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This article is about the free-to-play guide. For the members' guide, see Pay-to-play Fishing training.

Equipment[]

Fishing uses two types of items, divided into consumables and equipment. Consumables are used up at the rate of one item for each fish caught and are stackable, while the equipment is non-stackable and reusable.

Fishing Table[]

Raw

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Cooked

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Name Fishing

Level

Exp Cooking

Level

Cooking

Exp

Type Heals Notes
Raw shrimps Cooked shrimps. Shrimps 1 10 1 30 Net 3 Can be caught at seas.
Raw sardine Sardine Sardines 5 20 1 40 Bait 4 Can be caught at seas.
Raw herring Herring Herring 10 30 5 50 Bait 5 Can be caught at seas.
Raw anchovies Cooked anchovies Anchovies 15 40 1 30 Net 1 Can be caught at seas.
Raw trout Cooked trout Trout 20 50 15 70 Fly 7 Can be caught at rivers.
Raw pike Pike Pike 25 60 20 80 Bait 8 Can be caught at rivers.
Raw salmon Cooked salmon Salmon 30 70 25 90 Fly 9 Can be caught at rivers.
Raw tuna Cooked tuna Tuna 35 80 30 100 Harpoon 10 Can be caught at Karamja/Corsair Cove.
Raw lobster Cooked lobster Lobster 40 90 40 120 Pot 12 Can be caught at Karamja/Corsair Cove.
Raw swordfish Cooked swordfish Swordfish 50 100 45 140 Harpoon 14 Can be caught at Karamja/Corsair Cove.

Levels 1 - 20 – Shrimp / Anchovies[]

Raw shrimps Raw anchovies Net fish for shrimp. Good locations include:

At level 15, you will begin to catch anchovies too.

  • Starting experience - 0
  • Experience needed - 4,470
  • Shrimps needed - 447 (4,470 experience)
  • Anchovies needed (from 15 to 20) - 139 (2,085 experience)

Level 20-40/99 – Trout / Salmon[]

Raw trout Raw salmon Fly fish trout at either Barbarian Village or Lumbridge. Once you have reached level 30, you will begin catching salmon and can expect to receive between 30,000 and 50,000 Fishing experience per hour. If you choose to drop your fish rather than bank them, you will gain slightly more experience per hour.

  • Starting experience - 4,470
  • Experience needed - 32,754
  • Trout needed - 656 (32,800 experience)
  • Salmon needed (from 30-40) - 341 (23,870 experience)

Even past level 40, "powerfishing" trout/salmon is the best method of training Fishing all the way until level 99.

Level 40-50 – Lobster[]

Raw lobster Fish lobsters at Musa Point. Optionally, if you've completed Dragon Slayer, you can use the Corsair Cove Resource Area to fish lobster. At level 50, it is better to catch swordfish/tuna instead as doing so will yield slightly better exp/hour. Lobsters provide better profit/hour than fly fishing, but at the cost of reduced exp/hour (20,000 to 30,000, as opposed to 30,000 to 50,000)

  • Starting experience - 37,270
  • Experience needed - 37,224
  • Lobsters needed - 414 (37,224 experience)

Level 50-99 – Swordfish / Tuna[]

Raw swordfish Raw tuna Harpoon Swordfish at Musa Point. Optionally, if you've completed Dragon Slayer, you can use the Corsair Cove Resource Area to harpoon fish. You will also catch tuna, which you should drop. This method will yield up to 30,000 experience per hour.

  • Starting experience - 737,650
  • Experience needed - 12,334,051
  • Tunas needed - 154,176 (12,334,080 experience) or
  • Swordfish needed - 123,341 (12,334,100 experience).


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