Runescape Fishing Guide

This is a good trade skill to take up in Jagex's Free mmorpg to cut down on food quests or to raise a character's cooking skill.

Many mmorpgs offer fishing as one of the skills a player can take up. The rewards of the trade skill are greater and far more satisfying than taking up fishing as a hobby in real life. As an added bonus, a Runescape character does not have to endure the smell of fish.

Runescape characters can cast a net, or they can use a fishing pole to catch of fish in the lakes, rivers and oceans of the game world.

In most areas of the game, the equipment will be a fishing pole and bait. Nets do not require bet and other items, such as the members only Karambwan pot, require a specific kind of bait. Fishing in Runescape is straight forward, a character using the fishing skill simply has to find a place to cast his net or his line and throw a fish into the waters.

Global Runescape contains many charts that will help out a Runescape character increase his skills. A chart that shows the type of fish, where they can be caught, and how much experience they give out can be found here.

Poles, Nets, and Bait in Runescape

What follows is a listof the angling equipment available and the type of bait needed to use each, according to the Globle Runescape website. Fish will be the most common items obtained by using the fishing trade skill, but other possible items a character can receiver are leather boots, a leather glove, seaweed, casket and oysters.

• Small fishing net, no bait
• Sea bait fishing, fishing rod and fishing bait
• Big fishing net, no bait. (Only Runescape members can use this item.)
• Fly fishing, fly fishing rod, feathers
• Fishing, same items as sea bait fishing
• Harpoon fishing, a harpoon, no bait
• Lobster fishing, a Lobster Pot, no bait
• Karambwan vessel fishing, Karambwan vessel, Raw Karambwanji (Only Runescape members can use this item.)

The Profitability of Fishing in Runescape

Fishing in Runescape does require a small and continuous investment on the part of a player character, because most angling equipment requires some type of bait. The primary use for fishing is to produce foods for the cooking trade skill. These can be sold to vendors or players or eaten to gain hitpoints during the course of a Runescape session.

This trade skill is best used to complement other skills in the game or to reduce down time. It can be a pleasant diversion from the hack and slash experience grinding prevalent in most mmorpgs. It is not the most profitable Runescape trade skill, but it is a useful trade skill for a character to take up.

Sources:

Global Runescape Fishing Guide

Official Runescape Website

A Free Web Game Round-Up

© Robert Janelle

Bored surfing the web? Or better yet, bored at work? Here are five free web games to keep you entertained.

The internet is great for many things. An excessive amount of information available at our fingertips, the ability to keep in touch anywhere in the world and of course, lots of distractions to help with procrastination.

The ability to play video games directly in the web browser certainly helps with the latter use. No need to download anything (which is especially useful if downloading happens to blocked on your computer, say at work for example) and they're available on any computer.

With thousands to choose from, here is a list of some of the more interesting interactivity the internet has to offer.

Dark Cut

A note of caution, this one isn't for the feint of heart. There's a LOT of cartoon blood.

In this game, which is sadly far too short, you get to play as a medieval surgeon, dealing with problems ranging from the plague to proper disposal of a vampire.

It's fairly simple (you're guided through everything step-by-step) but entertaining none-the-less, especially when you're reaching for a tray of leaches.

Alter Ego

A note of caution must proceed this "game" as well: Do NOT start this one unless you've got a LOT of free time to spare. It's the polar-opposite of Dark Cut as far as length goes and can be kind of addictive.

The graphic-based Second Life may be all the rage, but this completely text-based game asks the question: "What if you could live your life all over again?"

You play through various life scenarios beginning at birth and ending at death (which can occur at any age, based on your life choices.)

The game is basically a long series of descriptions, followed by choices to make, each one having an effect on the overall game. You can see how the game interprets that choices you'd normally make (or made when you were in those situations) or see what it thinks would happen if you'd done things in a completely different way. This one could easily kill an entire night.

McDonald's Video Game

A glorious newsgame (or as I prefer to call them, interactive editorials,) the McDonald's Video Game puts you in charge of the world's largest fast-food chain.

You need to grow the business by managing at all levels: the farms, the pimply-faced kids working in the restaurants and the boardroom.
The game is fictional, but fun! Annex land for more pastures and bribe politicians for favors, just keep your eye on the bottom line!

Desktop Tower Defense

A strange kind of strategy game. The idea is to make sure no more than 100 monsters make their into your castle by setting up defensive towers, which each have different strengths and weaknesses and cost.

Remember, along with buying more projectile-firing towers, you can also upgrade the ones you already have. Good luck.

Sphere and Crimson Room

Sphere is the sequel to the web-classic Crimson Room, which popularized the "escape from the room" genre of web puzzle games.

These games have you locked in a room and you have to search around for items to solve puzzles, which will eventually allow you to escape.

The annoying thing is, there's rarely any explanation as to just WHY you're trapped in a room.
The trick to these games: Click on EVERYTHING!

These should keep the bored web-surfer busy for sometime. Just don't let your boss catch you