WoW Forever Fishing and Cooking 1–300 guide

Horde

Recommended: Mulgore. Harn Longcast in Bloodhoof Village sells the pole and both recipes, Uthan Stillwater trains at Stonebull Lake a short walk away, and Thunder Bluff, your water for 75 onward, is next door.

Mulgore

1. Learn Apprentice Fishing from Uthan Stillwater if you have not already. Uthan Stillwater Stonebull Lake
2. Buy the fish recipe(s) you will cook later. Harn Longcast Bloodhoof Village
   1× Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish teaches Brilliant Smallfish
   1× Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper teaches Longjaw Mud Snapper
3. Buy a Fishing Pole and a Shiny Bauble. If an Aquadynamic Fish Attractor is on the shelf, take it and save it for the Feralas quest fish. Harn Longcast Bloodhoof Village
   1× Fishing Pole
   1× Shiny Bauble
   Aquadynamic Fish Attractor
4. Equip the pole, attach the Shiny Bauble and fish in Stonebull Lake until Fishing 75. Keep everything you catch.
   catch: [{'item_id': 6291, 'name': 'Raw Brilliant Smallfish', 'count': 45}, {'item_id': 6289, 'name': 'Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper', 'count': 30}]
   target: {'fishing': 75}
5. Learn Journeyman Fishing from Uthan Stillwater (level 10). Uthan Stillwater
   target: {'fishing_rank': 'Journeyman'}

Durotar

1. Learn Apprentice Fishing from Lau'Tiki if you have not already. Lau'Tiki the coast south of Sen'jin Village
2. Buy the fish recipe(s) you will cook later. Zansoa Sen'jin Village
   1× Recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel teaches Slitherskin Mackerel
3. Buy a Fishing Pole and a Shiny Bauble. If an Aquadynamic Fish Attractor is on the shelf, take it and save it for the Feralas quest fish. Zansoa Sen'jin Village
   1× Fishing Pole
   1× Shiny Bauble
   Aquadynamic Fish Attractor
4. Equip the pole, attach the Shiny Bauble and fish on the coast beside Lau'Tiki, south of Sen'jin Village until Fishing 75. Keep everything you catch.
   catch: [{'item_id': 6303, 'name': 'Raw Slitherskin Mackerel', 'count': 70}]
   target: {'fishing': 75}
5. Learn Journeyman Fishing from Lau'Tiki (level 10). Lau'Tiki
   target: {'fishing_rank': 'Journeyman'}

Tirisfal Glades

1. Learn Apprentice Fishing from Clyde Kellen if you have not already. Clyde Kellen Brightwater Lake
2. Buy the fish recipe(s) you will cook later. Martine Tramblay Death's Watch Waystation, south-east of Brill
   1× Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish teaches Brilliant Smallfish
3. Buy a Fishing Pole and a Shiny Bauble. If an Aquadynamic Fish Attractor is on the shelf, take it and save it for the Feralas quest fish. Martine Tramblay Death's Watch Waystation
   1× Fishing Pole
   1× Shiny Bauble
   Aquadynamic Fish Attractor
4. Equip the pole, attach the Shiny Bauble and fish in Brightwater Lake until Fishing 75. Keep everything you catch.
   catch: [{'item_id': 6291, 'name': 'Raw Brilliant Smallfish', 'count': 30}, {'item_id': 6289, 'name': 'Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper', 'count': 20}, {'item_id': 6299, 'name': 'Sickly Looking Fish', 'note': 'plus junk'}]
   target: {'fishing': 75}
5. Learn Journeyman Fishing from Clyde Kellen (level 10). Clyde Kellen
   target: {'fishing_rank': 'Journeyman'}

