Aside from running your tavern, you’ll need to spend time exploring the wilderness inAle & Tale: Tavern. The forest, lake, swamp, and fields all offer a variety of resources for you to enjoy, and you can partake in side activities like fishing to pass the time.

However, fishing isn’t available right away. You’ll need to progress further with your tavern to unlock the fishing rod and learn how to fish in the wild. Thankfully, we’ll walk you through all of it so you may reel in a big catch and serve new dishes at your tavern as soon as possible.

Where To Find The Mermaid

As you continue to progress with your tavern, the merchant will eventuallyask you to find a girlalong the beach. Without more instruction than that, you’re left to your own devices tofind and speak with her.

While facing your tavern, go through the ruined gate to theleft of the paddock. The path will lead you to the shoreline, where you’llfind a mermaid waiting for youon the rocks. Speak with her to learn that there are dams nearby that prevent the fish from flowing.

The dams aresurrounded by toxic cloudsthat will poison you!

She’ll teach you how tomake poison resistance potionsso you can get close to the dams, as well as a fishing rod so you can catch the ingredients.

You’ll need tomix Pufferfish and Bear Liverin an Alchemical Lab back at your tavern to make the potion, and you’ll want togather enough materials to make threepotions total.

How To Fish

To gather the fish you need,equip your fishing rodand head to the lake. Toss the lure into the water and wait. When a fish bites,a wheel will appearin the center of the screen with two arrows: one inside the wheel and one outside.

Try tokeep the two arrows togetheras the fish fights against being reeled in. The longer the two arrows are in sync, the higher the percentage in the center of the wheel will be. Once it reaches 100, you’llcatch the fishon the line!

If the percentage reaches zero,the line will breakand you’ll have to cast it again.

Once youcatch all three Pufferfishfrom the lake, go back to your tavern to make the potions.

How To Break The Dams

With the potions in hand,return to the mermaid. She tasks you with officially breaking the dams down, and you’ll need to drink the potions to do it. ensure youhave an axeready to go.

There arethree dams to break, and each of them are clouded with poison. As you get close, drink one of the poison resistance potions. You’llgain immunity to the poisonfor one minute, so act fast tocut down the logsblocking the waterways.

As you break down the logs,turtles may emergeand attack you. Be ready to defend yourself!

After you break each dam, thepoison will dissipate and a sacred stone will appearin its place. Pick each stone up, for a total of three, and take them to the far edge of the lake. There, you’ll findthree empty pedestals.

Place one stone on each of the pedestalsand head back to the mermaid. Overjoyed that the dams are gone and that the fish can swim freely, she asks you tobring her a bowl of trout soup.

Turtles will attack you again when you place the stones, so be careful!

The recipe requiresfresh trout, water, and a carrot. Cook it on your stove, thendeliver it to the mermaidto complete the quest and become a true friend to the sea.