How to Get Dave Rod in Fisch (November 2026) 3 Quest Steps

Want the strangest trophy in Roblox Fisch? The Dave Rod is a secret, former admin-exclusive rod that no shop sells and no chest hides — the only way to get it is by finishing the funniest questline in the game, run by Dave, a smiling pile of rocks who lives on top of The Arch and only speaks in ALL CAPS about stones. Reach level 250, climb The Arch at GPS (1078, 306, -124), show Dave a Boulder from Keeper’s Altar, hand over 250 Rocks, then deliver one final Rock. Do that and the rod — plus 6,010,000 XP — is yours. Below, I’ve laid out every step, the rod’s ridiculous stats, and the shortcuts I wish I’d known before starting.

Quick Facts	Details
Rod	Dave Rod (Stage 10, former admin rod)
Quest giver	Dave, on top of The Arch
GPS	(1078, 306, -124)
Level needed	250
Items required	1x Boulder + 251x Rock
Cost	Free
Obtainable since	Version 1.67 (Tidefall update)

How to Get Dave Rod in Fisch?

Step 1: Reach Level 250 and Find Dave on The Arch

Dave won’t speak to anyone below level 250 — walk up early and you’ll get nothing, so treat that level as your entry ticket and knock it out first.

The Arch itself is a giant upside-down-U of stone rising out of the ocean between the Statue of Sovereignty and Mushgrove Swamp, with a single pine tree near the top. Spawn a boat at Moosewood, sail north past the Statue of Sovereignty, and you can’t miss it. Beebom’s guide lists the GPS as (1078, 306, -124); other guides put it closer to (1100, 133, -1200), so navigate by landmark rather than by numbers.

Climbing is the first real test — the slanted walls offer limited footholds, so bring a Gravity Coil or Velocity Coil. At the summit you’ll find Dave: a rock golem with a smiley face and a cairn balanced on his head. Talk to him and he yells “ME WANT ROCK!”

Step 2: Catch a Boulder at Keeper’s Altar

Dave’s first demand is a Boulder — a Secret-rarity “fish” with brutal 1-in-1,000,000 odds that only bites in one place: Keeper’s Altar, at the bottom of the Mines beneath the Statue of Sovereignty (GPS 20, 160, -1040). If the spot looks familiar, that’s because the Altar doubles as the game’s enchanting pool. There are no bait, weather, season, or time requirements — it’s pure probability, so stack every luck advantage you can. Rods like Onirifalx, Astraeus Serenade, Ruinous Oath, Wind Elemental, and Cinder Block all raise your odds.

Two things I wish I’d known earlier: first, Dave never actually takes the Boulder — you keep it after showing him. Second, you don’t have to catch it yourself. Players rent Boulders out for collateral, and if the odds are mocking you, borrowing one is completely legitimate. Just never do the handover without a trusted middleman — Boulder scams are everywhere in the trading scene.

Step 3: Bring Dave 250 Rocks

Return with the Boulder and Dave upgrades his order: “MANY! BRING 250 ROCK!” The Rock is a regionless Trash item, meaning every body of water in Fisch can drop it — no specific location required. That said, I’d fish at Sunstone Island, the Mineshaft, or Sanctum, since they’re safe, central, and produce regionless catches reliably.

For gear, equip the Training Rod — its negative luck is actually an advantage for pulling trash — and stack Magnet Bait. This is the longest leg of the quest by far; expect a few hours of casting. I split it across two sessions and farmed Electric mutations in between to keep C$ flowing for boats and Coils.

Step 4: Hand Over One Final Rock

Drop off the 250 Rocks and Dave celebrates (“ROCK MOUNTAIN!”) — then immediately asks for one more. Catch a single Rock, hand it over, and the questline ends with 10,000 XP and the Dave Rod, free.

Tally the whole thing up and it’s quietly one of the best XP deals in Fisch: 5,000,000 XP for the Boulder, 1,000,000 for the Rocks, and 10,000 for the finale — 6,010,000 total, most of it for a few hours of collecting stones.

Dave Rod Stats in Fisch

Stat	Value
Lure Speed	1e+21%
Luck	-1e+21%
Control	0.7
Resilience	-1e+21%
Max Kg	1e+21 kg
Line Distance	1,500m
Progress Speed	-51% (forced)

Yes, those numbers are real — 1e+21 means a 1 followed by 21 zeros. The Dave Rod is a developer joke taken to its logical extreme: effectively instant bites and an effectively unlimited max weight, paired with luck and resilience so far below zero that hooking anything normally is a miracle. The lone “serious” stat is 0.7 Control, genuinely one of the best values in the game — the bar barely moves during the reel-in.

The three abilities explain what the rod is actually for: a 100% chance to reel in Rocks, a 100% chance to gift any fish you catch to another player on the server, and a forced -51% progress speed. In practice it’s a novelty rock-collector, not a grinder — even endgame rods like the No-Life Rod keep positive luck, so nothing else trades stats away like this. The official wiki still files it as a Stage 10 rod, a leftover badge from its admin-only days.

Is the Dave Rod Worth It?

Complete it, sure. Use it daily, no. The Dave Rod’s real value is the 6,010,000 XP payout, the collector’s status of a former admin rod, and the reactions when you gift someone a Legendary shark mid-conversation. If you want hidden-quest rods that actually carry late-game content, the Apollo’s Sunshot Rod and the Oppressor Rod are where the power is. One reason to hurry: FischFright 3’s Rave quest currently rewards the Rave Rod — an exclusive Dave Rod skin — while the event lasts.

Pro Tips for the Dave Questline

Mark The Arch the moment you find it — the questline forces at least three round trips (Boulder, Rocks, final Rock).
Gravity Coil beats Velocity Coil here: the slanted walls reward controlled jumps, not raw speed.
Never hand your Boulder to a “helper” offering to finish the quest for you — boulder-swap scams are the most common trade scam in Fisch right now.
You keep the Boulder permanently after Step 2, so lend it confidently to trusted friends.

FAQs

What level do you need to get the Dave Rod in Fisch?

Level 250. Dave ignores lower-level players entirely, so there’s no workaround — grind first, quest second.

Can you still get the Dave Rod in November 2026?

Yes. The questline has been permanently obtainable since the Tidefall update (Version 1.67) activated Dave, and nothing has removed it since.

What does the Dave Rod actually do?

It catches Rocks with 100% reliability, gifts every hooked fish to another player on the server, and runs a forced -51% progress speed. It’s a trophy, not a tool.