Reeling Enchantment
by Luc1fer1o
Reeling Enchantment adds a rare enchantment for fishing rods that catches hooked fish on its own and recasts the line.
What it does
An enchanted fishing rod becomes an automatic fishing tool. Once a fish or other loot is hooked, the enchantment reels it in, and the hook is cast again after a short wait of 40 ticks. The catch itself follows Minecraft's normal fishing behavior, so loot tables, durability and stats are handled the way vanilla fishing handles them.
The enchantment is added through the data-driven enchantment system and has a single level. It has a rare enchantment weight and works with the standard fishing rod enchantability, so it can appear wherever other rod enchantments do. Enchantment descriptions are supported through a standard localization entry.
Reeling Enchantment is published for NeoForge and only for 1.21.1, with the 1.0.0 file dated 2026-06-29. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Automatic catching
Hooked fish and other loot are reeled in without the player clicking, using the vanilla fishing retrieval.
Automatic recasting
The hook is redeployed after a 40-tick delay, so the rod keeps fishing while the enchantment is active.
Single enchantment level
The enchantment has one level and a rare weight, so it is found less often than common rod enchantments.
Vanilla loot behavior
Catches roll loot and durability the same way normal fishing does, and other mods' fishing rod enchantments remain compatible.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Hands-off fishing
Players who want to farm fish or loot while doing other tasks can leave an enchanted rod to reel and recast on its own.
Who it’s for: Players who want automated fishing on NeoForge 1.21.1 and server owners who want the same enchantment available to every player on their server.
How it compares
XPlus Autofish is an automatic fishing mod that runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.18.2 – 26.3, is client-side only and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. AFK Fishing is also client-side only and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, but it is licensed under the MIT License. Reeling Enchantment instead works as a single enchantment for NeoForge 1.21.1, and it needs the server as well as the client.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeling Enchantment | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-29 |
| XPlus Autofish (Fabric / Forge / NeoForge) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-01 |
| AFK Fishing | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-22 |
Questions
Which loader and version does Reeling Enchantment support?
Does the server need Reeling Enchantment too?
How often does the hook get cast again?
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What the author says
Reeling Enchantment adds a single new fishing rod enchantment for NeoForge 1.21.1: Reeling. Reeling turns enchanted fishing rods into an auto-fishing tool. When the bobber gets a bite, the mod automatically reels in the catch using Minecraft's normal fishing behavior, then waits 40 ticks before casting the hook again.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/reeling-enchantment
- Owner
- Luc1fer1o
- Published
- 2026-06-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15