Unknown Waters Walkthrough Guide
How to complete the Unknown Waters quest? Catch fireflies at night, craft a Simple Fishing Rod, then catch your first fish and show it to the Hunter.
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How to Complete Unknown Waters
Unknown Waters is a main quest with three objectives: Catch At Least 5 Fireflies, Craft A Fishing Rod, and Catch Your First Fish. The Journal says the Huntress (the Hunter, Athalan Skree) asked you to gather some fireflies without saying what they are for.
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Catch At Least 5 Fireflies
Collect glowing fireflies with E Collect, then talk to the Hunter, Athalan Skree, at your base and choose Prepare Your Gear.
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Craft A Fishing Rod
Craft a Simple Fishing Rod through Manual Crafting, then talk to the Hunter again and choose Let's Go Catch Some Fish.
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Catch Your First Fish
Catch a fish in a body of water large enough for fishing, then go back to the Hunter and choose A Catch To Remember.
| What to know | Detail |
|---|---|
| Quest type | Main quest |
| Difficulty shown in the Journal | Moderate |
| Rewards listed in the Journal | 150 XP and one unnamed item shown as a fishing rod icon |
| Who to talk to | Athalan Skree (Hunter) |
How to Catch Fireflies
The Journal says fireflies can be found in the Springlands at night. When you get close to a glowing firefly, the prompt E Collect appears, and collecting it shows a Fire Fly notice. In our playthrough, we caught them at night in a forest right next to our base.
![The prompt E Collect next to a firefly in a forest at night, marked Press [E] to Collect the Firefly](https://assets.gamewith.ai/enshrouded/1792608378801-389/images/optimized/guides/unknown-waters/q20-collect.webp)
In our playthrough, the Journal showed a check mark next to Catch At Least 5 Fireflies after we collected them, but QUEST UPDATED did not appear.
Talk to the Hunter, Athalan Skree, at your base and choose Prepare Your Gear. The objective changes to Craft A Fishing Rod, and RECIPE UNLOCKED! Simple Fishing Bait appears.
How to Craft a Simple Fishing Rod
The Simple Fishing Rod is a tool that you craft through Manual Crafting. It needs 2 Twigs, 2 Metal Scraps and 1 String, and String is also made through Manual Crafting.
In our playthrough, crafting the rod did not change the objective. When we talked to the Hunter again and chose Let's Go Catch Some Fish, the objective changed to Catch Your First Fish and QUEST UPDATED appeared.
Where to Find a Fishing Spot
The Hunter tells you to find a body of water and cast your line, and the Journal says any body of water large enough for fishing will do.
In our playthrough, we fished at a pond that lies north-northeast of Braelyn Bridge and northeast of the Ancient Spire.
How to Fish
When you equip the fishing rod, a FISHING tutorial appears. Throw out the line and wait for a fish to bite. Once a fish is on the hook, quickly press [LMB] to start reeling it in. Steer against the fish's movement with [A] and [D] to reduce its stamina. Once a segment of its stamina is drained, you can pull the fish closer with [LMB]. Deplete its stamina before your fishing line breaks.
With the rod in hand, the prompts are Charge & Throw and Aim. After you cast, they change to Reel In and Cancel. While you fight a fish, they are Move left (A), Move right (D), Reel In and Cancel.
In our playthrough, the Fire Fly we had collected was selected as bait when we aimed, and its count went from 60 to 59 after a fish got away.
In our playthrough, the first cast caught nothing and a fish got away on the second. On the third cast, we landed a Shimmerfin (COMMON). The screen showed You caught: Shimmerfin with E Take and Release.
In our playthrough, catching the fish did not show QUEST UPDATED, but the Journal showed a check mark next to Catch Your First Fish. We fast traveled back to our base, talked to the Hunter and chose A Catch To Remember, and QUEST COMPLETED! Unknown Waters appeared.
