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Patchnotes The chat on Mosquito lake is available again. From 01/18/2023 00:00 UTC to 01/25/2023 00:00 UTC, the Happy Hour bonus will apply to all players All players who had premium during the period of unstable server operation from 12/21/2022 00:00 UTC to 12/25/2022 09:00 UTC will be issued a token for 7 days of premium.

Map: Winding Rivulet Coord: 120:121 Bait: Grasshopper IGN: SickOfBlueMilk

Map: Kuori Lake Coordinates: Trolling H7 Bait: Dodger Crank 10-SS007 In game name: Tiribombax

Map: Akhtuba Fish: Wild Carp Clip: 18 Meters Hax: C4 Cords: 51:138 Bait + PVA see picture

Winding rivulet 86:103 caster-fly Drapph

Map: Belaya River Coordinates: 73:43 Bait: Spiker #2 016 ign: zyzyno67

Let me be the first to post one caught on winding rivulet, 113:126 with caster as bait. My ingame name is Spectre1983

The spreadsheet will be divided into several pages. For example, Each waterbody will have it's own page that way if your looking for a specific fish. you can just look under that section for the fish your after. The coordinates map sectors, baits/lures Groundbait/PVA, clip and what speed the lure was retrieved with. The active spot page is based on Youtube,Trophies under RF4 Discord I will try to update the information on a weekly basis for your guys. Please note that the spreadsheet is under construction so parts might not make sense yet. Russian Fishing 4 Active Spots Spreadsheet Hey guys, this website has been created with you all in mind. I decided to take time off and wanted to make a website that will be as helpful as possible. So this website is designed mainly for Russian Fishing 4. This site will help provide you with the best spots and gear for a specific fish. Each week, I will take the time to edit this information based on new hotspots for each different fish. I will monitor youtube, RF4 discord and of course my own findings. I hope that you guys will find this site helpful. This site I have decided to make will help you. I know that sometime rf4 discord can be over whelming with some of it's members and sometime you will get the run around. Either look in trophies or VK. Sometimes we just need to help one of another. So this site will have different categories to explore and one of them will be a youtube category which will display embedded videos from different youtubers from RF4 https://dtormala471983.wixsite.com/rf4activespots

Yes skill points do work, and they do make a difference. The easiest way to find out is to cast a rod with points added in the appropriate skill e.g. "Fishing with a spinning rod" "Using a spinning reel" These skills give, among other things, a bonus to casting range and accuracy. As for the Donets ruffe, it is a very challenging and rare species, catching a trophy is quite an achievement and may take some time. Please do not spread false information. The number of fish has not been reduced and neither has the effectiveness of the skill points. Any change in the effect of skill points, if any, will be posted in the relevant patchnotes. Yes, the skill points and extra percentages that some rods have, work.

Map: Lower Tunguska River Coordinates: 142:134 Bait: Orig Popper 4-F006 In game name MrCrossy

