Fisch D.R.E.D. Rod: Stats, Duplication Passive & Dr. Anton Quest

Last Verified: November 3, 2026. Stats, ability values, quest steps and mutation multipliers are from the Official Fisch Wiki (fischipedia.org): the D.R.E.D., Dr. Anton, Ken Carson, Reality-Torn, Unstable and Electric pages. The Power Source price, where Battery Casings come from, and the fifth quest's databank route aren't published yet.

D.R.E.D. copies every fish you reel in directly, 100% of the time. No other Venue Encore rod has anything close, and its 0.22 control ties Record Breaker for the widest bar of the five.

Its full stat line went up on the wiki overnight, three days after Version 2.08 launched on October 31. It's the rod our Venue Encore comparison couldn't cover yesterday.

D.R.E.D. stats next to the other Venue Encore rods

D.R.E.D. also has infinite max weight, 200 durability, 3 disturbance and a 300 line distance. The rod has a flat +30% Progress Speed. You need Level 1,000. At least one guide says 800, but the wiki says 1,000.

On raw luck it's the weakest of the three top rods. Oppressor beats it on both luck and lure. That's fine, because D.R.E.D. makes its money a different way.

What the passive actually does

Duplication

Every fish you catch directly gets copied. Fish handed to you by other effects don't count.

For scale: the Empyrean enchant, the usual way to get duplicates, copies at 15%. Anomalous copies at 20%.

Mutations

Both are new in 2.08, and the wiki lists D.R.E.D. as the only way to get either.

The two-fish minigame

Every reel puts two fish on the bar. One of them comes "from another dimension."

• Both fish inside your control bar: normal 1x progress.
• Only one inside: 0.4x progress. That's a 60% penalty. Don't let one drift.
• Every 4 seconds with both on the bar: +10% progress, both fish lock in place for 0.6 seconds, and you gain 1 Charge.
• At 3 Charges, OVERDRIVE fires: +30% progress and a 2.5-second lock, then the Charges reset.

Hold both fish for 12 straight seconds and you've banked 60% bonus progress (three +10% ticks plus OVERDRIVE's +30%), on top of normal reeling.

This is where the 0.22 control earns its keep. Control sets the width of the slider, and you need a wide one to cover two fish moving separately. Good thing this landed on a 0.22 rod and not a 0.08 one like xorcist.

Falling junk

At the start of each minigame there's a 15% chance something drops out of another dimension onto the fish. A Tire gives +10% progress, a Fischpanion Cube +15%, Toxic Waste +20%, Scrap Metal +25%, a Fridge +30%, and a Grand Piano +50%.

D.R.E.D. or Black Fairy?

Black Fairy gives +65% fish weight, and on 45% of catches it releases 1 to 4 Souls worth 25% of the fish's value each. D.R.E.D. gives you a whole second fish on every direct catch.

It's closer than the 100% makes it sound. On average the Souls add about 11% to 45% value, stacked on the +65% weight. A straight copy is +100%.

Two things the wiki hasn't published decide it: whether D.R.E.D.'s duplicate keeps the original's mutation and weight, and how often Black Fairy drops 4 Souls instead of 1. If the copy comes out as a plain fish, Black Fairy's 11.2x Purgatorial roll beats D.R.E.D.'s 9.35x Reality-Torn and the gap tips its way.

The call: if you're already deep into Draven's riddles, finish Black Fairy. If you're starting fresh, go D.R.E.D. Black Fairy costs C$53,000,000. D.R.E.D. has no C$ price listed, and the wider bar makes every catch easier. Quest 3 is what decides how long it takes.

All five Dr. Anton quests

Dr. Anton stands across from the Crazy Cat Lady in the Underground Music Venue. The 2.08.0.1 patch added a temporary Moosewood portal labeled "Ken Carson Quest" that drops you right in. It has no listed end date.

1. Power Source

You need one, and only Sophisticated Glorp sells it, in Glorp's Hideout at Roslit Bay. He only takes Glorp Bux, which you earn by selling him Gleebous fish.