Zephras Isle

1. Learn Apprentice Fishing from Fenn Fairweather or Baelann Swiftcurrent if you have not already. Fenn Fairweather or Baelann Swiftcurrent Shen'dar Village / Valanaar
2. Buy a Fishing Pole and a Shiny Bauble. If an Aquadynamic Fish Attractor is on the shelf, take it and save it for the Feralas quest fish. Belandiel Farflight or Baelann Swiftcurrent Shen'dar Village / Valanaar
   1× Fishing Pole
   1× Shiny Bauble
   Aquadynamic Fish Attractor
3. Equip the pole, attach the Shiny Bauble and fish at whichever Zephras Isle lake or river is handy; the water beside either Fishing trainer works until Fishing 75. Keep everything you catch.
   catch: [{'item_id': 6291, 'name': 'Raw Brilliant Smallfish', 'count': 45}, {'item_id': 6289, 'name': 'Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper', 'count': 30}]
   target: {'fishing': 75}
4. Learn Journeyman Fishing from Fenn Fairweather or Baelann Swiftcurrent (level 10). Fenn Fairweather or Baelann Swiftcurrent
   target: {'fishing_rank': 'Journeyman'}
5. Nyalah Brightfire in Valanaar stocks both fish recipes; pick them up when you pass through. Nyalah Brightfire Valanaar
   1× Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish teaches Brilliant Smallfish
   1× Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper teaches Longjaw Mud Snapper

Horde

Nearest capital city

1. Fish in whichever capital is closest until Fishing 130. Nothing escapes in any of them past 75.
   catch: [{'item_id': 6291, 'name': 'Raw Brilliant Smallfish', 'count': 20}, {'item_id': 6289, 'name': 'Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper', 'count': 60}, {'item_id': 6308, 'name': 'Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish', 'count': 30}]
   target: {'fishing': 130}
2. Buy Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish for the next leg, and Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper if you still lack it.
   1× Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish teaches Bristle Whisker Catfish
   1× Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper teaches Longjaw Mud Snapper
3. Learn Apprentice Cooking from Aska Mistrunner (Thunder Bluff), Eunice Burch (Undercity) or Zamja (Orgrimmar) if you have not yet. Aska Mistrunner / Eunice Burch / Zamja
4. Learn Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish and cook every Raw Brilliant Smallfish you own. If your starting zone was Durotar, learn Recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel and cook the mackerel instead. Either carries Cooking to about 50; if you fall a little short, catch and cook a handful more.
   target: {'cooking': 50}
5. Train Journeyman Cooking with that trainer, pick up Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper and work through your snapper. That should carry Cooking past 100. Do not sweat it if you stop short: more snapper is coming in the next leg.
   target: {'cooking': 100}

Horde

Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale

1. Buy Expert Fishing - The Bass and You from Old Man Heming and read it (level 20, Fishing 125). Old Man Heming bottom level of Booty Bay
   1× Expert Fishing - The Bass and You
   target: {'fishing_rank': 'Expert'}
2. Buy Recipe: Mithril Head Trout and Recipe: Filet of Redgill from Kelsey Yance for later. Kelsey Yance Booty Bay
   1× Recipe: Mithril Head Trout teaches Mithril Headed Trout
   1× Recipe: Filet of Redgill teaches Filet of Redgill

Stonetalon Mountains

1. Buy 5 Nightcrawlers from Kulwia: two for the climb to 150, three saved for Dustwallow Marsh where nobody sells them. Kulwia Sun Rock Retreat
   5× Nightcrawlers
2. Attach a Nightcrawler and fish the open water until Fishing 205.
   catch: [{'item_id': 6289, 'name': 'Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper', 'count': 95}, {'item_id': 6308, 'name': 'Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish', 'count': 145}]
   target: {'fishing': 205}

Desolace

1. Buy the Expert Cookbook from Wulan, on the top floor of the eastern-most building. Wulan Shadowprey Village, top floor, eastern-most building
   1× Expert Cookbook
2. Buy 20 Alterac Swiss from Innkeeper Sikewa for the Artisan Cooking quest. Innkeeper Sikewa Shadowprey Village
   20× Alterac Swiss
3. Finish cooking Longjaw Mud Snapper if Cooking is still under 100.
   target: {'cooking': 100}
4. Read the Expert Cookbook the moment you hit Cooking 125, especially if you cook unattended. Without it skill-ups stop at 150 and you burn fish for nothing.
   target: {'cooking_rank': 'Expert'}
5. Learn Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish and cook every catfish. You should land near 175; if not, the next leg brings more catfish.
   target: {'cooking': 175}

