Fish

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This page details Fish, one of the six main types of food in World of Warcraft. Fish is the edible flesh of a fish or other aquatic animals, not necessarily fish in a biological sense. Most of these are represented as a single fish inventory item that stacks in twenties, as does most other food. Some aquatic or semi-aquatic animals, such as crocolisks drop meat, representing their flesh, not fish. Also, aquatic means dwells in water, but in-game, some fish can be fished from other liquid environments, lava in particular.

Not all fish are edible. Some fish with a fish graphic inventory icon are not of the item type fish (food), but may be a quest item, an non-edible alchemic ingredient, or other. Some fish with the food item type are only edible in certain cases (see Pet food following.) This article is about food item fish, and will briefly mention non-food fish only in the interests of disambiguation.

See fish in the expansion sections below for lists of various fish by area. See also Fish vendors for a list of fish vendors listed by main faction affiliation.

Raw fish, cooked fish, and fish food buffs

Many fish can be eaten raw (restore hit points when eaten). If you have the cooking secondary skill, you can cook many fish to increase their food value (restore more hit points when eaten). Certain fish grant various temporary buffs when cooked and eaten.

Cooking fish is an excellent way to raise your cooking skill.

Pet food

Hunters can feed fish to some pets, cats for example. Note that pets can eat fish that are not otherwise edible (such as trophy fish and [Felblood Snapper]), and the item level of the fish is significant in how the pet reacts to the offer of the fish.

Sources

Players can actually fish for fish, which will be in its raw form.

Players can loot fish from dead mobs, especially aquatic or semi-aquatic mobs. Murlocs in particular often drop fish. Fish, like other meats, may or may not be in raw form when looted.

Players can purchase fish from fish vendors. See the table below for types of fish available from fish vendors.

Fish (food fish), including raw fish, can be traded, so the auction house is always a good source. (Non-food fish such as quest fish often bind on pickup, and those that do cannot be traded.)

Quests can award fish upon completion. [Bloodbelly Fish] is awarded by [25] Fish in a Bucket^ω τ ϖ. Quests are the only way to obtain certain fish, such as this one.

Raw fish

Fish obtained from fishing is usually 'raw' and will have the word 'raw' in its name such as [Raw Slitherskin Mackerel], which can be cooked, and would become [Slitherskin Mackerel]. All players can learn the secondary skill Fishing, which allows fish to be caught in most volumes of water within the world. Raw fish can be used as a major component of the secondary skill Cooking, as well, and can be used to create fish with additional properties and buffs when eaten. See also Fish section of Fishing items for more food and non-food 'fish' that can be caught while fishing, and their uses. Fish can usually be eaten raw, but will usually have substantially lower value, such as lower 'HP healed'.

Purchasable fish

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Below are examples of purchasable, or vendor, fish. In general any raw fish when cooked, is also the same as the purchasable vendor fish. In general, raw fish are not purchasable from a vendor, but like most materials can still be traded through the auction house for purchase.

World of Warcraft (Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor)
Types of vended fish
Name	Level required to eat	HP healed	Price¹	Can find as raw?
[Slitherskin Mackerel]	none	61 health over 18 seconds	25	yes
[Longjaw Mud Snapper]	5	243 health over 21 seconds	20	yes
[Bristle Whisker Catfish]	15	552 health over 24 seconds	5	yes
[Rockscale Cod]	25	874 health over 27 seconds	10	yes
[Striped Yellowtail]	35	1392 health over 30 seconds	20	no
[Spinefin Halibut]	45	2148 health over 30 seconds	40	no
¹ This is the base price before any discounts.

Burning Crusade (Outland)
Types of vended fish
Name	Level required to eat	HP healed	Price¹	Can find as raw?
[Sunspring Carp]	55	4320 health over 30 seconds	56	no
[Zangar Trout]	65	7500 health over 30 seconds	80	no
[Fillet of Icefin]	65	13200 health over 30 seconds	85	no
¹ This is the base price before any discounts.

Wrath of the Lich King (Northrend)
Types of vended fish
Name	Level required to eat	HP healed	Price¹	Can find as raw?
[Poached Emperor Salmon]	75	15000 health over 30 seconds	1 60	no
[Freshly-Speared Emperor Salmon]	75	22500 health over 30 seconds	1 60	no
[Slow-Roasted Eel]	75	22500 health over 30 seconds	1 60	no
[Simmered Squid]	75	22500 health over 30 seconds	1 60	no
¹ This is the base price before any discounts.

Cataclysm (expansion specific zones)
Types of vended fish
Name	Level required to eat	HP healed	Price¹	Can find as raw?²
[Sliced Raw Billfish]	80	67500 health over 30 seconds	1 80	no
¹ This is the base price before any discounts. ² Raw means usable as an ingredient for some profession.

Cataclysm (Darkmoon Island, Patch 4.3)
Types of vended fish
Name	Level required to eat	HP healed	Price¹	Can find as raw?²
[Salty Sea Dog]	85	96000 health over 30 seconds	2	no

Mists of Pandaria (expansion specific zones)
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Types of vended fish
Name	Level required to eat	HP/MP gained	Price¹	Can find as raw?²
[Barnacle Bouillabaisse]	90	300000 health over 20 seconds	2 56 per 5	no
[Brew-Curried Whitefish]	90	300000 health over 20 seconds^†	2 60 per 5	no
[Golden Carp Consomme]	90	300000 mana over 20 seconds	2 2 22 - 2 60 per 5	no
[Green Curry Fish]	90	300000 health over 20 seconds^†	2 60 per 5	no
[Smoked Squid Belly]	90	200000 health over 20 seconds	2 24 per 5	no
[Toasted Fish Jerky]	90	200000 health over 20 seconds^†	2 40 per 5	no
[Whale Shark Caviar]	90	300000 health over 20 seconds^†	26 per 5	no
¹ This is the base price before any discounts. ² Raw means usable as an ingredient for some profession.

Note: This is generally one representative fish for each food level increment - the vended foods generally follow this basic format, one representative item per food level universally repeated across all vendors of that food type. However, some foods may be acquired earlier at the same health restore increment, but usually with some requirement like reputation level minimum with a particular faction.

The low to mid level fish on these tables can be caught while fishing; the vendors sell the cooked version. The upper level fish on these tables cannot usually be caught while fishing; the equivalent level cooked caught fish are fish-based dishes, not an individual fish, so the vended version allows each vended fish to be an actual fish inventory item. Some fish are clearly a fish that can be fed to a fish eating pet, but more research is needed to put status in these tables.

Azeroth fish

This section concerns content exclusive to World of Warcraft.

See the main article Azeroth fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the initial release.

Outland fish

This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

See the main article Outland fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

Northrend fish

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

See the main article Northrend fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

Cataclysm fish

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

See the main article Cataclysm fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

Pandaria fish

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

See the main article Pandaria fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

Draenor fish

This section concerns content exclusive to Warlords of Draenor.

See the main article Draenor fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

Broken Isles fish

This section concerns content exclusive to Legion.

See the main article Broken Isles fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

Battle for Azeroth fish

This section concerns content exclusive to Battle for Azeroth.

See the main article Zandalar fish or Kul Tiras fish for a listing of the fish introduced in the expansion.

External links

El's Extreme Anglin' - World of Warcraft Fishing Guide Fish