WoW Fishing and Cooking Guide 1-525
This fishing and cooking guide will help you level all the way from 1-525 (updated for patch 4.3). It will tell you where to fish, what to cook, where to buy recipes, and provide other useful tips. If you are low on gold check out this Gold Guide for the best ways to make lots of gold.
Fishing and cooking are secondary skills that don’t take up your two profession spots. You don’t have to do fishing and cooking together but it’s a good idea because it’s easy to level up one another together. If you plan on using cooking a lot it’s a good idea to have fishing because a lot of the recipes you will probably want to use require fish derived from fishing. On the other hand, if you are fishing you might as well take on cooking to do something with all the fish you are catching.
If you want to train fishing and cooking then the first step is to go to a major city (or other location with trainers) and train "Apprentice Cook” and "Apprentice Fishing”.
Fishing Tips
In order to ensure you catch valuable fish you need to use lures and +fishing items to temporarily raise your fishing skill so that you have a higher fishing level.
Lures: It’s extremely important to use lures throughout this guide. In fact there are many spots in this guide (and even in game after you reach 525) that cannot be efficiently fished (meaning you won’t catch a lot of junk) without the use of a lure.
I recommend using the highest level lure that you can while you use this guide. Lures are commonly found at fishing supply vendors and other trade vendors. To use lures you simply right click one and left click your fishing pole to apply it. Below is a chart of lures that you can buy. Keep in mind that if you do fishing dailies you’ll also pick up some lures that way.
| Lure | Fishing Level Required | +Fishing Amount | Where to Find |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiny Bauble | 1 | 25 | Fishing, Trade Supplies, and General Goods Vendors |
| Nightcrawlers | 50 | 50 | Fishing, Trade Supplies, and General Goods Vendors (also drops of certain undead mobs) |
| Bright Baubles | 100 | 75 | Fishing, Trade Supplies, and General Goods Vendors |
| Aquadynamic Fish Attractor | 100 | 100 | Sold in Limited Supply at Fishing Vendors (also crafted by engineers) |
| Feathered Lure | 100 | 100 | Created by cooks |
| Heat-Treated Spinning Lure | 250 | 100 | Created by engineers |
+Fishing Gear: It’s also a good idea to use any +fishing gear that you can while you are fishing; however, it’s not a requirement. I recommend at least buying a "Strong Fishing Pole” which is equipable after you reach level 10 fishing skill and will increase you fishing by +5. This item is found at many fishing supply vendors.
Leveling: If you have never fished before you might find the following information useful. When you first start fishing you will skill up just about every single successful catch; however, the higher you skill up the more catches it will take to get a single skill up. By the end of the guide you need over ten successful catches just to gain one skill point.
How to Fish: To fish you must equip your fishing pole in your primary weapon spot and then click the "Fishing” button in your spellbook. You may pull the button over to one of your action bars to make it easier and of course you must cast into water.
Cooking Tips
Cooking is fairly simply and the only tip I used to have was to buy "Flint and Tinder” from a general goods vendor so that you could make campfires and cook your fish over the fires. However, with patch 3.1.0 Blizzard removed this requirement, so you don’t even need the "Flint and Tinder” anymore! If you’ve never made a campfire don’t worry, it’s simple. Just click the "Basic Campfire” button in your spellbook and you have made fire.
What to Do Before you Start the Guide
Clear Your Inventory: You’ll need a lot of bag space to hold fish, recipes, lures, spices, and other items so it’s really important to free up a lot of bag space before you head out.
