All those crates can give you a pretty big head start with the new ores. Like already said save at least the wooden crates for hard after you break 3 alters. For bait you can get a lot by making a small jungle biome relativly close to base which you will do anyway for the witchdoctor house (line the top of roof with mud too and jungle seeds), the grass and bushes of that small biome grow fast so you will have lots of grubbys and snails to catch and use. But if you been doing it early then you have plenty to do after turning in quest and waiting until the next quest is given.įor a pole the crimson/corruption one is good to make fairly early if you bomb some ore, you don't need the scales/tissue to make the pole. If you wait until later pre hard then you run out of things to do while waiting for the next day.

Plus it wont feel like a chore if you start early. It's good to start fishing early to make the most use of it and it's items. The world will randomly spawn meteorite at the start of each day, it's all Rng. Make a Crimtane/Demonite fishing rod to start. Yes, fishing is worth it but the rewards aren't immediate. I'm having a lot of fun fishing and hopefully this will convince you to try it out yourself :) Otherwise hold out until you complete 30 fishing quests and get the Golden rod (best rod, is rewarded on the 30th quest turn in guarenteed). If the Traveling merchant has his fishing pole for sale, get it if possible. Make yourself a rod from his drops (the Fisher of Souls or Fleshcatcher) and start gathering fireflies at night using platforms near your house (wings work too). Here's how I started: Wait to fish until you can beat Eye of Cthulu easily. Personally I see it as a long-term investment that pays out once you get to end game. This means if you didn't get the Cobalt Shield from the dungeon, you can fish for the Dungeon Crate and get it with some luck. ~Certain biomes will drop crates for their area sometimes containing items exclusive to that biome. This is pretty helpful for resetting the fishing quest and resetting the daily spawns (meteorite being one of them) It fast-forwards the day until morning the next day once a week. ~Cell Phone end game item requires fishing-related rewards ~Expert mode pretty much requires that you get potions when facing bosses higher than Mech

I wasn't into potions until I became a tank for some friends, and fishing is absolutely needed for some of the better potions. I've been fishing like a madman since the achievements became a thing, and let me tell you I was missing out.

Terraria fishing rod