Introduction

These quests require level 10 and at least 1 point of fishing skill to accept. All should be possible to complete with such low skill. 75 fishing skill will allow all these daily quests to be completed without catching junk.

Only one Old Azeroth daily fishing quest can be completed each day: You may only complete one fishing daily each day from either Darnassus, Ironforge or Stormwind.

All the Azeroth daily fishing quests reward a Bag of Shiny Things, 250 reputation, and some fishing skill: Most quests earn 1 point of fishing skill. A Slippery Snack (Darnassus) and Diggin' For Worms (Stormwind) earn 2 skill points. The bag contains items worth a few Silver, gear such as Bright Baubles, and junk or novelty items. Rare items include:

Completing all 5 quests in each city rewards a "Fish or Cut Bait" achievement for the relevant city. Completing all 3 Fish or Cut Bait achievements (all 15 daily quests) rewards the achievement Gone Fishin'.

Quest fish not biting?
  1. Check the bobber is landing in the named water. For example, Hardened Walleye can only be caught from water named "Stormwind Lake". Catch is determined by the location of the bobber, not the location of the angler.
  2. Check you are not in a raid group. Quest fish cannot be caught while in a raiding party.

Darnassus

Darnassus daily fishing quests start from Astaia, stood by the water in the center of Darnassus. 1 out of a possible 5 is available each day.

Happy as a Clam Digger

Teldrassil Clam
Teldrassil Clam
  • What to loot: 10 Teldrassil Clams.
  • Where to loot it: Loot from clams found on the seabed around Rut'theran Village in Teldrassil.
  • Skill required: Fishing skill not used.

Teldrassil Clam are looted from objects on the seabed, not caught using fishing. Rut'theran Village is the port where ships from Stormwind dock.

An Old Favorite

Kaldorei Herring
  • What to catch: 8 Kaldorei Herring.
  • Where to catch it: Rut'theran Village, Teldrassil.
  • Skill required: 25 to fish without catching junk.

The quest text refers to waters "around Teldrassil", but only the waters around Rut'theran Village contain coastal fish, including Kaldorei Herring.

The Sister's Pendant

Giant Catfish

This quest can be completed without moving away from the quest-giver.

A Slippery Snack

Baby Octopi
Baby Octopi
  • What to loot: 6 Baby Octopi.
  • Where to loot it: Gather from Baby Octopi creatures, drifting along the seabed around Rut'theran Village in Teldrassil.
  • Skill required: Fishing skill not used.

Baby Octopi are small and quite hard to spot from above: Swim down to the seabed and search.

Stocking Up

Lake Whitefish

This quest can also be completed without moving away from the quest-giver.

Ironforge

Ironforge daily fishing quests start from Grimnur Stonebrand, in The Forlorn Cavern. 1 out of a possible 5 is available each day.

Cold Water Fishing

Arctic Char
  • What to catch: 5 Arctic Chars.
  • Where to catch it: Dun Morogh.
  • Skill required: 25 to fish without catching junk.

Arctic Char can be caught from any open water in Dun Morogh, not just Helm's Bed Lake.

Fish Fer Squirky

Blind Minnow
  • What to catch: 3 Blind Minnows. Feed the catch to Squirky, Grimnur Stonebrand's companion.
  • Where to catch it: Ironforge (The Forlorn Cavern).
  • Skill required: 75 to fish without catching junk.

The loving way in which Squirky recieves the fish makes this quest worthwhile. Although I'm not sure why Squirky doesn't use its own fishing pole.

The Gnomish Bait-o-Matic

Rat Trap
Gnomish Bait-o-Matic
  • What to loot: Combine 3 Rat Traps, Hair Trigger, and 5 Shiny Baubles.
  • Where to loot it: Rat Traps are looted from traps on the ground in the Ironforge station area of the Deeprun Tram (pictured). Hair Trigger is sold by Engineering suppliers. Shiny Baubles are sold by fishing suppliers.
  • Skill required: Fishing skill not used.

The nearest supplier of Hair Trigger is Gearcutter Cogspinner in Tinkertown. Shiny Bauble are sold by Tansy Puddlefizz, in the store behind Grimnur Stonebrand.

Live Bait

Crayfish Catch
Crayfish Catch
  • What to gain: Crayfish Catch (a buff, not an inventory item).
  • Where to gain it: Apply the Grimnur's Bait provided, and jump into the waters of Helm's Bed Lake, Dun Morogh. Once you are covered in Crayfish, travel to Cook Ghilm in Gol'Bolar Quarry, within 10 minutes.
  • Skill required: Fishing skill not used.

This quest must be completed un-mounted: Crayfish Catch cannot be gained while riding a mount. Mounting to ride or fly to Cook Ghilm will cause the Crayfish to fall off. Crayfish like to travel slowly.

Helm's Bed Lake is on the east side of Dun Morogh.

