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Fishing (Rift Profession)  

Quick Facts Skill: Supplemental Levels 1 - 75 Novice 76 - 145 Skilled 146 - 220 Expert 221 - 300 Master Fishing Recipes Screenshots
Contents [hide] Trainers Quests Recipes Lures Poles How to Fish Rare Schools Fishing by Zone and Skill Fish Exchanges Achievements
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"The worst day fishing is better than the best day working."

Added in patch 1.8, Fishing is a new Crafting skill that anyone can get. It does not count toward your Tradeskill limit.

To begin your Fishing career, talk to your local trainer!

Trainers

Trainers are neutral and can be used by members of either faction.

Defiant

• Trena in Meridian on the back wall of Epoch Plaza near the drink vendors
• Palometa in Freemarch at Kelari Refuge on the shore to the west near the other crafting NPCs
• Astia in Stonefield at Granite Falls on the back deck of the Inn
• Gwen Stillwater in Scarlet Gorge at the river near Scarwood Lift Base
• Drathon in Scarwood Reach at Perspice on the back deck of the Inn

Guardian

• Murin Remor on Bahralt Street in Sanctum
• Molly Graysby at Argent Glade in Silverwood near the south log bridge
• Armand Corel at Gloamwood Pines in Gloamwood east of town on the edge of the lake
• Miz Stillwater at Stonecrest in Scarlet Gorge
• Lolus at Kain's Command in Scarwood Reach

Neutral

• Shanni at Lantern Hook basement in Droughtlands
• Brann at Acrid Basin (just south of Reclaimer's Hold) in Moonshade Highlands
• Eret Stonebrand at Chancel of Labors in Iron Pine Peak
• Koral Chase at Fortune's Shore in Shimmersand
• Michael Obbin at Zareph's Return in Stillmoor
• Androl at Ashen Fault (just south of Ember Watch) in Ember Isle

Quests

You do not have to do the quests to learn fishing. However, the starter quest will award Beginner's Fishing Pole and your first lure recipe. You can train the next skill level from your trainer the same way you would any other tradeskill.

From Murin Remor in Sanctum at Bahralt Street or Trena in Meridian at Epoch Plaza:

1. Fishing Lessons

From Molly Graysby in Silverwood at Argent Glade or Palometa in Freemarch at Kelari Refuge:

1. Shallow Water Fishing
2. Deep Water Fishing
3. Fishing with Lures

From Gwen Stillwater at the river near Scarwood Lift Base or Miz Stillwater at Stonecrest in Scarlet Gorge :

1. Near-Endless Fishing (28) - Fish 3 Toxophilic Stars from the toxic pools at Demon Steps

Recipes

No crafting station is needed to complete a recipe.

Lures

To use a lure, right-click on the lure in your inventory, then left-click on your fishing pole (just like applying a rune). The fishing pole tooltip indicates the number of charges remaining.

Each lure does something different, so you never really outgrow them. Even after you have left the first zone, you will need to replenish your supply of Irresistable Water Snail lures. Therefore, use your first few Smooth Minnows and Forest Pondleapers to make Snail lures, use the next 9 to get your Survival up to 10, and then use the rest to make as many Snail lures as you can. You will use them all.

Lure	Skill	Fish	Zones	Notes
Irresistable Water Snail	1	Smooth Minnow Forest Pondleaper	Silverwood and Freemarch	Improves your catch (reduces your chance to catch trash), 10 charges.
Greedy Lure	1	- -	- -	Improves your catch, 10 charges; available from 1.8 event vendor.
Fish Lure	75	Lesser Crystalfish Echidna Fish	Gloamwood and Stonefield	Guarantees you catch only usable aquatic items, 10 charges.
Timed Magnetic Lure	150	Steelscale Thrasher	Scarlet Gorge	Triples your chance to catch Artifacts, 10 minutes.
		Ironshell Crab	Scarwood Reach
Rare Fish Lure	225	Burrowing Crab	Droughtlands	Increases your chance to catch Rare fish, 5 charges.
		Moonhorse	Moonshade Highlands
Rare Artifact Attractor	300	Brown Perch Sand Nautilus Amphibious Jelly	- See Notes -	Greatly improves your chance of fishing up rare collectible artifacts, 2 charges. From sunken treasure (recipe) or Fish Exchange Tacklebox (lure) in Iron Pine Peak, Shimmersand, Stillmoor, or Ember Isle.

