Fishing
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| Fishing | ||||
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| Released | 11 June 2001 (Update) | |||
| Also called | Fish | |||
| Members | No | |||
| Type | Gathering | |||
| Statistics | ||||
| Players with 99 |
135,568 as of 1 March 2024 - update | |||
| Players with 200M XP |
292 as of 17 March 2024 - update | |||
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Fishing is a skill which involves catching fish from selected spots around Gielinor. Higher Fishing levels enable different mechanisms of Fishing, the ability to catch a larger selection of fish and increases a player's catch rate. Caught fish may be cooked through the Cooking skill to create food which may be used later to regain hitpoints during combat. Alternatively, many players sell their excess stock of catches for gold.
Fish
When caught, most fish will be raw and cannot be eaten until they are cooked. The name and colour indicates this. For example, when shrimps are first caught they are named "raw shrimps", but once cooked the name changes to "shrimps".
Clue in a bottle
While fishing, players may also occasionally receive clue bottles that contains a clue scroll of the following difficulties: beginner, easy, medium, hard, and elite. Master clue scrolls cannot be obtained from clue bottles.
Fishing methods
Equipment
Players need the right kind of equipment to catch the fish they want. Basic Fishing equipment can be purchased in fishing shops. Players can buy fishing equipment from the fishing store in Port Sarim and from the fishing store in Catherby. More advanced fishing methods may need to be found or crafted.