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Completing goals unlocks NPCs and you essentially build your own village to house them, with each NPC providing different benefits, such as a Wizard for potions or a Nurse for healing. If you reach the end, no problem, there’s an expert level that adds even more bosses, enemies, biomes, and items. Though Terraria certainly isn’t as relaxing as its blocky comparison, you can always try a spot of <anchor>Terraria fishing</anchor> to ease you in.
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# Terraria fishing: how to fish in Terraria

Looking for a relaxing hobby in Terraria? Here's how to reel in the catch of the day

Terraria fishing in the sky

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Published:May 4, 2021

Looking for how to fish in Terraria? You’ll need a few things before you can go fishing in Terraria including bait and an appropriate fishing rod. You’ll also need to unlock the angler NPC in whichever town you’ve decided to set up your Terraria house in.

Angler NPC’s will set you various fishing quests each day for a chance to win rewards. There’s not always a guarantee that you’ll earn each reward, but with various Terraria wings, trophies, treasure maps, and Terraria potions all on offer, it’s still worth the bother.

You can fish in either water, honey, or even lava if you have the right equipment. You can fashion a basic fishing pole using eight pieces of wood. However, for better poles, you’ll either need to craft, trade, receive them as quest rewards, or find them in chests. You can use your new catch to either complete an angler quest, trade, or craft potions or food. Here’s a quick guide on everything you need to know about fishing in Terraria.

## How to fish in Terraria

Once you have a fishing pole, you’ll also need a body of water that’s at least 75 tiles deep, 1000 tiles for an ocean, and only 50 for honey. Stand by the edge of your chosen liquid (it won’t work if you’re submerged or standing in it) and press use/attack with the fishing rod. You’ll need bait in your inventory for this to work. All bait has an associated power level, which determines the likelihood of it being consumed. Here are the different Terraria baits, their power, and biomes:

BaitBiomePowerMonarch ButterflyForest5%GrasshopperForest10%ScorpionDesert10%Sulphur ButterflyForest10%SnailUnderground10%Black ScorpionDesert15%Glowing SnailGlowing Mushroom15%GrubbySurface Jungle15%Zebra Swallowtail ButterflyForest15%Apprentice BaitAngler Quest Reward15%LadybugWindy Day17%Water StriderSurface + Day17%Ulysses ButterflyForest20%Pink JellyfishOcean20%Green JellyfishUnderground20%Blue JellyfishUnderground20%FireflyForest20%MaggotGraveyard22%Julia ButterflyForest25%SluggySurface Jungle25%WormForest/Underground25%Red Admiral ButterflyForest30%Journeyman BaitAngler Quest Reward30%Enchanted NightcrawlerCrafted35%Purple Emperor ButterflyForest35%Lightning BugHallow35%BuggySurface Jungle40%Tree Nymph ButterflyForest50%Master BaitAngler Quest Reward50%Gold WormForest50%Gold ButterflyForest50%Gold GrasshopperSurface50%Gold DragonflySurface50%Gold LadybugWindy Day50%Gold Water StriderSurface + Day50%Truffle Worm (Duke Fishron only)Glowing Mushroom666%

## Terraria fishing quests

When anglers set the daily fishing quest, they’ll specify the height and biome in which you’ll need to catch the fish. This is always the case, so for example, they might send you to a forest biome to catch a Cloudfish at sky height.

## How to fish in lava

Yes, it is possible, required you have the right equipment. There’s a high reward for successfully catching the fish lurking in lava, including an Obsidian Swordfish that can be used to create a spear. Here’s what you’ll need to fish in lava:

- Hotline fishing hook – can be obtained from the angler after completing 25 or more fishing quests
- Hell Butterfly, Magma Snail, Lavafly – bait used to fish in lava which can only be caught in the underworld, using a lavaproof bug net or golden bug net
- Lavaproof fishing hook– found in Obsidian crates and Hellstone crates. When equipped, the player is able to catch fish in lava using any bait and any fishing pole

Now you know how to fish in Terraria, you can take on the Duke Fishron Terraria boss, that can only be summoned by fishing. Or, if this fishing malarkey doesn’t sound as relaxing as you first thought, he’s how to focus on raising your NPC happiness in Terraria.

Gina Lees Gina is a part-time senior guides writer at PCGamesN and can usually be found with her head in a book, writing thriller and horror stories, or playing narrative-driven adventure games in front of an episode of It's Always Sunny. Gina loves to wander the plains in Valheim, explore the Settled Systems in Starfield, wish for new characters in Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, and bash zombies and other monstrous critters in horror games. Alongside her dedication to sim management games, she also covers Minecraft and Final Fantasy. She's currently very invested in Baldur's Gate 3 and getting her trusty companions to the end alive.

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