Fishing Leveling Guide 1–300 Secondary skill · WoW Forever
- Recipes
- 6
- Route
- 1 steps
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
Fishing is a gathering profession: you level it mostly by gathering in the world. Its own recipes can carry you from 1 to 20 in 1 steps (about 19 crafts), starting with Fish Bowl. The shopping list needs 2 different materials, the biggest being 19× Raw Brilliant Smallfish. All 6 recipes are listed below, 5 of them new in Forever.
Fishing leveling route 1–20
CalculatedGathering is the main way to level Fishing; these recipes are the crafting part of the route, up to skill 20.
- Orange: always a skill-up
- Yellow: usually
- Green: sometimes
- Grey: never
- 1–20SkillFish Bowl19 craftsLearn at skill 1* · Trainer
- Per craft:
- Raw Brilliant Smallfish×1
- Empty Vial×1
* Estimated learn skill: the client does not state when the trainer offers this recipe, so it is estimated from the profession's other recipes.
Shopping list for 1–20
CalculatedEvery material the route above needs, in total. Gather or buy these before you start.
Training ranks & method
Game dataVisit a Fishing trainer to raise your skill cap before you reach it.
- Apprentice — skill cap 75
- Journeyman — skill cap 150
- Expert — skill cap 225
- Artisan — skill cap 300
How the route is calculated
- Skill-up chance follows the Classic rule: orange recipes always give a point, yellow and green ones give a point with a chance that falls from 100% at yellow to 0% at grey.
- Material cost uses each item's base value from the client as a relative price (there is no auction data before launch), and trainer recipes are preferred over ones that need a recipe item.
- 1 step uses a recipe whose learn skill is estimated: the client does not state when the trainer offers it.
- Gathering skill-ups (herbs, ore, skins, fish) are not part of this route; the route only covers the profession's own recipes.
New Fishing recipes in WoW Forever
vs Classic5 recipes that Classic Era never had:
Find FishSkill 1 · Recipe item
Fish BowlSkill 1 · Trainer
Fishing RackSkill 140 · Recipe item
Fishing HutSkill 300 · Recipe item
Bait and TackleRevealed at launch
All Fishing recipes
Game data6 recipes with the skill they are learned at, their orange / yellow / green / grey thresholds, reagents and source. * = estimated learn skill.
Recipe | Learn | Skill colors | Reagents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find FishNewNearby fishing nodes appear on the minimap. | 1* | 1111 | — | Recipe |
| Fish BowlNew | 1* | 1202020 | Trainer | |
| Fishing RackNew | 140 | 140140143145 | Recipe | |
| Fishing HutNew | 300 | 300300300300 | Recipe | |
| Bait and TackleNewAllows the fisher to add features to a wilderness camp. | — | — | — | At launch |
| Fishing Poles | — | — | — | Auto |
Data: WoW Forever client 1.60.1.70685. How we source this
Fishing levels mostly by gathering, but its recipes alone reach skill 20 in 1 steps, which makes an easy start before you head out to the nodes. 1 of the steps use a recipe whose trainer skill the client does not state, so that learn skill is an estimate. Forever adds 5 recipes Classic Era never had, such as Find Fish, Fish Bowl, and Fishing Rack. 1 recipes come from trainers, 3 from recipe items and 1 are learned automatically.
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WoW Forever Fishing FAQ
What is the fastest way to level Fishing in WoW Forever?
Gather in zones of your level for most skill-ups. The profession's own recipes add 1 cheap steps up to skill 20, starting with Fish Bowl.
What materials do I need for Fishing 1–20?
The route needs 2 materials in total; the biggest are 19× Raw Brilliant Smallfish and 19× Empty Vial.
Where do I train Fishing past 75 in WoW Forever?
A Fishing trainer teaches each rank: Apprentice (75), Journeyman (150), Expert (225), and Artisan (300). Learn the next rank before you hit the current cap or further skill-ups are lost.
What's new for Fishing in WoW Forever?
WoW Forever adds 5 Fishing recipes that Classic Era did not have, including Find Fish, Fish Bowl, and Fishing Rack.
How do I learn Fishing recipes?
1 recipes come from a trainer, 3 are taught by recipe items (drops, vendors and quests) and 1 are learned automatically. Recipe sources Blizzard hides before launch are revealed once players find them.