How Fishing works in WoW Forever

In WoW Forever, you need a campfire for the best catches. If you place a Fishing Rack next to one, you can catch uncommon fish for an hour, including bloated fish that open into gems and jewelry. At 300 Fishing, a Fishing Hut lets you catch rare fish too.

Camp features

Fishing has three camp features of its own. To get their buffs, sit or craft next to them for a minute:

Feature	Fishing	What it gives
Fish Bowl	20	8% to all stats
Fishing Rack	140	Uncommon catches for an hour, plus the Bowl's 8%
Fishing Hut	300	Rare catches for an hour, plus the Bowl's 8%

The Fish Bowl's 8% doesn't stack with Blessing of Kings, so it won't help if you already have Kings. The Rack and Hut still let you catch their fish, though. You can also place a Rack or Hut on top of a Bowl to replace it.

Once you reach 20 Fishing, the fishing trainer near your starting town teaches you the Fish Bowl. The Rack and Hut each need a blueprint first. Gelihast drops Blueprint: Fishing Rack in Blackfathom Deeps.

The Bowl is made from a Raw Brilliant Smallfish and an Empty Vial. The Rack needs two Simple Wood, a Crystal Vial and two Raw Mithril Head Trout. The Hut needs five Simple Wood, two Bolt of Runecloth and one Seasonal Fish Steaks.

What's worth catching

Bloated fish

While the Rack's Uncommon Fishing buff is up, you can catch ten kinds of bloated fish, six from rivers and lakes and four from the coast:

Rivers and lakes

The coast

The highest-level one, the Bloated Whitescale Salmon, can have any of five gems or one of two rings inside:

Dragonscale Band13 Stamina and 4 Spirit, from level 55
Stardust Band5 Intellect, 5 Stamina and 3 Spirit, from level 47

Trunks and crates

You can also fish up trunks from fish schools and floating wreckage. They have cloth, leather and potions inside, and sometimes a bag:

Trunk	Bag	Where
Tightly Sealed Trunk	8 slots	Silverpine Forest, Westfall, The Barrens
Watertight Trunk	10 slots	Stonetalon Mountains, Wetlands, Ashenvale
Iron Bound Trunk	12 slots	Alterac Mountains, Dustwallow Marsh, Desolace
Mithril Bound Trunk	14 slots	Stranglethorn Vale, Azshara, Feralas

Venture Co. crates come up in open water too, with Engineering parts inside. The Heavy Crate can even have Goblin Rocket Fuel and Inlaid Mithril Cylinder, which normally come from Alchemists and Blacksmiths.

Crate	Where
Dented Crate	Darkshore, Westfall, Silverpine Forest
Waterlogged Crate	Wetlands, Ashenvale
Sealed Crate	Stranglethorn Vale, Dustwallow Marsh, Desolace
Heavy Crate	Azshara, The Hinterlands, Tanaris

The Fishing Extravaganza

Every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. server time, the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza fills the coast of Stranglethorn Vale with Speckled Tastyfish schools. The first anglers to bring Riggle Bassbait 40 Speckled Tastyfish for his quest, Master Angler, are the winners. He's in Booty Bay at 27.4, 76.8, so it's worth setting your Hearthstone there before it starts.

Winners get the Arcanite Fishing Pole, the best pole in the game at +35, and an Extravagant Extravaganza Coin. Jang, who stands next to Riggle, trades the coin for one of his prizes, including:

Bitter BaitlingA companion pet.
Master Angler's Fishing HatA cosmetic hat.
Empty Fish BucketA cosmetic off-hand.

Jang also takes spare Tastyfish for a Message in a Bottle or a bag of coins.

