Fishing

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This article is about the Fishing skill. For training the skill, see Fishing/Training.

Fishing

Fishing is used to catch fish, special items and junk which are deposited in the bank. If the Bank becomes full while Fishing, Fishing will continue but any extra items will be lost.

Most fish can be cooked for use as food during Combat or Thieving.

At certain levels, upgrades to the fishing pole used are available in the Skill Upgrades section of the Shop. Upgraded fishing poles reduce the time required to catch fish. Raising Fishing to Level 99 will unlock the Fishing Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. The Fishing Skillcape doubles the amount of items caught.

Using Fisherman's potions increases the chance to catch double fish by 3-12%, which applies multiplicatively with the guaranteed doubling provided by the Fishing Skillcape.

Fishing Areas

There are 8 Fishing Areas, with different fish located in each Fishing Area. Each area has different chances to obtain junk or special items instead of fish. The chance to obtain special items can be reduced by wearing the Sailor's Top, which can be useful to maximise the amount of fish obtained.

The Barbarian Fishing area is unlocked by wearing the Barbarian Gloves. Catching fish in the Barbarian Fishing Area will give Strength and Fishing skill experience. This Strength experience is also affected by the experience bonus from Gold Emerald Ring.

The Secret Area is unlocked by reading the Message in a Bottle in the Bank. After the first reading, the bottle has no further use and can be safely sold.

Both the Message in a Bottle and Barbarian Gloves are special items that can be found while fishing.

Name	Fish	Fish Chance	Junk Chance	Special Chance
Shallow Shores	Raw Shrimp Raw Lobster Raw Crab	75%	25%	0%
Shrapnel River	Raw Sardine Raw Herring Raw Carp	80%	20%	0%
Trench of Despair	Raw Blowfish Raw Poison Fish Raw Anglerfish Raw Cave Fish	70%	28%	2%
Lemvor Pier	Raw Trout Raw Salmon Raw Fanfish	70%	29%	1%
Open Waters	Raw Swordfish Raw Manta Ray	69%	29%	2%
Barren Ocean	Raw Shark Raw Whale	90%	10%	0%
Barbarian Fishing	Leaping Trout Leaping Salmon Leaping Broad Fish	95%	5%	0%
Secret Area	Raw Seahorse Raw Skeleton Fish Raw Magic Fish	95%	0%	5%
Magma Lake	Raw Lava Fish Raw Magma Fish Raw Magma Eel	80%	15%	5%
Jungle Waters	Raw Spike Fish Raw Blue Crab Raw Large Blowfish	79%	20%	1%
Static Valley	Raw Rockfish Raw Static Jellyfish	85%	14%	1%
Frozen Sea	Raw Frost Crab Raw Frozen Manta Ray	90%	10%	0%
Midnight Lagoon	Raw Ghost Fish Raw Terrorfish	66%	31%	3%
Mystic Pond	Raw Mystic Seahorse Raw Mystic Shark	84%	15%	1%
Fisherman's Enclave	Raw Mackerel Raw Halibut Raw Tilapia	80%	17%	3%

Fish

As the player's Fishing level increases, new fish that give more experience will become available to catch. Leaping Trout, Leaping Salmon, and Leaping Broad Fish, will train Strength when caught, giving 10, 15, and 25 experience respectively. Raw Skeleton Fish can be buried for 3 Prayer points each. Raw Magic Fish can be eaten to restore health without cooking. Raw Poison Fish are used as an ingredient for the Performance Enhancing Potion. Leaping Trout, Leaping Salmon, Leaping Broad Fish, Raw Skeleton Fish, Raw Magic Fish, Raw Blowfish, and Raw Poison Fish cannot be cooked.

