Making gold with fishing
Fishing in Forever pays better than it did in vanilla. Cooks buy more fish because most cooked food also adds 5% experience from kills. Alchemists still need oils. And the Fishing Rack turns open water into a source of gems and jewelry. Prices differ a lot between realms, so check your auction house before you commit to a farm.
| Farm | Skill | Where | Who buys it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonescale Eel | 300+ effective | Stonescale Eel swarms off Azshara, Tanaris, Feralas and southern Stranglethorn | Alchemists. Stonescale Oil goes into Flask of the Titans and Greater Stoneshield Potions, so raiders keep buying. |
| Oily Blackmouth | 75 | Schools along the Barrens, Wetlands and Stranglethorn coasts | Alchemists, for Blackmouth Oil and Free Action Potions |
| Firefin Snapper | 150 | Schools along the Wetlands, Tanaris and Stranglethorn coasts | Alchemists, for Fire Oil |
| Deviate Fish | 75 | The Barrens | Cooks making Savory Deviate Delight |
| Mithril Head Trout | 225 | Alterac, Arathi, Dustwallow, Desolace | Other anglers building a Fishing Rack (two trout each) |
| Summer Bass and Winter Squid | 300 | High-level coasts, in season | Anglers making Seasonal Fish Steaks for the Fishing Hut, and raiders' food |
| Fishing-buff food | Varies | Cook your own Redgill, Rockscale Cod and Catfish | Anglers leveling into high zones |
Forever-only gold
Bloated fish
In vanilla, bloated fish were about one catch in a thousand. With a Fishing Rack buff up and a lure on, they become a real farm in open water. Higher-level water gives better tiers:
- Low tiers: low-level gems
- Middle tiers: green rings and necklaces around level 25
- Higher tiers: Star Rubies and jewelry for your level
- Top tier: bigger gems such as Blue Sapphires
One early test reported about 14–18 gold an hour from vendoring top-tier gems alone, before selling any to jewelers or players.
Sunken trunks
Trunks come up from pools and floating wreckage, and their tier follows the water:
- Tightly Sealed Trunks in Darkshore, Westfall and the Ratchet coast
- Watertight Trunks around Mirkfallon Lake
- Ironbound Trunks in northern Stranglethorn
- Mithril Bound Trunks in southern Stranglethorn, Tanaris, Azshara and Feralas, and reportedly along the Riverglades coast
Top-tier trunks can hold 14-slot bags, high-level leather and cloth, potions and rare recipes.
Pound fish
Rare "pound" fish now sell to any vendor for their weight in silver. A 103 Pound Mightfish is 1g 3s, no auction house needed.
Get more fish from every cast
- Buy the Luremaster Legacy perk. Each of its two ranks gives a 25% chance of an extra fish while a lure is on, so 50% at full rank. Keep a lure running even when your skill doesn't need it.
- Use Find Fish to show schools on your minimap, and fish the schools for the fish you want instead of taking whatever open water gives you.
- Build a Fishing Rack at a campfire before a long session. It also supplies lures.
- Set your camp where the water lands every catch. A lost fish is lost gold.
Selling well
- Compare raw and cooked. Sometimes the raw fish sells for more than the dish.
- Sell into leveling waves. When a crowd of players reaches the Cooking skill a fish feeds, that fish's price jumps.
- Sell oils and eels before raid night, when alchemists are restocking flasks.
- Don't flood the market. List a few stacks at a time and hold the rest in the bank.
“Every fish has two buyers: the one who eats it and the one who boils it into something stronger. Find the second one.”Grandmother Wavestrider, tauren angler of Stonebull Lake
Forever's economy is days old. These are what fish are used for, not guaranteed prices. Never buy gold from third-party sellers: it breaks Blizzard's rules and can get your account banned.