Fishing Rod
| Stackable | No |
|---|---|
| Durability | 64 |
| Item ID | 346 |
A fishing rod is a tool cast into water to catch raw fish.
Obtaining
Crafting
Usage
Casting
Using a fishing rod casts a bobber. Using it again reels the bobber in.
The bobber disappears if the player stops holding a fishing rod, moves more than 32 blocks from it, or dies. A bobber that lands on a block disappears after 1200 ticks (1 minute) there.
Fishing
While the bobber floats in water, a fish bites with a chance of 1 in 500 each tick, or 1 in 300 when rain falls on the space above it. That is a bite every 25 seconds on average, or 15 in the rain. The bobber dips, and the bite lasts 10 to 39 ticks.
Reeling in during a bite catches one raw fish, which flies towards the player.
Hooking
A bobber that hits a mob or a vehicle hooks it, and stays on it. Reeling in pulls a hooked entity towards the player. A bobber never hooks a player.
The hit deals no damage, but counts as an attack by the player. It:
- knocks a mob back;
- angers a pig zombie or a wild wolf;
- breaks a painting, which drops;
- sends a ghast's fireball off the way the player is looking.
Durability
Reeling in costs the rod durability: 1 for a fish, 2 with the bobber on a block, 3 with an entity hooked, and nothing otherwise.
Data values
- Item ID:
346 - Translation key:
item.fishingRod
The bobber has no entity network ID, and is not saved with the world.