Where Winds Meet fishing guide

Where Winds Meet contains a plethora of interesting and fun side activities, including Fishing. You can fish for food and cook your catch into various great dishes. You can also challenge other NPCs, and even your friends, to fishing matches. It’s a system that’s pretty easy to get into, and with a bit of extra bait and some upgraded fishing rods, you can catch some impressive fish.

You can unlock fishing pretty early in Where Winds Meet as well. If you just want to take a break from all the intense Wuxia combat and stand by a river, watching the world pass you by, why not take part in some fishing?

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How to unlock Fishing in Where Winds Meet

You can begin Fishing while exploring the Verdant Wilds in Where Winds Meet by finding Chu Shuiyang. She’s down by the water near the General’s Shrine, and you can see the exact location in the screenshot below.

The circled area is where you unlock fishing (Image via NetEase)

She’ll ask if you want to compete against her in fishing, because it’s always more fun if you’ve got a rival to fish against. Agree by saying Want a Fishing Rod, and you’ll receive the Kid’s Fishing Rod and some bait. The game will show you how to get started, so follow the tutorial.

After you’ve got the Fishing Rod equipped in Where Winds Meet, you can begin fishing! Take part in the mini-game, and you’ll need to catch the specified fish before she can get to them. On the screen, you’ll see a fishy objective. The first one for example is the Black Bream, which requires Worm Bait.

Fishing is easy to learn and hard to master, but with the right tools, you'll succeed (Image via NetEase)

The game will also show you how to swap to the right bait, so do that, cast your line, and reel that fish in. Shake the rod a few times after a good, long cast, and move the mouse/left stick to stay within the green meter until it prompts you to catch a fish.

Completing this mini-game unlocks fishing in Where Winds Meet, allowing you to fish whenever you’re at a body of water. You'll also receive the following rewards:

• Wriggling Fish x1 (Cosmetic)
• Recipe: Divine Stuffed Fish
• Treasure Coin x5,000
• Zhou Coin x1,000
• Character EXP x1,000
• Qinghe Exploration x10
• Mindset x3

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How Fishing works in Where Winds Meet

When you’re fishing in Where Winds Meet, you can set up near most bodies of water by standing next to them, selecting your rod, and pressing Up on the D-Pad/X on the keyboard to activate the mini-game.

You can find a fishing rod upgrade at this merchant (Image via NetEase)

Choose your bait by holding L2+ Triangle/Circle/Alt+Mouse Scroll Wheel, and then cast the line with Square/E. Jiggle the line a few times, and before long, a fish will be on the line.

The better your fishing rod, the easier it is to guide the cursor into the green area. The bigger/rarer the fish, the smaller your green area will be. That means you’ll need a better rod, because if you're using a weak rod, you will very often overshoot those small green areas, like for Catfish.

Thankfully, you can purchase the Little Toad’s Rod from a few peddlers. The easiest one to get is at Heaven’s Pier from Xiong Da. It’s relatively cheap, and so is the bait, which you can also purchase here. The Little Toad's Rod is a slight upgrade from the Kid’s Fishing Rod, and in my experience, it makes catching those fish significantly easier.

Those fishermen icons are where you can challenge other NPCs to a battle of the fish (Image via NetEase)

If you’re looking to challenge yourself, you can head to any Fishing Contest, for some exp and a handful of great fish. These can get difficult, so eventually you’ll have to find a better peddler with a better fishing rod.

Once we’ve found more fishing rods, we’ll update this article accordingly. Your rewards for fishing are Jade Fish, XP, and Research Points.