Fisch Beginner Guide

Your First Hour, Step by Step

This follows the start of the Fisch Wiki's progression guide. Equip the GPS (step 3) and you can match the coordinates as you go.

1. 1. Do the tutorial

   Talk to Pierre on Moosewood's beach. He teaches fishing and other basics such as appraising and mutations.

   GPS 390, 135, 200

2. 2. Fish on Moosewood until Level 5

   Use the Flimsy Rod you start with. Sell what you catch to Marc in Moosewood Village; he also sells the first rods.

   GPS 465, 151, 224

3. 3. Buy a GPS for 100 C$

   It sits at the Moosewood freshwater pond and shows your position, so you can follow the coordinates in guides like this one.

   GPS 517, 152, 284

4. 4. Pick your first rod at Marc's

   The Carbon Rod (2,000 C$) is the usual first buy. If you can wait for 4,500 C$, the Lucky Rod has about 7 times its Luck.

5. 5. At Level 5, buy the Rowboat

   Shipwrights only talk to you from Level 5. The one on Moosewood's beach docks sells the Rowboat, the cheapest boat, for 400 C$.

   GPS 360, 135, 260

6. 6. Sail to Roslit Bay and catch a Pufferfish

   Pufferfish gather in Roslit's coral reef.

   GPS -1435, 125, 460

7. 7. Get the free Magma Rod

   Bring the Pufferfish to the Orc: enter Roslit Volcano, go straight, then take the tunnel on the right. He gives you the Magma Rod.

   GPS -1850, 165, 160

8. 8. Fish Carrot Garden and save for the Midas Rod

   With the Magma Rod, Carrot Garden gives both C$ and XP. Save 55,000 C$ for the Midas Rod, which only the Travelling Merchant sells. Keep any Relics you find: you will want them to enchant the Midas Rod.

   GPS 2425, 130, -670

How a Catch Works

• Cast: equip your rod, hold the button (click, tap or RT) and let go. The longer you hold, the farther the bobber flies.
• Shake: a Shake button appears once the bobber lands. Each press makes the fish bite sooner. It is optional.
• Reel: when the fish bites, hold to push the white bar right and let go to let it drift left. The progress bar only fills while the fish sits inside the white bar.
• Perfect catch: keep the fish inside the bar the whole time and you get 1.5 times the XP and 10 C$ extra.

Which Rod to Buy First

Luck raises your chance of rarer fish, which sell for more. Lure Speed makes fish bite sooner. These are every rod you can get before leaving Moosewood, and the two that come next:

Most new players buy the Carbon Rod first because it is cheap. The Lucky Rod costs 2,500 C$ more and has +177% Luck against the Carbon Rod's +25%. Do not spend much more on Moosewood rods either way: the Magma Rod at Roslit Bay is free. For the whole path after that, use the Rod Advisor.

Where to Fish as a Beginner

• Moosewood, until Level 5. You start here, Marc buys your fish and sells the first rods, and the Shipwright is on the beach docks.
• Roslit Bay coral reef (GPS -1435, 125, 460), for the Pufferfish the Orc wants.
• Carrot Garden (GPS 2425, 130, -670), once you have the Magma Rod: the wiki's pick for C$ and XP together.

For any rod, the Location Ranker lists the spots it can fish, sorted by their most valuable fish.

What to Buy Early

Beginner Tips

• Aim for perfect catches from the start: the 1.5 times XP adds up quickly.
• Bait from crates changes Luck, Lure Speed, Resilience and more for a catch, and some fish prefer a certain bait. See the bait guide.
• Keep the Relics you find. The wiki's guide saves them to enchant the Midas Rod at the Keepers Altar.
• Track the fish you have caught on the Bestiary checklist; it shows what each place still has for you.
• When you have more fish than C$, read how to make money: Anglers pay several times a fish's price.

Fisch Beginner FAQ

Source: the Fisch Wiki's Progression Guide and the pages for each NPC, item and rod named here, checked November 7, 2026.