Online:Fishing

"After a hard week of farming, or a long night of being nagged by your wife, there is nothing better than going out for a bit of a fish." 
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Fishing is one of several activities available in Elder Scrolls Online. It requires bait and a fishing hole. Bait can be gathered from various creatures around the world, such as beetles, rats, and butterflies as well as obtained via fishing or gathering plants. Fishing holes are numerous and close to shore. They are characterized by sparkling water and leaping fish. Different fish can be caught in different locales. Fish in different water types respond to different types of bait, and using advanced bait, which can be caught from fishing holes, increases the chance of landing rare ones. 

Once at a fishing hole, the next step is to choose the type of bait. Using the correct type of bait for that water type will yield more success and prevent the appearance of  . If you get one, it means you are using the incorrect bait type for that fishing hole. While fishing, you also have a chance to reel in a   instead of a fish, which contains miscellaneous crafting materials such as trait materials, tempers, style materials, or enchanting runes. When a fish is on the line, the float will sink into the water and your character will pull on the fishing rod. Activating it in time will bring in a fish.

Every fishing hole has 15 catches, except ones in the Imperial City, which have 30. It is possible to come across fishing holes with less catches, because players can abandon a fishing hole before it is emptied, leaving the rest of the catches for later players. On rare occasions, a fishing hole can respawn shortly after having been emptied, or even sometimes while you are currently fishing out of it.

When you catch a common fish, you are able to fillet it if you use it from your inventory. Doing so gives you a guaranteed   provisioning ingredient, and also has a very small chance (1%) of yielding a  , one of the provisioning ingredients used to brew   (as well as  ).
 

Types of Water
There are four main types of water sources that you can fish from. As detailed in A Guide to Fishing Tamriel'', certain types of bait work better in certain types of water, and different common fish are caught depending on the water type. A fifth type of water, "Spawning", is quest-related and isn't usually encountered.

Foul 
thumb|left|A Foul fishing hole


Foul water fishing holes can be found in fetid, murky pools of water such as sewers, swamps and near decomposing corpses.
 

River
thumb|left|A River fishing hole


River fishing holes can be found in moving bodies of fresh flowing water that drain into a lake or the ocean.
 
Lake
thumb|left|A Lake fishing hole


Lake fishing holes can be found in still bodies of water with deep holes or overgrowth.
 
Saltwater
thumb|left|A Saltwater fishing hole


Saltwater fishing holes are almost anywhere on the coast. Coastal cities, such as Ebonheart and Skywatch, have docks with fishing holes.
 

Spawning
thumb|left|A Spawning fishing hole


Spawning fishing holes are related to specific quests, as detailed below.
 

Mystic
thumb|left|A Mystic fishing hole


Mystic fishing holes are only found on Artaeum, and they function identically to Saltwater fishing holes.
 

Oily
thumb|left|An Oily fishing hole


Oily fishing holes are only found in the Clockwork City, and they function identically to Foul fishing holes.
 


Types of Bait
Bait can be obtained by various methods, as detailed below. Bait items can be stored in Craft Bags and are categorized as Provisioning materials, even though most bait isn't used in any Provisioning recipes.

In Clockwork City, instead of the usual foul water fish you will catch either   or  .

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Provisioning
Some fishing bait items are also used in various Provisioning recipes:
 






Furnishing
A few Furnishing plans also use bait as ingredients:
 

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Rare Fish
Aldmeri Dominion


Daggerfall Covenant


Ebonheart Pact


Miscellaneous


Quest-Related Fish
These fish can only be caught at specific fishing holes as part of the related quest. Aside from Used Bait, nothing else can be caught at these fishing holes.



Other Items
In addition to fish, there are several other types of items you can earn by fishing:

Antiquity Leads
  lead for Thrassian Stranglers (Saltwater fishing holes in Stros M'Kai)
  lead for Thrassian Stranglers (Mystic fishing holes in Artaeum)
  lead for Mnemonic Star-Sphere furniture (Oily fishing holes in Clockwork City)
  lead for Harpooner's Wading Kilt (Foul fishing holes in Murkmire)

Crafting Motifs
  &mdash; a container found only in Summerset that may contain a page from the Crafting Motif 64: Pyandonean Style book and/or units of  .

Recipes
  &mdash; a container found only in Artaeum that may contain the following rare recipes:
::   &mdash; creates the Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl unique dish
::   &mdash; creates the Artaeum Takeaway Broth drink

Furniture
Additionally, you may find the following furnishing items for your home:


Misc
  &mdash; may contain a weapon, piece of armor, crafting materials, or other items.

Fishing Buffs
Champion Point Perks
There are two Champion perks associated with fishing. Both are in the Craft tree, and both are active (i.e. must be slotted to take effect). These are Reel Technique and Angler’s Instincts. The former reduces the time needed for a fish to bite by 25%; the latter increases the chance to snag a rare fish and stacks with other bonuses such as the one from Lure Allure detailed below. 

Fish Eye
thumb|right|Fish Eye
:Increases Magicka and Stamina Recovery by x and grants keen eyes toward fish.
Fish Eye is a status effect gained by drinking  . In addition to a level-scaled buff to   and  , the drink grants "keen eyes" similar to the Keen Eye perks available for crafting material nodes. With this status effect, fishing holes will appear to glow, and the water type will be displayed when you approach (e.g. "River Fish", "Spawning Fish", etc). While the glow effect may be useful in highlighting fishing holes, the secondary effect is largely obsolete since water types are now automatically displayed even without this drink active.
 

Lure Allure
:Increases Max Health and Max Magicka. Additionally, fish may be drawn to you.
Lure Allure is a buff gained by eating  . In addition to a level-scaled increase to your maximum   and  , the food causes fish to be attracted to you. This shortens the time needed for fish to bite, increasing the rate at which you can reel in fish and other items.
 

Fishing Achievements
There are many achievements associated with fishing. Every zone except the starter islands has 12 rare fish you can catch. Catching all of the rare fish in a zone will give you that zone's achievement. If you get all of the major zone achievements in one alliance, you'll receive another achievement for that alliance. Get all three of those, along with the starter island achievements and the separate ones for Cyrodiil and Coldharbour, and you'll receive the rare Master Fisher achievement. Note that the fish on the starter islands are not necessary for the alliance fishing achievements, but they are necessary for the Master Fisher achievement. Completing the Master Fisher achievement grants the title "Master Angler".

Craglorn Angler and the DLC achievements are not needed to earn the Master Fisher achievement. Fish Boon Angler is a quest-related holiday event achievement.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bugs
 
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Notes
Guts are a quest item in The Witchmother's Bargain.