Fishing

Overview

Fishing is a Warrior/Barbarian based skill found in World 2 through the left portal in town.

The Fishing area contains a Fishing Rack, 2 Fishing spots, a whale named Whattso, that gives a couple of Fishing related quests and a portal to the next Fishing area. (requires level 15 Fishing)

You can start fishing as soon as your character has access to the second World, Yum Yum Desert. Simply click on the fish you can see swimming in the water and your character will begin fishing. Eventually he will pull a fish from the water which will fly up and bash you in the head causing damage to your character, however, if your character has enough defense, no damage will be taken. Each type of fish requires a certain amount of defense to endure.

For example: My fisherman has 26 defense and takes 25 points of damage when hit with a Hermit can.

Efficiency

Now onto Efficiency. Efficiency works a little different here than in other skills. Besides the amount of fish you get, Efficiency also effects which type of fish you get too. All 4 fish in the game currently can be caught from the first area, with increasing % chance in the next.

Straight off the bat you have 100% efficiency for the first fish, Goldfish

50 Efficiency is required to have a chance to catch Hermit can

200 Efficiency is required to have a chance to catch Jellyfish

400 Efficiency is required to have a chance to catch Bloach

See how i said chance to catch? That's because when you have enough efficiency for the next fish, your percentage for the fish before gets reduced and added to the next.

Another example: My fisherman is level 11 fishing, has 193 efficiency, using fly as bait, spoons LoI line and Copper Fish Rod, my percentages are 68% for Goldfish and 32% for Hermit can.

Skills

These are the skills that affect fishing efficiency and gains.

	Name	Effects	Class
	Fist of Rage	Increases efficiency through strength	Beginner
File:Brute Efficency.png	Brute Efficiency	Increases efficiency (see Class Specific Talents for exact %)	Warrior
	Idle Skilling	Increases AFK gains by 0.49% per upgrade	Warrior
File:Firmly Grasp it.png	Firmly Grasp It (Active)	Increases strength by 16 (+1 p/point) for 2 minutes thus increasing efficiency	Warrior
File:Stress Tested Garb.png	Stress Tested Garb	Increases % more strength through equipment thus increasing efficiency (see Class Specific Talents for exact %)	Warrior
File:Apsolute Unit.png	Absolute Unit	Increases efficiency through strength	Warrior
	Apocalypse Zow	Increases strength through total monster kills thus increasing efficiency (see Class Specific Talents for detailed description)	Barbarian
File:Fistful of Obol.png	Fistful of Obol	Increases strength gained from Obols by 1.2%, +1.2% per upgrade thus increasing efficiency	Barbarian
	Worming Undercover	11% chance to instantly catch a fish, +1% per upgrade	Barbarian
	Bobbin Bobbers	+15% minigame rewards and +1 fishing power per point of your fishing minigame hi-score, up to +5. Increases the cap every X levels	Barbarian
	All Fish Diet	+1.5% Fishing exp. +1.5% per upgrade	Barbarian
File:Catching Some zzz's.png	Catching Some ZZZ's	+0.33% AFK gains. Upgrading decreases the bonus per upgrade	Barbarian

So for a recap, more efficiency means catching more fish and for access to higher tiers of fish but with higher % chance to catch higher tier fish.

Items

There are a few different types of Items that are useful for fishing

For a list of Fishing Rods see Tools