I'm tempted to get the fishing rod first and here is my stupid reasoning.
I can gather everything I need quickly except ice and water clusters.
The problem with getting them via reduction is that I need patience to catch the fish and I always collect 8/8 fish. 8/8 fish never give clusters and instead give seasand which is essentially worthless. With a nicer fishing rod I could more reliably get the mooch without patience and reduce non hq-fish for a better chance to get clusters.
I feel this is dumb and I should just buy the clusters or mine them the old way, but lol.
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