Fishing Campaing!

Turn fishing into a real long-term adventure! Fishing Campaign adds 40 special fish based on real species, each with its own name, lore and unique effects when eaten. Level up as an angler across 100 levels, improve your odds of landing rare catches, and earn random vanilla treasure every time you level up.

No new textures, no resource pack needed: special fish use the normal Minecraft fish models with custom names, colored rarities and descriptions, so the pack fits perfectly into any world or modpack.

🎣 How it works

Every time you reel in a fish, there is a 30% chance it turns into a special fish. Junk and treasure catches are never touched.

Special fish come in four rarities:

• Uncommon (green) - 60%
  
• Rare (blue) - 30%
  
• Epic (purple) - 9%
  
• Legendary (gold, enchanted glint) - 1%
  

🍖 Eat them for powerful effects

Special fish can be eaten straight away, no cooking needed. Every species gives different effects, and the rarer the fish, the stronger and longer they are:

• Uncommon: 1 effect, level I, 15 to 90 seconds
  
• Rare: 1 or 2 effects, up to level II, 2 to 4 minutes
  
• Epic: 2 effects, up to level III, up to 5 minutes (can be eaten even when full)
  
• Legendary: 3 effects, up to level III, 5 to 10 minutes (can be eaten even when full)
  

Every fish shows its exact effects and durations in its tooltip.

📈 100 Angler Levels

Every fish you catch gives Angler XP:

• Regular fish: 1 XP
  
• Uncommon: 3 XP
  
• Rare: 8 XP
  
• Epic: 25 XP
  
• Legendary: 100 XP
  

Reaching level 100 is very hard: over 355,000 XP in total, about 50,000 catches. It is a true long-term goal for dedicated anglers.

Each level makes you a better angler:

• Special fish chance: 30% → 70% at level 100
  
• Legendary odds: 1% → 5%
  
• Epic odds: 9% → 20%
  
• Rare odds: 30% → 40%
  

🎁 Level-up rewards

Every level-up drops a random roll from vanilla loot tables, and the loot gets better as you level:

• Levels 1-24: dungeons, mineshafts, shipwreck supplies, fisherman houses, igloos, ruined portals
  
• Levels 25-49: shipwreck treasure, desert and jungle temples, pillager outposts, nether fortresses, buried treasure
  
• Levels 50-74: strongholds, woodland mansions, bastions
  
• Levels 75-99: End cities, ancient cities, bastion treasure
  
• Every 10 levels: an extra bonus treasure
  
• Level 100: four big treasure rolls at once
  

Loot tables that generate explorer maps are excluded on purpose, since they can freeze servers while searching for structures.

📣 Legendary announcements

When someone lands a legendary fish, the whole server sees a stylish congratulation message in chat. Server operators can turn it off at any time.

