WoW Forever Fishing Guide: Leveling 1 to 300, Zones and Gear
Level your profession from 1 to 300, tier by tier: what to fish at each skill level, the best zones for your faction, the trainers and what Forever changed.
How to use this guide
- Enter your current skill in fishing: your tier is highlighted.
- Follow the tiers in order: each one tells you what to fish and which zones to go to.
- Hover or tap an item to read its tooltip, exactly as in game.
- Classic rule, to be confirmed in game: a resource raises your skill from its required level up to 100 points above it (skinning and fishing: from the level of the mobs and zones).
Item names
Your faction
New recipe or item exclusive to Forever Changed recipe or item different from the original game
Steps marked "after the beta" cannot be played yet: the beta stops at 225.
What you need
Required tool: 
Fishing Pole
Items that raise your skill:
Strong Fishing Pole
Big Iron Fishing PoleNat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000Arcanite Fishing Pole
Shiny Bauble
Nightcrawlers
Bright Baubles
Aquadynamic Fish AttractorFlesh Eating Worm
Worn Fishing Hat
Lucky Fishing Hat
Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' BootsYour tiers
You are at 1Goal: 300
Estimate: Wowhead gives no fishing skill per zone, so it is estimated from the fish caught there.
From 1 to 25: fish at Dun Morogh (Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper), Elwynn Forest (Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, Zulian Mudskunk), Teldrassil (Raw Slitherskin Mackerel, Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper)
From 25 to 50: fish at Dun Morogh (Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper), Elwynn Forest (Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, Zulian Mudskunk), Teldrassil (Raw Slitherskin Mackerel, Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper)
From 50 to 75: fish at Wetlands (Firefin Snapper, Oily Blackmouth, Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore), Westfall (Oily Blackmouth, Raw Slitherskin Mackerel, Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore), Darkshore (Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore, Oily Blackmouth, Raw Slitherskin Mackerel)
From 75 to 100: fish at Wetlands (Firefin Snapper, Oily Blackmouth, Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore), Loch Modan (Raw Sagefish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, Raw Loch Frenzy), Westfall (Oily Blackmouth, Raw Slitherskin Mackerel, Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore)
From 100 to 125: fish at Duskwood (Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, Raw Whitescale Salmon), Dustwallow Marsh (Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish, Raw Mithril Head Trout, Raw Rockscale Cod), Stranglethorn Vale (Firefin Snapper, Raw Rockscale Cod, Oily Blackmouth)
From 125 to 150: fish at Duskwood (Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish, Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, Raw Whitescale Salmon), Dustwallow Marsh (Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish, Raw Mithril Head Trout, Raw Rockscale Cod), Stranglethorn Vale (Firefin Snapper, Raw Rockscale Cod, Oily Blackmouth)
From 150 to 175: fish at Swamp of Sorrows (Raw Rockscale Cod, Raw Mithril Head Trout, Raw Spotted Yellowtail), Feralas (Oily Blackmouth, Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Firefin Snapper), Desolace (Raw Rockscale Cod, Raw Mithril Head Trout, Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish)
From 175 to 200: fish at Swamp of Sorrows (Raw Rockscale Cod, Raw Mithril Head Trout, Raw Spotted Yellowtail), Alterac Mountains (Raw Greater Sagefish, Raw Mithril Head Trout, 26 Pound Catfish), Feralas (Oily Blackmouth, Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Firefin Snapper)
