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Since when did fish become a viable food source?

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Facethief Steel Worker

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I’ve recently settled on a decent world, got bronze and bees, but don’t have a good food source at the moment. So obviously I’m on-and off starving. But the most recent time I had to find something to eat, I figured I’d make fish stew, and I realized: since when did salmon drop so meat so consistently and spawn so much? This might just be a new source of food for me.

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10 minutes ago, Brikert said:

When in doubt, spear it out

Yeah. The coolest part about spearfishing in this game is that if you’re in the water with the fish, there’s actually rise of shot, so you have to aim below the fish.

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13 minutes ago, Michael Gates said:

Indeed. I'm not sure they respawn enough that you could live on them forever, but they at least qualify as "occasional meal" now.

Oh, they do. If you walk ~40 blocks away, they’re back almost instantly.

LadyWYT Historian

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Technically, anything is a viable food source when you're starving, provided that it's edible.

1 hour ago, Facethief said:

since when did salmon drop so meat so consistently and spawn so much?

I don't know that the drop rates got changed, but the spawn rate may have been gotten a buff, possibly to help provide an additional food option for the travels that players will be partaking in.

1 hour ago, N0ma13 said:

I just wish there was a fishing pole.

Same. I'm guessing that fishing poles might get added soon enough, since we have a proper boat now.

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5 minutes ago, Echo Weaver said:

This is cool to know. They barely spawn in 1.19, and it bugs me that fisherman is not a viable specialization. 

I don't know about adding fisherman as a class, but it does occur to me that one reason we might not have a proper fishing system yet, is that there need to be a bait system to go with it. At least for fishing poles. For net fishing out on a boat, we have an actual boat now for that...but no schools of fish to go scoop up.

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8 minutes ago, LadyWYT said:

I don't know about adding fisherman as a class, but it does occur to me that one reason we might not have a proper fishing system yet, is that there need to be a bait system to go with it. At least for fishing poles. For net fishing out on a boat, we have an actual boat now for that...but no schools of fish to go scoop up.

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean a literal fisherman class. I've only barely played with classes at all. I just meant character lifestyle.

I get the impression that expanding fishing options is in the plans. Fishing rod mechanics like that other game could just be half-assed in, but things like fishing nets from boats is more interesting, and it seems more in character for the game.

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34 minutes ago, Echo Weaver said:

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean a literal fisherman class. I've only barely played with classes at all. I just meant character lifestyle.

I get the impression that expanding fishing options is in the plans. Fishing rod mechanics like that other game could just be half-assed in, but things like fishing nets from boats is more interesting, and it seems more in character for the game.

Gotcha. If nothing else, the bug net we have in the game already could be repurposed in the short term as a fishing method. You don't need bait in that case, you just scoop them out of the water. Empty the net on shore, carve up the fish, rinse and repeat until the net breaks or you run out of fish.

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I've also noticed a slight uptick in fish spawning and better percentage chance of meat drops (presumably this will go back down in colder seasons). It's very welcome, as fish stew is a great way to funnel my decaying berries into meals.

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On 1/17/2025 at 7:06 PM, Kevin Eric Snell said:

fish stew is a great way to funnel my decaying berries into meals

Wait, what, you can make fish stew? Now I need to go look that up. I thought fish were just like bush meat.

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So yeah about the spawn rate Im pretty sure it got buffed somewhere along 1.20 development and its kinda ridiculous.

I started a new world for 1.20 stable and just next to the place i settled to make a starter base i foud this little pond with couple fish in it (like 4-5 i think) so i thought to myself ohh cool free protein. Speared all the fish, looted and moved on. Next day i was walking past the pond trying to lure some chickens in a hole for future trapping and i noticed there are already some fish swiming there. And when i walked near to have a closer look i my jaw kinda dropped. There were 9 fish swiming in that small body of water... So i wanted to take it further - killed all again. Left it for another day or 2 and then came in and took this screenshot:2025-01-23_23-13-53.thumb.png.d04842851111ff7e29513d082a634630.png

So i guess i have a permanent - renewable source of protein just outside my base just like that :D Maybe its a bit overpowered but i wont mind for now.

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59 minutes ago, Grummsh said:

So i guess i have a permanent - renewable source of protein just outside my base just like that :D Maybe its a bit overpowered but i wont mind for now.

So what happens if you drop a bomb into the pond? Just curious...you know...for science and all that...

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9 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

So what happens if you drop a bomb into the pond? Just curious...you know...for science and all that...

Heh yeah I might have to test that when i get to bombs :D 

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13 hours ago, Grummsh said:

So yeah about the spawn rate Im pretty sure it got buffed somewhere along 1.20 development and its kinda ridiculous.

I started a new world for 1.20 stable and just next to the place i settled to make a starter base i foud this little pond with couple fish in it (like 4-5 i think) so i thought to myself ohh cool free protein. Speared all the fish, looted and moved on. Next day i was walking past the pond trying to lure some chickens in a hole for future trapping and i noticed there are already some fish swiming there. And when i walked near to have a closer look i my jaw kinda dropped. There were 9 fish swiming in that small body of water... So i wanted to take it further - killed all again. Left it for another day or 2 and then came in and took this screenshot:2025-01-23_23-13-53.thumb.png.d04842851111ff7e29513d082a634630.png

So i guess i have a permanent - renewable source of protein just outside my base just like that :D Maybe its a bit overpowered but i wont mind for now.

I filled the bottom and edges in my litle fishpond, with terrapreta and made the pond bigger and one block deeper. My fishes thrive now and the health is good :D I have not try to eat them yet, because I was afraid they would disapere and I did not have any bushmeat. But I can make a stew... I have to try that. :P

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