Brighter Shores Fishing Guide

Brighter Shores Fisherman Leveling Guide 1-500

Holy Mackerel, there are a lot of fish.

One of the first five professions you have access to in Brighter Shores is Fisherman, accessible in the first zone of Hopeport. Most of the fish you will fish up in Brighter Shores are used in two of the other Hopeport professions: Alchemist and Chef. We’ve put together this Brighter Shores Fisherman Guide so you know the best way to level the Fishing profession and where you can find all the fish as you level up.

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How to level Fishing in Brighter Shores
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How to level the Fisherman profession

In Brighter Shores, you’ll level Fishing by simply catching fish around Hopeport. From Level 0, you’ll want to purchase a Fishing Spear for 12 Silver at Melv’s Fishing Supplies in Hopeport. This will allow you to use your Spear to do some Spearfishing for the early catchable fish including Flounder, Eel, and Gurnad.

A good rule of thumb when leveling Fishing is to constantly upgrade your Fishing equipment as you unlock it, and always fish the highest level fish you have unlocked. For example, start with Mottled Flounder then switch to Lesser Eel at Fishing Level 2 and Sandy Pufferfish at Level 4. Higher-level fish not only give more XP, but you can sell them for more money at the Fish Stall.

You also unlock a better Fishing Spear at Level 15 that costs a whopping 126 Silver, but adds 5% more XP when Fishing, so it’s worth grabbing. Other equipment will be required to catch certain fish, such as a Fishing Rod to start catching Dab and other fish you can’t catch with a Fishing Pole.

How to AFK Level Fishing

Like other professions, you can start AFK or offline leveling your Fishing skill in Brighter Shores upon reaching Level 20. At Level 20 you’ll start earning Knowledge each time you do any actions. Once your Knowledge bar reaches 100%, you will receive a Knowledge Point. You can invest this Knowledge Point into unlocking passive skills for the profession of your choice.

The first passive skill you can unlock for Fisherman is the ability to catch Common Dab at Level 20. By spending one Knowledge Point on this skill, you can then offline and AFK fish up the Common Dab in Hopeport to slowly gain XP while offline or idle.

In the event you know you are going to be offline for a while, check your Fisherman tab and look for the highest level Fish with a blue circle next to it. This indicates the fish can be caught while idle or even offline, so start the process before logging out to ensure you’ll come back to some XP and fish. Of course, these fish give a lot less XP compared to normal fish, but it’s at least a way to continue leveling passively.

All Fish Locations in Brighter Shores

As you level your Fishing in Brighter Shores, you’ll access higher-level Fish that you can catch which grant more XP but also are used for higher-level recipes in other professions. Here are all the levels required and the locations in which you can find every fishable fish in Brighter Shores:

LevelFish or UnlockLocationUsage
0Fishing SpearPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesCosts 12 Silver. Adds 1 🌟
0Mottled FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
2Lesser EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
4Sandy PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
6Olive FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
8Gray EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
10Lonely PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
12Stone FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
14Yellowtail GurnadPirate Hideout (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
15Fishing SpearPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesCosts 126 Silver. Adds 2 🌟. +5% XP Boost
16Rocky EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
18Lemon PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
20Fishing RodPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesCosts 72 Silver. Adds 1 🌟
20Common DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
22Arrowtooth FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
25Spotted MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
28Cast NetPurchased at Melv’s Fishing Supplies
28Placid BassSeashells Seashore (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
31Ballan WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
34Ridged HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
36Rord EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
39Lobster PotPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesRequired to catch Lobsters.
39Orange LobsterWest Waterfront (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
42Figure Eight PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
43Fishing SpearPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 3 🌟
45Idle SturletVincible (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
48Leathery BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
50Journeyman Fisher Cape
50Common RayRay Bay (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
53Small DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
56Bigeye GurnardPirate Hideout (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
59Whitespot MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
62Flowery FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
65Goldsinny WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
66Fishing RodPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 2 🌟
67Gray HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
70Slight CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
73Oyster NetPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesRequired to catch Oysters. Adds 1 🌟
73Beach OysterEast Waterfront (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
76Moray EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
79Flathead SturletVincible (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
81Blue Jack MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
84Striped BassSeashells Seashore (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
87Black BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
90Dim RayRay Bay (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
93Dancing DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
95Striped SturletVincible (Hopeport)Used in Chef profession recipes.
98Rubber PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)Vendor for Silver.
100Adept Fisher Cape
101Cuckoo WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)
104Waltzing CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)
107Striped LobsterWest Waterfront (Hopeport)
110Red HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)
112Blackfin GurnardPirate Hideout (Hopeport)
113Fishing SpearPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 4 🌟
115Streaked MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
116Fishing RodPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 3 🌟
118Jelly FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)
120Surf BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)
123Soldier RayRay Bay (Hopeport)
126Thick Lipped SturletVincible (Hopeport)
129Summer DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)
131Conger EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)
134Horse MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
137Emerald BassSeashells Seashore (Hopeport)
140Signal OysterEast Waterfront (Hopeport)
142Cleaner WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)
145Teal CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)
148Ochre HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)
150Merry Old PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)
153Wandering SturletVincible (Hopeport)
156Chub MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
157Fishing RodPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 4 🌟
159Nimble RayRay Bay (Hopeport)
161Smooth DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)
164Shiny GurnardPirate Hideout (Hopeport)
167Graceful BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)
170Ornate WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)
172Peacock FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)
173Fishing SpearPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 5 🌟
175Ghost LobsterWest Waterfront (Hopeport)
176Lobster PotPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 2 🌟
178Pearly CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)
179Cast NetPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 2 🌟
180Wishful HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)
183Silver SturletVincible (Hopeport)
186Leopard EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)
189Blue MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
191Dropthe BassSeashells Seashore (Hopeport)
194Cream BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)
197Tiger RayRay Bay (Hopeport)
200Expert Fisher Cape
200Western SturletVincible (Hopeport)
205Fishing RodPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 5 🌟
208Screaming Ab DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)
217Hightide PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)
226Speckled OysterEast Waterfront (Hopeport)
231Oyster NetPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 2 🌟
235Mosaic CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)
243Six Line WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)
252Wahoo MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
261Torpedo GurnardPirate Hideout (Hopeport)
270Hope HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)
279Starry FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)
287Blond SturletVincible (Hopeport)
296Gilt-Headed BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)
305Broad RayRay Bay (Hopeport)
310Fishing SpearPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 6 🌟
314Spotted DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)
323Greater EelEel Street Bridge (Hopeport)
331Cunning LobsterWest Waterfront (Hopeport)
340Etway MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
349Giant BassSeashells Seashore (Hopeport)
358Corkwing WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)
363Fishing RodPurchased at Melv’s Fishing SuppliesAdds 6 🌟
366Burly CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)
375Shimmering HerringBoardwalk (Hopeport)
384Unicorn PufferfishWilhope Crossing (Hopeport)
393Bullet SturletVincible (Hopeport)
402Brilliant BreamCentral Waterfront (Hopeport)
410Jade RayRay Bay (Hopeport)
419King MackibutSalty Swine (Hopeport)
428Grand GurnardPirate Hideout (Hopeport)
437Rusty OysterEast Waterfront (Hopeport)
446Mighty DabVacant Pier (Hopeport)
454Emperor CodStarfish Point (Hopeport)
463Mega WraddockLittle Lucy (Hopeport)
472Black FlounderEast Beach (Hopeport)
481Mighty SturletVincible (Hopeport)
490Prime RayRay Bay (Hopeport)
500Ultimate Fisher Cape

You want to constantly fish the highest level fish that you can that is not a passive gathering skill as indicated by the blue circle. Make sure to constantly purchase the upgraded tools as they become available as your enchantments carry over, so your experience gain will be increased with each new purchase.


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