The Astral Observatory update turns Fisch’s night sky into a working system. A new observatory sits on the main platform, and everything the update adds — the Astral Anomaly server events, the new rods, the space mutations — runs through a single quest line that ends with a working telescope.
Quick answer: Go to the observatory on the main platform, talk to Astronomer Vega inside the laboratory, then fish up five battery casings at the Mine Shaft to open the quest line.
Redeem the ShootingStars code before you start
One code shipped alongside the update. Open the menu, go to the codes section, and enter ShootingStars exactly as written. Case matters, and Fisch codes tend to rotate out with later updates, so there is no benefit to sitting on it.
The reward bundle includes an Excel Meteoric Rod Skin, five Icy Fishing Dots, a Coral Pearl, five Cony Pieces, five Triple Mix, and a handful of random items. If the items land in your inventory and the code field clears without an error, it worked.
How to start the Astral Observatory quest
What the telescope quest is building toward
The full quest line ends with a specialized telescope. Building it requires Telescopic Lenses and Batteries, and the raw materials for those come from five separate locations rather than one farming spot. The Mine Shaft is simply the first stop.
Finishing the line does two things. It gives you access to the Astral Anomaly system, and it opens up the update’s rod rewards. Until the telescope is assembled, none of the anomaly events can be triggered by you.
Note: Batteries are consumed to power the telescope, not just to craft it. Treat them as an ongoing resource rather than a one-time quest item.
Astral Anomalies and how they affect the server
Powering the telescope with Batteries triggers a temporary nighttime event, and it works even if the server is currently in daytime. Each anomaly applies a passive stat buff to everyone on the server and opens up space mutations on fish caught while the event is running.
Five anomalies exist in the game right now.
| Anomaly | Type |
|---|---|
| Celestial Congregation | Temporary nighttime server event |
| Abyssal Alignment | Temporary nighttime server event |
| Evershifting Eclipse | Temporary nighttime server event |
| Meteoric Outburst | Temporary nighttime server event |
| Lunar Eclipse | Temporary nighttime server event |
Because the effects are server-wide, an anomaly firing on your server benefits every player on it. The practical takeaway is to hold Batteries until you actually intend to fish, rather than burning them the moment you craft one.
New rods added with the update
Four rods arrived with the observatory content, and more are confirmed for a later release. They are tied to the astral content in different ways, so they are not all obtained through the same method.
- Scavenger Rod
- Meteoric Rod
- Rod of the Singularity
- Stellarwave Melody
Working through the Vega quest line first is the efficient route, since it introduces the locations and materials the rods draw on.
Comet companion: Where to find it and how to tame it
Comet is a living astral companion that roams near fallen stars on the map. It is not sold anywhere, so finding one means going out to the celestial content rather than visiting a shop.
Feed it Stardust Candy to tame it. Once tamed, Comet settles on top of your character’s head permanently and grants a passive Astral Luck stat, which raises the server’s chance of rare meteor and starfall drops. Seeing it perched on your head is the confirmation that the taming succeeded.
Goliath Siphonophore hunt fish location and fight mechanics
The new hunt fish sits in a hidden pool inside Boreal Hollow, behind the reinforced crab cage doors. The encounter starts when you cause a disturbance in the main pool, so it will not appear from ordinary fishing at the usual spots.
The fight has two mechanics worth knowing before you commit. It can temporarily freeze your progress bar mid-reel, and it can reduce your resilience while you are fighting it. A stalled progress bar is expected behaviour, not a bug or a lost catch.
New pools, species, and hidden crevices
Six new fishable pools and a set of hidden crevice areas were added across the sea. They hold new aquatic species, crab cage catches, and crafting materials, and several are tied to questlines run by local characters connected to the anomalies in each area.
If Bestiary entries are your goal, the hidden crevices matter more than the obvious pools. Some catches only exist in those smaller areas, so staying at a familiar spot will leave gaps you cannot fill anywhere else.
Alongside the new content, the loading screen music now follows your Music Volume setting and stays muffled until player data finishes loading.
The fastest path through the update is narrow. Redeem the code, get the opening objective from Vega, clear the Mine Shaft casings, and follow the quest markers until the telescope is finished. Everything else — the anomalies, the space mutations, the rod rewards — only becomes reachable after that.
