Thera WotLK 3.3.5a profession

Fishing: from raw material to finished item.

Fish anywhere for skill, but target pools for valuable cooking fish, daily quest items, mounts, pets, achievements, and tournament rewards.

Current as of July 26, 2026Thera may change recipes, vendors, cooldowns, or drop rates. Use this standard 3.3.5a route, then verify the in-game tooltip before buying expensive materials.

Skill cap450

TypeSecondary / Gathering

Best pairCooking

TrainerMarcia Chase — Dalaran /way 53.0 64.9; other Northrend trainers can teach Grand Master.

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
1–150
Starter/capital water; buy a pole and lure.
2
150–300
Mid/high Classic zones; farm wreckage pools for Weather-Beaten Journal.
3
300–375
Outland fishing and pools.
4
375–450
Northrend open water/pools; level while targeting cooking fish.
5
450+ effective skill
Use pole, line, lure, hat, and food to reduce junk in high-requirement zones.

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.

Find Fish

Ingredients: Weather-Beaten Journal
Get the ingredients: Fish wreckage pools/Curious Crates; requires 100 Fishing to learn.
Unlock / source: Rare journal
Why make it: Tracks schools on minimap.

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.

Dragonfin Angelfish

Ingredients: Dragonblight schools
Get the ingredients: Circle rivers/lakes and fish schools.
Unlock / source: Fishing pool
Why make it: Dragonfin Filet.

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.

Glacial Salmon

Ingredients: Grizzly Hills/Dragonblight
Get the ingredients: Fish schools/open water.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Fish Feast/Firecracker Salmon.

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.

Musselback Sculpin

Ingredients: Borean Tundra
Get the ingredients: Fish schools/open water.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Fish Feast.

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.

Nettlefish

Ingredients: Sholazar Basin
Get the ingredients: Fish schools/open water.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Fish Feast.

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.

Imperial Manta Ray

Ingredients: Northrend coastal waters
Get the ingredients: Fish coastal routes.
Unlock / source: Fishing
Why make it: Haste food.

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.

Sea Turtle

Ingredients: Northrend fishing pools
Get the ingredients: Farm any Northrend pool; rare catch.
Unlock / source: Rare catch
Why make it: Mount.

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.

Giant Sewer Rat

Ingredients: Dalaran Underbelly
Get the ingredients: Fish sewer water.
Unlock / source: Rare catch
Why make it: Pet.

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.

Dalaran fishing daily rewards

Ingredients: Quest fish/items
Get the ingredients: Complete Marcia Chase daily.
Unlock / source: Daily quest
Why make it: Bag rewards, recipes/items.

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.

Kalu'ak Fishing Derby

Ingredients: Tournament catch
Get the ingredients: Fish Northrend water during event; turn in first.
Unlock / source: Weekly event
Why make it: Dread Pirate Ring and rewards.

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
Copper / Tin / Bronze	Farm / AH	Starter-zone and low-level mining loops; smelt Bronze from Copper and Tin.	Early Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Iron / Steel / Mithril	Farm / AH	Arathi, Badlands, Hinterlands, Tanaris, and comparable level zones.	Mid-level metal crafts
Thorium	Farm / AH	Un'Goro, Winterspring, Silithus, Eastern Plaguelands.	High Classic profession levels
Fel Iron / Adamantite	Farm / AH	Outland routes: Hellfire, Zangarmarsh, Nagrand, Netherstorm.	300–375 metal crafts
Cobalt / Saronite / Titanium	Farm / AH	Cobalt in early Northrend; Saronite broadly; Titanium in high-level zones.	375–450 metal crafts
Titansteel Bar	Mining cooldown / AH	Smelt from Titanium plus Eternal elements; standard Wrath uses a cooldown.	Best crafted weapons and armor
Peacebloom / Silverleaf / Briarthorn	Farm / AH	Starter and low-level herbalism routes.	Early Alchemy and Inscription
Goldthorn / Sungrass / Golden Sansam	Farm / AH	Mid/high Classic herb routes.	Mid-level consumables and inks
Felweed / Dreaming Glory / Terocone	Farm / AH	Outland herbalism routes.	300–375 Alchemy and Inscription
Goldclover / Tiger Lily / Talandra's Rose	Farm / AH	Borean/Howling, Sholazar, and Zul'Drak routes.	Northrend potions and inks
Adder's Tongue / Lichbloom / Icethorn	Farm / AH	Sholazar for Adder's Tongue; Icecrown/Storm Peaks for Lichbloom and Icethorn.	Endgame flasks, potions, inks
Frost Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side gather from Northrend herbs.	Endgame flasks
Borean Leather / Heavy Borean Leather	Skin / AH	Skin Northrend beasts; convert Borean to Heavy Borean through Leatherworking.	Northrend leather/mail and kits
Arctic Fur / Icy Dragonscale / Nerubian Chitin	Rare skin / AH	Rare skin or target dragonkin/nerubians.	High-end Leatherworking
Frostweave Cloth	Humanoid drop / AH	Farm Northrend humanoids; Tailors receive improved cloth opportunities.	Tailoring and First Aid
Infinite Dust / Cosmic Essence / Dream Shard / Abyss Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Northrend gear by quality and item level.	Endgame Enchanting
Eternal elements	Farm / AH	Combine ten crystallized elements or farm elementals and Wintergrasp/Sholazar routes.	Metal, engineering, tailoring, alchemy
Frozen Orb / Runed Orb / Crusader Orb	Dungeon/raid currency / AH	Heroic final bosses and raid content by phase.	Epic crafted gear
Northern Spices	Cooking daily / AH	Complete Dalaran cooking dailies or buy from players.	Northrend stat food and feasts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Fishing Pole	Vendor/quest/reward	Use highest skill pole available.
Lure	Vendor/crafted	Apply before high-level fishing.
Fishing hat/line/boots	Daily/tournament/achievement rewards	Stack effective skill for fewer junk catches.

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Complete Dalaran fishing dailies.
Farm Weather-Beaten Journal for Find Fish.
Participate in Kalu'ak Fishing Derby if enabled.

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.

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

Thera may change recipes, vendors, cooldowns, or drop rates. Use this standard 3.3.5a route, then verify the in-game tooltip before buying expensive materials.

Sources and verification

Current profession overview and recipe-source reference