RuneScape Barbarian Fishing Guide

Barbarian RuneScape fishing; heavy rod fishing and barehanded harpoon fishing. A look at both methods of barbarian fishing and how a RuneScape player benefits from learning these RuneScape fishing methods.

Barbarian fishing is a unique method of RuneScape fishing available only to members of RuneScape. Many RuneScape players prefer to powerlevel their fishing through barbarian fishing. Here is a look at the requirements, techniques, drawbacks, and benefits of powerleveling fishing in RuneScape by barbarian fishing.

In barbarian fishing, the fish that are caught are not the normal RuneScape food source, but rather are the source of roe and caviar, ingredients in barbarian potions. There is another type of barbarian fishing in RuneScape, barehanded fishing. Although most of this article will deal with catching leaping fish, I will briefly cover barehanded fishing afterwards.

What types of RuneScape fish can you catch using barbarian fishing?

The three types of RuneScape Fish you can catch are leaping trout, leaping salmon, and leaping sturgeon. Leaping trout sometimes produces fish offcuts and roe when filleted. Leaping Salmon provides fish offcuts and roe more often. Leaping sturgeon produces caviar and fish offcuts. Barbarian fishing requires a heavy rod to fish with. Heavy rods are non-tradable but respawn under the bed in Otto Godblessed’s house.

What RuneScape experience does Barbarian Fishing offer?

For every leaping trout you catch in RuneScape, you gain five agility experience and five strength experience in addition to the 50 fishing experience from normal trout. For each leaping salmon you catch in RuneScape, you gain six agility experience and six strength experience in addition to the 70 fishing experience from catching normal salmon. Successful filleting of either of these fish (roe and fish cuts or just roe) gives you ten cooking experience. For every leaping sturgeon you catch in RuneScape, you gain seven agility experience, seven strength experience, and eighty fishing experience. A successful fillet produces 15 cooking experience.

What levels in what RuneScape skills are required before barbarian fishing?

In order to catch leaping trout, you will need to have level 48 fishing along with level 15 strength and level 15 agility. Catching leaping salmon requires level 58 fishing along with level 30 in strength and agility. Leaping sturgeon can be caught once the RuneScape player has attained level 70 fishing, level 45 strength, and level 45 agility.

What are the best ways to train RuneScape levels in order to do barbarian fishing?

Most players probably have a high strength level already. Using an aggressive attack style allows a RuneScape player to train strength. Train fishing by catching either crayfish or shrimps until level five, where you also have the option of bait fishing. At level 15, you can catch anchovies by small net fishing if you want to make some money. At level 20, begin lure fishing for trout and salmon; this is the best way to train fishing the rest of the way.

Agility is the tough one. Use the gnome course repeatedly until you hit level 15. At level 15 you have two options. Either catch roughly 2,200 leaping trout or do roughly 130 more treks around the agility course. Since trout do not provide enough bait to sustain a supply, you are best buying feathers (6 RuneScape gold each) or fishing bait (2-3 RuneScape gold.) You can either drop or gut the trout, if gutting, save only the offcuts. You can also use experience lamps and do quests that offer a reward of Agility experience. Do the circus weekly also to gain fast experience from the tightrope.

By walking or games-necklace teleporting back to the barbarian outpost, you can bank the caviar, which sells for between 200-400 gold each. Offcuts and roe are not worth the time unless you are using the roe to train herblore. The best way to powerlevel fishing in the game for levels 70-99 is to bring a stack of fishing bait and drop the fish without bothering to gut. Expect a game update to allow purchasing more than 100 offcuts every four hours, until then fishing bait is the best way to go.

You can also catch fish barehanded. You can catch Tuna at level 55 fishing with 35 strength. At 70 fishing, you can catch swordfish with level 50 strength. In the Fishing guild, you catch equal amounts of tuna and swordfish. I’m not sure of ratios at other spots. In addition to the normal 80 or 100 fishing experience, you gain 8 and 10 strength, respectively. At level 96 fishing, you can catch shark barehanded with level 76 strength. Catching shark barehanded grants 11 strength experience in addition to the normal 110 fishing experience.

Barehanded harpoon fishing has several key uses in the game. A RuneScape player needing food can catch the fish without needing a harpoon. Barehanded harpoon fishing can also fill the inventory if the player is passing a fishing spot en route to a bank. However, the most important use of this skill is when the player goes to miscellania forgetting to bring a tool. Fishing from the docks is a lot simpler than running all the way to the etcetera bank for a tool.

Barbarian fishing is a valuable skill, and any RuneScape member of ample level should go to baxtorian falls and start barbarian training with Otto.