Three rare fish also turn up during the tournament, and you don't need to win to turn them in. Fishbot 5000, next to Riggle and Jang, trades each one for an item that adds 5 Fishing:

Catch	Reward
Keefer's Angelfish	Lucky Fishing Hat
Brownell's Blue Striped Racer	Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots
Dezian Queenfish	High Test Eternium Fishing Line, which goes on your pole

Food, poles and lures

Forever also added six dishes that raise your Fishing while you're Well Fed:

Loch Frenzy Delight+3, from level 5
Fillet of Frenzy+5, from level 5
Bristle Whisker Catfish+8, from level 15
Rockscale Cod+12, from level 25
Filet of Redgill+18, from level 35
Spinefin Halibut+18, from level 45

There are six fishing poles, from the basic one sold by vendors up to the +35 tournament prize:

Fishing PoleNo bonus. Sold by fishing suppliers.
Blump Family Fishing Pole+3. Alliance quest, from level 10.
Strong Fishing Pole+5. Sold by fishing suppliers, a few at a time.
Big Iron Fishing Pole+20. From the Shellfish Traps in Desolace.
Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000+25. Horde quest, from level 44.
Arcanite Fishing Pole+35. The tournament's prize.

The Blump pole comes from The Family and the Fishing Pole, where Gubber Blump in Auberdine asks for six Darkshore Grouper. The FC-5000 comes from Snapjaws, Mon!, where Katoom the Angler in the Hinterlands wants 15 Saltwater Snapjaws dead.

For lures, you'll need 50 Fishing for Nightcrawlers and 100 for the two best ones:

Lure	Fishing	Lasts
Shiny Bauble	+25	10 min
Nightcrawlers	+50	10 min
Bright Baubles	+75	10 min
Aquadynamic Fish Attractor	+100	5 min

With a lure on, the Legacy perk Luremaster gives you up to a 50% chance to catch an extra fish.

Reaching 300

Leveling Fishing works the same as in Classic. Any fishing trainer can take you to 150. For Expert, buy The Bass and You from Old Man Heming in Booty Bay. You'll need level 20 and 125 Fishing to read it.

For Artisan, find Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh at 58.4, 60.0. From level 35, with 225 Fishing, he'll give you Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme, which asks for one of each of these fish:

Fish	Where
Feralas Ahi	Verdantis River, Feralas
Sar'theris Striker	Sar'theris Strand, Desolace
Misty Reed Mahi Mahi	Misty Reed Strand, Swamp of Sorrows
Savage Coast Blue Sailfin	Savage Coast, Stranglethorn Vale

Fishing RackUse: Places a Fishing Rack that grants the ability to catch uncommon fish for 1 hr, provides Fishing Skill lures, and provides all of the benefits of a Fish Bowl. Requires a Campfire nearby. May be placed over a Fish Bowl to replace it. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hr. (60 Min Cooldown)Max Stack: 20

Fishing HutUse: Places a Fishing Hut that grants the ability to catch rare fish for 1 hr, provides Fishing Skill lures, and provides all of the benefits of a Fish Bowl. Requires a Campfire nearby. May be placed over a Fish Bowl to replace it. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hr. (60 Min Cooldown)Max Stack: 20

Fish BowlUse: Places a small fish bowl that allows you and others sitting nearby to gain 8% increased stats, mutually exclusive with Blessing of Kings. Requires a Campfire nearby. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hr. (60 Min Cooldown)Max Stack: 20

Blessing of Kings

8% of base mana30 yd range

Instant

Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing total stats by 10% for 1 hour. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.

Paladin · Protection · Holy · learned at level 20

Gelihast

Humanoid

Blueprint: Fishing RackRequires Fishing (140)Use: Craft a Fishing Rack.Use: Teaches you how to craft Fishing Rack.

Requires Simple Wood (2), Crystal Vial (1), Raw Mithril Head Trout (2)"Teaches you how to place a Fishing Rack at a campsite."Sell Price: 3 silver 75 copper

Raw Brilliant SmallfishCrafting ReagentUse: Restores 30 health over 15 sec. Must remain seated while eating.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 1 copper

Empty VialCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 1 copper

Simple WoodCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 9 copper

Crystal VialCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 1 silver 25 copper

Raw Mithril Head TroutCrafting ReagentRequires Level 25Use: Restores 552 health over 24 sec. Must remain seated while eating.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 4 copper

Bolt of RuneclothCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 20 silver

Seasonal Fish SteaksCrafting ReagentRequires Level 35"A refreshing preparation of seasonal fish ready to be used in recipes."Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 7 copper

