Gaming How-To

How to Unlock and Equip Traits in Net a Fish (Rebirth 7)

Traits open at the Storm Chaser rank and multiply both money and fish caught, from x1.05 up to x10.

Traits open at the Storm Chaser rank and multiply both money and fish caught, from x1.05 up to x10.

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Traits are Net a Fish’s permanent stat rolls. Each one multiplies the money you earn and the fish you catch, wraps your avatar in an aura, and adds a chat tag with the trait’s name. The system stays hidden until you reach a specific rebirth rank. Once it opens, rolling and equipping a trait takes only a few clicks.

Quick answer: Complete Rebirth 7 to become a Storm Chaser. Then click the new Traits button on the left of your HUD, spend the free roll, and click any unlocked trait to equip it.


Traits unlock requirement: Rebirth 7 (Storm Chaser)

No level, quest, or pass unlocks Traits. The only trigger is the rebirth that takes you from Captain to Storm Chaser, which is Rebirth 7. Until that rebirth goes through, the Traits button does not appear on your HUD.

Like every rebirth, this one checks two counters on the Rebirth screen. Each counter shows your current total next to the target, and both have to be met before the rebirth button works.

RebirthNew rankFish caught (all time)Money held
Rebirth 7Storm Chaser2.9K$21.88B
Rebirth 8Deep Diver3.7K$1.06T

The fish counter is an all-time total, so every catch since your first session counts toward it. The money counter is different. Rebirth resets your cash to $0, which means you rebuild that balance from scratch after each one. Your fish, Fish Cooler, showcase, nets, and upgrades carry over.


Reaching the Rebirth 7 fish and money targets

Both targets come from the same loop. You catch fish, put your best ones on showcase pedestals so they earn money every second, and spend that money on gear that catches more and rarer fish. Every piece below feeds one of the two Rebirth 7 counters.

Casting and reeling the net

Stand at the dock or riverbank and use the Throw Net prompt. On a keyboard that’s E, and C also casts. A yellow reticle in the water marks where the net lands. Fish swimming through it are trapped until you reel it in.

Player at the water's edge pressing the Throw Net button to cast into the river
Casting the net with the Throw Net button.

The Fishing panel tracks how full the net is against its capacity, shown as a count such as 36/131. Leaving the net out until it is nearly full gets you more fish per cast. That’s the fastest way to push the all-time fish counter toward 2.9K.

Fishing panel reading 36/131 with a Crimson Arowana in the net and the Reel In control available
The Fishing panel shows net capacity while a Crimson Arowana is in the net.

When a valuable fish is inside the circle, press Reel In to pull the whole net back. Higher-rarity catches set off pink light beams and celebration banners. Apex fish such as the Silverfang Barracuda get their own announcement as they surface.

Upgrading the net

Some fish escape no matter how well you aim. If a fish needs a better net, a floating label over it names the one you need, such as “Needs Aurora Net.” Open the Upgrades menu, switch to the Nets tab, and buy the next net in line. In the mid-game range, Deepforge Net costs $8M, Leviathan Net $110M, Celestial Net $450M, and Seraphic Net $1B.

Showcase income from the Fish Cooler

Most of your money is generated by displayed fish, rather than by selling them. In Fish Cooler, choose Equip Best to place your highest earners on the showcase pedestals. Use Fuse All to merge duplicate stacks into stronger variants. Approach any displayed fish and select its Inspect prompt to view its income breakdown, then run along the pedestals to collect their earnings.

Inspect prompt above a showcased sea creature on the dock, opening its income breakdown
Inspecting a showcased fish’s income breakdown at the dock.

The Fish Cooler also sits by the river in the Hub, so you can keep casting there too. The Hub is where you trade fish with other players. A highlighted Hub button on your HUD takes you there.

Dock helpers: Spear Gun, Fisherman, and Boat

Three helpers catch fish without you. The Spear Gun is mounted at your dock and spears passing fish on its own. Walk up to it and press E at the Spear Gun Upgrade prompt to buy upgrades such as Fast Reload and Barbed Tips, which you can level up more than once.

