Forged Fishing Hook
| Forged Fishing Hook | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Fishing and Trapping |
| Weight | 0.05 |
| Metal Value | 1 |
| Research | Carve Bone Fishing Hook |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 3 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.FishingHook_Forged
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| Crafting XP | 20 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Forged Fishing Hook is a small iron hook made by hand at a forge. It does the same job as a store-bought Fishing Hook. It turns a rod and some line into working fishing gear.
It matters most once the stores have been picked clean. A survivor with a forge and some Blacksmithing can keep making hooks long after the tackle shops are empty. Its cost is the forge work itself, which needs charcoal, wire and two smithing tools.
The hook is only made by crafting. It does not turn up in containers around the map. 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
A hook is the last piece of a fishing rod. Make Fishing Rod joins a Wooden Rod, two lengths of fishing line and one hook into a Makeshift Fishing Rod. A sharp knife or a meat cleaver is needed for the carving. Fix Fishing Rod puts a Fishing Rod without Line back into service with new line and a hook.
In both recipes the Forged Fishing Hook stands in for a Fishing Hook or a Bone Fishing Hook. A Paperclip or a Nail also works in a pinch. The forged hook weighs the same as a store-bought one and scraps for the same amount of metal.
The hooks are forged four at a time. Forge 4 Fishing Hooks takes one piece of charcoal and two pieces of wire. A Ball-peen Hammer and Metalworking Pliers are kept for the work. The recipe needs a Primitive Forge or better and Blacksmithing at level 3.
Spare hooks can go back into the furnace. Ten of them melt down into iron, either as an Iron Chunk, a Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace, or a crucible of molten iron.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Forged 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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How to Craft Forged Fishing Hook
Each recipe that makes the Forged Fishing Hook is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge 4 Fishing Hooks
The Forge 4 Fishing Hooks recipe makes the Forged Fishing Hook. It needs Blacksmithing level 3. It is made at a Primitive Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Wire | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Wire
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| Ball-peen Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
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| Metalworking Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Forged Fishing Hook as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extract Iron from Smaller Items | Iron Chunk | 
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Primitive Furnace | None | /additem Base.IronChunk
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| Extract Steel from Smaller Iron Items | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | None | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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| 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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| Smelt Smaller Iron Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Iron | 
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Simple Furnace | None | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Iron
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Notes
- Research Craft on the hook teaches Carve Bone Fishing Hook, a recipe that needs no forge.
- The hook fits in a wallet, so a few spares ride along without taking bag space.
- One batch of four hooks covers several broken lines.
- Old hooks are not wasted, since ten of them smelt back into iron.
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