The Shores

The Shores
Zone	Safe / Calm
Connected to	The Pond (west return), Emberstone (north), The Dunes East (south)
Notable features	Ocean fishing (Bass, Tuna, Swordfish), rare mount drops, The Deep, sunken treasure
Entry requirement	None

The Shores is a calm seaside zone reached from the east side of The Pond. It has sand along the west edge, open ocean to the east, and follows the same safe rules as The Pond.

The Shores is mainly used for higher-level Fishing: each of its catches is gated by Fishing level and bait rather than by an entry requirement.

Entry: The Shores is open to every level — the old Total Level 20 gate was removed in a 2026 update. What is gated is the catch: each species has its own Fishing level and bait. Free Play accounts cannot enter.

Fishing

The Shores is one of Kintara's main fishing locations. All Shores species require the Level 2 Fishing Rod and their own bait.

Catch	Where	Fishing level	Bait	XP per catch
Bass	South of the buoy line	13	Bass Bait	135 XP
Tuna	North of the buoy line (fished from the dock)	20	Tuna Bait	140 XP
Swordfish	The Deep (raft-only water)	28	Squid Bait	145 XP

Dockhand Maren sells the rods, the bait and the Wooden Raft from her dock, and trades 10 of one fish for 5 of the next bait up. The Angler stands at the seaward end of the same dock and trades cooked fish for raffle tickets.

Every cast also has a 1 in 10,000 chance of bringing up sunken treasure — 2–10 Gold alongside the fish.

The Deep

The Deep is a pocket of water on the ocean's eastern edge, just north of the buoy line, out of casting range from the sand and the dock — so it can only be fished from a Wooden Raft. Besides Swordfish, casts into the Deep can bring up:

Find	Chance	Notes
Orca Mount	1 in 8,000 per cast	Rare mount — Deep casts only.
Waterlogged Crate	1 in 600	Bonus haul.
Sunken Treasure Map	1 in 2,500	Opens a personal dig site on the Shores sand — click the marked spot to dig.
Silver Ore	1 in 35	1–3 ore per find.

Rare Drops

Mount	Base speed	Max speed (trained)	Drop chance	Status
Turtle Mount	25%	55%	—	No longer drops. Came off the Shores fishing pool in a 2026 update — Marketplace or player trading only.
Stingray Mount	25%	55%	1 in 10,000 per cast	✅ Currently obtainable from Shores fishing.
Dolphin Mount	25%	55%	1 in 10,000 per cast	✅ Currently obtainable from Shores fishing.
Orca Mount	25%	55%	1 in 8,000 per cast into the Deep	✅ Currently obtainable — Deep casts only.

A winning mount roll arrives instead of that cast's fish, and the bait is still spent.

All mounts now use the 25% base, 55% cap system. Train via Sorrel the Stablemaster (10 Gold per +5% session).

Connections

Direction	Destination	Notes
West	The Pond	Main return route.
North	Emberstone	Requires Total Level 25. Lava PvP realm.
South	The Dunes East	Desert realm — no level requirement, but heat, open PvP and full loot.

Tips

• The Shores pays more Fishing XP per catch than The Pond (135–145 vs 125), and its casts roll for the Stingray Mount, Dolphin Mount, and Orca Mount.
• Stock up on fish here to cook into Cooked Herring for various recipes.
• Build a Wooden Raft to reach the Deep — Swordfish, the Orca, and the treasure-map finds only come from raft casts.
• Shores mounts start at 25% base speed and can be trained to 55% via Sorrel the Stablemaster (10 Gold per session).
• Emberstone is accessible north from here at Total Level 25 — the next zone up for high-level Fishing and Combat.

Related Pages

Page	Why it matters
The Pond	The Shores is reached from The Pond.
Emberstone	Next zone north — requires Total Level 25.
Fishing	Main skill trained here.
Bass	Shores catch, south of the buoy line.
Tuna	Shores catch, fished from the dock.
Wooden Raft	Needed to fish the Deep.
Turtle Mount	Former Shores fishing drop — now Marketplace only.
Stingray Mount	Rare Shores fishing drop (1 in 10,000).
Dolphin Mount	Rare Shores fishing drop (1 in 10,000).
Sorrel the Stablemaster	Trains mounts from 25% to 55%.
Gilded Mounts	High-stakes ritual to create rare cosmetic mount variants.
Dockhand Maren	Sells the rods, the bait and the Wooden Raft here.
The Deep	Raft-only water on the ocean's eastern edge.
Economy	Mounts can also appear through marketplace listings.