Fishing Mastery Alternate Advancement (AA) points do two things. Ranks 1 - 3 will reduce failure rates and Ranks 4 - 13 will allow you to raise your skill above 200.
It will cost 455 AAs to buy all ranks of Fishing Mastery.
| AA Rank | Level Required | Cost | Effect |
| 1 | 59 | 5 | Reduces failures by 10% |
| 2 | 59 | 10 | Reduces failures by 25% |
| 3 | 59 | 15 | Reduces failures by 50% |
| 4 | 60 | 20 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 205 |
| 5 | 65 | 25 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 210 |
| 6 | 70 | 30 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 215 |
| 7 | 75 | 35 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 220 |
| 8 | 80 | 40 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 225 |
| 9 | 85 | 45 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 230 |
| 10 | 90 | 50 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 235 |
| 11 | 95 | 55 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 240 |
| 12 | 100 | 60 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 245 |
| 13 | 105 | 65 | Allows you to raise your skill by 5 points to 250 |
This passive Alternate Ability gives you the chance to automatically recover an item that would otherwise be lost on a failed tradeskill combine. It is possible to "salvage" multiple items from each failed combine.
It will cost 30 AAs to buy all ranks of Salvage.
| AA Rank | Level Required | Cost | Effect |
| 1 | 60 | 5 | 5% chance to recover an item |
| 2 | 65 | 5 | 15% chance to recover an item |
| 3 | 70 | 5 | 25% chance to recover an item |
| 4 | 75 | 5 | 30% chance to recover an item |
| 5 | 80 | 5 | 35% chance to recover an item |
| 6 | 85 | 5 | 40% chance to recover an item |