This page summarises how to catch Furious Crawdad.
About Furious Crawdad
- Value (uncooked): Vendor: 8c
- Cooking:Cooking:
- Spicy Crawdad:
- Requires level 55 to eat.
- Restores: 7500 health, over 30 seconds.
- Buffs: 20 Spirit, 30 Stamina, for 30 minutes.
- Recipe: Recipe: Spicy Crawdad.
- Ingredients: Furious Crawdad.
- Spicy Crawdad:
Catching Furious Crawdad
- Notes: Areas with Highland Mixed School require a flying mount or (Druid) flight ability to reach. In Terokkar Forest, there are 10 confirmed pool locations in Blackwind Lake (near Skettis), 4 in Lake Ere'Noru (above Allerian Stronghold), and 3 in Lake Jorune (above Stonebreaker Hold). There are no pools in Silmyr Lake.
- Commentary: Each Highland Mixed School gives an average of 3 Furious Crawdad. Highland Mixed Schools are very commonly fished, yet there are only 17 possible spawning locations, and each typically respawns 60-65 minutes after it was last fished (emptied). So if other people have been fishing within the previous hour (very likely), you may struggle to find any Highland Mixed Schools. Pools around Blackwind Lake are patrolled by elite giants, however these can be avoided by simply flying away when the giant approaches. Those able to walk on water (Priests and Shamen) can fish while standing in the lake, and so avoid most monsters completely.
- Guide: Catching Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy - How to catch Furious Crawdad, and Mr. Pinchy, who may grant you a rare Magical Crawdad pet.
| Water | Areas | No-Junk Skill | Catch Rate | Common Catch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Sample | |||||
| Highland Mixed School | Inland: Terokkar Forest (Lakes) (lakes Blackwind, Ere'Noru and Jorune) | 1 | 65% | 1060 | Furious Crawdad | |
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- Valuable Fish - Details the most valuable fish, and how to catch them.
- Pools and Wreckage - Describes how to fish pools such as schools or floating debris, where to find pools, and how to efficiently fish them.
- The Burning Crusade - Fishing changes in the first expansion.
- Catching Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy - How to catch Furious Crawdad, and Mr. Pinchy, who may grant you a rare Magical Crawdad pet.
- The Role of Skill (Revised) - Considers the role skill plays in fishing, including how skill changes the proportion of junk items caught. Revised for patch 3.1.
- Zone Base Fishing Skill - Detailed analysis that attempts to answer the question, what fishing skill will I need to fish in a certain zone?
Comments about Furious Crawdad
Below are readers' comments about "Furious Crawdad":
Fishing Lake Ere'Noru without a flying mount?
Gummo, June 2008:
I have seen a few people who have gotten to Lake Ere'Noru without flying (the lake behind Allerian Stronghold) to fish for Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy, but I haven't been able to duplicate this feat (see here, here, here, and here)
I've found the path from the Arrakoa village to the lake, but I can't get over the last ridge to reach the lake. Some mention needing an epic mount, but I couldn't do it even then. Does anyone have more detailed advice on getting there? It's possible the terrain has been changed in a recent patch to prevent this. I also tried slow fall + rocket boots xtreme but couldn't get there...
Trokair, June 2008:
You don't even need a mount, just a few tricky jumps on foot over the terrain there (unless they've changed the terrain, as you mentioned).
I'll try it tonight or soon, take a screenshot of the ridge you jump over, and post it up here.
wonderboy00, February 2009:
yeah, i don't think this can be accessed anymore. I am trying damn hard on my 49 priest... LOL i know, waaay too low level. i don't have an epic mount obviously, and some people seem to say you need that, but I cannot make it up there. I have a feeling it has been changed. But please respond, and let me know if this can be reached in any form without requiring a summon or a flying mount. I'd love to get started on Mr Pinchy and level my cooking and fishing a little more on my way to those high levels. thanks!!
el, February 2009:
Gummo's video might help. That's using an engineer's Parachute Cloak and Rocket Boots Xtreme.
The Lich King, April 2009:
there is an easy way. Enlist the help of a "special mage" and have them summon you to the lake. I'll be fishin round there as well. Wave if you see me and i might not consume your soul ^.^
Gummo, April 2009:
Hmm, how about having a 70+ DK up on the rim where my video jumps over, and have the under-70 player down below. Duel, and have the DK do his "come over here!" grab...
How engineers can get to Lake Ere'Noru to fish for crawdad/Mr. Pinchy
Gummo, August 2008:
I still can't climb up over the last ridge, so as an engineer I just blast my way over:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV-ULaNw2jcchubtohd, August 2008:
well done man...well done :)
