Fishing
Fishing is the profession nobody wants to level and the one whose tier 1 camp object, the Fish Bowl, gives +8% to all stats to everyone at the camp. That is the strongest tier 1 buff in the game on paper. The guild wants three people at 300 who are patient enough to place it at every raid entrance and to catch the fish that Cooking’s best recipes need.
What it makes
Section titled “What it makes”Fish for Cooking (the beta Cooking route is almost entirely fish), fish for Alchemy oils (Stonescale Eel, Firefin Snapper, Oily Blackmouth, vanilla baseline), and camp objects. Fishing gives no Legacy points.
Who wants it
Section titled “Who wants it”Cooks and the guild’s camp loadout. Three fishers at 300 for a 30-person guild. It is a good fit for anyone who plays while half-watching something else.
Forever changes
Section titled “Forever changes”| Change | Detail | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing buff foods | Six foods; Rockscale Cod gives +12 Fishing for 15 min | verified |
| Fish Bowl | +8% all stats camp buff at skill 20 | changed in Forever |
| Fishing Rack and Hut | Hourly uncommon and rare fish at camp; the Rack holds lures | changed in Forever |
| Luremaster (Legacy) | Extra fish chance while a lure is active | verified |
Leveling path 1 to 300
Section titled “Leveling path 1 to 300”Skill brackets per foreverchanges match vanilla. verified Zone lists are vanilla baseline. Trainers in every capital. Fishing skill-ups depend on catches, not recipes, so there is no mat table; the “mats” are lures.
| Skill | Water | Zones | Lure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 50 | Starter zones (skill 1 to 25 minimum) | Elwynn, Durotar, Dun Morogh, Tirisfal, Mulgore, Teldrassil | Shiny Bauble (+25) |
| 50 to 125 | Zones needing 51+ | Westfall, Barrens, Loch Modan, Silverpine, Darkshore, Redridge | Nightcrawlers (+50) |
| 125 to 200 | Zones needing 126+ | Wetlands, Stranglethorn, Hillsbrad, Ashenvale, Arathi, Desolace | Bright Baubles (+75) |
| 200 to 300 | Zones needing 201+ | Tanaris, Feralas, Hinterlands, Azshara, Felwood, Winterspring, Plaguelands | Aquadynamic Fish Attractor (+100) |
Rank gates: Journeyman at 50, Expert at 125 from the book sold by Old Man Heming (Booty Bay), Artisan at 200 via Nat Pagle’s quest in Dustwallow Marsh (four fish from four zones in vanilla). vanilla baseline Eight lures from +25 to +100 are in the client. verified Whether the vanilla rule that you need skill plus lure to avoid “get away” catches in high zones still applies is not stated.
Specializations
Section titled “Specializations”None.
Best catches
Section titled “Best catches”- Rockscale Cod (Cooking 175): both a Cooking leveling fish and a +12 Fishing food.
- Nightfin Snapper and Winter Squid: vanilla raid food (Nightfin Soup, Grilled Squid). vanilla baseline
- Stonescale Eel: Stonescale Oil for vanilla flasks. vanilla baseline
- Uncommon and rare fish from the Fishing Rack and Hut: what they are is not published. unverified
Camp objects
Section titled “Camp objects”| Tier | Object | Skill | Effect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish Bowl | 20 | “8% to all stats for everyone sitting nearby” | Trainer |
| 2 | Fishing Rack | 140 | Catch uncommon fish for 1 hour; holds lures | Blueprint |
| 3 | Fishing Hut | 300 | Rare fish for 1 hour | Blueprint |
verified from the Wowhead camping guide. The 8% is a beta value and may be tuned. See Camping.
- Get Fishing 20 on every character in the first hour. The Fish Bowl is why.
- Fish while waiting for dungeon groups; the beta Cooking route is fish from 1 to 225.
- Luremaster 2 (Legacy) then Gourmand is the fisher-cook build. See Legacy.
- Old Man Heming’s Expert book and Nat Pagle’s quest are vanilla; confirm at launch before travelling to Booty Bay at level 25.
Unknown as of 2026-09-24
Section titled “Unknown as of 2026-09-24”- Whether Nat Pagle’s quest is unchanged.
- What the Fishing Rack and Hut catch.
- The other five Fishing buff foods.
- Fishing data for the new zones.
- Whether a fishing pole requirement changed.