Fishing

Fishing is one of the many Skills in Curse of Aros. The Fishing skill is a resource gathering skill which doesn't require any kind of combat or fighting. You will earn Fishing-experience by casting your fishing rod at different bodies of water. Make sure you use a Fishing Rod when fishing to avoid getting your hand eaten by fish!

While fishing, Fishing Chest periodically drops with a 5-minute cooldown. The chest gives Fishing Shard, which can be made into Fishing Key. These keys are used to get skilling armor.

Step 1 - Buying your first Fishing Rod

Before getting started, you'll first need a fishing rod. Head over to the Merchant and buy the "Bronze Rod". You will need to start with this particular fishing rod, as the other ones require a certain fishing proficiency. This starting fishing rod is cheap, but you can't afford it, find yourself some Chickens or Bats to slaughter until you have the required 75 gold.

Step 2 - Wielding your Fishing Rod

Now that you have you're own fishing rod, it's time to wield it. Press the backpack icon located on your action bar. Click or Tap on your fishing rod and press "Wield". Now the only step is to start fishing!

Step 3 - Finding the right areas

Now obviously you're not going to go out and catch the biggest fish without a little experience. Try finding some Earthworms that spawn around Brightleaf. In the picture to the left, you can see the perfect place to use your bait.

Step 4 - Start Fishing

When you've collected some bait and found the perfect fishing spot, it's time to start fishing. To do so you need to press the interact-button displaying an image of your fishing rod. This is illustrated in the picture to the left. Once again, this activity is not bound to the attack-button.

Step 5 - What's next?

Once you've pressed the interact-button, all that's left is to sit back and let your character do the rest. This is an automatic activity, meaning that you only need to press the button once. Once you've filled your inventory, you can either sell or save them for later use such as (Cooking). Occasionally while skilling you may discover a Fishing Chest, these give you fishing shards which are used to create Fishing Keys.

A list of the different types of Fishing Rods.

Fishing-Level	Rod	Obtained by/from
1	Bronze Rod	Merchant / Smithing / Crafting
10	Iron Rod	Merchant / Smithing / Crafting
20	Steel Rod	Merchant / Smithing / Crafting
30	Crimsteel Rod	Merchant / Smithing / Crafting
50	Mythan Rod	Smithing / Crafting
60	Cobalt Rod	Smithing / Crafting
70	Varaxite Rod	Smithing / Crafting
80	Magic Rod	Smithing / Crafting
90	Umbral Rod	Smithing / Crafting
95	Ancient Rod	Crafting

A list of the different types of bait.

Use Level	Bait	Use Area	Obtained in	Obtained from
1	Earthworm	Docks in South Brightleaf or Lake, East of Slime Field	Brightleaf	Randomly spawned around the area
10	Iceworm	Docks in South Brightleaf or Pond near Varaxis entrance portal	Wintermist	Randomly spawned around the area
30	Corpseworm	High Risk PvP and Shadowdune	High Risk PvP and Shadowdune	Northern part of High Risk PvP and southeast part of Shadowdune
40	Toxic Worm	Varaxis	Varaxis	Randomly spawned around the area
45	Sandworm	Shadowdune	Shadowdune	Randomly spawned around the area
50	Beetle	Docks in South Brightleaf	Northern Brightleaf or Mushroom Island	Uncommonly dropped from Fishing spiders, Forest spiders, Mushrooms, Sapphire scarabs, Ruby scarabs, Arosite scarabs and Magnetite scarabs.
60	Grasshopper	Docks of South Brightleaf or Lake, East of Slime Field	Northern Brightleaf	Uncommonly dropped from Fishing spiders, and Forest spiders
70	Wasp	Docks in South Brightleaf	Southwest of Brightleaf	Uncommonly dropped from Giant hornets
75	Scallop	Docks in South Brightleaf, Mushroom Island, or Shadowdune	Brightleaf	Uncommonly dropped from Forest bats
85	Crab	Docks in South Brightleaf or Mushroom Island	Brightleaf	Merchant
90	Bass	Docks in South Brightleaf or Mushroom Island	Brightleaf	Fishing

A list of available fish and the required Fishing-Level:

Fishing-Level	Fish	Bait used	Fishing exp
1	Anchovies	Earthworm	10
5	Goldfish	Earthworm	20
10	Mackerel	Iceworm	50
20	Squid	Iceworm	115
30	Sardine	Corpseworm	375
40	Eel	Toxic Worm	500
45	Anglerfish	Sandworm	625
50	Trout	Beetle	750
55	Jellyfish	Beetle	900
60	Bass	Grasshopper	1,350
65	Herringbone	Grasshopper	1,700
70	Tuna	Wasp	2,000
75	Lobster	Scallop	3,500
80	Sea Turtle	Scallop	6,500
85	Manta Ray	Crab	9,500
90	Shark	Bass	14,500
95	Orca	Bass	29,500
100	Giant Squid	Bass	55,000

Fishing gear

These items enhance your fishing efficiency.

Level	Item	Special Effects
1	Chompy Chompy (gold) Chompy (gemstone)	Boosts your fish chance (also works on other gathering skills)
1	Shark's Head I Shark's Head II Shark's Head III Shark's Torso I Shark's Torso II Shark's Torso III Shark's Legs I Shark's Legs II Shark's Legs III Shark's Flippers I Shark's Flippers II Shark's Flippers III Shark's Fins I Shark's Fins II Shark's Fins III	Gives 1% bonus exp each (6% if full set)
1	Megalodon's Head Megalodon's Torso Megalodon's Legs Megalodon's Fins Megalodon's Flippers	Gives 2% bonus exp each (12% if full set)