Fishing Spot

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Fishing Spots are special tiles in the Frontier Legends DLC for Bloons TD 6. They allow the player to play a minigame to catch fish, which convert to Bananite and some Stamina when caught. The player enters the minigame by choosing a fishing rod to cast in the water, then waiting a short time between 3 and 15 seconds for a fish to bite.

The minigame consists of a vertical box where the fish moves up and down, with the player needing to press or release the Reel In! button to keep a small window on top of the fish. While the fish is on the window, the bar next to the fish fills up, but if the fish goes outside the window, the bar drains. If the player fills the bar, they successfully catch the fish, but if the bar fully empties, the fish escapes and the player earns nothing. Each fish caught has a random weight, which determines its Bananite value. There is also a small chance for a fish to be "SHINY", which increases its Bananite value.

There are multiple kinds of fish that can appear. Each type of fish has a different movement pattern in the minigame. There are also trash items, which are functionally identical to fish aside from having very little Bananite value. The player can see their collection of previously captured fish, and the game keeps track of the heaviest one the player caught for each one. The player can also earn a black border for a fish by catching it a certain number of times.

In addition to the moving pattern of each fish, their speed also determines the overall difficulty of the minigame and there are a few things that can change it. The weight of the fish can modify it by a factor of 5% to 20% (precise mechanics are currently unknown). If Sheriff uses the Waders body equipment, the speed is reduced 5%. And finally, shiny fish are also 30% faster than their regular counterparts.

Fishing rods

There are 3 types of fishing rods the player can choose from. Higher-tier fishing rods have better chances of capturing higher-tier fish. The Regular Fishing Rod is given to Sheriff during the story, while the Great and Legendary rods must be bought from the General Store in Sandytown.

Rod	Probabilities
	Junk	Common	Rare	Legendary
Regular	35%	60%	5%	0%
Great	9.5%	33.3%	52.4%	4.8%
Legendary	1%	14%	70%	15%

Fish rarity

The fish are classified according to a rarity system. These determine some of the fish stats.

Tier	Amount required for Black Border	Shiny chance	Shiny value multiplier	Stamina recovery
Junk	200	5%	20×	1%
Common	100	3%	3×	3%
Rare	50	2%	4×	5%
Legendary	25	1%	5×	10%

Bloonchipper, True Sun Cod, and Fortified Regrow Red Fish have different shiny chances compared to the rest of Legendary-tier fish.

Fish	Shiny chance	Shiny value multiplier
Bloonchipper	0.1%	5×
True Sun Cod	0.5%	5
Fortified Regrow Red Fish	0.01%	2×

Each fish has a certain chance to be selected if their rarity is fished. These probabilities are listed below.

List of fish

Fish	Rarity	Chance	Weight range (kg)		Bananite value			Description
			Minimum	Maximum	Per kilogram	Minimum	Maximum	Normal	Shiny
Banana Peel	Junk	17%	0.05	0.2	$63 / kg	$4	$13	Some monkey already ate it.
Boot	Junk	20%	0.7	2	$5 / kg	$4	$10	Just a boot.	A shiny boot!
Commissioned Pineapple	Junk	5%	0.9	2.3	$35 / kg	$32	$81	A dangerous pineapple from the war times.
Decommissioned Pineapple	Junk	10%	0.9	2.3	$15 / kg	$14	$35	Some say this is lucky.
Junk	Junk	15%	0.02	10	$2 / kg	$1	$20	One monkey's junk is also another monkey's junk.
Old Buckle	Junk	12%	0.02	0.15	$200 / kg	$4	$30	Polish it up, good for smart-casual dinner parties.	Doesn't need any more polishing.
Rusty Dart	Junk	11%	0.05	0.1	$250 / kg	$13	$25	Who knows what Bloons have been popped by this bad boy.
Tire	Junk	10%	9	20	$2 / kg	$18	$40	Makes the wheel go 'round.	Makes the wheel go round. With bling!
Red Bloon Fish	Common	26%	1.5	5	$5 / kg	$8	$25	Just a regular Red Bloon Fish.	Just a SHINY Red Bloon Fish.
Blue Bloon Fish	Common	23%	1.6	6	$5 / kg	$8	$30	Not the slowest fish.
Green Bloon Fish	Common	20%	2.7	8	$5 / kg	$14	$40	Do fish have layers?
Monke Fish	Common	14%	3	20	$4 / kg	$12	$80	No such thing as a fish.
Rainbow Fish	Common	17%	6	16	$3 / kg	$18	$48	Ooh, pretty.
Camo Regrow Angler	Rare	12%	15	40	$4 / kg	$60	$160	Doesn't look like anything to me.
Ceramic Eel	Rare	14%	10	25	$7 / kg	$70	$175	Well insulated.
Dart Fish	Rare	16%	5	13.5	$8 / kg	$40	$108	Fishy fishy fishy fish
DDT Shark	Rare	4%	20	80	$7 / kg	$140	$560	Giving Monkeys Thalassophobia since ages ago.
Golden Fish	Rare	19%	2.8	8	$10 / kg	$28	$80	Ooh, sparkly.	Ooh, extra sparkly.
Slime Fish	Rare	18%	0.9	4.5	$23 / kg	$21	$104	Eurgh.	Still eurgh.
Zebra Fish	Rare	17%	2.5	5	$18 / kg	$45	$90	Interesting pattern!
Bloonfin Tuna	Legendary	26%	150	300	$2 / kg	$300	$600	Whooo baby, lookie here.
Lead Puffer Fish	Legendary	27%	5	20	$30 / kg	$150	$600	Puffed up lead makes no sense.
Sun Fish	Legendary	25%	100	400	$2 / kg	$200	$800	Enjoys sunbathing, perhaps?
True Sun Cod	Legendary	5%	200	5,000	$1 / kg	$200	$5,000	Glory to the True Sun Cod.	The most truest of the Sun Cods.
Bloonchipper	Legendary	16%	100	1,000	$1 / kg	$100	$1,000	Just some trash.	Just some shiny trash.
Fortified Regrow Red Fish	Legendary	1%	0.5	4	$4,000 / kg	$2,000	$16,000	An ancient type of fish.

Trivia

• Some elements of Fishing Spots seem to be references to other games:
  • The fishing minigame is very similar to the fishing minigame in Stardew Valley.
  • The chance of fish being SHINY seems to be a reference to Shiny Pokémon from the Pokémon franchise, which similarly are obtainable through a fishing mechanic (among other methods).