Horde

Dustwallow Marsh

1. If you are out of Nightcrawlers, buy 3 from Kilxx in Ratchet; Dustwallow Marsh has no lure vendor. Kilxx Ratchet, The Barrens
   3× Nightcrawlers
2. Fish any inland open water in Dustwallow Marsh until Fishing 225, keeping a Nightcrawler on the pole because a few bites still escape below 225. Stay off the ocean.
   target: {'fishing': 225}
3. Accept Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme from Nat Pagle at Tidefury Cove (level 35, Fishing 225). It unlocks Artisan Fishing. Nat Pagle Tidefury Cove, Dustwallow Marsh
4. Catch the four quest fish, one per zone, and return to Nat.
   Feralas is the only stop that wants a lure: the saved Aquadynamic Fish Attractor, or Bright Baubles from Sheendra Tallgrass (Camp Mojache) / Vivianna (Feathermoon Stronghold).

Horde

Dustwallow Marsh

1. Keep fishing Dustwallow Marsh after the quest until Fishing 255.
   catch: [{'item_id': 8365, 'name': 'Raw Mithril Head Trout'}]
   target: {'fishing': 255}
2. Head to Brackenwall Village to cook, or drop your own campfire.
3. Finish the Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish if Cooking is still under 175.
   target: {'cooking': 175}
4. Learn Recipe: Mithril Head Trout and cook until Cooking 225, then stop and keep the leftover Raw Mithril Head Trout for after the Artisan quest.
   target: {'cooking': 225}

Horde

Tanaris

1. Fly to Gadgetzan and take Clamlette Surprise from Dirge Quikcleave (level 35, Cooking 225). Completing it grants Artisan Cooking. Dirge Quikcleave Gadgetzan, Tanaris
2. Gather the turn-in: 12 Giant Egg from the rocs of Tanaris, 10 Zesty Clam Meat opened from Big-mouth Clams dropped by Steeljaw Snappers and Surf Gliders along the Tanaris coast, and the 20 Alterac Swiss you bought earlier.
   12× Giant Egg
   10× Zesty Clam Meat
   Big-mouth Clam
   20× Alterac Swiss
3. Buy Recipe: Nightfin Soup, Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon and Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail from Gikkix at Steamwheedle Port. Gikkix Steamwheedle Port, Tanaris
   1× Recipe: Nightfin Soup teaches Nightfin Soup
   1× Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon teaches Poached Sunscale Salmon
   1× Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail teaches Spotted Yellowtail

Horde

Feralas

1. Fly to Camp Mojache. Buy Recipe: Baked Salmon and 10 Nightcrawlers from Sheendra Tallgrass. Sheendra Tallgrass Camp Mojache
   1× Recipe: Baked Salmon teaches Baked Salmon
   10× Nightcrawlers
2. Attach a Nightcrawler and fish the lake until Fishing 300, swapping in a fresh lure every ten minutes. Any inland water in Feralas works except Jademir Lake.
   catch: [{'item_id': 13758, 'name': 'Raw Redgill'}, {'item_id': 13759, 'name': 'Raw Nightfin Snapper'}, {'item_id': 13760, 'name': 'Raw Sunscale Salmon'}, {'item_id': 13889, 'name': 'Raw Whitescale Salmon'}]
   target: {'fishing': 300}
3. Cooking 225-250: cook the leftover Mithril Headed Trout, then learn Recipe: Filet of Redgill and cook every redgill.
   target: {'cooking': 250}
4. Cooking 250-300: learn Recipe: Nightfin Soup and Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon and cook everything you have. Recipe: Baked Salmon joins at 275 if you caught Raw Whitescale Salmon.
   target: {'cooking': 300}
5. Short of 300? Fish a little longer or top up the fish from the Auction House.
   target: {'cooking': 300}