This page summarises how to catch Mr. Pinchy. For a more detailed guide, see Catching Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy.
About Mr. Pinchy
- Binds when caught.
- Use: Mr. Pinchy can be used three times, with a 2 day "cooldown" between uses. Requires level 55 to use. Possible results:
- Benevolent Mr. Pinchy: Summons a non-elite guardian which assists you in battle. 10 minute duration.
- Gift box with 5 Super Healing Potion and 5 Super Mana Potion.
- Magical Crawdad Box containing a Magical Crawdad non-combat pet.
- Mr. Pinchy's Blessing: Health increased by 500. This effect persists through death and is considered a flask. 2 hour duration.
- Furious Mr. Pinchy: Non-elite attacks you and your party. Corpse cannot be looted.
- Value: Vendor: 20s
Catching Mr. Pinchy
Detailed mapping of hard to find areas is shown below.
Notes: Areas with Highland Mixed School require a flying mount or (Druid) flight ability to reach (unless you are summoned). 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: Around 1 in 500 catches from Highland Mixed School are Mr. Pinchy, but this is very variable. Since each Highland Mixed School contains an average of just three catches, expect to fish over 150 pools. You may need to catch several Mr. Pinchys before gaining the rare Magical Crawdad Box (with Magical Crawdad non-combat pet). 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.
Detailed Guide: Catching Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy - How to catch Furious Crawdad, and Mr. Pinchy, who may grant you a rare Magical Crawdad pet.
Related Achievement: Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box: Fish your way to Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box. For full strategies, read the Catching Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy topic.
| Water | No-junk skill | Areas | Catch Rate * | Commonly caught fish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Source | |||||
| Highland Mixed School - Inland | 500 | <1% | Sample: 1060. | |||
- [*] % of Catch is the approximate proportion of all catches in this area/water, that are the named fish.
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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.
- Fishing Achievements - Introduction to fishing-related personal achievements.
- 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?
- Petre - Mr. Pinchy - Summary of how to catch.
- Magical Crawdad - Warcraftpets.com entry.
Below are anglers' comments about Mr. Pinchy.
Mr. Pinchy's Wishes
Deathxtreme, May 2008:
I was unable to find a post that collaborated the results of Mr. Pinchy's wishes so I thought I'd start the forum post myself. (There is one post here about what people have gotten from Mr. Pinchy, but it's not useful for getting statistical information about Mr. Pinchy's wishes out of it. There is also a post on Thottbot, but that post is also difficult to read and get statistical information out of) While the possible results of Mr. Pinchy's wishes are well known and documented on this website as well as others, there seems be no information on the statistics (i.e. results) of the 3 wishes. Personally, I'm trying to get the elusive status symbol that is the Magical Crawdad Box (on my alt Bradd) and have yet to see what the chances of getting it is. In the spirit of the Daily Quest Fish Catch Rate, I was hoping people could post the results of Mr. Pinchy's wishes.
Posts should be formatted in the following format (for clarity's sake):
Mr. Pinchy #: Wish Result 1, Wish Result 2, Wish Result 3
If you've caught multiple Mr. Pinchy's, please post the results for each Mr. Pinchy's wishes separately. (If you forgot what all you've gotten, just start with whatever Mr. Pinchy number you're currently on)
Wish results should be posted as the following:
Benevolent = Benevolent Mr. Pinchy
Furious = Furious Mr. Pinchy
Gift = Mr. Pinchy's Gift (Containing Mana & Healing Potions)
Pet = Magical Crawdad Box
Blessing = Mr. Pinchy's BlessingOn Deathxtreme, my results were:
Mr. Pinchy 1: Gift, Benevolent, Pet
I'll post the results of Bradd, my alt, later tonight after I make my third wish...
