# Fishing
Fishing is a gathering skill, which allows Shamans to catch a variety of fish to be further used in [Cooking](https://whitepaper.zee-verse.com/gameplay/skills/cooking) and, ultimately, to rejuvenate Zees during battle.
#### Getting started
In order to fish, you must first acquire a fishing rod and bait! You can acquire your first Fishing Rod during Crooked, But Standing quest. Better fishing rods can be instantly bought at [Opensea](https://opensea.io/collection/zeeverse-items?search\[stringTraits]\[0]\[name]=Item%20Type\&search\[stringTraits]\[0]\[values]\[0]=Fishing%20Rod) or [Ronin](https://marketplace.roninchain.com/collections/zeeverse-items).
Bait can be acquired by completing Dungeons or Stronghold of Umbra at an increasing rate the deeper you venture.
#### Ready to fish?
Journey across Zeme, find fishing spots, cast your rod and begin your angler's journey!
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Epic & Legendary Fishing rods from the Corn Collection has a small chance to fish out Sunken Chests containing Energy Potions or Relics!
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Gloop
Fishing rod:
Level: 1
XP: 7
Snork
Fishing rod:
Level: 20
XP: 7
Radiant Snork
Fishing rod:
Level: 20
XP: 7
Glooper
Fishing rod:
Level: 15
XP: 15
Snorker
Fishing rod:
Level: 35
XP: 15
Radiant Snorker
Fishing rod:
Level: 35
XP: 15
Lumigloop
Fishing rod:
Level: 35
XP: 25
Snorklum
Fishing rod:
Level: 50
XP: 25
Radiant Snorklum
Fishing rod:
Level: 50
XP: 25
Luminara Surge
Fishing rod:
Level: 45
XP: 40
Snorkara Spark
Fishing rod:
Level: 70
XP: 40
Radiant Snorkara Spark
Fishing rod:
Level: 70
XP: 40
Higher Fishing levels unlock access to various rarity of fish from different waterbodies across the Zeme, if the Shaman has a suitable fishing rod. Additionally, every 5 Fishing levels above a fish's unlock level increases the speed of catching that fish by 1 second, with a maximum increase of 5 seconds per fish.
Every fishing spot has a capped amount of fish that can be caught before the fishing spot enters a cooldown. The rarer the fish, the longer the cooldown.
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