Fishing is a big part of Fields of Mistria, whether you’re just trying to fulfill some townie’s request or if you’re trying to complete the museum. Finding the fish you need can be frustrating, so we’ve compiled everything you need to know about fishing successfully in one guide for you.
Below, we detail how to find fish of specific sizes and list out a complete chart of all the fish in the game.
Update (Aug. 7): We’ve updated this post with the missing fish from the 0.15 update. No new fish were added in the 1.0 update, so this list is up-to-date now.
Fish shadow sizes in Fields of Mistria
Each fish has a different size, which makes it easier to hunt down. There are small, medium, large, and giant fish, all which have different shadow sizes, as shown below.
Seeing the difference between small and medium and medium and large can be hard sometimes, but you’ll be able to eye it out better and better the more you fish.
If you’re hunting for a specific fish, like a rare giant fish, you can leave and come back to the map it’s found on to refresh the spawns until you see the correct shadow size.
Complete fish list in Fields of Mistria
The in-game almanac states there are 148 fish, but there’s a few less than this, technically. Two of the entries of the almanac accounts for fishing up trash (wood and fiber), and a few also account for shells you can pick up on the beach.
There are also four legendary fish (cherry fish, leaf fish, lightning fish, and snow fish), which you can only catch after hitting fishing level 30 and activating the “Legendary” skill. You will get an in-game notification saying these fish are nearby if they spawn, so keep your fishing rod on you.
You can check out a complete list of all the fish in Fields of Mistria below. The in-game almanac sorts all the fish alphabetically, so we did, too.
Fish | Size | Location | Season | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alligator gar | Giant | Pond | Winter | Any |
Amberjack | Large | Fish trap | All | Any |
Anchovy | Small | Ocean | Spring | Any |
Angel fish | Small | Pond | Spring | Any |
Archerfish | Small | Tide Caverns (Mines 21-39) | All | Any |
Armored bass | Medium | Lava Caves (Mines 61-79) | All | Any |
Bait thief | Medium | Fish trap | All | Any |
Barb | Small | Pond | Spring | Any |
Blue crab | Small | Fish trap | All | Any |
Blue gill | Small | River | Spring | Any |
Bluefish | Large | Pond | Fall | Rain |
Bonito | Medium | Ocean | Summer, Winter | Any |
Bowfish | Large | River | Winter | Any |
Bream | Large | River | Summer | Any |
Brown Bullhead | Medium | Pond | Summer | Any |
Brown trout | Large | Pond | Spring | Any |
Bullfrog | Small | Pond | Summer, Winter | Rain, Snow |
Burbot | Large | Pond | Winter | Snow |
Butterfish | Small | Ocean | Fall | Any |
Candleabra seadragon | Small | Lava Caves (Mines 61-79) | All | Any |
Carp | Medium | River | Spring | Any |
Catfish | medium | Pond | All | Any |
Cave eel | Medium | Upper Mines (Mines 2-19) | All | Any |
Cave shark | Large | Upper Mines (Mines 2-19) | All | Any |
Cave shrimp | Small | Upper Mines (Mines 2-19) | All | Any |
Char | Large | Ocean | Summer | Any |
Cherry fish | Small | Pond | Spring | Breezy |
Chub | Small | River | Spring | Any |
Chum | Large | River | Summer, Winter | Any |
Clam | – | Ocean, diving only | All | Any |
Cod | Large | Ocean | Summer, Winter | Any |
Coelacanth | Large | The Ancient Ruins (Mines 81-99) | All | Any |
Copper rockfish | Medium | Anywhere, requires common fish bait | All | Any |
Crab | Small | Ocean | Summer | Any |
Crayfish | – | River, diving only | All | Any |
Crucian carp | Medium | Pond | Spring | Any |
Dace | Small | River | Winter | Snow |
Dart | Small | Ocean | Summer | Any |
Earth eel | Medium | Deep Earth (Mines 41-59) | All | Any |
Emerald horned charger | Large | Deep Earth (Mines 41-59) | All | Any |
Fiber | – | Diving | All | Any |
Firesail fish | Large | Lava Caves (Mines 61-79) | All | Any |
Flathead catfish | Medium | Pond | Winter | Any |
Forest perch | Medium | The Deep Woods | All | Rain, Snow |
Freshwater eel | Medium | River | Winter | Any |
Freshwater oyster | – | River, diving only | All | Any |
Frog | Small | Pond | Spring, Fall | Any |
Gar | Large | River | Summer, Winter | Any |
Gazer | Medium | The Ancient Ruins (Mines 81-99) | All | Any |
Giant jellyfish | Large | The Ancient Ruins (Mines 81-99) | All | Any |
Giant Koi | Giant | Pond | Summer | Any |
Giant Tilapia | Giant | Pond | Winter | Any |
Goby | Medium | River | All | Any |
