Everything you need to know about fishing in Stellar Blade

May. 3, 2024

Stellar Blade’s fishing minigame is tied to various secondary missions

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Our Stellar Blade fishing guide will help players get to grips with one of the game’s stranger facets. Few would’ve guessed a game about stabbing aliens to death in high heels would’ve included extended angling trips - but here we are, and there’s quite a lot to cover. Whether it’s the different fishing locations, how you unlock the fishing mechanics, the various kinds of bait and all the different aquatic lifeforms out there, I’ll cover how to catch fish in Stellar Blade below - and everything else you need to know about this peculiar pastime.

How to unlock fishing in Stellar Blade

Fishing in Stellar Blade is unlocked simply by obtaining the fishing rod, which you do bycompleting the story up until the point where you unlock the Great Desert region.From there, head to the Oasis in the centre of the map, and on its East side is a small house overlooking the water.

Inside there you’ll meetClyde, an NPC who gives you the fishing rod and teaches you the basics about how to use it. Clyde is very important for fisherwomen in Stellar Blade -he sells you bait, as well as the Fishing Dataitems that improve your skill. Keep a note of his location.

To catch Fish in Stellar Blade, you need to do the following:

The fish you catch depends onwhere you fish and what bait you use,though there’s a certain amount of randomisation. Bait and location makes certain species of fishmore likely to appear, though doesn’t guarantee a specific species actually appearing on the line - at least by our experiences.

If you catch all 25 fish, you unlock theOcean Maid Suit,which you can get by talking to Clyde again.

There areseven fishing spotslocated across Stellar Blade, though not every fish appears in every spot. Here’s the full list:

There are five categories of fish in Stellar Blade: Small, Medium, Large, Gigantic and Jumbo, and for the best chance to catch a specific one, you need to go to a specific fishing point and use a certain kind of bait. We’ve laid out all bait and location combinations confirmed to work just below.

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Bait is a consumable used for fishing that can be bought from Clyde at the Great Desert Oasis. Each fish you catch rewards you with Fishing Points, a unique currency that can be traded only for him, and he sells all bait variants.

The exception is theFantastic Bait,used to get the Jumbo Fish. You unlock this by completing all theFishing-related bulletin board requestsin Xion, of which there are four. Complete all of these, as well as catching at least twenty types of fish, and you will unlock a quest at Clyde called “Where is the Fantastic Bait?”. Completing this earns you the titular bait, which you can use to get the Whale Shark and Dunkleosteus.

Clyde also sells various kinds of Fishing Data at his shop at the Oasis. More Data sets unlock as you complete side quests and catch more fish, and they’re not just trophies:each Fishing Data you buy increases your catch rate, especially for larger types of fish.If you don’t buy any Fishing Data you’ll really struggle to get anything above medium size.

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