Nope, it is not simply you, the fish traps in Sons of the Forest appear to be bugged at launch. Discovering a dependable meals supply is considered one of my first aims in any survival recreation and slapping collectively a number of fish traps appeared like the only option on the island. After constructing extra of them than I care to confess (trace: greater than six) and standing round scratching my head with mates, I really feel fairly assured telling you to not waste your time doing the identical simply but.
As far as I—and many different gamers on Reddit (opens in new tab) and the SotF neighborhood Discord (opens in new tab)—can inform, the set-it-and-forget-it resolution for fishing is not working proper now. Endnight Video games hasn’t made any official point out of this in its very first hotfix (opens in new tab), but it surely’s an early entry survival recreation so bugs have been to be anticipated and can possible be on an upcoming repair checklist. I will replace you right here as soon as I get affirmation that these dang issues are working as supposed.
Find out how to fish in Sons of the Forest
- Construct a fish lure in water with 25 sticks (at present bugged)
- Carve a stick right into a spear and use it in water
- Ask Kelvin to fish for you (he is nice at it)
Even with out investing in a fishing operation, you may scrape collectively a good few in simply minutes by working alongside my greatest pal Kelvin (opens in new tab). If you wish to catch fish by yourself, use your stock to mix two sticks, duct tape, and your knife to make a spear. This may not devour your knife; it is only for carving. Stab your new spear into any water spot the place you may see fish swimming. My dependable location to date has been the highest of a stream main right into a lake the place I can see salmon leaping upstream out of the water. It takes fairly a number of makes an attempt to get a fish every time although, in my expertise.
The even simpler choice is asking Kelvin to fish for you. In his command menu, inform Kelvin to “get fish and” both “drop right here” or “give to me” and he’ll start fishing them out by hand from a close-by stream or pond. That is been the profitable ticket to free dinners for me up to now, as a result of Kelvin manages to seize 5 – 6 in only a few minutes. That makes it straightforward for me to fry them up and dangle on a drying rack whereas he works his magic.
After you have your starvation meter beneath management, you can begin taking over the larger mysteries of the island by searching down the rebreather location (opens in new tab) and cord gun location (opens in new tab) earlier than going to uncover that elusive shovel location (opens in new tab) too.