AETHUS How to Fish: Lure Throwing Controls and Catch Locations

To fish in AETHUS, equip a crafted or salvaged fishing lure to your hotbar, select the slot, aim at open water, and press R to throw the device. You retrieve fish, geodes, and ancient bones without using a conventional rod.

Throwing Controls and Catch Mechanics

AETHUS replaces traditional rods with consumable fishing lures. As explained by developer Beacon on the official Steam discussion boards, fishing devices function like thrown explosives rather than tethered lines.

To initiate a catch:

1. Place the fishing lure into an active hotbar slot.
2. Select that slot using the assigned number key.
3. Face your character toward the targeted body of water.
4. Press the R key to throw the device into the pool.

Unlike landscaping charges, the fishing throw does not display a visual arc or landing zone preview. The lure detonates upon striking the liquid surface, immediately pulling loot into your inventory. A single toss yields between five and eight items during standard pulls, dropping to around two items if high-rarity loot fails to generate. Standard pulls commonly reward Aethian minnow, deep mussels, and jasper geodes. Opening deep mussels from your bag yields extra items, including fish flesh and pearls. When following the main subterranean walkthrough, maintaining a stock of lures provides supplementary food supplies and trade components.

How to Unlock and Craft Fishing Lures

Players can scavenge pre-built lures across exploration zones, but sustainable harvesting requires discovering the blueprint.

The crafting schematic waits on a workstation situated near facility Kappa. Head past the intake dam toward the illuminated rest area where chairs sit by the water. Interacting with the workstation provides the blueprint, which describes an unorthodox apparatus built from jury-rigged corporate components.

Once acquired, the lure joins the list of available recipes at your outpost electronics workbench.

Building a fishing lure requires:

• Anti-gravity tech: Salvaged from blue storage bins inside facilities such as Epsilon, or crafted late in the game inside the magma rift using strange ore.
• An operational electronics workbench: Powered via your outpost electric grid alongside crafting hubs used for advanced electronics.

Because anti-gravity tech remains scarce until deep magma exploration, you can conserve crafted lures by searching regional lockers. Roughly fifteen complete lures sit in supply boxes scattered around the early intake and drainage facilities.

Fishing Locations and Catch Rewards

Water bodies across the planetary claim yield distinct rewards based on environmental hazards and depth.

Harvested Aethian minnows serve immediate survival needs or long-term farming. Purchasing the aquaculture tank blueprint allows you to build an enclosed habitat on the surface. This specialized facility maintains climate-controlled tanks capable of holding four fish types simultaneously, letting you breed stock for continuous food production instead of expending lures on standard pools.

Throwing lures into the irradiated waters around facility Lambda targets ancient bones resting near massive skeletal structures. These bones satisfy delivery requests from the Ark Planetary Exchange Network, allowing you to fulfill Trudy's corporate quota contracts without purchasing replacement stock from the market terminal.