Full-featured fishing system with a Stardew Valley-inspired reel minigame, 30-level per-character skill progression, tiered rods and bait, 19 fishing zones, 27 fish species, trash/treasure rolls, and full en/es/de localization. Built for VORP.

Overview

JP-Fishing replaces RedM's barebones native fishing with a complete angling system built around a Stardew Valley-style reel minigame. Players hold a green bar over a moving fish to fill a catch meter — higher-difficulty fish move faster, dart unpredictably, and drain progress when the bar slips off. Skill level, rod tier, and bait quality all affect the fight.

Key Features

Stardew-Style Reel Minigame

• NUI-rendered catch fight with smooth physics
• Fish difficulty scales speed, dart chance, and drain rate
• Green bar responds to spacebar — gravity pulls it down, reeling pushes it up
• Treasure chests can spawn mid-fight for bonus loot

30-Level Skill Progression

• Power-curve XP system (easy early ranks, long end-game grind)
• Configurable XP base, exponent, and per-level scaling
• Release fish for +50% XP (the XP path) or keep them to sell (the money path)
• Fishing in marked hotspot zones grants +50% XP bonus
• Rank titles: Novice → Journeyman → Expert → Master Angler
• Progression saves per character — every character has its own level, XP and catch log

27 Fish Species Across 3 Size Tiers

• Small panfish (Bluegill, Perch, Pickerel) — easy catches for beginners
• Medium game fish (Bass, Trout, Salmon) — require higher levels
• Large/Legendary fish (Catfish, Pike, Gar, Sturgeon, Muskie) — need upgraded rods
• Per-fish difficulty, weight ranges, XP values, and level/rod gates

3 Rod Tiers + Bait System

• Fishing Rod → Improved Rod → Master Rod (each widens the catch window)
• Bait types affect gravity, drain, fill speed, and magnetism
• Best bait in inventory auto-selected per cast

19 Fishing Zones Across the Map

• Novice, Journeyman, Expert, and Master waters
• Level-gated zones with map blips
• Optional open-water fishing anywhere on the map
• Zone XP bonus incentivizes using marked spots

Trash & Treasure System

• Configurable chance to pull junk instead of fish
• Mid-fight treasure chests with weighted loot tables (pearls, etc.)

Quality of Life

• Multiplayer-safe fish attraction (respects CRemoteTaskData pool limits)
• Discord webhook catch logging
• Admin /setfishlevel command
• /fishstats and /fishhud player commands
• Full SQL included with safe re-run migrations
• Rename fish inventory items freely via Config.Fish — item names are decoupled from the fish model

Localization

• English, Spanish and German included — covering the in-game reel UI and Fishing Log, not just chat messages
• Easy to add more — drop a locale file and update fxmanifest

Dependencies

• vorp_core
• vorp_inventory

What's Escrowed

Client and server Lua logic is encrypted via Cfx.re asset escrow. Config files and locale files remain open for server owners to customize.

★ Bundle & save: get JP-Fishing together with JP-Mining, JP-GoldPanning and JP-Archaeology in the JP Old West Activities Bundle — $150 of scripts for $99 (save 34%).

You may also like: JP-Mining · JP-GoldPanning · JP-Archaeology

Release thread, changelog & feedback: cfx.re forum

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