Slavaa, May 2008:
You may want to have people decide to post the results Before they get the wishes, that way people won't decide "Wow, a magical Crawdad pet! the folks on the forums have gotta see this." then creating a bias sample
Anadjet, May 2008:
On the one Mr. Pinchy that I've ever caught:
2 Magical Crawdads (yes, I actually had to sell one - to a vendor! QQ!) and the gift box.
Kalarnis, May 2008:
Mr. Pinchy 1: Benevolent , Pet, Blessing
Mr. Pinchy 2: Pet, Gift, BlessingShircon, May 2008:
Mr. Pinchy 1= Furious Pinchy,Pet....3 still to come
fahsky, May 2008:
Wish #1: Gift
Wish #2: Pet
Wish #3: BlessingDeathxtreme, May 2008:
I just caught my 4th Mr. Pinchy yesterday (patch 2.4.2) and when I caught him, there was a confirmation box that I had to click to confirm catching him. Was this added back to the game in the most recent patch? I thought the "This item is bind on pickup" box was eliminated from fishing. Also, I haven't gotten to catch any rare fish in the Stranglethorn fishing tournament since the 2.4.2 patch but am wondering if the confirmation box has been added back for them as well? Any thoughts / observations on this?
EDIT - The BOP confirmation box was indeed added for all the rare fish in the 2.4.2 patch.
samboda, June 2008:
Got my first Mr. Pinchy today at 22:40.
1st wish - furious mr. pinchy
Edit:
2nd wish - pet :P
Edit 2:
3rd wish - furious mr. pinchy
Leonie, June 2008:
I caught my only Mr. Pinchy several months ago. My wishes were:
1. Furious
2. Gift
3. BenevolentGiven that fishing like a mad woman was the first thing I did when the expansion was released and it took me months to get a Pinchy, I was pretty put out when my husband fished up two with seemingly little time invested, and less than max fishing skill. I didn't note the results (was too disgusted), but I know his first Pinchy, like mine, did not grant the pet. Needless to say, he got the pet from the second one and is feeling pretty smug.
Edit Friday, June 13th: Well, I shouldn't have tried my last wish on my second Mr. Pinchy on an "unlucky" day, I guess:
1. Gift
2. Benevolent
3. Gift>.<
Tsathoggua, June 2008:
Mr. Pinchy #1 - Blessing, Furious, Furious.
quintessenzz, June 2008:
Few days ago i caught not one but two! Mr Pinchy's in the space of 30 mins.
I have only used the wishes on one of them for the time being. He gave me:
pet, gift, Benevolent Mr PinchyCalsh, June 2008:
My first Mr. Pinchy ever netted me:
- Blessing
- Blessing
- Benevolent
... sigh. Guess I'll have to catch another one to get my pet.
Zahngril, June 2008:
Sadly enough my first Mr. Pinchy, caught last weekend, didn't give up the pet... /cry
I received:1. Blessing
2. Blessing
3. FuriousDarked, June 2008:
Pinchy #1:
1. Gift
2. Furious
3. Benevolentand funny is today I caught two of Mr. Pinchy and still have CD from the first :-)
EDIT: caught the third in line today ... OMG
http://www.tomsige.cz/wow/pinchy.jpg
Pinchy #2 :
1. Furious
2. Benevolent
3. FuriousBanyuls, June 2008:
wish 1: Blessing
wish 2: Furious
wish 3: BlessingGuess i'll just have to wait another millenium for the pet
Mr. Pinchy is the Devil!
Regirumm, January 2008:
Every weekend I go out to Sketis and the other two lakes and mass produce over 300 Crawdads . I've been doing this for over two months. My total is getting near 2000 crawdads, and still no Mr. Pinchy. My fishing is 505, so he isn't getting away. Anyone who has caught him please add input.
Hy, January 2008:
You have to really like fishing. Or you can try to be zen about it. But working numbers will only give you statistical probabilities.
Balazar, January 2008:
Just keep on fishing. You may have run into a bad luck streak - such things happen.
I've caught 943 Crawdads, and 2 Mr. Pinchy's, which seems to be about average.
el, January 2008:
Indeed; you are simply unlucky. WoW is rather unforgiving about very rare drops/catches. I've gone for over 1000 catches, only to get two Mr. Pinchy from the same pool. I guess the process is random, when it perhaps shouldn't be so random: Ideally the chance of catching it should increase the more you try, then there would be a better correlation between effort and result.
Hiltje, January 2008:
I have a friend who caught Mr. Pinchy and received TWO pets out of her three chances. Random drops are indeed very strange things!
Mathiaspohto, January 2008:
This far managed to catch Mr. Pinch 4 times, pet came from 11th wish :-S
Total Crawdad catches are nearing 4000 pcs.
Crazy fisher :-DBalazar, January 2008:
Well, just caught my third Mr. Pinchy last night. My 7th wish was a bust, let's hope I get the pet by number nine.
panetar, February 2008:
I just caught Mr Pinchy last night for the first time. For what its worth, I was on my third Highland Mixed School in Lake Jorune.
I have been giving serious attention to catching this illusive crustacean ever since I was shamed into finishing maxing out my fishing skill (about the last three months for atleast an hour a day).
I find the fish finder makes fishing much more enjoyable, both in terms of fish caught (Furious Crawdads and Golden Darters (got to take care of your priests)) and fishing in the correct locations.
I have not attempted to see what luck Mr. Pinchy will bring me, the first wish will be tonight.
I will keep you advised.
Balazar, February 2008:
Alas, by way of update - no luck on my third Mr. Pinchy. Hopefully, when I get #4… although I note that competition for the pools seems to be on the increase on my server.
panetar, February 2008:
Well, by way of update.....
Wish Number One - the gift box with 5 Super Healing Potions and 5 Super Mana Potions.
:-(
Wish Number Two - Furious Mr. Pinchy. He died a lonely death in Netherstorm.
:-( :-(
Wish Number Three - The Magical Pet Carrier containing, yep, you guessed it, a Mr. Pinchy pet!!!
:-) :-) :-)
Dasvampyr, February 2008:
Well, my friends say that I'm Mr.Impossible Drop Rate:
in 1201 Furious Crawdads I've already got 4 Mr.Pinchy. Out of those 4 I've received so far 5 Magical Crawdads (a pity they are soulbound. would have made some gold :P)
Oh, and the 1st Magical Crawdad got it on my 1st wish from the 1st Mr.Pinchy
kafromet, February 2008:
It's definitely random. I was sick this weekend and did nothing but fish to hit 375. Once I got there I started fishing Highland Mix....and caught Mr. P on my 4th or 5th cast. :)
No luck on my first wish, got Furious Mr. P.
Gihelle, March 2008:
I'm worse then you...
I got 2 Mr. Pinchies for now (just finished the wishes in my first one) and no pet yet. Got 2 Benevolents and 1 Flask on my first Pinchy.
I've fished around 500 Crawdads for now. Probably I'll be doing it more.
My husband was a little better: He fished more then me and got 1 Pinchy, but managed to get the Magical Crawdad on the last wish.
Stephenn, March 2008:
I caught Mr Pinchy again a few days ago. This is my second time for him. The first time I did not get the pet. So far this time:
Mr. Pinchy's Gift (Mana and Heath Potions)
Furious Mr Pinchy. Which we killed in Maiden's room in Karazhan.One more try for the pet.
Gihelle, March 2008:
Got the Crawdad on the first wish of my second Pinchy. :)
I'm looking forward to release my pinchy today on Leotheras when he's splitting at 15%, what do you think?
Trokair, March 2008:
I caught Mr. Pinchy yesterday!
I've been trying on and off since last September. I caught him in Lake Jo'Rune off the dock.
Used him at our guild meeting last night and got the Magical Crawdad Box. WoohoooO!!!!!!
Xristinaki, March 2008:
I caught Mr Pinchy twice in 20 minutes. That happened at 9/3/2008 in the afternoon. This makes the 8th catch of Mr Pinchy. I have 5 of them in my bank because i already got the pet.
Grewyn The Fisherman, December 2008:
I did one day full of solid grinding (to get to 380 fishing) and then one day full of solid Highland Mixed Pool grinding, got my first Pinchy at 8:43 Pacific Standard Time on Saturday December 13, though I was terribly upset when my frist wish wasn't the pet (lol). I have to wait a whole nother day before I get to see a Crawdad Box (Hopefully)
I did it! I did it!
Longhunter, April 2008:
I caught Mr. Pinchy last night SWEET! For weeks trying I got him and right before this jerk cow whirlwinds me, then kills me :( But I got Mr. Pinchy!
I have not used him yet. I will wait till this weekend I don't want to loss him if I die.
Longhunter
Petre, April 2008:
I was tanking Prince in karazhan about two months after BC came, before people really new about mr. Pinchy. I went to click on a potion and accidentally summoned Angry Mr. Pinchy, who proceeded to own one of my fellow priests who wasn't pay attention to her own health!
