Fishing/Training

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

Training

Generally, you should train on the highest level fish you have unlocked, or follow the list below:

Level	Fish
1-5	Raw Shrimp
5-10	Raw Sardine
10-20	Raw Herring
20-35	Raw Trout
35-40	Raw Salmon
40-50	Raw Lobster
50-55	Raw Anglerfish
55-75	Raw Fanfish
75-85	Raw Cave Fish
85-95	Raw Manta Ray
95-99	Raw Whale

Selling the fish should result in enough gold to upgrade to the best available Fishing Rod in the Shop. Cooking your fish will increase their value when sold, and will get you Cooking experience at the same time!

Junk

Changing fishing targets too often has one downside - Junk. It provides 1 XP when received, greatly reducing your overall XP and GP rates.

Players will receive Junk at a fairly high rate (10-29%, depending on location) while fishing until their total Mastery progression is at 25% or when the Mastery level for an individual fish reaches 65.

Therefore, it is reasonable to spend your Mastery Pool on getting Fanfish, Raw Cave Fish, Manta Rays, and Whales to level 65 in order to remove the chance of Junk, which will boost your speed of progress.

Additional Information

The single most efficient item to obtain for training fishing is the Amulet of Fishing, then Fishing Rod upgrades in the Shop, then Pirates Lost Ring. The Amulet of Fishing is obtained by opening Treasure Chests.

There is a small chance to acquire the Message in a Bottle. It will unlock the Secret Area that gives no Junk and has a higher chance of special items. This area has Raw Seahorse, Raw Skeleton Fish, and Raw Magic Fish.

Fishing for Raw Seahorse is used to get special items at the fastest possible rate, and are surprisingly efficient Cooking materials. Raw Skeleton Fish is a decent way to get Prayer points. Raw Magic Fish is a decent way to make GP and food **without** Cooking. Getting to level 99 before fishing any of these fish - especially Raw Magic Fish - is strongly recommended as they all have poor xp rates, and the Fishing Skillcape doubles all fish you catch.

Another hidden area is unlocked with the Barbarian Gloves, this area has Leaping Trout, Leaping Salmon, and Leaping Broad Fish. While these have no direct benefits to Fishing, they provide Strength xp. Generally only Leaping Broad Fish are worth the effort, although this is a minor benefit at best, and is no longer efficient beyond roughly Level 40.

Boosters

XP

Source	Type	XP Boost	Other Modifiers
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat HP Regen +100% to effective Mastery Pool progress Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Firemaking Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	+100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat HP Regen Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% Fishing Skill XP	+8% Alt. Magic Skill XP +8% Woodcutting Skill XP +8% Firemaking Skill XP +8% Cooking Skill XP +8% Mining Skill XP +8% Smithing Skill XP +8% Farming Skill XP +8% Thieving Skill XP +8% Fletching Skill XP +8% Crafting Skill XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP +8% Herblore Skill XP +8% Agility Skill XP +8% Summoning Skill XP +8% Astrology Skill XP
Pirates Lost Ring	Item (Ring)	+15% Fishing Skill XP
Book of Scholars	Item (Shield, Passive)	+3% Global Skill XP	-15% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Pit Jump	Agility Obstacle 3	+1% Global Skill XP	-4% Agility Skill XP
Tree Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+3% Global Skill XP	-10% Ammo Preservation -10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills -10% Rune Preservation +2% Global Mastery XP
A Lovely Jog	Agility Obstacle 8	+5% Global Skill XP	-6% Global Mastery XP
Ameria	Constellation	+1-15% Fishing Skill XP	-1-15% Fishing Interval -1-15% Firemaking Interval +1-15% chance to receive a Diamond per action in Firemaking (Cannot be doubled) +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Fishing +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Firemaking +1-15% chance to receive Special Items from Fishing +1-15% Fishing Mastery XP +1-15% Firemaking Mastery XP +1-15% Firemaking Skill XP
Pyro	Pet	+1% Global Skill XP

Action Time

Source	Type	Action Interval	Other Modifiers
Amulet of Fishing	Item (Amulet)	-15% Fishing Interval
Ameria	Constellation	-1-15% Fishing Interval	-1-15% Firemaking Interval +1-15% chance to receive a Diamond per action in Firemaking (Cannot be doubled) +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Fishing +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Firemaking +1-15% chance to receive Special Items from Fishing +1-15% Fishing Mastery XP +1-15% Firemaking Mastery XP +1-15% Fishing Skill XP +1-15% Firemaking Skill XP
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