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Your builder has quite a lot to keep up with inMy Time at Sandrock, but if you’d like to find new cooking ingredients and source some of the best gifts for certain townsfolk, sandfishing is the way to go. You’ll make traps and use bait to lure desert fish from their sand pits and use them for all sorts of things.
But slice-of-life games like Sandrock are infamous for having tricky fishing mechanics, and between that and fish spawning in six different locations, our guide below has everything you need to know about fishing in My Time at Sandrock.
How To Fish
In My Time at Sandrock, fishing works a little differently than it does in other slice-of-life games like it. Sandrock isin the desert, meaning there’s not much water for traditional fishing.
However, you’ll be happy to know thatsandfishingis a pastime in the arid region.
Your introduction comes when you bump intoElsieover at thefishing spot near Eufaula Salvageout in the Quarry behind your Workshop.
She’ll ask for help reeling something in, which serves as your first glimpse into fishing in My Time at Sandrock.
Elsie also offers you somebasic fishing suppliesin exchange for your help, to kickstart your fishing journey in Sandrock.
Overall, you’ll need aSandfish Trap, whichyou can craftat yourWorkbenchback home after this exchange with Elsie, and one of several types offish baitto use with it.
Though you can use different traps in different locations,fishing spots around Sandrock only allow certain types of bait, which is how you’ll catch different fish in each one.
Once you have your tools, head out to one of thesix fishing spotsaround Sandrock. These are marked on yourmapwith ared fishing hook.
Engage with the fishing spot, and you’ll be able tochoose which kind of baitto use, provided that the fishing spot allows that type of bait. After selecting it,throw the bait out into the fishing spot.
The fish you catch in each location change depending on the bait you use, and you can see which fish you’ll be catching as they approach your bait.
Though it sinks eventually, sincebait doesn’t last forever, you’ll immediately notice a handful offish that swim toward the bait.
When you’ve got a fish nibbling your bait,aim and throw the sandtrap at the fish that took the bait. You’ll catch it by throwing the trap at it, but just beware that this willspook other fish near the bait, so plan carefully when you plan to toss out your trap.
You may also occasionally find fish that can only be caught without using bait to fish, but these will be marked in our table below.
What Do You Use Fish For?
In My Time at Sandrock, there are plenty of uses for the assorted fish you’ll catch around the region.
Primarily, you’ll use it incooking disheseither for yourself oras Commissions. The second tab of the Commissions board featurescooked meals and ingredientsthat the townsfolk are searching for, which will often contain fish.
Additionally, for some of the townsfolk around Sandrock, specific fish make for greatgifts for your friends. Some folks truly do enjoy receiving fish as a present!
Finally, you may occasionally be tasked withoptional part-time work gathering resources for the Blue Moon Saloon.Owenwill ask for your help periodically, typically asking for either crops from your Workshop or fish you’ve caught to use in his dishes at the Saloon.
All Traps And Baits
In the table below, you’ll find information aboutmaking different sandfish trapsat your Workshop, as well as info about thedifferent types of baitsand where you’ll find them.
More advanced traps can catch more fish at once, so it’s always worth it to upgrade your sandfishing traps when possible!
Craft in the Blender
Scorpster
Each Worktablewill be able to make one sandfishing trap, so your progress with sandfishing will match up with the progress at your Workshop.
All Fish In Sandrock And Where To Find Them
Finally, we’ve tracked down the location of every fish in My Time at Sandrock. There are19 types of fishin total, but some of these fish are size variations (for example, you’ll find three different sizes of Lungfish).
We’ve includedwhere to find each fisharound Sandrock, as well aswhich bait to usewhen you try to catch them.
For any fish that has anasterisknext to a fishing location in the table below, this means that, at that location, this fish is availablewithout using bait.
Fine Rice Bait
Crucian Carp King
You’ll continue to unlock new sandfishing spots and catching new fish throughout the game, so be sure to fish often in My Time at Sandrock to catch every fish!
