Fishing in WoW Forever

Fishing’s first camp object, a Fish Bowl at skill 20, gives everyone resting at the camp 8% to all stats; a Fishing Rack and a Fishing Hut follow, for uncommon and rare fish and skill lures.

Camp objects, their effects and the class buffs they don’t stack with come from the beta client (build 1.60.1.70755), the same data as our WoW Forever Camping Planner; recipes from beta client build 1.60.1.70755. Last reviewed: .

What Fishing gathers, by skill

23 materials, named and drawn as the beta client (build 1.60.1.70755) has them: hover, tap or focus a card for its tooltip.

Skill 1–75 9 materials

  • Raw Brilliant SmallfishIn 2 recipes
  • Raw Slitherskin MackerelIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Longjaw Mud SnapperIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Loch FrenzyIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Rainbow Fin AlbacoreIn 1 recipe
  • Deviate FishUse: Eat me. (10 Sec Cooldown)In 2 recipes
  • Oily BlackmouthIn 1 recipe
  • Firefin SnapperIn 1 recipe
  • Raw SagefishIn 1 recipe

Skill 75–150 2 materials

  • Raw Bristle Whisker CatfishIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Rockscale CodIn 2 recipes

Skill 150–225 5 materials

  • Raw Mithril Head TroutIn 2 recipes
  • Raw Spotted YellowtailIn 2 recipes
  • Raw Greater SagefishIn 1 recipe
  • Stonescale EelIn 1 recipe
  • Raw RedgillIn 2 recipes

Skill 225–300 7 materials

  • Raw Glossy MightfishIn 1 recipe
  • Large Raw MightfishIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Nightfin SnapperIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Sunscale SalmonIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Summer BassIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Winter SquidIn 1 recipe
  • Raw Whitescale SalmonIn 1 recipe

Fish have no skill of their own: in Classic any fish of a zone can bite once your skill is past the zone’s. The bands are where Classic fishing guides send you for these fish, so treat them as a guide, not a rule. Recipes: how many recipes of the twelve professions in the beta client (build 1.60.1.70450) take it, Season of Discovery recipes the client still carries included.

What Fishing does in WoW Forever

To fish: put the Fishing skill on an action bar, face open water and use it to cast. When the bobber splashes, right-click it before the cast ends to attempt the catch. Higher skill improves success in higher-level areas.

The Fish Bowl’s tooltip in the beta client makes its stats exclusive with Blessing of Kings, so it fills in for a paladin rather than adding to one.

Fishing camp objects

Fishing camp objects in beta client build 1.60.1.70755 (effects at level 60; hover or tap an icon for its tooltip)
TierCamp object and what it doesSkill
Tier 1 Fish Bowl — Places a small fish bowl that allows you and others sitting nearby to gain 8% increased stats, mutually exclusive with Blessing of Kings.20
Tier 2 Fishing Rack — Places a Fishing Rack that grants the ability to catch uncommon fish for 1 hrs, provides Fishing Skill lures, and provides all of the benefits of a Fish Bowl.140 · Blueprint
Tier 3 Fishing Hut — Places a Fishing Hut that grants the ability to catch rare fish for 1 hrs, provides Fishing Skill lures, and provides all of the benefits of a Fish Bowl.300 · Blueprint

Does the Fishing camp buff stack with class buffs?

The class buff that the beta client says Fishing’s camp buff doesn’t stack with.

Fishing’s camp buff and the class buff it doesn’t stack with (beta client)
Camp objectBuffDoesn’t stack with
Fish BowlBoosted StatsBlessing of Kings

Fishing recipes in the beta client

The beta client (build 1.60.1.70755) has no Fishing recipes apart from the camp objects above.

Fishing in the Legacy system

Forever’s account-wide Legacy system gives tradeskill Legacy Points only for primary professions that aren’t gathering ones, so Fishing earns none. These perks still touch it (first rank, as seen in the demo):

  • Working Overtime (Professions tree): 4% higher chance of a skill-up from primary, secondary and class tradeskills.
  • Dedicated Study (Professions tree): Raises your lowest primary or secondary tradeskill by 1. Once both primary tradeskills and all three secondary ones reach 300, it gives 2 to 4 of a random Elemental Essence instead. 25 sec cast, 23 hr cooldown.
  • Luremaster (Professions tree): With a lure on, 25% chance to catch an extra fish.
  • Reagent Economy (Resourcefulness tree): Class abilities no longer need reagents bought from vendors, and Tier 1 camping features cost no reagents to craft.
  • Field Guide (Adventure tree): The cooldown for adding camping features is 8% shorter.
  • Permanence (Resourcefulness tree): Your long-duration party and raid buffs, and the benefits of resting at a camp, last 50% longer.

Every perk, its tree and where it was seen: WoW Forever Legacy system.