Santa’s Miracle Rod in Fisch: The questline, the grind, and the payoff

Santa’s Miracle Rod is a Fischmas event rod in Fisch that unlocks at the end of Santa’s quest chain. It’s a straightforward loop of short fetch tasks, a brief detour to locate Santa, and then several fishing requirements that culminate in present delivery and trading.

Santa’s Miracle Rod stats and passive effects

The rod’s passive kit is event-themed but still functional outside the core quest flow. Each catch can roll additional outcomes: a 20% chance for the Santa mutation, a 10% chance for a natural Fischmas mutation, and periodic present spawns. There’s also a 10% chance per catch to magically gift fish to your Fischmas pals, which can include players you aren’t grouped with.

Starting Santa’s questline (Toy Factory and the elves)

The questline begins in the Fischmas area at Santa’s workshop, where Santa sends you into the Toy Factory to help four elves. Each elf objective is a small, self-contained task you can complete in any order.

Step 1: Talk to the elves inside the Toy Factory and accept their tasks. You can move between them freely, so it’s efficient to clear each one before returning to Santa.

Step 2: Clean up five pieces of wrapping paper around the factory. The wrapping paper appears as small, white cylindrical rolls placed around the room.

Step 3: Find three ribbons around the factory area and turn them in. They’re placed on nearby furniture and surfaces in the same space.

Step 4: Hang up five stockings by picking them up from the floor and placing them on the fireplace.

Step 5: Locate the missing hat on the second level of the factory area (on a table) and return it to the elf.

After you finish all four elf tasks, return to Santa. At this point, the questline pushes you into the “find Santa” segment.

All Santa quest rewards (quick reference)

Santa’s Escort: Finding Santa and returning to Fischmas

Santa is found in the Northern Expedition area, around the Northern Summit region near Overgrowth Caves. Reaching him is treated like a short escort setup: you locate Santa at his broken sleigh, receive a magical snow globe, and use it to teleport back with him to the Fischmas area.

Step 1: Travel to the Northern Expedition and head toward the Northern Summit / Overgrowth Caves route to find Santa near his broken sleigh.

Step 2: Get the magical snow globe from Santa, then use it from your inventory to teleport back to the Fischmas area with him.

Completing this portion awards the On The Nice List title.

Snack Break: Catch Gingerbread Man and Glass of Eggnog

Back at the Toy Factory, Santa’s next request is a fishing checklist that must be completed with fresh catches. Trading for the required items won’t satisfy the quest.

Step 1: Fish in Northstar village waters until you catch 5 Gingerbread Man.

Step 2: Keep fishing in the same region until you catch 2 Glass of Eggnog, then return to Santa to turn them in.

This quest rewards Santa’s Hat Bobber.

Missing Presents: Catch Santa’s Present

Next, Santa asks you to recover lost presents by fishing up 3 Santa’s Present. Magnet-focused setups are commonly used for this part.

Step 1: Go to the Glacial Ridge area and fish until you catch 3 Santa’s Present.

Step 2: Use magnet bait if you have it, then return to Santa after you have all three.

This quest rewards Santa’s Lantern.

Warming Up: Catch Hot Cocoa

The next fishing requirement is 6 Hot Cocoa. Like earlier steps, the game expects the items to be caught for the quest, not handed over from storage or prior catches.

Step 1: Fish in Northstar village waters until you catch 6 Hot Cocoa.

Step 2: Return to Santa and complete the turn-in.

This quest rewards the Turbo Sleigh Boat.

Present Delivery: Snowmen drops and player trading (the Miracle Rod unlock)

The final stretch is where the Santa’s Miracle Rod is awarded. You’ll handle presents in two ways: delivering them to snowmen at Glacial Ridge and trading them to other players.

Step 1: Collect the needed presents from the Toy Factory area (the questline provides or prompts you to gather a batch for delivery).

Step 2: Go to Glacial Ridge and deliver 10 presents to 10 snowmen. The snowmen can be found at these coordinates:

Step 3: Trade presents with other players. The quest tracks gifting presents directly to players rather than using a conventional trade window. In practice, you approach a player while holding a present and interact to hand it over.

Step 4: Return to Santa after both objectives are complete to receive Santa’s Miracle Rod.

For most players, the time sink isn’t the early Toy Factory chores. It’s the fishing checklists and the final social requirement, since Present Delivery depends on finding enough players to trade gifts with in a server.