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Fishing
Choose water where your skill is sufficient for successful catches. Keep cooking fish for your own leveling. Treat as a fishing tool rather than combat gear.
Useful before leveling
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Profession items and abilities
Item Level 30
Two-Hand
45 - 69 Damage
Speed 3.00
(19.00 damage per second)
Requires Fishing (100)
Equip: Increased Fishing +42.
A with +42 Fishing. Requires character level 25 and Fishing 100.
Properties and acquisition
Item
Whimsyfin
Item Level 15
Use: Eat me. (10 Sec Cooldown)
A fish used to cook Savory Delight. Players report random short effects from eating the raw fish.
Properties and acquisitionLeveling by skill
Open recipe catalogSkill 1-75
Water near your starting area
Equip a . The author recommends a until Fishing 25. Skill gains depend on the number of successful catches, not the zone's difficulty.
Trainer: . Coordinates: 47.6, 62.2.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 35.6, 40.4.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 56.0, 93.6.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 53.2, 81.6.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 44.6, 60.6.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 67.2, 51.0.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 45.0, 48.4.
Location detailsStage tip
Expert Fishing comes from ’s book in Booty Bay, requiring Fishing 125 and level 20. Tip source
Journeyman needs skill 50 and level 10. Tip source
Skill 75-150
Fish in the capitals
Learn the next training rank from a trainer. You can keep leveling in a capital without moving to a dangerous zone.
Trainer: . Coordinates: 47.6, 56.6.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 48.4, 6.4.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 55.0, 69.6.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 69.8, 29.6.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 56.0, 46.8.
Location detailsTrainer: . Coordinates: 80.8, 31.2.
Location detailsStage tip
Expert Fishing comes from ’s book in Booty Bay, requiring Fishing 125 and level 20. Tip source
Journeyman needs skill 50 and level 10. Tip source
Skill 150-225
Get the book and choose your water
raises the Fishing cap to 225. sells the book. It requires character level 20 and Fishing 125. You can keep fishing in a capital.
The author suggests this as a more accessible Alliance option. The guide lists effective Fishing 225, including bonuses, for catches without failures.
Location detailsThe author suggests this as a Horde option. sells the book in Booty Bay at 27.4, 77.0.
Location detailsYou can keep leveling Fishing in the capital's waters.
Location detailsYou can keep leveling Fishing in the capital's waters.
Location detailsStage tip
Expert Fishing comes from ’s book in Booty Bay, requiring Fishing 125 and level 20. Tip source
Journeyman needs skill 50 and level 10. Tip source
All recipes and costs
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Data and sources
1.60.1.70374 2026-10-15
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