Fishing

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Fishing
Skill ID: melvorD:Fishing
Release Date:	7 December 2018 (v0.03)
Game Version:	Base game
Type:	Gathering
Expansions information
Level 99:	Base game
Level 120:	Throne of the Herald Expansion
Abyssal 60:	Into the Abyss Expansion

Fishing is used to catch fish, special items, and junk. Many of the fish may be cooked with Cooking for use as food during Combat or Thieving, while a number of others can be used as ingredients for Herblore potions or Summoning tablets.

Of the special items obtained from Fishing, the Ancient Ring of Skills and Ancient Ring of Mastery are particularly noteworthy due to the skill and Mastery experience bonuses they provide for all non-combat skills. These rings are however also considered some of the rarest items in the game, and can take a significant amount of time to obtain.

Mechanics

The amount of time each Fishing action takes can be reduced by 5-40% by purchasing fishing rods from the Shop, 15% with the Amulet of Fishing, 5% with the second unique star of Ameria ( Level 60), 3% with the Elite Pillar of Expertise, 2% with Harold, and 0.5 seconds while the Octopus + Eagle Synergy is active.

Fishing benefits from a couple of guaranteed item doubling bonuses, one being the Fishing Skillcape perk, while the other is obtained by reaching a Mastery level of 99 in the fish being caught. While both are active, the quantity of fish caught per action is guaranteed to be at least 4. These bonuses apply multiplicatively with the chance to double items, and so the quantity of fish gained from a single action can be as much as 8.

Lost Chests may drop in addition to the usual action rewards if the Corundum Fishing Rod has been purchased or if the Superior Fishing Skillcape is equipped, and can also drop from base game fish. When opened, lost chests may contain any of the superior gems, Runestones or any of the three fishing consumables: Fishing Hook, Golden Reel, and Burning Reel. The last two consumables are exclusive to the lost chest and cannot be obtained elsewhere.

Into the Abyss Expansion has a chance to drop Abyssal Fishing Chest while fishing. This Chest drops no Junk. It has a chance to drop random Bars, Gems, Rings as well as Luminous Lure and 4 rare items.

Fishing Areas

There are 15 Fishing Areas, with different fish located in each Fishing Area. Each area has different chances to obtain junk or special items instead of fish. The chance to obtain special items can be reduced by wearing the Sailor's Top, which can be useful to maximise the amount of fish obtained.

The Barbarian Fishing area is unlocked by wearing the Barbarian Gloves. Catching fish in the Barbarian Fishing Area will give Strength and Fishing skill experience. This Strength experience is also affected by the experience bonus from Gold Emerald Ring.

The Secret Area is unlocked by reading the Message in a Bottle in the Bank. After the first reading, the bottle has no further use and can be safely sold.

The Fisherman's enclave is unlocked by discovering Fisherman's Enclave in Cartography.

Both the Message in a Bottle and Barbarian Gloves are special items that can be found while fishing.

Melvor Fishing Areas

Name	Fish	DLC	Fish Chance	Junk Chance	Special Chance
Shallow Shores	Raw Shrimp Raw Lobster Raw Crab		75%	25%	0%
Shrapnel River	Raw Sardine Raw Herring Raw Carp		80%	20%	0%
Trench of Despair	Raw Blowfish Raw Poison Fish Raw Anglerfish Raw Cave Fish		70%	28%	2%
Lemvor Pier	Raw Trout Raw Salmon Raw Fanfish		70%	29%	1%
Open Waters	Raw Swordfish Raw Manta Ray		69%	29%	2%
Barren Ocean	Raw Shark Raw Whale		90%	10%	0%
Barbarian Fishing	Leaping Trout Leaping Salmon Leaping Broad Fish		95%	5%	0%
Secret Area	Raw Seahorse Raw Skeleton Fish Raw Magic Fish		95%	0%	5%
Magma Lake	Raw Lava Fish Raw Magma Fish Raw Magma Eel		80%	15%	5%
Jungle Waters	Raw Spike Fish Raw Blue Crab Raw Large Blowfish		79%	20%	1%
Static Valley	Raw Rockfish Raw Static Jellyfish		85%	14%	1%
Frozen Sea	Raw Frost Crab Raw Frozen Manta Ray		90%	10%	0%
Midnight Lagoon	Raw Ghost Fish Raw Terrorfish		66%	31%	3%
Mystic Pond	Raw Mystic Seahorse Raw Mystic Shark		84%	15%	1%
Fisherman's Enclave	Raw Mackerel Raw Halibut Raw Tilapia		80%	17%	3%