🐟 The 40 species

Uncommon

• Largemouth Bass - Absorption I
  
• Rainbow Trout - Speed I
  
• Yellow Perch - Haste I
  
• Channel Catfish - Water Breathing
  
• Bluegill - Jump Boost I
  
• Northern Pike - Strength I
  
• Common Carp - Regeneration I
  
• Walleye - Night Vision
  
• Black Crappie - Luck I
  
• Tilapia - Resistance I
  

Rare

• Atlantic Salmon - Jump Boost II, Speed I
  
• Yellowfin Tuna - Speed II
  
• Mahi-Mahi - Haste II
  
• Red Snapper - Fire Resistance
  
• Great Barracuda - Strength I
  
• Pacific Halibut - Health Boost I
  
• Giant Grouper - Resistance I
  
• Red Lionfish - Absorption II
  
• Wahoo - Speed I, Haste I
  
• Giant Moray - Night Vision, Water Breathing
  

Epic

• Bluefin Tuna - Speed II, Strength I
  
• Blue Marlin - Speed II, Resistance I
  
• Swordfish - Strength II, Haste I
  
• Sailfish - Speed III, Dolphin's Grace
  
• Arapaima - Health Boost II, Resistance I
  
• Electric Eel - Haste III, Night Vision
  
• Alligator Gar - Resistance II, Absorption II
  
• Goliath Tigerfish - Strength II, Regeneration I
  
• Ocean Sunfish - Regeneration II, Fire Resistance
  
• Giant Trevally - Haste II, Luck II
  

Legendary

• Coelacanth - Resistance II, Regeneration II, Health Boost II
  
• Great White Shark - Strength III, Speed II, Night Vision
  
• Giant Oarfish - Conduit Power, Night Vision, Dolphin's Grace
  
• Beluga Sturgeon - Health Boost III, Absorption III, Regeneration I
  
• Whale Shark - Resistance II, Health Boost II, Water Breathing
  
• Mekong Giant Catfish - Haste III, Strength II, Luck II
  
• Asian Arowana - Luck III, Hero of the Village II, Speed I
  
• Greenland Shark - Regeneration II, Fire Resistance, Resistance I
  
• Giant Manta Ray - Slow Falling, Speed II, Jump Boost II
  
• Golden Mahseer - Strength II, Regeneration II, Fire Resistance
  

⌨️ Commands

For all players

• /trigger fishcamp.stats - shows your level, XP, special fish chance, rarity odds and catch counts
  
• /trigger fishcamp.stats set 2 - turns the small progress message on regular catches on or off
  

For operators

• /function fishcamp:admin/help - lists all admin commands (clickable)
  
• /function fishcamp:admin/rod - gives an Admin Fishing Rod: every catch becomes a special fish
  
• /function fishcamp:admin/all_fish - spawns all 40 special fish at your feet
  
• /function fishcamp:admin/fish_uncommon (also fish_rare, fish_epic, fish_legendary) - spawns all 10 fish of one rarity
  
• /function fishcamp:admin/broadcast_on / broadcast_off - toggles legendary announcements
  
• /function fishcamp:uninstall - removes all datapack data
  

⚙️ Performance and compatibility

Built for big modded servers:

• No tick functions. Code only runs when someone catches a fish, plus a tiny once-per-second check for the stats command.
  
• Overrides nothing. No vanilla loot tables, recipes or advancements are replaced. Everything lives in its own namespace (fishcamp), so it will not clash with other datapacks or mods.
  
• Fake players from automation mods are ignored, so automatic fishing machines cannot cause lag or abuse.
  
• Exploit-safe. Pulling dropped fish with your rod does not count as a catch.
  
• Private messages. Catch messages are only shown to the angler, except for the optional legendary announcement.
  
• Tested on Vanilla 1.21.1 and NeoForge 1.21.1 servers with zero errors.
  

📥 Installation

1. Download the .zip file (do not unzip it).
   
2. Put it in your world's datapacks folder: .minecraft/saves/<your world>/datapacks or <server>/world/datapacks.
   
3. Run /reload or restart the world.
   

🗑️ Uninstalling

1. Run /function fishcamp:uninstall.
   
2. Run /datapack disable "file/Fishing Campaign.zip" (check the exact name with /datapack list).
   
3. Delete the .zip from the datapacks folder.
   

Do not run /reload between steps 1 and 2, or the pack will reinstall itself. Special fish already in players' inventories keep working after uninstalling, since they are normal Minecraft items.

❓ FAQ

Do I need a resource pack?
No. Special fish use the vanilla fish models.

Does it work on Fabric, Forge or Paper?
It is a pure vanilla datapack for 1.21.1, so any platform that supports vanilla datapacks should work. It has been tested on Vanilla and NeoForge.

Can I put special fish in a furnace?
Please don't! Special fish that look like cod or salmon will turn into plain cooked fish and lose their name and effects. Just eat them raw.

Does it work with fishing mods?
Yes. The pack only reacts to fish in the vanilla #minecraft:fishes tag and never replaces fishing loot, so mods that add their own fishing loot keep working normally.

Enjoy the catch, and good luck finding a Coelacanth! 🎣