Hallo everyone I have been gone thru the entire thread, read what all you said including admins. All of you make valid points for the arguments to be had but and yes there is a big but to this @Love_vicky started the thread based on a very very valid concern that has been around the discussion table between old players that left the game and only come back to play the new lakes. I have been around since the very start of rf4 english release even played some of the non english releases at the time so i have seen what the game went thru and how it has evolved for the better and for some of the worse times. One thing is the admin team have seen a significant improvement and the way they handle criticism and suggestions. To @Love_vicky point. In my opinion when the game was in the best state was before the release of amber, you could fish the whole day at a spot and it will be active and no it did not take anything away from the game because fish still migrated every few weeks to different spots and baits and it was the best i saw the game in ever, People did not make a million silver an hour, when fishing at best times at bear you still only made at most 500-600 silver per hour but the core difference was you felt like you caught fish consistently, i could log on for 4 hours sit at the camp spot at bear not having to move and you can bag 40 fish an hour and it didn't feel broken, because to do that you still had to have high level gear , you cant reel in a 15kg carp with a 6-9kg reel in 10 seconds. Its not always about the silver its about the fishing, this is a fishing game, idc about catching 2 trophies an hour but what i do care about is not catching only 20 fish and thinking wow that was a great hour. No one logs onto a fishing game to run around the lake to look at the water, you log onto a fishing game to fish and catch fish. The problem is if we have to move every hour because you caught your 20 fish and the spot is dead you have to find another active spot, a spot that mind you might not exist because there is only 1 active spot on the lake, i agree if new players asked me 3-4 years ago should they go bottom or lure fishing i would say get spin reels and rods so you can fish bottom also, now i don't really seem to think for newer players that there is a purpose to consider bottom fishing anymore, grind out tench and bream and get casting setup and just go lure fishing because its just better because you don't have to switch every hour to a spot that maybe doesn't even exist, players want a choice, they don't want to be boxed in, sure your choice now is fish for what you want to but you might be able to for an hour and then you will barely catch fish after so you need to go do something else if you want to catch fish. I am not taking this out of my own perspective only, I am busy helping 6 new players in the game and they have voiced their frustration about fish dying off in an hour also. Allot of them do have full time jobs and when they get 2-3 hours to play they really just want to get on with it and catch some fish, you might now have people saying then RF4 is not for them but its the best fishing game out there and this game still needs all the players it can get. This game got me hooked in those times I sat at bear lake and fished countless hours and never did it feel like I was overly awarded with just silver falling into my pockets, It felt fair, still hard especially hooking a big grass carp but even then it felt worth it, i fished 3 weeks straight at amber in December for more than 5 hours a day and I can honestly say I did not feel that it was fun, the lake itself is great but its big, two active spots on opposite sides of the lake, takes you long to drive to the spot and its effort, should this be counted as adding value to the player or is this detracting from the player? if you catch 30 fish at the 83 spot at amber in an hour and you can catch 30 fish at the 169 spot at amber the next hour why not just allow people to keep fishing at the same spot? they will still make then the same amount of money maybe they will be able to catch 2 fish more in an hour but will that all of a sudden make them rich? will not making them move spots they want to fish be a bad thing for the health of the game? If anyone tells me that they will hate spots to stay as active as the first hour I would not believe them because in the past it was like that and no one complained and moved every hour to another spot (there was always more than 1 spot active also) . I saw countless people camping on 1 spot never moving despite multiple spots being active because they just liked the spot. Making players not move wont make them rich, it will make the game more convenient for the player and giving them the player agency and choice to move if they want to or not. Also on metas if the spots stay active not needing to move there will be multiple metas in the game and we all know in games diversity is what makes a game great. if there is only one meta the game gets stale and people start leaving. I think @Love_vicky has made a great post despite english not being his first language maybe he and I cant convey it as clear as someone whos fisrt language is english but I hope that maybe after reading this that it made sense. I didnt mean to offend anyone im just voicing the opinion of many i have spoken to and i know there is allot of players that feels the same i do. Again we might see things differently and this is only my experience and others i spoke to i am describing. Thank you to those who read this its appreciated i know it was a long post

Membro 38 Livello: 39 Trofei: 32 Pubblicato 2 ore fa Mappa: Lago Coordinate di Kuori: Trolling C5 dodger crank 10-007 Nel nome del gioco: daniel61

I have to do the math, but i think this one is a little closer too 11111KG Map: Kuori Lake Coordinates: Trolling F7 Bait: Kiruuna Veikko 25g-003 In game name: Spectre1983

Official Social Media Platforms Fish of the Week - Scheduling: Available regions: US/Other region/IT Start: Monday 16/01 06:00 am EDT / 12:00 CEST End: Monday 23/01 06:00 am EDT / 12:00 CEST Fish of the Week - Details: What do you have to do? The goal is to catch the specimen of Chub weighing 5555 g. The fish has to be caught within the challenge time frame and posted within 3 hours of being caught. The player who catches fish closest to the target weight wins. Results: The fish caught should be posted on this topic until the challenge is over. You can post as many as you want, but remember that it needs to be that species. Everything will be checked carefully in the logs, so there is no possibility of any cheating. The following information should be included in the post: Screenshot of the fish caught. The name of the map on which the fish was caught. Exact coordinates / Grid Square, if you're trolling Bait In game name The results will be published within 7 days of the end of the challenge. Challenge rules: Messages that do not contain the required data won't be considered. In the case of several players catching fish in the same weight, the person who caught it first will be the winner. Illegible screenshots posted by the player won't be considered. Challenge entries that violate the rules or rules of good behavior won't be considered. All unregulated cases are decided by the administration. In case of problems with the server, connection or other, the adm inistration reserves the right to change the date of the challenge or suspend it indefinitely. Important: Only players from the USA, EN, Other Region, and Italy using the standalone version of the Russian Fishing 4 client can participate in the challenge. If you are interested in transferring a Steam account to a standalone version of the game client, all information can be found in this post: Fish of the Week - Prizes: Prizes: Westhill Bunessan FF130H + Syberia Gold 80s Prizes will be paid out within 7 days of publication of the results. May the best angler win. Your FishSoft Team

Amber Lake Common Carp 40:133 (B5) Clip: 15 m.

