Fishing Rod

Ancient

Every 3 normal combats, Upgrade a random card in your Deck.

The relic counts combats in Monster rooms only; elites and bosses do not advance it. Every third such fight it picks one random upgradable card from your deck and upgrades it. The counter shows on the relic. Ancient relic offered by Neow among the positive options at the start of Act 1.

Rarity

Ancient

Character

All characters

When to take Fishing Rod

Best with a small deck you intend to keep small, so the random pick keeps hitting cards you actually play. It delivers several free upgrades over a run, freeing rest sites for healing.

Relics that synergize with Fishing Rod

Empty Cage

Empty Cage and Precise Scissors shrink the pool of targets.Upon pickup, remove 2 cards from your Deck.

Precise Scissors

Empty Cage and Precise Scissors shrink the pool of targets.Upon pickup, remove 1 card from your Deck.

Miniature Cannon

Miniature Cannon pays 3 extra damage per upgraded attack.Upgraded Attacks deal 3 additional damage.

Prayer Wheel

Prayer Wheel rewards you for taking the normal fights that feed it.Normal enemies drop an additional card reward.

Changes by version

18 Jun 2026Upgradev0.107.1
Fishing Rod - "Every 3 normal combats, Upgrade a random card in your Deck."
7 May 2026UpgradeBeta branch
Fishing Rod - "Every 3 normal combats, Upgrade a random card in your Deck."
19 Feb 2026TextPomanderInternal playtest
Fishing Rod to Pomander

All 5 patch notes2 older

12 Feb 2026ReworkNeowInternal playtest
Reworked Neow's Fishing Rod relic
8 Jan 2026Bug fixInternal playtest
Fishing Rod relic now uses player-scoped RNG to prevent potential multiplayer desync

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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