Method #1:
3t Fishing with herb tar 110k+ Xp/HR
Requirements:
48 Fishing
Description:
Using this method you are able to speed up the rate at which you catch fish. Normally you have a chance to catch a fish every 5 game ticks. By using an herb (Guam, Marrentill, Harralander, Tarromin) on swamp tar, and then clicking the fishing spot, you are able to catch a fish every 3 game ticks, making this method close to double the xp/hr of afk barbarian fishing.
Videos:
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Method #2:
3t Fishing + cutting fish Xp/hr 110k+ Fishing, 15k+ Cooking, 10k+ Str/Agi
Description:
This is a great method to learn after you have regular 3 ticking down. Once you’ve started the 3 tick cycle you’re able to continue it by eating roe / caviar. This means that you can continuously keep up the cycle without needing to drop fish. You also receive cooking xp for each fish you successfully cut, making this method more total xp/hr. You can’t start a 3 tick cycle by eating roe/caviar, if you mess up / the spot changes you’ll need to herb tar or knife log again to start the cycle.
Items are used at the top of the inventory as placeholders to allow the fish roe/caviar to predictably appear in the same inventory spot when cutting one fish.
This also minimises mouse movement needed to perform the cycle when paired with a camera angle positioning the inventory closer to the fishing spot.
It should be noted you do not have to worry about clicking the fish offcuts and then the fishing spot cancelling your cycle. You will always have the knife option “use” active when you click the fish to cut or click where the offcuts are if you do not roll a catch.
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Method #3:
Afk karambwans: 41k fishing + 150k banked cooking xp/hr
Requirements:
Quick access to a fairy ring + bank. Ideally you bank with house + butler. Or if you have barrel, fast access to a bank and fairy ring
Recommended:
Rada’s blessing
Description:
Travel to DKP with a fairy ring, afk an inventory full of karambwans, then bank them and return as quickly as you can. Ideally teleport to your PoH, click your fairy ring, call you butler and have him take the karambwans to the bank and repeat.
Optional:
This method is very good when you need to AFK but you’re able to do something more click intensive than redwoods / NMZ. You should be 1 ticking the karambwans to cook them to make this method a lot more efficient.
Videos
With barrel:
Without barrel:
Video
Obtaining Karambwanji
2 Tick fishing
Description:
Brew down your alt to 0 stats, use bronze darts and range lowering gear (moonclan/splitbark/granite), fill up both accounts inventory’s with brews and keep your mains ranged below 60.
Alternatively:
You’re also able to 2t by autocasting a spell onto the nearby hobgoblins
You can buy bait while buying and banking karambwans if you’re a regular ironman, this is effectively 300k bait /hr.
You could also afk Karambwanji on mobile during irl stuff, since you get a good 2-3 minutes+ of afk each click.
Video
Using hobgoblins instead of an alt
It’s not necessary to have the Hobgoblin aggro you, but it’s much easier this way. You can also lure the Hobgoblin north if the fishing spot moves there.
Method #4:
3 tick Fly Fishing cook + eat – 71,400 fishing + 95,854 cooking xp/hr
Description:
Erie fishing is a lower level and more finicky version of eat-cut 3t barb fishing. On the tick of a roll, click a cooked fish or click to use a knife on a log. On the same tick, if the roll was successful and a fish was caught, use the raw fish on a fire. On the next tick, click the fishing spot. There’s absolutely no wiggle room in these clicks, so be careful.
Notes:
Be sure your inventory contains no raw fish before restarting the method after a misclick. Clicking to drop burnt food is best done just before clicking the fishing spot. Firemaking gives a 4t skilling delay which can be used at the start of the method. This method is the fishing meta in f2p
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Method #5:
Aerial fishing 75k+ fishing/95k+ hunter/20k+ cooking
Getting there:
Fairy ring DJR and run south west
Rates:
Trio rates are unconfirmed, possible it’s higher for the 2 players on the West and East but poor rates for the South coast player Duo can get above Jagex’s polled xp/hr, 1 player on the West and 1 on East coast, this allows pools to be shared evenly between both players
Avoid worlds with random players in as your rates will drop
Gear:
Full angler set (not a requirement), empty weapon, shield and gloves slot. a knife + bait. Get bait by picking up worms found on the island, then sustaining fish chunks by cutting fish u get while doing the method)
The rest of your invent should be empty
Starting off:
Pick up bird from Alry the Angler on the Island, click pools to catch fish+salamanders in exchange for Fishing + Hunter xp
Tactics:
Stick to the coast area you’re on, moving from West to the South for example will lower xp rates. Cast the bird to the nearest pools, prioritising those that are closest.
Each pool lasts 7-12 seconds and will move once the bird has been cast to it.
Cut fish whilst the bird is flying to a spot, avoid cutting or moving whilst the bird is in your hand as this will waste time gaining experience.
Move up and down the shore whilst the bird is flying if you see clusters of pools closer to the shoreline further up/down
TL;DR:
Click nearest pools, avoid being near to other players. Do method for fish sack/equippable rods if you care for that sort of thing, do cut eat + chins if you want to be efficient
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Method #6
2t swordfish/tuna – ~137k xp/hr
Luring the rats:
This is the easiest way to consistently lure the rats
1) Tag the rats with a non damaging spell, like confuse
2) Starting from standing next to the fishing spot, run 2 tiles west, then run to the southern marked tile
3) Click the fishing spot on the tick you get attacked
4) Move west/east between spots as shown in the videos
Description:
Location and setup:
It’s highly recommended to use a 3rd party client plugin to swap the “harpoon” option on the fishing spot to being left click. In RuneLite, this is under the “menu entry swapper” plugin, with the “harpoon” option selected.