It was the most glorious wipe ever.
Balazar, April 2008:
Heh, that makes me want to save my next Mr. Pinchy for a dungeon run!
Longhunter, April 2008:
lawl i think i just peed myself reading that post! thats great last night i used Mr.P in SSC and he gave me a health buff like a flask sad to becuse i had to rebuff my self
Calabar, April 2008:
Mr. Pinchy has a wicked sense of humor. I have two 70 characters with high enough fishing to try for him. One finally caught Mr. Pinchy. Three wishes later no pet. My second character finally caught Mr. Pinchy. Three wishes later no pet. My first character caught a second Mr. Pinchy. His second wish gave him his pet. Woot! But then so did his third wish. And of course it’s BoP so he had to let it go since two pets would do him no good. My second character is very jealous. She has yet to catch a second Mr. Pinchy.
Maidenhair, April 2008:
My first Mr. Pinchy gave me the Crawdad on the second wish. I have since caught him two more times and got another Crawdad on the second one. I still haven't used all the wishes....I'm hoarding them in my bags for just the right opportunity! (Okay, I admit it, I almost always forget to use them. I love the idea of doing it in Karazhan, though... will try to remember to tonight, when we finish clearing. Maybe during Netherspite... ah, that would cause quite a stir!!! :)
oropher, April 2008:
Congratulations to all of you. I am new to the boards, but have been a fishing nut for a long time. I have caught Mr. Pinchy 6 times. No bs: One lucky morning I actually caught him twice on THE SAME LURE (different pools). Should have bought a freakin' lottery ticket that day.
Can you have more than one magical crawdad out of the box at the same time? I tried it by clicking box 1 and then box 2, but the one pet just went away when i clicked box 2. Ended up throwing out the 2nd box (bag space ya know).
The best boss fight so far where I got Benevolent Mr. Pinchy was Curator. Mr. Pinchy won't attack till you get damage, and that took a little while (I'm a mage), but once he got going he added his sunders in, and we burned curator down easily on the 2nd evocation.
Huenninjarin, April 2008:
I love this site and thought I'd share my unbelievably lucky and random Mr. Pinchy story. I just got my epic flyer last night, and a couple of hours ago I decided to fly myself back to Shattrath on my awesome speedy gryphon rather than take the taxi from Allerian Stronghold after doing the Skettis daily. I had read about Mr. Pinchy on this site before but I definitely wasn't thinking about casting for him until I flew over Lake Jorune. "Ah", I thought to myself, "this must be one of those rare lakes where you have unbelievable odds to catch Mr. Pinchy. If nothing else, maybe I'll catch something that I can cook to gain those last 2 points and get maxed out to 375. "
So I clicked on my fish finder, equipped my fishing hat and pole, and activated a +100 lure. My fishing skill is currently at roughly 330, with gear bringing it up to about 452 total. Fished the first Highland Mixed School and caught a couple of Furious Crawdad, cool. Also got a couple of the ubiquitous and almost-worthless barbed Gill Trout, oh well.
On my 5th cast ever into a Highland Mixed School, I got Mr. Pinchy! I couldn't believe it! So I quickly equipped my helm and weapons and activated him cautiously just in cause he was furious... and got the +500 health buff. Not as cool as getting a pet, but still not too bad overall.
I do seem to have some crazy luck in this game every once in awhile - I got a Tiny Crimson Whelpling off my first-ever red whelp kill in Wetlands (and promptly used it without realizing just how rare it was), an Emerald Whelp on my 5th or 6th whelp kill in Swamp of Sorrows, and seem to get really high greed roll numbers more often than most people when I run instances. :)Gwydaine, April 2008:
I got Mr. Pinchy after a long run of fishing. I had caught more then my fair share of Crawdads. I know it was well over 300 Crawdads as this was my main sorce of Gold for my Holy Priest. I Thought for sure I was never going to catch him let alone catch the pet but I got him on second wish
Helgie, April 2008:
I was doing some extreme fishing on my level 62 priest up in skettis on my fourth pool I cought Mr.P man was I glad :)
was a bit scared about using him if the elite would pop on me but extreme fishing had to be uber extreme so I used it and a lvl 62 non elite popped on me so I guess the non elite guy is the same level as the user of Mr.P´s wishes :)
Gummo, April 2008:
That seems to be new information; all the sources I checked just say Furious Mr. Pinchy is level 70, instead of the player's level.