Map: Winding Rivulet Coord: 87:103 Bait: Nature Caster In game name: Daggett Doofus

I think you are actually getting a little off the main topic now, as it was never about the silver or xp. But about population and time spending at each spot. And i somewhat agree a little. Let me use and example for myself. Lets say i really enjoy catching them brown trouts (could be another fish) and while i am at work, Puff a magicall spot appears on discord or a forum. and i get excited to get home and try it. So i get home i load up get to the location, and oh boy the spot is good. But then regardless if its time or popolation of fish very often after around 1 hour there it becomes stale and boring, and nothing biting. Now in my oppinion 1 hour, or the equivalent population of fish for 1 hour just seems a little to low. I dont want to leave already and start searching another spot for those fish (and it could be a much more rare fish to find spots) or go for another fish entirely. I think its ok theres a limit and they change spots and all that. But i also think the poplation could be increased a little, so we dont have to move that fast, but enjoy it a little longer

Totally agree botzy, when folk ask me best way to make silver I say 'find some stuff you enjoy fishing for in game and don't worry about the damn silver' The silver and xp will come in anyway no matter what you do. It's a game you're meant to be entertained and have fun so do something that is fun and enjoy yourself instead of sitting watching the numbers on your ingame silver and xp.

Official Social Media Platforms Fish of the Week - Scheduling: Available regions: EN/US/Other region/IT Start: Monday 09/01 06:00 am EDT / 12:00 CEST End: Monday 16/01 06:00 am EDT / 12:00 CEST Fish of the Week - Details: What do you have to do? The goal is to catch the heaviest specimen of Brown Trout. The fish has to be caught within the challenge time frame and posted within 3 hours of being caught. Results: The fish caught should be posted on this topic until the challenge is over. You can post as many as you want, but remember that it needs to be that species. Everything will be checked carefully in the logs, so there is no possibility of any cheating. The following information should be included in the post: Screenshot of the fish caught. The name of the map on which the fish was caught. Exact coordinates / Grid Square, if you're trolling Bait In game name. The results will be published within 7 days of the end of the challenge. Challenge rules: Messages that do not contain the required data won't be considered. In the case of several players catching fish of the same weight, the person who caught it first will be the winner. Illegible screenshots posted by the player won't be considered. Challenge entries that violate the rules or rules of good behavior won't be considered. All unregulated cases are decided by the administration. In case of problems with the server, connection or other, the adm inistration reserves the right to change the date of the challenge or suspend it indefinitely. Important: Only players from the USA, Other Region, and Italy using the standalone version of the Russian Fishing 4 client can participate in the challenge. If you are interested in transferring a Steam account to a standalone version of the game client, all information can be found in this post: Fish of the Week - Prizes: Prizes: Trident Admiral LP-R PG Prizes will be paid out within 7 days of publication of the results. May the best angler win. Your FishSoft Team

This is how poor people fishing on amber Common Ghost Carp. 83.145 Clip 35

Colt! Good morning. I will start off by saying major changes were made 7 months ago and they have even recently discussed how they have limited fush by count. As we have all seen, catching larger size fush and/or 70+ an hour has drastically gone down. Years ago, I would say "Heck yes" these points matter. Current state of game (in my opinion) they do not. Assumption is with the fush amount locked down, they have also limited/lowered skill point effectiveness drastically along with it. Or possibly one has affected the other by mistake even. Benefit of the doubt all around you know. My belief in your question: Previously: Yes Currently: Not much / Minimal Would be nice to see a Dev response on this one. I guess along with the Skill points, would be nice to see if the rod bonus percentages have been affected as well. Or possibly I am just crazy as I go through the notes on my four walls... "Tighter Lines My Friend" PJ

