Fishing

Fishing (Skill)
Activity	Catching Fish (and rarely mounts) from water
Tool required	Fishing Rod
XP per action	125 per catch
Max level	30
Counts to Total Level	Yes

Fishing is the skill for catching Fish at The Pond, The Shores, and Emberstone. It gives strong XP per action and feeds directly into Cooking, since raw Fish is cooked into Cooked Fish Meat — one of the five materials required by the Traveling Merchant for Gold.

Training

Get a Fishing Rod from the Old Fisher at The Pond if you don't already have one, then equip it in a hotbar slot and cast into any fishing spot. Each catch gives 125 Fishing XP and 1 raw Fish.

Location	Access requirement	Notes
The Pond	None — open to all players	Best early fishing spot. Old Fisher NPC nearby for rod replacement.
The Shores	Total Level 20	Ocean fishing. Rare chance to catch the Octopus Mount (1/15,000).
Emberstone	Total Level 25	Molten pit fishing. Unique drops not available at other locations.

EXP rates

Fishing Rod: 125 EXP per catch (1 catch every 30 seconds)

Time period	EXP gained
Per minute	125 × 2 = 250 EXP
Per hour	250 × 60 = 15,000 EXP
Per day	15,000 × 24 = 360,000 EXP

See EXP Calculator for a full comparison across all skills.

The fishing and cooking chain

Raw Fish caught here cannot be used directly — it must be cooked first:

Step	Action	Result
1	Fish at any water spot with a Fishing Rod	Raw Fish
2	Cook Fish with Wood at a roast pit in The Pond or Whisperwood	Cooked Fish Meat
3	Use Cooked Fish Meat in the Traveling Merchant bundle	Part of the materials needed for Gold

Training Fishing and Cooking back-to-back at the roast pits near The Pond is the most efficient way to level both skills simultaneously.

Why fish

• Raw Fish cooks into Cooked Fish Meat, a core Traveling Merchant gold ingredient (30 per gold exchange).
• The Shores fishing has a 1/15,000 chance to catch the Octopus Mount.
• Emberstone fishing gives access to unique molten pit drops.
• Fishing gives 15,000 XP per hour — one of the steadier XP rates for Total Level progression.

Skills of Kintara
Gathering	Woodcutting  ·  Mining  ·  Fishing
Production	Cooking  ·  Smithing
Combat	Combat