Anglerfish
- Bait
- Misty Fishing Bait
- Depth
- 1.5–3
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Caught with Misty Fishing Bait in Mistlands.
How to catch it
Misty Fishing BaitStamina drain falls as the Fishing skill levels, so these are the figures at skill 0 — the worst case.
What else this bait pulls up
A cast with Misty Fishing Bait returns something other than a fish about 20% of the time. When it does, it is one of these.
| Item | Amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 Soft Tissue | 1–2 | 10% |
 Blue Jute | 1–2 | 10% |
Also caught with Misty Fishing Bait
PufferfishAnglerfish takes Misty Fishing Bait and lives in Mistlands, between 1.5 and 3 metres down. It pulls at 10 and drains 14 stamina a second while you reel, so a long fight is a real stamina cost rather than a formality. The same bait also brings up Soft Tissue, Blue Jute.
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Anglerfish FAQ
What bait catches Anglerfish?
Misty Fishing Bait. No other bait works — Valheim decides the catch from the hook, not the location, so fishing the right water with the wrong bait returns nothing.
Where do you find Anglerfish?
In Mistlands water, between 1.5 and 3 metres deep. Shallower than that and it will not be there; the float has to sit over water that deep.
Where do you catch Anglerfish?
In the Mistlands, between 1.5 and 3 of water. Depth is the real gate — casting into the shallows of the right biome catches nothing if the fish only lives deep.
How much stamina does reeling in Anglerfish cost?
14 per pull, against a pull strength of 10. Run out of stamina mid-fight and the line goes slack and the fish escapes, so eat before a long session rather than during one.
What else can you catch with the same bait?
Pufferfish. Bait decides the catch in Valheim far more than location does, so the same cast in the same water returns a different fish depending only on what is on the hook.
Does Anglerfish drop anything besides the fish?
Yes: Soft Tissue, Blue Jute. That comes off the same catch rather than from a separate roll, so it is free.