Table of Contents
- Introduction to New World’s Fishing Quests
- 1 – Fishing With Shields
- 2 – Fishing Basics
- 3 – Baited
- 4 – Hotspot Hunt
- 5 – Practice Makes Perfect
- 6 – The Giant Ones
- 7 – Fish Reagents
- 8 – Reel Life
- 9 – Weapons of the Sea
- 10 – Treasure of the Deep
- 11 – Soulwarden Rations
- 12 – Azoth-Tinged Fish
- 13 – Corruption-Tinged Fish
- 14 – Ecological Report
- 15 – To be a Grand Master
Introduction to New World’s Fishing Quests
Legendary Fishing Poles
There is a long fishing quest line in New World that ends up rewarding you with a Legendary Fishing Pole. In this guide we will walk through every quest required, how to complete it, and where to go. When you have completed all of these quests you will be rewarded with a Legendary Pole Reward Box, which will have one of the following four fishing poles in it.
Name | Image | Rarity | Tier | Gear Score |
Ancient Fishing Pole | Legendary | V | 600 | |
Angry Earth Fishing Pole | Legendary | V | 600 | |
Corrupted Fishing Pole | Legendary | V | 600 | |
Lost Fishing Pole | Legendary | V | 600 | |
You will also acquire fishing armor sets along the way through this New World fishing quest guide, which will assist you in catching bigger, and rarer fish. In the tables below we show you the Tier 3, 4, and 5 sets. You do receive some other armor sets before these, but they do not actually give you any fishing perks to help you, so they are not worth mentioning.
Hardy Fisherman’s Set (Tier 3 Fishing Buff Gear)
This Fishing set is rewarded throughout the main fishing quest line. As you complete quests, you will be awarded these pieces. This T3 set has a 300 Gear Score.
Item Name | Image | Stats | Fishing Buffs |
Hardy Fisherman’s Hat | 8 Constitution 5 Focus | +40% Chance Bigger Fish +15% Chance Rarer Fish | |
Hardy Fisherman’s Smock | 14 Dexterity | +15% Chance Rarer Fish +2% Cast Distance | |
Hardy Fisherman’s Gloves | 8 Strength 5 Dexterity | +40% Chance Bigger Fish +2% Cast Distance | |
Hardy Fisherman’s Trousers | 14 Constitution | +40% Chance Bigger Fish +15% Chance Rarer Fish | |
Hardy Fisherman’s Boots | 5 Focus 8 Strength | +40% Chance Bigger Fish +2% Cast Distance |
Sleek Fisherman’s Set (Tier 4 Fishing Buff Gear)
The Sleek T4 fishing set will also be rewarded during the fishing quest line and has a 400 Gear Score.
Item Name | Image | Stats | Fishing Buffs |
Sleek Fisherman’s Hat | 17 Dexterity | +50% Chance Bigger Fish +15% Chance Rarer Fish | |
Sleek Fisherman’s Smock | 10 Strength 7 Dexterity | +40% Chance Bigger Fish +3% Cast Distance | |
Sleek Fisherman’s Gloves | 17 Constitution | +20% Chance Rarer Fish +2% Cast Distance | |
Sleek Fisherman’s Trousers | 10 Constitution 7 Focus | +50% Chance Bigger Fish +2% Cast Distance | |
Sleek Fisherman’s Boots | 5 Focus 8 Strength | +40% Chance Bigger Fish +2% Cast Distance |
Fierce Fisherman’s Set (Tier 5 Fishing Buff Gear)
The T5 Fierce Fishing Set will be awarded near the end of the quest line before you obtain the Legendary Fishing Rod and has a 500 Gear Score.
Item Name | Image | Stats | Fishing Buffs |
Fierce Fisherman’s Hat | 12 Strength 8 Dexterity | +50% Chance Bigger Fish +3% Cast Distance | |
Fierce Fisherman’s Smock | 20 Constitution | +50% Chance Bigger Fish +20% Chance Rarer Fish | |
Fierce Fisherman’s Gloves | 12 Constitution 8 Focus | +20% Chance Rarer Fish +3% Cast Distance | |
Fierce Fisherman’s Trousers | 20 Dexterity | +20% Chance Rarer Fish +3% Cast Distance | |
Fierce Fisherman’s Boots | 8 Focus 12 Intelligence | +50% Chance Bigger Fish +20% Chance Rarer Fish |
1 – Fishing With Shields
Starts With: Michael Shields
Ends With: Michael Shields
The first quest in the 15-Quest journey you will undertake starts at Michael Shields in Windsward. He is outside of Windsward Town and wants you to collect Woodlouse Baits. You can easily find these by collecting any bushes you see nearby. The drop rate is not the best, but you should be able to quickly gather enough to satisfy the quest and turn it in.
Rewards for Fishing with Shields:
- 280 experience
- 43.75 coin
- 250 standing
- Wooden Fishing Pole
2 – Fishing Basics
Starts With: Michael Shields
Ends With: Dena Ruby
Now you will need to catch 3 fish and head to Dena Ruby in Everfall to turn the quest in. It does not matter where you catch these fish, so find the closest body of water and send that lure in! Catch the 3 fish you require and go to Dena in Everall.
Dena is located here:
Rewards for Fishing Basics:
- 520 experience
- 50 coin
- 175 standing
- Battered Fisherman’s Boots
3 – Baited
Starts With: Dena Ruby
Ends With: Dallas Clemenson
In the New World quest Baited, you must Catch one Snail in Fresh Water and one Clam in Salt Water to salvage them for bait for Master Fisher Ruby and deliver them to Master Fisher Clemenson in First Light. This is started by Dena Ruby, the person you handed in the 2nd quest to. See Section 2 for her location.
Our suggestion is to go to each of the 2 Broad Fishing Hotspots in First Light.
When you are done catching a Snail in the upper hotspot, and a Clam in the lower hotspot, finish the quest off at Dallas Clemenson in First Light.
Rewards for Baited Quest
- 870 experience
- 78.75 coin
- 175 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Battered Fisherman’s Gloves
4 – Hotspot Hunt
- Starts With: Dallas Clemenson
- Ends With: Quinton Warwick
Next up in the New World Fishing Quest Guide, Hotspot Hunt. First you must catch three fish from fishing hotspots. You also need to be level 20 for this quest to activate. Follow our fishing hotspots guide to search for any near you. Our suggestion here is to go to the same ones in First Light that we suggested in quest 3 – Baited.
Catch your 3 within the active hotspot. Make sure you see fish jumping out of the pool of water, this means it is currently active. If neither of these pools are active, try fishing for awhile during the cooldown timer until it becomes active again. Learn more about the cooldown times on our New World fishing hotspot guide.
Once you’ve caught them, head over to Quinton Warwick in Monarch’s Bluffs, location shown in image here.
Rewards for Hotspot Hunt:
- 1,200 experience
- 87.50 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Battered Fisherman’s Trousers
5 – Practice Makes Perfect
Starts With: Quinton Warwick
Ends With: Edith Perchal
In the 5th task of the New World Fishing Questline, catch 15 fish anywhere, then head to Edith Perchal (Location Above). Our suggestion is always to try fishing from a hotspot as it will be faster and yield better fish, but you really can catch these in any body of water. Just catch 15 and head to Edith!
Rewards for Practice Makes Perfect:
- 1,540 experience
- 96.25 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Battered Fisherman’s Hat
6 – The Giant Ones
Starts With: Edith Perchal
Ends With: Park Jennet
In The Giant Ones, you must catch 8 fish that weight 20 pounds or more. To increase your chances a larger fish, make sure you utilize fishing baits that focus on larger fish. You can find all the fishing bait in New World and its purpose in this article here. Put on bait to increase chances to get larger fish if you want to be efficient here.
Once you catch the 8 large fish, head off to the north eastern area of Brightwood to meet with Park Jennet.
Rewards for The Giant Ones:
- 1,830 experience
- 105 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Battered Fisherman’s Smock
Park Jennet’s Location on the map:
7 – Fish Reagents
Starts With: Park Jennet
Ends With: Sheetal Agarwal
In the Fish Reagents quest, you will need to catch a Squid and a Catfish. Both of these can be caught in the water where Park Jennet is located when you first pickup this quest. Fish in this water until you’ve caught both of the fish indicated, then you can head off to Sheetal Agarwal in Weaver’s Fen.
Here is Sheetal Agarwal’s location in Weaver’s Fen:
Rewards for Fish Reagents:
- 2,120 experience
- 113.75 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Fishing Reward Box 1 > Grants Hardy Fisherman’s Gloves & Boots (T3 Table in introduction Section)
8 – Reel Life
Starts With: Sheetal Agarwal
Ends With: Finola O’Connor
Now Sheetal needs you to catch three boots, which are essentially junk that you can sometimes fish up, unwanted. Catch these boots in the water of Weaver’s Fen. The best way to increase your chances at getting a boot is to not use any fishing armor pieces, and no bait. You want the worst possible luck to get junk boots, as they are usually unwanted and useless.
