Piscatoris Fishing Colony

''This article is about the fishing colony. For the Hunter area, see Piscatoris Hunter area.''

Piscatoris Fishing Colony is the most northwestern settlement on the RuneScape mainland (fairy ring code A-K-Q). It can be reached by talking to Kathy Corkat outside of the west fence of the Tree Gnome Stronghold. Kathy will take players up the river for free if they have a Ring of Charos (a) or if they pay her 50 coins (the money only has to be paid once).

The colony once thrived on the monkfish industry but has recently come under attack from sea trolls. Players get a chance to help the town during the Swan Song quest.

After completing the quest, players may fish for monkfish at any of the fishing spots along the colony's northern coast. The colony has become a popular spot to train fishing for higher level players capable of doing the quest due to the high experience and speed associated with monkfish and the fishing spots' proximity to the colony bank. Also, one of the hunting zones of RuneScape is located south of Piscatoris. Players who have completed Swan Song may find the bank here useful to withdraw and deposit items while hunting in the Piscatoris Hunter Area or when using the Piscatoris Summoning obelisk located in a cave south of the Piscatoris Fishing Colony. There is also a nearby mine to the south of the colony that is notable for its three iron rocks right next to each other, which makes it an excellent spot for power mining.



Features

 * Furnace
 * General store
 * Bank
 * Seaweed spawns
 * Fishing spots yielding monkfish, tuna, and swordfish.
 * Various water sources
 * Cooking Range
 * Summoning Obelisk

Inhabitants

 * Herman Caranos
 * Kathy Corkat
 * David Mendleberg
 * Franklin Caranos
 * Arnold Lydspor
 * Devin Mendelberg
 * George Laxmeister
 * Ramara du Croissant

Music

 * Making Waves- entrance
 * The Last Stand- boss fight for Swan Song

Quests

 * Swan Song

Trivia
The word Piscatoris has significance in two different ways. The Latin word "Piscator" means fisherman, so Piscatoris Fishing Colony could simply mean "Fishing Colony of Fishermen." However, the scientific name of the real-life monkfish is Lophius piscatorius, as the fish is an anglerfish, meaning the fish itself hunts (angles) for smaller fish. In this context, Piscatoris Fishing Colony could mean "Monkfish Fishing Colony. Lydspor means Soundtrack in Danish."