Tide 2

Players start with a fishing rod, either the base game version or one of the rods added by the mod. Some rods are crafted at a smithing table with string, while others are found only in the world. Casting works as in vanilla, and each fish that bites opens a minigame in which the player must release at the right moment while the bar sits inside a colored region. Each fish moves and resists differently, so some are simple to land and others are not.

Bait can be crafted to speed up fishing or grant special bonuses. Rods have different numbers of bait slots, and combining several bait types stacks their effects. A new block lets players attach hooks, lines and cosmetic bobbers to any rod, and any combination can be built there. Accessories provide effects such as increased catch rates, extra luck, lava fishing and void fishing.

Tide is client and server, so the server and every player need it. It requires Cloth Config API on all loaders. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 5 release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.5, and the code is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Mod and datapack developers can add fish through JSON files in the fish data system.