Fish		Level	Catch Time			XP	Value	XP/s	GP/s	Level
			Min	Max	Avg
	Raw Shrimp	1	4.0s	8.0s	6.0s	5	1	0.83	0.17	1
	Raw Sardine	5	4.0s	8.0s	6.0s	10	3	1.67	0.50	5
	Raw Blowfish	8	3.0s	8.0s	5.5s	12	5	2.18	0.91	N/A
	Raw Herring	10	4.0s	8.0s	6.0s	15	8	2.50	1.33	10
	Raw Seahorse	15	3.0s	10.0s	6.5s	25	40	3.85	6.15	15
	Leaping Trout	20	3.0s	10.0s	6.5s	20	10	3.08	1.54	N/A
	Raw Mackerel	20	4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	22	19	3.14	2.71	20
	Raw Trout	20	4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	20	16	2.86	2.29	20
	Raw Poison Fish	30	3.0s	10.0s	6.5s	25	40	3.85	6.15	N/A
	Raw Salmon	35	4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	40	35	5.71	5.00	35
	Leaping Salmon	35	3.0s	12.0s	7.5s	40	20	5.33	2.67	N/A
	Raw Lobster	40	4.0s	11.0s	7.5s	50	65	6.67	8.67	40
	Raw Halibut	40	4.0s	11.0s	7.5s	55	78	7.33	10.40	40
	Raw Skeleton Fish	45	7.0s	15.0s	11.0s	100	175	9.09	15.91	N/A
	Raw Swordfish	50	5.0s	12.0s	8.5s	80	80	9.41	9.41	50
	Raw Anglerfish	50	5.0s	12.0s	8.5s	100	50	11.76	5.88	50
	Raw Fanfish	55	4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	120	120	17.14	17.14	55
	Raw Crab	60	5.0s	12.0s	8.5s	120	135	14.12	15.88	60
	Raw Carp	65	6.0s	15.0s	10.5s	130	190	12.38	18.10	65
	Raw Shark	70	7.0s	15.0s	11.0s	150	270	13.64	24.55	70
	Leaping Broad Fish	70	4.0s	12.0s	8.0s	100	50	12.50	6.25	N/A
	Raw Cave Fish	75	8.0s	15.0s	11.5s	300	215	26.09	18.70	75
	Raw Tilapia	75	8.0s	15.0s	11.5s	330	258	28.70	22.43	75
	Raw Magic Fish	80	12.0s	30.0s	21.0s	325	960	15.48	45.71	N/A
	Raw Manta Ray	85	9.0s	25.0s	17.0s	495	650	29.12	38.24	85
	Raw Whale	95	10.0s	25.0s	17.5s	575	750	32.86	42.86	95
	Raw Lava Fish	100	7.0s	15.0s	11.0s	459	300	41.73	27.27	100
	Raw Spike Fish	101	6.0s	16.0s	11.0s	524	100	47.64	9.09	N/A
	Raw Rockfish	102	8.0s	15.0s	11.5s	288	555	25.04	48.26	N/A
	Raw Blue Crab	104	10.0s	24.0s	17.0s	891	255	52.41	15.00	102
	Raw Magma Fish	105	4.0s	10.0s	7.0s	368	75	52.57	10.71	105
	Raw Large Blowfish	106	6.0s	16.0s	11.0s	646	222	58.73	20.18	N/A
	Raw Static Jellyfish	108	15.0s	30.0s	22.5s	729	1,350	32.40	60.00	108
	Raw Frost Crab	110	8.0s	20.0s	14.0s	886	300	63.29	21.43	110
	Raw Magma Eel	112	10.0s	25.0s	17.5s	1,099	650	62.80	37.14	112
	Raw Frozen Manta Ray	113	15.0s	30.0s	22.5s	1,030	1,500	45.78	66.67	115
	Raw Ghost Fish	115	15.0s	35.0s	25.0s	1,785	1,000	71.40	40.00	N/A
	Raw Mystic Seahorse	116	25.0s	40.0s	32.5s	1,226	3,000	37.72	92.31	N/A
	Raw Terrorfish	118	20.0s	40.0s	30.0s	2,183	1,750	72.77	58.33	118
	Raw Mystic Shark	120	15.0s	40.0s	27.5s	1,596	2,250	58.04	81.82	120

