Pearls

Pearls are a rare item that can be caught while Fishing on any island. There are three types of pearls, with the higher rarity pearls being increasingly rarer.

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  Rough –
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  Polished –
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  Pristine –

Usage

• Upgrading Fishing Perks and Overclocks in the A.N.G.L.R. Panel.
• Upgrading the Standard Crab Pot.
• Purchasing  Common Bait from the A.N.G.L.R. Supplies vendor, at a rate of 1xRough Pearl per 10x  Common Bait.
• Purchasing  Common Line from the A.N.G.L.R. Supplies vendor, at a rate of 1xRough Pearl per  Common Line.
• Used to purchase cosmetics from the Pharaoh vendor, alongside other materials.
• Used to purchase some cosmetics from the Sanctuary Keeper vendor, alongside other materials.
• The A.N.G.L.R. Artisan vendor allows the player to upcraft/downcraft their pearls, at the following rates:

Pearl	Cost
10x Rough	1x Polished
1x Polished	10x Rough
10x Polished	1x Pristine
1x Pristine	10x Polished

Obtainment

• Pearls can be caught whilst fishing on any fishing island or from Crab Pots, with the following base chances:

Pearl	Chance
Rough	94.9%
Polished	5%
Pristine	0.1%

• The rarity and number of Pearls caught is based on the player's Glimmering Hook and Pearl Magnet perk points.
• Pearls have a base catch rate of 5%. This chance can be increased by several factors:
  • Glimmering Winds (+5%)
  • Fishing in a Fishing Spot with the Pearl Chance buff (+5%)
  • Levelling up the Pearl Chance perk (up to +5%)
  • Activating the Unstable Overclock and setting it to Pearl Chance (up to +5%)
  • Using a A.N.G.L.R. Pearl Lure or A.N.G.L.R. Pearl Ultralure (+100%)

Strategies

• Catching as many Pearls as possible is necessary for levelling up your Fishing Perks at the high levels. There are 2 main strategies for pearl grinding:
  • Ultraluring - using the following augments and fishing on islands with Glimmering Tide and at spots with high Glimmering Hook and Pearl Magnet buffs: . This is the generally the better strategy so long as you have the augments to support it.
  • Grotto Maxing - getting as many grottos as possible to fish at spots with 100% Pearl Chance, which is cheaper on the augments side but also slower. Your augments should look something like this: , and then during Grottos switching the Speedy Rods to Stable Rods. You can also swap out one of the Speedy Rods for a A.N.G.L.R. Pearl Ultralure for pearl gains outside of grottos, if you have too many.
• Remember that Glimmering Winds only buff the chance to obtain a Pearl, so they aren't necessary when using an ultralure!
• If you're low on Pearl Magnets, it can be worth scavenging Glimmering Hooks, Graceful Rods and Glimmering Pots for spirits to buy more augments with.

See Also

• Spirits
• Treasure
• Fish
• Trash