Fishing Pond
Fishing Pond is a mini-game in the Holo House. Players can find it to the lower left of the Holo House building, and interacting with it will make the character throw a fishing line to the water. When a fish has been hooked, a short rhythm game will start, where the goal is to press the correct key input at the correct timing. Successfully completing the minigame will add the caught fish to the player's inventory, which can then be used for feeding workers and cooking, or can be sold to buy better fishing rods.
Initially, players are equipped with a basic fishing rod. More advanced fishing rods can be bought from Bloop, who runs a stand to the north of the lake. Fish can be sold to Bloop for
Sand, which is the currency used to buy fishing rods. More advanced rods are able to catch more varieties of fish, and have a higher chance of catching valuable "Shiny" fish, which are golden versions of fish that sell for 100x the Sand value of a normal fish. Sand can also be exchanged into
HoloCoins at a 1 : 1 ratio.
Mechanics
When the fishing minigame starts, an exclamation mark will appear above the player's head, signaling that a fish has been hooked. The appearance of the exclamation mark will indicate the type and difficulty of the catch:
- A yellow exclamation mark ( ! ) indicates an easy catch, with a handful of slow moving keys, usually for a common fish of low amount.
- An orange exclamation mark ( ! ) indicates slightly faster moving keys, with a greater number of successful inputs required to catch the fish, which will usually be rarer or of higher amount.
- A single red exclamation mark ( ! ) indicates significantly faster and more numerous keys, signalling a much rarer catch.
- Three red exclamation marks ( !!! ) mean that a shiny fish has been hooked; these will pose the hardest challenge in terms of speed and number of keys.
Catching fish in succession will build up a combo chain that increases the chance of rarer (and consequently, more difficult) catches. The Bonus Fish (number of extra fish) and Speed Lv (speed of keys) both increase by 1 for every 10 chain the player has. While Speed Lv caps out at 7 at 70 chain, Bonus Fish increases indefinitely with the player's chain.
The following will cause the combo to reset:
- Failing to catch the fish.
- Switching fishing rods.
- Leaving the Holo House mode or closing the game.
There is a short cooldown after each key press and each key missed (indicated by the buttons blinking briefly), in order to prevent the player from spamming the buttons.[1] When using a non-golden rod, the odds of catching a shiny fish begin at 1/701, then rise to 1/21 at a combo chain of 136. When using a Golden Rod, the odds are increased, starting out at 1/561, then rising to 1/21 at a chain of 108.
After catching a Shiny fish, a trophy item of that caught fish will be unlocked in the Construction menu, under the Wall Decoration tab, for no HoloCoin cost. Even if the player sells the Shiny fish to Bloop, the player will still retain the trophy item.
On rare occasions, instead of fish, players may acquire Holo House furniture from fishing, allowing them to get the furniture for free instead of having to spend HoloCoins at the Construction Shop.
List of Fish
List of Rods
Tips
- If fishing for lesser fish types like shrimp and salmon, it may be better to switch to a less advanced rod like the Beginner's Rod in order to eliminate the chances of acquiring higher level fish, as more advanced rods tend to have higher chances of catching better fish to the detriment of catching lesser ones.
- On the other hand, higher level rods are able to catch lesser fish types at larger quantities to offset their relative rarity. Players should just decide if they want to use a less advanced rod to catch lesser quality fish more often, or wait to catch more fish using a more advanced rod.
History
- For the full list of changes, see Changelog.
Clownfish has been changed to
Salmon in Fishing Pond.
Golden Clownfish has been changed to
Golden Salmon in Fishing Pond.
- Holo House has been added, along with various mini games!
Trivia
- If the player talks to Bloop while playing as
Gawr Gura, Bloop will have different dialogue when addressing her.
Gallery
Probabilities of catching a shiny (golden) fish after a certain number of chains when using a golden rod versus other rods. (Credits to /u/ACBorgia)
Sprites
References
- ↑ Kay Yu [/u/kaynimatic] (2024-08-20). version 0.6 bug reporting thread! (r/holocure). “There is a short cooldown after each press. When you fail or miss a press, you will see all buttons "blink" temporarily. That's the period of time you are not allowed to press again. This is done exactly to prevent you from spamming. It would be too easy otherwise. You have to be precise with your timing.”
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