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Fishing rod

Fishing rod

Fishing rod is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 3 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Fishing rod is to buy it: Gerrant's Fishy Business in Port Sarim sells it for 5 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

“Useful for catching sardine or herring.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 3 gp

Updated . Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

Only one monster drops it: Zombie (Uncharted Isles) (level 93), at 2/128 (about one every 43 kills). Other sources include Fishing rods (Meiyerditch tunnels). 3 recipes use Fishing rod, including 'fishvention' rod, Fishing rod-o-matic and Oily fishing rod. Fishing rod is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 3 coins, which is 2 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.

At a glance

Members
No (free-to-play)
Tradeable
Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch
3 coins
Monster drops
1
Shops
6
Recipes
None
Used in
3 recipes

Monster drops

Dropped byLevelQuantityRarity
Zombie (Uncharted Isles)931–2 (noted)2/128

Best rates first, plus the lowest-level monsters that drop it. Every monster links to its full drop table in the bestiary.

Shops

Other sources

Minigames, reward chests, clues, skilling and other non-combat sources.

What you make with Fishing rod

Where it fits for an Ironman

Minigames and places

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