Switch HELP Fishing Rod w Bait Stardew Valley Forums
To make your fishing venture a bit easier, you can attach bait to your fishing rod. Here’s how to attach bait to your rod on every console, and why you’d want to. On a Nintendo Switch Controller, Press on the bait to select the whole stack , then to attach to the rod.
On PlayStation – players should press X on the controller to select the stack and then press the Square button. The beginning rod won’t allow you to attach bait to it, but the later rods will. However, the fiberglass rod will become available at level two of the fishing skill.
Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. If you have a perfect catch, you win bonus points. This is when you do not lose any of your catching meter. To get the fishing rod, move your character over to it, and press the Y button.
It won’t do anything and I tried clicking other buttons. But it either swtiches back and forth between the rod and the bait or it doesn’t do anything. Under special circumstances, you may be able to catch legendary fish.
He’s back from “the salty seas” and has something for you. Sounds like it’s time to head over there, right? Open up your map and look at the bottom right-hand corner where the beach is; that’s where you need to go. This page or section contains unmarked spoilers from update 1.5 of Stardew Valley. Mobile players may want to avoid or be cautious toward reading this article. On the fiberglass rod or better, there is a clear spot for bait when hovered over.
Stardew Valley is still one of the most popular RPG sim games on all platforms. It’s an open-world farming sim game where you choose your own path. Arqade is a question and answer site for passionate videogamers on all platforms. Barbed Hook –Makes your catch more secure, causing the “fishing bar” to cling to your catch. To use tackle, you equip it onto the pole the same way as you do bait and it can be used in conjunction with it, as well.
I’m not sure how on switch, but on PC you right click the rod with the bait and it’s equipped. I don’t know if I’m being dumb and just not doing it right or not using the right rod but I can’t get bait on any of the rods I bought, or found. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 154,602 times. The fish moves away as you do this, making some species harder than others to catch.
But after that, the next step is to finally attach the bait. The ocean next to the beach area provides the greater chance of getting a fish to bite. Everywhere else has an increased chance of trash. Different bait and tackle as well as rod upgrades will help with your fishing endeavor.
Early on, when a player is just starting to harvest their first crops, that might seem pretty steep. However, when paired with bait, the pole can quickly pay for itself in just a few days of fishing. For the mobile version, bait can be added to the fishing rod by opening the inventory, then dragging the bait and dropping it on top of the rod. The way you attach bait to your fishing rod differs between consoles.
If a fish is nabbed, you’ll begin the fishing mini-game of Stardew Valley. This is a simple game that can get a bit difficult if the fish is a higher level. You’ll notice a fish icon that rises and lowers on a bar with a green square (“fishing bar”) that you can move. To the right of this bar is another one that fills up; once it is filled all the way, the fish is yours. The key to filling it up is to keep the green square around the fish for as long as it takes. You want the fish to always be within that green area; if it’s not, your line will continuously break until you can get it back on there.
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