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Obtaining Fish

What are they?​

There are three different catch types:

  • CATCH - These fish are obtained by fishing with a rod.
  • HUNT - These fish are obtained by killing naturally spawning fish.
  • BOTH - These fish can be obtained by either method listed above.

Configuration​

The catch type for each fish is defined in the fish or rarity configs. The default is BOTH if not specified. Below are the relevant sections of the config:

Rarity Config:

# The catch type for this rarity. Defaults to BOTH if missing.
# Current supported values: CATCH, HUNT, BOTH
catch-type: BOTH

Fish Config:

# The catch type for this fish. This overrides the rarity's value.
catch-type: BOTH

These configs allow you to reserve whole rarities or specific fish for certain methods of obtaining them.

For example, you could have a rarity that is only obtainable by fishing with a rod, and then a fish within that rarity that is only obtainable by killing naturally spawning fish.

Type: BOTH​

This is the default type for every fish and rarity, and allows both fishing and hunting to obtain the fish.

Type: CATCH​

These fish are obtained via a fishing rod. You can configure this in your config.yml:

fishing:
  # Should fish be caught from fishing rods?
  catch-enabled: true
  # Should EMF fish only be given during a competition?
  catch-only-in-competition: false

Type: HUNT​

These fish are obtained by killing naturally spawning fish. You can configure this in your config.yml:

fishing:
  # Should fish be caught by killing fish entities?
  hunt-enabled: false
  # Should fish hunting only be enabled during a competition?
  hunt-only-in-competition: false
  # Allows spawner fish to be ignored for hunting
  hunt-ignore-spawner-fish: true

Baits are always excluded from this type, as it would not make sense for a fish entity to drop a bait.