— A Guide to Fishing Tamriel
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 Used Bait. 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 Wet Gunny Sack instead of a fish, which contains the same loot you would find in a Heavy Sack. 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. 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 Fish provisioning ingredient, and also has a very small chance of yielding a Perfect Roe, one of the provisioning ingredients used to brew Psijic Ambrosia, the experience booster drink.
Types of Water
There are four 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.
Foul
Foul water fishing holes can be found in fetid, murky pools of water such as sewers, swamps and near decomposing areas.
River
River fishing holes can be found in moving bodies of fresh flowing water that drain into a lake or the ocean.
Lake
Lake fishing holes can be found in still bodies of water with deep holes or overgrowth.
Ocean
Ocean fishing holes are almost anywhere on the coast. Coastal cities, such as Ebonheart and Skywatch, have docks with fishing holes.
Types of Bait
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Rare Fish
Aldmeri Dominion
Khenarthi's Roost | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
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None | None | Pyandonean Ray | None | |
Auridon | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
None | Ilyadifish | Blue Monkfish | Shimmerpike | |
Grahtwood | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Bilious Catfish | Stickleback | Magrove Shark | Greater Fangfin | |
Greenshade | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Viperfish | Jungle Bass | Zebra Pompano | Xylo Piranha | |
Malabal Tor | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Ouze Toadfish | Z'en's Whitefish | Abecean Halibut | Strident Leechfin | |
Reaper's March | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Slimeslither | Forest Bream | None | Strid Shad |
Daggerfall Covenant
Stros M'Kai | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
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None | None | Eltheric Grouper | None | |
Glenumbra | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Hag Fen Hagfish | Cambray Perch | Azurain Flounder | Brook Trout | |
Stormhaven | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Gray Loach | Silver Walleye | Alcaire Pike | Dreugh Shrimp | |
Rivenspire | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
None | Ichory Chub | Northpoint Cod | Ruby Tench | |
Alik'r Desert | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Midget Salmon | Desert Pupfish | Bonefish | None | |
Bangkorai | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
None | Lake Snapper | Bjoulsae Hake | Prickleback |
Ebonheart Pact
Bleakrock Isle | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
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None | None | Inner Sea Scalyfin | None | |
Stonefalls | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Scum Carp | Rainbow Zander | Akaviri Wrasse | Ash Shad | |
Deshaan | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
None | Mud Lamprey | Pikeblenny | Toadstool Tilapia | |
Shadowfen | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Coelacanth | Histcarp | None | Shark Tadpole | |
Eastmarch | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Ice Remora | King Sturgeon | Ghost Haddock | White River Pickerel | |
The Rift | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Sulfursucker | Ilinalta Trout | None | Muskellunge |
Miscellaneous
Coldharbour | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
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Ghoulfish | None | None | None | |
Craglorn | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
None | Crag Salmon | None | Nedic Eel | |
Cyrodiil | Foul | Lake | Ocean | River |
Sewer Eel | Runmare Bream | Topal Fanche | Nibenay Trout |
Fishing Achievements
There are a total of 25 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.)
Auridon Angler (5 points) | Roost Angler (5 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grahtwood Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Greenshade Angler (5 points) | Dominion Fisherman (10 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Malabal Tor Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Reaper's March Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Alik'r Angler (5 points) | Stros Angler (5 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bangkorai Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Glenumbra Angler (5 points) | Covenant Fisherman (10 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rivenspire Angler (5 points) | Master Fisher (50 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stormhaven Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deshaan Angler (5 points) | Bleakrock Angler (5 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eastmarch Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rift Angler (5 points) | Pact Fisherman (10 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shadowfen Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stonefalls Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrodiil Angler (10 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coldharbour Angler (5 points) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Craglorn Angler (5 points) | |||||
Bugs
- Occasionally you will receive the message "You cannot fish in Werewolf form" while attempting to fish.
- This can be fixed by relogging.
- Sometimes while fishing at a lake in Auridon, you will catch both a Barbel and a Zebra Oto, the latter of which is a rare fish from The Rift, and will get credit for both.