🎣 Fishing

Cast lines into the shallows and the deep currents beyond.

Type: Gathering skill · Levels: 1–99 (XP table) · Ledger area: Ledger Reef Shoals

Actions

Base time and XP, before tools, Expertise and other bonuses. XP/h assumes no bonuses.

Action	Level	Time	XP	XP/h	Needs	Makes
Driftminnow	1	3 s	8	9,600	—	1 × 🐟 Driftminnow
Reef Perch	10	4 s	18	16,200	—	1 × 🐠 Reef Perch
Stormfin	25	5 s	35	25,200	—	1 × 🦈 Stormfin
Glasseel 💠 Ledger	40	6 s	60	36,000	—	1 × 🪼 Glasseel
Lanternfish	45	6 s	58	34,800	—	1 × 🐡 Lanternfish
Thunderjaw	60	7 s	54	27,771	—	1 × 🐊 Thunderjaw
Moonray	70	7.5 s	58	27,840	—	1 × 🌙 Moonray
Trench Angler	80	8 s	62	27,900	—	1 × 🎏 Trench Angler
Leviathan Eel	90	9 s	68	27,200	—	1 × 🐉 Leviathan Eel

Bait

Load Alchemy bait to raise rare-find odds on every catch (one bait per catch): Tonics and bait.

Rare drops and finds

Odds are per action, before rare-find bonuses (Lucky Currents, Expertise, tonics, bait, trinkets), which multiply them.

Drop	Chance	On
💠 Tide Shard	1 in 2,500	Every action except Glasseel
💠 Tide Shard	1 in 1,250	Glasseel

Flotsam: 1 in 125 chance per action to roll a find (every action).

Find	Rarity	Amount	Per action
🍾 Driftbottle	Uncommon	1	1 in 179
📿 Sailor's Locket	Rare	1	1 in 500
🪮 Siren's Comb	Epic	1	1 in 2,778
🛡️ Leviathan Scale	Legendary	1	1 in 25,000

Tools

One tool slot. Tools are smithed from bars and a Carpentry handle (see tools); the tier 1 tool is also sold in the shop for 150 gold.

Tier	Tool	Level	Speed	Sell value
1	🎣 Tidecopper Rod	1	+5%	30
2	🎣 Saltiron Rod	15	+10%	80
3	🎣 Coralsilver Rod	30	+15%	170
4	🎣 Duskiron Rod	45	+20%	260
5	🎣 Stormglass Rod	60	+25%	420
6	🎣 Moonsteel Rod	70	+30%	650
7	🎣 Deepbone Rod	80	+35%	1,000
8	🎣 Tidesteel Rod	90	+40%	1,600

Ledger area: Ledger Reef Shoals

Warm, crowded waters where fish bite in pairs.

Applies automatically for Ledger Pass holders: +10% XP, 10% chance of double output.

Ledger exclusives (never needed by free players): Glasseel (level 40).

Expertise

Every action earns its own Expertise level (1–50) as you repeat it. Milestones for Fishing:

Expertise	Completions	Perk
10	1,300	+5% speed
20	5,379	+5% double yield
30	12,011	+50% rare finds
40	21,089	+10% XP
50	32,539	Expert title

Full curve: Expertise.

Curios

Fishing can turn up curios from the 🎣 Fisher's Keepsakes set: 1 in 3,000 per action, before rare-find bonuses. Only curios you are still missing can drop.