Alternatively titled, So You Want to Find a Fishing Rod.Greetings fellow exiles. This is a fishing post. If you are not interested in the theories, ramblings, and experiences of a naive, possibly foolish, gamer about the acquisition of Fishing Rods in Path of Exile this might not be the post for you. To those of you still interested, let us begin…The current theory is really all the information you need you to try and find yourself a Fishing Rod in game. It takes some time, is not guaranteed, and requires the use of a unique hat which really becomes outclassed after the Dominus fight in normal difficulty. Fishing rods are not convenient to find, and can be a big source of frustration if grinding is not your thing. This optional hunt might be one of the most annoying carrot on a stick elements in the game. Thankfully the item filters make them much more obvious.During one of my early races, I found an Albino Rhoa in the Mud Flats. I had no idea they even existed, but when you see something rare the first instinct is to kill it right? So that is what I did and I acquired my first Albino Rhoa Feather. I had no idea what it did, and neither did race chat at the time. Afterwards I stashed it away and proceeded to research into this strange occurrence. This is where the rabbit hole truly started.The searches yielded way more text on the topic than I thought existed. The results also re-directed the search into the concept of fishing. After devouring all of the information I could get my hands on through the official forums, Reddit, and YouTube videos, I was left with a theory consisting of some strange and expensive requirements. I continued to keep an eye out for more information, or a way to reduce the requirements from my initial list. Most of the information was presented with sarcasm or the intent to mislead, this made finding helpful sources a small challenge.However, there are still some exiles not jaded by the fishing elements in the game. One such streamer was lucky during the 1-Month Flashback event (2015, May), and posted the highlight on Reddit. He found a fishing rod from a corrupted boss in Act 1 Cruel. I was able to watch the vods from character creation through the the fishing rod drop, and could eliminate the strange and expensive requirements from the theory. This was the final piece of bait I took before getting involved to my current level of tracking the different ‘Easter Eggs’ in the game, and testing different elements of the theory.

June 30th, 2017 - Known information about Legacy League added in History, Relic information added to Background, and Trophy post is updated for Legacy and Mayhem. February 9th, 2017 - Fishing related Achievement from DB has been added(under Atlas of Worlds in History), and the known Breach information has been added. December 14th, 2016 - Further clarification of the Fishing Ring, and a screenshot of what it should look like (Name, Flavor, Stats, Art). November 21st, 2016 - Hallowed Ground Unset Ring in history post, and in the 'other' Reference spoiler. November 2nd, 2016 - Updated theory in this post to account for unique items. Completed the Prophecy Section in history post. Added the Atlas Section in history post. Reformatted my testing post to reduce the wall of text with spoilers. Reformatted the trophy post to be more consistent with spoilers. May 30th, 2016 - Added a Pre Prophecy section to the History Post May 6th, 2016 - Updated unique monster spoiler. Updated Perandus information in the History and My Tests by Event posts. Added Hundred Foot Shadow, and Aurora Cultist to my drop list. Added Perandus drops to Trophy post. Resources & References updated with Perandus league links. March 7th, 2016 - Updated Talisman information in the History and My Tests by Events posts. Added Voll to my drop list. Added Talisman drops to trophy post. Resources & References updated with Talisman league links.

For the purpose of this hunt there are three different fishing rods; the base fishing rod, Song of the Sirens, and Reefbane.In order to find the base fishing rod a Fairgraves’ Tricorne must be worn, and they only drop from ‘unique’ monsters . If the monster has the unique frame around the life bar/name it can likely drop one(warbands, map bosses, ghosts, etc). I have recorded the different unique monsters who have dropped a fishing rod for me. The list can be found at the end of the trophy post. NOTE - The exception to this rule is the 'Perandus Tackle Box' which has a set drop table of a Fishing Rod, Slither Pinch, Fairgraves' Tricorne, and an Albino Rhoa Feather.The unique fishing rod Song of the Sirens , has a different set of drop requirements. The only accounts I have seen of SotS dropping are from Infector of Dreams, boss of The Coward’s Trial . Other than as a drop SotS has been obtained by Chance Orbs on the base item type, Divination Cards (The Vast and Jack in the Box), The Mysterious Gift Prophecy, Offered from a level 8 Forsaken Master, and from Cadiro Perandus.The unique fishing rod Reefbane , has no requirements to drop. This unique item follows the normal process for every other unique item in the game. This is why they are so common compared to the base item and SotS. I've been made aware of Reefbane dropping from normal, magic, rare and unique monsters as well as from environmental elements (breakables, chests and trunks). Other than as a drop Reefbane can be obtained by Chance Orbs on the base item type, The Mysterious Gift Prophecy, and Offered from a level 8 Forsaken Master. While I think Cadiro or the Jack in the Box Divination card could offer Reefbane, it has not been confirmed. There now exists a legacy version of this item.Due to the changes to the "##% increased Quantity of Fish Caught" at the time of the 2.6.0 patch, a legacy version was created. Reefbane was one of the legacy items to receive a foil treatment. These can only be obtained from the Relic Chest inside the Ancient Reliquary, a zone created by using an Ancient Reliquary Key in the map device.The unique and corrupted Unset Ring Angler's Plait has little known information at this time. It was a supporter created unique item, and had two 'early' versions drop with incorrect names and flavor text. Three finished versions are known to exist.