Abyssal Fishing Areas

Name	Fish	DLC	Fish Chance	Junk Chance	Special Chance
Crimson River	Raw Crimson Biter Raw Crimson Bream		99%	0%	1%
Mistveil Swamp	Raw Veilhunter Raw Mistjaw Raw Steamswimmer		99%	0%	1%
Toxic Pools	Raw Toxic Pufferfish Raw Toxic Crab Raw Toxic Octopus		99%	0%	1%
Petrified Channel	Raw Stoneskin Pike Raw Stoneskin Garfish		99%	0%	1%
Whisper Cove	Raw Whisperfish Raw Murmurclaw Raw Hushscale		99%	0%	1%
Tendril Depths	Raw Depthlurker Raw Deep Squid		99%	0%	1%
Void Lagoon	Raw Voidfish Raw Void Jelly Raw Void Ray		99%	0%	1%

Fish

As the player's Fishing level increases, new fish that give more experience will become available to catch.

In addition:

• Leaping Trout, Leaping Salmon, and Leaping Broad Fish, will train Strength when caught, giving 10, 15, and 25 experience respectively.
• Raw Skeleton Fish can be buried for 3 Prayer points each.
• Raw Magic Fish can be eaten to restore health without cooking.
• Raw Poison Fish and Raw Ghost Fish are used as an ingredients for the Performance Enhancing Potion and Reaper Potion respectively.

The Cooking level is given for all of the fish that can be cooked to increase their health restore value.

Most fish, including those that cannot be cooked, can be used in Summoning:

• Octopus: if they require Level 99 or lower
• Siren: if they require Level 100 or higher, with the exception of Raw Magic Fish which can also be used

Melvor Fish

Fish		Level	DLC	Catch Time			XP	XP/s	Value	GP/s
				Min	Max	Avg
	Raw Shrimp	1		4.0s	8.0s	6.0s	5	0.83	1	0.17
	Raw Sardine	5		4.0s	8.0s	6.0s	10	1.67	3	0.50
	Raw Blowfish	8		3.0s	8.0s	5.5s	12	2.18	5	0.91
	Raw Herring	10		4.0s	8.0s	6.0s	15	2.50	8	1.33
	Raw Seahorse	15		3.0s	10.0s	6.5s	25	3.85	40	6.15
	Leaping Trout	20		3.0s	10.0s	6.5s	20	3.08	10	1.54
	Raw Mackerel	20		4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	22	3.14	19	2.71
	Raw Trout	20		4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	20	2.86	16	2.29
	Raw Poison Fish	30		3.0s	10.0s	6.5s	25	3.85	40	6.15
	Raw Salmon	35		4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	40	5.71	35	5.00
	Leaping Salmon	35		3.0s	12.0s	7.5s	40	5.33	20	2.67
	Raw Lobster	40		4.0s	11.0s	7.5s	50	6.67	65	8.67
	Raw Halibut	40		4.0s	11.0s	7.5s	55	7.33	78	10.40
	Raw Skeleton Fish	45		7.0s	15.0s	11.0s	100	9.09	175	15.91
	Raw Swordfish	50		5.0s	12.0s	8.5s	80	9.41	80	9.41
	Raw Anglerfish	50		5.0s	12.0s	8.5s	100	11.76	50	5.88
	Raw Fanfish	55		4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	120	17.14	120	17.14
	Raw Crab	60		5.0s	12.0s	8.5s	120	14.12	135	15.88
	Raw Carp	65		6.0s	15.0s	10.5s	130	12.38	190	18.10
	Raw Shark	70		7.0s	15.0s	11.0s	150	13.64	270	24.55
	Leaping Broad Fish	70		4.0s	12.0s	8.0s	100	12.50	50	6.25
	Raw Cave Fish	75		8.0s	15.0s	11.5s	300	26.09	215	18.70
	Raw Tilapia	75		8.0s	15.0s	11.5s	330	28.70	258	22.43
	Raw Magic Fish	80		12.0s	30.0s	21.0s	325	15.48	960	45.71
	Raw Manta Ray	85		9.0s	25.0s	17.0s	495	29.12	650	38.24
	Raw Whale	95		10.0s	25.0s	17.5s	575	32.86	750	42.86
	Raw Lava Fish	100		7.0s	15.0s	11.0s	459	41.73	300	27.27
	Raw Spike Fish	101		6.0s	16.0s	11.0s	524	47.64	100	9.09
	Raw Rockfish	102		8.0s	15.0s	11.5s	288	25.04	555	48.26
	Raw Blue Crab	104		10.0s	24.0s	17.0s	891	52.41	255	15.00
	Raw Magma Fish	105		4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	368	52.57	75	10.71
	Raw Large Blowfish	106		6.0s	16.0s	11.0s	646	58.73	222	20.18
	Raw Static Jellyfish	108		15.0s	30.0s	22.5s	729	32.40	1,350	60.00
	Raw Frost Crab	110		8.0s	20.0s	14.0s	886	63.29	300	21.43
	Raw Magma Eel	112		10.0s	25.0s	17.5s	1,099	62.80	650	37.14
	Raw Frozen Manta Ray	113		15.0s	30.0s	22.5s	1,030	45.78	1,500	66.67
	Raw Ghost Fish	115		15.0s	35.0s	25.0s	1,785	71.40	1,000	40.00
	Raw Mystic Seahorse	116		25.0s	40.0s	32.5s	1,226	37.72	3,000	92.31
	Raw Terrorfish	118		20.0s	40.0s	30.0s	2,183	72.77	1,750	58.33
	Raw Mystic Shark	120		15.0s	40.0s	27.5s	1,596	58.04	2,250	81.82

