Hey guys I have a few questions about fishing rods

1: I have never found a fishing rod with durability? Are they just that rare? Or can they be crafted only or something like that?

2: My rod keeps breaking. Am I doing something wrong? I try to abort fishing when rod is low life but still sometimes they break. Is that normal?

Thanks everybody

Seems like an easy game but still some things are a bit confusing

Like any good item on this game, drops are hard to find. Good ones anyway. Rods with dura drop, just not often. No way to craft them if i remember correctly.

What i learned in fishing/cooking that works the best, click slow. Not fast. Click once, let the dura click once, then click again. Repeat process. Better rods per your fishing level help with dura of course. Dont use the loaner rod as it sucks balls.

All right, thanks man

Not sure about the second question though. Does that mean that my rod will always break at some point? Dura just lengthen this process? Or am I doing something wrong?

Not 100% sure if they generally wear out over time, but anytime you run out of dura catching a fish, if you cant abort it in time, it will snap quicker.

I usually find anywhere between 1-10 rods with durability per climb so not really that rare, you should find some soon if you keep clicking.

Which tier rods are you using? I believe that T2 rods are the best at rank 5.

I guess i dont climb enough.

i find the best place for rods is welling side drops/EPs, if you well a solid 50-80 items, should get at least 1.



I havent broken a rod since like rank 3. You "should" be able to get a reel in before the fish moves your rod meter. Should also be able to have a huge 0.5-1 sec window where you can see whether or not the fish snagged and you will get the next click in first, so click snag counter if snag, click reel if not.
I can always get the first 2 clicks in no issue, however the third click i use the waiting method
Basically wait until the rod durability moves, the exact moment it moves is also when it shows Snag or not. Obviously click snag counter if it shows snag and click reel if it does not.
Continue this approach of waiting for the rod durability to move before choosing which button until the fish is caught.

If you're catching fish 1 level above your prof level (the standard setting, you can choose higher/lower) this should never fail.



Rods do not lose durability/snap unless you allow the fish to lower rod bar to zero.

Interestingly, the more durability a rod has, the slower it is to catch the fish.
Although it significantly reduces the amount the rod bar goes down.


However if you're trying to catch a tonne of fish fast, i suggest using lower durability rods for fish 1 level above your prof level. If its a 20% or better faster fishing event, 3-4 levels higher can also be doable with crap rods.


In terms of which rod you should be using:
Prof 0-1: Splintered rods
Prof 2-5: Pine rods
6-9: Elm rods
10-14, 15-20,21-24 follow the same pattern.
Using 1 rod back from my "recommended" list should also be fine, so using a pine at level 6-9 should still work pretty well and be faster than using elm.

Should always avoid using no rod, the difficulty is significantly harder.


Here's the fishing guide i used, although it's perhaps a little more complicated than i would like: https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=80825020&f=74&o=0

good luck!

What said about welling is true, it’s the only consistent way to find a lot of rods. The more you well, the more rods you will get




Considering how much time you spend crying about how bad the drop rate is, I would definitely say that it is within the realm of possibilities xD

Yeah youre right. You climb way more than I do. Thats for sure.

I don’t believe that I ever made any claim that I do