Fishing
“I almost caught a fish this big! But it, um, got away.”
Vast oceans surround Britannia on all sides, and for centuries men and women have earned their keep fishing the coastal waters. In addition to an endless supply of fish, those skilled in fishing have been known to pull forth treasure, and danger, from the deep.
In order to fish, you must be un-mounted and holding a Fishing Pole in one hand.
Training
- 0 - 30: Buy from NPC Fisher
- 30 - 50: Fish in shallow water. Stand on the shore of islands such as Moonglow or Haven and walk around.
- 50 - 75: Fish off of a dock, a few tiles from the shore. As your skill rises, fish a little bit further and further out. A Crystal Ball of Knowledge comes in very handy to help gauge the best distance from where to fish.
- 75 - 100: Fish in deep water (gains after 85.0 are only possible in in deep water). Deep water requires the use of a boat to reach. Get on one and sail around. Be prepared to fight Sea Serpents.
- 80 - 100: Alternatively, as the method of DJ, after you hit 80, you can use SOS's and a Fishing Scroll of Alacrity. When you sail to the SOS coordinates, and use the alacrity scroll before fishing for the SOS, you'll get decent gains by pulling up the random loot before the chest. If you keep runebooks with close coordinates (NE, SE, NW, SW high numbers, and low numbers) and can dry dock your boat quickly and recall to a closer coordinate, you can get a few SOS's in before your alacrity scroll ends. Note that after around 95, it's slow and repetitive.
- 100 - 120: You have to have High Seas to do the Professional Fisher Quest to get/use the 105-120 fishing scrolls. If your lucky enough to get a fishing scroll you will be on your way to legendary. You will spend long hours out to sea with slow gains the whole way. To pass the time do the fish monger quests (requires High Seas).
When a fishing spot has been "used up" a message will appear over the character's head "The fish don't seem to be biting here". This means no more fish, or skill gains, can be had at that spot and so it is time to move to another location at least 8 steps away.
Crystal Ball of Knowledge
If you have a Crystal Ball of Knowledge, turn it on and try out different fishing locations until the ball reports "Optimal" difficulty. It will let you know exactly where the optimal spots are. The distance is about one step further away from land every 5 skill points. Once you reach 95.1, it will only ever say "Easy" even in deep water.
Expect to catch around 3,800 fish to go from 50 to 100 skill(as well as plenty of nets, treasure maps, white pearls, delicate scales and footwear) while using the crystal ball under optimal conditions. If you just go straight to deep water after 85 without using a crystal ball, you may unknowingly be fishing in slightly over-challenging areas, slowing the rate of skillgain.
Items
The following items can be fished up instead of normal fish.
Fishing Skill: 0% | |
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Footwear
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Normal Fish
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Highly Peculiar Fish
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Prized Fish
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Truly Rare Fish
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Wondrous Fish
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Fishing Skill: 75% | |
Message in a Bottle aka: MiB
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Metal and Wood Chests
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Ancient Chests
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Fishing Skill: 80% | |
Special Fishing Net
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White Pearls
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Big Fish
Lightest Big Fish: 1 Stone by Tolo Da'Pesca Heaviest Big Fish: 225 Stones by Rowan of the Origin Shard. | |
Delicate Scales
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Fishing Skill: 90% | |
Treasure Map
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Quests
Fishing-related quests were added as a series of Professional Fisher Quests with the High Seas booster expansion in late 2010. Some of the quests are only available to Fishers with 100+ skill.
4x4 Fishing
While fishing on a boat or on a pier you can do what is called 4x4 fishing. This is where you target 4 spaces to the NE, SE, SW, and NW of your character while fishing. You can farm each of these locations for quite a while before having to move on again. Remember, you will need to move 12 spaces instead of just 8 to begin fishing again.