PROFESSIONS · 1 TO 300 GUIDE
Fishing
Secondary · Updated October 30, 2026
You fish rivers, lakes and the sea. It gives good cheap food, gold and surprises (chests and rare items). In Forever, with Cooking mattering more than ever, it's worth even more. It takes no slot and fills dead time perfectly.
What to pair it with: Cooking: most of the best food comes from fish.
What changes in Forever
- You can catch new uncommon and rare fish.
- Camp: Fish Bowl (20, +8% all stats; doesn't stack with Blessing of Kings), Fishing Rack (unusual fish) and Fishing Hut (uncommon fish).
- The Chef's Knife prepares unique fish, and some food raises Fishing for a while (Bristle Whisker Catfish +8, Filet of Redgill +18, Spinefin Halibut +18).
- The Stranglethorn fishing tournament now has several winners: Arcanite Fishing Pole (+35) and coins to trade for rewards.
- Bait and Tackle menu to craft camp items, with Create and Create All. You cast from the Professions window or your action bar.
- Legacy: Luremaster (up to 50% chance of an extra fish while using a lure) and Working Overtime.
From 1 to 300, step by step
| 1-75 | Cualquier agua de zona de inicio with Shiny Bauble (+25) Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal, Elwynn, Dun Morogh, Teldrassil or Zephras Isle. Capital cities don't count as starting zones. Buy a Fishing Pole and Shiny Baubles from a fishing or trade vendor. No level requirement right now. |
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| 75-150 | Ríos y lagos de zonas 10-20 y capitales with Nightcrawlers (+50) Capital cities, The Barrens, Darkshore, Loch Modan, Silverpine Forest or Westfall. Journeyman at 50 and level 10, from any trainer. If fish get away, use Nightcrawlers. |
| 150-225 | Zonas 30-45 with Bright Baubles (+75) Dustwallow Marsh (best), Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands, Desolace, Alterac Mountains, Swamp of Sorrows or Thousand Needles. Expert from the book Expert Fishing - The Bass and You (level 20 and 125): Old Man Heming sells it in Booty Bay. Riverglades (35-45) has a coast, but its fish haven't been published. |
| 225-300 | Zonas 45-60 with Bright Baubles or Aquadynamic Fish Attractor (+100) Feralas, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Un'Goro Crater, Felwood or Western Plaguelands. Artisan through Nat Pagle's quest (below). At 300, the account title. |
Trainers
- Ranks: Apprentice 1-75, Journeyman 50-150 (level 10, trainer), Expert 125-225 (book, level 20) and Artisan 200-300 (quest, level 35).
- Horde: Lumak (Orgrimmar), Armand Cromwell (Undercity), Kah Mistrunner (Thunder Bluff), Lau'Tiki (Durotar), Uthan Stillwater (Mulgore), Clyde Kellen (Tirisfal).
- Alliance: Arnold Leland (Stormwind), Grimnur Stonebrand (Ironforge), Astaia (Darnassus), Lee Brown (Elwynn), Paxton Ganter (Dun Morogh), Androl Oakhand (Teldrassil). Zephras Isle, for everyone: Baelann Swiftcurrent and Fenn Fairweather.
- Artisan: the quest Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme from Nat Pagle at Tidefury Cove (Dustwallow Marsh), at level 35 and 225. It asks for one fish per zone: Feralas Ahi (Feralas), Misty Reed Mahi Mahi (Swamp of Sorrows), Sar'theris Striker (Desolace) and Savage Coast Blue Sailfin (Stranglethorn).
What is worth the most
- Raw Nightfin Snapper and Raw Sunscale Salmon: they give the last Cooking points and raid food. They sell very well.
- Stonescale Eel: for the Stonescale Oil in Alchemy flasks.
- The Fish Bowl (20) at camp: a cheap +8% to all stats.
- Forever's new rare fish and the chests you pull out of the water.
Tips
- Fish water that matches your skill: in high zones with low skill, fish get away.
- Always use a lure: Shiny Bauble (+25), Nightcrawlers (+50), Bright Baubles (+75), Aquadynamic Fish Attractor (+100).
- Better poles: Strong Fishing Pole (+5), Big Iron Fishing Pole (+20) and Arcanite Fishing Pole (+35, from the tournament). Lucky Fishing Hat and Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots give +5 each.
- Fish while you wait for the group, the boat or a respawn.
- Cook what you catch: you level both at once.
What we don't know yet
- Which new fish exist and where, and what the Fishing Rack and Fishing Hut need.
- What you can catch in Riverglades and on Zephras Isle.
- From 150 up it's the classic route: the beta didn't go that far.
This guide is updated every time Blizzard publishes changes. Whatever is still missing goes in as soon as it is known, and the date at the top tells you when we last touched it.
Sources: Warcraft Tavern: Fishing en Forever · wow-professions: Fishing 1-300 en Forever · Warcraft Tavern: profesiones en Forever · Blizzard: Legacy.