Fishing Rod

For the artifact in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Fishing Rod.

This article is about the item used to fish. For the mechanic, see Fishing.

Fishing Rod

Uncast

Cast

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	JE: 64 BE: 385
Enchantability	1
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A fishing rod is a tool that casts a bobber used to fish in water or to hook and pull mobs, items,‌^{[JE only]} and some other entities toward the player.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + String

Fishing

Enchanted fishing rods are obtainable through fishing, with a 0.8% chance per attempt, while unenchanted ones are obtainable with a 0.2% chance per attempt. See fishing for more details.

Mob loot

Drowned have a 3.75% chance of spawning holding a fishing rod in their main hand, and in Bedrock Edition, a converted drowned has a 1% chance to spawn with a fishing rod. If killed, they have an 8.5%‌^{[JE only]}/25%‌^{[BE only]} chance of dropping this fishing rod, increased by 1% for each level of Looting applied to a weapon. The dropped item is damaged and never enchanted.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Enchanted Fishing Rod[A]	Ocean Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	41.7% { "item": "Enchanted Fishing Rod", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.41666666666666663, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
		Big ruins chest	1	21.7% { "item": "Enchanted Fishing Rod", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.21739130434782605, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
Fishing Rod	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	27.5% { "item": "Fishing Rod", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2747977375984192, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
		Barrel	1	33.3% { "item": "Fishing Rod", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Fisherman	Journeyman	100%	100%	8–22 × Emerald	Enchanted Fishing Rod[t 1]	3	10	0.2

Carrot/warped fungus on a stick

If a carrot on a stick or a warped fungus on a stick is used to the point of zero durability, it becomes a fishing rod again.

Usage

Fishing

Fishing rods can be cast into water. After a short period of time, a stream of bubble particles approaches the fishing rod. If the rod is reeled in once the particles "bite" the bobber, the player obtains a fish, junk, or possibly a treasure item. If the fishing rod was in the player's hand and is no longer, the fishing bobber entity despawns, unless the fishing rod is moved to the off-hand or it has been swapped with another fishing rod.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Carrot on a Stick	Fishing Rod or  Damaged Fishing Rod + Carrot		The fishing rod must be diagonally above the carrot to craft the carrot on a stick.
Warped Fungus on a Stick	Fishing Rod or  Damaged Fishing Rod + Warped Fungus		The fishing rod must be diagonally above the warped fungus to craft the warped fungus on a stick.

Hooking mobs and other entities

The fishing rod can be used to hook mobs and some other entities, including items‌^{[Java Edition only]} and players. The fishing rod can then be reeled in, dragging the hooked object toward the player without dealing damage. Reeling in a mob or entity costs 5 points of durability, and reeling in an item costs 3 points. Reeling a mob pulls it toward the player with a speed of ¹⁄₁₀ the distance between the mob and the player. Hooking entities in Bedrock Edition with a flaming bobber cast through fire or lava can ignite the entity.

The maximum distance the player can get between the bobber and themselves is 33 blocks. A hooked entity that exceeds this distance detaches from the bobber.

Multiple players can hook the same entity, and when multiple players reel in the entity at the same time, it flies a larger distance than normal.

Besides mobs and items, entities that can be reeled in include:

• Boats
• Boat with Chests
• Minecarts of any type
• Armor Stands
• Shulker Bullets
• Fireballs
• Wind Charges
• Primed TNT
• Any falling block such as:
  • Sand
  • Gravel
  • Dragon Eggs
  • Concrete Powder
  • Scaffolding
  • Snow ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
  • Anvils

Some entities can be hooked, but cannot be reeled in:

• Players or mobs riding vehicles or other mobs ‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Paintings
• Item Frames ‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Lead knots
• End Crystals
• Shulkers

Attempting to reel in said entities still costs durability to the rod.

Any other entities cannot be hooked at all.

Dismounting entities

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

In Bedrock Edition, a mob or a player riding a minecart, a boat, or a mob can be dismounted by reeling it in.

Fuel

A fishing rod can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per fishing rod, regardless of its durability.

Redstone

The hook can also be used to activate wooden pressure plates or weighted pressure plates.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Fishing Rod		The durability of the two fishing rods is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2× Damaged Fishing Rod		The durability of the two fishing rods is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Fishing Rod	Fishing Rod

A fishing rod can be combined with another fishing rod in an anvil, preserving the enchantments of both.

