Fishing: recipes, levelling and materials
Fishing in Zarhold: how to level 1–300, all 0 recipes with skill colours, materials and where to get them.
Fishing is a secondary profession. Skill grows from 1 to 300; learning is free and has no level requirement. Recipes: 0.
Links with other professions
- Its output is used by Cooking: Small Fish, Lake Fish, River Fish, Deep Fish, Coastal Fish, Frost Fish, Abyssal Fish, Stormfin.
Where to fish
Fishing works only in lands with water. A bite comes in 3–8 s, and you have 4 s to hook it. About 19% of casts bring a double catch. After 10 catches in a row in one land the fish stop biting for 120 s.
| Land | Level | Water | What bites (from skill) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightdale | 1 | river | Small Fish (1) |
| Crimson Wastes | 1 | river | Small Fish (1) |
| Tirisfal Mires | 6 | swamp | Small Fish (26) |
| Western Marches | 8 | lake | Lake Fish (36) |
| Lakeridge | 10 | lake | Lake Fish (46) |
| Mireland | 21 | swamp | River Fish (101) |
| Thornvale | 30 | river | Deep Fish (146) |
| Sorrow Marsh | 35 | swamp | Coastal Fish (171) |
| Dustmire | 35 | swamp | Coastal Fish (171), Frost Fish (206) |
| Crater of Wonder | 52 | lake | Abyssal Fish (256) |
| Plaguelands | 56 | swamp | Stormfin (276) |
Materials and where to get them
| Material | Where to get it |
|---|---|
| Small Fish | Fishing: Brightdale (skill 1), Crimson Wastes (skill 1), Tirisfal Mires (skill 26) |
| Lake Fish | Fishing: Western Marches (skill 36), Lakeridge (skill 46) |
| River Fish | Fishing: Mireland (skill 101) |
| Deep Fish | Fishing: Thornvale (skill 146) |
| Coastal Fish | Fishing: Sorrow Marsh (skill 171), Dustmire (skill 171–205) |
| Frost Fish | Fishing: Dustmire (skill 206) |
| Abyssal Fish | Fishing: Crater of Wonder (skill 256) |
| Stormfin | Fishing: Plaguelands (skill 276) |
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