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A new mysterious item has began appearing all across Santae at fishing spots.

Silvershade continued standing at the beach with their fishing rod, waiting for fishing ripples to appear. Fishing got much easier since they acquired Fishing Bait from Captain Finn's Cast & Catch, and it was thrilling to start seeing actual aquatic life appearing when they pulled in their line.

There was still a long way to go though - every other cast resulted in more Old Boots.

Just as Silvershade's line was reeling in their latest catch, they recognized that this time it was different - "Oh! This.. is this what I've been looking for? The Jelly blob!"

Skylar:"Is that... Q-Quibbspawn?"

Silvershade jumped and spun around. They had been fishing there for so long that they hadn't noticed Skylar stood there behind them, along with dozens of adventurers scattered along the shoreline casting their lines, helping to clear the Fishing Trash.

"S-Sorry", Skylar stammered.."I just.. I studied the origins of Quibbspawn when I attended Rose's classes at Pinnacles Hall... but I've never seen them in person".

"Woah, hey Skylar, no problem - I was startled is all... You.. wanna hold it?" Silvershade replied excitedly.

"YES! A million times, yes!", Skylar reached out their hands and Silvershade handed it over gently. It felt squishy and slimey, and they felt it was alive in their hands.

"Is it.. alive?" Silvershade asked inquisitively. Skylar shrugged their shoulders - "I doubt it. If my understanding is correct, most Quibbspawn are unfertilized and hatch into nothing -", "Hatch?" Silvershade interjected. "Yes! I'm fairly confident that it is a Minimal Egg - " Silvershade's jaw dropped. "I have maintained my minimal ranch for years, and in my whole time herding, I've never heard of Minimals 'hatching' before.."

Silvershade was in awe at the beauty held in the glistening orb now swirling around in Skylar's palm. Skylar smiled, before continuing "- and if my research is correct. This is a very special Minimal. I believe it can evolve further."

"Wow! So like the Goopper that Vespera discovered a while back?" Silvershade declared!
Skylar placed the Quibbspawn on the ground before grabbing a rod, and turned to face the water to cast their line as there were several ripples now breaking the normally calm water.

They took a deep breath before responding to Silvershade - "No. This is much, much more exciting."

Fishing Bait Shipment Arrives

Captain Finn had been tirelessly ensuring that adventurers stayed well-equipped for the ongoing shore cleanup project. As he was tidying up after another long day at his shop, Cast & Catch, Gus Lightfoot entered. "Ay Captain Finn, I finally got that order of bait for ya," Gus announced. Captain Finn looked up, surprised. "Oh, Gus! How's it going? I completely forgot about this order, with the current trash issue we've been tackling," he replied. Gus smiled, "No worries mate, you and the adventurers have been doing a swell job! I've hardly seen any trash around anymore."

Captain Finn, returning the smile, said, "I know just what to do with these baits. The adventurers will finally start to see the beautiful fish I've been telling them about." "Glad to have been able to help ya out, Captain Finn. Keep up the great work--the entire world is coming together to clean it up, largely thanks to you and the adventurers," Gus replied, then added as he departed, "It's getting late. See ya around, Capt."

Left alone, Captain Finn pondered the situation. With the trash diminishing, he hoped the fresh bait might be the solution to attract a bountiful harvest from the waters. Perhaps the enticing scent of the bait would bring even more fish back to the pristine waters that once lived here?

Captain Finn has began selling Fishing Bait at Cast & Catch, every adventurer can now use the bait after fishing, to decrease the time until more fish have appeared. There are 5 unique types of bait that reduce the time based on their type.

As a thank you to every adventurer Captain Finn has sent one Elite Fishing Bait to all adventurers to help bring back these beautiful fish that once inhabited these waters. 

Timer Added to Fishing Page & Guide

★ The Fishing page now shows how much time is remaining until you can fish again. A green check mark will appear when the fish have returned to that location. We have also added a Brief Tutorial on each of the fishing pages, the first time you visit showing the functionality and how to fish, there is also a button at the top of the page to watch it again. Happy Fishing <3 ★

★ NPC Shops will now refresh when you click on the NPC for a better user experience. ★

Broken Fishing Rods Washed Up

Adventurers have been doing amazing work, helping to alleviate this excess trash problem we have, however now we have a new problem! Captain Finn has called out to everyone to do their part in helping restore these once pristine waters and bring the fish that live in these waters back. Unfortunately Broken Fishing Rods have began littering the shorelines from Solar Sands to Celestial Pools - we must do better. 

Barnaby has began telling adventurers he is accepting these broken rods in exchange for SanDust, and is expecting a share of profits from Captain Finn and Netty Nexus.

Captain Finn heard all these reports from his patrons and was not pleased. "There has to be a better way to get a handle on this problem." he thought to himself, before setting to work trying to come up with a solution.

After pondering for a while, he decided to take a look at his stores to see if he could find something useful. "Aha!" he exclaimed as he blew the dust off a rustic old crate - "This is EXACTLY what the adventurers need right now!". Across the side of the crate was the etched words "ROD REPAIR KITS".  "Yeah, these'll do. Instead of continuing to add more trash, lets fix the rods we find and get these waters back so I can get back to fishin" 

Fishing Rod Repair Kit