The Fishers' Landing

How a catch works

1. Stand on the pier and cast. Then wait: the bobber dips, you hear the bite if sound is on, and the page says "A bite!" for screen readers.
2. Strike within the window. Miss it and the fish is gone.
3. The catch surfaces with a name, a level and a health bar, like any monster. Reel to wear it down: reeling raises the line tension.
4. Ease off to let the tension fall. A red marker warns of a lunge: reel into it and the line spikes and the catch hits back.
5. Your class's first three abilities work at the river too. The line snaps at full tension, and the catch drags you under if your health runs out. Either way it simply swims off.

Water or lava

The Water Pier sits on the Light's river of pure water, beside Sun City. The Lava Pier sits on the Dark's river of lava, beside Moon City. Your own element is safe: water for the Light, lava for the Dark. Fishing the enemy's element is a dare. The catch counts as one level higher, the river hurts you a little every few seconds, and you see the game's own warning.

• The jinn-fire sears your water-sworn flesh! GET OUT!
• The pure river rejects the pact-bound! GET OUT!

What bites

Water Pier: the river of pure water

Catch	Kind	How it fights
Bunni	Fish	Runner: long runs, few lunges
Shabbout	Fish	Biter: lunges often and hits hard
Gattan	Fish	Sulker: dives deep and pulls steady
Himri	Fish	Thrasher: wild bursts of tension
Jirri	Fish	Sulker: dives deep and pulls steady
Biyah	Fish	Runner: long runs, few lunges
Golden Shabbout	Rare: fights like an elite	Biter: lunges often and hits hard
Pearl mussel	Treasure	Heavy: no lunges, a dead weight
Sealed clay jar	Treasure	Heavy: no lunges, a dead weight

Lava Pier: the river of lava

Catch	Kind	How it fights
Ember Eel	Fish	Runner: long runs, few lunges
Cinder Crab	Fish	Biter: lunges often and hits hard
Basalt Grouper	Fish	Sulker: dives deep and pulls steady
Slag Catfish	Fish	Sulker: dives deep and pulls steady
Obsidian Barb	Fish	Thrasher: wild bursts of tension
Ash Skipper	Fish	Spitter: spits embers between lunges
Samandal	Rare: fights like an elite	Spitter: spits embers between lunges
Molten-forged ring	Treasure	Heavy: no lunges, a dead weight
Brass lamp	Treasure	Heavy: no lunges, a dead weight

Now and then the hook finds something big that fights like an elite monster, and sometimes it snags a treasure instead of a fish.

Your class at the river

You fish with the same first three abilities your class has in the game, re-voiced for the river.

Class	Ability	At the river
Warrior	Gash	Burst: a heavy hit on the catch, but the line tightens
	Spin Cleave	Calm: breaks its run, the line slackens a lot
	Earthen Snare	Hold: it cannot pull or lunge for two seconds
Mage	Rimebolt	Burst: a heavy hit on the catch, but the line tightens
	Frost Ring	Hold: it cannot pull or lunge for two seconds
	counterspell	Calm: breaks its run, the line slackens a lot

Guests and heroes

Without an account you fish with a demo hero: pick a class and the Light or the Dark, at level 10. Guest catches are practice: nothing is sent anywhere, and your journal stays in this browser only.

Signed in, you walk and fish with one of your own heroes. The hero you choose here can also be the one the forums show for you.

The fishing journal

Eighteen entries: at each pier six fish, one rare and two treasures. A species you have not caught yet shows as a silhouette, and the journal keeps your count and your heaviest catch of each. Filling it is for the joy of it.

Privacy

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