This method can be up to 137k+ fishing xp/hr with the use of a crystal harpoon, and around 125k/hr if only using a dragon harpoon.
It is important to setup the rats exactly as shown in the video, and to be cautious when changing spots to prevent the rats from getting off cycle.
How to afk if needed:
You can’t just click the spot to afk, you need get on cycle and then click once off cycle. You’re free to then AFK until your inventory fills or the spot moves. It’s also pretty easy to AFK and continue 2 ticking with chrome remote desktop.
Off ticking the rats examples:
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Method #7:
Solo Tempoross for XP
Xp/Hr: 100k xp/hr
Description:
This method revolves around dealing 0 damage to Tempoross during his first attack phase and keeping his energy at 10% or below.
The mechanics are predictable so each kill follows a repeating cycle:
Fish 25-26
Dump all fish into the Ammunition crate
Grab 5 buckets and fill them
Clear fire (make sure to clear the fire on the boat before leaving)
Drop buckets
Fish 27
Dump remaining fish
Fish 27
Dump 3 fish
Attack Tempoross
Dump remaining fish
COLOSSAL WAVES (Don’t tether unless you still have fish while depositing)
Fish 22-27 (This will vary depending on Tempoross’s Essence but 24% should be low enough to deposit 27 fish)
Dump remaining fish
Kill Tempoross
Grab bucket
Notes:
Prioritize leaping fishing spots.
The colossal wave special attack takes at least 6 seconds from the initial chat box message so don’t be afraid to do actions in between before tethering.
A charged Infernal Harpoon will NOT work with this method.
There is now a Tempoross Runelite plugin in the plugin hub.
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Method #8:
Barblore
105.6k fishing, 9k agility & strength xp/hr + 20.8k herblore xp/hr + 17.6k cooking xp/hr (including bank time)
Requirements:
70 fishing (with 45 agility and strength), 47+ herblore, games necklaces if not 99 fishing, ‘Menu Entry Swapper’ on RuneLite to toggle left-click and shift-click swaps.
Description:
Barblore is currently the most macro-efficient way to train fishing. The method is similar to eat-cut barbarian fishing, but with the addition of making barbarian mixes and banking caviar for herblore experience. It’s recommended to be familiar with eat-cut fishing before learning this method.
Fill your inventory with potions and leave at least 4 inventory spaces empty, and teleport to Otto’s Grotto. 3-tick fish similarly to eat-cut fishing, and use the caviar on 2-dose potions to make mixes while staying on cycle. Wear the highest-tier Rada’s blessing available for extra sturgeon. Once you have used up all your potions, fill your inventory with caviar and bank for more potions.
You can increase trip length by bringing 4-dose potions and decanting them into 2-doses while fishing. To get the empty vials for decanting, you’ll need to withdraw 1 empty vial at the bank and empty the mixes while fishing.
To change the custom left-clicks and shift-clicks, turn on Customizable left-click and shift-click under ‘Item Swaps’ on the ‘Menu Entry Swapper’ plugin. After that, you can shift-right-click the item in the inventory you need menu swaps on.
Making a mix, cutting a fish, emptying a potion, dropping and decanting a potion are all 0-tick actions. Doing these actions is only limited by your click speed and accuracy. Mixes count as food, so they can be drunk to continue the 3-tick cycle (similarly to eating roe).
While learning, it’s recommended to leave more empty inventory space for the fish and not wear the Rada’s blessing. This makes it easier to keep up with making the mixes as your inventory won’t get full as fast. When you get more comfortable with the method, start wearing the Rada’s blessing for more sturgeon and bring 4-dose potions to use the decant method. You can also cut the trout and salmon for extra cooking experience.
If you don’t have the fishing cape, use a games necklace to get back to the pond. If you have the Xeric’s honour teleport unlocked and you can’t be bothered to make games necklaces, you can use the spot in the Mount Quidamortem and bank at the CoX bank.
The fish barrel is worth using for longer trips before level 99. You’ll need to have the barrel closed and manually use a sturgeon on it to store all the sturgeon in the inventory. Once you have the fishing cape, using the fish barrel is optional. You’ll spend more time cutting fish and making mixes standing at the bank, but the barrel adds a lot of qol for fishing.
Using banked caviar (~7k mixes/hr)
Set the custom left-click to ‘Use’ for caviar and 2-dose potions. Withdraw 14 caviar and 14 2-dose potions, drag one to the bottom of the inventory, and use them on each other as quickly as you can. Turning on ‘Anti Drag’ or using mousekeys is recommended.
If you don’t want to drag anything, you can make 13 potions per inventory by having an inventory filler and an extra 2-dose potion, and using withdraw/deposit-13 to bank.
Potion choice
Any potions from super attack and above are worth making into mixes. Use the higher XP potions first before going down to super attacks, since super attacks are effectively infinite. Use disposable potions while fishing, and use the banked caviar for potions you may use later. The mixes will always be 2-dose and they give a delay when used in combat, so don’t use potions you want to use later for PvM or slayer.
Video:
Decanting method (4-dose + utilizing the fish barrel):
2-dose + dropping: