Appendix:Fishing Rod

Fishing Rods are a set of key items which allow players to fish for Pokémon that may not be found by any other way. A total of 3 fishing rods are available in most of the core Pokémon games. As of now, Old and Good Rods are available in Pokémon Brick Bronze.

Instructions

To use the fishing rods, stand near the water and click on the water surface. A menu will pop up, click on "Old Rod" or "Good Rod" to cast the fishing rod. When an exclamation mark appears above the player's head, it indicates a Pokémon is biting — click immediately to reel in the Pokémon, and a battle will start promptly. If the player reels in too slow after the exclamation mark pops up, the Pokémon will flee. Also, if the player reels in too early, without any Pokémon biting, he or she has to try again as well.

Occasionally nothing will bite the player's hook, and he or she also needs to retry in this case. Conveniently, having a Pokémon with the Abilities Suction Cups or Sticky Hold leading the party can ensure that Pokémon will bite all of the time. The only exception is the secret pond on Route 8, where there is always nothing to fish for.

Chain Fishing

Chain Fishing, or Consecutive Fishing, is a feature implemented in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire for trainers to fish repeatedly without moving, so that they can have a higher chance to hook up Shiny Pokémon. This is brought into Pokémon Brick Bronze but works differently such that when the player reaches certain milestones on Consecutive Fishing, the Shiny Pokémon encounter rate racks up until the player either breaks the chain or reels in a Shiny Pokémon. The Consecutive Fishing-boosted Shiny rate stacks with the corresponding Ro-Power and Game Pass, as follows:

Milestone	Shiny Pokémon encounter rate
	No boost	Shiny Charm	Ro-Power	Shiny Charm + Ro-Power
0	1/4096	1/2048	1/256	1/128
25	1/3784	1/1892	1/237	1/118
50	1/2896	1/1448	1/181	1/90
75	1/1567	1/783	1/98	1/49
100	1/102	1/51	1/6	1/3

To keep the chain running, the player must not move from the spot via WASD or arrow keys, HM Fly and Surf, or the "Get Unstuck" option. Spinning from casting the fishing rod does not count as moving. If the player reels in too early, too late, or hooks up nothing, the chain also will break, making it vital to lead the player's party with a Pokémon possessing the Abilities Suction Cups or Sticky Hold to guarantee a bite.

Rods

Icon	Rod	Obtaining Location
	Old Rod	Talk to the fisherman in a house opposite to Route 8 exit at Lagoona Lake.
	Good Rod	Talk to the fisherman on an island opposite to the Silver Cove entrance on Rosecove Beach. Requires HM3 Surf.

Pokémon

Note: If a Pokémon evolutionary family can be found in multiple locations, only the first accessible location of the Base Form Pokémon will be listed. Some Pokémon can be more easily found with Good Rod and thus are not listed in the table for Old Rod. Rarity levels are estimations according to this scale and might be subject to changes due to different encounter assessment results, unless supported by official encounter rates, which are listed in red under the rarity level if known.

Old Rod

All Pokémon are encountered at Lv. 10.

Pokémon	Type	Image	Location	Rarity
Magikarp	Water		Mitis Town	Common 100%
Tentacool	WaterPoison		Rosecove Beach	Common
Feebas	Water		Fortulose Manor	Rare
Basculin	Water	Red-Striped Blue-Striped	Cosmeos Valley	Rare

Good Rod

All Pokémon are encountered at Lv. 20.

Pokémon	Type	Image	Location	Rarity
Barboach	WaterGround		Route 2	Common
Shellder	Water		Glistening Grotto	Uncommon
Relicanth	WaterRock			Very Rare 2%
Tympole	Water		Route 7	Common
Corphish	Water			Uncommon
Goldeen	Water		Lagoona Lake	Common
Finneon	Water		Rosecove Beach	Uncommon
Dratini	Dragon		Grove of Dreams	Very Rare 2%
Chinchou	WaterElectric		Cragonos Mines	Rare 17%
Qwilfish	WaterPoison		Route 12	Rare
Spheal	IceWater		Route 15	Common
Seel	Water			Uncommon
Bergmite	Ice			Rare
Luvdisc	Water		Cosmeos Valley	Very Rare 4.3%
Mareanie	WaterPoison		Lost Islands	Very Rare 1.2%
Wishiwashi School Form	Water		Lost Islands - Deep Jungle	Very Rare 1.8%

Gallery

The Old Rod icon shown in players' bag.

The Old Rod when cast out.

The bait is shaped like a Poké Ball.

The description of the Old Rod.

The Old Rod fisherman's house.

The fisherman that gives the player Old Rod.

Players can receive Good Rod from this Fisherman on Rosecove Beach.

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The Good Rod when cast out.

The Good Rod as displayed in the player's bag.