This pages summarises the fish that can be caught in Burning Steppes. There are 2 different areas within this zone - Burning Steppes (Lava) and Burning Steppes (Dreadmaul Rock):
About Burning Steppes
- 2 Areas with Different Catches:
- Burning Steppes (Lava) (425 Skill)
- Burning Steppes (Dreadmaul Rock) (425 Skill)
- Recommended Level: 50-58
- Territory: Contested
Burning Steppes (Lava)
- Open Water Skill: 425 to fish open water without junk (pools can be fished effectively with skill 1).
- Notes: Larger pools of lava within the Burning Steppes can be fished. Many are found near the entrance to Blackrock Mountain.
- History: 3.1: First catch from lava reported.
| Water and Area | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | Other Rare Catches | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Sample | |||||
| Open Lava - Inland | Old Skull | 69% | 325 | - | - | |
| Coal | 28% | |||||
| Essence of Fire | 3% | |||||
Burning Steppes (Dreadmaul Rock)
- Open Water Skill: 425 to fish open water without junk (pools can be fished effectively with skill 1).
- Notes: Fish can be caught inside one of the caves on Dreadmaul Rock, on the east side of the Burning Steppes.
| Water and Area | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | Other Rare Catches | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Sample | |||||
| Open Water - Inland | Raw Whitescale Salmon | 40% | 715 | - | Armor, weapons, and certain ("world drop") professions recipes | |
| Plated Armorfish | 5-35% | Best catch rate 00:00-06:00 | ||||
| Raw Nightfin Snapper | 0-35% | Best catch rate 00:00-06:00 | ||||
| Raw Sunscale Salmon | 0-35% | Best catch rate 12:00-18:00 | ||||
| Lightning Eel | 0-25% | Best catch rate 12:00-18:00 | ||||
| Raw Redgill | 5% | - | ||||
| 15-32 Pound Salmon | <1% | - | ||||
| Bloated Salmon | <1% | - | ||||
| Major Healing Potion | <1% | - | ||||
| Superior Mana Potion | <1% | - | ||||
Learn More
- 3.1 Changes - Patch 3.1's changes to fishing, including new fishing poles and Wintergrasp.
Comments about Burning Steppes
Below are readers' comments about "Burning Steppes":
Lava outside BRD, Burning Steppes
Uramie, April 2009:
A friend of mine just fished up Essence of Fire, I've never heard of this. Just wanted to share it. :)
el, April 2009:
Thanks. The lava in the Burning Steppes mostly contains Old Skull and Coal - just like Fire Plume Ridge in Un'Goro Crater. It is possible Essence of Fire is a rare catch [update] just caught it. I suspect this is a recent change. Perhaps other areas are fishable now to? [update] Blackrock Mountain's lava is fishable (same catches). Change may be related to removing fish from the forge in Ironforge.
Gummo, April 2009:
Noor noticed the new(ish) trinket High-powered Flashlight and decided to make one (just so she can make a free Elune spotlight once an hour) and decided to fish up the 6 essence of fire needed behind Blackrock Stronghold. Here's the catch:
109 Old Skulls
47 Coal
6 Essence of FIre
el, April 2009:
I noticed Wowhead lists Essence of Fire as fishable in The Obsidian Sanctum - which almost makes sense. Perhaps this means dungeons like Molten Core are now fishable to? Although, I tried the Maw of Neltharion (in Dragonblight) and while the lava there is fishable, it contains regular Dragonblight inland open-water catches. Bonescale Snapper are evidently rather resilient!