Buy Supplies: Here is a list of items that will be needed or come in handy for this guide. Please keep in mind that the amounts are just estimates and you may need more or less of certain items.
| Item | Amount | What it’s For | Where to Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiny Bauble | 5 | To use as a lure from 1-50 | Fishing Supply Vendor |
| Nightcrawlers | 10 | To use as a lure from 50-100 | Fishing Supply Vendor |
| Bright Baubles | 60 | To use as a lure from 100 and up | Fishing Supply Vendor |
| Aquadynamic Fish Attractor or Feathered Lure | These are in limited supply on vendors so just buy what they have or check the Auction House | To use as a lure from 100 and up | Fishing Supply Vendor/Auction House |
| Fishing Pole | 1 | To fish with | Fishing Supply Vendor |
| Strong Fishing Pole | 1 | To fish with after you reach fishing level 10 | Fishing Supply Vendor |
| Refreshing Spring Water | 60 | To make Nightfin Soup | General Goods Vendor or Innkeeper |
| Northern Spices | At least 35 | To make Imperial Manta Steak | Cooking Supplies Vendor in Dalaran or Auction House |
Buy Recipes
Here is a list of recipes and where you can buy them. Some recipes are sold by several vendors; however, I only listed the most practical ones for you to visit. Make sure you check the list to ensure that you are buying all the recipes that are available from a certain place. For example, there are several items that need to be bought in Booty Bay, make sure you buy them all before you leave.
| Item | What it’s For | Where to Buy for Alliance | Where to Buy for Horde |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish | Cooking Raw Brilliant Smallfish | Tharynn Bouden-Goldshire, Elwynn Forest | Harn Longcast-Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore |
| Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper | Cooking Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | Tharynn Bouden-Goldshire, Elwynn Forest | Harn Longcast-Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore |
| Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish | Cooking Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | Catherine Leland-Canals, Stormwind | Naal Mistrunner-Thunderbluff (center area) |
| Recipe: Mithril Head Trout | Cooking Raw Mithril Head Trout | Kelsey Yance-Booty Bay, The Cape of Stranglethorn | Kelsey Yance-Booty Bay, The Cape of Stranglethorn |
| Recipe: Filet of Redgill | Cooking Raw Redgill | Kelsey Yance-Booty Bay, The Cape of Stranglethorn | Kelsey Yance-Booty Bay, The Cape of Stranglethorn |
| Recipe: Baked Salmon | Cooking Raw Whitescale Salmon | Vivianna-Feathermoon Stronghold, Feralas | Sheendra Tallgrass-Camp Mojache, Feralas |
| Recipe: Blackened Trout | Cooking Barbed Gill Trout | Doba-Orebor Harborage, Zangarmarsh (must be at least neutral with Kurenai) | Gambarinka-Zabra’jin, Zangarmarsh |
| Recipe: Feltail Delight | Cooking Spotted Feltail | Doba-Orebor Harborage, Zangarmarsh (must be at least neutral with Kurenai) | Zurai-Swamprat Post, Zangarmarsh |
| Recipe: Blackened Sporefish | Cooking Zangarian Sporefish | Juno Dufrain-Cenarion Refuge, Zangarmarsh (near lake) | Juno Dufrain-Cenarion Refuge, Zangarmarsh (near lake) |
| Recipe: Golden Fish Sticks | Cooking Golden Darter | Innkeeper Biribi-Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar Forest (in the inn) | Rungor-Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar Forest |
| Recipe: Imperial Manta Steak *Requires 3 Dalaran Cooking Awards | Cooking Northern Spices and Imperial Manta Ray | Derek Odds-Dalaran | Misensi-Dalaran |
| Recipe: Lightly Fried Lurker or Lurker Lunch *Requires Chef’s Awards | Cooking Striped Lurker | Bario Matalli-Stormwind | Shazdar-Orgrimmar |
| Recipe: Pickled Guppy *Requires Chef’s Awards | Cooking Highland Guppy | Bario Matalli-Stormwind | Shazdar-Orgrimmar |
| Recipe: Delicious Sagefish Tail or Severed Sagefish Head *Requires Chef’s Awards | Cooking Deepsea Sagefish | Bario Matalli-Stormwind | Shazdar-Orgrimmar |
| Recipe: Baked Rockfish *Requires Chef’s Awards (this is optional) | Cooking Algaefin Rockfish | Bario Matalli-Stormwind | Shazdar-Orgrimmar |
Fishing and Cooking 1-525
Below you will find the 1-525 fishing guide. Good luck and remember that if you get sick of fishing (oh no!) and just want to buy cooking mats but need another way to make money besides fishing check out this Gold Guide.
