Money Making/Fishing Whales
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Only the minimum profit is guaranteed when following the requirements of this guide. The maximum profit can only be obtained when following all requirements and recommendations. Profit will increase the more closely the guide is followed. However, the increase in profit may not be in proportion to the amount of recommended items and boosts used.
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| Fishing Whales | |
| 0 per hour | |
| Requirements | |
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| Skills | Other |
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| Items | Recommended |
| None | Items that improve profit |
| Results | |
| Profit | Experience gained |
| 0 | None |
| Inputs | Outputs |
| None | None |
Fish for 
Raw Whales if using the
+
Summoning synergy, or 
Magic Fish if not. Other fish providing good GP/hour rates are also listed below. Each piece of equipment will give a substantial boost to profit per hour.
is the most profitable single-skill money making method, though it gets outclassed by the multiplicative benefits of the combinations above. This method does not include extra gold gained from special chances which would boost profit per hour marginally. Maximum GP/hour rates assume all improvements to GP rate are obtained and in use.
With the 
Throne of the Herald expansion, higher level fish may yield higher profit than base game fish. 
Raw Static Jellyfish is the first fish with greater GP/h than whales. Alternately, prioritizing fish with higher XP rates will get you to the most profitable high-level fish such as 
Raw Mystic Shark faster. Fish GP/h is listed in the
page.
With the 
Atlas of Discovery expansion, 
The Fisherman's Bounty point of interest in
provides several useful buffs to this method.
Improves GP Rate
| Name | Description |
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-15% Fishing Interval, additive with Dragon Fishing Rod for a total of -55% |
 Fishing Skillcape |
Doubles the number of fish caught |
 Aorpheat's Signet Ring |
+10% Fishing Doubling |
 Fishing Hook |
+10% Fishing Doubling |
 Sailor's Top |
-8% Special drops, resulting in more fish |
 Pudding Duckie |
+5% Fishing Doubling |
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Doubles the number of fish caught |
| 50% Fishing Mastery Pool Checkpoint | +5% Fishing Doubling |
| 95% Fishing Mastery Pool Checkpoint | +25% chance to receive an additional random special item whenever special items are received. |
 Fishermans Potion IV |
+12% Fishing Doubling |
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Up to +15% Fishing Doubling Up to -15% Fishing Interval, additive with the above bonuses for a total of -70% |
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+5% Fishing Doubling |
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+5% Global Doubling |
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+3% Global Doubling |
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+3% chance to get 1 extra resource in Fishing (cannot be doubled) |
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75% chance to receive an extra fish as a cooked version while fishing |
The Fishing Skillcape and Level 99
bonuses will stack, causing at least four fish to be caught each time. The rest of the doubling bonuses result in a 55% chance to catch eight fish.
Alternative Fish
Players may choose to consider the following options:
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| Raw Magic Fish
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960
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3,540
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1,770
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3,413 k
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3,398 k
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1,715 k
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1,699 k
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| Raw Whale
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750
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4,470
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2,235
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4,422 k
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3,353 k
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2,745 k
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1,677 k
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 Raw Manta Ray
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650
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4,510
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2,255
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3,805 k
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2,932 k
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2,339 k
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1,466 k
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 Raw Shark
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270
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7,112
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3,556
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2,481 k
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1,920 k
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1,521 k
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960 k
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