Ye Olde Fishing Vortex

At Ye Olde Fishing Vortex (also known as Underwater Fishing), each of your Neopets is allowed to cast their line and fish up an item.

Fishing Limits

Your pet can cast a line at least once per day. There seems to be a cooldown period between successful catches, ranging from 2 hours to over 12 hours, but an exact time range is unknown. Each pet has an independent cooldown, which means even if one pet is on cooldown, your others will not be until they cast a line.

Levels

Each time your pet fishes at the cavern, there is a chance that their fishing skill will increase by one level, and as their level increases so does the list of items they could possibly hook. You can also increase their level (up to a maximum of 3 levels) by reading them the book Fishing Made Easy.

The maximum fishing level that your pet can obtain is 500. Whenever a Neopet is abandoned or transferred, their fishing level resets back to 1. If that same Neopet returns to an account where they had accumulated levels, those levels will be reinstated. In other words, your Neopets' fishing level records are locked to your account.

The fishing level for a pet can be found in the Fishing Skill section of the pet's lookup (https://www.neopets.com/petlookup.phtml?pet=PETNAME).

Prizes

Below is a list of the items you can find at the Vortex, along with the minimum confirmed Skill Level your pet must be at in order to find them. If you'd like to see the information for these items, click on the item's name or image to be taken to its page in the Item Database.

At any level, it is also possible to fish up a Paint Brush, Petpet Paint Brush, Transmogrification Potion, or other rare items, although this is a very rare occurrence.

Confirmed Petpet Paint Brushes (at any level)

Confirmed Transmogrification Potions (at any level)

Fish and Squid

Blandfish
Level 1
Breadfish
Level 1
Lesser Spotted Fish
Level 1
Rockfish
Level 1
Scrawnyfish
Level 1
Waterfish
Level 1
Butterfish
Level 5
Madfish
Level 20
Small Giant Squid
Level 20
Tanglepus
Level 20
Landfish
Level 30
Large Giant Squid
Level 40
Fractalpus
Level 50
Eyefish
Level 51
Giant Giant Squid
Level 62
Cubefish
Level 70
Doomfish
Level 75
Inferno Mollusk
Level 80
Titanic Giant Squid
Level 80
Tyrannian Mechafish
Level 80
Radarfish
Level 90
Bombfish
Level 100
Chaosfish
Level 100
Diseased Mechafish
Level 100
Frozen Mechafish
Level 100
Glistening Mechafish
Level 100
Golden Mechafish
Level 100
Spooky Mechafish
Level 100
Spectral Shrimp
Level 130
Transparifish
Level 130
Neopet-Eating Carp
Level 253

Gardening

Giant Brown Kelp
Level 1
Giant Green Kelp
Level 1
Giant Red Kelp
Level 1
Mossy Rock
(wearable)
Level 1
Grey Sea Fern
Level 5
Spongy Algae
Level 5
Cheery Plant
Level 11
Cinder Block Sea Fungus
Level 20
Cubical Sea Fungus
Level 30
Cave Rock
Level 31
Shimmery Seagrass
Level 41
Void Plant
Level 50
Prismatic Sea Fern
Level 60
Darigan Seaweed
Level 70
Magic Crystalline Kelp
Level 80
Dead Bonfire
Level 87
Starry Sea Fern
Level 90
Plushie Fungus
Level 100

Petpets

Lurman
Level 20
Noak
Level 30
Nupie
Level 40
Splime
Level 50
Yoakie
Level 60
Kora
Level 70
Mundo
Level 91
Surzard
Level 101

Books

Battledome Weapons

Miscellaneous Items

Bag of Broken Neopoints
Level 1
Broken Fishing Pole
Level 1
Bucket of Sludge
Level 1
Healing Springs Residue
Level 1
Old Rotten Left Boot
Level 1
Old Rotten Right Boot
Level 1
Old Rotten Left Sandal
Level 1
Old Rotten Right Sandal
Level 1
Old Rotten Left Shoe
Level 1
Old Rotten Right Shoe
Level 1
Rotting Driftwood
Level 1
Rusty Old Can
Level 1
Stagnant Puddle of Water
Level 1
Watery Hot Dog
Level 1
Mouldy Left-Overs
Level 10
Petrified Bone
Level 10
Dull Grey Pearl
Level 20
Rotten Omelette Sandwich
Level 21
Broken Toy Sailboat
Level 30
Old Picket Fence
(wearable)
Level 47
Enormous Fake Diamond
Level 50
Leminty Elixir of Healing
Level 52
Old Box Fort
Level 51
Healing Potion XV
Level 60
Edible Smelly Gym Socks
Level 61
Giant Bath Plug
Level 70
Irritable Genie-in-a-Bottle
Level 70
Mouldy Petpet Bed
Level 80
Mysterious Swirly Potion
Level 80
Flask of Rainbow Fountain Water
Level 87
Gravitic Urn
Level 100
Pant Devil Attractor
Level 100
Plushie Clam
Level 100
Smooth Black Sphere
Level 100
Molten Borovan Rod
Level 110
Obelisk of Doom
Level 120
Mouldy Pencil Case
Level 130
Hovering Four-Dimensional Pyramid
Level 139
Golden Meepit Statue
Level 154
Glowing Wooden Mask
Level 171
Shiny Sloth Head
Level 189
Rockfish Plushie
Level 200
The Two Ring
Level 222
Lesser Spotted Fish Plushie
Level 226
Flask of Clear, Odourless Liquid
Level 244
Strange Glowing Disc
Level 258

Avatar

At around level 80, it is possible to catch a Titanic Giant Squid. Fishing up one of these will also net you an avatar!

Fishing - Titanic Squid / Guide

Catch a Titanic Giant Squid in the Underwater Fishing Cavern.

Released: June 20, 2005

Note that it is not possible to borrow a pet with a >80 fishing level from another player, as a Neopet's fishing level is linked to the account, not the Neopet, and so will return to 1 if you abandon or transfer them to another account.

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