Want to know how to unlock fishing in Destiny: Rising? Fret not, I’m here to help. This guide will not only cover the steps you need to unlock fishing, but also some tips to help you catch the rarest of fish.
Destiny: Rising goes above and beyond being a simple cash grab, adding a ton of side activities for players to enjoy when they’re not shooting Hive, Fallen, and fellow Lightbearers. You can partake in Sparrow Racing, a unique card game, and of course, fishing.
Let’s not dilly-dally any longer and get straight into it. While you’re here, consider checking out our best characters in Destiny: Rising guide to help you spend resources wisely on worthy Lightbearers.
How To Unlock Fishing In Destiny: Rising
To unlock fishing, you need to reach Chapter 2-3 and complete the Go Fishing tutorial.
Once you reach the required story portion, you can easily track the activity. Talk to Pandora-7, and a quick cutscene will play out. She’ll hand you a fishing rod and some bait to get you started.
Conveniently, the fishing pond will be right next to her, so walk towards it and let’s do some fishing.
How To Fish In Destiny: Rising
Fishing in Destiny: Rising is incredibly easy. First, pick the rod and bait you want to use, then tap the fishing rod button or press the designated prompt if you’re using a controller or keyboard to send out your selected rod.
Common fish will be easier to catch. Once the prompt shines, press it to reel in the fish, simple as that. However, rarer fish will put up a fight. If you happen to run into one by using Epic bait, you’ll enter a minigame in which you need to drain the fish’s stamina. Tap or hold the reel button to “trap” the fish until its stamina is depleted to catch it.
One important thing to keep in mind is that rods have a durability stat. Common rods can be used 30 times, for example.
What Do You Do With The Fish?
One thing: sell them. You’ll receive Angler Tokens, which you can then change for items at the fishing shop with Pandora-7. Here’s how to do it:
- Open your Ghost menu and select Inventory
- If your fish are recently caught, they’ll show up in the Latest Acquisitions section; if not, scroll down to Consumables
- Select the fish you want to sell and tap Sell in the lower right corner of the screen
- You’ll be sent to another screen where you can bulk sell all the fish you currently have in your inventory
The fishing shop can be accessed from the Exchange section of the main Destiny: Rising shop; you don’t need to talk to Pandora every time you want to purchase something. You can purchase bait, fishing rods, and more cool items like weapon shaders and upgrade materials.
Fish is more than just a distraction or a way to get Angler Tokens, though. It can help you raise your weekly Activeness level, which is a form of progression for players who participate in more leisurely activities. You can earn 100 Activeness per week, with a daily cap of 20 for the fishing activity. You’ll get some decent rewards, so don’t neglect them.
Fishing Level Explained
As you become more proficient as a fisherman, you’ll earn Fishing Levels. There are a total of 75 levels, which is surprisingly deep.
Each rank has its own unique rewards, with the most important ones being Fishing Ability Points. More on that in a bit. I won’t list the entirety of rewards as the majority are bait, fishing rods, Glimmer, and random Enhancement Prisms. However, I’ll list ranks in which you’ll get Fishing Ability Points and other important rewards:
- Rank 3: Fishing Ability Point
- Rank 5: Unlocks the Meal function
- Rank 6: Fishing Ability Point
- Rank 8: Fishing Ability Point
- Rank 10: Fishing Ability Point (3) and rare fishing rods/bait
- Rank 12: Fishing Ability Point (2)
- Rank 15: Fishing Ability Point (2) and Legendary Meals
- Rank 18: Fishing Ability Point (2)
- Rank 20: Unlocks Legendary fishing rods/bait
- Rank 22: Fishing Ability Point (2)
- Rank 25: Fishing Ability Point (2) and Baiting Spots
- Rank 27: Fishing Ability Point (2)
- Rank 30: Unlocks Mythic meals
- Rank 33: Fishing Ability Point (2)
- Rank 35: Fishing Ability Point (3)
- Rank 37: Fishing Ability Point (3)
- Rank 40: Unlocks Mythic fishing rods/bait
- Rank 42: Fishing Ability Point (2)
- Rank 45: Fishing Ability Point (3)
- Rank 47: Fishing Ability Point (3)
How To Use Fishing Ability Points
By talking to Pandora-7, you’ll be able to access the Fishing Abilities.
It’s a skill tree that will make things easier and give you access to better perks while fishing. There are a total of 20 abilities. Here is the full list and their costs:
- Bring It On: Slightly shortens the time needed to catch a fish - 1 point
- Frugality I: Fish bait has a 15% chance not to be consumed if you fail to catch a fish - 1 point
- Frugality II: Fish bait has a 30% chance not to be consumed if you fail to catch a fish - 1 point
- Packing On The Pounds: Slightly increase the weight of fish caught - 2 points
- Advancing In Order I: Unlocks Beginner fishing spots and upgrades the Haven fishing spot to Beginner - 2 points
- Durability Training: Slightly increases the fishing rod’s struggle range - 1 point
- Phenomenalism: When struggling against a fish, you can now sense the fish’s next movement direction - 3 points
- Core Strength I: Slightly increases the size of the successful real zone when struggling with a hooked fish - 1 point
- Core Strength II: Slightly increases the size of the successful real zone when struggling with a hooked fish - 1 point
- Advancing In Order II: Unlocks Intermediate fishing spots and upgrades the Haven fishing spot to Intermediate - 4 points
- Extra Surprise: After catching a fish, there is a small chance to receive 1 additional fish of the same kind - 1 point
- Fortune’s Favor I: Slightly increases the chance of hooking a special fish - 1 point
- Fortune’s Favor II: Hooked rare fish are now directly caught - 5 points
- Art of Maintenance I: Your rod has a small chance to not lose durability upon catching a fish - 1 point
- Art of Maintenance II: Your rod has a chance to not lose durability upon catching a fish - 2 points
- Agile Reaction I: Slightly extends the effective rod-raise duration when fishing - 1 point
- Agile Reaction II: Extends the effective rod-raise duration when fishing - 1 point
- Advancing In Order III: Unlocks Advanced fishing spots and upgrades the Haven fishing spot to Advanced - 5 points
- Only The Finest: Increases the chance of catching a shiny fish - 3 points
- Fortune’s Favor III - Significantly reduces the rate of catching common and rare fish - 3 points.
One thing to note is that you need to learn the lower costs skills first to get access to the best in class ones. So it’s going to be a grind if you want to get all of them.
And that’s it! Stick with us at Gfinityesports.com as we’ll be covering much more of Destiny: Rising in the future.