Cloud Angling

Some of the fallen star's light never grew into islands. It swims. Cloud Angling is the quiet pastime between hunts: one thumb, a few seconds a cast. You can start at level 15. Fish never make you stronger and give no EXP. They sell for lumens, feed your pets, cook into dishes and fill your Angler's Book.

Where to fish

All fishing happens at Cloudmere Lagoon, a calm cove with no creatures. Its gate is a driftwood arch hung with nets, at the east end of Lanternport's wharf. Inside, a boardwalk plaza holds the anglers, and six piers run west to east, one for each pool of fish. Each pier ends in a ring of light.

Pell Hookwick teaches the basics on the plaza. Marlo Tidewick, Granny Sorrel, Wick and Warden Brin keep him company.

How a cast works

1. Stand inside a ring of light and tap FISH.
2. Wait. The bobber twitches, then plunges.
3. Tap HOOK at once. You have only about a second.
4. Your catch appears on a small card with its length in centimetres.

A very quick hook is PERFECT and gives a better chance of a big fish. The card also says NEW for a fish you had not caught, and RECORD for your biggest of its kind. The line stays out, so the next bite follows right away. Tap REEL IN to stop.

The line ends if you walk away from the ring, take a hit, attack or use a skill, leave the map, or switch AUTO on. A full bag stops it too, and nothing is lost. There is no AUTO fishing and no fishing while you are away. Every fish needs your tap.

The six pools

Each pool has four fish. The rarer the fish, the less often it bites. You need the level shown to cast into that pier.

HoneyfinAurelight KoiPearlglass LeviathanCindercrown GarStarfall Sovereign

Day and night. The Lagoon's sky turns from day to night through the hour. The Angler's window shows how long until the next change. Fish marked "day" bite only in daylight, and fish marked "night" only after dark.

The Angler's Book and Kitchen

Open the Angler's Book from the menu. It has two tabs.

• BOOK shows each pool's four fish: how many you have landed, your best length, and a seal when you have found all four. A fish you have not caught yet is a silhouette.
• KITCHEN cooks fish into dishes. You need the fish and a small lumen fee. Pick how many to cook with COOK. A dish gives a comfort bonus for 10 minutes. It is never a damage or defence boost.

Dish	You need	Level	Bonus
Honeyfin Sunbroth	3 Honeyfin, 2 Lantern Carp	15	HP regen
Pearlglass Chowder	3 Pearlfin Darter, 2 Glasswater Bream	28	Speed +8
Cinder Skewers	3 Emberscale Chub, 2 Slagfin Goby	75	MP regen, Jump +4
Starveil Hotpot	3 Voidlamp Smelt, 2 Undersky Skate, 1 Nightveil Mantle	85	Speed +12, Jump +6

What to do with fish

• Sell them from your bag, or sell them to other heroes on the market: Trading and the Market. Rarer fish sell for far more.
• Feed your pets. Any fish feeds any pet, and rarer fish give more pet EXP. See Pets.
• Cook them. Dishes cost about half of what the fish would have sold for, so cooking is for the bonus, not the profit.

Quests and rewards

• First Light on the Line: a side quest from Pell for levels 15 to 21. Bring him three Honeyfin.
• Dailies, each paying EXP and potions: Daily: Dawn Catch (levels 15 to 30), Daily: Shoal Supper (levels 28 to 30, from Marlo) and Daily: The Garrison Pot (levels 75 to 95). They take the fish you hand in.
• Achievements count your catches. Line of Light rewards 10, 100 and 1,000 fish, with the title Cloudangler at 1,000. Cloud Master asks for 5,000. Rare Catch counts epic fish or better. See Achievements and Titles.