Poles

• Old Fishing Pole (1) - Given to you when you train Novice Fishing.
• Beginner's Fishing Pole (1) - Quest reward or purchased.

Each Pole recipe requires the pole from the previous tier (must not have a lure attached), plus cloth, string, and varnish.

• Standard Fishing Pole (75) - Allows attaching Fish Lure or a lure from the previous tier.
• Metal Fishing Pole (150) - Allows attaching Timed Magnetic Lure or any lure from the previous tiers.
• Imbued Fishing Pole (225) - Allows attaching Rare Fish Lure or any lure from the previous tiers.
• Lucky Fishing Pole (300) - Allows attaching any lure; guarantees you catch no trash, which makes Irresistable Water Snail and Fish Lure unnecessary.

How to Fish

First, complete Fishing Lessons from your trainer to get Beginner's Fishing Pole. The pole is usable from inventory but it is much easier to make a hotkey on your action bar. Find a body of water and you're ready to fish!

• To fish, left click your pole and left click on the water to indicate where you would like to cast.
• When the fish tugs on the line (water will splash and the cursor will change to a leaping fish) and you get the message Reel it in!, press your hotkey one time or left click anywhere on the world once to reel it in. If you wait too long or click more than once, the fish gets away.
• If the fish does not reel in after a splash, you have hooked an uncommon item or rare fish. Wait a few seconds for another tug on the line, then press your hotkey or left click again to set the hook. Keep doing that until you catch it!
• The better the quality of the catch, the more tugs (up to three) it will give on the line.
• Pro Tip: If you are fishing in the middle of a lot of other players, watching the chat box or listening to the sound cues can get you in trouble. You will catch more fish and let fewer get away if you watch for your mouse pointer turn into a fish.
• You cannot fish while swimming, so to fish in Deep water you need to be on shore or in the shallows. After clicking your fishing pole, mousing over the water will show a tooltip indicating whether that spot is Shallow or Deep water, as well as the relative difficulty (by color) of fishing in that location.
• Some zones have special fishing locations where certain fish can be caught more reliably. Look for sparkles above a school of fish and then fish directly on that location.
• Occasionally you will catch a Shallow water fish in Deep water. This is not common but it does happen.
• All saltwater, Deep or Shallow, yields level 1 fish from the Silverwood or Freemarch tables. This includes any small islands but NOT Ember Isle.
• Lava pools (such as Blood Iron Pools in Iron Pine Peak, The Last Valley in Stonefield, and Fell Fields, Atia, and Searing Brink in Ember Isle), and tar pools in Droughtlands at Harlan's Lament are fishable, but yield only trash (even at 300 with a Lucky Fishing Pole).
• Any water found in an instance will have the same minimum skill and type of fish as the parent zone the instance is in. For example, The Well in The Fall of Lantern Hook has a minimum level of 150 and yields the same fish as The Well in the basement of Lantern Hook in Droughtlands.

Rare Schools

School of Common Fish in Ember Isle	Sunken Boat

Look for sparkles above a school of fish and cast at the surface directly above the school. The cursor tooltip will change to the name of the school when you have the right spot. The school may yield special rare catches or an increased chance for a "normal" rare. Your skill must be at least 5 above the minimum skill level needed to fish in that zone before you can use these special locations.

Schools greatly increase the chance of getting a skill-up, from 5 above the zone minimum to about 30 above (when it changes from orange to yellow)! Periodically, a common school may cycle into another type. This will generally last for no more than 60 seconds, after which it will return to a common school.

• School of (Common) Fish - Fish only, no trash. Orange from 5 to 30 above minimum skill to fish.
• School of Rare Fish - Improved chance to catch Uncommon or better fish. Orange from 15 to 30 above minimum skill to fish.
• School of Clever Fish - Improved chance to catch Uncommon or better fish. Orange from 25 to 45 above minimum skill to fish.
• Sunken Boat or Crashed Boat - Improved chance to catch artifacts (including Trophy fish)! +5 to +?