The idea of Fishing and Fishing Rods have existed in the community since the original closed beta. This is evidenced in the Anybody Catch Anything Good Yet? Thread. During the open beta an unfinished version of the fishing rod was accidentally added to the game for a weekend. This caused a lot of speculation and conversation from the community, but the sword version of the fishing rod was eventually removed from the game. Found A Fishing Rod. NO IDEA WHAT IT IS (no more rod in my stash) . The conversation in this thread is mixed with some wanting the fishing joke to die, and others more excited by one actually being found.Additionally Chris Confirmed in the Developer Q&A Answers , a two part question I had about Albino Rhoas. Patch 1.0.0 brought the game out of beta adding the rest of act 3, the Scion class, and the Domination/Nemesis challenge leagues. Fishing Rods as we know them with their correct art and weapon icon were added to the game at this time. Since the official release almost every major content patch, and even some shorter events, have expanded on the fishing element in one way or another. Many of these mysteries have not been solved, if solutions even exist for them. Patch 1.1.0 ushered in the Sacrifice of the Vaal mini expansion and the Ambush/Invasion challenge leagues. With the introduction of the Vaal orb new implicit mods could be added to items via corruption. Fishing rods were not left out. Besides some of the corruptions available to other weapon types they have corruptions unique to the item type: Patch 1.2.0 introduced Wraeclast to the Forasken Masters. These masters brought with them the Rampage/Beyond challenge leagues, and likely the biggest fishing related addition to the game, Krillson. He has been the source of much debate and a greater amount of frustration. I have never found him, but there are plenty of examples of his existence and some of the ideas people have had to complete his quests. Still no recorded instances of a Krillson quest being completed. He has his own section in the Resources & References post. I do not know of any instance when an exile with a fishing rod has found Krillson. Players were able to add KrillsonOfWindingPier to their friends list through an effect of a Darkshrine. The account status message, “I wait but nobody ever comes back with a Rainbowstride.” Patch 1.3.0 added Leo, the Player vs Player master to the game, and started the next set of challenge leagues, Torment/Bloodlines. Unless there is something in Bloodlines which has not yet been found, the fishing reference in this patch was limited to the Torment league. We were given the Tormented Illegal Fishermen. These have been chased into rare mobs and exiles alike with no fishing related outcomes. The secrets of the Illegal Fishermen are still a mystery, but for now I conclude it is just an ‘Easter Egg.’ Patch 2.0.0 the most content of any expansion since the release of the game. New act, new bosses, new challenge leagues, and one new fishing reference. The challenge leagues for this patch were Warbands/Tempest. Continuing in the trend of a league specific fishing reference, there was the Tempest of Angling. Or at least that was the information on the now down datamine website. I have not seen anyone report video or screen shots of this tempest, and with the future plans of the Tempest properties being unknown, this could be one lost to the annals of the past. Patch 2.0.5 started the Darkshrine event, and with it the seven fishing related effects obtained through sacrifice. Here is the list of the Darkshrine generated messages, the effects they created, and the required affix (if known).Effects Patch 2.1.0 had a new take on the challenge leagues. Instead of a different mechanic for the Standard and Hardcore leagues there is Talisman for both. There are exclusive talismans for each league, however, the fishing talisman can be found in both. Giving Standard and Hardcore anglers alike access to the Rot Head Talisman. When enchanting a monster the Rot Head Talisman does not seem to do anything special. With the limited testing done during the league with the Rot Head Talisman it appears the item is just another nod to fishing. Nothing special happened when a monster was holding onto to talisman, and there were no special drops recorded. My conclusion is this just a simple ‘Easter Egg.’ Patch 2.2.0 was the large content update for the Ascendancy launch and the Perandus challenge leagues. Ascendancy added the trials, Lord’s Labyrinth, and Ascendancy Classes to the core of the game. The Perandus challenge league, continuing with the same league for default and hardcore play, introduced Cadiro Perandus, Perandus boxes and their guardians. Cadiro could sell all manner of fine antiquities, including Song of the Sirens , and one of the Perandus boxes was specifically themed around fishing. The Perandus Tackle Box has a set drop table of; Fishing Rod, Fairgraves’ Tricorne, Albino Rhoa Feather, and Slitherpinch. The inclusion of Slitherpinch is a new twist on the hunt for answers, and might be a preferred glove when using live bait. Patch 2.3.0 introduced Wraeclast to Navali and her skill of soothsaying. Silver Coins and Prophecies are the core feature of the Prophecy Challenge league. These elements end up in the core game at the conclusion of the league. Due to the information coming out as build up of the prophecy league continued, we knew the new fishing Easter Egg before the patch even went live. ItsYoji's Reefbane reveal. reddit conversation ) While the Reefbane unique item had been posted to reddit back in March this was the first confirmation of the new fishing rod making it into the game. Like the other unique fishing rod before it, Reefbane follows different drop restrictions compared to the base item type. Specifically, there are no drop restrictions. Reefbane follows the same pattern all other non-restricted unique items follow. It can be found from any monster of any rarity, and even from environmental items like breakables, chests and trunks.The video states there is a way to more deterministic way find Krillson. Given the information gained and the prophecies run during the league, I do not think there is a current Krillson specific prophecy. Additionally, there do not seem to be any more deterministic way to find the Master Fisherman at this time.During the week leading up to the Prophecy Challenge league, Chris was working on a shared document of the Prophecy patch notes. While this is no longer included in the document, there was a short lived fishing Easter egg, under the 'New Features' section. Patch 2.4.0 ushered in a new endgame for those exiles looking to challenge themselves further. Maps and the map system were reworked, providing players with the Atlas. A new endgame boss encounter was added in the Shaper and his Guardians. The Atlas could be altered directly; by changing the levels of maps, what could and could not drop, or added modifiers to the atlas itself providing those bonuses to the maps in range. The new fishing Easter Egg for this expansion is in the form of a Cartographer Sextant Mod, "Areas are Alluring." Currently the only instances of this sextant mod spawning are from the Master Cartographer Sextant. Like will all fishing elements it is extremely rare, and its effects on the game are currently unknown. Additionally at this time it was noticed in the DB files a fishing related achievement was mined. Nothing confirmed for the achievement, but the requirements can be found in the spoiler below. Patch 2.4.2 might have accidentally introduced a working version of the Angler's Plait, Unset Ring. Patch 2.5.0 returned us to the realm of beyond. However, a little different than the first encounter. The Angler's Plait ring (the correct version of Hallowed Ground), was introduced at this time. None were found during the Breach League, or at least none were showcased here or on reddit. Patch 2.6.0 Legacy League, or the Grand Flashback. Leaguestones could be used to modify the areas and maps your character explore, adding the league to the zone. Think Zana mods, except up to three could be applied to a single zone at once. There were no leaguestones found with fishing specific mods (no Perandus stone with a Tackle Box, Talisman stone with a Rothead Talisman, Torment with Tormented Illegal Fisherman, etc), I was unable to find anything in the datamine information either. The fishing element for this league was a reduction to the quantity modifier for the Reefbane fishing rod. Before 2.6.0 the range was 30%-40%, Post 2.6.0 the range was changed to 10%-20%. I believe this was done to create the Relic version of Reefbane. Also, at least three of the correct Angler's Plait rings were found during Legacy League.

Nice its still not found. I will post a picture of it if its not found by monday.It is that fishing ring but the 2 that were found in 2.4 were poe misprints and will be the only 2 called hallowed ground and have no flavor text. Them guys got the only 2 like that.

I was recently told Albino Rhoas were added in the game since closed beta, is this true? Additionally, did the feathers carry over from closed beta the same way Demigod's did?Yes, the Albino Rhoa was added to the game very early on. The feathers silently persisted into the Open Beta in the same way Demigod's Triumphs did. Very astute of you to notice :-)