Season of Discovery (SoD) Fishing Guide

Author: Luxrah
Date: November 18, 2023
Updated: December 2, 2023
Expansion: WoW Classic

Season of Discovery changes up the Classic WoW meta with lower level caps, which also limits what items you can craft and use. For the Fishing profession, that means you’ll be casting your line in lower-level zones.

Fishing Leveling & Trainers

Check out our Classic Fishing Guide for trainer locations, a leveling guide, and more.

Phase 1 Fish to Farm

Phase 1 of Season of Discovery comes with a level cap of 25, and a level 26 requirement for Expert skills. That means the maximum skill you can reach with professions is Journeyman, or skill level 150.

You won’t be able to do Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme until Phase 3. The best fishing poles will also be out of reach at this level. You may be able to get Big Iron Fishing Pole, but it requires traveling to Desolace, a level 30-40 zone. The Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza also won’t be available in Phase 1.

The most profitable fishing at this level will be from junk pools, which will net you everything from BoEs to high-level crafting materials to Rumsey Rum Black Label.

Here are the most valuable items you can fish for in Phase 1 of Season of Discovery. Keep in mind that you will catch a lot of low-value junk in higher level zones such as Stranglethorn Vale and Azshara, which require skill level 225 for a 100% catch rate.

Item	Used For	Best Place to Fish
Deviate Fish	Savory Deviate Delight (Cooking) Elixir of Giant Growth (Alchemy)	Pools in The Barrens
Raw Sagefish	Smoked Sagefish (Cooking)	River in Hillsbrad Foothills
Firefin Snapper	Fire Oil (Alchemy)	Coast of Stranglethorn Vale
Oily Blackmouth	Blackmouth Oil (Alchemy)	Coast of Stranglethorn Vale
Rumsey Rum Black Label	Consumable	Coast of Stranglethorn Vale
Rumsey Rum Dark	Consumable	Anywhere in Hillsbrad Foothills
Rumsey Rum Light	Consumable	Anywhere in The Barrens
Stranglekelp	Elixir of Defense (Alchemy) Elixir of Water Breathing (Alchemy) Free Action Potion (Alchemy) Mana Potion (Alchemy)	Anywhere
Mithril Bound Trunk	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Southern Stranglethorn Vale
Iron Bound Trunk	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Coast of Stranglethorn Vale
Watertight Trunk	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Northern Stranglethorn Vale
Tightly Sealed Trunk	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Anywhere in The Barrens
Reinforced Locked Chest	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Coast of Azshara
Ironbound Locked Chest	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Coast of Azshara
Sturdy Locked Chest	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Coast of Stranglethorn Vale
Small Locked Chest	BoEs & Misc Crafting Materials	Coast of Wetlands

Phase 2: The Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza

You can compete in the Stranglethorn fishing tournament in Phase 2. Winning the tournament offers some valuable rewards.

Blizzard plans to increase the frequency of the tournament to twice a week at some point in the season, but we don’t know when that will happen.

Check out our Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Extravaganza Guide for a list of rewards and a complete guide to the competition.

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.

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staudd

#11732

5 days ago

For anyone trying to be cheeky like me and farm the Big Iron Fishing Pole with a level 1 character by opening the containers close to the coast – they have a chance to summon a mob. It sadly doesnt work.The coast in Tanaris right at Steamwheedle port is one of the best fishing spots for P1 crafting mats. Rum, clams and 4 different kinds of containers can be pulled in the same here.

Last edited 5 days ago by staudd

stee

#11734

Reply to staudd

So you’re thinking getting this fishing pole isn’t really realistic?

Kedi

#11861

10 hours ago

Hey, I tried to fish the schools in tanaris as alliance with 150 fishing skill and Aquadynamic Fish Attractor. My fishing rod is only +5.. So I have 255 fishing skill and I missed a lot. What would you suggest?