Map: Lower Tunguska River Coordinates: 138:133 Bait: Orig Popper 4-F006 ign: Ritero Xaperle Bax

IGN: botzy Map: Ladoga Archipelago Coords: 415:408 Bait: Leech + Nature Stonefly Larva

IGN: Kinda1993 Map: Ladoga Archipelago Coords: 251:317 Bait: Leech + Diving beetle

I agree with you Thrall. Game that advertises itself as following: The moment you start paying attention to every detail in the game, you see, that none of these sentences do apply any more, it's quite the opposite. Concept of an "open free to roam", "complete player freedom", "find your very own perfect fishing spot" as of games current state means, you can move around in all maps, and do as you wish, choose spots you want to fish from, what bait/lure/setup you want to use, but is falling short on actually being able to catch fish with the "freedom" you're given. Does looking around Discord, VK, groups etc. for meta baits/lures/spots on a huge map with maybe (if you're lucky) 2 active fishing spots sound something like "free to find your very own perfect fishing spot"? Does any concept of spot dying out after x amount of fish, and game forcing you to go catch/do something else, or move spots sound like complete freedom to choose my own perfect fishing spot, or what i want to catch? Does being forced to follow the meta, to be able to catch any fish, due other combinations of lure/baits/setups on most cases will not amount to anything. Does this sound like complete freedom? (Yes, i understand fishes have prefrences, but all fish have "base" type of what they like and what they hunt/eat, not one specific combination in a very specific order) In the end it's a fishing game, not a water/bird/plane watching simulator. The rate of fish you were able to catch has been going down over the years on all axis of possible fishing styles. With every gowing silver squeezes, how many times have items in store gone more expensive, how much more expensive are they from what they used to be? And ever slower releases of new content, right now it's been over a year since we've been able to have any new content within a game. If im being honest, i don't really mind that gear is getting more expensive and few silver squeezes here and there, but the biggest part of my annoyance is that i simply cannot go about my day, log into RF4 and enjoy fishing, actually going on the lake or river and actually catch my preferred fish species/families. As the game stands right now, it's barely staying over an uninstall level for me, i do not actively play it, and im only going to open it up to play new map whenever it comes out. Cheers!

Mappa: Kuori Lake Coordinate: Trolling C5 Vibra Spinner s1-002

Map: Kuori Lake Coordinates: Trolling E6 Bait: Wooden Minnow 100S In game name: Ramsa

Winding rivulet 87:103 caster-maggot Spectre1983

Fish: trophy dolly varden trout Water: Yama Spot: 94:157 Time: afternoon Speed: 40 Method: walk the dog Setup:

Akhtuba Russian Sturgeon 84:108 clip 20

Map: Winding Rivulet Coordinates:73:91 Bait: Hornet #1 003 In game name: Napph

Hello Vicky, first of all, thank you for your feedback! The system that you describe as "biting hour effect" does not exist, at least in the way you are putting it. There is no time limit on a spot being active. What does happen in the game is that you can overfish the population of fish available in one spot. This is completely dependant on the number of fish caught, but can also be influenced by overfeeding. For more details check out this Q&A This system of populations being drained has, as you describe, been indeed implemented to create more realism and also encourage the player to try different things. Your second point of some water bodies not being attractive, clearly comes from a very "meta" position of wanting to make the most possible silver per hour. That is completely fine, as some players enjoy this aspect of the game most. This is unavoidable though, because this comes down to math and there will logically be always one water body that is "best". Keep in mind though, that there are many different motivations to play the game and maps might be attractive to other players for different reasons. Overall, with RF4 we are trying to create a game that encourages and rewards flexibility and creativity. Conditions change and the player has to adapt to stay successfull. This might not appeal to every type of gamer but it is our philosophy and the soul of our game. The best suggestion to enjoy RF4 is probably to not constantly look at the "silver per hour", but to set certain target fish for yourself. You will have more fun and the silver will come in as well over time. And just in case you might have overplayed the game a bit, which we all know can happen in gaming, there is also no shame to taking a break from time to time. Often the game is more enjoyable afterwards! Tight lines!

Coordinated map for Amber Lake, Now it shows coordinates other then map sector.

