Trait reroll priority in Heavyweight Fishing

What this gets you: Spend Trait Crystals on the right Skills first, keep useful mid-tier Traits, and stop burning rolls chasing 0.1% gods on a throwaway skill.

Written for patch goblin-upd-sep-2026 · 2026-09-05

Run order

Put your best Skill on the bar and find Nanjiang on any island
Keep rolling until you hit a keep Trait for that Skill’s job
Park common Traits on secondary Skills only
Stop when you land Executioner, Chrono, Assassin, or any 0.1% god

Where this comes from

First-party	Roblox page + Unknown Journey group confirm the live experience.
Multi-source	Trait names, effects, and listed roll chances agree across Roonby and TigerJek (Aug–Sep 2026).
Our own runs	No in-client Nanjiang roll sample this pass — keep/stop calls are guide-synthesized.
Unknown	Exact currency label (Trait Crystal vs Trait Reroll), whether rates are weight-based or flat %, and live balance after Sep 4.

How Traits work (one line each)

One Trait per Skill. Reroll replaces it.
Talk to Nanjiang on an island, spend a Trait Crystal / Trait Reroll, get a random Trait.
Build around the Skill’s job before you spend rare rolls.

Keep / soft-keep / reroll

Use this when you are staring at a fresh roll.

Always keep (stop spending on this Skill)

Trait	Listed chance	Why you stop
Azure Dragon	0.1%	Highest listed damage (+150%) + CD; low-HP extras
Black Tortoise	0.1%	Survive tools (heal, stun, low-HP invuln) + damage
White Tiger	0.1%	Crit ceiling; stack crit on cast
Vermillion Bird	0.1%	Huge CD + once-per-battle reset
Executioner	2%	Best generalist below gods (+25% dmg, +10% CD)
Chrono	2%	Best CD generalist (+20% CD, +10% dmg)
Assassin	2%	Best crit package below White Tiger

Soft-keep (fine on main Skill until a “always keep” lands)

Trait	Listed chance	Keep when…
Berserk	15%	You want raw damage and do not have Executioner yet
Rapid	15%	Your Skill wants uptime more than raw damage
Precision	15%	You already lean crit and Assassin has not appeared

Reroll off your main Skill

Trait	Listed chance	Note
Powerful	30%	Tiny damage; park on a bench Skill if anything
Swift	30%	Tiny CD; same
Sharp	30%	Tiny crit; same

Decision: never dump a full bag of crystals chasing Azure Dragon on a Skill you are about to replace.

Spend order (what to roll first)

Main combat Skill — the one you press every fight. This gets every “always keep” and soft-keep.
Secondary Skill — only after the main Skill has at least Berserk / Rapid / Precision or better.
Bench / unused Skills — do not touch. Common Traits are fine forever there.

Decision: if you only have a handful of crystals, roll one Skill to soft-keep or better. Spreading one common Trait across five Skills wastes the pity of luck.

Match Trait to Skill job

You do not need the god roll for every bar slot.

If the Skill’s job is…	Chase / soft-keep	Skip for now
Burst damage	Berserk → Executioner → Azure Dragon	Pure CD commons
Cast as often as possible	Rapid → Chrono → Vermillion Bird	Sharp / Precision
Crit / crit damage	Precision → Assassin → White Tiger	Powerful alone
Survive / clutch	Black Tortoise (if it ever drops)	Glass-cannon only Traits

Decision: Assassin on a CD-bot Skill is usually worse than Rapid. Reroll for the job, not the rarity label.

Stop rules (so you do not tilt)

Soft stop: main Skill has Berserk, Rapid, or Precision. Play content; bank more crystals from codes / play.
Hard stop: main Skill has Executioner, Chrono, or Assassin. Move leftover crystals to the secondary Skill.
Jackpot stop: any 0.1% god. Lock it. Do not “just one more” for a different god on the same Skill unless you have crystals to burn.

Listed mid-tier rates are 15%; 2% row is rare; 0.1% gods are lottery tickets. Plan around soft stops, not gods.

Quick reference — full Trait table

Numbers are multi-source (Roonby + TigerJek). Label in-wiki pages as unconfirmed until an in-client pass confirms them.

Trait	Chance	Effects (listed)
Powerful	30%	+5% Damage
Swift	30%	+4% Cooldown
Sharp	30%	+5% Crit Chance
Berserk	15%	+15% Damage
Rapid	15%	+8% Cooldown
Precision	15%	+15% Crit Chance
Executioner	2%	+25% Damage, +10% Cooldown
Chrono	2%	+20% Cooldown, +10% Damage
Assassin	2%	+25% Crit Chance, +50% Crit Damage
Azure Dragon	0.1%	+150% Damage, +20% Cooldown; <50% HP +75% Damage; <40% HP skill bypasses Invincibility
Black Tortoise	0.1%	+15% Max HP Heal, +30% Damage; skill inflicts Stun; <20% HP 20s Invincibility
White Tiger	0.1%	+50% Crit Chance, +100% Crit Damage; cast stacks +5% Crit Chance up to +30%
Vermillion Bird	0.1%	+50% Cooldown, +30% Damage; cast can reset cooldown once per battle

Sources

Roonby — Heavyweight Fishing Traits Guide (2026-08-29)
TigerJek — All Traits in Heavyweight Fishing
Live wiki Traits index: https://heavyweightfishing.lol/traits