Lake

The Lake is a feature on Deiland's surface, directly across from Arco's House and the fields. The Lake serves two important purposes: first, it counts as a water feature, allowing trees and bushes to be planted in its general vicinity (particularly helpful early game, before being able to build wells; and second, it allows Arco to use his fishing rod along with larva to catch fish!

There are 2 types of fish that can be caught:


 * , which is available from start of game
 * , which is available after building the Pier

Fishing Mechanics
Before starting to fish, there will be an indication of how many fish are currently available in the lake (typically up to 3 at a time). As long as there is one or more fish available, Arco can spend 1 larva to go fishing. After using the action key to fish, the camera will zoom in on the lake, and you will be able to see silhouettes of the number of fish that are present. You must then use the movement keys to position the lure close to one of the fish's mouths, at which point they should bite!

A bar appears at the bottom of the screen, with a certain segment a different color than the rest. A line will move from one side of the bar to the other; when it is positioned over the different-colored segment, text will appear over the line telling the player which key to press (E, R, Q, or Space).

If the player hits the correct button at the correct time, Arco catches the fish; if the player hits the wrong button or presses a key at the wrong time, he misses the fish and loses the bait; if the player fails to press any button, the line will continue moving past the colored segment to the end of the bar and bounce back.

If the player does allow the line to go back and forth multiple times, there is no bait penalty and no time-out. Because of this, and because the key tends to change each time the line passes, one strategy is to simply choose a particular key and wait for it to be the right one!