Talk:Bait

How to Obtain?
Some baits obtaining are just simple, find the bug and catch it using bug net, but some other baits are not obvious (like Master Bait and Journeyman Bait), I suggest to place some kind of info on how to obtain the baits. FunAlways (talk) 02:53, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master Bait are obtained from the Angler for completing quests. But yeah, I guess, that should be put in there. Sodapone (talk) 03:16, 12 May 2014 (UTC)


 * The one baking my head right now is jellyfish, since it seems like the easy thing to do would be firing up a statue to get a limitless supply of bait... but you can't catch the blue jellyfish from the statue in the bug net. I tried going to the ocean to pick up some pink jellyfish, but that didn't work either. It seems like the bug net doesn't work on jellyfish at all, so how do you use jellyfish as bait? Are you 'supposed' to use the bug net but there's a bug (in the bug net... a bug net bug), or is there some other way to catch jellyfish, or are these different entities altogether that just happen to be named the same thing as existing mobs? CDarklock (talk) 17:04, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Apparently the "bait" jellyfish are different entities that have been given a similar name in-game. I caught a blue jellyfish by fishing in the Underground, and the sprite was smaller, like the on that can be seen inside the Jellyfish Jar. --186.136.111.144 15:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Bait Consumption
In the time I've been fishing since the update, I've noticed bait is not always consumed when you catch a fish, but can been when cating crates. It may just be a random chance per cast/catch that bait is lost. --96.42.19.109 17:46, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have noticed it can be quite random, sometimes the same rod and bait get me 10 fish and others only one before losing a bait. In any case, in this page it's stated that bait power reduces bait consumption... but in the forums a lot of people are saying bait power works just like fishing power in rods, i.e. it gets you better fish. The Fishing page was recently updated with similar information. --186.136.111.144 19:12, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Bait power, Fishing power of the Pole, equipment, and time of day all factor into the quality of the catch. I fleshed this out at Fishing from a dive through the code.  Equazcion ( talk ) 18:43, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Trivia Section
I mentioned that the 'Master Bait' was most likely a play on words for the act of self stimulation, and it was removed by DoubleFloat for the following reason:

"No source for this. As the whole fishing mechanic is build around a child this reference seems rather unlikey."

I disagree, it would not be the first sexual innuendo this game has made, (see Golden Shower). This is a very old fishing joke, with many bait & tackle shops choosing to humorously name themselves this, which a quick Google search will prove. Also, most associative trivia on this wiki is speculation -- do you plan to remove every bit of trivia that does not have a source? If so, you are going to be very busy. As a side note, I am not the only one that has noticed this, Google 'Terraria Master Bait', and you will see quite a bit of buzz about it, including a video from major Terraria YouTuber, HERO.
 * I didn't know this phrase was that popular with the fishing community, so sorry for that. Although I still think the choice of using this phrase in connection with a child NPC was rather poor. --DoubleFloat (talk) 14:52, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * We don't know if the Angler is a child. He has a lot of fae-like attributes: arrogance, seemingly has no parents, speaks in lofty tones, seems to have ulterior motives, disappears in a puff of smoke instead of gibbing at death, etc. For all we know, he's a member of The Fair Folk who likes fish. FyreNWater (talk) 21:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Even if he is a child, my kids are eight and ten and they think any kind of sexual wordplay is hilarious; they consider "that's what she said" just about the funniest thing in the world. Well, either that, or something that sounds like a fart. CDarklock (talk) 17:10, 13 May 2014 (UTC)