Where to Fish: Waters and Zones
Four waters. 845 of the 871 scenes share the same catch lists, so what you can catch depends on the water in front of you, not the name of the zone. This page says which water each zone holds, and how sure we are.
Part of the Shroud of the Avatar fishing guide. For what each bait brings up, see bait and lures.
1The four waters at a glance
- Skill
- Freshwater Fishing
- Rod
- any fishing rod
- Bait
- the ten water baits
14 fish4 tank fish9 zones listed
The default water of a player town. Castle Atos and the tropical and non-tropical lists are the only special fresh-water catch lists.
Salt water- Skill
- Saltwater Fishing
- Rod
- any fishing rod
- Bait
- the ten water baits
15 fish9 tank fish14 zones listed
Tropical salt water (Cardinal, Yellow Tang) and open-PvP sea water (Sailfin Tang) have their own lists. The Atolls of Atos switched to salt water on 20 July 2026.
Fetid water- Skill
- Fetid Water Fishing
- Rod
- any fishing rod
- Bait
- the ten water baits
17 fish3 tank fish6 zones listed
Swamp water. Home of the gars, the catfish family, the Arapaima and most of the fishing-only swamp finds.
Lava- Skill
- Lava Fishing
- Rod
- Lava Fishing Rod, Fishing Rod of Prosperity, Dyeable or Indestructible Lava Fishing Rod
- Bait
- Gemmed Lure or Heavy Gemmed Lure
8 fish1 tank fish7 zones listed
Needs a lava-capable rod and a gemmed lure; the Lava Fishing skill only adds bite chance. All eight lava fish are trophy or plain kinds that count for the collection.
2Fresh water zones
Each zone takes its water from the best source we have: our in-game survey add-on first, then the Oracle’s corrections in the work log, then the water implied by catch uploads, then the wiki’s scene articles. A flag carries that source’s own note. Section 8 lists every zone by source.
- Blackblade Foothillswiki
- Blood River Forestwiki
- Castle Atoswiki
- Dysborg Ruinswiki
- East Sanctus Forestwiki
- Highvalewiki
- Kiln Cisternwiki
- Lightbringer Retreatfrom catches
- Solace Bridge Outskirtswiki
3Salt water zones
- Aeriewiki
- Atolls of AtosOracle⚑ salt since 20 July 2026
- Dysborg Ruinswiki
- Estgardwiki
- Fishing Expeditionwiki
- Gruskwiki
- Kingsportwiki
- Mudwiki
- Port Graffwiki
- Port Harmonywiki⚑ re-check
- Solace Bridge Outskirtswiki
- Spindrift Passagewiki
- Sunless Barrenswiki⚑ re-check
- Viklandwiki
4Fetid water zones
- East Longfall Wetlandwiki
- Malicewiki
- Mudwiki
- New Crafters Townfrom catches
- Resolute Sewerswiki
- The Necropoliswiki
5Lava zones
- Blood BayOracle
- Bunker Cwiki
- Haven Ridgewiki
- K'rulOracle
- Oracle Colossuswiki
- Player Dungeonfrom catches
- Sunless BarrensOracle⚑ re-check
- Blackblade areas
- several mines
6Special catch lists
A few places fish from their own lists. Tropical salt water is the only home of the Cardinal and Yellow Tang. Open-PvP sea water brings up the Sailfin Tang more often. Castle Atos has its own fresh-water list. And two player towns a day are the daily bonus fishing towns, named by the criers, where the Pacu bites whatever water the town holds.
Back to contents7Fishing at home: town water statues and lava pools
A player town is fresh water by default. The governor or steward can switch it with a Crown Shop statue: the Magic Gar Fetid Water Statue makes it fetid, the Magic Saltwater Tuna Statue makes it salt. Town water cannot become lava, but fishable lava pool decorations go in towns, lots, basements and player dungeons, and a Fishing Override Obelisk gives lava fishing on a lot. The obelisk refuses ordinary bait; a Gemmed Lure on a Lava Fishing Rod works.
Back to contents8How we know
Every zone above, by where its water comes from, best evidence first. A scene with two waters can sit under two sources.
- Oracle correction (work log) 4
- Atolls of Atos
- Blood Bay
- K'rul
- Sunless Barrens
- Inferred from catch uploads 3
- Lightbringer Retreat
- New Crafters Town
- Player Dungeon
- Wiki scene article 26
- Aerie
- Blackblade Foothills
- Blood River Forest
- Bunker C
- Castle Atos
- Dysborg Ruins
- East Longfall Wetland
- East Sanctus Forest
- Estgard
- Fishing Expedition
- Grusk
- Haven Ridge
- Highvale
- Kiln Cistern
- Kingsport
- Malice
- Mud
- Oracle Colossus
- Port Graff
- Port Harmony
- Resolute Sewers
- Solace Bridge Outskirts
- Spindrift Passage
- Sunless Barrens
- The Necropolis
- Vikland
The community has logged catches in 4 places so far:
- Lightbringer Retreat
- New Crafters Town
- Player Dungeon
- Lightbringer Isle
That covers 32 of the game’s 871 scenes, and the game client itself has confirmed 0 of them. The survey add-on reads every fishable water in a scene straight from the game, so each upload fills in more of the map. Until then, treat the wiki answers as a start, not the map.
Zone links go to the scene pages this site already has; zones without a page are listed as plain text.
Zones flagged “re-check”: the Oracle listed the wrong water for them before 15 October 2026, and we have not re-checked them since.
Back to contentsWhere to go next
- Shroud of the Avatar fishing guide (skills, rods, the reel fight, every fish by water)
- Bait and lures (where every bait comes from, the lure recipes, Bait Recovery)
- Fishing Report (community catches by fish and by location)
- Scenes / Map (every zone on the site)
Mechanics verified against Catnip Games’ fishing work log and fishing deep dive, October 2026. Species, sizes, bait and rod item facts come from the SotA wiki. Last checked 30 October 2026.