From 200 to 225: fish at Azshara (Stonescale Eel, Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Firefin Snapper), Western Plaguelands (Raw Redgill, Raw Nightfin Snapper, Raw Mithril Head Trout), Alterac Mountains (Raw Greater Sagefish, Raw Mithril Head Trout, 26 Pound Catfish)
From 225 to 250: fish at Azshara (Stonescale Eel, Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Firefin Snapper), Western Plaguelands (Raw Redgill, Raw Nightfin Snapper, Raw Mithril Head Trout), Deadwind Pass (Raw Nightfin Snapper, Raw Redgill, Raw Sunscale Salmon) after the beta
From 250 to 275: fish at Eastern Plaguelands (Darkclaw Lobster, Raw Summer Bass, Stonescale Eel), Winterspring (18 Pound Salmon, 22 Pound Salmon, Raw Sunscale Salmon), Azshara (Stonescale Eel, Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Firefin Snapper) after the beta
From 275 to 300: fish at Eastern Plaguelands (Darkclaw Lobster, Raw Summer Bass, Stonescale Eel), Winterspring (18 Pound Salmon, 22 Pound Salmon, Raw Sunscale Salmon), Azshara (Stonescale Eel, Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Firefin Snapper) after the beta
See all zones (41)
All fishing zones
- Alterac Mountains — levels 27 to 39
- Arathi Highlands — levels 30 to 40
- Ashenvale — levels 19 to 30
- Azshara — levels 42 to 55
- Darkshore — levels 11 to 19
- Darnassus — levels 1 to 60
- Deadwind Pass — levels 50 to 60
- Desolace — levels 30 to 39
- Dun Morogh — levels 1 to 10
- Durotar — levels 1 to 10
- Duskwood — levels 10 to 30
- Dustwallow Marsh — levels 36 to 61
- Eastern Plaguelands — levels 54 to 59
- Elwynn Forest — levels 1 to 10
- Felwood — levels 47 to 54
- Feralas — levels 41 to 60
- Hillsbrad Foothills — levels 20 to 31
- Loch Modan — levels 10 to 18
- Moonglade — level 15
- Mulgore — levels 1 to 10
- Orgrimmar — levels 1 to 60
- Redridge Mountains — levels 15 to 25
- Silithus — levels 55 to 59
- Silverpine Forest — levels 10 to 20
- Stonetalon Mountains — levels 15 to 25
- Stormwind City — levels 1 to 60
- Stranglethorn Vale — levels 30 to 50
- Swamp of Sorrows — levels 36 to 43
- Tanaris — levels 40 to 50
- Teldrassil — levels 1 to 11
- The Barrens — levels 10 to 33
- The Hinterlands — levels 41 to 56
- Thousand Needles — levels 6 to 35
- Thunder Bluff — levels 1 to 60
- Tirisfal Glades — levels 1 to 12
- Un'Goro Crater — levels 48 to 55
- Undercity — levels 1 to 60
- Western Plaguelands — levels 46 to 57
- Westfall — levels 9 to 18
- Wetlands — levels 20 to 30
- Winterspring — levels 55 to 60
Profession bonus
Legacy points: at skill 150, 225, 300. See the Legacy tree
Where to find a fishing trainer
A fishing trainer teaches you the new ranks and most of the basic recipes. List for your faction.
Other trainers
- Androl Oakhand — Teldrassil (55.8, 93.4)
- Arnold Leland — Stormwind City (45.4, 57.4)
- Astaia — Darnassus (47.4, 56.4)
- Baelann Swiftcurrent — Zephras Isle (63.2, 75.4)
- Brannock — Feralas (32.2, 41.4)
- Donald Rabonne — Hillsbrad Foothills (50.4, 61.0)
- Fenn Fairweather — Zephras Isle (45.0, 48.4)
- Grimnur Stonebrand — Ironforge (48.2, 6.6)
- Harold Riggs — Wetlands (8.0, 58.4)
- Hunter Moore — Hillsbrad Foothills (54.0, 80.2)
- Krix — Riverglades (79.2, 54.8)
- Lee Brown — Elwynn Forest (47.4, 62.2)
- Matthew Hooper — Redridge Mountains (21.4, 51.0)
- Myizz Luckycatch — Stranglethorn Vale (27.4, 77.0)
- Paxton Ganter — Dun Morogh (35.4, 40.2)
- Warg Deepwater — Loch Modan (40.4, 39.4)
Other trainers
- Armand Cromwell — Undercity (80.4, 31.2)
- Baelann Swiftcurrent — Zephras Isle (63.2, 75.4)
- Clyde Kellen — Tirisfal Glades (67.2, 51.0)
- Fenn Fairweather — Zephras Isle (45.0, 48.4)
- Kah Mistrunner — Thunder Bluff (55.8, 47.6)
- Katoom the Angler — The Hinterlands (80.2, 81.4)
- Kil'Hiwana — Ashenvale (10.8, 33.4)
- Krix — Riverglades (79.2, 54.8)
- Lau'Tiki — Durotar (53.2, 81.4)
- Lui'Mala — Desolace (22.6, 72.4)
- Lumak — Orgrimmar (69.4, 28.4)
- Myizz Luckycatch — Stranglethorn Vale (27.4, 77.0)
- Uthan Stillwater — Mulgore (44.2, 63.8)
See also
Data: Wowhead (Forever), cross-checked against ForeverChanges and ForeverDB; profession bonus: Icy Veins
