It takes skill, patience, and deep knowledge to catch the big one. An experienced guide could earn a lucrative living.

Overview:

• Grab a pole and bait at the bait and tackle shop (marked on map), then head to your favorite fishin’ hole.
• Note that the type/quality of your bait will affect the size/difficulty of your catch.
• Once you get a bite, aim your rod toward the hooked fish until it stops splashing.
• Make sure that the fish is calm before you try to reel it in.
• Flawless technique is vital! Hire an expert if you need a lesson.
• Sell your catch back to the bait and tackle shop or utilize your cooking skill to craft a meal.

Equipment:

• Fishing Rod
• Bait or lure

Controls:

Equip Rod: Right-click rod in inventory and select “equip”. Hold tab to open equipment radial, R to switch to items, and select pole.

Equip Bait: While the rod is equipped and in hand, hit B, right-click the bait in inventory and select “use”.

Casting: Right-click to ready the rod, left-click to cast.

• Gather ingredients to craft meals to eat or sell.
• Increase your cooking skill to unlock additional recipes.
• Private Cooking Stations are available in kitchens at purchasable properties/businesses.
• Public Cooking Stations are marked on the map with a campfire icon.
• See Cooking Stations for recipes.

There’s gold in them there rivers and streams!

Overview:

• Purchase a gold-panning pan from General Stores.
• Use it while standing in water.
• Blacksmiths can use the gold you gather to craft ingots and bars.
• Higher skill level will increase returns.

Equipment:

• Gold Pan

Overview: 

• Purchase a pickaxe and buy/sell ore/ingot at Miner’s Tools outside Tumbleweed.
• Mines are marked on the map.
• Novice miners can gather Iron in the mines.
• Increase mining skill to unlock additional ores available to gather.

Equipment:
Pickaxe

Overview: 

• Novice blacksmiths can craft iron ingot from iron ore.
• Gain blacksmithing experience to unlock additional recipes like metal ingots and bars; brass casings, shotgun slugs, and buckshot.
• Metal bars and ingots can be sold at Miner’s Tools and used in crafting.
• See forge for recipes.
• Forges can be found outside most stables.

If you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty, you can hunt down bounties placed by your fellow frontiers-folk and local law enforcement. 

Overview: 

• Bounties are chosen at bulletin boards outside Sheriff’s Stations as marked on the map.
• You can choose between NPC bounties and Civilian bounties.
• If you are attacked and rendered unconscious by another civilian, you can place a bounty on your attacker by visiting a bounty board.
• If you have a bounty on your head, you will be unable to access the bounty board.
• Bounties should be claimed either to the Sheriff directly, or to the bounty board in the jurisdiction from which you took the bounty.

Read more in depth about bounty hunting, the justice system, and federal laws in Frontier Justice. 

There are three train systems that traverse the map: Eastern (red), Central Union (blue), and Southwestern (green) as shown above.

Train stations are marked as big circles on the train tracks on the map as shown below.

You can press E to board the train and to find a seat. Press F to get out of your seat.

You can also hop on the train by foot jumping on and from your mount.

You can hop on the St. Denis trolley and give your feet a rest while you travel through the city.

• Press E when near the Trolley to board it. You can find a seat and press E to sit down. Press F to leave your seat.

You can hire a carriage with a driver at most stables (see wheel icon on the map). Follow the prompts on screen to set your destination and speed at which you want your driver to go and you’ll be on your way!

A variety of carriages are available for purchase and rental at many stables across the map. These are indicated with a wagon wheel icon. Small boats are also available at launches marked with canoe icons.

• Storage can be accessed via the L menu once your boat or carriage is taken out of storage.
• To access another person’s storage, hit L, “Ask to Open Conveyance Storage.”
  • The vehicle’s owner will be prompted to accept or deny your request.
• Rentals remain accessible as long as you’re connected to the server.
• Note that not all types of carriages/boast are available at all locations currently.

You can purchase various items at the general store to help keep your horse happy, healthy, and stunning. You can access the items and use them from your satchel (pressing B on your keyboard).

• Horse brush – Use this to brush your horse and remove dirt, mud, blood, etc.
• Hay – Increases bonding
• Sugar Cube – Increases bonding
• Peppermint – Increases bonding
• Horse Cream – Increases bonding
• Horse Injection – Increases bonding

• Buy, rent, and sell (owned) horses (can only sell back horse to the stable it was purchased)
• Purchase saddles, saddlebags, stirrups, saddle horns, blankets, and bedrolls
• Purchase horse accessories like masks and bridals
• Edit Horse manes and tails
• In order to get your horse fitted with a saddle and tack, you need to have your horse out and standing in the stable. You need to select it as your main horse first as explained above in Horse Menu.

• Brushing
• Feeding peppermint, hay, and sugar cube
• Applying horse cream
• Using horse injection