Fishing 1-100 and Cooking 1-100
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Brilliant Smallfish and Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | Lake near Goldshire, Elwynn Forest or Stonebull Lake, Mulgore | 100 | 100 |
Cook Brilliant Smallfish and Longjaw Mudsnapper. You will have to travel to a trainer to learn Journeyman Fishing and Journeyman Cook during this section of the guide (this can be done once you hit 50 or you can wait until you hit 75 for each skill).
Fishing 100-165 and Cooking 100-125
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | The Canals in Stormwind or Pond near AH in Thunderbluff | 125 | 165 |
Cook Bristle Whisker Catfish.
Fishing 165-225 and Cooking 125-225
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish and Raw Mithril Head Trout | Inland Water in Dustwallow Marsh or Inland Water in Western Plaguelands | 225 | 225 |
Cook Bristle Whisker Catfish and Mithril Head Trout. Stay until you reach 225 fishing and 225 cooking.
Fishing 225-300 and Cooking 225 to 275
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Redgill and Raw Nightfin Snapper or Raw Sunscale Salmon | Inland Water Eastern Plaguelands | 275 | 300 |
You can train the Nightfin Soup and/or Poached Sunscale Salmon recipes you’ll cook in this section at the trainer.
Fishing 300-350 and Cooking 275-325
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Whitescale Salmon | Water in the Tainted Forest, Blasted Lands or Jademir Lake, Feralas | 300 | 300 |
Cook Baked Salmon.
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zangarian Sporefish, Barbed Gil Trout, Spotted Feltail | Umbrafen Lake, Zangarmarsh | 325 | 350 |
Cook Blackened Trout, Feltail Delight, and Blackened Sporefish.
Fishing 350-370 and Cooking 325-350
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbed Gill Trout and Golden Darter | Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar Forest or Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar Forest | 350 | 370 |
Cook Blackened Trout and Golden Fish Sticks. After you reach at least 350 fishing and 350 cooking you can head to Northrend and train at Vengeance Landing, Howling Fjord (for Horde) or Valgarde, Howling Fjord (for Alliance) or Dalaran (for Alliance and Horde). I suggest going to Dalaran because at 350 you should begin doing the Dalaran cooking dailies in order to earn Dalaran Cooking Awards to be able to purchase the final recipe of the 1-450 section. Visit your faction’s cooking trainer in Dalaran to get the dailies and be sure to complete one each day to get the required 3 tokens to buy Imperial Manta Steak.
Fishing 370-450 and Cooking 350-450
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borean Man O’ War, Darkwater Clam, Imperial Manta Ray, Rockfin Grouper | Borean Tundra or Howling Fjord (Coastal Waters) | 450 | 450 |
For this section first make Smoked Rockfin from 350-380, then Dalaran Clam Chowder from 380-390, then Baked Manta Ray from 390-400, then Black Jelly from 400-415, and finally, Imperial Manta Steak from 415-450. Remember you’ll need to buy the Imperial Manta Steak recipe with Dalaran Cooking Awards.
Fishing 450-525 and Cooking 450-525
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Guppy and Striped Lurker | Inland Water Twilight Highlands | 500 | 500 |
Cook Lightly Fried Lurker or Lurker Lunch and Pickled Guppy. For this section of the guide you will need to buy all your cooking recipes with Chef’s Awards. You get these by doing the Stormwind or Orgrimmar cooking dailies. Get your cooking skill to at least 500, don’t worry if your fishing isn’t quite there yet before you move to the coast.
| Fish | Location | Cooking Level to Reach | Fishing Level to Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deepsea Sagefish and Algaefin Rockfish | Coastal Water Twilight Highlands | 525 | 525 |
Cook Delicious Sagefish Tail or Severed Sagefish Head and Baked Rockfish. For this section of the guide you will need to buy all your cooking recipes with Chef’s Awards. You get these by doing the Stormwind or Orgrimmar cooking dailies.
If you have any suggestions for this guide please email me at: silv3rvip@hotmail.com
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