Basic Rod
The Basic Rod is your first fishing rod. The twins give it to you with their thanks when you bring them six Clay Plates in Two Peas in a Pod. Making one yourself needs Fishing I for the recipe (3 Sticks, 2 Bronze Details and 2 Flax Thread) and Flax Thread for the thread.
It has to be on your toolbar to fish. It also adds Farming mastery +1 from there, like any tool, and that one point is enough to fish at all, since fishing needs Farming 1.
How to obtain
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodworking Workbench I Woodworking Workbench II |  Stick ×3  Flax Thread ×2 |  3 | 4 | 4 |
Quest reward
Used for
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Science ×2 | 10 | 3 ( Researcher −1 ) |
Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.
Notes
- The Farming point counts everywhere, not only at the water: garden beds and cooking use it too, so the rod can stay on your toolbar next to your shovel.
- Until you have bait it catches only what bites without one: Roach, Gudgeon and Crucian at the spots by your house and by the village, and the Frog in the swamp.
- It never wears out.