Fishing
Fishing is a gathering skill that allows players to catch raw fish. These fish can then be cooked using the cooking skill.
General
Four zones are available for aspiring fishers, each offering different fish to be caught. The time required per fishing action is dependant on the player's haste, and can be lowered with the haste enchantment. Each action, the player has a certain chance of successfully catching one of the fishes available at that location. This chance will start at 20% and gradually increase with increasing level, up to a maximum of 100%. Although the theoretical maximum chance in the last area is 81.3%, this can be boosted to 100% using fishing enchantment scrolls.
The caught fish can be cooked to offer hitpoint replenishment while fighting and various buffs for out of combat actions. See cooking for more information.
Players have a small chance of obtaining sunken treasures. These can be opened for gold and sometimes gems. More importantly, these treasures have a rare chance of dropping talismans used in runecrafting, and an even rarer chance of dropping Modified Diving Gloves or a Forgotten Soul.
Equipment
Different equipment is needed to fish in each individual fishing zone. This equipment is created in the crafting menu. All fishing equipment items are permanent which means players only need 1. While fishing in Lazy River a single feather is consumed for each attempted cast. Feathers can be purchased from the general shop, the market, or obtained by killing chickens in the combat zone Farm. It is possible to vault fishing items and still use them for fishing.
| Zone | Item needed | Acquiring/Recipe | |
| Shallow Pond | Fishing Net | 
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Crafting level 1 150 branches |
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| Lazy River | Fly Fishing Rod | 
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Crafting level 15 200 branches, 100 logs |
| Feather | 
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Purchased in game shop for 10 gold each | |
| Still Lake | Cage | 
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Crafting level 25 100 iron bars, 200 oak logs |
| Open Ocean | Harpoon | 
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Crafting level 40 100 iron bars, 200 willow logs |
Areas
The xp per hour figures shown below are without any boosts, using only the base equipment.
| Zone | Level Req. | Item(s) needed | Catchable Fish | Base Exp/hour (level 50) | Base Exp/hour (level 80) | Base Exp/hour (level 99) |
| Shallow Pond | 1 | Fishing Net | Raw Shrimp Raw Anchovy |
3,805 | 4,819 | 4,883 |
| Lazy River | 20 | Fly Fishing Rod Feathers |
Raw Trout Raw Salmon |
12,420 | 20,685 | 21,853 |
| Still Lake | 40 | Cage | Raw Lobster | 11,700 | 25,200 | 33,768 |
| Open Ocean | 50 | Harpoon | Raw Tuna Raw Shark |
9,720 | 28,045 | 39,718 |
Boosts
Several boosts can be applied to increase the fish gained and/or the experience received:
| Scroll | Slot | Effect per scroll | |
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Scroll of Fishing | Gloves, Boots | Increases the fish catch chance by 5%. |
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Scroll of Naturalist | Gloves, Boots | Increases the chance to find chests while gathering. |
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Scroll of Haste | Ring, Necklace | Increases action speed by 4% |
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Scroll of Gathering | Ring, Necklace | Gain a 10% chance to find an extra resource while gathering. |
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Scroll of the Scholar | Ring, Necklace | Gain 20% more experience, but no items. This does not apply to combat, farming, or crafting. |
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Scroll of Wealth | Ring, Necklace | Automatically sell resources for 20% more gold than their vendor value. |
Theoretical Max Exp
The theoretical maximum xp rate per hour is 143,029, although no fish is obtained this way:
- Harpoon fishing at level 99
- Prismatic Ring or Prismatic Necklace with 6 haste scrolls (-24% action timer)
- Prismatic Ring or Prismatic Necklace with 6 scholar scrolls (+120% xp, but no items gained)
- Boots or Gloves (at least adamant) with at least 4 fishing scrolls (+20% catch chance)
The theoretical maximum amount of sharks per hour is 371, for 65,013 xp per hour:
- Harpoon fishing at level 99
- Prismatic Ring or Prismatic Necklace with 6 haste scrolls (-24% action timer)
- Prismatic Ring or Prismatic Necklace with 6 gathering scrolls (+60% chance of an extra resource)
- Boots or Gloves (at least adamant) with at least 4 fishing scrolls (+20% catch chance)
Catch Chance
The chances for catching a fish are as follows
(100 * min(1, max(0.2, 0.2 + (FishingLvl - LvlRequired) / 80) + EnchantPower))
Change Log
The fishing skill was released on September 12th, 2019.