Golden eel | Giant | Anywhere, requires rare fish bait | All | Any |
Golden shiner | Small | Pond | Summer | Any |
Goldfish | Small | Pond | Spring | Any |
Grayling | Small | River | Fall | Rain |
Grouper | Giant | Ocean | Summer | Any |
Hake | Medium | Fish trap | All | Any |
Halibut | Large | Ocean | Fall | Rain |
Herring | Small | River | Winter | Any |
Horse mackerel | Small | Ocean | Winter | Any |
Iron fish | Small | Anywhere, requires uncommon fish bait | All | Any |
Jellyfish | Medium | Ocean | Spring, Fall | Any |
Killifish | Small | Pond | Fall | Any |
King crab | Large | Ocean | Winter | Snow |
Koi | Medium | Pond | Alll | Any |
Lake chub | Small | Pond | Summer | Any |
Lake trout | Large | The Deep Woods | All | Any |
Lamprey | Small | River | Fall | Any |
Lava piranha | Small | Lava Caves (Mines 61-79) | All | Any |
Leaf fish | Small | River | Fall | Breezy |
Lightning fish | Medium | River | Summer | Stormy |
Loach | Small | River | Summer | Any |
Lobster | Medium | Ocean | Spring | Any |
Luminescent crab | Medium | The Ancient Ruins (Mines 81-99) | Any | All |
Mackerel | Large | Ocean | Spring | Rain |
Massive minnow | Small | Anywhere, requires common fish bait | All | Any |
Mini-whale shark | Large | Tide Caverns (Mines 21-39) | All | Any |
Minnow | Small | River | Summer | Any |
Mullet | Medium | Ocean | Fall | Any |
Muskie | Large | The Deep Woods | All | Any |
Newt | – | Pond, diving only | All | Any |
Oarfish | Giant | Ocean | Winter | Any |
Ocean sunfish | Giant | Ocean | Spring | Any |
Octopus | Large | Ocean | Summer, Winter | Any |
Paddlefish | Giant | River | Spring | Any |
Paper pondshell | – | Pond, diving only | All | Any |
Pearl clam | – | Ocean, diving only | All | Any |
Pebble minnow | Small | Deep Earth (Mines 41-59) | All | Any |
Perch | Large | River | Fall | Rain |
Pike | Large | River | All | Any |
Pink scallop shell | – | Beach (shell) | All | Any |
Pollock | Large | Ocean | All | Any |
Pond snail | – | Pond, diving only | All | Any |
Puffer fish | Medium | Ocean | Summer, Winter | Any |
Rainbow trout | Medium | Pond | Fall | Any |
Razorback | Medium | River | Fall | Any |
Red Snapper | Large | Ocean | Spring, Fall | Any |
River snail | – | River, diving only | All | Any |
Roach | Medium | Pond | All | Any |
Rock bass | Medium | River | Spring, Fall | Any |
Rock guppy | Small | Upper Mines (Mines 2-19) | All | Any |
Rockbiter | Medium | Deep Earth (Mines 41-59) | All | Any |
Salmon | Large | River | Spring, Fall | Any |
Sand dollar | – | Beach (shell) | All | Any |
Sand lance | Small | Ocean | Winter | Any |
Sapphire betta | Small | Tide Caverns (Mines 21-39) | All | Any |
Sardine | Small | Ocean | All | Any |
Sauger | Large | Pond | Summer | Any |
Saury | Large | Ocean | Fall | Any |
Sea bass | Medium | Ocean | Winter | Any |
Sea bream | Medium | Ocean | Spring, Fall | Any |
Sea urchin | Small | Fish trap | All | Any |
Seaweed | – | Ocean, diving only | All | Any |
Shad | Medium | River | Fall | Any |
Shadow bass | Medium | River | Winter | Any |
Shardfin | Small | Deep Earth (Mines 41-59) | All | Any |
Shark | Giant | Ocean | Fall | Any |
Shrimp | Small | Ocean | Spring | Any |
Silver redhorse | Medium | The Deep Woods | All | Any |
Silver squid | Large | Anywhere, requires uncommon fish bait | All | Any |
Smallmouth bass | Small | River | All | Any |
Snakehead | Large | Pond | Spring, Fall | Any |
Snapping turtle | Large | Pond | Summer, Winter | Any |
Snow fish | Medium | Ocean | Winter | Blizzard |
Spirula shell | – | Beach (shell) | All | Any |
Squid | Medium | Ocean | All | Any |
Stingray | Medium | Ocean | Summer | Any |
Stone loach | Medium | Upper Mines (Mines 2-19) | All | Any |
Striped bass | Large | Pond | Fall | Any |
Sturgeon | Large | River | Spring, Fall | Any |
Sulfur crab | Medium | Lava Caves (Mines 61-79) | All | Any |
Sunny | Small | The Deep Woods | All | Rain, Snow |
Sweetfish | Medium | River | Summer | Any |
Swordfish | Large | Ocean | Spring, Fall | Any |
Tarpon | Giant | River | Summer | Any |
Tetra | Small | Pond | All | Any |
Tilapia | Small | Pond | Winter | Any |
Transparent jellyfish | Medium | Tide Caverns (Mines 21-39) | All | Any |
Trout | Medium | River | All | Any |
Tuna | Large | Ocean | All | Any |
Turtle | Large | Pond | All | Any |
Walleye | Large | River | Spring | Rain |
Water balloon fish | Medium | Tide Caverns (Mines 21-39) | All | Any |
White perch | Medium | Pond | Fall | Any |
Winged shrimp | Small | The Ancient Ruins (Mines 81-99) | All | Any |
Wood | – | Diving | All | Any |
