How to fish in Nivalis Nights: rod, controls and all 24 fish
Quick answer
Get a free Rusty Fishing Rod from Boardwalk Ady on the pier at the Docks, then equip it from your inventory (I, then the hand icon next to the rod). Aim at water and left-click to cast; when the face icon turns amber, left-click again to reel in. Each of the 24 fish bites only in certain districts, weather and times of day.
Update #8: half the boat fuel and steadier reeling
Update #8 (November 6) cuts boat fuel use by 50%. The docking lever now blinks when you can dock, and the fuel gauge blinks when fuel runs low. Caught fish and items no longer shake on the line while you reel in, and the fishing arm position is improved. These are the developer’s notes; Kingy has not tested them.
Two independent guides describe the same controls on PC with mouse and keyboard. The developer’s May update explains why location matters: fish are simulated in the water in shoals, so the fish you hook is one that was really there, not a random roll.
Press I to open your inventory, find the fishing rod and click the hand icon next to it to hold it.
On screen: The inventory opens, a search for rod lists the fishing rods, the hand icon next to the Rusty Fishing Rod is selected, and the player then holds the rod over the water.
On screen: The location HUD reads Docks on Day 1, Monday: the player faces open water beside a wooden walkway, the rod comes up and the line lands with a target ring and the face icon on the water.
On screen: Fishing from the deck of a boat: the blue face icon floats over the water while waiting, turns yellow when a fish bites, the catch lands, and a Whitefish card opens with its weather, district and time icons and Keep and Throw Back buttons.
Boardwalk Ady fishes on the pier at the Docks and gives you a Rusty Fishing Rod for free; four independent guides agree. After your first catch, Ady’s Underground Fish Market quest opens a separate place to sell fish. [TPose Gaming](https://tposegaming.com/nivalis-nights-fishing/) lists the starter catch he asks for.
The developer’s Q&A says your boat finds new fishing spots and species beyond the shore. Treasure fishing spots have their own icon: Update #2 (October 2) replaced it to make it clearer, and Update #3 (October 5) fixed two treasure spots that conflicted and stopped a related quest from progressing.
Better rods are sold at the Docks Fishmonger, according to [Screen Hype](https://www.screenhype.co.uk/all-fish-in-nivalis-nights-how-to-catch-them/), which also reports the free rod was renamed in the October 1 patch. We have not confirmed rod prices or the rename on a second source.
On screen: The map points to the Docks; on the pier Boardwalk Ady offers her spare rusty rod, ITEM ADDED: Rusty Fishing Rod appears, she asks you to come back once you have caught something, and a Fishmonger shop screen then lists rods for sale.
Open your inventory (I) and click the fish tab to see the fish journal. It groups species by rarity tier, shows your discovery progress, and lists each discovered fish’s weather, district and time of day. The journal says catching every fish in one tier unlocks the details for the next tier, so finish a tier before hunting the rarer fish. This is shown in BAGUETTEBOY’s recording; the Tier 1 and Tier 2 cards visible there match the table below.
On screen: The inventory’s fish tab shows Discovery Progress, the Burbot and Pike cards (any weather, everywhere, any time), the Rudd and Crucian cards with their weather, district and time, and the note that catching all fish in a tier unlocks the next tier’s details.
Steam lists one catch achievement for each of 24 species. Every row below is given where at least two independent guides agree. The Prodigy Gamers directory (mirrored by SteamAH) and Grind’n’Strat match on every fish they both list, and the first eleven rows also match Prima or Screen Hype. Salmon is the only fish that bites day or night, as long as it is sunny.
