Herring

Herring
Category	Food / Fishing catch
Effect	Raw: not eaten · Cooked: heals 5 HP
Cost / Recipe
How to get	Fishing at The Pond (Fishing level 1, Feather Bait)

Herring is the first of Kintara's five fish, caught at The Pond. It is the game's original generic fish, renamed when Fishing became a full skill — the same item, same stacks, same Marketplace listings as before, just under a new name. Nothing owned by existing players changed.

Cooking Herring converts it to Cooked Herring, which heals 5 HP — or, on a failed cook, to Burnt Herring, which is junk. Cooked Herring 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 Pond
Fishing level	1
Bait	Feather Bait
Rod	Starter Fishing Rod (free from the Old Fisher) or the Level 2 Fishing Rod
Catch XP	125

The Pond has 2 live fishing spots.

Cooking

Result	Effect	Cooking XP
Cooked Herring	Heals 5 HP	125
Burnt Herring	No heal, no XP, junk item	0

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 Herring can be traded up for Trout Bait (10 Herring, raw or cooked, for 5 Trout Bait) at Old Fisher or Dockhand Maren.
• Cooked Herring counts toward the Angler Outfit raffle at The Angler — one exchange takes 150 of each cooked species (Herring, Trout, Bass, Tuna, Swordfish) and grants 10 raffle tickets. The outfit itself needs Fishing 30 to wear; the exchange has no level requirement.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Fishing	Skill used to catch Herring.
Feather Bait	Required bait.
The Pond	Where Herring is caught.
Basic Fishing Rod	The free Starter Fishing Rod, which catches Herring.
Trout	Next fish tier — Cooked Herring trades up to its bait.
The Angler	Accepts Cooked Herring for the Angler Outfit raffle.