You can catch these right next to Sheetal, then head off to Restless Shore to find Finola O’Connor. You can find her next to the Restless Shore Fort:
Rewards for Reel Life:
- 2,380 experience
- 122.50 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Fishing Reward Box 2 > Grants Hardy Fisherman’s Trousers & Hat (T3 Table in introduction Section)
9 – Weapons of the Sea
Starts With: Finola O’Connor
Ends With: Tariku Abebe
In Weapons of the Sea quest, you will need to catch junk yet again. You will have to catch a Fish Sword and a Fish Head Hammer, then bring them to Master Fisher Abebe in Mourningdale.
Use the same strategy you used in quest 8 – Reel Life by not using any bait or any equipment that increases the rarity of fish caught. Fish beside Finola until you obtain both the sword and the hammer, then head off to Mourningdale to meet Tariku Abebe next to his favorite Broad Fishing Hotspot, just north of Mourningdale Town.
Rewards for Weapons of the Sea:
- 2,380 experience
- 122.50 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Hardy Fisherman’s Smock – Tier 3 Fishing Chest
10 – Treasure of the Deep
Starts With: Tariku Abebe
Ends With: Eberhart Klaus
In Treasure of the Deep, the 10th quest in this New World Fishing Quest Guide, you will need to catch a treasure chest. To maximize the chances of catching a treasure chest, equip fishing baits that increase the fish rarity, and fish in a hotspot. The higher star fishing hotspot the better, but you still can catch them in the 1-star Broad hotspots.
Once you have caught a treasure chest, head out to Great Cleave to meet with Eberhart Klaus next to his Secret Hotspot. You may choose to head to him right away and hope that this Secret Hotspot is active, and try catching the treasure chest right beside him. Make him envy you as you reel in your big treasure chest!
Remember, secret hotspots take 45-90 minutes to respawn after being depleted.
Rewards for Treasure of the Deep:
- 2,640 experience
- 131.25 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Ironwood Fishing Pole
11 – Soulwarden Rations
Starts With: Eberhart Klaus
Ends With: Rory Davies
Now you will need to catch 5 fish that weigh over 30 pounds each for Soulwarden Rations. You will want to use fishing baits that increase fish size, and also any fishing equipment you have acquired along the way, especially if it boosts the chance for bigger fish size.
You may want to focus on another area to find bigger fish. A great spot is Cutlass Keys’ saltwater areas. Swordfish tend to be great for this quest in particular.
Finish the Soulwarden Rations off at Rory Davies in Edengrove, located here:
Rewards for Soulwarden Rations:
- 2,890 experience
- 140 coin
- 250 standing
- 20 Azoth
- Sleek Fisherman’s Hat
12 – Azoth-Tinged Fish
Starts With: Rory Davies
Ends With: Konrad Bernard
This one is simple, for the Azoth-Tinged Fish quest, simply fish where Rory Davies is in Edengrove until you catch the fish you need. You will then need to take it to Konrad Bernard in Shattered Mountains. Konrad is located at a Rare Fishing Hotspot northeast of Mountainrise Outpost.
Rewards for Azoth-Tinged Fish:
- 2,970 experience
- 148.75 coin
- 250 standing
- 30 Azoth
- Fishing Reward Box 3 > Grants Sleek Fisherman’s Smock, Gloves, Trousers, & Boots
13 – Corruption-Tinged Fish
Starts With: Konrad Bernard
Ends With: Laquan Chang
This quest is just as straight forward as the last. Fish in the water Konrad is next to until you catch a Corruption-Tinged fish. Once you have caught it, head off to Laquan Chang in Ebonscale Reach. Laquan is located right inside the town of Ebonscale Reach.
Rewards for Corruption-Tinged Fish:
- 3,750 experience
- 157.50 coin
- 250 standing
- 30 Azoth
- Fishing Reward Box 4 > Grants Fierce Fisherman’s Gloves and Boots
14 – Ecological Report
Starts With: Laquan Chang
Ends With: Gaspar Machera
In the second-last quest in the New World Fishing Quest Guide, you will need to collect fish filets of all different levels to bring to Gaspar Machera. You should fish in various areas to collect each type needed before you head off to Gaspar to hand this one in.
Gasper Machera is located just southeast of Reekwater Town:
15 – To be a Grand Master
Starts With: Gaspar Machera
Ends With: Gaspar Machera
Finally, to complete To be a Grand Master, the final quest in the series, you must reach fishing level 100. Once you’ve finally fished enough to reach fishing level 100, you can turn this quest in for your hard-earned Legendary Pole and fishing title!
Rewards for To be a Grand Master:
- 3,750 experience
- 157.50 coin
- 175 standing
- 30 Azoth
- Legendary Pole Reward Box > Grants one of the Legendary Fishing Poles shown in Table 1 in the introduction to this guide. Legendary Ancient, Angry Earth, Corrupted, or Lost Fishing Pole.