When you’re not busy off on the main quests in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, there are plenty of auxiliary games and side missions to keep you busy and provide a way to level up and earn some in-game cash between missions. One of those options you’ve got is learning how to fish.
There are a few ways you can start fishing in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, and once you do, a whole slew of fish become available to you. They can be used as handy materials for a handful of the game’s life skills, such as Botany, Culinary, or Alchemy.
Gear Up For Fishing
When you’re ready to begin fishing in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance – which is after the Fireworks Fantasy Night quest as part of the main story in Asterleeds – you’ll need to first find the two materials essential for catching fish: a fishing pole, and some kind of fish bait to use on your line when you cast.
Thankfully, what it doesn’t require is Focus to catch lower-level fish!
There are two ways you can get these items so you can start fishing in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance.
You can:
- Accept a quest from the Fishing Guild Member located in Asterleeds just Northeast of the Celestine Plaza teleportation point, north of the Parkour Registration. She prompts you to join the angler club when you speak to her, which rewards you with a free fishing pole, bait, and fishing guide to peruse at your leisure for tips on the skill.
- Simply go to one of the fishing spots around the map and begin fishing this way. Without gear, you’ll be prompted to visit the in-game Fishing store, which will sell all the gear and bait you need. It’s where you’ll revisit later when you want to buy some new gear, too, since new fishing poles unlock as you increase the level of your Fishing skill. These will cost a few Luno (Bound), but it never hurts to know where and how to stock up.
Even if you do opt to buy the Fishing pole, you should still visit the Fishing Guild Member, since it triggers the Invitation from the Fishing Guild quest. You’ll need to catch an Astercad for this quest, which brings you to the fishing spot in Yacht Harbor (the location on the docks marked on your map once you begin the quest). You’ll be rewarded with some different bait, Adventurer EXP, and a few Luno (Bound) for the efforts.
All Fishing Gear In Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
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Fishing Poles |
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How to Get |
Notes |
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Regular Fishing Pole |
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The Regular Fishing Pole is a simplistic starter material that might break while you’re using it, so be prepared to buy a few of these until you’re of a high enough level to purchase something a little sturdier. |
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Sturdy Fishing Pole |
Purchase from the Fishing Store at Level 8 in the Fishing Skill. |
Not only will the Sturdy Fishing Pole not break like the Regular Fishing Pole, but you’ll also notice an increase in your reeling speed when you use it. |
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Flexible Fishing Pole |
Purchase from the Fishing Store at Level 15 in the Fishing Skill. |
While you’ll have slower line tension build with the Flexible Fishing Pole, you’ll see a return to the possibility of breaking during use, so weigh your decision to use it according to your skill! |
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Bait |
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Available |
Notes |
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Regular Bait |
In the Fishing Store at level 1 in the Fishing skill. Unlock the recipe by reaching level 1 in the Culinary life skill. |
This bait is the simplest of all, and you’ll catch all sorts of basic fish with it as such. You’ll also stand a chance to catch recyclable trash. |
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Precise Bait |
In the Fishing Store at level 5 in the Fishing skill. Unlock the recipe by reaching level 5 in the Culinary life skill. |
If you’re not looking to remove trash from the ocean and would rather guarantee you catch a fish when you reel in, the Precise Bait is for you. |
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Special Bait |
In the Fishing Store at level 15 in the Fishing skill. Unlock the recipe by reaching level 10 in the Culinary life skill. |
Trying to catch the Mythical Fish? You’ll need the Special Bait to do so. |
How To Fish
Fishing minigames are infamously tricky to get right, but it’s fairly simple in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance! You’ll first need to head to a Fishing Spot, which is marked in the overworld as a glowing white dot near a body of water. You’ll often find them on docks and beaches, or at marked spots on your map that are denoted with fish icons.
When you get to your Fishing Spot, cast off after you’ve equipped a fishing pole and bait on the minigame’s hot bar at the bottom of your screen. This casts your bobber into the water, and you’ll need to watch for your bobber to waver beneath the surface, which means you’ve got something on the line. It bobs a few times before it’s ready, so wait for an exclamation point to appear before you click the reel-in button again to begin the fishing minigame proper.
You’ll see the screen divided into three sections, so be mindful of where the fish and your bobber are relative to one another here. This will wrestle the fish closer to you and in line with your fishing pole, but you’ll need to be mindful of the slack on your line so it doesn’t snap and free the catch you’re working hard to reel in.
Once the fish is in the same zone as your Fishing Pole, you’ll want to hold the reel-in button to bring the fish toward you relative to a progress bar on the bottom of your screen. Get the fish icon all the way to the left, and you’ll reel in your catch successfully.
What To Do With Your Fish
There are plenty of ways to use the fish you’ve been catching in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance! Be it for cash farming, guild experience, or even to put toward other life skills, you’ll want to make time to stop and fish every now and again. You’ll be earning Fishing Milestone Rewards along the way for your progress, so check in each time you level up to claim some prizes.
Bolster Your Alchemy, Botany, And Culinary Life Skills
As you continue exploring in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, you’ll find plenty of use for your catches as you work to build your optional life skills! With so much to do in the game, it’s usually helpful to compound your skill growth where possible, and Fishing helping you out with three different life skills is a huge reason to spend some time casting off!
If you’re into the Alchemy aspect of the game, you’ll want to spend your time collecting Scallops. Sure, they can be purchased as well, but catching them is not only a lower-cost way to gather these occasionally costly materials, but a reliable way to build your Fishing level at the same time. You’ll use your Scallops for Chitin Fiber when on the Homestead.
Botany, meanwhile, will require a bit more work off the top but will reward you handsomely for the efforts. At level two of the skill, you’ll be able to catch the rarer fish without using your Focus. If you’re compounding Botany with Culinary as you improve your life skills in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, you’ll find ample use for your Raw Fish Meat collected from the Pale Blue Fish and Tris Sea Fish.
Finally, you’ll see that plenty of your Culinary recipes will include some kind of fish or Scallop, especially the ones that provide some of the most powerful combat boosts available with the use of cooked meals! Why spend the Luno to buy your ingredients when you could catch them fresh for less money and more EXP?
Sell Your Catch For Cash
If you’ve caught more than you can cook, or if you’re just looking for a good way to make some money in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, you’ll be pleased to know that there are a few ways you can sell your Fishing loot for Luno using one of a few methods.
- If you’ve got too many ingredients, like Raw Fish Meat or Scallops, you can always make some cash selling them to other players in need of those ingredients in the Trading Center. Why let them sit in your inventory when you could sell them and earn some Luno (Unbound) from the Trading Center?
- While it’s not quite the same as traditional selling, you could always use your Fish for Guild Cargo if it’s available from the menu for the day! Various types of fish will pop up as items you can load into the Guild Freight, so check in each day to see what you can contribute to the group’s rewards!
- Leaded up with Ocean Garbage and not quite sure how to get rid of it? Visit the Ocean Garbage Recycler when you’re back in Asterleeds, to the south of the Celestine Plaza teleportation hub, and he’ll give you some Luno (Bound) for your help cleaning up the seas.