Sources · 14Official · Reported · Walkthrough · checked 6 Nov 2026 · Research checked 6 Nov 2026
Nivalis Nights - Update #8 ↗Current official patch notes: stuck-quest fixes with save repair, new UI Scale, Bloom, Chromatic Aberration and transit-marker settings, staff and AI-venue fixes, 50% less boat fuel, gamepad drift fixes, aspect-ratio UI fixes. Publisher statements, not a Kingy gameplay test.Official ·
Nivalis Nights on Steam ↗Current release target, PC requirements, single-player features and official screenshots. Store specifications are not Kingy benchmarks.Official ·
May 2026 Development Update: Optimization ↗Pre-release content totals, simulated fishing and NPC schedules. Counts are development figures, not a verified launch catalogue.Official ·
COMMUNITY Q&A ↗March community Q&A: management, story, inventories, transport, housing and relationships. Its release-announcement forecast is superseded by the June announcement.Official ·
Nivalis Nights - Update #3 ↗October 5 Update #3 notes: manager restocking and delivery changes, specific staff, storage and quest fixes, district achievement rebalance, and a Banor caveat for existing saves. The notes supply no numeric build identifier. Kingy has not reproduced the fixes or benchmarked performance; a universal stuck-staff fix is not claimed. Continued checks use the existing official announcement feed.Official ·
Nivalis Nights Steam achievements ↗Global achievement list fetched October 10: 120 achievements, including one “Find and catch” achievement for each of 24 fish species. Names only; no locations or conditions.Official ·
Nivalis Nights fishing guide ↗Independent guide, search-indexed October 10 (direct fetch blocked): free Rusty Fishing Rod from Boardwalk Ady at the Docks, equip via Inventory (I) and the hand icon, left-click to cast and reel on amber, face-icon colours, bites depend on district, weather and time. Not tested by Kingy.Reported ·
All fish in Nivalis Nights and how to catch them ↗Independent guide (author’s own play), fetched October 10: rod from Boardwalk Ady, controls and face colours, 11 fish with district, weather and time, rods sold at the Docks Fishmonger, and an October 1 rename of the free rod. Several tiers still marked in progress.Reported ·
Nivalis Nights fishing guide ↗Independent guide fetched October 10: free rod from Boardwalk Ady, the Underground Fish Market quest after a first catch, all 24 fish names, and fish value depending on day, buyer and freshness.Reported ·
Fishing directory: spawns, tiers and locations ↗Guide site fetched October 10 listing district, time and weather for all 24 fish. SteamAH publishes an identical table, so the two are treated as one source. Grind’n’Strat (October 8) independently matches all 21 rows it lists.Reported ·
Nivalis Nights fishing guide: all fish, rods and locations ↗Independent guide with its own rod-stats table; lists 21 fish (not the three catch-anywhere fish) with district, weather and time, every row matching the Prodigy Gamers/SteamAH table. Says Salmon bites day and night when sunny. Not tested by Kingy.Reported ·
Nivalis Nights guide ↗Guide site fetched October 10: the starting Chicken Noodle Soup at Ramen Noir in Meridian Market, more recipes from nearby restaurant owners, purchased food placed in restaurant storage, free rod from Boardwalk Ady and the Putter from Salt Pete.Reported ·
How to Fish in Nivalis Nights (Ultimate Guide) ↗Native-player frames checked October 11. At 0:13 Boardwalk Ady on the Docks offers her spare rusty rod and ITEM ADDED: Rusty Fishing Rod appears; 0:19–0:26 shows the inventory search for rod and the hand icon; 0:40–0:50 shows the face icon at the crosshair switching between blue and yellow in the Industrial District; 0:53–1:01 shows the fish journal (inventory, fish tab) with Discovery Progress, Rarity Tier 1 and 2 cards (Burbot, Pike: any weather, everywhere, any time; Rudd: sunny, rain, storm, Industrial District, night; Crucian: rain, storm, clouds, Seaside Boardwalk, day) and the line that catching all fish from a tier unlocks the next tier’s details. The creator’s burned-in captions are not used as page text.Walkthrough ·
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50:22–50:38 · 16 sReel in when the face turns amber
0:19–0:27 · 8 sFind the rod in your inventory and hold it
0:33–0:36 · 3 sAim at open water at the Docks and cast