Fishing, lvl 40 reward: Lobsters, Pt 1

Lobsters. Mmm. Drowned in butter, soft tasty flesh... Mmm.

Of course, the lobsters on Runescape aren't quite like that... but I still love Lobster IRL so anyone who wants to take me out for dinner, Lobster dinner would rock... ;)

Okay, onto the actual topic of this entry - that is, the financial benefits of training your fishing level up to at least 40 as soon as you can tolerate, and then the financial benefits of collecting lots of lobsters to sell.

Main Benefits:

• 0 Reliable stream of portable healing for your battles
• 0 Reduced battling expenses
• 0 Healing to sell to the fish shop in Port Sarim, or other players for a profit

Portable Healing

Portable healing is healing that you carry with you while you explore or battle, so you can heal yourself without having to return to civilization. The higher level the healing item, the more it tends to heal. This is definitely true with fish.

Don't be afraid to collect 250 of each type of fish in your bank account while you're fishing - you can sell them later, or you may find yourself using a lot of them while you're exploring and adventuring and battling. As you get bigger, you can remove the shrimps and anchovies, etc, from your bank account in note format, and drop the notes to get rid of them since shrimp, anchovies, sardines and herring don't heal very much (but are great when you have under 10 hit points), and therefore make room for the fish that heal well.

You can also hang around fishing places with a bunch of people currently fishing, because odds are someone is fishing for experience and you'll be able to pick up higher-healing fish like trout, pike, salmon or tuna. If you're lucky someone is also working on improving their culinary/cooking skill and will drop cooked fish, ready to eat!

Please don't ask whether anyone is giving away free fish, however - if it's not on the ground, go on about your business and come back later. Look right under the feet of where the people are fishing, take advantage of opportunities as they arise, but don't be a beggar.

Stay tuned for part 2!