It's why the rod's journal hint reads "Obtained from Glorp," and why at least one roundup credits the rod to Glorp instead of Dr. Anton.

2. Charging Up

Catch 115 Electric, Electric Shock or Electrified fish, plus 9 Cursed fish.

The 115 is the slow part. Average catches to hit it:

If you have a spare rod with Storming on it, wait for a storm. Otherwise Grand Reef is the least bad option.

3. Calibration Specimens

Catch one Shiny or Sparkling version of each:

• Stormy Colossal Blue Dragon
• Igneous Colossal Ancient Dragon
• Obsidian Frostwyrm
• Soultouched Leviathan

That's a specific mutation plus Shiny or Sparkling, on four endgame fish. This quest is the real cost of the rod, and nothing in the questline helps you with it.

4. Radio Power

Bring the scientist 5 Battery Casings.

5. Data Retrieval

Scan Dr. Anton's databanks across the islands in order, before the Code Decrypter destabilizes. It's timed. The route isn't published yet, so expect a failed attempt or two.

Finish it and D.R.E.D. is yours. To see how it stacks up against the older endgame rods, check our Fisch rod tier list.

Best enchant for D.R.E.D.

The wiki's pick is Empyrean + Dune. You get Empyrean's slash passive, its own 15% duplicate chance, and boosts to True, Forced and normal Progress Speed.

No Empyrean Relic? Use Anomalous instead.

Empyrean Relics come from:

• Any water at a fixed 1 in 15,000 (2x in a Lucky Pool)
• Skycrest at about 1 in 938
• Elder Kaito, C$1,500,000, with a 1.124% chance he stocks it each week
• Keeper of the Sky's fifth quest (unsellable copy) or Brother Kaede's quest

Skycrest is the realistic farm, and that's still about 938 catches per Relic.

Ken Carson's quests are complete now too

Yesterday the wiki had only the first. Now it has all four, and they lead to the xorcist:

1. Underground Static: 3 Electric Minnow and 2 Lobster.
2. Teen X: 1 Shiny Musical Crab, then catch and return 3 DJ Spinopus.
3. A Great Chaos: 1 Hexed Ancient Megalodon, plus Ken's lost Stage Monitor from backstage.
4. xperiment: catch 1 Apex fish with the Duskwire.

Quest 4 is the trap. Duskwire is a Level 275 rod Hollow sells for C$1,750,001 after you bring him a Catfish, and its weight stat is negative. It's unusable until you put Invincible or Dune on it. Budget for that enchant before you get to the last step.

FAQ

How do you get the D.R.E.D. rod in Fisch?

Finish all five of Dr. Anton's quests in the Underground Music Venue: Power Source, Charging Up, Calibration Specimens, Radio Power and Data Retrieval. The rod is the reward for the fifth.

What level do you need for D.R.E.D.?

Level 1,000, per the wiki.

Does D.R.E.D. really duplicate every fish?

Every fish you catch directly, yes, at 100%. The wiki hasn't confirmed whether the copy keeps the original's mutation.

What are Reality-Torn and Unstable worth?

Reality-Torn is a 9.35x sell multiplier at a 25% chance. Unstable is 7x at 35%. Both only come from D.R.E.D.

Where is Dr. Anton?

In the Underground Music Venue, across from the Crazy Cat Lady. The temporary Moosewood portal labeled "Ken Carson Quest" takes you to the venue.

What's the best enchant for D.R.E.D.?

Empyrean plus Dune, according to the wiki. Anomalous is the fallback if you don't have an Empyrean Relic.

Full rod stats are in the Fisch rods database. Codes are on the Fisch codes page.

Sources

• D.R.E.D.: stats, ability, enchant recommendation.
• Dr. Anton: all five quests.
• Ken Carson: all four xorcist quests.
• 2.08: release date, Moosewood portal, new mutations.
• Reality-Torn and Unstable: multipliers and sources.
• Black Fairy, Oppressor, xorcist, Record Breaker: comparison stats.
• Electric: mutation rates for the Charging Up table.
• Control, Empyrean Relic, Anomalous, Duskwire, Sophisticated Glorp, Underground Music Venue.

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