Fishing is a life skill in Grand Blue. Gather fish for cooking and earn gold.
Skill Tree
Top Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Lucky Cast 1-5 |
+10 Luck
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| Bountiful Haul |
Chance to reel in a secondary copy of your catch – 5% at rank 1, 10% at rank 2.
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| Rising Tide |
Every consecutive catch adds +0.1 Luck to your next roll, up to +20 at a 200-catch streak. Breaks with the streak.
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Top Left Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Sure Grip 1-5 |
+10% Reel Speed
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| Momentum |
The longer you stay on the line without slipping, the faster you reel (up to +50%). Slip off and it resets.
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| Final Heave |
Once the catch is more than half reeled in, you reel 50% faster – finish strong.
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Top Right Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Quick Bait 1-5 |
+10% Bite Speed
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| Snap Cast |
Each rank: +15% chance a fish bites the instant you cast, skipping the wait.
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| Chum the Waters |
Fish bite twice as fast – your wait before a bite is cut in half.
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Bottom Left Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Composure 1-5 |
+10% Slower Reel Drain
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| Last Breath |
Each rank: +1s to pull the reel meter back above 0 before you fail.
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| Unbroken Patience |
Once every 5 minutes, an escaped fish spares your Fishing Streak instead of breaking it.[1][2]
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Bottom Right Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Deft Hands 1-5 |
+10% Hook Circle Size
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| Perfect Hook |
The reel bar starts filled to 50% (70% at rank 2), up from usual ~ 30%.
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| Practiced Strikes |
Every hooked circle counts twice toward drawing the bite.
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Bottom Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Steady Bar 1-5 |
+10% Reel Bar Size
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| Keen Eye |
Each rank: the catch mark moves 20% slower, making it easier to stay on the line.
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| Unshakable |
The catch mark fights one rarity tier less fiercely, as if every fish were a tier more common.
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Rebirth Upgrades
Every 100 levels, rebirthing grants one point that can be spent on this life skill's rebirth upgrades.[3]
| Upgrade |
Maximum Rank Listed |
Point Cost Shown |
Effect
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| Seasoned Angler |
5 |
1 |
Old habits die hard. +20% Fishing EXP per rank.
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| Tied and Retied |
Not specified |
1 |
Respec your Fishing tree without spending a Stat Reset.
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| Surf Caster |
Not specified |
1 |
Cast onto any surface -- sand, stone, rooftops. Rolls the local zone's fish pool, or the open-water pool where none exists.
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| Foreign Waters |
3 |
1 |
10% chance per rank that a catch is pulled from some other zone’s waters entirely.
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| Fish Stunner |
Not specified |
2 |
While reeling, every 2.5s your line has a 20% chance to stun the fish for 3s.
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| Heavy Line |
3 |
1 |
Hooked fish move 20% less per rank.
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| Bait Saver |
2 |
1 |
25% chance per rank that a cast doesn’t consume your bait.
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| Second Splash |
Not specified |
1 |
10% chance a catch brings a second, independently rolled catch up with it.
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| Storm Angler |
Not specified |
1 |
Fishing in Rain or Storm adds a flat +5% fish-mutation chance on top of the 5% base.
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| Colossal Instinct |
Not specified |
1 |
Size odds x1.25.
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| Chum Line |
Not specified |
1 |
Sacrifice a fish (backpack right-click) to chum the water:
+5/+10/+20/+40/+80/+160/+320 luck on every bite by its rarity, Common through Celestial.
Lasts until a new sacrifice replaces it -- one chum, never stacks.
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Equipment and Catches
See Fishing Rods for rod requirements and stats, and Fish for the catches listed by zone.
References
