Fish Rework

This plugin redesigns the fishing mechanic by fishing up unique sea creatures instead of normal fish items. A Fishing Skill progression system, 90+ creatures, 120+ custom items, 80+ crafting recipes - custom gear, weapons, armor. Lava fishing mechanic. Treasure chests with collectable artifacts. New fishing GUI featuring Fishing Shop, Encyclopedia, Advancements and much more!

How it works

To get started, open up fishing GUI with /fish, and start fishing! Each level gives you additive bonuses + unlocks new biome exclusive sea creatures and recipes. This plugin is hard, so you should follow the progression system, leveling up your fishing level and crafting subsequent items which are unlocked. Use the recipe browser to see custom recipes for the items. Type /fish help for available commands.

TIP #1: Progression is locked behind biome-specific sea creatures, though you don't have to travel to the biome, instead you can use baits. Open up the Fishing Shop (/fs shop), in which you can buy biome-specific baits. Put them in your off-hand slot while fishing.

TIP #2: Type /fs chances which displays available sea creatures in the specific biome you are in.

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 — cold ocean, frozen ocean, river, jungle, all Nether biomes, and more
• 30+ custom mob abilities (projectile volleys, AoE explosions, tether attacks, charges)

Lava fishing

• A separate fishing system for lava, unlocks at level 27 (custom rods required!)
• Heat system: lava catches build heat, high heat applies slowness and weakness
• Heat tiers also grant Sea Creature Chance bonuses,
• Dedicated Nether mob pool with its own more difficult creature set

Gear and crafting

• 120+ custom items: fishing rods, armor sets, crafting materials

• Custom shaped recipes, gated by fishing levels and advancements

• Custom Gear Upgrade GUI: applies Sea Creature Attack/Defense bonuses to weapons and armor

• Custom enchantments: 2 new enchantments; fishing enchantments max level -> 6 (though Gear Upgrade GUI)

• Book Merger: craftable at fishing level 14. Fuse matching Lure, Luck of the Sea, or Sea Creature Chance enchantments from III up to VI using Arcane Formula catalysts and player XP levels.

Economy

• Custom currency: Doubloons

• Sell shop for fish, materials, and custom drops

• Buy shop for enchanted books, baits, and equipment

• Auto-sell toggle for common catches (experimental)

• Player-owned Fish Stalls: list items for sale and earn currency when other players buy them, even while you are offline.

• Optional economy integration: use the built-in Doubloons system or connect an existing economy through Vault or VaultUnlocked.

Collection and storage

• Treasure chests: small chance to fish up a treasure chest (custom loot, Common--Legendary rarity)
• 20 artifacts — rare cosmetic collectibles found in treasure chests
• Fishing encyclopedia tracking every creature you've caught
• Fish Bags: purchasable in Fishing Shop, sea creature drops automatically go in
• Display cases to showcase items

GUIs

• Skills menu with fishing stats
• Recipe browser with recipe guides. Special crafting GUI (custom items can still be crafted in normal crafting table -- though vanilla recipe browser is buggy)
• Artifact collection
• Fishing Shop/Fish Vendor
• Upgrade GUI (unlocks at level 20)

Everything else

• 12 bait types: rare creature chance, XP multiplier, treasure chance, heat negation, and biome-specific variants
• Custom advancement tree
• Fishing tips shown to active players (toggleable per player)
• Floating damage numbers on sea creature hits
• Server-wide rare catch broadcasts
• Fishing journal

Integrations and languages

• PlaceholderAPI: display balances, fishing levels, catches, and more in compatible scoreboards, chat, and holograms. Try %fishrework_doubloons% or %fishrework_fishing_level% — no separate expansion download needed.
• EvenMoreFish integration: tagged EMF rods use EvenMoreFish, while ordinary rods use Fish Rework. Includes an optional craftable EMF rod.
• Player languages: load multiple translations and let players choose their language.

Nearly everything is tunable in the YAML configs

Requirements

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, etc. to your liking

Useful Commands

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

Admin commands (requires fishrework.admin):

Configuration

Config is split across six files: config.yml, mobs.yml, items.yml, biomes.yml, recipes.yml, and artifacts.yml. Individual systems (economy, lava fishing, custom mobs, advancements, etc.) can each be toggled off independently.

Compatibility

• Compatible with Terralith, Tectonic, Incendium custom biomes
• AuraSkills is incompatible unless its Fishing skill is disabled: plugins/AuraSkills/skills.yml → fishing → enabled: false
• EvenMoreFish is a supported exception when its optional integration is enabled; the warning below applies to other fishing plugins.
• Running alongside other fishing plugins is experimental and unsupported

Balance disclaimer

This plugin has not been heavily playtested. Drop rates, economy prices, and mob difficulty are rough starting values — some things are probably too easy, some too punishing.

If something feels off, I'd genuinely like to know.

Feedback and support

Bug reports, balance feedback, and suggestions are all welcome.

Discord: discord.gg/d8pZUe5TbP

Wiki: fish-rework.vercel.app