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each Mastery level increases the chance to receive 2 Fish by +0.4%
50	+3% chance to receive special items.
65	You no longer catch Junk.
99	Always catch a minimum quantity of 2 Fish

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	2,000,000 xp	+5% Fishing Mastery XP
25%	5,000,000 xp	Receive no more Junk
50%	10,000,000 xp	+5% chance to get double Fish
95%	19,000,000 xp	When you catch a Special Item, there is a 25% chance to receive one extra Special Item. It is possible to receive a different item than the original.
Total Mastery Pool XP		20,000,000

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for  1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Skillcape	Name	Requirements	Effect
	Fishing Skillcape	Level 99	x2 Items received from Fishing
	Superior Fishing Skillcape	Level 120	+1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) x2 Items received from Fishing

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Fishing action.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Pudding Duckie	+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing

Fishing Rods

Higher levels of Fishing allow the player to purchase higher tiers of fishing rods from the Shop. The "bonus speed" from fishing rods is actually a percent reduction in the time that it takes to catch a fish. The bonuses provided by these upgrades are permanently active once purchased, they do not need to be equipped or otherwise enabled.

Name		Level	Cost	Catch Time Decrease		+1 Fish Chance		Chance		Cooked Fish Chance
				This Rod	Total	This Rod	Total	This Rod	Total	This Rod	Total
	Iron Fishing Rod	1	100	-5%	-5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Steel Fishing Rod	10	1,000	-5%	-10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Black Fishing Rod	20	5,000	-5%	-15%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Mithril Fishing Rod	35	20,000	-5%	-20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Adamant Fishing Rod	50	75,000	-5%	-25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Rune Fishing Rod	60	300,000	-5%	-30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Dragon Fishing Rod	80	2,000,000	-10%	-40%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Corundum Fishing Rod	100	50,000,000 1,000	0%	-40%	+20%	+20%	+1%	+1%	0%	0%
	Augite Fishing Rod	108	100,000,000 1,500	0%	-40%	+20%	+40%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%
	Meteorite Fishing Rod	112	150,000,000 2,000	0%	-40%	0%	+40%	+1%	+3%	+10%	+10%
	Divine Fishing Rod	115	200,000,000 2,500	0%	-40%	+20%	+60%	+1%	+4%	0%	+10%

Special

Special items can be randomly acquired instead of fish while Fishing. They reward the same amount of XP as the fish that was being caught. Treasure is chosen from the following loot table:

Item		Value	Chance
	Topaz	225	1,000/3,361	29.75%
	Sapphire	335	800/3,361	23.80%
	Ruby	555	700/3,361	20.83%
	Emerald	555	500/3,361	14.88%
	Diamond	1,150	200/3,361	5.95%
	Treasure Chest	500	125/3,361	3.72%
	Barbarian Gloves	7,500	25/3,361	0.74%
	Pirates Lost Ring	17,500	5/3,361	0.15%
	Message in a Bottle	250	5/3,361	0.15%
	Ancient Ring of Skills	38,250	1/6,722	0.015%
	Ancient Ring of Mastery	26,500	1/6,722	0.015%

The average value of a roll on the special fishing loot table is  523.69

To maximize the chance of obtaining special items, players may:

• Select fish that are both within an area with a high special chance and have a low catch time - Raw Seahorse and Raw Skeleton Fish are ideal choices
• Gain a mastery level of at least 50 in the fish being caught, which increases the special chance by 3%
• Reduce the catch time by purchasing fishing rod upgrades and equipping the Amulet of Fishing
• Reach the 95% Mastery pool checkpoint
• Have the Octopus and Ent Summoning synergy equipped, increasing the special chance by 3%
• Increase the Mastery level of Ameria, which can increase the special chance by a maximum of 15%

Junk

Junk items are randomly caught instead of fish. The only use for them is Rags to Riches I. They reward only 1 XP when caught, and are selected from the following table:

Item		Value
	Glass Bottle	8
	Old Boot	8
	Old Hat	8
	Rope	8
	Rubber Ducky	69
	Rusty Key	8
	Seaweed	8
	Shell	8

Potion

The Fishermans Potion can be used to increase the chance of receiving double fish while fishing.

