Fish

This is a summary table of all fish discovered in A Tale in the Desert 11. Fish are a Resource that can be obtained via the Fly Fishing skill and are used in Cooking.

In order to catch fish, you need to have learned the Fly Fishing skill at a School of Body. When you purchase the skill, the scientists will give you a Basic Fly Rod.

Fly Tying must be learned from a School of Worship to create Lures. When you have a Fly Rod equipped and are near water, a new gathering button will appear. Above the new button is another button to show your current lure and allow you to equip a different one. You must have a lure equipped to fish.

All freshly caught fish will go under the Whole Fish category in your inventory, labeled "<Fish type> (weight in db)" if a special fish and with just the fish type otherwise, for instance "Abdju" or "Horned Pigfish (16 db)". They all weight 1 db and take 20 bulk in your inventory.

Lures and locations

There are common fish, which you can catch any time by just moving a little along the Nile or the Sea for different types, and then seasonal fish that vary on the month, skill, fishing rod, time of day, speed, location and rod, also there is an individual variation, so two fishermen, standing in the same spot at the same time, with all things equal, will catch different size fish.

Fish	Rarity	Lure(s)	Location(s), seasons, skill, rod, speed and time of day
Abdju	Common	Glass Worm, Horned Hookworm, Mud Asp, Pickel Slug, Red Cricket, Slime Moth	Blue Nile, Giza, Swenett (lake), Bernike (Res Sea)
Amur Pike	?	White Sawfly (up to 19db), White Mealybug (up to 8db), Honey Fly (?db)	440, -4146, VoQ (23db, White Sawfly, 4:00 AM, Shemu IV-17, 4 speed, Whisperer's Rod)
Ayu	?	?	?
Bay Lobster	?	?	?
Bottlenose Squid	?	?	Arabia, Asyut, Bernike (sea), Meshwesh Delta, Upper Egypt (Nile)
Camelfish	?	?	Asyut, Giza, Meshwesh Delta, Swenett (lake), Upper Egypt
Carp	Common	Bristleworm, Clearwing, Corn Maggot, Fruit Maggot, Glass Worm, Horned Hookworm, Mud Asp, Pickel Slug, Red Cricket, Rose Mite, Rose Swallowtail, Ruby Hornborrer, Salt Mite, Slime Moth, Woolly Aphid, Queen Maggot	Asyut (common), Blue Nile, Giza, Meshwesh Delta (common), Swenett (lake), Thebes (common), Upper Egypt, White Nile (pond)
Catfish	Common	Golden Asp, Corn Maggot, Feather Midge, Horned Hookworm, Mud Asp, Rose Mite, Pickel Slug, Woolly Aphid	Axum, Blue Nile, Giza, Meshwesh Delta, Red Sea (common), Upper Egypt
Cherry Bonefish	?	?	?
Chromis	Common	Bristleworm, Clearwing, Feather Midge, Fruit Maggot, Horned Hookworm, Leaf Snapper, Mud Asp	Upper Egypt (common), Meshwesh Delta
Flying Fish	?	Camel Weevel,Clearwing,Dew Fly,Glass Worm,Mud Asp,Oyster Mite,Queen Maggot,Raspberry Moth,Slime Moth,White Sawfly	?
Giant Crayfish	?	?	?
Great Knucklefish	?	Golden Asp,Grass Slug,Mud Asp,Oyster Mite,Sand Mite,Stone Fly	Axum, Meshwesh Delta
Horned Pigfish	?	?	Thebes (lake), Upper Egypt (Nile), West Kush (Nile)
