Swordfish

Swordfish
Category	Food / Fishing catch
Effect	Raw: not eaten · Cooked: heals 25 HP
Cost / Recipe
How to get	Fishing in The Deep at The Shores (Fishing level 28, Squid Bait, Wooden Raft)

Swordfish is the fifth of Kintara's eight fish, caught only in The Deep — the raft-only water on the far eastern edge of the ocean at The Shores, just north of the buoy line. Cooking it converts it to Cooked Swordfish, which heals 25 HP — or, on a failed cook, to Burnt Swordfish, which is junk. Cooked Swordfish does nothing in The Dunes: the heat blocks every cooked fish there, and cacti is the only food that heals in the sand.

Catching

Requirement	Value
Location	The Deep (The Shores, eastern edge of the Tuna water)
Fishing level	28
Bait	Squid Bait
Rod	Level 2 Fishing Rod
Also needed	Wooden Raft — The Deep is beyond casting range from land, so you must cast while afloat
Catch XP	145

The Deep runs 2 live fishing spots of its own. Casts there also roll the water's bonus drops — the Orca Mount, the Lanternfish, the Waterlogged Crate, the Sunken Treasure Map and Silver Ore dredges — see The Deep for the full table. The Shores, and so The Deep, is closed to free accounts (those holding under 1,000 $KINS).

Cooking

Result	Effect	Cooking XP
Cooked Swordfish	Heals 25 HP	145
Burnt Swordfish	No heal, no XP, junk item	0

Cooking Swordfish requires Cooking level 28. Cooking any fish is a roll against your Cooking level — the burn chance starts at 30% (level 5 and below) and slides down toward, but never reaches, 0% (5% at level 40). The Roast Pit shows your exact current burn chance.

Uses

• Cooked Swordfish is worth 10 points at The Angler — only the sea fish of The Sunken Isles are worth more (11, 12 and 13): 500 points buys one raffle ticket for the Angler Outfit and her other prizes, so 50 Cooked Swordfish make a ticket. The Angler takes the cheapest fish you offer first, so only those sea fish go after your Swordfish.
• Swordfish can be traded up for Reef Jig (10 Swordfish, raw or cooked, for 5 Reef Jig) at the Old Fisher or Dockhand Maren — the bait for Parrotfish at The Sunken Isles.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Fishing	Skill used to catch Swordfish.
Squid Bait	Required bait.
The Deep	The only water where Swordfish is caught.
The Shores	The realm whose ocean holds The Deep.
Level 2 Fishing Rod	Required rod.
Wooden Raft	Needed to reach The Deep.
Tuna	Previous fish tier — traded up for Squid Bait.
Parrotfish	Next fish tier, at The Sunken Isles — Swordfish trades up to its bait, the Reef Jig.
The Angler	Accepts Cooked Swordfish for the Angler Outfit raffle.