Helgie, April 2008:
well new information it is :) been fishing like a mad man these days my first character to take up these professions and I like them more then leveling but I want an flying mount to be able to get to skettis more easyer :)
Calabar, April 2008:
How did you get to one of the pools to fish for Mr. Pinchy? Everything I’ve read says that we have to have a flying mount to reach any of them. Has one of the recent patches added pools at ground level? If so I’d love to know where. I have a lot of characters that are between levels 60 and 69 who would be happy to try for a magical crawdad of their very own.
Helgie, April 2008:
extreme fishing requires extreme methods
abusing my friends to summon me up there and protect me was the way I did it :)
el, April 2008:
Technically, this is possible at level 35, the lowest level you can gain enough skill to fish there (albeit, with get-aways). You can be summoned to each of the lakes.
But this brings a whole new meaning to the term "extreme anglin'":
The pools are spread across three different lakes, so to fish pools sustainably, you'll need to be summoned to each lake. So you'll need to keep a full summoning team on hand while you fish. But then you're going to need some help fighting off all those level 70 monsters. Alternatively, you'll need to pair with a level 70 angler who fishes the pools in the lakes you aren't fishing. This would be fine for a quick farming session. But chances are you'll be fishing for days (certainly a lot of hours) before you catch Mr. Pinchy.
The guide to catching Pinchy states 70 for non-druids, because that's what is needed to follow the guide, which assumes solo fishing. Seriously attempting this prior to 70 is insanely difficult, unless you are very lucky, like Helgie.
Helgie, April 2008:
yea I must say I wasnt expecting to catch Pinchy I was going for the mixed highland schools to get fish to get my cooking from 360 to 375 :)
Calabar, April 2008:
Technically, this is possible at level 35, the lowest level you can gain enough skill to fish there (albeit, with get-aways). You can be summoned to each of the lakes.
Currently Lake Ere'Noru (above Allerian Stronghold) has no mob spawns around it. At least I’ve never seen any in all the time I’ve fished there. Only four pools spawn in it, but if one was fishing with a seldom used alt he/she could leave the character there and log in from time to time and fish any pools that have spawned.
But this lake requires 405 fishing skill to cast. So, as you said, this could conceivably done with a level 35 character with 300 fishing, a +100 lure and something like a big iron fishing pole (+20). But I would recommend level 45 at least so that the character could read Master Fishing - The Art of Angling and be gaining fishing skill while trying for Mr. Pinchy.
However, this could still be problematic. The character will fill up his/her bags with Furious Crawdads, Golden Darter and motes of water. And that’s assuming the player destroys everything else fished up. They could destroy these as well, but at over a gold each in the AH I’d be loathe to do so. On top of this the player will have to be re-supplied with +100 lures. Of course if the player has a second account with a character on a flying mount, or a friend with the same, it’s all good.
Trokair, April 2008:
The above-mentioned lake can be reached without a summon or a flying mount.
If you go through Auchindoun there is a village of those Skettis bird creatures that you can cut through. With some creative jumping over the mountain that is not very difficult you can get to the lake above Allerian.
I used to fish up there from about lv 65 on once I discovered this.
Elfarrow, November 2009:
Lake Ere'Noru is where I caught Mr. Pinchy. I too was just trying level my fishing and cooking up on Highland Mixed Schools. My fishing was 356, no lures, using Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole (+20 Fishing), no other gear. I was getting a lot of junk but got him on my 87th cast. I was fishing both the open water and the pools, just trying to level and hoping to get lucky. I had fished all 3 lakes about 2 schools each, then came back to Ere'Noru and got it in a respawn pool there. I also got lucky and got the pet with my first wish. Not sure what the others will be yet, but I will update this thread when I find out. Best of luck with your anglin'! --Gnometosser, Death Knight 66, Emerald Dream
Pray for me
NiceBloke, February 2009:
Just caught my 4th Pinchy. So out of a total possible 12 wishes.
10th wish......still no pet. (Pinchy's gift)
11th wish....still no pet (Pinchy's gift)
12th wish....P I N C H Y ! ! ! ! !
yessyessyess, February 2009:
got my mr pinchy on my first cast, and got my pet on the first wish! although it took me over 3000 casts to get the sewer rat... you know what they say - lucky in crawdads, unlucky in rats...
