Originally posted by Smetrix:

Originally posted by Entity Mystik:

You don't need cooked fish to kill Eikthyr, that is a silly concept and the reasoning behind why you can't just instantly craft a rod (as well as why you need a kettle to break fish down now)

As far as harpooning goes the simple reason is the bait system would have no reason to exist if you could spear whatever you want out of the water. Some can argue that the bait system is silly and that's fine, but at the end of the day fishing is a completely optional activity for those that enjoy it.

So if you are sitting waiting for a change to the fishing system to let you craft rods or spear/harpoon fish, I am extremely doubtful it will happen. It would not make sense unless they completely revamped the system.

Fishing is extremely bare bones as is, I can’t think of any reason why anybody would find Valheim’s version of fishing “enjoyable” in any sense lol.

RDR2 probably has the best fishing in any game that is not specifically centered around it, and that’s not to say I expect that much detail in this game, but it has a long way to go…

Ill weigh in on it as I enjoy fishing here. The point is similar to real life fishing -- you are not actually trying to catch fish, usually, so much as find a nice place to enjoy nature and put down your cares for a little while. Tired of the mistland fog or little green men from mars or blue eyed creepy zombie dwarves throwing rocks at you? Find a quiet place and drop a line. The scenery on the coasts here can be amazing. If you catch some, you get some gyros (still an easy to make food mistland capable) or cooked fish (good enough to gather resources or mess around, no fuss to make). If not, meh.

As far as spearing them goes: given that we can simply PICK UP any fish in the game REGULARLY by walking the coast, being able to HIT one and reel it in with a harpoon seems like something they should add. Bait system or no bait system, the hoe-made fishtrap or natural suicidal jumpers trump any argument against another way to score fish.

That said, warframe has spearfishing, and its free to play, if you just want to go spear fishing in VR.