Minnow

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Minnow
Released							6 July 2017 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							A tiny fish.
Values
Value							1 coin
High alch							0 coins
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							0 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							21356

Minnows are members-only fish that can be caught at Kylie Minnow's fishing platform at the Fishing Guild. They require a small fishing net with at least level 82 Fishing, without boosts, to be caught, granting 26.1 Fishing experience per catch of minnow. These catches consist of between 10-14 minnow, dependent on the player's Fishing level.

The platform may only be accessed after showing Kylie the full angler's outfit and having completed the Fishing Contest quest.

Minnow fishing spots move around in a consistent 1-tile clockwise rotation at a fixed rate of 15 seconds, more rapidly than other forms of net fishing. Players can use a synced interval timer for an auditory signal notifying the player of the spot moving, or simply count a total of 10 experience drops, which is the maximum that can be received from a fishing spot before it moves.

A flying fish gobbles up the player's minnow.

In addition, a fishing spot will occasionally spawn flying fish instead of providing minnows; flying fish will eat 20 minnow directly from the player's inventory as long as they keep fishing there, forcing them to move to another spot. A flying fish will only appear after a fishing spot has changed and will continue to eat the player's minnows until the fishing spot changes position once again.

Minnow can be exchanged for raw sharks by trading with Kylie Minnow at a rate of 40 minnows for one raw shark.

Equipping the Rada's blessing from Kourend & Kebos Diary gives up to 8% chance to catch twice the amount of minnows (no experience is given for the additional catch). This works well with the stackable nature of minnows in the inventory.

While the fishing platform can only be accessed via the Fishing Guild, Minnow fishing does not benefit from the Guild's +7 invisible level boost.

Fishing info

Minnow
Level required				82
Fishing XP				26.1 xp
Fishing spot				Fishing spot (minnow)
Tool				Small fishing net
Bait				N/A

Catch rates

Level	XP/Hr	Minnows/Hr	Minnows/Hr W/ Rada's blessing	Sharks/Hr	Sharks/Hr W/ Rada's blessing	GP/Hr	GP/Hr W/ Rada's blessing
82	40,000	15,000	16,200	375	405	184,500	199,260
85	43,000	17,000	18,360	425	459	209,100	225,828
90	45,000	19,500	21,040	487	526	239,850	258,792
95	48,000	22,000	23,760	550	594	270,600	292,248
99	56,000	25,000	27,000	625	675	307,500	332,100

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Fishing spot (minnow)	82	1	Always

Changes

Date	Changes
13 July 2017 (update)	The inventory icon was reduced in size due to player complaints that the number of minnows they had in their inventory was difficult to see. Ghasts can no longer turn a stack of minnows into rotten food.