Map: Lower Tunguska River Coordinates: 113:111 Bait: Snowflake #1 08 In game name: Ramsa

Last event done Thanks so much for all the support and thanks to everyone that took part All prizes done Thanks again untill the next one take care & tight lines

IGN: Lagikaa Map: Ladoga Archipelago Coords: 62:295 Bait: Mayfly larva + stonefly larva

The EN forum is the best forum among the 9 forums, so I decide to say something here from my heart and hope it can be heard by the game designer. Thanks in advance. I am a player from China and started to play this game maybe in July 2018 on steam. I was immediately attracted by the physical engine of this game. The feeling of fishing is almost real and really suits those who don't have spare time to fish outside in real life. Different fishing tackles can be used in this game and fighting with huge fish is really amazing. I love this game in the past 4 years and even produced a lot of video guides for new players in Bilibili.com. But things changed since the "Biting Hour Effect" was inserted in this game. Here, the "Biting Hour Effect" means if you fish continuously in the same location, the harvest in the first hour is normal while the harvest in the second hour will be cut by half and the harvest in the third hour will be negligible. Next, I will tell you why this "Biting Hour Effect" (BHE for short) is a totally wrong decision. Firstly, I think a good design should make a balance among lure fishing, bottom fishing and floating fishing. Before the BHE, the game did go that way. But the birth of BHE ruined the balance. More than 2 locations of bottom fishing are often difficult to find at the same time for a typical fish spice, to say nothing of float fishing. As a result, lure fishing becomes the most popular and one can easily find 2 or more locations to exchange hour by hour without any cost especially in Map Ladoga Archipelago. In the past years, I would suggest Rookies focus on both bottom fishing and lure fishing. But now, if a rookie asks me how to adapt to this game faster, I will say that just play lure fishing and go to Ladoga Archipelago as soon as possible. The playability of this game is getting worse. Secondly, a good design should make most of the maps (obviously not all) attractive and players would like to change from map to map. But BHE has made the Map Ladoga Archipelago the only one to choose if you want to earn silver faster for better equipment as mentioned in the above. (By the way, the Akhtuba River was once the best map in my opinion, because you can do almost whatever you want here. Float fishing, bottom fishing and lure fishing all have the exponents here. But when the eastern bream is popular among players, you cut it down. When the catfish is popular, you also cut it down. When the black-spined Herring is popular, you again cut it down. You guys have made Akhtuba River from the best map ever to some map for sturgeons. That's a big step back.) Thirdly, a good game needs both designers and players. Have you ever thought about what attracts the old players when the curiosity is gone? Different kinds of trophy fishes, larger fishes or more achievements. Obviously, the BHE makes all the 3 types of players disgusted. You guys could increase the price of tackles again and again without informing in advance. We forgive that. The server could be poor and easy to break down every time after the client is updated. We forgive that, too. However, please stop cutting down the harvest to disgust we old players who ever loved this game so much. We came to this game for fishing, not for drinking or digging. Fourthly, I heard that the BHE was first implemented to deal with cheaters who use cheating tools and always stay in the same location fishing for a long time automatically. If really so, this is really a wrong decision. Cheaters are awful but the number of them are less if dealt with properly. The number of normal players is more. You should not sacrifice the interests of the majority just to deal with the minority. If you really want to handle the cheaters, update your system of game guard and detect them more quickly. One is one, two is two. Don't mix them together. Moreover, I also heard that the BHE is set to make the game more virtual reality. Pardon? In reality, I have spent several hours standing by the river with few fish caught, so I don't want to stand by the computer for several hours with few fish again. We come to this game to experience something amazing we may not experience in real life. If you guys keep doing things like that, you are losing those who really loved this game. Hope you guys could understand what I have said and cancel the BHE in the game. I can see lots of disadvantages and even not one advantage of it. This has been the most criticizing setting in the game ever.

