To cast your line, you right-click or press LT/L2 while facing a body of water. Reeling it in uses the same controls. Click here for instructions on creating a Fishing Rod. Fishing can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. Name Tags are part of the “treasure” category of items found by fishing, and the overall chance to even acquire a treasure is about 5%. It might take a while before you can receive one, depending on how lucky you are. For more experienced players, having a fishing rod enchanted with Luck of the Sea III would improve your chances of getting rarer items to 8%. This will not immediately assure you’ll get a Name Tag, however, but simply improves your chances to get “treasure” items.
If you don’t have an anvil yet, it costs 3 Iron Blocks and 4 Iron Ingots. Click here for detailed instructions on crafting an Anvil.
You’ll need at least 5 experience levels to rename the tag. You can gain experience through various activities, such as killing mobs (both hostile and non-hostile), breeding animals, mining all ores (aside from Gold and Iron which you need to smelt to get experience), and fishing.
