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So, I need to get a larger fishing bar but totally suck at fishing. Can't buy the training rod because its not in the shop. How do I grind fish xp?

Edit: grinded soome xp, thank you for the help

Trout soup for the win

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[–] Laser@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In which store are you looking for it? Willy sells it down at the beach in his cabin

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

I looked in cabin, fishing lv1. I on switch

[–] iSeth@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Crab pots give fishing xp, but you need some to unlock them.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can buy them right away.

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Not in switch version clearly :c

Its jsut bamboo rod and a food item

[–] mycatsays@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The training rod is definitely not a new addition. I used it in my first game a couple of years ago because I found fishing too hard. There was a dialogue where Willy asked me how I was finding the fishing, and one of my options to reply was "it's too hard". Then he told me to buy the training rod. I don't know if it was available before that; I never looked. But try talking to Willy when you see him and maybe it will come up?

The lake outside the mine is a good place to start. You get carp there, and sometimes they never leave the position your bar starts in, so you don't even have to do anything to catch them - free XP!

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Uhh, don't need it any more, got to fish level 3. Don't have training rod but learned it (kinda)

Ohh

Is that how you unlock it? Thank you

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Buying fish soup from Willy gives you a one level boost for long enough to gain enough XP to get to level 2 on your own.

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cool :3

Tho, is training rod only in newest versions? I play on switch and can't find it

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was in 1.5, maybe see if you can update?

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

How do I check version?

[–] sleepingoddish@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Try going after carps. They’re available all year and even found in places like the sewers (if you’ve unlocked that already). https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Carp

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I font have sewers, currently tryna get rusty key because I heard of the grandpa evaluation (am definetly not getting the iridium printer)

[–] sleepingoddish@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

That’s okay, they’re found elsewhere too.