Bloated Brilliant SmallfishBinds when picked upSell Price: 6 copper

Bloated Mud SnapperBinds when picked upSell Price: 25 copper

Bloated Bristle Whisker CatfishBinds when picked upSell Price: 40 copper

Bloated Mithril Head TroutBinds when picked upSell Price: 1 silver

Bloated RedgillBinds when picked upSell Price: 1 silver

Bloated Whitescale SalmonBinds when picked upSell Price: 1 silver

Bloated Oily BlackmouthBinds when picked upSell Price: 25 copper

Bloated Firefin SnapperBinds when picked upSell Price: 40 copper

Bloated Rockscale CodBinds when picked upSell Price: 1 silver

Bloated Glossy MightfishBinds when picked upSell Price: 1 silver

Large OpalCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 70 silver

Star RubyCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 50 silver

Blue SapphireCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 70 silver

Azerothian DiamondCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 1 gold

Huge EmeraldCrafting ReagentMax Stack: 20Sell Price: 1 gold

Dragonscale BandItem Level 60Binds when equippedFinger+13 Stamina+4 SpiritRequires Level 55Sell Price: 83 silver 75 copper

Stardust BandItem Level 52Binds when equippedFinger+5 Stamina+5 Intellect+3 SpiritRequires Level 47Sell Price: 83 silver 75 copper

Tightly Sealed TrunkSell Price: 2 copper

Watertight TrunkSell Price: 2 copper

Iron Bound TrunkSell Price: 2 copper

Mithril Bound TrunkSell Price: 2 copper

Heavy Crate"Venture Company Supplies"Sell Price: 1 copper

Goblin Rocket FuelCrafting Reagent"Used by Goblin Engineers to power their creations"Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 2 silver 50 copper

Inlaid Mithril CylinderCrafting Reagent"Used by Gnomish Engineers to reinforce their creations"Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 10 silver

Dented Crate"Venture Company Supplies"Sell Price: 1 copper

Waterlogged Crate"Venture Company Supplies"Sell Price: 1 copper

Sealed Crate"Venture Company Supplies"Sell Price: 1 copper

Stranglethorn Vale

Zone · Eastern Kingdoms

Riggle Bassbait

Humanoid

Speckled TastyfishBinds when picked upMax Stack: 40

Master AnglerLevel 60

Fishing

Objectives

Speckled Tastyfish ×40

Rewards

Choose one:

Arcanite Fishing Pole

Hook of the Master Angler

1 gold 80 silver

Arcanite Fishing PoleItem Level 20Binds when picked upUniqueTwo-HandFishing Pole42 - 63 DamageSpeed 3.00(17.5 damage per second)"It looks like Nat Pagle himself used this."Sell Price: 21 silver 75 copper

Extravagant Extravaganza CoinBinds when picked up"Awarded to the winners of the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. Exchange for a prize of your choosing from Jang."

Jang

Humanoid

Bitter BaitlingBinds when picked upUse: Summons a Bitter Baitling."Teaches you how to summon this companion."

Master Angler's Fishing HatItem Level 1Binds when picked upHeadCosmetic

Empty Fish BucketItem Level 1Binds when picked upHeld In Off-hand

Message in a BottleBinds when picked up"A ship in a bottle would be far more impressive."

Fishbot 5000

Mechanical

Keefer's AngelfishBinds when picked up"Someone in Booty Bay might be interested."Max Stack: 20

Lucky Fishing HatItem Level 40Binds when picked upHeadCloth43 Armor+15 StaminaSell Price: 33 silver 96 copper

Brownell's Blue Striped RacerBinds when picked up"Someone in Booty Bay might be interested."Max Stack: 20

Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' BootsItem Level 40Binds when picked upFeetCloth36 Armor+12 StaminaSell Price: 33 silver 60 copper

Dezian QueenfishBinds when picked up"Someone in Booty Bay might be interested."Max Stack: 20

Loch Frenzy DelightRequires Level 5Use: Restores 59 health over 18 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 sec eating, you will become well fed and gain 3 Fishing Skill for 15 min. Additionally, experience gained from kills is increased by 5%.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 3 copper

Fillet of FrenzyRequires Level 5Use: Restores 234 health over 21 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 sec eating, you will become well fed and gain 5 Fishing Skill for 15 min. Additionally, experience gained from kills is increased by 5%.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 3 copper

