Fish shoal

A fish shoal (also known as a fishing spot) is an area of bubbling water that spawns randomly. If the player casts their rod into a fish shoal, they will get a bite much more quickly than they would in calm water (from 7–16 seconds to 3–5 seconds). It will also guarantee that they catch a fish.

Fish shoals have a 50% chance to disappear after 2–4 catches and will always disappear after 5.

Spawning

Fish shoals can spawn in every liquid except lava and grimy water. They can also be found pre-spawned in certain scenes.

Natural spawn

Respawn event
Spawnable tiles	Chance	Min tiles	Max spawns (event)	Max spawns (cell)
Normal water Acid water Mold water Shimmering water	1%	1	Unlimited	+0.005 per tile
Sea water	0.05%	1	Unlimited	+0.001 per tile

Initial generation
Spawnable tiles	Biome	Chance
Normal water Acid water Mold water Shimmering water	‎N/A‎ (any)	1%
Sea water	Sunken Sea	0.2%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Fishing Islets	12
Dirt Fishing Lake	6
Clay Maw	5
Large Coral Patch	5
City Garden	3
Clay Lake	3
Fishing Merchant House	3
Medium Coral Patch (style 1)	3
Medium Coral Patch (style 2)	3
Small Coral Patch (style 1)	2
Small Coral Patch (style 2)	2

Gallery

A fish shoal in normal water.

History

• 0.5.2.0-b84a: Add a cap to how many fish shoals can spawn in an area with sea water.
• 0.3.0-297a: Introduced.