【🎣 Fishing Overhaul】16 New Fish & "One Fish, One Track" Rhythm System!

Hey Boba Masters! 🧋✨

We know you've been waiting a while for this fishing update. "There are only a few fish," "the UI gets cut off" — we've read every single piece of feedback you've left in the community.

Since we did a foundational overhaul for the combat system last time, we decided to take the exact same approach for fishing: tearing down the old system and rebuilding it from scratch, rather than just patching things up.

📌 This update focuses on Lake and River only. The Ocean is still deep in development — we wanted to get the "one fish, one track" system fully cooked in two waters first, before rolling it out everywhere.

Let's dive into the core of this update! 🫧

🐟 Lake & River Fish Expansion: 6 → 16 Species

11 new friends have jumped into the ecosystem! Each fish has specific weather, time-of-day, and water depth conditions — your Fish Encyclopedia is waiting to be filled:

🌊 Lake — 7 New Species + 1 New Fish King

• Regular Fish: Carp, Flowerhorn, Crab, Turtle, Shrimp, Crawfish

• Lake Sovereign: 👑 Alligator Gar (Only appears in deep water on non-sunny late nights)

🏞️ River — 3 New Species + 1 New Fish King

• Regular Fish: Asian Arowana, Catfish, Sturgeon

• River Monarch: 👑 Taimen (Only appears in deep water on non-sunny days)

🎨 Complete Visual & Control Overhaul

• AddedUpgraded JudgmentIntroduced a four-tier judgment system (Perfect / Great / Good / Miss). Every tug on the rod now has clear, satisfying feedback!

• Redrawn Art: The fishing UI, background ripples, fish shadows, and rod tension animations have all been completely redesigned and redrawn.

🎼 One Fish, One Track: The Fish King is the "Full Ensemble"

This is the secret we are most excited about in this rework — Each body of water has its own exclusive theme song, and every regular fish corresponds to a specific instrument track within that song.

🌊 The Lake — 7 Fish = 7 Tracks

・Goldfish = Bass Guitar

・Shrimp = Drum Kit

・Carp = Chord Electric Guitar

・Crawfish = Lead Electric Guitar

・Crab = Electric Piano Chords

・Flowerhorn = Synth Lead

・Turtle = Synth Pad Horn

🏞️ The River — 6 Fish = 6 Tracks

・Loach = Bass Synth

・Koi = Drum Kit (R&B Lo-Fi)

・Bass = Flanger Rhythm Guitar

・Catfish = Plucked Rhythm Guitar

・Arowana = Electric Piano Lo-Fi

・Sturgeon = Synth Bell

Every time you catch a fish, you unlock its corresponding instrument track for that song. And the moment you finally hook the 👑 Fish King — its rhythm chart is the complete, full-mix ensemble of all the instrument tracks you've collected so far!

You thought you were just fishing? You’ve actually been assembling a song this whole time 🎵

The Lake has its theme, and the River has its theme. Experience the complete, beautiful masterpiece during your ultimate showdown with the Fish King.

🖼️ That Old Fishing UI Bug: Finally Fixed

"The fishing UI gets cut off when casting from the edge." — We completely rewrote the UI positioning logic. Now, no matter where you stand on the pier or riverbank, the fishing interface will always be perfectly centered on your screen.

🎁 More Than Just Fish on the Hook

• 🧋 Useful Items: Coconut Jelly, Herbal Jelly, Popping Boba, Twigs

• 💎 Mysterious Treasures: Pearls, Ancient Coins

• 🌿 Other Finds: Water Grass, Driftwood

• 🤣 Unexpected "Catches": Empty cans, old boots, plastic bags... (Don't be surprised, you'll actually hook these sometimes)

💚 A Note From the Team

Honestly, this fishing rework wasn't as "do-or-die" as the combat overhaul. But we still chose to slow down and do it properly with a "serious" upgrade.

We want you to feel the changing weather and the distinct personality of each fish, all while piecing together the song of the waters layer by layer with every cast. We firmly believe a great fishing system deserves its own unique melodies and character-filled fish, rather than just being a repetitive, few-second QTE loop.

Thank you all for your patience 💖 Head over to the pier — your new friends, and their melodies, are already waiting for you in the water~

— The Call of Boba Dev Team 🧋