Fishing rod

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This article is about a tool. For the jock mouse villager, see Rod (villager).

"I got the Golden Rod! I've got some fishing to do!" —Animal Crossing (GCN)

Fishing rod
Type	Tool
Durability	Unbreakable New Horizons: Breakable
Stackable	Unknown
Availability	Regular: Bought, Silver: Bought, Gold: Achievement award
Appearances	Animal Forest, Animal Crossing, Animal Forest e+, Wild World, City Folk, New Leaf, Pocket Camp, New Horizons

Fishing rods are a type of tool in the Animal Crossing series. They have appeared in every game and are used when fishing to catch fish in any body of water in the town.

Usage

A fishing rod is the only tool capable of catching and collecting fish, which are recognized as dark fish-shaped, shadowy silhouettes of fish seen swimming underneath the surface of different bodies of water. These are: oceans, rivers, holding ponds, tropical seas, and waterfalls, all holding different types of fish.

Fishing rods are used by standing near water and pressing the A Button, which will cast a line into the water. If a nearby fish spots the lure, they will approach it and nibble the line a maximum of four times before biting on the fifth. When the fish bites the line they will create a splash, and the line must quickly be reeled in by pressing the A Button before the fish swims away and disappears. Fish will be scared away by reeling in the line too soon, running, knocking balls or snowballs into the water, or using other tools near the fish.

Obtaining

In Animal Forest, Crossing and Forest e+

Below is a list of fishing rods in Animal Forest, Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price
	Fishing rod	Tom Nook's Store Can be re-ordered from the catalog	500 Bells	125 Bells
	Golden Rod	Tortimer* Catch all fish in the games.	-	-

• Note: Tortimer will appear outside the player's house the next time the game is played.

Tortimer's Speech on Golden Rod

Well now, young <name>... I do believe I have something for you. Oh, yepper! It's a love letter... Oh, just take 'er easy! It's not a love letter. It's a Golden Rod. I do believe you've caught every single kind of fish, haven't you? Well, I'm here to congratulate you, sprout! I want you to have this rod... Its current owner no longer has any need of it, in a manner of speaking. It's a very fine rod. Yepper! Even the most unlucky of fishermen will find fishing easier with this feller. I don't dare say this too loudly...but you can't get this anywhere else, get me? Take good care of it, sprout! I enjoy a good evening fish, but I don't do it too often. Can't waste my youth a-fishing! Heh hehh hooorf!

In Wild World

Below is a list of rods in Wild World.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price
	Fishing rod	Tom Nook's Store Can be re-ordered from the catalog	500 Bells	125 Bells
	Golden Rod	Tortimer* Catch all 56 species of fish.	-	-

• Note: Tortimer will appear outside the player's house the next time the game is played.

In City Folk

Below are the fishing rods available in City Folk:

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Info
	Fishing rod	Tom Nook's Store Can be re-ordered from the catalog	500 Bells	125 Bells	-
	Silver Rod	Tom Nook's Store Rarely sold	500 Bells	125 Bells	Improved attraction rate Longer catch time
	Golden Rod	Tortimer* Catch all 64 species of fish.	-	-	Improved attraction Longer catch time

• Note: Tortimer will appear outside the player's house the next time the game is played.

In New Leaf

Below are the fishing rods available in New Leaf:

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Info
	Fishing Rod	Nookling Stores Isabelle when completing 4th "Advice for living here" task	500 Bells	125 Bells	-
	Silver Rod	Museum Store Donate at least 30 fish	500 Bells	125 Bells	Easier catches
	Golden Rod	Chip* Collect all 72 fish.	-	-	Easier catches

• Note: Chip will give the player a golden rod once they have caught the last fish in their encyclopedia in the game. Chip hosts the Fishing Tourney.
• On the Island, only a regular fishing rod on loan from Lloid can be used (automatically provided during minigames when needed).

In Pocket Camp

The player owns a fishing rod by default that they use at Saltwater Shores and Lost Lure Creek. During Fishing Tourneys, it is possible to rent a Golden Rod using 80 leaf tickets. A Golden Rod allows the player to always catch two tourney fish at once and remains available for the rest of the event.

In New Horizons

Below are the fishing rods available in New Horizons:

Name	Image	Durability	How to obtain	Crafting materials	?	Buy	Sell
						Price
Flimsy fishing rod		7-10	Recipe obtained from Tom Nook (first DIY workshop)	x5 tree branch	✘	400	100
Fishing rod		30	Recipe obtained from Pretty Good Tools Recipes, purchased for 3,000 Nook Miles on the Nook Stop	x1 flimsy fishing rod x1 iron nugget	✔	N/A	600
Golden fishing rod		90	Recipe obtained by catching every Fish	x1 fishing rod x1 gold nugget	✘	N/A	10,400
Colorful fishing rod		30	Purchased from the cabinet at Nook's Cranny after the first upgrade	N/A	✔	2,500	625
Fish fishing rod		30	Purchased from the cabinet at Nook's Cranny after the first upgrade	N/A	✔	2,500	625
Outdoorsy fishing rod		30	Purchased from the cabinet at Nook's Cranny after the first upgrade	N/A	✔	2,500	625

• During the Fishing Tourney, fishing rods will not break while catching fish for C.J.

Trivia

A player holding a fishing rod in Animal Crossing.

• In Animal Crossing, players hold the fishing rod in front of them instead of over their shoulder.
• In New Leaf, a villager watching the player fish and missing a fish will make them become shocked.

Gallery

Animal Crossing

Fishing in Animal Crossing.

Wild World

Fishing in Wild World.

Trying to fish out of water.

City Folk

Four players fishing in City Folk.

Tortimer giving the player the golden rod in City Folk

A player after receiving the golden fishing rod in City Folk

New Leaf

Player using a fishing rod with Axel.

Player fishing on Tortimer Island.

Celeste talking about the silver rod on display in New Leaf.

New Horizons

A player with a fishing rod in New Horizons.

Player takes out fishing rod in New Horizons.

A player breaks a fishing rod in New Horizons.

Golden fishing rod icon

Black Colorful Fishing Rod

White Colorful Fishing Rod

Purple Colorful Fishing Rod

Green Colorful Fishing Rod

Pink Colorful Fishing Rod

Light Blue Colorful Fishing Rod

Orange Colorful Fishing Rod

Black Fishing Rod

White Fishing Rod

Pink Fishing Rod

Purple Fishing Rod

Red Fishing Rod

Green Fishing Rod

Yellow Fishing Rod

Red Fish Fishing Rod

Pink Fish Fishing Rod

Purple Fish Fishing Rod

Blue Fish Fishing Rod

Light Blue Fish Fishing Rod

Orange Fish Fishing Rod

Yellow Fish Fishing Rod

Yellow Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

Red Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

Pink Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

Orange Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

Light Blue Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

Black Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

Beige Outdoorsy Fishing Rod

In other languages

Fishing rod
Language Name Translation Japanese ' - French Canne à pêche - Spanish Caña de pescar - German Angel - Italian Canna da Pesca - Dutch Hengel - Russian Удочка Udochka - Chinese ' - Korean ' -