Fishing Hook
| Fishing Hook | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Fishing and Trapping |
| Weight | 0.05 |
| Metal Value | 1 |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.FishingHook
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The Fishing Hook is a small steel hook for catching fish on a line. It is the basic part that turns a rod and a line into working tackle.
Anyone who fishes needs a supply. A hook is needed to build a Makeshift Fishing Rod and to restring a Fishing Rod without Line. Its strength is that it is tiny and light, so a whole box costs almost nothing to carry. A single hook even fits in a wallet.
Hooks come from opening a Box of Fishing Hooks. Loose hooks are common in fishing storage, outdoor supply stores, sheds and tackle boxes. The Fishing Guide is the best occupation for fishing and trapping. It starts with the most Fishing skill. For Trapping, the Park Ranger starts strongest.
Using
The Make Fishing Rod recipe builds a Makeshift Fishing Rod. It takes a Wooden Rod, two lengths of fishing line and one hook. A sharp knife or a meat cleaver is needed and kept. No skill is needed.
The Fix Fishing Rod recipe restores a Fishing Rod without Line. It takes one length of fishing line and one hook. The result is a working Fishing Rod again.
In both recipes a Paperclip, Nails, a Forged Fishing Hook or a Bone Fishing Hook can stand in for the hook. The store hook is the standard choice.
The "Research Craft" option on a hook teaches two recipes. Carve Bone Fishing Hook makes hooks from bone. Forge 4 Fishing Hooks makes metal hooks at a forge. That keeps a fisher supplied once loose hooks run out.
Hooks also have scrap value. Ten hooks melt into steel in a crucible at an Advanced Furnace. Ten loose hooks also pack into one Box of Fishing Hooks.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Fishing Hook and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Bone Fishing Hook | Bone Fishing Hook | 
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/additem Base.FishingHook_Bone
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| Forge 4 Fishing Hooks | Forged Fishing Hook | 
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/additem Base.FishingHook_Forged
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How to Craft Fishing Hook
Each recipe that makes the Fishing Hook is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Open Box of Fishing Hooks
The Open Box of Fishing Hooks recipe makes the Fishing Hook. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box of Fishing Hooks | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.FishingHookBox
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Fishing Hook as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fix Fishing Rod | Fishing Rod | 
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- | None | /additem Base.FishingRod
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| Make Fishing Rod | Makeshift Fishing Rod | 
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- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.CraftedFishingRod
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| Pack Items in Box | Box of Fishing Hooks |
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- | None | /additem Base.FishingHookBox
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| Smelt Smaller Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
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Advanced Furnace | None | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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Locations
Fishing storage rooms are the best place, with hooks in lockers, counters and shelves about one time in three. Outdoor supply stores and their storage keep them on metal shelves about as often. Closets and sheds hold hooks about one time in five. Tackle boxes and garage crates turn them up often too. Zombies in fisherman outfits carry them fairly often. Hunting lodges and tool stores hold them now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing storage | Locker | 38.9% |
| Fishing storage | Counter | 30.6% |
| Fishing storage | Metal shelves | 30.6% |
| Fishing storage | Other | 30.6% |
| Fishing storage | Shelves | 30.6% |
| Hunting lodge | Counter | 6.1% |
| Hunting lodge | Shelves | 6.1% |
| Storage unit | Other | 2.2% |
| Camping store | Counter | 1.5% |
| Camping store | Other | 1.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor supply store | Metal shelves | 30.6% |
| Outdoorsupply storage | Metal shelves | 30.6% |
| Outdoor supply store | Other | 12.2% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 3.1% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 22.3% |
| Closet | Other | 22.3% |
| Shed | Other | 22.3% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 17.8% |
| Garage storage | Other | 1.7% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.4% |
| Attic | Other | 0.4% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Tacklebox | 17.3% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a fisherman outfit | 11.5% |
Notes
- A Box of Fishing Hooks opens into ten hooks.
- Researching a hook teaches how to carve bone hooks and forge metal ones.
- A Paperclip or Nails can stand in for a hook when none is left.
- Fisherman outfit zombies are a good place to find hooks.
- Ten loose hooks pack back into a box for tidy storage.
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