Legacy:Angler

This is the Legacy page whose information relates to the article Angler.
It applies only to the Old-gen console and 3DS versions of Terraria, detailing their differences from modern versions.

On the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, the Angler cannot defend himself against enemies. He also does not state the location of a given quest fish. On the Nintendo 3DS version, the player does not need to press a button to initiate a quest, as it will be given as soon as the Angler is spoken to.

After the 150th completed quest, the quest reward chances permanently reset to their base rates, as if the player had never completed any quests at all. At this point, reward chances are actually slightly worse than for the 1st completed quest – e.g. the base chance of receiving any kind of bait in a reward drops to exactly 50/100 (50%), which is lower than the first-quest rate of 50/99 (50.51%). Coins are not affected by this and continue to scale up to a maximum of 10 GC per quest. Bait amounts are likewise not affected by this and continue to scale up to a maximum of 7 bait, but the chance of receiving bait in a reward – and if so, which type – are affected. Moreover, the number of coins awarded by the Angler for completing a quest is not doubled in Hardmode.

Quests

This content is transcluded from Legacy:Angler/Quests.On the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, the Scarab Fish and Scorpio Fish are unavailable.

Catching the Amanita Fungifin on these versions requires 201 tiles related to the Glowing Mushroom biome, even though only 101 tiles are required to create the biome.

Quest rewards

Main rewards

Item	Base rarity	Notes
Fuzzy Carrot(Old-gen console version)	n/a	Guaranteed on the 5th quest.
Angler Hat	n/a	Guaranteed on the 10th quest.
Angler Vest	n/a	Guaranteed on the 15th quest.
Angler Pants	n/a	Guaranteed on the 20th quest.
Golden Fishing Rod	1/250 (0.4%)	Guaranteed on the (Old-gen console version) 50th / 3DS 30th quest. Available after the 75th quest.
Hotline Fishing Hook	1/75 (1.33%)	Hardmode only. Available after the 25th quest.
Fin Wings	1/70 (1.43%)	Hardmode only. Available after the 10th quest.
Fish Hook	1/60 (1.67%)
Mermaid set	1/50 (2%)	All 3 pieces rewarded at once.
Fish Costume set	1/50 (2%)	All 3 pieces rewarded at once.
High Test Fishing Line	1/40 (2.5%)
Angler Earring	1/40 (2.5%)
Tackle Box	1/40 (2.5%)

Other rewards

If none of the main rewards are obtained, one of the following will be obtained, and in no particular order. Chances are not affected by the number of quests completed on these versions.

Item	Chance	Notes
Life Preserver	1/100 (1%)
Ship's Wheel	1/100 (1%)
Compass Rose	1/100 (1%)
Wall Anchor	1/100 (1%)
Pillagin' Me Pixels	1/100 (1%)
Treasure Map	1/100 (1%)
Goldfish Trophy	1/100 (1%)
Bunnyfish Trophy	1/100 (1%)
Swordfish Trophy	1/100 (1%)
Sharkteeth Trophy	1/100 (1%)
Ship in a Bottle	1/100 (1%)
Seaweed Planter	1/100 (1%)
Coralstone Block (50–150)	1/100 (1%)
Fishing Potion (2–5) Sonar Potion (2–5) Crate Potion (2–5)	Default	Only one potion type is rewarded.

Trivia

On the Nintendo 3DS version, the status message that appears when the Angler dies reads "Angler was slain…" due to the game not being updated by Re-Logic for those platforms. He still vanishes in a puff of smoke.