Profession guide · Secondary

Fishing

Fishing is a secondary profession every character can learn. How to train it, how to level it, and its camp objects.

Drunken SafariLast Updated: 24th Oct, 2026

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Source tiers

Official or client data
Verbatim reporting, hands-on
Provisional or placeholder
Our analysis

How we source

16Trainingthe ranks with a price (Artisan is a quest)

25Trainersin Wowhead’s Forever data

3Camp objectslearned at skill 20, 140, 300

Overview

Pays no Legacy Points (only the six crafting primaries do).

Camp objects

Its three camp objects, with the skill to learn each recipe (and to use the object, where that is higher). Source tier A: A (how camps work)

Object	Skill	Does	Materials	Where to get it
Fish Bowl	20	+8% all stats; does not stack with Blessing of Kings	1× Empty Vial, 1× Raw Brilliant Smallfish	Trainer · 1
Fishing Rack	140	uncommon fish for 1 hour, plus lures	2× Simple Wood, 2× Raw Mithril Head Trout, 1× Crystal Vial	Blueprint: drop (Gelihast (Blackfathom Deeps)), vendor (Happy Camper) · 15
Fishing Hut	300	rare fish for 1 hour	5× Simple Wood, 2× Bolt of Runecloth, 1× Seasonal Fish Steaks	Blueprint: source not in the data

Training

Rank	From skill	Raises cap to	How	Cost
Apprentice	start	75	Trainer	1
Journeyman	50	150	Trainer	5
Expert	125	225	Book: Expert Fishing - The Bass and You, sold by a vendor — Old Man Heming (Stranglethorn Vale)	1
Artisan	not in the data	300	A quest	—

Wowhead lists the Artisan quest but not its requirements.

25 trainers in Wowhead’s Forever data (Alliance 12, Horde 9, Both factions 4)

Alliance

Androl Oakhand (Fisherman) — Teldrassil
Arnold Leland (Fishing Trainer) — Stormwind City
Astaia (Fishing Trainer) — Darnassus
Brannock (Fisherman) — Feralas
Donald Rabonne (Fisherman) — Hillsbrad Foothills
Grimnur Stonebrand (Fishing Trainer) — Ironforge
Harold Riggs (Fishing Trainer) — Wetlands
Hunter Moore (Fisherman) — Hillsbrad Foothills
Lee Brown (Fisherman) — Elwynn Forest
Matthew Hooper (Fishing Trainer) — Redridge Mountains
Paxton Ganter (Fisherman) — Dun Morogh
Warg Deepwater (Fisherman) — Loch Modan

Horde

Armand Cromwell (Fishing Trainer) — Undercity
Clyde Kellen (Fisherman) — Tirisfal Glades
Kah Mistrunner (Fishing Trainer) — Thunder Bluff
Katoom the Angler (Fishing Trainer & Supplies) — The Hinterlands
Kil'Hiwana (Fisherman) — Ashenvale
Lau'Tiki (Fisherman) — Durotar
Lui'Mala (Fisherman) — Desolace
Lumak (Fishing Trainer) — Orgrimmar
Uthan Stillwater (Fisherman) — Mulgore

Both factions

Baelann Swiftcurrent (Fisher) — Zephras Isle
Fenn Fairweather (Fisherman) — Zephras Isle
Krix (Superior Fisherman) — Riverglades
Myizz Luckycatch (Superior Fisherman) — Stranglethorn Vale

How to level it

Fishing skill rises as you fish; higher zones need more skill before you catch anything. Train the ranks in Training above as you go. The Expert rank is a book:

Expert Fishing - The Bass and You — Expert Fishing - The Bass and You: vendor (Old Man Heming (Stranglethorn Vale)) · 1

Recipes

Every recipe up to skill 300, grouped by the skill you learn it at. Skill-ups shows where it is orange (learned; a point every craft), yellow, green and grey (no more points). The materials’ cost is our launch-day estimate. What it does comes from the client: our item sweep’s tooltip lines and the spell text of each item’s Use or Equip effect.

Apprentice (1–75) 1

Recipe → makes	Skill-ups	Where to get it	Materials	What it does
Fish Bowl Common	20 20 20 20	Trainer · 1	1× Empty Vial 1× Raw Brilliant Smallfish about 75	Requires Fishing (20) · Use: Places a small fish bowl that allows you and others sitting nearby to gain 8% increased stats, mutually exclusive with Blessing of Kings. Requires a Campfire nearby. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hour.

Journeyman (76–150) 1

Recipe → makes	Skill-ups	Where to get it	Materials	What it does
Fishing Rack Common	140 140 142 145	Blueprint: drop (Gelihast (Blackfathom Deeps)), vendor (Happy Camper) · 15	2× Simple Wood 2× Raw Mithril Head Trout 1× Crystal Vial about 78	Requires Fishing (140) · Use: Places a Fishing Rack that grants the ability to catch uncommon fish for 1 hour, provides Fishing Skill lures, and provides all of the benefits of a Fish Bowl. Requires a Campfire nearby. May be placed over a Fish Bowl to replace it. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hour.

Artisan (226–300) 1

Recipe → makes	Skill-ups	Where to get it	Materials	What it does
Fishing Hut Common	300 300 300 300	Blueprint: source not in the data	5× Simple Wood 2× Bolt of Runecloth 1× Seasonal Fish Steaks	Requires Fishing (300) · Use: Places a Fishing Hut that grants the ability to catch rare fish for 1 hour, provides Fishing Skill lures, and provides all of the benefits of a Fish Bowl. Requires a Campfire nearby. May be placed over a Fish Bowl to replace it. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hour.

Where this comes from

Source tier A: A Recipes, materials, what they make, rarity, the yellow/grey skill-up points, starter recipes, tools, cooldowns, reputation requirements and each item’s Use or Equip text: the game client’s own tables (build 1.60.1.70532); tooltip lines: our client item sweep of 27 September; camp objects: KB 400.40.1.
Source tier B: B Learn skill, orange/green points, where a recipe comes from, vendors, training costs, trainers and gathering nodes: Wowhead’s Forever dataset, read 24 October (its recipe lists and materials match the client’s, apart from the camp objects of Skinning and Cooking’s Basic Campfire). Reputation requirements and the side of a vendor’s zone are the client’s (A).
Source tier D: D The levelling route and every price: ours (launch-day estimate, then the beta Market), with Classic’s skill-up chance rule, which Forever has not been shown to change. The beta closed on 23 October; launch is 4 November.

Generated 24 October 2026 by genprofessions.py from the client tables (build 70532), Wowhead’s Forever data (24 October) and the launch-day estimate · Last updated 24 October 2026.