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Where to Find Fishing Rod in Minecraft

Cast into water to catch fish, treasure, and junk. Can also hook entities and pull them toward you.

Primary Location

All Overworld biomes with water

Difficulty

Very Easy (1/5)

Version Added

1.0

Stack Size

1

Durability

64

Where to Look

Biomes & Dimensions

  • All Overworld biomes with water

How to Get Fishing Rod

  1. 1Craft using 3 Sticks and 2 String
  2. 2Obtained as treasure loot from fishing
  3. 3Dropped by Drowned mobs (rare)
  4. 4Found in Underwater Ruins chests

Crafting Recipe

Fishing RodCrafting Table

Station: Crafting Table

Tips for Finding Fishing Rod

  • String is dropped by Spiders (night spawns) and found in Mineshaft cobwebs
  • Fish in open water (5x5x5 area of water blocks) for the best loot tables
  • Rain increases fish bite rate by about 20%
  • Luck of the Sea enchantment increases treasure catch rate

Additional Notes

Can hook entities and reel them in. Durability decreases when catching items or hooking entities.

Applicable Enchantments

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