Retail Midnight profession

Fishing: from raw material to finished item.

Catch 20 fish from open water and 12 pool types, target cooking reagents, use buff fish, collect lure recipes and treasure components, and support guild feasts.

Current as of July 26, 2026Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.

Skill cap300

TypeSecondary / Gathering

Best pairCooking

TrainerDrathen — Silvermoon /way #2393 44.7 60.2; Melandra — Eversong /way #2395 48.6 76.0; Old Koko — Zul'Aman /way #2437 48.6 25.8.

A-to-Z route

Level it with a purpose.

Do not craft random orange recipes. Pick a finished-item lane, secure the materials, and use first crafts, Knowledge, cooldowns, or server phase rules to advance.

1
1–100
Fish safe Eversong or Zul'Aman water. Open water is fine for skill; pools are better for value.
2
100–200
Target pools tied to desired fish and Cooking recipe; equip lure and fishing line.
3
200–300
Farm Viscous Void, Oceanic Vortex, Careless Cargo, and zone-specific pools with high Perception.
4
At cap
Maintain target lists for feasts, lures, special fish, and treasure recipes.

Specialization / focus

Choose the lane you want to supply.

No specialization tree

Your first points should support the items you plan to craft or gather every week. Avoid spreading points across unrelated branches before your first market or guild-support lane is functional.

Production catalog

What you can make or gather—and how.

Each card shows the ingredient family, acquisition method, recipe source, and a repeatable production workflow.

Arcane Wyrmfish

Ingredients: Eversong/Harandar pools and open water
Get the ingredients: Target Bubbling Bloom, Sunwell Swarm, or Blossoming Torrent.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Perception buff; cooking/feast input.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Lynxfish

Ingredients: Eversong/Zul'Aman
Get the ingredients: Target Bubbling Bloom, Sunwell Swarm, Surface Ripple.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Perception buff.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Root Crab

Ingredients: Zul'Aman/Harandar
Get the ingredients: Target Obscured School/Surface Ripple; run over spawned crab critter.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Cooking ingredient.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Sin'dorei Swarmer

Ingredients: Eversong/Zul'Aman
Get the ingredients: Target Bubbling Bloom, Sunwell Swarm, Surface Ripple.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Fishing-skill buff and recipes.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Blood Hunter

Ingredients: Zul'Aman/Voidstorm
Get the ingredients: Target Surface Ripple, Hunter Surge, Viscous Void; kill spirit for extra fish.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Cooking/lure input.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Twisted Tetra

Ingredients: Harandar/Zul'Aman
Get the ingredients: Target Obscured School or Lashing Waves.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Tasty Smoked Tetra and Fresh Fillet.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Warping Wise

Ingredients: Voidstorm
Get the ingredients: Target Viscous Void or Oceanic Vortex.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Wise Tails and special effect.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Bloomtail Minnow

Ingredients: Harandar pools
Get the ingredients: Target Lashing Waves; filleting can yield Bloom Baubles.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Cooking and pool conversion.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Careless Cargo

Ingredients: Treasure pool
Get the ingredients: Fish shared zones; primary source for lure recipes and Angler's Grand Line components.
Unlock / source: Treasure pool
Why make it: Fishing gear and recipe unlocks.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Viscous Void

Ingredients: Shared Void fish pool
Get the ingredients: Safer target for Voidstorm fish than rare Oceanic Vortex.
Unlock / source: Fishing pool
Why make it: Blood Hunter, Null Voidfish, Ominous Octopus, etc.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Thalassian Fillet

Ingredients: Any fish
Get the ingredients: Learn Midnight Cooking; fillet lower-value fish, but keep fish needed intact for recipes/lures.
Unlock / source: Cooking skill 1
Why make it: Universal cooking reagent.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Material acquisition

Farm, buy, disenchant, or commission it.

Use this source map before purchasing. Farm when the route also advances your character or weekly objectives; buy when opportunity cost is higher than the AH price.