The Fisherman helper has its own upgrade window, and its Range stat controls how far he casts. The Boat goes out and brings back a haul on a timer. Press E at the Boat Open prompt to reach its console, where you can buy parts such as Trawl Net, Engine, Sonar, Cold Storage, and Lucky Figurehead. A new hull, like the Catamaran at $300B, raises what the boat can bring back.

Avatar standing beside the docked boat with the E Boat Open prompt visible
The Boat Open prompt at the dock.

Bait, Index rewards, and the Leviathan Pass

The Bait Shop stand sells lures that add effects while you fish. Buying bait and using it are two separate steps. After you buy a lure such as Glitter Lure, select it and equip it, and the shop marks it IN USE. The Bait Memory mini-game is another bait-related activity, with difficulty choices such as Medium.

The fish Index pays a one-time reward whenever you complete a page. A Page Rewards button shows how many are waiting, and tapping it jumps straight to the reward. The Leviathan Pass works the same way. Season 1: Harvest Tide tracks your tier, and a CLAIM ALL button collects everything you have earned, including Ocean Crates.


Confirming Rebirth 7 to unlock Traits

The Bloop is a boss that arrives on a timer while you fish at the dock. A turret takes the fight to it. When “Fight the Bloop — Turret Mode” appears beside the turret, use it and keep firing until the Bloop Defeated screen shows up, then claim the rewards. Rewards from boss fights such as The Bloop can include trait rolls, which you can save for later.

Fight the Bloop — Turret Mode prompt active next to the dock turret before the boss fight
The Turret Mode prompt for fighting The Bloop.

Boss loot can also include crates. An Abyss Crate can hatch pets such as the Epic Lanternjaw Angler. Press AWESOME! to close the reward popup and move on.

Reward popup for the Epic Lanternjaw Angler pet with an AWESOME! button to dismiss it
The Lanternjaw Angler (Epic) reward popup.

Once both counters are met, the rebirth itself takes three actions.

Open the Rebirth menu. Check that the fish caught (all time) and money counters both meet the Rebirth 7 targets. The screen also previews the Storm Chaser rank you are about to reach.
Confirm Rebirth 7. Your money drops to $0, and a cutscene pans over your base while it rebuilds into the Storm Chaser base.
Read the Rebirth 7 unlocks popup and close it. Traits sits at the top of that list, along with one free trait roll.

Rebirth 7 grants these unlocks:

  • Traits, opened with the new Traits button on your HUD
  • x2.75 money on showcase income from then on
  • The Storm Chaser base, which reskins your whole base
  • The Storm Chaser title, shown over your head and above your base
  • The Catamaran boat, which can bring back fish up to Monarch

Rebirth 7 also tends to land right around your daily login. The welcome-back screen pays out offline dock earnings, and the Daily Rewards screen can hand out crates. Day 4, for example, gives five Ocean Crates, and you can click to speed up the opening animation. Daily login rewards are one more place where trait rolls can show up.

Daily Rewards screen opening five Ocean Crates with a Click to speed up prompt
Opening five Ocean Crates from the Daily Rewards screen.

How to roll a trait in Net a Fish

Click the Traits button on the left side of your HUD. It’s the star-shaped icon that appears after Rebirth 7. The Traits window opens with a YOUR TRAIT box on the left and your trait library on the right.
Press the roll button to spend a roll. Your first one is the free roll from Rebirth 7. A horizontal roulette wheel spins through trait names and stops on your result.
Read the result card. It shows the trait’s rarity, its multiplier, and its odds. For example, Rare shows “x1.15 MONEY & FISH CAUGHT” at 1 in 9. The new trait is added to your unlocked list right away.
Traits menu with the Rare trait marked as equipped, the trait list, and roll purchase options
The Traits menu with the Rare trait equipped, next to the trait list and roll options.

If the wheel stops on a trait you already own, the game shows “You already have this trait,” and your list does not change. Duplicates are common at the bottom of the table, where Common through Legendary all sit between 1 in 8 and 1 in 9.


How to equip a trait and confirm it is active

Equipping is a single click. In the Traits window, click any unlocked trait in the right-hand panel. Nothing else is needed, and the trait applies immediately. You can switch freely between any traits you have unlocked, including going back to one you equipped earlier.

You can wear just one trait, and owning others won’t add their multipliers. Equip the strongest trait you’ve unlocked.

