Stand around AFK guide Good Money, Bad EXP Edition Prerequisites There are some prerequisites you will want to fullfill before fishing. Ensure you have: - ✅ Fishing level 5 - ✅ Maximum Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR) If you are fishing with Rods that cannot be repaired like the Triple-Float/Grandpa Cron’s/Cool Wind Fishing Rod, try to get the maximum Durability Reduction Resistance (DRR), which is currently 91%. There is a special guide for optimizing your DRR (/guides/drr/). Fishing level 5 Your Fishing level stat will reduce your bite time by up to 50%. Character profile -> Ability -> Fishing Fishing stat tooltip listing time reductions from 15% at level 0 to 50% at level 5 You will ALWAYS want fishing level 5. Fortunately this is very easy to achieve nowadays. (Often without even having to pay attention to it.) Source: Guild Skill Art of Fishing (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/skill/65026) Fishing level: +3 Source: Silver Embroidered (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/14020?level=5)/Manos Fisher’s Clothes (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/705052?level=20) Fishing level: +2 to +3 Source: Balacs Lunchbox (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/9359) Fishing level: +2 Source: Marvelous Balacs Lunchbox (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/9643) Fishing level: +3 Source: Seafood Cron Meal (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/9691) Fishing level: +2 Source: Professional Fisher’s Uniform (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/14330) / Splat Fisher (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/pearl-offer/51506) Fishing level: +1 Source: Verdure Draught (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/791) Fishing level: +3 Source: Alchemy Stone (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/45514)/Life Spirit Stone (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/45302) Fishing level: +2 Source: Pet Skill (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/skill/49002) Fishing level: +1 per pet Minimum Auto-Fishing Time (60 seconds) The unreduced auto-fishing wait is 180 seconds, and its minimum is 60 seconds. The 120-second difference is a maximum effective reduction of 2/3 (approximately 66.67%). See the interactive Fishing Calculator (/calculator/) or my Fishing Time Calculator Sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s5eyc9tm5jLNXzPa1VMu0HSOzjDB4Ggcdk7g3iobsI8/edit#gid=0) Different combinations are possible, but the easy mode TL;DR is - Balenos Fishing Rod (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/16162?level=10) (25%) - T3 or T4/T5 Pet with Special: Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (Otter (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/pet/56504), Penguin (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/pet/56401), …) (25% or 30%) - Manos Fishing Chair (10%) - Balacs Lunchbox (7%) This setup reaches the 60-second minimum. Its listed Item AFR bonuses add together, only the highest active pet AFR applies, and a displayed total beyond approximately 66.67% does not shorten the wait further. Item: Pet T1/T2 Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 20% Item: Pet T3 Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 25% Item: Pet T4/5 Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 30% Item: Balenos Fishing Rod (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/16162?level=10) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 25% Item: Nibbles (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/lightstoneset/160) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 15% Item: Coconut Cocktail (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/9307) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 5% Item: Balacs Lunchbox (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/9359) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 7% Item: Marvelous Balacs Lunchbox (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/9643) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 10% Item: Crio’s Sturdy Fishing Chair (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/12930) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 5% Item: Manos Fishing Chair (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/705539) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 10% Item: [Event] Wise Housekeeper (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/760966) Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR): 10% More Equipment - Shim Cheong’s Miraculous Fish Tank (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/760687/) - Archaeologist’s Map (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/16019/) (saves you 5mil each time you use Magnus to sell) Mastery As Mastery increases, your chance to catch prize fish (/guides/groups/#prize) will increase. The more mastery you have, the better your income will be. At 2000 Mastery you have a 5% chance to catch something from the prize fish (/guides/groups/#prize) table. You should aim for decent mastery (>1500-2000). The current softcap is considered 2000 Mastery, and your chance at prize fish does not increase as much anymore after this cap. Here is a neat tool made by Bairog that helps you determine efficient upgrade paths regarding your own current mastery: https://bdoworkshop.com/mastery-upgrade-path Quick Recommendations: - High Fishing Life Skill rank - 3x “free” Floramos accessories (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/697205) - Manos (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/705511?level=3)/Preonne (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/705535?level=2) accessories - Manos Fishing Chair (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/705539) & Clothes (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/705052?level=19) Additional Tips - Professional Trader’s Clothes (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/14018/) (or costume (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/14324) version) lets you haggle more times, saving some energy and your patience Triple-Float Rods (TFR) To boost your income even further, you can equip a rod with the Triple-Float Rod. These rods are able to catch 1-4 fish and have an average of 1.6 fish/cast. This means for rods like the Grandpa Cron (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/767158) & Cool Wind Fishing Rod (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/767187) that they will effectively increase your total income by 60%! It is also possible to fish for long periods of time with a regular Triple-Float Rod (TFR) (optimizing your DRR (/guides/drr/), Calculator (/calculator/)). However, the regular Triple-Float Rod has limited Auto-Fishing Time Reduction (AFR). Currently - when using the Blacksmith’s Blessing (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/lightstoneset/30) Lightstone Set - the maximum achievable AFR is 50%. Theoretically you could achieve 65% when using Nibbles (https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/lightstoneset/160). But this will burn through your durability extremely quickly and is an expensive trade-off which is not recommended. How to find a good Location Since the new prize fish update there are finally some more alternatives to the tried and tested Velia Event Zone. I will still recommend Velia but if you want to try something fresh, here are some guidelines to look out for in a new spot: “30/10 Spots” This refers to spots that have a ratio of 30:10 of Yellow Corvina to Blue Bat Stars. Effectively this means that roughly ~30/41 (~73%) of your prize catches will be Yellow Corvina and ~10/41 (~24%) Blue Bat Stars. Compared to other spots - with often >90% Ancient Relic Shards - these have an incredibly high ratio of actual prize fish in their prize table, which makes fishing here so valuable. There are only very few other viable spots that are not a “30/10” spot. Trade Distance Wherever you are fishing should have traders that are far enough for reaching the Trade Distance Bonus cap of 150%. For most spots this will mean trading either in the Land of the Morning Light (LoML) or Valencia/Arehaza. Velia/Coastal Cliff does not meet this criterium, but is otherwise making up for this loss in profit with Silver Beltfish and Plump Coelacanth. How to stand around AFK (Velia Example) 1. Fish in Velia/Coastal Cliff Velia Beach minimap marking where to fish for Coastal Cliff origin beside the Velia boundary Make sure your fish origin is Coastal Cliff! 2. Archmap to Velia 3. Go to Magnus at Bartali Farm and teleport to Seoul (Yukjo Street) Optionally: Bukpo for extra distance 4. Channel hop until you get decent prices on Prize Fish (120-130%) or you get bored 5. Sell fish 6. Teleport back using Archmap