Hylian Loach	?	?	Swenett pond
Ivory Knifefish	?	Slime Moth	Philae (-218, -3009)
Kingfish	?	?	Meshwesh Delta (889, 6847)
Lima Chub	?	Honey Fly	Wesh Kush (Nile)
Malapterurus	?	Queen Maggot	Suez (1325, 6129), MWD Nile
Medusafish	?	Clearwing,Honey Fly,Stone Fly,White Sawfly	Meshwesh Delta (1043, 7522)
Moonfish	?	?	?
Nile Mackerel	?	?	Thebes, Red Sea (sea), West Kush (Nile), Bahariya Oasis (-2550, 5597 @ 11:25p)
Octecs Longfin	?	Clearwing,Corn Maggot,Dew Fly,Leaf Snapper,Rose Swallowtail,Skinlicker,Slime Moth,Spittlebug,White Mealybug	?
Octopus	?	Bristleworm,Clay Slug,Clearwing,Corkscrew Asp,Fruit Maggot,Pickel Slug,Queen Maggot,Rose Mite,Ruby Hornborrer,Snowberry Butterfly,Spittlebug,Stone Fly,Woodmoth,Woolly Aphid Woodmoth	?
Orange Spongefish	?	Honey Fly,Oyster Mite,Pickel Slug	?
Otterfish	?	?	Kahun (pond), Upper Egypt (the Nile)
Oxyrynchus	Common*	Clearwing, Corn Maggot, Glass Worm, Pickel Slug, Ruby Hornborrer, Salt Mite, Sand Mite, White Mealybug	Asyut (nile), Bernike (sea), Swenett (lake)
Pancake Loach	?	?	West Kush
Perch	Common	Bristleworm, Clearwing, Corn Maggot, Feather Midge, Fruit Maggot, Glass Worm, Horned Hookworm, Mud Asp, Needleworm, Pickel Slug, Red Cricket, Rose Mite, Slime Moth, Woolly Aphid	Axum, Asyut (rarely), Blue Nile, Bernike (common), Swenett (common), Upper Egypt, West Kush (common)
Phagrus	Common	Bat Mite, Bristleworm, Corn Maggot, Feather Midge, Fruit Maggot, Glass Worm, Leaf Snapper, Mud Asp	Giza, Hamim, Upper Egypt, Asyut, Meshwesh Delta
Queen Lionfish	?	?	Bernike (sea), Meshwesh Delta
Rainbow Cod	?	?	Elephantine (141, -3578), Upper Egypt, Bernike (2367, -828), West Kush 831, -3480 Shemu IV-23, 2:36PM
Razorfin	?	Oyster Mite	?
Reticulated Toothfish	?	?, Horned Hookworm	Bernike, Red Sea, Thebes
Ribbonfish	?	?	West Kush
River Crab	?	Ash Centipede,Clearwing,Corn Maggot,Glass Worm,Oyster Mite,Pickel Slug,Rose Swallowtail,Salt Mite	?
Sea Urchin	?	?	East Sinai, West Kush (Nile)
Serpentfish	?	Clearwing,Corkscrew Asp,Corn Maggot,Desert Millipede,Leaf Snapper,Mud Asp,Spittlebug	?
Shelomits Puffer	?	?	?
Singing Lamprey	?	Leafhopper,Skinlicker	?
Spiny Dogfish	?	White Sawfly	?
Spoonfish	?	Bat Mite,Slime Moth	Swenett (lake), Upper Egypt
Spotted Sea Cucumber	?	?	Swenett (lake), West Kush
Striped Batfin	?	?	?
Tigerfish	?	Golden Asp, Needleworm, Oyster Mite	Axum, Timna (pond 5083, 3900), Upper Egypt (Nile @ 779, -2219)
Tilapia	Common	Bristleworm, Clearwing, Corn Maggot, Feather Midge, Fruit Maggot, Glass Worm, Horned Hookworm, Leaf Snapper, Pickel Slug, Woolly Aphid	Asyut, Meshwesh Delta (common @ 911, 7011), Upper Egypt
Tilefish		?	?
White Oniontail	?	?	?
Yellowfin Snapper	?	Bat Mite,Corkscrew Asp,Corn Maggot,Desert Millipede,Fruit Maggot,Leafhopper,Mud Asp,Raspberry Moth,Ringed Wasp,Ruby Hornborrer,Skinlicker,Spittlebug,Stone Fly,White Mealybug,White Sawfly,Woodmoth	Asyut, Bernike (sea), Blue Nile (Lake)

See also

• Filleting