Open Seas Fish

Native Summary

Open Seas Fish are those that can be caught by wranglers by trolling in the Open Seas. Using a Trolling Net hand-crafted by Earl or shuttling between the regions of Farovia & Roperia, wranglers can catch the previously inaccessible, deep-water fish to add to their collection on their mantle-pieces.

Population

NOTE: The fish images are meant to be hidden.

Farovian Open-Seas Population

Caught via Trolling Net.

Farovian Dragon Slug Fish	Stoplight Loosejaw Fish	Pirate Pikee Fish

Caught via shuttling from Farovia to Roperia.

Parasail Fish	Flying Blackhawk Fish	Drifta Fish
[[Image:Parasail_hidden.jpg|125px|link=Parasail Fish]] || [[Image:Flying-Blackhawk_hidden.jpg|125px|link=Flying Blackhawk Fish]] || [[Image:Drifta.jpg|125px|link=Drifta Fish]]

Roperian Open-Seas Population

Caught via Trolling Net.

Roperian Nudi Branch Fish	Billy Bill Fish	Lanturn Fish	Sardee Fish
[[Image:Roperian-nudi-branch-fish_hidden.jpg|125px|link=Roperian Nudi Branch Fish]] || [[Image:Billy Bill.jpg|125px|link=Billy Bill Fish]] || [[Image:Lanturn.jpg|125px|link=Lanturn Fish]] || [[Image:Sardee.jpg|125px|link=Sardee Fish]]

Caught via shuttling from Roperia to Farovia.

Diving Eel Fish	Flya Fish

Mechanics

Catch Procedure

• Catching an Open Seas Fish requires the following:

1. Purchase of the Trolling Net.
2. Then either:

• travelling to any island, with a minimal travel time of two minutes.
• or shuttling between Farovia and Roperia.

• Upon doing so, the results will be one of a random three, split between either:
  • the lack of a catch, in which case there will be no message.
  • a miss, which the Waterport Message Centre will notify of at the top.
  • a catch, also shown by messages in the notifications tab.

Notes

• The Net will only be deployed on trips longer than two minutes.
  • Longer trips, for obvious reasons, provide a greater chance of catching one of these fish.
• A fish caught via trolling through the open seas (using the Net) in either Farovia or Roperia, will result in the Net and the fish being irreversibly tangled up, requiring a replacement to catch another Open Seas Fish via trolling.
• The Net, due to hydro-dynamic drag, slows down a wrangler's boat by ~10%, but the slower speed and the Net itself enable a chance to reel in the deep-water fish.
  • Wranglers can disable their Nets to travel faster, but will have to re-enable them if they want to catch the any of the trolling fish.
• If wranglers turn their boat around, they may get messages of losing a fish that was caught in the Net. These messages are false-positives, added for immersive/lore purposes; the open-sea fish are caught only upon arrival to the destination and are not actually caught in transit due to game-play limitations.

Trivia

• 2012, April: The initial 'Open Seas' feature was released with 5 total fish (2 trolling, 3 shuttling) to catch.
• 2021, December 02: A further set was released with 7 total fish (5 trolling, 2 shuttling) to catch.
• In-game, the Open Seas Fish will be listed on the All of the Fish drop-down in the Fish menu that's in the top menu bar. These fish will be listed at the very end, in the Others category.