Fishing

Fishing is a skill in Villagers & Heroes.

''The relaxing way to spend your day would be fishing. Sit back and enjoy some sun as you fish your way through the ranks of fishermen. A skilled fisherman can catch all sorts of rare and exotic fish to be used for their fillets or for their oils.''

Gather Locations
Experts in Fishing can gather from a very large variety of locations, or nodes. Click on a gathering node to use your Fishing Skill and a Fishing Rod to harvest the material it contains. If your Fishing level is equal to or greater than the level of the node, you will always succeed at harvesting something. If your Fishing level is lower, then there is a chance that you will fail to harvest anything. The further below the level of the node you are, the less likely you are to harvest anything.

Fishing Spot
Using a Fishing Spot will catch fish up to two levels below and two levels above the level of the Fishing Spot, with the exception of the Dagmar Strand, Summer's Hollow, and Marigold Harbor Fishing Spots, which only have fish of the same level.

Safe places to gather for those who don't like combat:
 * Ethos Island zones and Ardent Hub (Cronk Island and Ardent City): gatherable nodes for all levels 1-10.
 * Lake Kiwa: gatherable nodes for all levels 10-29.
 * Forever Tree: gatherable nodes for all levels 30-39.
 * The Thriving Isles: gatherable nodes for all levels 40-59.
 * The Stone Gardens: gatherable nodes for all levels 60-74.

Tool Required
Fishing requires a Fishing Rod - fishing rods with a strong line can be used to catch a plethora of fish, including trout, moonfish, alewives, parrotfish, and steelhead. The following variants of the Fishing Rod exists:

Cooking Fish
Cooking fish are used to make Fish Dinners and a certain type of Dram.

Oil Fish
Oil fish can produce enough fish oils to produce oil potion and is used to cook all kinds of potions, food.

Xinzen Carp
''Xinzen Carp are one of the rarest of fish. Its bright colors and luring aroma make it an easy target for prey, making its already low population cautious.''

Jellyfish
''The gobazolla is an increasingly rare type of jellyfish. The chemical properties of its otter membrane can be extracted to enhance brain waves and thought patterns for a short duration.''

Increases experience gained from combat, gathering and crafting by 30%. Lasts between 5' and 13' (depending on the level)