Fishermans Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	5	+3% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
	II	10	+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
	III	15	+8% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
	IV	20	+12% Chance to Double Items in Fishing

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the Summoning Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Fishing.

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		Effect
	Octopus			+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)
	Ent		Octopus	+6% Chance for Bird Nests to drop in Woodcutting +6% Special Item chance in Fishing
	Mole		Octopus	When receiving a Gem from Mining or Fishing, there is a +15% chance to get another random Gem.
	Octopus		Pig	+75% chance to gain 1 cooked version of a fish when Fishing
	Octopus		Bear	+200% Fisherman's Potion charges
	Octopus		Eagle	-0.5s Fishing Interval
	Octopus		Owl	+1.5% Fishing Mastery XP per maxed Star in Ameria constellation in Astrology

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Fishing-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.

Source	Type	Fishing Boosts	Other Modifiers
Cargo Net	Agility Obstacle 1	+2% Fishing Mastery XP	+3% Global GP (except Item Sales)
Rock Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing	-10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +5% Chance to Double Items in Woodcutting +5% Chance to Double Items in Mining +5% Chance to Double Items in Thieving
Ameria	Constellation	-5% Fishing Interval +8% Chance to Double Items in Fishing +5% chance to receive Special Items from Fishing +8% Fishing Mastery XP +8% Fishing Skill XP	-5% Firemaking Interval +5% chance to receive a Diamond per action in Firemaking (Cannot be doubled). +8% Chance to Double Items in Firemaking +8% Firemaking Mastery XP +8% Firemaking Skill XP
Fishermans Potion I	Item	+3% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
Fishermans Potion II	Item	+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
Fishermans Potion III	Item	+8% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
Fishermans Potion IV	Item	+12% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
Amulet of Fishing	Item (Amulet)	-15% Fishing Interval
Fishermans Boots	Item (Boots)	+2% Fishing Skill XP
Superior Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Fishing Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)	x2 Items received from Fishing +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance)
Superior Max Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Fishing Hook	Item (Consumable)	+10% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
Fishing Lesser Relic	Item (Consumable)	-5% Fishing Interval	+10% chance to gain 1 cooked version of a fish when Fishing +100% chance to ignore Slow effects
Fishing Scroll of XP	Item (Consumable)	+3% Fishing Skill XP
Golden Reel	Item (Consumable)	+15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)
Fishermans Hat	Item (Helmet)	+2% Fishing Skill XP
Fishermans Body	Item (Platebody)	+2% Fishing Skill XP
Sailor's Top	Item (Platebody)	-8% chance to receive Special Items from Fishing
Fishermans Leggings	Item (Platelegs)	+2% Fishing Skill XP
Pirates Lost Ring	Item (Ring)	+15% Fishing Skill XP
Octopus	Item (Summon1, Summon2)	+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled)
Pudding Duckie	Pet	+5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing
The Fisherman's Bounty	Point of Interest	-3% Fishing Interval	+20% chance to gain GP equal to base fish sale price while Fishing +10% chance to gain 1 cooked version of a fish when Fishing
Adamant Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-5% Fishing Interval
Black Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-5% Fishing Interval
Dragon Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-10% Fishing Interval
Iron Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-5% Fishing Interval
Mithril Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-5% Fishing Interval
Rune Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-5% Fishing Interval
Steel Fishing Rod	Upgrade	-5% Fishing Interval

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