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How to Get a Fishing Rod in Terraria
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How to Get a Fishing Rod in Terraria

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Published: Aug 19, 2021 08:03 am

The Fishing Rods, aka Fishing Poles, are tools that players can use along with bait to perform fishing activities in Terraria. As you know, there are a wide variety of items in Terraria that players can get on a random basis while fishing. This makes the fishing activity in the game, somewhat mandatory, as if you avoid it, you will be missing a great number of items.

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Keeping that in mind, we have prepared a handy guide on how to get a fishing rod in Terraria. It talks about the different Fishing Rods available in the game and how players can get them.

How to Get a Fishing Rod

There are around eleven fishing rods in Terraria that players can get via crafting and from crates, NPCs, enemy drops, etc.

  • Wood Fishing Pole
    • Obtained via crafting.
    • You need eight Wood and a workbench to craft the Wood Fishing Pole.
  • Reinforced Fishing Pole
    • Obtained via crafting.
    • You need eight pieces of any iron bar and an iron or lead anvil to craft Reinforced Fishing Pole.
  • Fisher of Souls
    • Obtained via crafting.
    • You need eight pieces of Demonite bar and an iron or lead anvil to craft Fisher of Souls.
  • Fleshcatcher
    • Obtained via crafting.
    • You need eight pieces of Crimtane bar and an iron or lead anvil to craft Fisher of Souls.
  • Scarab Fishing Rod
    • Obtained from Mirage or Oasis crates.
  • Chum Caster
    • Obtained by farming Wandering Eye Fish or Zombie Merman enemies.
  • Fiberglass Fishing Pole
    • Obtained from Bramble, or Jungle crates. You can also obtain it from Ivy Chests.
  • Mechanic’s Rod
    • Bought from Mechanic NPC for twenty gold coins.
  • Sitting Duck’s Fishing Pole
    • Bought from Travelling Merchant NPC for thirty five gold coins.
  • Hotline Fishing Hook
    • 1/75 chance of being obtained in Hardmode from the Angler after 25 quests
  • Golden Fishing Rod
    • Angler reward after 30/50 quests or 1/250, depending on platform.

That’s it for now. While you are here, read our guide on how to get Blindfold in Terraria.

Terraria is an action-adventure sandbox game currently available on PS4, Xbox, Android, PC, iOS, and Nintendo Switch platforms.

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Hritwik Raj
Hritwik is a guides writer who has been writing about video games for almost a decade. He is a Computer Science graduate who has always been into gaming. Most of the time, you will find him covering News and Guides for various publications. And when he is not working, you will find him fighting with his friends about how good of a gamer he is. His favorite games include Fallout 76, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Souls series, Genshin Impact, and The Last of Us.
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