Can you actually build a fishing rod in the new Sons of the Forest? How to catch the fish and get them out of the water? In the first few minutes of the game, this may be the question asked by one or the other player who has bought the new survival game and is just familiarizing himself with the basic features. In order to meet basic needs, the character must not only get enough sleep, but also drink and eat regularly. When it comes to food, you can eat the berries from the bushes or hunt different animals and catch fish. When fishing, the question often arises, which recipe or building instructions can be used to build the fishing rod?
Build and use Angel?
Similar to The Forest, there is no Angel in Sons of the Forest. So you can’t build a fishing rod out of a few sticks and a rope. But there are other ways to catch the fish, including a spear or a fish trap.
Build a fish trap and catch fish
- Picking fish out of the water with a spear: A spear can be made from 2x sticks, 1x tape and the utility knife. Go into the shallow water with the spear and impale the fish.
- Send Kelvin off: The good Kelvin is the best helper NPC and can not only get wood from the forest, but also catch fish.
- Build a fish trap: The better method for catching fish is the fish trap. The fish trap can be built from 25 sticks. Then you can place the fish trap in the water (of course where there are fish, otherwise you won’t catch anything) and after a while the fish will gather there.
To keep the fish longer, you should either roast them over a campfire or let them dry on a drying rack. The fried or dried fish keep longer. Incidentally, the dried fish increases thirst, but the fish lasts for 6 in-game days and frying for 3 in-game days.
Since Sons of the Forest only recently appeared in Early Access, there will certainly be some updates with new items in the future, which at some point may also include a fishing rod. We’ll update the article if the developers add a fishing rod to the game.