One Fer the Ages

Young Ironjaw
Young Ironjaw
  • What to catch: Young Ironjaw.
  • Where to catch it: Ironforge (The Forlorn Cavern). Then use Young Ironjaw while standing next to the empty plaque on the wall in Ironforge's Library, in the Hall of Explorers (pictured).
  • Skill required: 75 to fish without catching junk.

Stormwind

All 5 Stormwind City quests start from Catherine Leland, standing by the Canals. 1 out of a possible 5 is available each day.

The Stormwind cooking quests Feeling Crabby? and A Fisherman's Feast require fish, which are normally collected from places around Stormwind. However, Gigantic Catfish (for A Fisherman's Feast) can be caught in the waters of Stormwind City.

Big Gulp

Map of Stormwind (Cataclysm)
Royal Monkfish

The Valley of Heroes is the entrance to Stormwind from Elwynn Forest. Each Royal Monkfish may contain a Precious Locket, plus junk items, such as Set of Rusty Keys or Slimy Ring.

Diggin' For Worms

Crystal Bass
  • What to catch: Crystal Bass.
  • Where to catch it: Loot an Overgrown Earthworm from the ground around Olivia's Pond, Stormwind City. Apply the Overgrown Earthworm to your pole, like a lure. Then fish in Olivia's Pond.
  • Skill required: 75 to fish without catching junk.

Olivia's Pond is north of the Dwarven District. Overgrown Earthworm can be looted from sparkling objects on the ground, if this quest is on your log. Crystal Bass can only be caught once your pole has been lured with an Overgrown Earthworm. You will gain a 10 minute "Worm Bait" buff.

Hitting a Walleye

Hardened Walleye

Stormwind Lake is north of the cathedral.

Rock Lobster

Stormwind Lobster Trap
Rock Lobster

Rock Lobster are not caught by fishing - simply loot the traps. Stormwind Harbor contains Bluetip Thresher, which can be avoided or killed (these sharks are now only level 15 - thanks EIlhan).

Thunder Falls

Map of Thunder Falls
Violet Perch
  • What to catch: 4 Violet Perch.
  • Where to catch it: Thunder Falls, Elwynn Forest.
  • Skill required: 25 to fish without catching junk.

Thunder Falls is located in the hills, west of Goldshire.

Bug: At low skill, anglers may see the message "your fish got away" while fishing in Thunder Falls.
Horde get their own Azeroth daily fishing quests.

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Comments about Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Alliance)

Below are readers' comments about "Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Alliance)":

New Dailies

  1. Thay, April 2011:

    From the latest PTR notes:

    •New Cooking and Fishing Dailies have been added to Darnassus, Ironforge, Thunder Bluff, and Undercity.

    Anyone know if these are just copies of the SW ones (with locations slightly altered) or completly new.

    Also can you do only 1 or will this let you do 3 a day?

    Hopefully they may increase the prize pool from the dailies a little as well

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    Thay

  2. el, April 2011:

    The PTR is currently still down, so nothing is known yet. The first Undercity quest (which was in the last PTR build) was very basic: A simple fish catch from open water, and delivery to the other side of the city. The reward was unchanged from the Stormwind/Orgrimmar dailies.

  3. el, April 2011:

    You can still only do *one* Azeroth fishing daily per day. For example, Alliance pick either Stormwind, Ironforge or Darnassus. Once you complete one of the dailies, the other quests can't be taken.

  1. el, April 2011:

    There are now details of the quests that have appeared so far on Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Alliance) and Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Horde). Hopefully more quests will appear when the new day starts on the PTRs - I'm sure plenty are still missing. Fortunately gnomes don't need sleep.

  2. Nadal, April 2011:

    At least they're giving us the choice to use major faction capitals (Orgrimmar and Stormwind) or not, to do the daily quests. I just hope Silvermoon and Exodar will have the same treatment. It would be nice to see that Blizzard hasn't given up these capitals.

  3. Thay, April 2011:

    el wrote:

    You can still only do *one* Azeroth fishing daily per day. For example, Alliance pick either Stormwind, Ironforge or Darnassus. Once you complete one of the dailies, the other quests can't be taken.

    Thanks for the update, a pity, but expected as it was unlikely they'ed force us to visit all 3 cities.

    Still unless they up the rewards people will stop doing them at 85.
    Once you have maxed fishing there seems to be little gained from doing the dailies.

  4. NiceBloke, April 2011:

    Are there achievements for the new fishing dalies?

  5. el, April 2011:

    No achievements... yet.

  6. EIlhan, July 2011:

    I just flew past Stormwind Harbor, and noticed that the Bluetip Thresher there is now a level 15 beast, down from level 85. Some good news for lowbies who are on the Rock Lobster quest :)

  7. Jimbra, April 2012:

    At low level, these quests are good for extra XP and skill points for leveling up. And even after one reaches max Fishing and max level, they are still good for rep building and leveling up your guild. So if you have a few minutes to spare, they are still worthwhile even when maxed out. This advice also applies to the Cooking daily quests.

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