Mists of Pandaria Classic Fishing Profession and Leveling Guide

Fishing is one of the four secondary professions available to all players in Mists of Pandaria Classic. As it is a secondary profession, it can be learned by all players without conflicting with other professions. Fishing can be useful early on to provide yourself with free food while leveling, or to make gold at level cap.

Fishing goes great when paired together with Cooking as you can use most of the fish you catch while fishing to level your cooking at the same time, leveling 2 professions for free at once.

Fishing can be leveled from level 1 all the way to 600 in any water here you can fish. This means you can sit even in any zone (higher or lower than your Fishing skill requires) and fish all the way up to max level, making leveling fishing one of the easiest professions to level; there is, however, a punishment for fishing in higher level zones. While your fishing skill is lower level compared to the area you are fishing in, you will mostly get junk items such as Old Boot, which have no value.

If you do decide to level up your fishing in a Pandarian zone where you do not meet the Fishing Skill requirements to capture the local fish, you will instead start out by capturing Golden Carps, a lower quality generic fish. These are more useful than the junk you get from the old world zones, as you can use or sell the Golden Carps at least. For this reason, we recommend leveling up your Fishing entire in a Pandaren zone, near a fishing trainer.

Mists of Pandaria brings 7 new fish for players to capture and use for powerful endgame cooking foods.

• Golden Carp – All zones.
• Jade Lungfish – The Jade Forest
• Emperor Salmon – Valley of the Four Winds, Townlong Steppes, Krasarang Wilds, Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• Krasarang Paddlefish – Valley of the Four Winds, Krasarang Wilds, Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• Redbelly Mandarin – Townlong Steppes, Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• Tiger Gourami – Kun-Lai Summit, The Veiled Stair
• Jewel Danio – Vale of Eternal Blossoms

In addition to your raw Fishing Skill, you can further increase your skill by using specific items, enchantments, gear, and consumables. These items will give you either a temporary or permanent Fishing Skill increase, increasing the chance that you will catch a fish rather than simply random junk. When leveling Fishing or even farming, it is highly recommended to grab as many of these Fishing Skill improvements as possible.

Mists of Pandaria adds a new toy. Ancient Pandaren Fishing Charm, that allows you to see extra schools of fish that would otherwise be undetectable. It is highly recommended to get this toy before going out and farming with Fishing, as this will give you access to a lot more fishing spots.

A fishing pole is one of the easiest ways to gain an increase to your Fishing skill. Arcanite Fishing Pole remains the best-in-slot fishing pole in the game, but requires you to win the Stranglethorn Vale fishing tournament to obtain it, making it rare. Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole is a close alternative option that can be obtained much more easily as The Kaluak is an easy faction to gain reputation for by simply doing a couple of daily quests every day for a few weeks.

• Arcanite Fishing Pole — + 40 Fishing — Reward for winning the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza
• Dragon Fishing Pole — + 30 Fishing — Revered with The Anglers faction.
• Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole — + 30 Fishing — Obtainable when Exalted with The Kaluak.
• Bone Fishing Pole — + 30 Fishing — Low drop chance from Bag of Shiny Things.
• Jeweled Fishing Pole — + 30 Fishing — Low drop chance from Bag of Shiny Things.
• Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole — + 20 Fishing — Obtained from Rather Be Fishin'
• Pandaren Fishing Pole — + 20 Fishing — Honored with The Anglers faction.

Fishing Lures are one the easiest and best ways to temporarily gain a large increase to your Fishing skill. Make sure to bring plenty of these with you before you head out on a fishing trip or you may run out before you finish.

• Shiny Bauble — + 25 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Trade and Fishing Supplies vendors.
• Nightcrawlers — + 50 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Trade and Fishing Supplies vendors.
• Bright Baubles — + 75 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Trade and Fishing Supplies vendors.
• Aquadynamic Fish Attractor — + 100 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Fishing Supplies vendors in limited quantities.
• Feathered Lure — + 100 Fishing for 10 minutes — Crafted by Cooking.
• Heat-Treated Spinning Lure — + 150 Fishing for 15 minutes — Crafted by Engineering.

