These are the cream of the crop, the real deal, the bee’s knees of fishing locations. And if you happen to come back empty-handed, no worries, I won’t judge. I’ll just assume the fish are taking a day off or maybe they’re just skeptical of your questionable fishing skills.

Brim of Abarat

Travellers’ Meadow

Harrow Ledge

Fishing Loot

This list contains the complete (so far) list of fish, as well as the ‘treasures’ I’ve managed to pull out of stagnant water. You know, trash and old rusty equipment – the real gems of the fishing world.

Fish

Exceptional quality:

• Jade-eyed salmon – Trade Value: 403
• Cedar-pink ayu – Trade Value: 402
• Prize-winning halibut – Trade Value: 357
• Lucky Jadefin fish – Trade Value: 339

Great quality:

• Stray salmon – Trade Value: 129
• Fresh deepwater tuna – Trade Value: 129
• Fresh fumes carp – Trade Value: 114
• Spinefin flatfish – Trade Value: 114
• Fresh snapper from The Verve – Trade Value: 110

Good quality:

• Western snapper – Trade Value: 21
• Common crescent fish – Trade Value: 20
• Tiny tombac minnow – Trade Value: 20
• Cat’s sardine – Trade Value: 19
• Common koi – Trade Value: 19
• False carp – Trade Value: 19
• Southern snapper – Trade Value: 19
• Umber Lake koi – Trade Value: 19
• Frash salmon – Trade Value: 17
• Shiny woots fish – Trade Value: 17

Poor quality:

• Smelly sardines – Trade Value: 2
• Rotten crescent fish – Trade Value: 2

Equipment

• Weavers’ headband – Trade Value: 138
• Traditional Myr hat – Trade Value: 137
• Outdated heirloom hat – Trade Value: 134
• Diggers’ sun guard – Trade Value: 129
• Leather headband – Trade Value: 120
• Simple fur cap – Trade Value: 115
• Old-fashioned sun guard – Trade Value: 20
• TrashA strand of coarse hair – Trade Value: 3
• Amateur wooden spoon – Trade Value: 2
• Bag filled with gravel – Trade Value: 2
• Bag of duck down – Trade Value: 2
• Bag of soil – Trade Value: 3
• Barely readable knot – Trade Value: 2
• Big moss agate shard – Trade Value: 38
• Box of tombac scraps – Trade Value: 2
• Broken applewood toy – Trade Value: 3
• Broken cedar comb – Trade Value: 3
• Broken frame piece – Trade Value: 3
• Broken wood handle – Trade Value: 3
• Brittle grass rope – Trade Value: 2
• Brittle wooden comb – Trade Value: 2
• Bundle of moth-eaten shirts – Trade Value: 2
• Bundle of wilted flowers – Trade Value: 2
• Chipped ceramic cup – Trade Value: 3
• Coarse hemp twine – Trade Value: 3
• Crooked ferrite nail – Trade Value: 3
• Cracked and chipped jade urn – Trade Value: 3
• Crude nails – Trade Value: 2
• Damage animal skull – Trade Value: 3
• Damp clay pot – Trade Value: 3
• Decorated leaking urn – Trade Value: 3
• Deep jade shard – Trade Value: 17
• Dented guard’s hilt – Trade Value: 2
• Dirty clay tea cup – Trade Value: 2
• Discarded worn carpet – Trade Value: 3
• Dissonant bell – Trade Value: 3
• Dull ferrite needle – Trade Value: 2
• Dusty tombac clips – Trade Value: 2
• Folded paper cube – Trade Value: 3
• Frail lute tailpiece – Trade Value: 2
• Flute rinse rag – Trade Value: 3
• Half-torn knot – Trade Value: 2
• Knot with meaningless message – Trade Value: 2
• Leaky perfume sample – Trade Value: 2
• Leaky wooden cup – Trade Value: 3
• Lump of water-damage wool – Trade Value: 3
• Old wooden wheel – Trade Value: 2
• Pieces of wool – Trade Value: 3
• Polished beryl shard – Trade Value: 32
• Polished driftwood shard – Trade Value: 12
• Rejected incomplete carpet – Trade Value: 3
• Rock – Trade Value: 2
• Roll of tar-dipped hemp – Trade Value: 2
• Rumpled paper box of used scraps of paper – Trade Value: 2
• Rusted beam bolt – Trade Value: 2
• Rusty ferrite bell – Trade Value: 2
• Sick bag – Trade Value: 2
• Spare walnut lath – Trade Value: 2
• Sturdy freight box – Trade Value: 22
• Strip of sand paper – Trade Value: 3
• Tar cube – Trade Value: 2
• Tar soap lump – Trade Value: 3
• Tarnished roll of hemp – Trade Value: 2
• Uneven clay cup – Trade Value: 2
• Wax cube – Trade Value: 3
• Wind spinner made of dubious material – Trade Value: 2
• Worker’s solid handkerchief – Trade Value: 2
• Wobbly clay tea cup – Trade Value: 3