Net Fishing Spots in Dragonwilds: One Fish Per Region, and Junk That Is Not Junk
Fishing with a net is a resource-node system, not a minigame — you find a spot, work it until it runs out, and move on. Two things about it are worth knowing before you plan a route: each region has exactly one net fish species, so there is no fishing for monkfish outside Umbral Sands, and the "junk" pool contains Rune Essence and a loot bag — one pull in ten is genuinely worth having.
One Species Per Region
| Region | Net fish | Trophy variant |
|---|---|---|
| Brynmoor | Raw Shrimp | — |
| Ghornfell | Raw Anchovies | — |
| Fellhollow | Raw Lobster | Pristine Lobster — 1.5% |
| Dowdun Reach | Raw Giant Krill | — |
| Umbral Sands | Raw Monkfish | Pristine Monkfish |
Every region uses an identical quantity split: x1 at 60%, x2 at 30%, x3 at 10% — which averages 1.5 fish per successful catch, everywhere. The species changes; the maths does not.
That makes fish a geography problem rather than a skill one. If a recipe wants monkfish, you are going to Umbral Sands, and no amount of levelling changes it. Plan cooking around where you actually spend time.
Only two regions have a trophy fish on the net table. Pristine Lobster in Fellhollow at 1.5%, and Pristine Monkfish in Umbral Sands at an undocumented rate. Pristine fish are the wall-mountable trophies, so if you are collecting them, those are the two net spots that matter.
The Junk Pool Is Not All Junk
Every catch returns either a fish or a junk-pool roll, and the junk pool is the same in every region except for one entry:
| Junk result | Chance |
|---|---|
| Weeds | 70% |
| Stone | 20% |
| Rune Essence | 5% |
| A region loot bag | 5% |
Rune Essence at 5% is the one that changes how you think about this. It is the base material for Runecrafting, so a fishing circuit quietly produces rune material as a side effect. Not fast enough to replace mining essence, but enough that you should not be discarding it.
The loot bag is region-themed: Goblin Pack in Brynmoor, Garou Pack in Ghornfell, Zombie Pack in Fellhollow and Skeleton Pack in Dowdun Reach. These are containers — openable bags that normally drop from those enemies — not ambushes. Pulling one out of the water is a free enemy drop without the enemy.
Umbral Sands is the exception: its junk pool has no pack at all, only Weeds, Stone and Rune Essence. So the desert's net spots are slightly worse per pull than everywhere else, on top of already being the furthest away.
Taken together, 10% of junk rolls give you something useful — 5% Rune Essence plus 5% a loot bag. The other 90% really is weeds and stone.
How a Spot Behaves
| Catches per spot | 10 – 15, depending on the region |
| Each catch yields | Either fish or a junk roll |
| Respawn | 72 in-game hours — three full days |
| Fishing Frenzy perk | Increases the quantity caught |
The 72-hour respawn is the number that shapes everything. A depleted spot is gone for three in-game days, which means standing at one location is never the play. Net fishing rewards a circuit: work a spot dry, move to the next, and by the time you loop back the first has returned.
Fifteen catches at 1.5 fish average is roughly 22 fish per spot, minus whatever the junk pool takes. That is a useful planning figure when you are cooking for a raid night rather than snacking.
The Fishing Frenzy perk raises the quantity per catch, which compounds against a fixed catch count — the spot still gives 10–15 pulls, but each one is worth more. On a finite node, a quantity perk is strictly better than a speed one.
And because spots are region-locked to one species, your circuit determines your menu. A Fellhollow loop produces lobster and the occasional Pristine; a Brynmoor loop produces shrimp. Decide what you are cooking before you decide where you fish.
Practical tips
- One net species per region — shrimp, anchovies, lobster, giant krill, monkfish, in map order.
- Quantity split is identical everywhere: 60% x1, 30% x2, 10% x3 — 1.5 average.
- Junk contains Rune Essence at 5% and a region loot bag at 5%. Do not bin it.
- Umbral Sands has no loot bag in its junk pool — the one regional difference.
- 10–15 catches per spot, then 72 in-game hours to respawn. Run a circuit.
- Pristine Lobster is 1.5% in Fellhollow; Pristine Monkfish exists in Umbral Sands.
Running your own Dragonwilds server
A three-in-game-day respawn only means anything on a world that keeps running — on a hosted world that stops when you log out, your fishing circuit resets on your schedule rather than the game's. A gamever Dragonwilds server keeps the world's clock going between sessions, so spots you cleared on Monday are back when the group logs in later in the week, and everyone shares the same circuit rather than racing each other around it.
Conclusion
Net fishing in Dragonwilds is a node circuit, not a skill check. Each region carries exactly one species — Shrimp in Brynmoor, Anchovies in Ghornfell, Lobster in Fellhollow, Giant Krill in Dowdun Reach and Monkfish in Umbral Sands — on an identical 60/30/10 quantity split averaging 1.5 fish per catch. The junk pool is 70% Weeds and 20% Stone, but the remaining tenth is worth keeping: 5% Rune Essence and 5% a region loot bag — Goblin, Garou, Zombie or Skeleton Pack, all openable containers rather than ambushes — with Umbral Sands the only region lacking a pack. Each spot gives 10–15 catches and then takes 72 in-game hours to return, so the correct approach is a loop between several spots rather than camping one. Pristine Lobster at 1.5% in Fellhollow and Pristine Monkfish in Umbral Sands are the only trophies on the net tables.
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