Im prayin for ya tho! (even tho i never pray!)
Thelne, February 2009:
Best of luck NiceBloke. I know your pain...it took me 3 Mr. Pinchy's and I got it on my second wish. Hang in there...he's an awesome pet.
Triseult, February 2009:
I tell ya, the Magical Crawdad pet really stands out. Much more than the Giant Rat. So hang in there and good luck. :)
Zeich, February 2009:
Ouch. That sucks. I got it on my first wish from my first Pinchy :/
Shimarenda, February 2009:
Sorry to hear that, NiceBloke.
Leny, February 2009:
Hope you get your pinchy. Ive also been getting anoyed with the drop chances, one of my guildys got a dark herring on his first cast when i was at about 1k... than he went and got pinchy in 25 catches and on first wish
NiceBloke, February 2009:
OMG! I actually got the pet! My 12th wish in total.
Never again will I have to fly round those damn pools with my fingers crossed.
Never again will I have to think that the *next* pool is the one.
Never will I have to get miffed with that damn Dwarf Hunter that always seems to fish from *my* pools.
This is my 67th Mini Pet on a single character.
Now all I need is the rat and the elusive Muckbreath.......
Triseult, February 2009:
Yaaaaay! I felt for you and was hoping you had good news on this wish. :)
Good luck with the rat! At least when you get it, you get it... No fishing up Pinchy only to see it was in vain a few days later!!
Mr Pinchy
Riptomjones, March 2009:
Not sure if I am really lucky or they upped the catch rate of Mr. Pinchy, but in the past week i have caught him twice with 13 casts at Stonebraker Hold. Unfortunately the first one did not yield me the pet so hopefully my second one will.
Oakes, March 2009:
Is it possible to have 2 Mr. Pinchy's looted at the same time? I caught one today but need some other fish to level my cooking so if it's possible I might try for him again to be on the safe side.
First wish was stam buff. :(
Riptomjones, March 2009:
Well I lucked out and got the pet this morning, and as far as Ive seen you can carry two but the CD counts on both. I only had one at a time, didn't think i would be that lucky.
Norrinir, March 2009:
I had three Mr. Pinchy's in bags at the same time, so it is certainly possible!
TheTacoMan, March 2009:
Since WOTLK went live, the drop rate of Mr Pinchy has been upped signifigantly. When he was first added, the drop rate was close to 1 in 500. A little while later (IIRC, just before achviements came out), that drop rate was almost halved to 1 in 250. Now, i wouldn't be surprised if it was as low as 1 in 150
buMf00d, March 2009:
Just fished him up and got the crawdad box on my first wish. I'm pretty damn lucky, i think i fished up like 25 pools. There was an orc shaman also farming the pools but he was harmless :P, i think he also got the box just before i did because he left cheering :P
Skelleth, March 2009:
I caught 2 Mr Pinchy in 4 casts last night on my second fishing character. They definitely must have increased the chance to find.
Istappen, March 2009:
i must be unlucky then so far i am at 327 pools and no Pinchy.. but then again i was lucky on old crafty so who am i to complaint hehe
ILubLawn, March 2009:
I only got lucky on the Giant Sewer Rat... and lucky is relative there... *only* took me 275 casts...
I am at over 4k casts for Mr. Pinchy and so far I've gotten 3 wishes and no pet.
Just and FYI about Mr. Pinchy and when you cast him for your wish!
Apraxia, November 2008:
Here is the basic of what happened, and I'll explain further below my quote
Apraxia wrote:
Mr. Pinchy #2: (Yeah hate me, I caught 2 Mr. Pinchy in 1 hour after 6 months of fishing and nothing.)
Wish Result 1: NO CLUE! I didn't realize it but I had NO BAG SPACE when I cast my wish. However I know that I was rewarded (or WOULD have been, had I the space) something that would require a slot because I not only heard my toons voice emote but the message on the screen in red displayed "THAT ITEM DOESN'T BELONG IN THAT SLOT" (would of been a little bit of a differen't message had the only free slot been an enchanting materials ONLY bag". This means I either missed out on the Gift, or a magical crawdad (which THANK ELUNE I had already gotten from my previous Mr. Pinchy1)I just wanted to let everyone know, when you use Mr. Pinchy HAVE BAG SPACE.
