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Fishing in Black Desert
One of the activities that you may do in Black Desert Online is fishing. For beginners, you may find it challenging to fish. Fishing can provide you with valuable resources such as Relic shards that can create relic scrolls. Today we will cover how to fish AFK.
AFK Fishing
When it comes to AFK fishing, you need these three stats: Fishing Level, Fishing Mastery, and Autofishing Timestamp applied to some fishing gear.
Your fishing level can be viewed in your battle stats. It can have a maximum of 5 points. Each level in your fishing level reduces the amount of time that you get a bite. This increases the rate that you fish, whether when you manually fish or when you auto fish. Your Fishing Mastery can be viewed in the Life info tab.
Your mastery stat increases with specific gear, and as it rises, the chance of you getting a prize catch is also increased. A prize catch is for example an ancient relic. You can use ancient relics for creating scrolls, or you may even sell it in the marketplace. The more you fish, your stat will passively increase. It also decreases the damage that your rod takes each time you go fishing, enabling you to fish longer.
Auto fishing has a three-minute timer after you get the bite; you have to wait for three minutes for your character to collect the fish you caught. Your fishing level reduces the amount of time it takes for you to have a bite. If you cut the time for auto fishing, the time that you have to wait for your character to reel in the fish is also decreased.
How To Choose Fishing Spot
You may have already noticed in the game that a lot of people fish in Velia on the beach. Every location in Black Desert has different kinds of drop table for fish. This means that for each location, you can catch different kinds of fish. In Velia, if you fish on the beach, you have the opportunity to catch rare fish. There are some places where you only catch common fish. Rare fish are more expensive, that’s why they are better to catch. You may view guides available on the internet to see what kinds of fish you can catch in a specific location.
Fishing
When you go fishing, you need a fishing rod, and you can easily purchase it from a fish vendor. Fish vendors can be found everywhere. You can see them all over the world. You purchase the fishing rod for 500 silver. You head on to the beach, take out the fishing rod from your inventory, and press the space bar to fish. Then you have to wait to get a bite. A button will appear on top of you that you may click to do manual fishing, but you can also wait for the auto fishing. When you do manual fishing, you play a mini-game to do fishing.
When you do auto fishing, you wait for the fishing process to be over. Your character will do everything for you. With that, you can go ahead and do the things that you want to do. You may take a quick bathroom break, text your girlfriend, call your Mom, do an assignment, or eat, whatever you want to do. Your character will remain fishing, you have to wait, and you have time to spend elsewhere. However, when it comes to auto fishing, there are better fishing rods that you can use rather than the cheap 500 silver one.
Fishing Rods
What you should do if you want to be serious when it comes to auto fishing is to purchase a decent fishing rod. You might want to consider getting a Balenos Fishing Rod, preferably the +10 version as soon as possible.
This kind of fishing rod is durable. You can use it for a longer period, and with the +10 version, it reduces the waiting time. Therefore, you can catch more fish. This is the standard for those people who take auto fishing seriously. However, if you cannot afford this premium fishing rod, what you can do instead is to purchase lower versions, and as you go through auto fishing, you earn more money that you can use to buy a better fishing rod later on.
Other Gear For Fishing
You may want to get the silver embroidered fisher’s clothes. These clothes give you additional fishing ability that helps decrease the time it takes to catch fish. If you are in a guild with +3 fishing, you also get the additional fishing ability. This way, you don’t have to spend real money on the game.
But if you have real cash to spend, what you can do instead is to invest in a Marmot. A Marmot pet reduces fishing time by 10%.
Inventory slots are also great for you to purchase. They enable you to fish even longer.
You may also purchase Maple Float or Ash Tree Float. This increases your chance to catch specific fish. The Crio’s Fishing Chair also increases your ancient relic drop rate. You may also purchase the Epheria Sailboat as it enables you to sail into the ocean and fish there. When you do this, you get the chance to go to better drop tables to catch rare fish.