Fishing 1–450 — Profession guides · WoW WotLK

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Leveling strategy

Current skillTarget skillFactionPreferred city

Follow waters useful for Cooking; use lures when they prevent fish escaping.

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Fishing watersPole / gear skill bonusLureSeconds per cast (your estimate)

Estimated supply & training cost

486073

Pole, lures and skill books; owned supplies deducted

Planning catches / active time

2,123 · 711.9 min

Model estimate; excludes travel and quest fishing

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Leveling checklist 1–450

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Complete any step to finish earlier steps too. Unchecking reopens it and everything after. Catch quantities are planning estimates, not guaranteed skill-ups.

SkillAction / LocationCatchesRequirements

1Current step

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Player level 5+

Requires skill 1 · New cap 75

1–15

All successful catches count; stop at skill 15.

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Lure: Shiny Bauble

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

14 casts (estimate)

15–25

All successful catches count; stop at skill 25.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 90%

10.6 casts (estimate)

25–50

All successful catches count; stop at skill 50.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

25 casts (estimate)

50–75

All successful catches count; stop at skill 75.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

25 casts (estimate)

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Player level 10+

Requires skill 50 · New cap 150

75–100

All successful catches count; stop at skill 100.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

37 casts (estimate)

100–125

All successful catches count; stop at skill 125.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

50 casts (estimate)

125–150

All successful catches count; stop at skill 150.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

68 casts (estimate)

150

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Player level 10+

Requires skill 125 · New cap 225

150–175

All successful catches count; stop at skill 175.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

75 casts (estimate)

175–190

All successful catches count; stop at skill 190.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

59 casts (estimate)

190–200

All successful catches count; stop at skill 200.

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Lure: Shiny Bauble

Minimum modeled catch success: 90%

42.4 casts (estimate)

200–215

All successful catches count; stop at skill 215.

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Lure: Shiny Bauble

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

60 casts (estimate)

215–225

All successful catches count; stop at skill 225.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 90%

47.5 casts (estimate)

225

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Player level 10+

Requires skill 200 · New cap 300

250

225–250

All successful catches count; stop at skill 250.

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125

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

125 casts (estimate)

250–265

All successful catches count; stop at skill 265.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

76 casts (estimate)

265–275

All successful catches count; stop at skill 275.

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Lure: Shiny Bauble

Minimum modeled catch success: 90%

63.6 casts (estimate)

275–290

All successful catches count; stop at skill 290.

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Lure: Shiny Bauble

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

90 casts (estimate)

290–300

All successful catches count; stop at skill 300.

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Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 90%

63.6 casts (estimate)

300

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Player level 10+

Requires skill 275 · New cap 375

300–325

All successful catches count; stop at skill 325.

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167

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

167 casts (estimate)

325–350

All successful catches count; stop at skill 350.

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175

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

175 casts (estimate)

350–375

All successful catches count; stop at skill 375.

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198

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

198 casts (estimate)

375

Byron Welwick · Howling Fjord (60.4, 64.1)

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Other cities / trainers

Grizzly Hills · Angelina Soren Borean Tundra · Old Man Robert Crystalsong Forest · Marcia Chase Borean Tundra · Fishy Ser'ji

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Player level 10+

Requires skill 350 · New cap 450

375–400

All successful catches count; stop at skill 400.

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204

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

204 casts (estimate)

400–425

All successful catches count; stop at skill 425.

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225

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

225 casts (estimate)

425–450

All successful catches count; stop at skill 450.

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235

Lure: None

Minimum modeled catch success: 100%

235 casts (estimate)

Fishing waters

Use a suitable lake, river or coastline in Elwynn Forest; there is no fixed fishing route. View on map

Modeled effective skill for no escapes: 25+

Typical catches vary between inland and coastal waters and by time of day.

Raw Brilliant Smallfish

Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper

Use your fish in the Cooking guide →

Fishing effort by strategy

Estimated cumulative casts

Hover a graph or focus it and use ← / → to inspect values. Click legends to show or hide series. Tables and CSV contain every point.

How this graph is calculated

A conservative planning curve, not a confirmed Blizzard probability. Pole and lure bonuses affect escapes, not pure-skill progression. Quest fish and travel excluded.

Data table

Fishing skill	Cheapest	Fastest	Balanced
1	0	0	0
15	16.1	14	14
25	27.6	24	24.59
50	52.6	49	49.59
75	77.6	74	74.59
100	114.6	111	111.59
125	164.6	161	161.59
150	232.6	229	229.59
175	307.6	304	304.59
190	367	363.4	363.59
200	406.6	403	405.96
215	469.6	466	465.96
225	511.6	508	513.48
250	636.6	633	638.48
265	718.2	714.6	714.48
275	772.6	769	778.03
290	862.6	859	868.03
300	922.6	919	931.58
325	1,089.6	1,086	1,098.58
350	1,264.6	1,261	1,273.58
375	1,462.6	1,459	1,471.58
400	1,666.6	1,663	1,675.58
425	1,891.6	1,888	1,900.58
450	2,126.6	2,123	2,135.58

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Time uses your seconds-per-cast setting. Changing zones does not improve skill-ups per successful catch. Strategies can coincide when lures offer no benefit; travel, quest catches and sale income are not estimated.

How it works

Plan one catch per point below 75, then floor(skill / 44) catches per point. This is a conservative Classic planning model; its random extra gains are not credited. Escapes use effective skill minus the zone base plus 5, clamped to 0–100%; below the zone base the model cannot catch. These are planning assumptions, not Blizzard guarantees.

Default 20 seconds per cast is editable, not a measured game duration. Shiny Baubles (+25) and Bright Baubles (+75, skill 100) last 10 minutes; reapplication counts are estimated from active time. The Artisan quest requires level 35 and skill 225. Already-owned books/ranks are assumed below your entered current skill; there is no character-level selector.

Fishing 1–450 — Profession guides · WoW WotLK

Leveling checklist 1–450

Fishing waters

Materials & prices

Fishing Pole

Shiny Bauble

Fishing effort by strategy

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Cheapest

Fastest

Balanced