World of Warcraft Fishing Guide
A fun an often profitable secondary profession in WoW is Fishing. Although Fishing is unique it is a gathering profession like Herbalism and Skinning. In the WoW Fishing guide that follows I’ll introduce you to fishing and how to best play this profession.
Patience is key to WoW fishing just like real fishing. Just like the real thing, in Warcraft fishing you’ll spend a lot of time just waiting for something to take the bait. When the bobber dips you’ve caugt something, so quickly double click the bobber! Aside from catching fish and other creatures you may get a lot of junk or even some really valuable items you can only get through fishing.
Some primary professions really go better with fishing than other primary professions. Naturally, Cooking goes great with fishing just because it’ll allow you to cook the fish. On some occasions you may get materials such as cloth or leather. These can be used for Tailoring and Leatherworking. The following are the steps to begin fishing. To read more check out the World of Warcraft Fishing Guide
Here’s a list of some basic steps to guide you in WoW Fishing.
Step 1: Get a pole
To start just get a basic fishing pole. You can usually find a Supplier selling poles for about 23 copper near water or the trainer.
Step 2: Find a Fishing Trainer
As you’d expect fishing trainers will be near bodies of water, but if you do need help just ask a guard. The cost of training at the start will usually be 1 silver.
Step 3: Find water
Just about any body of water will do. This includes rivers, ponds, lakes and so forth. Fishing in a quite spot has 2 main advantages. For one you can fish without having to stop to fight. Secondly, when you’ve made a catch you’ll hear a splash in the water.
Step 4: Equip Pole
Just drag the pole to the main hand slot in the character screen.
Step 5: Spellbook
For convenience put the fishing icon on your action bar. It’ll be in your Spellbook.
Step 6: Cast
Click the fishing icon to cast your line, the bobber will be in the water if you did it right.
Step 7: Reel In the catch
As I mentioned before once the bobber dips it means you’ve caught something. Just right click the bobber twice. After the catch is reeled in just put it in the inventory.
You’ll catch more junk at lower skill than at higher skill levels. Leveling is beyond this WoW Fishing Guide but there’re some excellent ones out there that include maps. As far as junk some fishing hole have more than others. Focus on catching to more valuable fish. Even though it takes longer you’ll earn a lot more gold.
If you’d like to read more about WoW Fishing check out the World of Warcraft Fishing Guide
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