Bristle Whisker CatfishRequires Level 15Use: Restores 531 health over 24 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 sec eating, you will become well fed and gain 8 Fishing Skill for 15 min. Additionally, experience gained from kills is increased by 5%.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 4 copper

Rockscale CodRequires Level 25Use: Restores 841 health over 27 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 sec eating, you will become well fed and gain 12 Fishing Skill for 15 min. Additionally, experience gained from kills is increased by 5%.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 6 copper

Filet of RedgillRequires Level 35Use: Restores 1338 health over 30 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 sec eating, you will become well fed and gain 18 Fishing Skill for 15 min. Additionally, experience gained from kills is increased by 5%.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 5 copper

Spinefin HalibutRequires Level 45Use: Restores 1338 health over 30 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 sec eating, you will become well fed and gain 18 Fishing Skill for 15 min. Additionally, experience gained from kills is increased by 5%.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 2 silver

Fishing PoleItem Level 1Two-HandFishing Pole2 - 4 DamageSpeed 3.00(1.0 damage per second)Sell Price: 4 copper

Blump Family Fishing PoleItem Level 10Binds when picked upTwo-HandFishing Pole13 - 21 DamageSpeed 3.00(5.7 damage per second)Sell Price: 1 silver 87 copper

Strong Fishing PoleItem Level 10Two-HandFishing Pole13 - 21 DamageSpeed 3.00(5.7 damage per second)Requires Level 5Sell Price: 1 silver 80 copper

Big Iron Fishing PoleItem Level 30Two-HandFishing Pole45 - 69 DamageSpeed 3.00(19.0 damage per second)Requires Level 25Sell Price: 33 silver 78 copper

Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000Item Level 50Binds when picked upUniqueTwo-HandFishing Pole93 - 140 DamageSpeed 3.00(38.8 damage per second)"Limited Edition"Sell Price: 2 gold 85 silver 80 copper

The Family and the Fishing PoleLevel 14

Darkshore · Alliance

Objectives

Darkshore Grouper ×6

Rewards

Blump Family Fishing Pole

980 experience

+100 reputation with Ironforge

Gubber Blump

Humanoid

Snapjaws, Mon!Level 50

The Hinterlands · Horde

Objectives

Saltwater Snapjaw ×15

Rewards

Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000

4,700 experience

75 silver

+100 reputation with Revantusk Trolls

Katoom the Angler

Humanoid

Shiny BaubleUse: When applied to your fishing pole, increases Fishing by 25 for 10 min.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 12 copper

NightcrawlersCrafting ReagentUse: When applied to your fishing pole, increases Fishing by 50 for 10 min.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 25 copper

Bright BaublesUse: When applied to your fishing pole, increases Fishing by 75 for 10 minutes.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 62 copper

Aquadynamic Fish AttractorUse: When applied to your fishing pole, increases Fishing by 100 for 5 minutes.Max Stack: 20Sell Price: 62 copper

LuremasterPassive

Rank 1/2

Requires 5 points in Professions

While fishing with a Lure active, you have a 25% chance to catch an extra fish.

Rank 2:

While fishing with a Lure active, you have a 50% chance to catch an extra fish.

Legacy · Professions

Expert Fishing - The Bass and YouRequires Level 20Use: Teaches you how to be an Expert Fisherman, allowing a maximum of 225 fishing skill.Sell Price: 25 silver

Old Man Heming

Humanoid

Nat Pagle

Humanoid

Dustwallow Marsh

Zone · Kalimdor

1 NPC pinned nearby

Nat Pagle, Angler ExtremeLevel 45

Fishing

Objectives

Feralas Ahi

Misty Reed Mahi Mahi

Sar'theris Striker

Savage Coast Blue Sailfin

Rewards

3,900 experience

Feralas AhiQuest ItemUnique

Sar'theris StrikerQuest ItemUnique

Misty Reed Mahi MahiQuest ItemUnique

Swamp of Sorrows

Zone · Eastern Kingdoms

Savage Coast Blue SailfinQuest ItemUnique

Camp features

What's worth catching

Bloated fish

Rivers and lakes

The coast

Trunks and crates

The Fishing Extravaganza

Food, poles and lures

Reaching 300

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