Three things change when the trait is live:

  • The YOUR TRAIT box on the left of the Traits window shows the new trait
  • A tag above your avatar reads the trait’s name, such as “Monarch Trait”
  • The matching aura appears around your character

Your income rate also floats above your head next to your rank and trait tags. Swapping from a weaker trait to a stronger one, such as Legendary to Monarch, should visibly raise that number.


Every Net a Fish trait: multipliers and roll odds

Each trait applies one multiplier to both money and fish caught. Scroll down the trait library to see the full ladder.

TraitMoney & fish caughtOdds
Commonx1.051 in 8
Uncommonx1.11 in 8
Rarex1.151 in 9
Epicx1.21 in 9
Legendaryx1.31 in 9
Mythicx1.41 in 11
Apexx1.51 in 11
Demigodx1.651 in 15
Historicx1.81 in 19
Monarchx21 in 24
Forbiddenx2.21 in 42
Cosmicx2.41 in 61
Divinex2.61 in 116
Abyssalx2.81 in 168
Empyreanx31 in 236
Supremex3.251 in 358
Zenithx3.51 in 691
Boundlessx41 in 1,388
Eclipsex4.51 in 1,824
Genesisx51 in 2,420
Obsidianx5.751 in 2,932
Endlessx6.51 in 3,715
Absolutex7.251 in 4,955
Ancientx81 in 7,431
Primordialx91 in 14,864
Transcendentx101 in 21,651

The jump in value is steep at a few points. Monarch doubles everything at odds of 1 in 24, which is realistic to land within your first handful of rolls. Past Abyssal, the odds climb into the thousands. Transcendent, at 1 in 21,651, is the top of the list.


Getting more trait rolls and the pity counter

After the free Rebirth 7 roll, rolls come from rewards or from Robux. Free rolls can come from boss fights such as The Bloop, daily login rewards, and rebirth rewards. The Traits window sells rolls in four bundles.

BundlePriceDiscount shown
1 roll49 RobuxNone
3 rolls129 RobuxSave 12%
10 rolls399 RobuxSave 19%
50 rolls1,799 RobuxBest 27%

A pity counter sits in the Traits window and guarantees two high tiers. A fresh counter reads “Abyssal in 99 – Endless in 249,” and both numbers drop by one with every roll. After five rolls, for example, it reads “Abyssal in 94 – Endless in 244.” In practice, that guarantees Abyssal within 100 rolls and Endless within 250.


Rebirth 8 (Deep Diver) after unlocking Traits

The next rank adds tools that help a trait-boosted dock grow. Rebirth 8 needs 3.7K fish caught all time and $1.06T in money. Confirm it with the purple REBIRTH button to move from Storm Chaser to Deep Diver.

Rebirth screen with the purple REBIRTH button, ready to advance from Storm Chaser to Deep Diver
The Rebirth screen for moving from Storm Chaser to Deep Diver.

Rebirth 8 unlocks x3.00 money, the Abyss base, the Deep Diver title, Bait Saver, Showroom Lights, upgrades up to level 20, Golden Grub, and Shiny Hook. Golden Grub joins the Bait Shop stock, where it works like any other bait. Buy it, then equip it.

Bait Shop list with Glitter Lure x16 marked IN USE and an Unequip button beside it
Glitter Lure equipped and marked IN USE in the Bait Shop.

Your showcases start empty after the rebirth, so the first job is refilling them by casting and reeling full nets. World bosses keep appearing during this stretch. A siren and banner warn that The Kraken rises in 60 seconds. It then surfaces in front of the dock with a full HP bar, and you damage it by throwing nets at its body while it roars and turns angry.

The Kraken rising in front of the dock with its boss HP bar at 100 percent
The Kraken emerges in front of the dock at full health.

Regular fishing keeps going between net throws at the boss. A net close to capacity, like 130/131, is worth reeling before you throw again. Apex catches such as the Great White Shark can still land mid-fight.

Fishing meter at 130/131 with the Reel In control counting down
A nearly full net at 130/131, ready to reel in.

Pressing Escape opens the Roblox menu. Its People tab lists everyone in the server, which caps at eight players. Press Resume to drop back into the fishing screen with your trait, aura, and tags still active.