Comment by EndureThePANG on 15/01/2024 at 04:54 UTC

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to summarize:

quest fish get you angler exclusive items; they're mostly just to further increase your fishing power, but sometimes you get decorative stuff, weapons or accessories
some biome-specific fish can be used to make potions ranging from niche stuff like taking 30% less damage from "cold sources" [the deerclops counts as one of these by the way] to just straight up buffing your damage by 10%
crates can give you an alternative means of obtaining ores, potions, money and bait
some crates contain the chest loot of the biome they correspond to, while others can contain exclusive items such as the enchanted sundial * if you pair high fishing power with a crate potion, this makes obtaining hard-to-get items such as the lava charm or ice skates much easier * at the moment, the surface is represented by the wooden crate, while underground [golden chest] loot *cannot* be obtained from fishing

and now,

every time you reel in a fish during a blood moon there's a 1/6 chance it'll be an exclusive enemy. this chance is not affected by *anything* except for 1 fishing rod that i'll get to later.
a town slime and an item that makes your npcs stronger[1] can be fished up occasionally
in pre-hardmode you can fish up 1 of 2 enemies, both of which have a 12.5% chance of dropping the blood rain bow,[2] the vampire frog staff,[3] or the chum caster[4], which increases the chance of fishing up an enemy to 1 in 3
in hardmode you can fish up the previously mentioned enemies alongside the hemogoblin shark [which drops the haemorrhaxe[5] and the blood thorn[6]], the blood eel [which drops the aforementioned hamaxe and a ridiculously good flail[7]], or the dreadnautilus [which has an exclusive achievement and drops objectively the best summoning item in the game[8] in terms of sheer utility] * keep in mind that all of these are pre-boss; if you're skilled enough you can get these items and absolutely fly through early hardmode
all fished up enemies have a chance to drop chum buckets[9], and all blood moon enemies have a chance to drop both the summoning item for the blood moon and a summonable piggy bank, so you'll likely have those too by the time you get the item you want
you'll be fucking swimming in cash by the end of it too

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