Skill tiers
tiers: rank: Apprentice; skill_range: 1-75; min_char_level: 5; rank: Journeyman; skill_range: 75-150; min_char_level: 10; rank: Expert; skill_range: 150-225; min_char_level: 20; rank: Artisan; skill_range: 225-300; min_char_level: 35 expert_225: Expert Fishing - The Bass and You (1g): Old Man Heming, Booty Bay (Classic-baseline) artisan_300: Quest 'Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme' from Nat Pagle, Dustwallow Marsh; Feralas Ahi, Misty Reed Mahi Mahi, Sar'theris Striker, Savage Coast Blue Sailfin (Classic-baseline) confidence: Classic-baseline
Forever changes
• Legacy Luremaster: while a Lure is active, 25% chance of an extra fish per rank (2 ranks) (Reported, Warcraft Tavern/Icy Veins) • Campsite object: Fish Bowl - All Stats buff (Reported, Icy Veins news) • Zockify claims Tackle Boxes for lures, Lava Fishing with special rods, dailies in 'Blackmaw Village' and a 'Salty' meta-title - no corroboration found (low confidence / possible rumor) • [Sept 28 research] Fishing remains a secondary profession and does not count against the two-primary-profession cap. • [Sept 28 research] Fishing gains its own three-tier campsite object ladder (Fish Bowl, Fishing Rack, Fishing Hut) analogous to Cooking's campfire ladder, unlocked at increasing Fishing skill. • [Sept 28 research] The Fish Bowl campsite buff is an All Stats increase (reported at 8% across three independent write-ups: Wowhead, Icy Veins, and a beta-adjacent guide) that is explicitly stated to be mutually exclusive with (does not stack with) a Paladin's Blessing of Kings-type stat buff. • [Sept 28 research] Fishing Rack (skill ~140) and Fishing Hut (skill ~300) both retain the Fish Bowl's All Stats buff and add the ability to catch, respectively, uncommon and rare fish for the duration of the buff (about 1 hour). Fishing Rack was also described by Wowhead as granting 'Fishing skill lures' at the campsite. • [Sept 28 research] At least one beta forum thread (r/beta feedback, Sept 2026) reports fishing node/clam yield rates dropped sharply between test builds (one player: ~12-15 clams per 30 minutes pre-patch vs. ~2 post-patch) and that fishing pools now sit inside higher mob-aggro radii than before, making some pools harder to fish safely. This is a single beta report, not corroborated elsewhere, and may reflect a bug or a since-changed build rather than an intended design. • [Sept 28 research] A claim that new Fishing 'Tackle Box' reagent-bag items exist comes from Zockify; this was NOT corroborated by any other source checked (Wowhead, Warcraft Tavern, Icy Veins, Mobalytics, beta forums) and should be treated as Unverified. • [Sept 28 research] Perk: Luremaster (Legacy Professions tree): while fishing with a Lure active, grants a chance to catch an extra fish. Warcraft Tavern: 2 ranks, 50% chance at max rank. Icy Veins: Rank 1 alone gives 25% chance. The two figures are consistent with each other (25% x 2 ranks = 50%), so this perk's numbers are the most internally consistent of the Cooking/Fishing legacy perks checked. • [Sept 28 research] Leveling: No official or corroborated Horde-side 1-300 Fishing leveling path was found; multiple SEO sites (fishbot.org, expcarry, foreverchanges.pro, classicwowforever, wowclassicforever.info, mobalytics) claim full leveling guides referencing a Stranglethorn Vale ('STV') fishing derby/tournament rework, but as of this research pass their content could not be fetched/verified (one Mobalytics fetch returned only a beta placeholder notice: 'We're currently in the BETA learning everything about Professions. This guide will be updated soon.'). • [Sept 28 research] Leveling: No confirmed detail was found on a fishing skill cap change, a new Fishing trainer, new specific fish species, or a tournament/derby rework beyond secondhand SEO-site headlines referencing a 'Revamped Stranglethorn Fishing Derby' - treat all of this as Unverified pending a readable primary source.
Key products
• Raw fish for Cooking stat/XP food • Classic: Nightfin Snapper, Stonescale Eel (Flasks/oil), Oily Blackmouth • Fish Bowl (Fishing skill ~20) - crafted from Raw Brilliant Smallfish + Empty Vial; grants All Stats +8% (exclusive with Blessing of Kings); ~1 hour cooldown/duration. • Fishing Rack (Fishing skill ~140) - crafted from Simple Wood x2, Crystal Vial, Raw Mithril Head Trout x2; grants uncommon-fish catch chance for 1 hour plus Fish Bowl's stat benefit. • Fishing Hut (Fishing skill ~300) - crafted from Simple Wood x5, Bolt of Runecloth x2, Seasonal Fish Steaks; grants rare-fish catch chance for 1 hour plus Fish Bowl's stat benefit.
Trainers
horde: Orgrimmar: Lumak; Thunder Bluff: Kah Mistrunner (Classic-baseline); Undercity: Armand Cromwell (Classic-baseline) alliance: Stormwind: Arnold Leland; Ironforge: Grimnur Stonebrand; Darnassus: Astaia note: Lumak verified (Warcraft Wiki Orgrimmar NPCs); others Classic-baseline memory
Specializations
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