Wooden Fishing Hook
The Wooden Fishing Hook is a craftable fishing hook in DayZ made from Short Sticks and a cutting tool such as a Knife. It takes 1 inventory slot, weighs 10 g, has 5.5 durability, and can be baited with an Earthworm, but it is weaker than the regular Fishing Hook and Bone Fishing Hook.
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The Wooden Fishing Hook is a basic craftable hook used for catching fish in DayZ. It is the easiest fishing hook to make because it only requires Short Sticks and a cutting tool, but it has the lowest durability and performs worse than the regular Fishing Hook or Bone Fishing Hook. It can be baited by attaching an Earthworm and used with a Fishing Rod or Simple Fishing Rod.
In-game description
“Piece of wood shaped into a hook. It will serve its purpose but won't last very long.”
Main Uses
- Use as a fishing hook
- Attach an Earthworm as bait
- Use with a Fishing Rod or Simple Fishing Rod
- Catch fish as an emergency food source
- Craft from Short Sticks and a cutting tool
- Store as an attachment on Boonie Hats and Hunter Vests
How to use this item
Craft a Wooden Fishing Hook
Use Short Sticks with a cutting tool to craft a Wooden Fishing Hook.
- Find or craft Short Sticks.
- Find a Knife or another supported cutting tool.
- Combine the Short Sticks with the cutting tool.
- Craft the Wooden Fishing Hook.
- Attach bait before using it for fishing.
Bait the Wooden Fishing Hook
Attach an Earthworm to the Wooden Fishing Hook before fishing.
- Find or dig up an Earthworm.
- Place the Wooden Fishing Hook in your inventory.
- Drag the Earthworm into the hook's attachment slot.
- Attach the baited hook to a Fishing Rod or Simple Fishing Rod.
- Use the rod at water to catch fish.
Fish with a Wooden Fishing Hook
Use the baited Wooden Fishing Hook with a rod to catch fish.
- Craft or find a Fishing Rod or Simple Fishing Rod.
- Attach the baited Wooden Fishing Hook.
- Go to a valid body of water.
- Start fishing.
- Watch the hook's condition because it has low durability.
How to get Wooden Fishing Hook
- Craft it from Short Sticks with a Knife.
- Craft it from Short Sticks with another supported cutting tool such as a saw, axe, pickaxe, sword, screwdriver, crowbar, or bayonet.
- Loot players carrying fishing supplies.
Spawn info
- • The Wooden Fishing Hook must be crafted.
- • It is made from Short Sticks and a cutting tool.
- • It is the easiest fishing hook to craft.
- • It performs worse than the Fishing Hook and Bone Fishing Hook.
- • It has the lowest durability of the hook variants.
- • It can be baited with an Earthworm.
- • It can be stored as an attachment on Boonie Hats and Hunter Vests.
- • It takes 1 inventory slot.
- • It weighs 10 g.
- • It has 80% absorbency.
- • It has a stack limit of 1.
Important notes
- The Wooden Fishing Hook is the easiest fishing hook to craft.
- It is weaker than the Fishing Hook and Bone Fishing Hook.
- It has the lowest durability of the hook variants.
- It can be baited with an Earthworm.
- It can be used with a Fishing Rod or Simple Fishing Rod.
- It can be stored as an attachment on Boonie Hats and Hunter Vests.
- It has a 1% chance of being lost while fishing.
- It takes 1 inventory slot.
- It weighs 10 g.
- It has 80% absorbency.
- It has a stack limit of 1.
- It must be crafted.