Abyssal Fish

Fish		Level	DLC	Catch Time			XP	XP/s	Value	GP/s
				Min	Max	Avg
	Raw Crimson Biter	1		3.0s	13.0s	8.0s	1,376	172.00	20	2.50
	Raw Crimson Bream	5		7.0s	17.0s	12.0s	2,868	239.00	41	3.42
	Raw Veilhunter	10		5.0s	15.0s	10.0s	2,409	240.90	48	4.80
	Raw Mistjaw	12		8.0s	18.0s	13.0s	3,718	286.00	78	6.00
	Raw Steamswimmer	16		15.0s	29.0s	22.0s	7,684	349.27	158	7.18
	Raw Toxic Pufferfish	19		4.0s	12.0s	8.0s	3,640	455.00	89	11.12
	Raw Toxic Crab	22		8.0s	14.0s	11.0s	4,810	437.27	200	18.18
	Raw Stoneskin Pike	25		12.0s	26.0s	19.0s	9,111	479.53	400	21.05
	Raw Toxic Octopus	28		22.0s	36.0s	29.0s	18,171	626.59	725	25.00
	Raw Stoneskin Garfish	30		15.0s	33.0s	24.0s	13,705	571.04	820	34.17
	Raw Whisperfish	33		2.0s	8.0s	5.0s	3,031	606.20	180	36.00
	Raw Murmurclaw	36		9.0s	17.0s	13.0s	9,462	727.85	520	40.00
	Raw Depthlurker	40		13.0s	27.0s	20.0s	16,520	826.00	950	47.50
	Raw Hushscale	44		10.0s	28.0s	19.0s	21,422	1127.47	1,850	97.37
	Raw Deep Squid	48		20.0s	38.0s	29.0s	47,107	1624.38	3,850	132.76
	Raw Voidfish	52		12.0s	30.0s	21.0s	35,538	1692.29	3,900	185.71
	Raw Void Jelly	54		17.0s	39.0s	28.0s	56,754	2026.93	6,900	246.43
	Raw Void Ray	57		14.0s	40.0s	27.0s	51,233	1897.52	8,100	300.00

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each Mastery level increases the chance to receive 2 Fish by +0.4%
50	+3% chance to receive special items.
65	You no longer catch Junk.
99	Always catch a minimum quantity of 2 Fish

