Complete Fisch Rod Crafting Guide [Fischmas] – How to Get Resources, Enter Ancient Archives, and More

Crafting is one of the most unused mechanics in Fisch, mostly because you need a really high level to get a good rod. But before that, you’ll have to open the door and reach the crafting anvil, farm the materials, and some other stuff, too! To help you with your crafting endeavors and answer all the questions you might have, we compiled the complete guide to crafting in Fisch. Scroll down, and let’s get started!

How to Craft Rods in Fisch

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In order to start crafting rods in Fisch, you’ll first have to open the Ancient Archives, which are located in a cave behind the waterfall on the Ancient Isles. Then, you’ll have to collect the necessary resources and meet the level requirements for the specific rod you want to craft. Here is the breakdown of the process:

How to Enter the Ancient Archives

1. Reach the Ancient Isles (6000, 200, 300). Be careful of the dynamite and the spikes that spawn on the way there, as they can destroy your ship.
2. Collect the fragments you’ll need to solve the Ancient Archives door puzzle. Their locations are listed just below.
3. Enter the cave behind the main waterfall on the Ancient Isles (5875, 165, 420) and interact with the rope to climb down the hole.
4. The following part requires at least four players. Place the fragments onto the corresponding pillars.
   • All players who participated in fragment placement, pillar rotation, and pressure plate standing will have the Ancient Archives door open for them permanently.
5. Four players have to stand on the pressure plates in front of the pillars to activate them.
6. Once the pillars are active, interact with them to rotate them. Continue rotating each pillar until the ring of symbols on the circular door with each pillar’s color is lit up (if the purple ring is lit up, you can stop rotating the Ancient Pillar, etc.).
7. After the doors are open, make your way across the collapsed bridge to reach the Crafting Anvil.
   • Climb the arches and then use a Glider to cross the gaps in the bridge.
   • If you fall down from the bridge, hold Jump and get out on the dry land. If you go below the water’s surface, your character will die.

All Ancient Archives Fragment Locations

• Ancient Fragment: You can fish it out at the Ancient Isles with a relatively low chance.
• Deep Sea Fragment: Located at the bottom of the waterfall, close to the Ancient Archives cave (5840, 80, 390).
• Earth Fragment: Located in the same cave where the Eclipse Totem and the Phoenix Rod are (5970, 275, 845).
• Solar Fragment: Spawns at the peak of the Ancient Isle’s biggest mountain during an Eclipse (6070, 440, 680).
  • You can use the cable at 6160, 275, 350 to reach the peak quickly.
  • The Ancient Archives door can also be only opened during an Eclipse, so it’s best to use the totem, collect the Solar Fragment, and then beeline to the puzzle room.

All Rod Crafting Recipes in Fisch

You can find all rod crafting recipes in Fisch in the table below. The best methods for farming each of the ingredients are further down. If you can’t meet the level requirements for certain rods, check out our leveling guide for information on how to speed up the EXP grind.

RodIngredients & RequirementsStatsAbility

Precision Rod	Level: None Price: 7,500 C$ Ingredients 1x Amethyst 2x Mythical Driftwood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 20% Luck: 150% Control: 0 Resilience: 5% Max Kg: 12,000	None
Wisdom Rod	Level: None Price: 50,000 C$ Ingredients 1x Ruby 2x Mythical Driftwood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 10% Luck: 35% Control: 0 Resilience: 0% Max Kg: 2,000	70-100% XP bonus after 5 succesful catches in a row.
Resourceful Rod	Level: None Price: 15,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Amethyst 2x Lunar Driftwood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 15% Luck: 20% Control: -0.01 Resilience: 0% Max Kg: 1,000	Doubles the effects of all bait.
Seasons Rod	Level: 145 Price: 35,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Opal 3x Frozen Driftwood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 20% Luck: 35% Control: 0.03 Resilience: 10% Max Kg: 4,000	Boosts fish luck by 20% for the current season. Has a chance to give a Seasonal mutation. Winter: 2.5x Value Summer: +25% Size Spring: 3x Value Autumn: 3x Value
Riptide Rod	Level: 200 Price: 40,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Ruby 3x Atlantean Driftwood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 20% Luck: 25% Control: 0.05 Resilience: 5% Max Kg: 3,500	Adds a tide meter that fills by 20% with each perfect cast. At max, the next 3 casts have Luck boosted by 30% and Lure Speed by 25%
Krampus’s Rod	Level: 300 Price: 30,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Icicle 3x Festive Driftwood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 30% Luck: 15% Control: 0.15 Resilience: 8% Max Kg: Inf.	Every 10 catches, gain a random temporary buff.
Voyager Rod	Level: 400 Price: 30,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Opal 3x Void Wood 1x Magic Thread	Lure: 25% Luck: 85% Control: 0 Resilience: 10% Max Kg: Inf.	All fish have a 25% chance to be Fossilised (lasers fish with an orbital canon).
The Lost Rod	Level: 450 Price: 50,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Lapis Lazuli 3x Ancient Wood 1x Ancient Thread	Lure: 15% Luck: 25% Control: 0.08 Resilience: 8% Max Kg: 55,000	After 6 perfect catches in a row, boosts Luck by 150% for next 3 casts.
Celestial Rod	Level: 500 Price: 100,000 C$ Ingredients 3x Moonstone 3x Moon Wood 1x Ancient Thread	Lure: 35% Luck: 60% Control: 0.07 Resilience: 5% Max Kg: Inf.	After catching 85 fish, get a 5 minute boost of +50% Luck, +30% Lure Speed, and +30% XP. All caught fish will have the Celestial mutation during that time.
Rod of the Eternal King	Level: 650 Price: 250,000 C$ Ingredients 2x Golden Sea Pearl 3x Inferno Wood 1x Lunar Thread	Lure: 50% Luck: 160% Control: 0.175 Resilience: 15% Max Kg: 75,000	Every 30s, has a 10% chance to grant a +150% Luck boost for 10s. If a catch is missed, have a 15% chance of immediately catching a higher rarity fish. Has a 20% chance to catch Greedy fish (x4 value).
Rod of the Forgotten Fang	Level: 750 Price: 300,000 C$ Ingredients 2x Meg’s Fang 2x Meg’s Spine 1x Lunar Thread	Lure: 78% Luck: 145% Control: 0.22 Resilience: 25% Max Kg: Inf.	After 3 perfect catches, triggers a Megalodon to jump out and deliver a higher tier fish with a 15-20% size buff.

The Driftwood ingredients won’t be consumed when crafting a rod

How to Get All Rod Crafting Resources in Fisch

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Screenshot by Destructoid

Crafting recipes in Fisch is really counterintuitive. Right now, it’s easier to get the crafting ingredients for a rod with the level 750 requirement than it is for the ones with no requirement at all. So, to help you out, we compiled a list of all the crafting resources you’ll need and how to get them in the most efficient way:

Which Rods are Worth Crafting in Fisch?

In general, the only two rods worth crafting in Fisch are the Rod of the Forgotten Fang and the Rod of the Eternal King. All other craftable rods are borderline irrelevant and outclassed by the rods you can just buy, namely the Trident Rod and the Rod of the Depths.

Of course, if you are a completionist, do try to craft every rod that you can. However, know that the developers might change the recipes in the future, especially those that require extravagant trash items, such as Atlantean Driftwood and Mythical Driftwood.

Anyway, that wraps our guide to crafting in the Fisch Roblox experience. For more helpful guides, including our rod tier list, visit the Fisch hub here on Destructoid.

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