Fish-Rework

FISH REWORK

Fish Rework redesigns fishing by letting players fish up sea creatures instead of normal fish items.

Core content at a glance:

• Fishing Skill progression system
• 90+ creatures
• 120+ custom items
• 80+ crafting recipes
• Lava fishing system
• Treasure chests with collectible artifacts
• Fishing GUI systems (shop, encyclopedia, progression views, and more)

HOW IT WORKS

Start with /fish to open the fishing GUI, then fish to progress.

As players level Fishing, they gain additive bonuses and unlock creature pools, recipes, and new progression steps.

TIP 1: Progression is partly biome-based, but players can use biome baits from /fs shop instead of traveling immediately. Put bait in off-hand while fishing.

TIP 2: Use /fs chances to see the creature pool and catch weights for the current biome.

FEATURES

Fishing progression:

• 50 levels with a scaling XP curve
• Per-level bonuses to catch speed, treasure chance, and XP multiplier
• Level gates on gear, recipes, and shop access
• Double catch mechanic that scales with level

Sea creatures:

• 90+ custom mobs across 6 rarity tiers
• Biome-specific spawn pools (including ocean, river, jungle, and Nether)
• 30+ custom mob abilities (volley, AoE, tether, charge, etc.)

Lava fishing:

• Separate system unlocked at level 27 (custom rods required)
• Heat system: catches build heat, high heat applies debuffs
• Heat tiers grant extra Sea Creature Chance bonuses
• Dedicated Nether creature pool

Gear and crafting:

• 120+ custom items (rods, armor sets, crafting materials)
• Custom recipes gated by fishing level and progression
• Upgrade GUI for Sea Creature Attack/Defense bonuses
• Custom enchantment flow and higher fishing enchant caps via upgrade path

Economy:

• Custom currency (Doubloons)
• Sell shop and buy shop flows
• Optional auto-sell for common catches

Collection and storage:

• Treasure chest catch chance with rarity-based loot
• 20 collectible artifacts
• Fishing encyclopedia tracking catches
• Fish Bags for automatic drop storage
• Display cases for showcasing items

GUI systems:

• Skills menu
• Recipe browser
• Artifact collection
• Fishing shop and vendor
• Upgrade GUI (unlocks at level 20)

Additional systems:

• 12 bait types (chance, XP, treasure, heat, biome variants)
• Custom advancement tree
• Toggleable fishing tips
• Floating damage indicators
• Server-wide rare catch broadcasts
• Fishing journal

Nearly everything is tunable in YAML configs.

REQUIREMENTS

Server software: Paper 26.1.1+ Java: 25 Hard dependencies: None

INSTALLATION

1. Drop the jar into your /plugins folder.
2. Start the server once to generate configs.
3. Tune config.yml, mobs.yml, items.yml, and related files.

USEFUL COMMANDS

All commands work under /fishing, /fish, or /fs.

/fish - Open the skills menu /fish chances - Show current-biome creature chances /fish shop - Open buy/sell shop /fish recipe - Open recipe browser /fish encyclopedia - Show caught creature collection /fish artifacts - Show artifact collection /fish heat - Show lava heat level /fish autosell - Toggle common-catch autosell /fish notifications - Toggle fishing tips /fish particles - Reduce particle intensity /fish dmgindicator - Toggle damage indicators /fish help - Show full command help

Admin commands (requires fishrework.admin):

/fish addxp - Add fishing XP /fish give - Give custom item /fish spawn - Spawn specific sea creature /fish reset - Reset fishing progression /fish setcoins - Set Doubloon balance /fish setheat - Set heat level /fish setchance - Set specific creature chance weight /fish resetchances - Reset creature chance pool /fish xpmultiplier - Set XP multiplier /fish fulfill - Fulfill progression/collection entries /fish reload - Reload config without restart

CONFIGURATION

Config is split across:

• config.yml
• mobs.yml
• items.yml
• biomes.yml
• recipes.yml
• artifacts.yml

Individual systems (economy, lava fishing, mobs, advancements, etc.) can be toggled independently.

Wiki: https://fish-rework.vercel.app

COMPATIBILITY

• Compatible with Terralith, Tectonic, and Incendium biome setups
• AuraSkills requires Fishing skill disabled: plugins/AuraSkills/skills.yml -> fishing -> enabled: false
• Running with other fishing plugins is experimental and unsupported

BALANCE DISCLAIMER

This plugin has not been heavily playtested. Drop rates, economy values, and mob difficulty are starting values and likely need tuning. Feedback is welcome.

FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT

Bug reports, balance feedback, and suggestions are welcome.

Discord: https://discord.gg/d8pZUe5TbP