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Diablo 4 fishing is a new pastime introduced with the Lord of Hatred expansion, providing a relaxing hobby that's a far cry from hacking and slashing your way through hordes of unspeakable creatures. Blizzard have described this as an endgame activity, so you'd think it would become available after clearing the campaign, but you can actually get started with it early in the latest adventure. To find out more, here's how to unlock fishing in Diablo 4 and land your catches.
How to unlock fishing in Diablo 4
After traveling to Skovos and completing your initial quest in the city of Temis, a Priority Quest marker for Fishing will appear to the east in the Philios region. Head to that location and you'll meet fishing expert Shi Yugong, then speak to them to unlock the Diablo 4 Fishing emote – this should be automatically added to your Action Wheel, but if not you can use the Customize option to add it from the Miscellaneous tab, and you can also assign a key bind to it afterwards from the Controls tab in the Options menu.
How to catch fish in Diablo 4
To catch fish in Diablo 4, you just need to stand close to a body of water and then activate the Cast Fishing Line emote from your Action Wheel – if you get a warning that your location isn't suitable then adjust your position to get closer to the water. Once you've cast, wait until you see a splash in the water at the end of the line and the fish icon appears above you, then quickly hit any action button to land your catch. This is usually one or two fish, though you can also reel in junk items and occasionally a monster or other surprises!
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All of your catches while fishing in Diablo 4 will be stored in your Consumables menu, and they have no weight so you can hold/carry as many as you like. There are many different types of fish, and each species can have variations in different rarities – the first time you catch each unique fish, you'll have the option to consume it from the Consumables menu and add it to your collection.
You can only do this once, so if you try to add the same fish to your collection again nothing will happen. You can track how your progress towards this challenge is going by opening the map screen, selecting the Collections tab and Challenges, then scrolling down to Fishing and expanding it to find the Tenacious Angler checklist. You can also expand each region to see which fish are exclusive to that area. Your catches are quite valuable, so you can either trade them with other players to fill in more of your collection or sell them to a merchant for a tidy profit.
If you want to see how this latest offering stacks up against the rest of the series, then check out our ranked list for the best Diablo games of all time.
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