Aquatic Life in the Facility and the Field

In their exploration of realms far removed from our own, GATE scientists have noted an extraordinary variety of aquatic (but not always water-based) organisms. While not every fish is immediately recognizable as such, the range of life that has emerged under exceptionally diverse conditions continues to astonish TR teams and field researchers alike. In order to recover samples of these specimens, personnel have fallen back on age-old techniques.

Fishing is easy enough to get the hang of. With a proper fishing rod equipped, wind up the rod and release it to cast. The longer wind up, the further your cast will be. Fishing is about focus and patience - you'll need to wait until you get something on the hook, and you shouldn't try and multi-task during this process. When you have a bite, move about to pull in the opposite direction the fish swims in order to tire it out. When the catch tires, reel it in! Repeat this process until the bobber draws near. You may not always catch a fish, but you'll generally catch something. Crafting different baits increases the chance of catching certain fish, and can attract their rarer variants. Bait can be added to your rod by holding reload. As your skills grow, you'll even learn to recognize fishing hotspots, but it takes practice and a keen eye. Fish can be taken to a proper Chef Counter to be butchered into their constituent parts.