Mists of Pandaria brings 14 new Fishing daily quests available from the new fishing faction, The Anglers. Each day you will be offered 3 quests from these skilled fishermen, where you will earn 1 point of Fishing skill, 500 reputation, and a Lesser Charm of Good Fortune per quest. This is a great way to level up your Fishing skill while simutaneously earning gold and Lesser Charm of Good Fortunes for raiding.

• Armored Carp
• Bright Bait
• Fishing for a Bruising
• Huff & Puff
• Jagged Abalone
• Jumping the Shark
• Like Bombing Fish In A Barrel
• Piranha!
• Scavenger Hunt
• Shocking!
• Snapclaw
• Viseclaw Soup
• What Lurks Below
• Who Knew Fish Liked Eggs?

Achievement	Description
Zen Master Fisherman	Obtain 600 skill points in fishing.
Pandarian Angler	Catch each type of fish native to Pandaria.
Learning from the Best	Become best friends with Nat Pagle.
Locking Down the Docks	Complete all of the Angler's Wharf dailies.

Achievement	Description
Journeyman Fisherman	Obtain 150 skill points in fishing.
Expert Fisherman	Obtain 225 skill points in fishing.
Artisan Fisherman	Obtain 300 skill points in fishing.
Master Fisherman	Obtain 375 skill points in fishing.
Grand Master Fisherman	Obtain 450 skill points in fishing.
Illustrious Grand Master Fisherman	Obtain 525 skill points in fishing.
25 Fish	Fish up 25 items.
50 Fish	Fish up 50 items.
100 Fish	Fish up 100 items.
250 Fish	Fish up 250 items.
500 Fish	Fish up 500 items.
1000 Fish	Fish up 1,000 items.
Fish Don't Leave Footprints	Learn the ability to find fish.
The Old Gnome and the Sea	Successfully fish from a school.
The Scavenger	Successfully fish in each of the junk nodes listed below.
One That Didn't Get Away	Catch one of the rare fish in the list.
Master Angler of Azeroth	Win the Booty Bay fishing contest or The Kaluak Fishing Derby.
Accomplished Angler	Complete the fishing achievements listed below.

Achievement	Description
Old Ironjaw	Fish up Old Ironjaw in Ironforge.
Old Crafty	Fish up Old Crafty in Orgrimmar.
The Fishing Diplomat	Fish something up in Orgrimmar and Stormwind.
Deadliest Catch	Fish up Gahz'ranka in Zul'Gurub using the Mudskunk Lure.

Achievement	Description
Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box	Fish your way to Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box.
Old Man Barlowned	Complete each of Old Man Barlo's 5 fishing daily quests listed.
The Lurker Above	Fish up The Lurker Below in Serpentshrine Cavern.
Outland Angler	Catch a fish in each of the specific nodes listed.

Achievement	Description
A Penny For Your Thoughts	Fish up the copper coins listed below from the Dalaran fountain.
Silver in the City	Fish up the silver coins listed below from the Dalaran fountain.
There's Gold In That There Fountain	Fish up the gold coins listed below from the Dalaran fountain.
The Coin Master	Complete the coin fishing achievements listed below.
I Smell A Giant Rat	Fish up the Giant Sewer Rat from The Underbelly in Dalaran.
Turtles All the Way Down	Fish up a Sea Turtle mount from any fishing pool in Northrend.
Northrend Angler	Catch a fish in each of the specific nodes listed below.

Achievement	Description
The Limnologist	Catch 42 different freshwater fish..
The Oceanographer	Catch 31 different saltwater fish..
Fish or Cut Bait: Darnassus	Complete each of the Darnassus fishing daily quests.
Fish or Cut Bait: Ironforge	Complete each of the Ironforge fishing daily quests.
Fish or Cut Bait: Stormwind	Complete each of the Stormwind fishing daily quests.
Gone Fishin'	Complete each Fish or Cut Bait achievement.
Fish or Cut Bait: Orgrimmar	Complete each of the Orgrimmar fishing daily quests.
Fish or Cut Bait: Thunder Bluff	Complete each of the Thunder Bluff fishing daily quests.
Fish or Cut Bait: Undercity	Complete each of the Undercity fishing daily quests.
Gone Fishin'	Complete each Fish or Cut Bait achievement.

Fishing is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Mists of Pandaria Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.