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	2,000,000 xp	+5% Fishing Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
25%	5,000,000 xp	Receive no junk items from Fishing (Melvor Realm Only)
50%	10,000,000 xp	+5% chance to Double Items in Fishing for Melvor Realm only
95%	19,000,000 xp	+25% chance to receive one random special item from Fishing when catching a special item (Melvor Realm only)
Total Mastery Pool XP		20,000,000

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	900,000 xp	+6% Fishing Mastery XP for Abyssal Realm only
25%	2,250,000 xp	+10% AP from Raw Fish Sales
50%	4,500,000 xp	+10% chance to gain 1 cooked version of a fish when Fishing
95%	8,550,000 xp	+25% chance to receive one random special item from Fishing when catching a special item (Abyssal Realm only)
Total Mastery Pool XP		9,000,000

Skillcapes

Regular Skillcape

The Fishing Skillcape is the skillcape for the Fishing skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches Level 99 in the Fishing skill. The Fishing Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

x2 Items received from Fishing

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Fishing Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Fishing skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches Level 120 in the Fishing skill. Level 120 can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

x2 Items received from Fishing, +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled), and +1% chance to gain 1 Lost Chest from Fishing for Melvor Realm only (Cannot be doubled)

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Fishing action.

Pet	Name	DLC	Effect
	Pudding Duckie		+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing

Purchases

Fishing Rods

Fishing rods are permanent upgrades purchased from the Shop that decrease the amount of time it takes to catch fish. The later rods also provide a number of other bonuses, as listed in the table below. The bonuses provided by these upgrades are permanently active once purchased i.e. they do not need to be equipped or otherwise enabled.

Name		Level	Cost	Catch Time Decrease		+1 Fish Chance		Chance		Cooked Fish Chance
				This Rod	Total	This Rod	Total	This Rod	Total	This Rod	Total
	Iron Fishing Rod	1	100	-5%	-5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Steel Fishing Rod	10	1,000	-5%	-10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Black Fishing Rod	20	5,000	-5%	-15%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Mithril Fishing Rod	35	20,000	-5%	-20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Adamant Fishing Rod	50	75,000	-5%	-25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Rune Fishing Rod	60	300,000	-5%	-30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Dragon Fishing Rod	80	2,000,000	-10%	-40%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Corundum Fishing Rod	100	50,000,000 1,000	0%	-40%	+20%	+20%	+1%	+1%	0%	0%
	Augite Fishing Rod	108	100,000,000 1,500	0%	-40%	+20%	+40%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%
	Meteorite Fishing Rod	112	150,000,000 2,000	0%	-40%	0%	+40%	+1%	+3%	+10%	+10%
	Divine Fishing Rod	115	200,000,000 2,500	0%	-40%	+20%	+60%	+1%	+4%	0%	+10%

Rod Coatings

Name		Level	Cost	AXP Increase		Fish Quantity Increase		Cooked Fish Chance
				This Coating	Total	This Coating	Total	This Coating	Total
	Abyssium Fishing Rod Coating	1	50,000 5,000	+5%	+5%	0	0	0%	0%
	Brumite Fishing Rod Coating	15	500,000 5,000	0%	+5%	+1	+1	0%	0%
	Gloomite Fishing Rod Coating	25	5,000,000 10,000	0%	+5%	0	+1	+5%	+5%
	Witherite Fishing Rod Coating	35	25,000,000 20,000	0%	+5%	0	+1	+5%	+10%
	Netherite Fishing Rod Coating	50	250,000,000 25,000	0%	+5%	+1	+2	0%	+10%

Special

Special items can be randomly acquired instead of fish while Fishing. They reward the same amount of XP as the fish that was being caught. Treasure is chosen from the list of items.

Melvor Realm Special Loot

Item		Value	Chance
	Topaz	225	1,000/3,361	29.75%
	Sapphire	335	800/3,361	23.80%
	Ruby	555	700/3,361	20.83%
	Emerald	555	500/3,361	14.88%
	Diamond	1,150	200/3,361	5.95%
	Treasure Chest	500	125/3,361	3.72%
	Barbarian Gloves	7,500	25/3,361	0.74%
	Pirates Lost Ring	17,500	5/3,361	0.15%
	Message in a Bottle	250	5/3,361	0.15%
	Ancient Ring of Skills	38,250	1/6,722	0.015%
	Ancient Ring of Mastery	26,500	1/6,722	0.015%

