Fishing

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).

This article is about the Fishing skill. For training the skill, see Fishing/Training.

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.

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%

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.

Fish		Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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

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.

Pet	Name	DLC	Effect
	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.

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

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

Junk

Junk items are randomly caught instead of fish. 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

Potion

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

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