Fishing Rod

Rarity	Common
Durability	65
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
Namespaced ID	fishing_rod

This article is about the fishing rod. For the gameplay mechanic, see Fishing.

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A fishing rod is a tool used primarily for fishing.

Obtaining[edit]

Crafting[edit]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Stick + String
Damaged Fishing Rod		The durability of the two fishing rods is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Fishing[edit]

Enchanted fishing rods can be obtained as a "treasure" item from fishing, and unenchanted ones as a "junk" item.

Trading[edit]

Journeyman-level fisherman villagers sell enchanted fishing rods for 6 emeralds. The enchantments are the same as the ones obtained from an enchantment table at levels 5–19.

Natural generation[edit]

Enchanted fishing rods^{[note 1]} can be found in 21.7% of big underwater ruins chests and 41.7% of small underwater ruins chests in groups of 1.

Notes

↑ All enchantments are equally probable, except treasure enchantments, and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

Carrot on a Stick[edit]

If a carrot on a stick is used to where its durability hits zero, it turns into a fishing rod.

Mob Drops[edit]

The drowned mob has a 3.75% chance‌^{[Java Edition only]} or 0.85%‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} of spawning with a fishing rod equipped. If killed, they have an 8.5% chance of dropping this fishing rod. That chance increases by 1% for each level of Looting applied to a weapon (up to 11.5% chance). The dropped item is damaged and never enchanted.

Usage[edit]

Fishing[edit]

Main article: Fishing

The fishing rod's main use is for fishing. Catching an item costs 1 durability, reeling in while the hook is on the ground costs 2 durability, and reeling in while in water does not reduce durability. Successful catches award 1-6 experience.

Crafting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Carrot on a Stick	Fishing Rod or Damaged Fishing Rod + Carrot		The fishing rod must not be damaged to craft the carrot on a stick.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Hooking mobs and other entities[edit]

The fishing rod can be used to hook mobs, items and some entities, and even players. The fishing rod can then be reeled in, which drags them toward the player and deals no damage. Reeling in a mob or entity costs 5 points of durability, and reeling in an item costs 3 points. Reeling a mob pulls it toward the player with a speed of ¹⁄₁₀ the distance between mob and player.

Besides mobs and items, entities that can be reeled in include:

Boats
Minecarts of any type
Armor Stands
Shulker Bullets
Ghast fireballs
Shot fire charges
Primed TNT
Any falling block
- Such as Sand, Gravel, Dragon Eggs or Anvils.

Some entities can be hooked, but cannot be reeled in:

Mobs riding/being ridden by other mobs
Paintings
Item Frames
Lead knots
End Crystals
Shulkers

Attempting to reel in said entities still costs durability to the rod.

The rest of the entities cannot be hooked at all:

Using it on a villager lowers the player's popularity and cause any naturally-spawned iron golems nearby to attack.

Hooking an entity mounted on another entity breaks the connection between the rider and its ride.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Fuel[edit]

A fishing rod can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per fishing rod.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Other usage[edit]

The hook can also be used to activate wooden pressure plates or weighted pressure plates.

Enchantments[edit]

A fishing rod can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Max Level
Lure^{[note 1]}	III
Luck of the Sea	III
Unbreaking	III
Mending^{[note 2]}	I
Curse of Vanishing^{[note 2]}‌^{[Java Edition only]}	I

↑ Lure VI doesn't do anything, when doing Lure V by using commands, it lures quickly.
↑ ^a ^b Available using enchanted books and an anvil, or by fishing up a pre-enchanted rod or discovering a pre-enchanted rod in a temple of some sort.

Fishing Bobber[edit]

Fishing Bobber

Internal ID	BE: 77
Network ID	JE: 90
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Entity	Namespaced ID
Fishing Bobber	`fishing_bobber`

Bedrock Edition:

Entity	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Fishing Bobber	`fishing_hook`	77

Entity data[edit]

Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template

Sounds[edit]

Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
Bobber thrown	`entity.fishing_bobber.throw`	`subtitles.entity.fishing_bobber.throw`	?	?	?	16
No subtitle	`entity.fishing_bobber.retrieve`	(When reeling rod in)	?	2.4	?	16
Fishing hook splashes	`entity.fishing_bobber.splash`	`subtitles.entity.fishing_bobber.splash`	?	?	?	16

Achievements[edit]

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather	Pick up leather from the ground.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze

Advancements[edit]

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Fishy Business	Catch a fish	Husbandry	Use a fishing rod to catch a fish.	`husbandry/fishy_business`

Video[edit]

Note: This video is outdated and does not mention changes added since its implementation.

