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
You can cast your 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.
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 record is locked to your account.
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 any Paint Brush, Petpet Paint Brush, or Transmogrification Potion, although this is a very rare occurrence.
![]() 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 |
![]() Eyefish Level 40 |
![]() Fractalpus Level 40 |
![]() Large Giant Squid Level 40 |
![]() Giant Giant Squid Level 50 |
![]() Cubefish Level 70 |
![]() Doomfish Level 75 |
![]() Inferno Mollusk Level 80 |
![]() Radarfish Level 80 |
![]() Titanic Giant Squid Level 80 |
![]() Tyrannian Mechafish Level 80 |
![]() Chaosfish Level 90 |
![]() Diseased Mechafish Level 90 |
![]() Bombfish Level 100 |
![]() Frozen Mechafish Level 100 |
![]() Glistening Mechafish Level 100 |
![]() Golden Mechafish Level 100 |
![]() Spectral Shrimp Level 100 |
![]() Spooky Mechafish Level 100 |
![]() Transparifish Level 100 |
![]() Neopet-Eating Carp Level 253 |
![]() Cheery Plant Level 1 |
![]() 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 |
![]() Shimmery Seagrass Level 6 |
![]() Cinder Block Sea Fungus Level 20 |
![]() Cubical Sea Fungus Level 20 |
![]() Cave Rock Level 35 |
![]() Prismatic Sea Fern Level 40 |
![]() Void Plant Level 50 |
![]() Darigan Seaweed Level 70 |
![]() Magic Crystalline Kelp Level 80 |
![]() Dead Bonfire Level 87 |
![]() Starry Sea Fern Level 90 |
![]() Plushie Fungus Level 100 |
![]() Fishing Made Easy Level 20 |
![]() On Gelert Pond Level 30 |
![]() The Old Mynci and the Sea Level 40 |
![]() Waterlogged Book Level 40 |
![]() Ancient Shopping List Scroll Level 47 |
![]() Mouldy Tome Level 51 |
![]() Slimy Bog Scroll Level 73 |
![]() Soggy Scroll Level 75 |
![]() Secret of the Bogberries Level 100 |
![]() Cheap Water Ring Level 1 |
![]() Rotten Beetroot Level 1 |
![]() Scroll of the Sea Level 1 |
![]() Water Mote Level 1 |
![]() Bubble Mote Level 10 |
![]() Magical Healing Potion Level 15 |
![]() Ultra Bubble Beam Level 18 |
![]() Water Muffin Level 20 |
![]() Water Faerie Water Blaster Level 34 |
![]() 17-Pound Trout Level 50 |
![]() Fish Scale Breastplate Level 50 |
![]() Pike Pike Level 60 |
![]() Shiny Shoal Shell Shield Level 60 |
![]() Necklace of the Water Faerie Level 62 |
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 Neopets' 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.

This article was written by: Terry