Fishing Guide for The War Within

Fishing is a gathering activity done in the world. You will be searching for bodies of water to throw your bobber in and, hopefully, reel in some valuable fish and treasures from special treasure pools, such as the cosmetic Extra Large Leek!

While most fish are used as Cooking reagents, there are a few that have extra uses, and Fishing is also the main source for the eluse Darkmoon Cards which can be turned by Inscription into powerful embellishments such as Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis which are likely to be in demand!

Earthen will be able to gather more fish with their Hyper Productive racial, making them a great option for the current fishing meta.

Dracthyr mobility abilities and +2% baseline Perception racial are a decent alternative, as they will allow you to get more rare catches while fishing.

You will mostly be looking to stack Finesse for bulk fish farming or Perception in order to maximize your odds of fishing rare fish and Darkmoon Cards.

Increasing your skill in The War Within is done by fishing around the Isles, and the only limiter to your leveling speed is how highly skilled you already are: the later points on the raid to 100 are much harder to get than the early ones.

Fishers can use two pieces of gear:

• Bismuth Fisherfriend and Aqirite Fisherfriend, made by Engineering;
• Weavercloth Fishing Cap and Artisan Fishing Cap, made by Tailoring.

While the main benefit of having blue gear over green is the skill increase, you will also get more gathering stats with blues. Higher Quality gear will also grant more stats.

Green versions are bind on equip and from trainer recipes, but blue versions require faction / renown grinding for their recipes and are bind on pickup, requiring you to submit a Crafting Order for them or crafting them for yourself.

You should eat Ghoulfish Delight and use the Alchemy-crafted Phial of Truesight when doing a fishing session. Enchant your tool with Enchant Tool - Algari Perception for even more Perception bonuses!

Fishing has no Specializations.

By heading to the Hallowfall zone on a Saturday and talking to Captain Oathmyt found around 44,62 you can accept the Hallowfall Fishing Derby quest. This is a weekly activity which can only be completed on one character per warband, in order to prevent easy farming of the rewards.

Once you accept the quest you will gain the Derby Dasher buff for one hour, which will be your time limit to catch the (rotating weekly) 3 fishes needed for its objectives. Completing it will reward Mereldar Derby Mark, which can be further increased by catching more trophy fishes while the buff is up.

If you are lacking the important Find Fish ability to track fish through your map, buy Angler's Guide for less than one gold from Captain Oathmyt. You can also buy various cosmetics for Mereldar Derby Mark, such as Dasher's Trophy Fish, Cooking recipes such as Recipe: Ghoulfish Delight, and the Algari Anglerthread / Algari Seekerthread stackable improvements to your Algari Weaverline fishing tool enchant.

Catching the various trophy fish will also count towards the The Derby Dash achievement, which rewards the Kah, Legend of the Deep mount!

• Bismuth Bitterling and Crystalline Sturgeon can be found when fishing from Glimmerpools in the Isle of Dorn or the Ringing Deeps, or on the coast of the Isle of Dorn;
• Specular Rainbowfish only show up when fishing from Glimmerpools;
• Whispering Stargazer is found when fishing from Stargazer Swarms, the coast of the Isle of Dorn, the Ringing Deeps, or Hallowfall;
• Awoken Coelacanth can be fished in Azj-Kahet after using 10 Whispering Stargazers to get the Whispers of the Deep buff;
• Cursed Ghoulfish can be found whenever you fish at zones you are below the skill level of;
• Regal Dottyback and Queen's Lurefish can be found on Hallowfall or Azj-Kahet when fishing from Royal Ripple pools but require higher Fishing skill for a successful catch.

Fishing makes gold by farming fish pools for the most part, as that is where you will find the best and rarest catches. You should also aim for fishing as many Darkmoon Cards as possible, as those are likely to be among the most valuable items you can sell.

As fish are a common ingredient for stat food and feasts, try to sell yours in raid days, when Cooks are more likely to be looking to craft and sell their wares. The Undermine Exchange can also help you understand the price fluctuation for fish in your server, and which fish is best to farm at any given moment.

Although it sounds simple, most players do not have the patience or knowledge to take advantage of timing the market, and doing so correctly is where your profit will come from in the long term. Selling the fish randomly is potentially leaving a lot of gold on the table if price fluctuations are high!

We have a specialized guide for The War Within gold-making below, which contains a gold-making tier list and goes deeper into techniques and habits for successful gold making, as well as websites and addons that can help you on your journey!