Fishing & Hunting

Fishing & Hunting is a gathering skill. You catch fish and hunt game like hares, birds and deer. Cooking turns your catch into meals that heal you in fights.

How to train

Start with Catch minnow or Trap hares at level 1. New activities open as you level up: see the table below.
Tool: Pine fishing rod (+15% speed, made with Carpentry). Better ones: Iron fishing rod (+20%), Cobalt fishing rod (+30%).
Potion: Angler's potion (+10% speed, made with Medicine).

Activities

Level	Activity	Makes	Sells for
1	Catch minnow	Minnow	1
1	Trap hares	Hare	4
6	Catch perch	Perch	2
12	Catch trout	Trout	5
14	Net wild fowl	Wild fowl	9
20	Catch pike	Pike	8
30	Catch carp	Carp	11
34	Hunt deer	Venison	22
42	Catch salmon	Salmon	14
55	Catch eel	Eel	17
68	Catch sturgeon	Sturgeon	20
82	Catch icefish	Icefish	23
95	Catch kingfish	Kingfish	26

"Sells for" is what one action's items sell for, at the level the activity opens, before bonuses. Every skill uses the same XP table: see Levels and XP.

Mastery

Each of the 13 Fishing & Hunting activities has its own mastery level, from 1 to 99. Every completed action gives that activity mastery XP, and higher mastery makes the activity better (table below).

A quarter of that mastery XP (half once Fishing & Hunting is level 99) also goes into the Fishing & Hunting mastery pool, which holds up to 12,025,000 XP. You can spend pool XP on any Fishing & Hunting activity: 1 pool XP gives 1 mastery XP. See Mastery for the exact numbers.

Each activity's own mastery

Activity mastery	Adds to that activity
10	+2% speed
20	+2% speed
30	+2% speed
40	+2% speed
50	+2% speed
60	+2% speed
70	+2% speed
80	+2% speed
90	+2% speed
99	+10 points high-quality chance, +50% rare drop chance

Pool checkpoints

While the pool is filled to a checkpoint or above, its bonus counts for every Fishing & Hunting activity. If you spend the pool below a checkpoint, that bonus stops until the pool fills up again.

Pool filled	Pool XP	Adds to every activity of the skill
10%	1,202,500	+5% mastery XP
25%	3,006,250	+10% XP
50%	6,012,500	+25% rare drop chance
95%	11,423,750	+5% speed

Gear for this skill

Pine fishing rod — +15% speed
Gatherer's bag — +8% speed
Throwing net — +1 item per action
Well-water flask — +10% XP
Iron fishing rod — +20% speed
Cobalt fishing rod — +30% speed, +1 item per action
Oilskin cape — +8% speed

Gear only helps while it is equipped. A high-quality piece gives 1.5 times the bonus, rounded down. See also every boost for Fishing & Hunting.

Faster from rebuilt places

Abandoned farmstead — +10% speed everywhere, once it is rebuilt
The flooded locks — +10% speed everywhere, once it is rebuilt
The flooded locks — +15% speed while you are there, once it is rebuilt

Story

Catch fish, and hunt hares, birds and deer. Cooking turns your catch into food.