Tide 2 Fishing Rod Tiers: Stone to Midas Upgrade Guide
Tide 2 fishing rod tiers, from stone to Midas, and how to upgrade them form a clear progression path you can follow as your resources improve. Each tier is obtained in a specific way, and most of the later rods are made through smithing transforms rather than a crafting table recipe. Knowing which materials each upgrade needs keeps you from wasting rare items on the wrong rod.
Starting With the Stone Fishing Rod
The 
Stone Fishing Rod is the entry point of the progression. It is made with a shaped crafting recipe rather than a smithing transform, so you can build it early once you have the basic materials on hand.
Cobblestone x3
String x2
Arrange those ingredients in the shaped recipe to produce the Stone Fishing Rod. Because it only asks for cobblestone and string, it is the cheapest rod to make and the natural first step before you move on to metal and gem tiers.
How Smithing Transforms Work for Rods
Every rod above the stone tier is created through a smithing transform. The pattern is consistent across the whole line, which makes the progression easy to remember: you always combine String, a base 
Fishing Rod, and one upgrade material.
The String and the Fishing Rod are the constants. What changes between tiers is the third ingredient, the material that defines the new rod. That means your previous rod is consumed as the base for the next one, so plan your upgrades in order rather than trying to skip ahead.
The Iron and Golden Tiers
The 
Iron Fishing Rod is the first smithing upgrade. To make it, you combine String, a Fishing Rod, and an 
Iron Ingot.
The 
Golden Fishing Rod follows the same structure. Its transform uses String, a Fishing Rod, and a 
Gold Ingot.
Both of these tiers sit early in the progression and rely on common overworld metals, so they are reasonable targets once you have a smithing setup available.
The Diamond and Crystal Tiers
The 
Diamond Fishing Rod is made by combining String, a Fishing Rod, and a 
Diamond.
The 
Crystal Fishing Rod uses the same two constants but swaps the upgrade material for an 
Amethyst Shard. To make it, you combine String, a Fishing Rod, and an Amethyst Shard.
These two tiers represent the gem-level rods in the line. The Diamond Fishing Rod matters beyond its own tier, because it serves as the base for the final upgrade.
The Netherite Tier
The 
Netherite Fishing Rod is the top of the progression covered here. Its transform is the most demanding, since it needs four inputs instead of three.
Smithing Template- Diamond Fishing Rod
Netherite Ingot
Note that the base rod for this transform is specifically the Diamond Fishing Rod, not a plain Fishing Rod. That is the one place in the line where the base item changes, so you cannot substitute a lower-tier rod when working toward netherite.
Planning Your Upgrade Order
Because each smithing transform consumes a Fishing Rod as its base, the cleanest approach is to work upward one tier at a time and keep the materials for your next target ready before you commit. Gather Cobblestone and String for the Stone Fishing Rod, then stock the upgrade material for whichever tier you are aiming at next: Iron Ingot, Gold Ingot, Diamond, or Amethyst Shard.
For the final step, make sure you have a Smithing Template and a Netherite Ingot on hand along with your Diamond Fishing Rod. With the constants of String and a Fishing Rod in mind, the whole stone-to-netherite path becomes a straightforward checklist of materials rather than a puzzle.
Covers the mod’s in-game guide topics: Stone Fishing Rod Iron Fishing Rod Golden Fishing Rod Diamond Fishing Rod Crystal Fishing Rod Netherite Fishing Rod