Fishing is a full side system in Slayers 2, and it is locked behind a permit quest that launch-week players kept bouncing off — not because the quest is hard, but because the item it asks for is deliberately tucked away. Here is the whole chain, the rod prices and the inputs for the catch minigame.
The permit quest
Talk to the fishing master at the docks. He will not hand you a rod until you bring him a permit stamp, and starting the quest costs 5,000 Wen — that fee is the one number two independent walkthroughs agree on.
The stamp is the part that wastes people’s time, and it is also the part the sources disagree about. One launch-week walkthrough shows it inside a building, close to a wall, at a narrow pickup angle. An independent walkthrough puts it around the docks, and that creator says outright that they could not tell whether the spot is fixed or randomised and suspects it spawns in more than one place. What every source agrees on is the shape of the problem: the prompt does not appear at the obvious approach.
So treat the exact spot as unverified. Search the dock area, check inside the buildings, and expect to walk up to walls at an angle before the prompt shows.
Once you have it, hand it back to the master and the permit is yours.
On the name: auto-generated captions render this NPC as “Doc Master Sofen”. Nothing else corroborates that spelling, and one walkthrough refers to him only as the master at the docks — the captions have most likely garbled “dock”. We do not rely on the name anywhere on this page.
Rods and prices
Rods are sold in tiers and they are not cheap. One walkthrough lists the two options at 3,500 and 10,000 Wen; an independent walkthrough reports paying close to 7,000 Wen for a single rod. Treat those as approximate price points until you see the shop, and remember the permit fee is separate from the rod.
If you are only fishing for quest steps, the cheaper tier is enough to start — no source shows a rod gate that blocks the permit chain.
Catching fish (the inputs)
- Equip the rod and stand next to water.
- Click the water to cast the hook.
- A minigame starts: hold M1 to keep the moving white bar inside the yellow bar until the progress meter hits 100%.
- Press T to collect the catch.
The bar control is genuinely awkward for the first few casts — every walkthrough says the same thing — and then it clicks. Nothing else about the system is hidden.
What fish are actually for
Three uses show up repeatedly in launch-week play:
- The Soryu quest chain. Players report the Soryu step tracks specific catches rather than any fish — see the troubleshooting note below.
- Schematics. Fishing is one documented source of the shotgun schematic. That matters because the other reliable route is the underground NPC inside Final Selection, which is a timed instance — see the Final Selection guide for that comparison.
- Trade value. Fish are inventory items like anything else, so surplus catches are worth holding rather than discarding.
If the quest is not progressing
The single most common report is a Soryu step that will not tick after a catch. The pattern in those reports is that common fish do not count — the step wants a specific catch, so a basic rod next to the starter pond can stall the chain. If your progress bar is not moving, fish somewhere else rather than fishing more.
FAQ
How much does fishing cost in Slayers 2?
5,000 Wen to start the permit quest — the one figure two independent walkthroughs agree on. The rod is the expensive part, and sources disagree on the tiers: one lists 3,500 and 10,000, another paid close to 7,000.
Why is my Soryu fishing quest not progressing?
Several players report the step refusing to tick after catching common fish, which suggests it wants a specific catch rather than any fish — but that is a player-side reading, not a documented rule. If you are stuck, try a different fishing spot before spending more bait on the same one.
Can you get the shotgun schematic by fishing?
Yes — fishing is one documented source. The other is the underground NPC inside the Final Selection instance at roughly 5%, which is the faster route if you are already running Final Selection for the Slayer quest chain.
Sourcing
The permit quest, its 5,000 Wen fee and the minigame inputs are confirmed across two independent launch-week walkthroughs (2026-09-20). The stamp’s exact location, the rod prices and the NPC’s name are not: each rests on a single source, and on two of those three points the sources contradict one another, so they are flagged above instead of being smoothed into one confident answer. The Soryu troubleshooting note is a player report from the official Discord questions channel, not a developer statement.
Not sure where the docks are? The locations database maps the regions, trainers and quest NPCs in the order the game walks you through them.