Fishing is used to catch fish, special items and junk which are deposited in the bank. If the Bank becomes full while Fishing, Fishing will continue but any extra items will be lost.

This page was last updated for (v0.19.1).
Fishing

Most fish can be cooked for use as food during

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Combat

or

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Thieving

. At certain levels, upgrades to the fishing pole used are available in the Skill Upgrades section of the Shop. Upgraded fishing poles reduce the time required to catch fish. Raising Fishing to

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Level 99

will unlock the Fishing Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. The Fishing Skillcape doubles the amount of items caught.

Using Fisherman's potions increases the chance to catch double fish by 3-12%, which applies multiplicatively with the guaranteed doubling provided by the Fishing Skillcape.

Fishing Areas

There are 8 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 Barbarian Fishing area is unlocked by wearing the   Barbarian Gloves. Catching fish in the Barbarian Fishing Area will give

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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.

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

Fish

As the player's Fishing level increases, new fish that give more experience will become available to catch.   Leaping Trout,   Leaping Salmon, and   Leaping Broad Fish, will train

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Strength

when caught, giving 10, 15, and 25 experience respectively.   Raw Skeleton Fish can be buried for 3

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Prayer

points each.   Raw Magic Fish can be eaten to restore health without cooking.   Leaping Trout,   Leaping Salmon,   Leaping Broad Fish,   Raw Skeleton Fish,   Raw Magic Fish,   Raw Blowfish, and   Raw Poison Fish cannot be cooked.

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

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000  after the player reaches

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Level 99

.

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

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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

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Level 120

in the Fishing skill.

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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.

PetNameDLCEffect
 Pudding Duckie  +5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing

Fishing Rods

Higher levels of Fishing allow the player to purchase higher tiers of fishing rods from the Shop. The "bonus speed" from fishing rods is actually a percent reduction in the time that it takes to catch a fish.

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 following loot table:

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

Junk

Junk items are randomly caught instead of fish. They reward only 1 XP when caught, and are selected from the following table:

Potion

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

Fishermans Potion
PotionTierChargesEffect
 I5+3% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
 II10+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
 III15+8% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
 IV20+12% Chance to Double Items in Fishing