Escape From Duckov How to Fish
Fishing in Escape From Duckov is one of those features that hides behind a few upgrades before it opens up. You’ll see docks early on but won’t be able to interact with them until you craft the proper gear and gather the right bait. Here’s how to actually start fishing and what you’ll need first.
How to Unlock Fishing
Fishing becomes available once you upgrade your workbench with Advanced Processing II. This is the second-tier upgrade, and it’s required before the Fishing Rod blueprint appears. You won’t see it on the base workbench menu before then, so focus on upgrading your station first.
Once the upgrade is complete, craft the Fishing Rod directly from the workbench. The recipe uses common materials and a few refined parts, but nothing rare if you’ve already been scavenging regularly.
Finding Bait and Worms
Fishing won’t work without bait. The most common option is worms, which you can find inside hidden loot containers or by using a shovel on small dirt mounds labeled as hiding places. They don’t appear in vendor machines often, so it’s better to dig them up yourself.
Keep a shovel in your inventory and check near grassy or forested spots. Containers around the outskirts of Farm Town or Ground Zero sometimes contain worm drops as well.
How to Equip and Use the Rod
After crafting the Fishing Rod and bait, equip the rod in your melee slot and place bait, like worms or crafted lures, into the rod’s attachment slot. The game only recognizes fishing inputs when both are equipped correctly, so double-check your setup before heading out.
You can buy the bait blueprint from the food vendor and use it at a normal workbench to craft lures if you run out of worms.
Where to Fish
Fishing spots are located at piers and docks across several maps. When you approach one, an F prompt appears to start fishing. Cast your line, wait for movement in the water, and react quickly to land the catch.
Fishing docks also tie into a Kitchen side quest that sends you to locate and test fishing areas. Completing that quest gives a small early-game reward and unlocks fishing as a repeatable source of food and materials.
Final Blurb
Fishing in Escape From Duckov takes a bit of setup but becomes a solid side activity for food and materials once unlocked. Just upgrade your workbench, dig up some worms, and hit the pier when you’re ready to relax between raids.
FAQ
When does the Fishing Rod unlock?
After upgrading the workbench with Advanced Processing II, the rod appears in the crafting menu.
Where can you find bait?
Worms are the main bait type and are found in hidden loot containers or dug up with a shovel at hiding places.
Is fishing required for progression?
Not directly, but the Kitchen questline introduces it and rewards you for trying it out early.
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