History[edit]

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Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.1				Added fishing rods.
				Fishing rods currently have no function.
				Fishing rods are stackable.
v1.2.0		?		Fishing rods have now been updated to be able to catch fish from any body of water.
Java Edition Beta
1.6		?		Fishing rods are now no longer stackable, stacking rods would allow the player to change the damage values of any rods stacked to the first rod. This could be exploited to have fishing rods that lasted forever.
1.6		?		There is now a sprite for the fishing rod without the line in items.png, it is currently unused.
1.7				The sprite is now used when the bobber has been cast to show that it is no longer on the rod. Before this update, the stick texture was used for this purpose.
Sound Update				The fishing rod cast sound has now been changed.
Java Edition
1.0.0		?		Added sounds for fishing rods.^{[more information needed]}
1.3.1		12w17a		Fishing rods now have infinite durability in creative mode.
1.4.2		12w36a		Added carrot on a stick, which can be crafted using a fishing rod and a carrot.
1.4.2		12w37a		Fishing now give the player experience with each fish caught.
1.4.6		12w49a		Fishing rods can now be enchanted with Unbreaking using enchanted books.
1.7.2		13w36a		Fishing rods now have 2 new enchantments: Lure and Luck of the Sea.
				Fishing rods can now be enchanted in an enchantment table.
				Enchanted fishing rods can now be obtained as a "treasure" item from fishing, and unenchanted ones as a "junk" item.
1.8		14w02a		Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 7–8 emeralds.
1.9		15w31a		Cast fishing rods now look cast in the hotbar and inventory.
		15w32a		Fishing rods no longer damage the ender dragon.
		15w36a		Fishing rods now properly hook entities.
		15w36a		Reeling in while hooked to a non-item entity now costs 5 durability (was 3) to the fishing rod.
1.10		16w21a		Fishing rods now hook items, which costs 3 durability.
1.11		16w33a		Fishing rods can now be used to fuel furnaces.
1.12		17w13a		Changed the sound of bobbers being thrown.
1.12		17w16a		Added sounds for reeling in fishing bobbers.
1.13		17w47a		Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 346.
		17w50a		Crafting a carrot on a stick no longer requires the fishing rod to be at full durability.^[1]
		18w02a		The bobber of fishing rods now has its own entity ID: `fishing_bobber`, although summoning the bobber alone is still not possible.
		18w09a		Enchanted fishing rods now generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
		18w11a		Added drowned, which have a chance to spawn drop fishing rods upon death.
		18w14a		Catching a fish with the fishing rod now grants the "Fishy Business" advancement.
		?		Fishing rods no longer display as unknown when called by a target selector.
1.14		18w43a		The textures of fishing rods have now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0		build 1		Added fishing rods.
		build 8		If an entity is mounted on another entity, hooking it with a fishing rod now breaks the connection with its ride.
		build 11		Fishing rods are now functional in third person view.
0.12.1		build 12		Fishing rods now make a less repetitive sound.
				Fishing rods now grant experience when successful.
				Fishing rods can now be enchanted.
				Enchanted fishing rods can now be found as "treasure" from fishing.
0.15.0		build 1		Fishing rods are now used to craft carrot on a stick.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0		Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0		The entity ID of fishing rods has now been changed from `fishinghook` to `fishing_hook`.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8		Added drowned, which can spawn with and drop fishing rods.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1		Fishing rods and enchanted fishing rods can now be found in underwater ruins.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3		The textures of fishing rods have now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4		Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 6 emeralds as part of their third tier trade.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Added fishing rods.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90				The textures of fishing rods have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0				Added fishing rods.

Issues[edit]

Issues relating to "Fishing Rod" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[edit]

The maximum distance the player can get between the bobber and themselves is 33 blocks.
Skeletons can be pulled into their own arrows.
When casting the rod into a portal, the bobber may stick to it like a normal block, go through and travel in the Nether, or stop on the next block behind the portal.
If the player stands directly in front of a column and casts their line onto a block above them, the line falls downward.
If the bobber hits a painting, the painting breaks.
If the player casts the line into an End portal, the line and bobber disappear.
The player can get into bed after casting a line, and the line remains in the water until the player wakes up and reels it in.
In Bedrock Edition, the fishing rod's bobber has a 3D model.
Using a fishing pole with high lure and Luck of the Sea can be a good way to gain armor and enchanted books including other treasure.