How to fish: bites, hooking, the journal

Fishing is a secondary profession: free for everyone and taking no slot. Learn it on the Professions screen with the "Learn" button, and a Fishing Spot appears by the water on land maps.

Where to fish

Only where the land's picture shows water: 11 lands out of 26. For example, Brightdale and Crimson Wastes (skill 1+), Lakeridge (46+), Crater of Wonder (256+). The scene by the water comes in three kinds — lake, river or swamp. Other lands have no fish, and the game tells you: "There is no water here".

To cast, your skill must be at least the land's requirement: 1 + (land's base level − 1) × 5. Which fish bites where is in the Fishing reference.

How to fish

1. Tap the Fishing Spot on the land map — the scene by the water opens.
2. Press "Cast" — the float drops into the water.
3. Wait: a bite comes in 3–8 seconds.
4. "A bite!" — you have 4 seconds to press "Hook" or click the float.
5. Too slow — the fish is gone; cast again.

The "Auto" button hooks for you, with the same catch. About one successful cast in five brings a double catch.

The fish stop biting

After 10 catches in a row in one land the fish leave for 2 minutes — the scene shows a countdown. You can wait it out or go to water in another land, where the count starts over.

How skill grows

Every hook gives 1 point by the usual colour rule — from the requirement of the fish that's biting. When a land becomes easy, the game says "No skill gain — the fish here are too easy for you": move to higher water.

The exception: the best fish available to you gives a point for every catch until the next tier opens somewhere — so your skill never gets stuck between tiers. In Dustmire, from skill 206, Frost Fish bite instead of Coastal Fish.

Fishing Journal

The journal lists 8 kinds of fish: where each one bites and how many you've caught. All fish go to Cooking: from skill 80 every dish needs fish. Spare fish can be sold at the Auction House.

If you unlearn Fishing, the journal and achievements stay.