This is my second and much more improved version of my original fishing map challenge. The goal is to beat the game with items only obtained from Fishing and Angler Rewards.
Rules:
Remove all starter items upon making a new character
You are allowed to buy items like ammo, accessories and materials from vendors but NO weapons are allowed for purchase
No monster drops my be picked up except for monsters caught from fishing, this includes: Wandering Eye Fish, Zombie Merman, Hemogoblin Shark, Blood Eel, Dreadnautilus and Duke Fishron since all of them are found from fishing
The Tinkerer's reforge option is allowed to be used to improve weapons and accessories
Obsidian, life fruit, critters and stars are allowed to be collected. To get obsidian, you can use a bottomless water and lava bucket
If playing on expert or master mode, the demon heart is allowed to be used to gain an extra accessory slot
Every item you will need for boss summons are located in chests in their respective arenas
Notes and Tips:
Ichor arrows and the golden shower (obtained from buying a spell tome from the Wizard) are very helpful for defeating bosses like Duke Fishron
Try to rush to hardmode as soon as possible to start fishing for hardmode crates
There is a chest in the crafting room that has 10 life crystals to help speed up time, I did a classic playthrough and gathered every single item and only acquired 5 life crystals
Collecting fallen stars while waiting for the next angler quest early is helpful, best place to get them is on the moon lord/mechanical boss arena
Frost Daggerfish are very powerful against the Wall of Flesh
Golden Keys are located in a chest in the dungeon, the Hellforge is in a locked chest in the crafting room
I found the best weapon is the Tsunami obtained from Duke Fishron
Sometimes the Traveling Merchant will spawn on top of the biome islands or on a pillar platform and fall down to the underworld, he mostly spawns in with the Goblin Tinkerer though
Set spawn point to the Ocean Biome bed to get to the Angler faster
As soon as you get to Hardmode, try to get a Toxikarp from the Corruption Biome, that weapon is very powerful