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.

The current best Fishing build is This

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.

Drops

Apart from fish, you can also get various other items from fishing.

Skills

These are the skills that affect fishing efficiency and gains.

Droptable for Fishing

Icon	Item	Quantity	Chance

	Name	Effects	Class
	Fist of Rage	Increases efficiency through strength	Beginner
File:Brute Efficency.png	Brute Efficiency	Increases efficiency (see Warrior 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 Warrior 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 Warrior 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 access to higher tiers of fish but with a 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 and accessories see Tools

Fishing Minigame

This page is to lay out the mechanics of the Fishing Minigame and also some tips and tricks.

The aim of the game is, of course, to get as many points as possible by 'casting', holding on screen (mobile) or holding left click (PC) for the required time; then letting go to cast far enough to land on the fish without hitting a mine.

When your lure lands on a fish you get the corresponding points.

1 point for Green Fish

2 points for Eel

3 points for Squid

4 points for Whale

The more casts you do the harder it gets, the fish targets start to move and more mines will appear on the screen.

The real challenge is to NEVER miss. I put emphasis on this because no matter how many mines there are on the screen; if you still land on a fish, even if it is directly on top of a mine, it will still count as landing on a fish and you will not lose the game.

Now you're allowed to miss as much as you want but the best way to get the most points is by getting a streak of landing on fish. After 3 consecutive Green Fish, Eels will start to appear and after 3 more consecutive landings (doesn't have to be Eels) Squid will appear and finally after another 3 consecutive landings on any fish makes the Whale appear. BUT once the Whale shows up; you only have one chance to land on them because after that cast, the streak resets back to one Green Fish on the screen.