Material	Method	Where / how	Used for
Tranquility Bloom	Farm	Herbalism nodes throughout Midnight zones; Lush versions yield more.	Alchemy, Inscription, Mulch
Argentleaf	Farm	Herbalism nodes; target Eversong and mixed Midnight routes.	Alchemy, Cooking teas, Inscription
Azeroot	Farm	Herbalism nodes; also used heavily by Alchemy and Inscription.	Potions, inks, profession tools
Mana Lily	Farm	Usually found near or in water; prioritize safe waterside loops.	Alchemy and Cooking
Sanguithorn	Farm	Herbalism nodes in Midnight zones; Wild variants may summon lashers.	Alchemy, Cooking
Nocturnal Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from all Midnight herb types; improve Perception.	High-end consumables and crafts
Refulgent Copper Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Refulgent Copper nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Brilliant Silver Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Brilliant Silver nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Umbral Tin Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Umbral Tin nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Dazzling Thorium	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from every Midnight ore type; stack Perception.	High-end tools, alloys, gear
Void-Tempered Leather	Farm / AH	Skin ordinary Midnight beasts; high-value beasts yield more.	Leather armor, profession equipment
Void-Tempered Scales	Farm / AH	Skin scaled beasts and dragonkin.	Mail armor, profession equipment
Bright Linen	Farm / AH	Loot from humanoids while Tailoring is learned; buy on the region-wide AH.	Bolts, armor, bags, profession hats
Eversinging Dust / Radiant Shard / Dawn Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Midnight uncommon, rare, and epic gear.	Enchanting and cross-profession tools
Mote of Light	Infused gather / AH	Gather or mine Lightfused nodes in Eversong; catch lightfalls.	High-end tools, Alchemy, Cooking
Mote of Wild Magic	Infused gather / AH	Gather Wild nodes in Zul'Aman and defeat spawned creatures.	High-end tools and reagents
Mote of Primal Energy	Infused gather / AH	Gather Primal nodes in Harandar; manage the health-channel effect.	Alchemy and high-end tools
Mote of Pure Void	Infused gather / AH	Gather Voidbound nodes; escape the slowing field.	Alchemy, Enchanting, Engineering
Artisan's Moxie	Weekly / patron / first craft	Earn from profession activity and spend at profession vendors.	Recipes, knowledge books, tools
Fused Vitality	Soulbound / Work Order	Provide through high-end work orders; do not expect normal AH purchase.	Gilded profession equipment and endgame crafts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Fishing pole / Midnight rod	Vendor or Engineering	Buy starter pole; commission profession tool once profitable.
Fishing lure	Fishing treasure recipe / AH	Farm Careless Cargo for recipes and components.
Midnight Angler's Grand Line	Fishing treasure components	Collect components from Careless Cargo and related treasure pools.

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Learn Midnight Fishing before expecting skill gains.
Farm pools for value; use open water only for relaxed leveling.
Complete Fishing/Cooking event quests and track rare treasure pools.

Buying rule

Never buy blind.

Pin the recipe and write down all reagents.
Check finished-item price, material price, commission, and expected quality.
Use Work Orders for soulbound reagents; do not expect them on the AH.
Craft one test item before a large batch.
Verify the tooltip before spending expensive currency.

Addon setup

Track cost, routes, and quality.

Auctionator

Auction House pricing and shopping lists

Install the version compatible with your client; run a full AH scan before buying materials.

TradeSkillMaster

Crafting cost, sale rate, and restock groups

Create one group per profession and import only recipes you actually sell.

CraftSim

Retail recipe quality, concentration, and profitability

Retail Midnight only; compare material quality before submitting work orders.

GatherMate2 + Routes

Gathering node database and route loops

Import or record nodes, then create clockwise loops by zone.

TomTom

Trainer, vendor, and farming coordinates

Paste /way coordinates from each guide and keep the arrow visible.

Final audit

Profession readiness checklist.

Trainer and current rank learned

Tool and accessories equipped

Primary production lane chosen

Material source list saved

Weekly quest and cooldown tracked

One profitable or guild-use craft tested

Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.