If you’re going to invest your time in fishing, then keep your equipment upgraded and in good shape. At a skill level of one buy a Bauble to add to your pole to increase your fishing by 25. By using this Bauble you will find better stuff at a lower level and raise levels faster.

As you level up your fishing skill you’ll catch better stuff. Hunters need to feed their pets to keep them happy, some cooking recipes call for the fish you catch. Supply these needs, at a good profit to yourself.

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Cooking

Cooking is a great choice and can be used for different things. Cooking is used for healing. You can also make drinks that regenerate mana and more. Cooked food is better than vendor bought food so other people may buy your items as well.

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First Aid

First aid allows you to make bandages from cloth that can be used to heal yourself or other players later in the game. Bandages are great to replenish health but they can also be used during combat when food and drink can not. Bandages are made from the same cloth that tailors use for making items so it begins with linen, then wool, then silk and so on. Each different cloth will make a better bandage that heals more. Also, if you are not a tailor and so not need cloth, you can turn it into a bandage before selling it to the vendor and get twice as much money for it!

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Fishing

Not only is fishing fun but the fish you pull out can be very useful for other things. And sometimes when you are lucky, you will even pull out items from fishing. People have found gems, rings and similar items from fishing. Fish can also be used in conjunction with cooking. Most fish heal you when you eat them. Similar types of fish are stackable in your inventory and different types of fish have different healing abilities.

Fish can also be used to feed hunter’s pets. Some other skills like alchemy may require fish as well so it is a good thing to have. You should pick it up regardless because you might always be able to fish out some cool items or at least some fish to help heal you.

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You might decide to power level your skills. This means you wait until you become a higher level and then try to level your skill all at once. However, this technique works best when it is not your first character. You will not have very much money if you are not using a skill to help you get it. So an alternative is to choose gathering skills until you reach a higher level. You will make a lot of money just from picking up this items that other players need. Then when you are at a high level, you drop the gathering skills and pick up the others such as tailoring, enchanting, etc and then power level it in one night. Now you have a money machine just waiting for you.

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