Challenging Rod

Challenging Rod

Type

Fishing Rod

Rarity

UNCOMMON

Skill Level Requirement

 Fishing V (5)

Stats

 Damage: +75
 Strength: 75
 Fishing Speed: +35
 Sea Creature Chance: +2%
 Treasure Chance: +0.5%

Upgrades

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Item Properties

Enchantable

✔ Yes

Reforgeable

✔ Yes

Salable

✔ Yes

Tradeable

✔ Yes

Auctionable

✔ Yes

Museum

✔ Yes (+2 XP)

Shop

Sell

5,000 Coins

Auction House Prices^ⓘ

Lowest BIN
(Latest)

??? coins

Lowest BIN
(Daily Average)

??? coins

Materials

Raw Materials

•  8x Rusty Coin
•  2x String
•  3x Stick

Bazaar Material cost

??? coins (not including: 3 Stick)

Item Metadata

Item ID

CHALLENGE_ROD

The Challenging Rod is an UNCOMMON Fishing Rod.

A Challenging Rod can be bought from Junker Joel for  1 Fishing Rod and  8 Rusty Coins.

Fishing Rod
	Challenging Rod  Damage: +75  Strength: +75  Fishing Speed: +35  Sea Creature Chance: +2  Treasure Chance: +0.5

A Challenging Rod can be used to fish in  Water.

Name	Requirement	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Rod of Champions	Lily Pad VII (7)	1x Challenging Rod  8x Enchanted Lily Pad

• The Challenging Rod is the only Fishing Rod to grant  Treasure Chance.

Alpha Hypixel Network
Mar 12, 2025		Moved Challenging Rod from Lily Pad V (5) to Junker Joel.
		Decreased rarity from RARE to UNCOMMON.
		Adjusted stats:  Damage: 60 → 75  Strength: 60 → 75  Fishing Speed: 75 → 35
		Changed  Fishing requirement from  Fishing X (10) to  Fishing V (5).
Aug 25, 2026		Changed amount of Rusty Coins needed to buy Challenging Rod from 16 to 8.
SkyBlock Prototype
Jul 2, 2019	0.5	Added Challenging Rod.
Aug 18, 2022	0.14	Now gives +75  Fishing Speed.
Mar 18, 2025	0.22	Moved Challenging Rod from Lily Pad V (5) to Junker Joel.
		Decreased rarity from RARE to UNCOMMON.
		Adjusted stats:  Damage: 60 → 75  Strength: 60 → 75  Fishing Speed: 75 → 35
		Changed  Fishing requirement from  Fishing X (10) to  Fishing V (5).
May 26, 2026	0.25	Now also gives +0.5  Treasure Chance.
Sep 1, 2026	0.27.1	Changed amount of Rusty Coins needed to buy Challenging Rod from 16 to 8.

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