InMirthwood, food is one of the resources you cannot overlook. Consuming food increases your character’s energy, and you can get more tasks done daily with a higher energy. While your character can eat raw food items, cooking and consuming them gives more energy, and there is no better way to do this than to catch a fish, cook, and consume it. In this guide, we’ll list all the steps to catch fish in Mirthwood.
How to Catch Fish in Mirthwood
To catch a fish, you will first need to obtain thePokey Fishing Rodin Mirthwood. This can only be purchased after you have completed the game’s prologue and reached Mirthwood.
How to get Pokey Fishing Rod
Once you have reached Mirthwood town, you will get a ravaged house, which you’re able to renovate later. Opening the map by pressing the “M” key will not reveal any points of interest for you to hint at how to catch the fish. So, all you need to do is gosoutheast from your houseand reach awindmill with fieldsnearby.
You willfind astallwith seedsand vegetables on its side and a plant icon over it. This is a trading stall where you can buy or sell items. In the list of items of this trading stall, you willfind the Pokey Fishing Rod worth 20 coins.
At the start of Mirthwood, you will have decent coins for early purchases. However, if you can not seem to buy the Pokey Fishing Rod, consider gathering resources such as wood, stone, or growing plants on your farm and then sell them for coins.
You can always interact with certain storage spaces, such as small containers or furniture inside houses, andfind a “Steal” promptover them.This will allow you to steal items from others in Mirthwood and thensell them for more coins. However, this action will also decrease your Morality stats.
How to Equip Pokey Fishing Rod
Now that you have the necessary equipment required to catch the fish, follow these steps to equip the Pokey Fishing Rod:
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How to Use Pokey Fishing Rod to Catch Fish in Mirthwood
The next step involves going to a river stream to catch a fish in Mirthwood. Open your map by pressing the “M” key and look for a river passage near your position. Mostly, you will find a river east of the Mirthwood.
Run towards the river and equip the Pokey Fishing Rod, click the “left mouse button” or press “F” and your character will toss the fishing rod’s bait hook in the water. Then follow these steps to catch yourself a fish in Mirthwood:
This outer circle mostly appears two times during the catching sequence, so if you need to successfully catch the fish, maintain the pointer at all times inside the green marker and press the button the moment the converged circle becomes green.
If done right, you willnotice the “picked up Perch or Fresh Trout” notificationon theleft side of the screen. Perch and Trout are various types of fish type in Mirthwood.
On the other hand, if you fail the catching sequence, you can grab random items from the water, such as wood and stone.
What to Do With the Fish in Mirthwood
Your character needs energy to perform tasks such as breaking rocks to get stones, cutting trees for wood, and so on. These tasks consume energy, which can be regained by eating raw or cooked food such as fish.
Catching fish is easier than acquiring other food items. This not only makes fish a good source of regaining lost energy but also an excellent item to sell in the market and easily earn coins in Mirthwood.
That is everything about how to get a Pokey Fishing rod and catch fish in Mirthwood. For more tips related to the game, we recommend you check out ourHow to Upgrade Tools in Mirthwood, andHow to Expand Your Inventory in Mirthwoodguides.
Irfan Ansari
Irfan Ansari is a Guides Writer at Prima Games, bringing seven years of experience in Video Game Journalism to the table. With over 20 years immersed in gaming, he’s sharpened his craft at notable outlets like TheGamer, Gamepur, Videogamer, and eXputer. His favorite hobby is grinding for XP, leveling up and defeating bosses to pulp.