Enchantments

A fishing rod can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Lure	Decreases the wait time for hooking.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Luck of the Sea	Increases fishing luck.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the fishing rod when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The fishing rod vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Fishing Bobber

Fishing Bobber

Hitbox size	Height: 0.25 blocks Width: 0.25 blocks

Fishing bobbers have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity. In Java Edition, they despawn after being on ground for more than 1200 ticks. When fishing bobber enters water ([Boolean] OnGround becomes false), despawn timer resets. ​

Sounds

Java Edition:
Fishing bobbers use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.^{[sound 1]}

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Fishing Rod	fishing_rod	Item	item.minecraft.fishing_rod

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
Fishing Bobber	fishing_bobber	entity.minecraft.fishing_bobber

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Fishing Rod	fishing_rod	392	Item	item.fishing_rod.name

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Fishing Hook	fishing_hook	77	entity.fishing_hook.name

Entity data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Pick up leather from the ground or via fishing.	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Fishy Business	Catch a fish	Reel in a fishing rod attached to any of these fish items: Raw Cod Raw Salmon Tropical Fish Pufferfish The player need not to have actually fished to trigger this advancement.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.1							Added fishing rods.
							Fishing rods currently have no function and are held backward.
							Fishing rods are stackable.
v1.2.0			?				Fishing rods have been updated to be able to catch fish from any body of water.
							In first and third person view, fishing rods are now held more realistically, similarly to other tools, and they now also use the stick texture when cast. However, a normal fishing rod is still always shown in the hotbar.
							Fishing rods now have a durability of 64 uses.
v1.2.2							Fishing rods now work in multiplayer. Previously, fishing rods could be used in multiplayer, but would produce fake client-side fish that could not be picked up.
							Fishing rods in multiplayer repeat the cast sound when reeling in, do not render the line, and do not switch textures when cast.
Java Edition Beta
1.6			Test Build 3				Fishing rods are no longer stackable, stacking rods would allow the player to change the damage values of any rods stacked to the first rod. This could be exploited to have fishing rods that lasted forever.
							In first person, cast fishing rods now use a texture without the line to show that it is no longer on the rod. The stick texture is still used in third person, however.
Sound Update							The fishing rod cast sound has been changed.
Java Edition
1.3.1			12w17a				Fishing rods now have infinite durability in Creative mode.
			12w18a				Fishing rods in multiplayer no longer repeat the cast sound when reeling in, now properly render the line, and now switch textures when cast.
1.4.2			12w36a				Added the carrot on a stick, which can be crafted using a fishing rod and a carrot.
			12w37a				Fishing now gives the player experience with each fish caught.
1.4.6			12w49a				Fishing rods can now be enchanted with Unbreaking using enchanted books.
1.7.2			13w36a				Fishing rods now have 2 new enchantments: Lure and Luck of the Sea.
							Fishing rods can now be enchanted in an enchantment table.
							Enchanted fishing rods can now be obtained as a "treasure" item from fishing, and unenchanted ones as a "junk" item.
1.8			14w02a				Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 7–8 emeralds.
			14w30a				Fishing rods are now rendered bigger and backward in first person view.
			14w31a				Fishing rods are no longer rendered backward in first person, but are still rendered bigger.
			14w33b				Cast fishing rods now use the cast texture in third person, rather than the stick texture.
1.9			15w31a				Cast fishing rods now use the cast texture in the hotbar and inventory.
			15w32a				Fishing rods no longer damage the ender dragon.
			15w36a				Fishing rods now properly hook entities.
							Fishing rods no longer cause knockback and pseudo-damage when hooking an entity.
							Reeling in while hooked to a non-item entity now costs 5 durability (was 3) to the fishing rod.
1.10			16w21a				Fishing rods now hook items, which costs 3 durability.
1.11			16w33a				Fishing rods can now be used to fuel furnaces.
1.12			17w13a				The sound of the bobbers of fishing rods being thrown has been changed.
			17w16a				Added sounds for reeling in fishing bobbers.
1.13			17w50a				Crafting a carrot on a stick no longer requires the fishing rod to be at full durability.[1]
			18w09a				Enchanted fishing rods now generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
			18w11a				Added drowned, which have a chance to spawn drop fishing rods upon death.
			18w14a				Catching a fish with the fishing rod now grants the "Fishy Business" advancement.
1.13.1			18w30b				The durability of fishing rods has been reduced from 65 to 64 due to the fix of a bug.[2]
1.14			18w43a				The textures of fishing rods have been changed.
			19w11a				Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 8-22 emeralds.
1.16			20w12a				Enchanted fishing rods can now only be caught when fishing in open water like any other treasure item.
			20w13a				Fishing rods can now be used to craft warped fungus on a stick.
			20w14a				The bobber of fishing rods is now considered a projectile and can ignite (if on fire) TNT, activate targets and ring bells.
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			23w31a				Enchantments exclusive to fishing rods are no longer obtainable from villager trading.
