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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 5 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 5 months ago

I looked in cabin, fishing lv1. I on switch

[–] iSeth@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can buy them right away.

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

Not in switch version clearly :c

Its jsut bamboo rod and a food item

[–] mycatsays@aussie.zone 3 points 5 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 5 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 3 points 5 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 5 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 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

How do I check version?

[–] sleepingoddish@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 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 5 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 5 months ago

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