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Hello fellows,

we've found a fishing rod that's described as "suitable for saltwater and freshwater fishing". We tried to fish with it, but to no avail. Is it possible? If so, how?

Best regards
Raban

It is not possible to fish. If there had been the time and resources to implement that, it would have been done similarly to the digging mechanic.

Perhaps you are thinking of Torment where you can reel something at random once a day from the depths?

In this game you are better off using a spear mate. Or a harpoon. Or tickle them (fish like that).

Not that I've seen a fish now I think of it.

I remember being able to fish in Fable. That was fun. Well okay, it was as much fun as fishing IRL, anyway.

Thank you, Raze. It would have been a nice way to obtain fishes [edit: or to pass the time while your co-op partner is doing something else like shopping]. Are there plans to implement it in D:OS 2?

lx07 & vometia, I know fishing from World of Warcraft, Minecraft, and Torchlight 2. I like the fishing in TL2, where you have to be patient but stay concentrated to catch the fish in the right moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=819ssyQehaA

I don't think there are any plans to add fishing for D:OS 2.

That's a real pity. Fishing would perfectly fit into the immense interactivity D:OS provides.

Like you said, a mechanic similar to digging would be absolutely conceivable. So the code is already halfway there.

(Failing that, at least remove the fishing rod in D:OS 2, it makes the inability to fish distressingly ovious. )

As always, thanks for the information.