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Vibrant shoal
Released19 November 2025 (Update)
MembersYes
LocationVaries
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OptionsRod-fish
ExamineA mixed shoal of vibrant fish.
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Object ID59742
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Vibrant shoals are a type of mixed shoal requiring level 86 Fishing to fish from, which have a 10% chance to spawn in place of a bluefin shoal or marlin shoal whilst deep sea trawling. Like the aforementioned shoals, vibrant shoals swim at shallow, moderate, and deep depths, and as such must be caught with a hemp trawling net or greater to consistently catch them.

Vibrant shoals will appear once a shoal begins moving again, and will last for two stops before reverting back to the original shoal. Their movements and stop timer are also identical to the original shoal.

Vibrant shoals have better chances for a successful catch, and yield either raw bluefin or raw marlin.

A vibrant shoal can be spotted by the sight of marlin swimming around.

Fishing info

Catch chance

A roll for a successful catch is performed every 3 ticks (1.8s), indicated by the small amount of Sailing experience granted whenever this occurs. This can be increased to every 2 ticks (1.2s) by clicking the trawling net every tick. For crewmates, a roll is performed every 5 ticks (3s), giving a flat 4% chance of a successful catch.

If rod fishing, a roll is performed every 5 ticks (3s) - the same as regular fishing.

The following success rates are provided by Jagex. 

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Fish distribution

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

Upon a successful roll for a catch from a vibrant shoal, the game will roll a 1/3,000 chance for the rare fish table, then perform another roll to determine the type of fish the player will receive.

Below lists the effective drop rates upon a successful catch.

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Raw bluefin.png: Vibrant shoal drops Raw bluefin with rarity 50/100 in quantity 1-7Raw bluefin1–750/1001,428–9,996102–714
Raw marlin.png: Vibrant shoal drops Raw marlin with rarity 50/100 in quantity 1-7Raw marlin1–750/1003,091–21,637102–714
Purplefin.png: Vibrant shoal drops Purplefin with rarity 50/300,000 in quantity 1Purplefin150/300,000Not sold3,600
Swift marlin.png: Vibrant shoal drops Swift marlin with rarity 50/300,000 in quantity 1Swift marlin150/300,000Not sold3,900

Other items

Upon a successful roll for a catch from a vibrant shoal, the game will also roll for the angler's paint for a better chance than normal shoals.

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Angler's paint.png: Vibrant shoal drops Angler's paint with rarity 1/16,200 in quantity 1Angler's paint11/16,200[d 1]8,349,6041
  1. ^ Only when using trawling nets.

Changes

Date Changes
25 February 2026
(Update)

Updated the Fishing skill guide to correctly display that vibrant shoals require level 86. Previously, it had accidentally been switched with the bluefin shoal.

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