Official Social Media Platforms Fish of the Week - Scheduling: Available regions: EN/US/Other region/IT Start: Monday 23/01 06:00 am EDT / 12:00 CEST End: Monday 30/01 06:00 am EDT / 12:00 CEST Fish of the Week - Details: What do you have to do? The goal is to catch the heaviest specimen of Dace. The fish has to be caught within the challenge time frame and posted within 3 hours of being caught. Results: The fish caught should be posted on this topic until the challenge is over. You can post as many as you want, but remember that it needs to be that species. Everything will be checked carefully in the logs, so there is no possibility of any cheating. The following information should be included in the post: Screenshot of the fish caught. The name of the map on which the fish was caught. Exact coordinates / Grid Square, if you're trolling Bait In game name. The results will be published within 7 days of the end of the challenge. Challenge rules: Messages that do not contain the required data won't be considered. In the case of several players catching fish of the same weight, the person who caught it first will be the winner. Illegible screenshots posted by the player won't be considered. Challenge entries that violate the rules or rules of good behavior won't be considered. All unregulated cases are decided by the administration. In case of problems with the server, connection or other, the adm inistration reserves the right to change the date of the challenge or suspend it indefinitely. Important: Only players from the USA, Other Region, and Italy using the standalone version of the Russian Fishing 4 client can participate in the challenge. If you are interested in transferring a Steam account to a standalone version of the game client, all information can be found in this post: Fish of the Week - Prizes: Prizes: Silver Fish Crimson Star TL 700 Prizes will be paid out within 7 days of publication of the results. May the best angler win. Your FishSoft Team

1. The point is that thousands of players already found this fair balance... e.g.: I bought Venga and Megara reels without gold. But I argee, that it is not too easy and you have to spend a lot of time playing for this. But I think you also will find this balance if you try instead of writing posts about it. 2. As it is in the Bible: "the worker deserves his salary" - if it was too easy to get enough silver for the best equipment the creators of this game would not earn enough money to continue this project. 3. The game is much more complex than it appears in the first 20 levels. So e.g. you will not know what are the good performance/price ratios in case of a lot of equipments. E.g.: do not use your best reel or rod for smaller fish, do not use braided line when it is unnecessary, just like in real life. Or: some small fish have surprisingly big xp value,... 4. This is about FISHING. So if you enjoy the scenery, the calm environment and catch fish you enjoy the game. Yes, if the fish is trophy, you enjoy even more. But this is not a race game, this is not about silver or gold. E.g.: I buy rods and reels based on (mainly) their appearence, not their stats. So if a reel have a very good price/quality ratio but not enough nice appearence I do not buy it. And if a reel looks very nice I buy it even if it is expensive and I have stronger one anyway. Just like in real life. Good luck

OMG... you had planty of fun so far, but when accidentaly you catch a single fish which costed too much you start to cry... Haven't you had experience like this in real life? It happened to me e.g. that when I went to a river I was not able to catch even one single fish, so shall I start now demand back the petrol I used in my car to go there? And it is not about that I would not be talented... I caught already plenty of fish at different occasions. You say it is not real life. OK. But this game is better than any other fishing game because it tries to be as real as possible. Do you want a car racing game where you always just win regardless you are slow or fast? Instead of trying to make this game lame be a man (fisherMAN) and learn how you can be more effective.

Hi guys, Fish: trophy bream Water: Kuori Spot: 70:85 Clip: 15 Time: night Setup: Leader: 6.8kg 60 cm fluoro.

Map: Kuori Lake Coordinates: Trolling E7 Bait: Wooden Minnow 100S In game name: Ramsa

Again if you are snapping gear that's down to your setup and your choices. Every leader, reel, line or rod I've broken has been down to my mistakes, I accept that and don't look for excuses outside of it. If you hook a catfish on a 8kg setup reduce your friction, nothing will break unless you do something silly. people catch big fish on ultra-light setups all the time, patience and knowledge gets them the fish, not simply throwing silver at them.

Technical restart On January 24th, at 8:00 am UTC, the server will be restarted for technical maintenance. Working time ~4h. Regards, FishSoft Team

Map: Winding Rivulet Coordinates: 72:84 Bait: Zeiman Hornet #1 008 In game name: MikepLT

Fish: Common and mirror carp Water: Amber lake Spot: 83:145, clip 35 Time: night and morning Setup:

Map: Lower Tunguska River Coordinates: 138:133 Bait: Orig Popper 4-F006 In game name Fuatsyam

Map: Lower Tunguska River Coordinates: 130:112 Bait: Orig Popper 4-F006 In game name VeryBery

Map: Lower Tunguska River Coordinates: 130:131 Bait: Zeiman Hornet #1 002 In game name: zyzyno67