Heavy Lure Sadness...

Apparently when I use the heavy lure on my fishing rod it won't let me launch the lure, so I have to use the light or motorized lure.

 

That's strange... I use the Heavy Lure on my Durasteel Rod & it works just fine. Being able to lower the Line trying to dodge Fish i'm not aiming for is of some use.

 

How much time did you guys have to invest before you got your lures? Also, does it drop automatically when you land the fish or does it drop from the fish when it does?

 

First rare fish I caught dropped the illuminating lure, so it's at a decent rate.

Once you catch it and as long as it doesn't return to the ocean, it drops its loot once it dies after a certain duration (you'll see it blink for a bit, then pop out of existence). Can't recall if manually killing it drops its loot as well.

 

Manually killing it makes it drop its loot too if ya do not stick it in a Relocator first. If ya ever stick a Fish into a Relocator, any Loot it coulda dropped is forfeit.

Also I think it's only the Rare Fish that drop special stuff.

 

Lures and reels seem to drop fairly frequently from the rarer fish. However, it can take a while if you're aiming for a specific type. It took me a while to get the high capacity reel I'm currently using, but the sinking lure I have was literally the second item I got from a rare fish. They also seem to drop a good amount of manipulator modules and tech cards. I also get the occasional diamond. Most of my experience comes from magma fishing, though, so I don't know if the drop rates are different for the other planet types.

I was wondering...what is the motorized lure like? I want to try one since it sounds like it would provide more maneuverability than the sinking lure, but I haven't managed to find one yet.

 

The monitored lure lets you move left and right slightly faster than all the other lures.

 

Fishing made Diamonds Renewable now? Oh hell yeah!

Also... between the Heavy Lure & the Motorized Lure... makes me wonder which is the more useful of the 2...?

 

Technically, diamonds were already renewable since you could get them as rent or quests rewards. I got a few from my T6 Colony and pre 1.1 Moon Colony. However, this does add another diamond source, which is fine by me.

On a side note, I think most of my diamonds actually came from T6 Status Pods converting the ground to diamond. This also works as a renewable diamond source if you leave the Pod base intact to respawn...at least, until it self-destructs by spawning bombs.

 

I got a ton of my diamonds by exploring Tundra (t5 severe cold) Planets. On these planets there are small underground caves that spawn just below the surface. The caves have distinct markers in the environment that generate on the surface. Once you learn what you're looking for you can find a lot of them. Each cave spawns one of the breakable rocks that contains ore (copper, silver, gold, diamond) and on the Tundra planets the diamond rocks are fairly common.

 

I normally get a lot of diamonds because i use two mods: universal uncrafting mod and a mod that lets you craft the tech card, manipulator module, and upgrade module from the wiring station.

 

I'm having trouble using the relocator. How do I pick stuff up? I've tried everything!

 

Right-click to store a critter, left-click to release one. You can hold up to 3 critters, and they go on a stack. So, the most recent critter you stored will be the first one released. The amount of critters stored in the device is indicated by little icons that appear on the side of the gun itself while you're holding it.

 

Oh and it turns out that for me, i don't have the heavy lure lua file i think, so that's why it won't work.