Speak with Yanna on the road outside Coen’s home. At the river, use Focus Mode to find the rods in the reeds, place them at the four marked spots, then bait a rod to continue.
Offering help immediately begins the walk to the river. If you postpone or move away, the objective can change to meeting the siblings there; that change does not by itself mean the quest has failed.
Read the tracked objective on return. A later arrival can skip the rod setup and take you directly to baiting. Do not search indefinitely for an earlier objective the game has already advanced.
Tag with Mirto and Lunka uses an extra time block. Skipping it preserves that time; playing it adds family conversation and background. Choose for the experience you want, rather than treating either branch as universally correct.
The visual checkpoints below show the river setup in footage uploaded September 2. The build number and difficulty are not established; compare the objective text with your game. The pickup and placement steps are separate.
Update 1.1 (October 22) says the fishing rods are now easier to find. The recording above predates that update, so the search spot may look different on a patched game; the objective text is the same check.
Objective sequence from the inspected recording; not a map.Original Kingy diagram; source footage is embedded, not copied. · Open full-size diagram ↗
When the tracker says “Look for the fishing rods using Focus Mode”, search the vegetation beside the river clearing. The recording shows all four Fishing Rod items in one pickup at 5:57; these are not four separate collection sites.
After collecting them, check for “Set up the fishing rods by the river” (6:07). Follow the marked stone-and-earth mounds along this bank and place one rod at each. The rod-placement sequence is shown from 6:07 to 6:47.
On screen: With Set up the fishing rods by the river tracked, the player walks the bank and plants each rod at a marked mound until four stand along the water.
Once the four rods are standing, the tracker changes to “Bait the hooks with worms” (6:47). The “Set up Bait” prompt shows a one-segment time cost at 6:52. Activating it starts the river scene by 6:57.
Sword-marked replies can start a fight with the soldier. Staying calm avoids that optional fight. An Uriash intervenes and the exchange concludes the quest. Dialogue tone is a roleplaying choice; this guide does not promise broader relationship outcomes for every line.
Sources · 4Walkthrough · Official · checked 23 Oct 2026 · Research checked 12 Sep 2026
Live Bait walkthrough ↗Yanna, objective changes, rods, optional tag and dialogue combat.Walkthrough ·
Live Bait route cross-check ↗Independent rod and bait route; treats optional tag as worthwhile for story. No media reused.Walkthrough ·
Live Bait FULL QUEST The Blood of Dawnwalker ↗Primary gameplay inspected at 0:10 and 5:27–6:57 checkpoints. Four rods share one pickup; setup and bait objective changes are visible. Executable build and difficulty are unknown. This review does not verify every scene or alternate branch. Original YouTube embed only.Walkthrough ·
Update 1.1 patch notes (Steam) ↗Full Update 1.1 notes: Draught of Mind Rebirth skill reset, Forgiving difficulty (the old Story) plus a new Story mode with more combat assist, subtitle options, buyback, controller deadzones, quest, crash and loading-screen fixes, and one known issue (FrameGen crash on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT). Official notes, not a Kingy test.Official ·
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5:50–6:03 · 13 sAll four Fishing Rods come from one pickup in the reeds