Fishing
- Effect
- 100
- Lost on death
- 5%
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
Stamina drain and pull speed when fishing. Fishing is a Valheim skill, capped at level 100, and you lose 5% of it every time you die. The table below gives what the skill is actually worth at levels 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 across 1 separate effects, none of which the game puts a number on anywhere in its own interface.
What Each Level Is Worth
| Effect | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing stamina | 1/s | 0.8/s | 0.6/s | 0.4/s | 0.2/s |
- Falls from 1 stamina per second to 0.2 while a fish is hooked, a saving of 80%.
Levelling
The Fishing skill caps at level 100 and 5% of it is lost on death. The values above are read from the game files rather than tested by hand, so they are the figures the game actually applies.
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Fishing FAQ
What does the Fishing skill do in Valheim?
It raises 1 value, and the table above gives the figure at every twenty-five levels. The game never shows these numbers itself.
How much Fishing skill do you lose on death in Valheim?
5% of it, as with every skill. The cap is level 100.
What is the maximum Fishing level in Valheim?
100, and the last stretch is far longer than the first. The cost of each level is the level to the power of one and a half, halved, so the step into 100 costs about 501 where the step into level 2 costs about 2 — roughly 261 times as much for the same single level.
How do you level Fishing in Valheim?
By using it, and only by using it: there is no trainer and no way to spend points. Every qualifying action adds a fixed amount of progress, and when that total passes the requirement for the next level, the level ticks over and the bar resets to zero. The halfway mark already costs about 183 per level, so the useful lesson is to use the skill constantly rather than in bursts.
Does gear improve Fishing?
The gear carrying a modifier for it numbers 0, of which is the strongest. That is separate from the skill level itself — gear shifts the output, the skill shifts how well you wield it — so the two stack, and a high level on weak gear and a low level on strong gear are not the same thing.