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Fishing in Valheim

Haldor sells the Fishing Rod for 350 coins and Fishing Bait at 20 for 10 coins. Every other bait is made at the Food Preparation Table from 20 Fishing Bait and a trophy. Each fish bites on one bait and spawns only in water of its biome and depth; the stamina it costs rises with its quality and falls with your Fishing level.

Where do you get a fishing rod and bait?

Haldor

Found inFrost Caves

Food Preparation Table

Fishing Hat

Fishing Hat
Fishing
+20
Swim
+20

Requires

  • Perch
  • Pike
  • Tuna
  • Tetra
  • Trollfish
  • Giant Herring
  • Grouper
  • Coral Cod
  • Anglerfish
  • Northern Salmon
  • Magmafish
  • Pufferfish

Crafted at Workbench

Which bait catches which fish, and where?

FishCaught withBiomesWater depthWater at the floatEveryChanceGroupAt most at once
PerchFishing BaitMeadowsPlainsBlack Forest1.5 to 3 m1.5 m or deeper120 s50%2 to 65
PikeFishing BaitMeadowsPlainsBlack Forest2 to 5 m2 m or deeper120 s50%2 to 44
TunaHeavy Fishing BaitOcean5 m or deeper4 m or deeper120 s50%1 to 23
TetraCold Fishing BaitFrost CavesHowling Cavern0.5 m or deeper
TrollfishMossy Fishing BaitBlack Forest5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper80 s50%3 to 710
Giant HerringSticky Fishing BaitSwamp5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper80 s60%3 to 710
GrouperStingy Fishing BaitPlains5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper80 s60%3 to 67
Coral CodHeavy Fishing BaitOcean5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper80 s50%2 to 710
AnglerfishMisty Fishing BaitMistlands5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper60 s50%2 to 75
Northern SalmonFrosty Fishing BaitDeep North5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper70 s60%3 to 1010
MagmafishHot Fishing BaitAshlands5 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper80 s60%3 to 710
PufferfishMisty Fishing BaitOceanMistlands6 m or deeper1.5 m or deeper80 s40%2 to 58

Tetra lives only in the cave lakes of Frost Caves, Howling Cavern. Each one is there with a 66% chance when the cave is made, always at quality 1, and none comes back once caught.

Where are the fish on your world?

How much stamina does it take to land a fish?

PerchCaught withFishing Bait
  • Quality
  • Fishing level
  • Fishing Hat
  • Stamina
  • Line length (m)
Reel speed
2 m/s
Hooked
1/s
Pulling a calm fish
3/s
Pulling during a thrash
10/s
Thrash
0.5 to 4.5 s
Calm between thrashes
1.5 to 5 s

Pull only between thrashes

61 to 104 Stamina

16 to 60 s

Lost catch

Pull through thrashes

73 to 221 Stamina

16 to 24 s

Lost catch

Lowest Fishing levelPossible from level 8Every time from level 32

How often is a fish above quality 1?

PerchPikeTunaTrollfishGiant HerringGrouperCoral CodAnglerfishPufferfish

CombatQuality 1Quality 2Quality 3Quality 4Quality 5
Very Easy, Easy, Normal80%16%3.2%0.64%0.16%
Hard76%18.2%4.4%1.1%0.33%
Very Hard72%20.2%5.6%1.6%0.61%
Very Easy, Easy, Normal, region ×260%24%9.6%3.8%2.6%
Hard, region ×252%25%12%5.8%5.3%
Very Hard, region ×244%24.6%13.8%7.7%9.8%

Northern SalmonMagmafish

CombatQuality 1Quality 2Quality 3Quality 4Quality 5
Very Easy, Easy, Normal85%12.8%1.9%0.29%0.05%
Hard82%14.8%2.7%0.48%0.1%
Very Hard79%16.6%3.5%0.73%0.19%
Very Easy, Easy, Normal, region ×270%21%6.3%1.9%0.81%
Hard, region ×264%23%8.3%3%1.7%
Very Hard, region ×258%24.4%10.2%4.3%3.1%

What does each catch give?

Raw FishCrafted atFood Preparation Table

FishQuality 1Quality 2Quality 3Quality 4Quality 5Extra catch
Perch1471013Stone16.7%Amber3.3%
Pike1471013Flint16.7%Amber Pearl3.3%
Tuna2581114Tin Ore16.7%Ruby3.3%
Tetra1Obsidian16.7%Coins3.3%
Trollfish1471013Troll Hide10%Copper Ore10%
Giant Herring2581114Iron Ore16.7%Chain3.3%
Grouper2581114Black Metal Scrap10%Barley10%
Coral Cod2581114Chitin13.3%Onion Seeds6.7%
Anglerfish3691215Soft Tissue10%Blue Jute10%
Northern Salmon3691215Carrot Seeds13.3%Silver6.7%
Magmafish3691215Flametal Ore4.6%Surtling Core7.7%Grausten7.7%
Pufferfish3691215Sap10%Ooze10%