Fishing by Zone and Skill

Fishing in a specific zone requires a certain skill level, so don't expect to fish in a top-end zone immediately. See the table below for the types of fish and minimum skill level required for each zone.

Different fish are found in different types of water and zones! Some are found in Shallow water while others are in Deep water. Deep water is considered to be swimming depth, whereas Shallow water would be wading depth. Note to Dwarves: Deep water is based on human size.. sorry!

Each zone has Trash, Common, Uncommon and Rare fish in Shallow and Deep water. Trash and sunken treasure can be found in both Shallow and Deep water. All casts have a (very small) chance to return a random artifact or other item. Sunken treasure can contain coin, a rare item, or a Survivalist recipe.

Zone	Min. Skill	Trash	Shallow Water[1]	Deep Water[2]	Sunken Treasure
Silverwood	1	Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Forest Pondleaper (FS) Smooth Minnow (FS) Silverwood Angel (X)	Blue Widemouth (S) False Shark (R) Silverwood Devil (X)	Sunken Shipping Crate 10-50g
Freemarch	1	Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Forest Pondleaper (FS) Smooth Minnow (FS) Normal-Eyed Guppy (X)	Blue Widemouth (S) False Shark (S) Deep March Eel (X)	Sunken Shipping Crate 10-50g
Gloamwood	40	Barnacles Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Lesser Crystalfish (FS) Echidna Fish (FS) Gloam Eel (X)	Creeper (S) Tawny Rockfish (S) Indigoby (X)	Unmarked Supply Box 35g-1p
Stonefield	40	Barnacles Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Lesser Crystalfish (FS) Echidna Fish (FS) Fantail (X)	Creeper (S) Tawny Rockfish (S) Cascadefish (X)	Unmarked Supply Box 35g-1p
Scarlet Gorge	90	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Freshwater Shrimp (S) Chamelionfish (S) Red Mangler (S) Steelscale Thrasher (F)	Blenny (S) Flatfish (S) Green Widemouth (R) Electric Dragonfish (X) Toxophilic Star[3]	Unclaimed Treasure Cache 45g-2.0p
Scarwood Reach	90	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Freshwater Shrimp (S) Chamelionfish (S) Grouper (S) Scarwood Crystalfish (X)	Blenny (S) Flatfish (S) Inland Octopus (R) Ironshell Crab (F)	Unclaimed Treasure Cache 45g-2.0p
Lake of Solace[4]	120	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	ALL	ALL
Moonshade Highlands	150	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Jasper Snapper (S) Moonhorse (F) Grassland Pondleaper (X)	Lobster (S) Verdant Angel (S) Highlands Eel (R) Whalefish (X)	Sunken Treasure Chest 1.5-3p
Droughtlands	150	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Jasper Snapper (S) Pale Flycatcher (S) Burrowing Crab (F) Desert Greenling (X)	Vermillion Stoneskin (S) Verdant Angel (S) Aestivating Nautilus (X) Droughtlands Puffer (X)	Sunken Treasure Chest 1.5-3p
Iron Pine Peak[5]	180	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Jasper Snapper (S) Striated Crab (S) Serene Flatfish (R) Icebiter (X)	Lobster (S) Verdant Angel (S) Coldwater Seabug (X) Glacier Octopus (X)	Icewatch Supply Crate 2-5p
Shimmersand	210	Algae Frond Dropped Tail Tiny Conch	Brown Perch (S) Coral Prawn (S) Brightwater Octopus (R) Powdernose Crab (X)	Sunny Puffer (S) Teal Grouper (S) Desert Seabug (S) Sand Nautilus (RX)	Dragonslayer Supply Cache 2-6p
Stillmoor[6]	210	Algae Frond Dropped Tail Tiny Conch	Brown Perch (S) Firebelly Snapper (R) Moorleaper (X)	Teal Grouper (S) Bull Chamelionfish (R) Stillmoor Devil (X)	Mathosian Treasure Chest 3-5p
Ember Isle	240	Algae Frond Dropped Tail Tiny Conch	Brown Perch (SR) Isle Crab (SR) Ember Stoneskin (R) Amphibious Jelly (RX)	Glossy Mackerel (S) Teal Grouper (S) Deep Ray (R) Ash Shark (X)	Glorious Treasure Cache 3-7p

