Modded Fishing Rods

The minigame isn't tied to the Dreamlight rod. Any of these counts as a fishing rod, in either hand:

  • the vanilla fishing rod,
  • any item that extends vanilla's fishing rod class,
  • any item in the c:fishing_rods tag,
  • any item in the fabric:fishing_rods tag.

So most rods from other mods fish ripples with no extra setup. Rod durability is taken from whichever hand holds the rod, main hand first.

Making a rod count

If a modded rod isn't picked up, add it to the c:fishing_rods item tag with a data pack:

data/c/tags/item/fishing_rods.json

json 
{
  "replace": false,
  "values": [
    "othermod:fancy_rod"
  ]
}

Bobbers that vanish

Vanilla removes a bobber on its first tick unless the player is holding the vanilla rod itself, so most custom rods would cast and lose the line instantly. Dreamlight Fishing keeps the bobber alive for every rod in the list above, which also fixes this for other mods' rods.

A mod that replaces the bobber entity with its own is outside this. If a modded rod still casts nothing, try a vanilla rod in the same spot before reporting it.

Rods as loot

Any fishing rod that comes up in a catch counts as a special item: it's never doubled by a Perfect Catch, and it adds the +20 XP special-item bonus. See The Minigame.