This page summarises how to catch Essence of Fire.
About Essence of Fire
- Use:
- Used in many high-end pre-Burning Crusade profession recipes.
- Alchemy: Transmute: Fire to Earth.
- Value:
- Vendor: 4s
- Auction: 7g (prices vary)
Catching Essence of Fire
Notes: Essence of Fire can rarely be caught by fishing certain areas of lava. Catch rates from fishing are lower than killing fire elemental creatures at Fire Plume Ridge (Un'Goro Crater).
History: 3.1: First catch reported.
| Water | No-junk skill | Areas | Catch Rate * | Commonly caught fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Source | |||||
| Open Water - Inland | ?? | 3% | Sample: 325. | |||
| 300 | 3% | Sample: 325. | ||||
| 425 | 3% | Sample: 325. | ||||
- [??] No-junk skill not known.
- [*] % of Catch is the approximate proportion of all catches in this area/water, that are the named fish.
Other Tomes
Learn More
- Valuable Fish - Details the most valuable fish, and how to catch them.
- 3.1 Changes - Patch 3.1's changes to fishing, including new fishing poles and Wintergrasp.
Below are anglers' comments about Essence of Fire.
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!