1. ^ The letters following the fish names indicate what that fish can be used for: (F) for Fishing recipes, (S) for basic Survival recipes, (R) for rare Survival recipes, and (X) for Fish Exchange.
2. ^ same as previous note.
3. ^ Quest item for Near-Endless Fishing from the toxic pools at Demon Steps
4. ^ Yields fish from ALL zones ranging from Freemarch/Silverwood up through Shimmersand! The only spots found that you can fish from are submerged rocks at (5786, 5896), (5683, 5902) and (5567, 5889), and a sandbar at (5622, 5886).
5. ^ Part of the frozen river near Whitefall Passage has thawed. There is a Shallow hot spring north-northeast of Crystal Depths at (4990, 1450). You can also fish at Blood Iron Pools; however, this yields only trash.
6. ^ Shallow pools are northwest of Crusader's Advance and west of Hillsborough. Deep pools are in the hills east of Caer Thalos and above the shallow pool west of Hillsborough.

Fish Exchanges

Each zone faction offers a Major Fishing Reward for 8 Uncommon fish from Shallow water and/or a Tacklebox for 3 Rare fish within that zone.

Zone	Faction	NPC	Location	Need 8	Need 3
Silverwood	Quicksilver Scholars	Vadivy	Argent Glade	Silverwood Angel>br>Silverwood Devil
Freemarch	Freemarch Wardens	Xelos	Kelari Refuge	Normal-Eyed Guppy Deep March Eel
Gloamwood	Gloamwood Waykeepers	Rositha	Gloamwood Pines	Gloam Eel	Indigoby
Stonefield	Granite Falls	Sualuune	Granite Falls	Fantail	Cascadefish
Scarlet Gorge	Quarry Rats	Jayne Wash	Stonecrest Scarwood Lift Base		Electric Dragonfish
Scarwood Reach	Iron Claw Trappers Red Scar Trackers	Sonsa Ariea	Kain's Command Perspice		Scarwood Crystalfish
Moonshade Highlands	The Runeguard	Toren	Acrid Basin		Grassland Pondleaper Whalefish
Droughtlands	Arcane Hand	Ashor	Lantern Hook	Aestivating Nautilus	Desert Greenling Droughtlands Puffer
Iron Pine Peak	Icewatch	Tomin	The Chancel of Labors	Coldwater Seabug	Icebiter Glacier Octopus
Shimmersand	Dragonslayer Covenant	Raelin	Fortune's Shore		Sand Nautilus Powdernose Crab
Stillmoor	Order of Mathos	Keldan	Zareph's Return		Moorleaper Stillmoor Devil
Ember Isle	The Farclan	Eara	Fort Zarnost		Amphibious Jelly Ash Shark
Ember Isle	Kelari Expedition	Ramel	Talos Landing
Ember Isle	The Keepers	Naro	Ashen Fault

Achievements

Achievement Name	Description
Apprentice Fisherman	Catch 100 Fish.
Rare Catch	Catch a Rare Fish.
Rarer Catch	Catch 10 Rare Fish.
The Rarest Catch	Catch all Rare Fish.
Sunken Treasure	Fish up Sunken Treasure.
Trophy Catch	Catch a Trophy Fish.*
Master Trophy Angler	Catch all Trophy fish.
A Collection of Trophies	Complete all Trophy Fish artifacts sets.
Fishing for Artifacts	Complete all Fishing artifact sets.
Freemarch Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Freemarch.
Silverwood Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Silverwood.
Gloamwood Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Gloamwood.
Stonefield Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Stonefield.
Scarlet Gorge Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Scarlet Gorge.
Scarwood Reach Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Scarwood Reach.
Droughtlands Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Droughtlands.
Moonshade Highlands Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Moonshade Highlands.
Iron Pine Peak Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Iron Pine Peak.
Shimmersand Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Shimmersand.
Stillmoor Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Stillmoor.
Ember Isle Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Ember Isle.
Marvelous Angler of Telara	Catch one of every fish in Telara.
Supreme Angler	Become a fully skilled master in Fishing.
Ultimate Angler	Complete all Fishing achievements.

* Trophy Fish are artifacts that can be added to one or more collections.

ZAM would like to thank Hanlin of Seraphim and Sylvax of Wolfsbane for some of the information in this article.