When the farm’s tended and you want a quieter pursuit, Moonlight Peaks has the genre staples: fishing and foraging, both done under the moon.
Getting your rod: Noel’s wager
You don’t start with a fishing rod — you win it. Noel, a warlock of the Webb family, bets you 250 gold that you can’t catch three different fish before he does. Taking him up on it (whether you win or lose the bet itself) is how most players unlock fishing for good, and it doubles as your first proper introduction to a confirmed romance option.
Fishing at the pier
The town has a pier, and you’ll find water all over the map — lakes, marshes and the shoreline, with named spots including Misty Shores, Silverveil Lake and Howling Marshes. Fishing is a confirmed activity: cast a line, reel in the catch, and either sell it or cook it. Casting and reeling both use the same button on controller. In a nocturnal town, expect night-time and weather to influence what’s biting.
There are 22 fish to catch, and — like the rest of the world — they rotate by area and by season, so no single spot or time of year shows you everything. Landing all 22 is a proper little collection that runs the length of the game (and the Fishing Pro achievement). For every species — its exact spot, rarity, and the season, time, weather or moon phase it needs — see our full fish list.
Reviewers are split on the feel of it. One preview player found the mini-game “not frustrating and very straightforward,” while a 60-hour reviewer felt fishing could be a touch slow and skittish early on. The honest read: it’s a pleasant, low-stress pastime rather than a fast money-maker at the start, so fish for the collection and the cooking ingredients, and lean on farming and selling for reliable income while you’re building up.
Foraging the forest and shore
Foraging rounds out your gathering. The forest changes with the seasons, and the shoreline and town gardens give you things to pick up on a walk. Foraged goods feed straight into the cooking and potion brewing systems, so a short gathering loop each night quietly funds your progress.
One known category is mushrooms: community datamining of the demo lists several — Glowglammer, Frosteria, Volacio and Amanita among them — and they behave a little differently from ordinary crops (reportedly springing up fast and spreading to neighbouring tiles). Whether you stumble on them in the wild or cultivate them, they’re prime brewing and cooking stock. You can see where they sit among everything else growable in our full crops list.
Different regions also carry different colours of flowers and herbs, so where you forage matters if you’re after a specific shade for flower arranging or crafting colour variants.
Magical dig spots
Foraging has a third string beyond picking and fishing: glowing dig spots scattered around the map that you clear with your shovel. They’re a lucky dip — materials, crafting bits and the occasional treasure — and, as one preview player put it, you never quite know what you’ll turn up, which makes shovelling every glowing patch you pass a genuinely rewarding habit. Keep an eye out for the shimmer.
What’s biting, season to season
Because the whole game runs at night, the usual fishing variables — time of day and weather — fold into a nocturnal rhythm, and the four seasons rotate what’s available the way they do across the rest of the farm. The practical habit is the same one veterans use in any farm sim: check the pier in different conditions, note what only shows up in rain or in a particular season, and prioritise the catches you haven’t logged yet. We’ll publish the confirmed fish and seasonal windows once the released game lets us verify them.
A simple gathering routine
- Fold a short forage walk into each night and grab anything glowing.
- Fish the pier when you’ve got spare energy — it’s cheap and steady.
- Hold onto unusual ingredients for recipes rather than auto-selling.
The full fish data
The 22-fish total is confirmed, and our full fish list now covers every species with locations, seasons and prices. Still being catalogued by players since launch: rare-catch conditions and any rod tiers or upgrades. Combine this with our beginner tips for an efficient first week.
