Fishing

Fishing

Fishing is a gathering skill for catching fish and other aquatic creatures from rivers, swamps, seas and frozen lakes. The catch is a major food source for Cooking and appears in a number of Alchemy recipes. Fishing needs no bait or inputs — choose a fishing spot and cast.

How to progress

Each catch grants Fishing experience and raises your Fishing level, unlocking larger and rarer fish that give more XP but take longer to land. Run the highest-level spot you can reach to progress fastest.

Many species are found only in a specific biome reached through Expeditions; you must be in the listed biome to fish there. Spots with no biome listed are available from the start.

Actions

Action	Level	Interval (s)	Biome	Outputs	XP
Net Minnows	1	3.2	—	Minnow ×2	5
Snag Bichir	8	3.6	—	Bichir	9
Spear Gar	15	4.0	—	Gar	15
Chase Mudskippers	22	4.4	—	Mudskipper	20
Sift Trilobites	28	4.8	Murkwater Swamp	Trilobite	24
Dig Lungfish	30	5.0	—	Lungfish	26
Noodle Armored Catfish	35	5.3	Murkwater Swamp	Armored Catfish	30
Gather Horseshoe Crabs	42	5.8	Cavern Depths	Horseshoe Crab	38
Coelacanth (Trawl)	50	6.5	—	Coelacanth	50
Hook Fanged Piranha	52	6.7	Scorched Badlands	Fanged Piranha	52
Dredge Bothriolepis	58	7.2	Coral Shallows	Bothriolepis	58
Lure Anglerfish	63	7.7	Coral Shallows	Anglerfish	66
Jig Icefish	68	8.2	Frozen Wastes	Icefish ×2	74
Wrestle Sturgeon	70	8.5	Frozen Wastes	Sturgeon	78
Pluck Lamprey	78	9.5	Ashen Peaks	Lamprey	96
Dredge Ammonite	85	11.0	Sundered Vale	Ammonite	125
Wrangle Giant Salmon	88	11.2	Skyreach Plateau	Giant Salmon	130
Battle Xiphactinus	92	11.8	Skyreach Plateau	Xiphactinus; Giant Salmon (10%)	142
Land Helicoprion	95	12.5	Sundered Vale	Helicoprion	155
Haul Leedsichthys	99	13.0	Sundered Vale	Leedsichthys	170

Percentages show the chance of a bonus drop; unmarked items are produced every time. Intervals are base times before speed bonuses.

See also

• Cooking — cooks the catch into meals
• Alchemy — uses fish in certain brews
• Skills
• Items