Thank you for all the feedback this week. Many of you have been fishing for hours without a sign of the legend, and that was not how it was meant to feel. This update makes the big catches more reachable.
Patchy
- Patchy's chance to bite is now 1 in 3,000 per bite for every grandkid (it was 1 in 10,000). PawPaw's Journal can still double it.
- If you have never caught Patchy, he is now guaranteed to bite after 1,000 bites with any grandkid. That is about 10 hours of fishing with a Normal grandkid. Hard and Nightmare grandkids get fewer bites, so it takes them a little longer.
- Your past fishing counts. Every bite you have made since launch counts toward the 1,000. If you are already past it, Patchy will take your very next bite.
Lake Sturgeon
- The Lake Sturgeon now rises on cloudy days, not only in rain, storms, snow or fog.
- It can now be caught from dusk through dawn (it was night and dawn only).
- It is twice as likely to bite when it can.
Noah
- Noah's trait now says clearly what it does: Patchy sightings come twice as often, which fills PawPaw's Journal faster. As a Nightmare grandkid he also gets the fewest bites of anyone, so he is the slowest way to actually catch Patchy.
Remember: Patchy only bites while the game is running. You can hide the game with Hide Companion from the tray icon and your grandkid keeps fishing. Pause and Dismiss stop the fishing.
If you run into any issues or have suggestions bring them up in the community discussions here on steam or in our Discord.
Good luck out there, and thank you for fishing with me!