1.21.2			24w34a				The bobber of fishing rods can now bounce on the world border if hit.[note 1]
26.3			snap1				Fishing rods can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added fishing rods.
			build 8				If an entity is mounted on another entity, reeling it in with a fishing rod now pulls it off its ride.
			build 11				Fishing rods are now functional in third person view.
v0.12.1			build 12				Fishing rods now make a less repetitive sound.
							Fishing rods now grant experience when successful.
							Fishing rods can now be enchanted.
							Enchanted fishing rods can now be found as "treasure" from fishing.
v0.15.0			build 1				Added the carrot on a stick, which can be crafted using a fishing rod and a carrot.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13			beta 1.2.13.8				Added drowned, which can spawn with and drop fishing rods.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Fishing rods and enchanted fishing rods can now be found in underwater ruins.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of fishing rods have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 6 emeralds as part of their third tier trade.
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.22				Increased thickness of fishing line in Vibrant Visuals mode so it does not disappear from TAA.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Fishing rods can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added fishing rods.
							As a result of Legacy Console Edition using an internal server, fishing rods repeat the cast sound when reeling in, do not render the line, and do not switch textures when cast.
TU7							Fishing rods no longer repeat the cast sound when reeling in, now properly render the line, and now switch textures when cast.
							The cast fishing rod texture appears in first person, while the stick texture is used instead in third person.
TU14		1.04					Added the carrot on a stick, which can be crafted using a fishing rod and a carrot.
TU27	CU15	1.18	1.18	1.18			Cast fishing rods now use the cast texture in third person, rather than the stick texture.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Fishing rods now have 2 new enchantments: Lure and Luck of the Sea.
							Fishing rods can now be enchanted in an enchantment table.
							Enchanted fishing rods can now be obtained as a "treasure" item from fishing, and unenchanted ones as a "junk" item.
							Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 7–8 emeralds.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Fishing rods now hook items, which costs 3 durability.
TU49	CU39	1.42	1.42	1.42	Patch 18		The fishing rod's holding position in first person view has been updated to match with their Java 1.8 counterpart.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	The sound of the bobbers of fishing rods being thrown has been changed.
							Added sounds for reeling in fishing bobbers.
							Fishing rods no longer cause knockback and pseudo-damage when hooking an entity.
							Fishing rods can now be used to fuel furnaces.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Fishing rods once again cause knockback and pseudo-damage when hooking an entity.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Enchanted fishing rods now generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
							Added drowned, which have a chance to spawn drop fishing rods upon death.
			1.90				The textures of fishing rods have been changed.
			1.91				Fisherman villagers now sell enchanted fishing rods for 6 emeralds as part of their third tier trade.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added fishing rods.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Fishing Rod" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Skeletons can be pulled into their own arrows.
• When casting the rod into a Nether portal, the bobber may stick to it like a normal block, go through and travel in the Nether, or stop on the next block behind the portal.
• If the player stands directly in front of a bubble column and casts the line onto a block above the player, the line falls downward, if it is a downward one.
• In a Minecraft Education map from 2020, the fishing rod was retextured as the "ender communicator", functioning as a "hub" to get from place to place.

Gallery

Renders

• 
  An enchanted fishing rod

Screenshots

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  13w36a snapshot banner
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  Trail of bubbles indicating that a fish is about to bite
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  Two-dimensional bobber in Java Edition
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  Three-dimensional bobber in Bedrock Edition
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  Bobbers can be attached to mobs, like this enderman
• 
  A drowned holding a fishing rod
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  A bobber cast in fire
• 
  Fishing in 2010

Mojang screenshots

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  Image from dinnerbone teasing the addition of fishing rods hooking entities

In other media

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  Sunny reeling back a fishing rod
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  Noor catching a salmon^[3]
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  Fishing rod in the Super Duper Graphics Pack
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  A warden holding a fishing rod, jokingly suggested by Chi Wong to be “scarier” as a reference to 1.8 PvP^[4]
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  Kissy Missy using a fishing rod
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  A fishing rod as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode
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  A fishing rod as seen in Minecraft Dungeons

Notes

References