The average value of a roll on the special fishing loot table is 523.69

Abyssal Realm Special Loot

Item		Value	Chance
	Abyssal Fishing Chest	500	1/1	100.00%

The average value of a roll on the special fishing loot table is 500.00

To maximize the chance of obtaining special items, players may:

• Select fish that are both within an area with a high special chance and have a low catch time - Raw Seahorse and Raw Skeleton Fish are ideal choices, Raw Whisperfish for
• Gain a mastery level of at least 50 in the fish being caught, which increases the special chance by 3%
• Reduce the catch time by using all available interval reductions, which are listed within the Mechanics section
• Reach the 95% Mastery pool checkpoint
• Have the Octopus and Ent Summoning synergy equipped, increasing the special chance by 6%
• Increase the Mastery level of Ameria to 20, as that star's unique modifier can increase the special chance by up to 5%

Conversely, to reduce the chances of obtaining special items, player may:

• Have the Sailer's Top equipped, reducing the special chance by 100%. This item can be pickpocketed from the Dock Hand.

Junk

Junk items are randomly caught instead of fish. They can also be obtained as contents of a Treasure Chest. Most of them have for only use Rags to Riches I, but the Rope can also be upgraded into Bowstring. They reward only 1 XP when caught, and are selected from the following table:

Item		Value
	Glass Bottle	8
	Old Boot	8
	Old Hat	8
	Rope	8
	Rubber Ducky	69
	Rusty Key	8
	Seaweed	8
	Shell	8

You can prevent the catch of Junk items if the mastery level of the intended catch is of 65 and beyond for that specific fish, or globally with the 25% Fishing Mastery Checkpoint.

Regardless of Fishing Mastery, you can still get Junk Items from Treasure Chests.

Potions

The Fishermans Potion can be used to increase the chance of receiving double fish while fishing.

Fishermans Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	5	+3% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
	II	10	+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
	III	15	+8% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
	IV	20	+12% Chance to Double Items in Fishing

The Echoing Lure Potion increases the chance to catch +1 random Fish from the same Fishing Area (Cannot be doubled).

Echoing Lure Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	1	+5% chance to catch +1 random Fish from the same Fishing Area (Cannot be doubled)
	II	2	+10% chance to catch +1 random Fish from the same Fishing Area (Cannot be doubled)
	III	3	+15% chance to catch +1 random Fish from the same Fishing Area (Cannot be doubled)
	IV	4	+20% chance to catch +1 random Fish from the same Fishing Area (Cannot be doubled)

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the Summoning Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Fishing.

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		DLC	Effect
	Octopus				+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)
	Abyssal Octopus				+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)
	Octopus		Eagle		-0.5s Fishing Interval for Melvor Realm only
	Octopus		Owl		+1.5% Fishing Mastery XP per maxed Star in Ameria constellation in Astrology
	Abyssal Octopus		Abyssal Devil		+6% Fishing Mastery XP for Abyssal Realm only -4% Fishing Abyssal XP
	Golem		Abyssal Octopus		-1s Fishing Interval for Abyssal Realm only
	Void Wisp		Abyssal Octopus		-50% Fishing Abyssal XP +1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Fishing for Abyssal Realm only (cannot be doubled)

Skill Boosts

Main article: Fishing Boosts

Skill boosts are special enhancements that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the player's skills. These boosts can come from a variety of sources such as equipment, potions, pets, and masteries. Global boosts are boosts which apply across all skills. A boost can be assumed to be for the listed skill only, unless specifically stated it is a global boost. Boosts help the player to progress faster and achieve higher levels of mastery in each skill. The following are some common types of skill boosts and what they do:

• Increased Skill XP: Increases the amount of experience points (XP) gained.
• Decreased Skill Interval: Reduces the time it takes to complete skilling actions, allowing the player to perform more actions in a given period.
• Preservation Chance: Increases the likelihood that resources or items used during skill actions are not consumed.
• Increased Chance to Double Items: Gives a higher chance of receiving double the items or resources when performing skill-related actions.
• Increased Mastery XP: Enhances the rate at which mastery XP is gained for a skill.

For more information on general skill boosts that apply to all skills, refer to the Skill Boosts page.