A GM WILL NOT HELP YOU GET WHATEVER YOU DIDN'T AS A RESULT
It was obvious I wasn't out for something rare for free since I already HAD the magical crawdad. A second one would of been bound to me and pointless, so I wouldn't be contacting a GM to make it seem that's what I didn't get and try a weasle one from them. The only thing I was really wanting actually and the whole reason I contacted a GM anyways was the gift of health and mana pots. Why? Wrath had JUST been released, and I was BROKE spending all my money on uping my new training extensions so It would of been nice to get some extra mana and healing pots before I braved northrend. The GM said first to wait and let them check my records as to what it was, and then a few minutes later told me "Sorry unfortunately there isn't a record and we cannot do anything".
The world isn't over, and I'm not QQing TOO much, but I just thought I'd give those out there a pre-warning in advance, especially to those who haven't been gifted the pet yet :) What a loss that would be cause of a simple mistake like dumping your bags!
hammiejr, November 2008:
I also had a full bag when i made my wish. But dont worry, I got a angry mail from mr pinchy that im stupid for not having space and the gift was in the mail.
pinktoque, November 2008:
hammiejr wrote:
I also had a full bag when i made my wish. But dont worry, I got a angry mail from mr pinchy that im stupid for not having space and the gift was in the mail.
Ha! This made me giggle. Glad to know even if you accidentally have no bag space you'll still get your gift :)
Apraxia, November 2008:
hammiejr wrote:
I also had a full bag when i made my wish. But dont worry, I got a angry mail from mr pinchy that im stupid for not having space and the gift was in the mail.
QQ
This incident was over two weeks ago. I never received a mail like you. How long after it happened did it take for you to get the mail?
kevman, November 2008:
i just started fishing for the first time yesterday after having 50 hours of gameplay lol. mainly due to the mats for northrend cooking being so expensive. and i just wanted to contribute to the drop chance of mr. pinchy. i caught him on my 3rd pool on the 8th fish. i always thought fishing was boring.. well it is, but for some strange reason i keep wanting to fish now lol :)
piya, January 2009:
I had an idea that perhaps Mr. Pinchy was easier to catch with increased fishing skill - as two of my characters had fished him up in less than 50 casts within roughly a month of each other.
<50 casts - Mr. Pinchy: Hawahunter (450 base fishing)
<20 casts - Mr. Pinchy: Amaunet (404 base fishing)this morning i tried fishing for Mr. Pinchy on two of my other characters with these results:
<10 casts - Mr. Pinchy: Iololicious (385 base fishing)
<20 casts - Mr. Pinchy: Equator (405 base fishing)this varies greatly with my pre BC experience on my main whom took hundreds of casts to acquire Mr. Pinchy.
Are there others out there that may be able to confirm my suspicion of either an increased drop rate OR an increased drop rate if you fish with a greater than 500 skill. Since there are posts that one can have multiple Mr. Pinchy's i would be interested to test this theory...
*tips* for those fishing named or special BOP fish:
turn off the auto loot function. you CANNOT loot a fish of this type in this manner. (+5,000 fish in IF later with three odd hiccups that gave no loot made me research this further and it appears true.)
if you know you are going to be there for a LONG time download some add on's to facilitate the fishing process. watch a movie while you fish helps pass the time. (i'm leveling 5 fishermen in this profession and things got much easier with something else to do to break up the tedium)
thanks to El for a wonderful sit that i browse often while i fish,
=-)
Luiniel, January 2009:
piya wrote:
*tips* for those fishing named or special BOP fish:
turn off the auto loot function. you CANNOT loot a fish of this type in this manner. (+5,000 fish in IF later with three odd hiccups that gave no loot made me research this further and it appears true.)The standard in-game auto-loot function certainly doesn't inhibit fishing BOP fish up -- I got Ironjaw, Crafty, and Pinchy with it; it pops up the "this will bind to you" dialogue like normal. An add-on trying to do something clever may well interfere however.
Renetta, January 2009:
About OPs post, as I mentioned elsewhere, the pet will _not_ be mailed to you. So make sure you have 1 bag slot before trying for the pet if you need it. If your bags are full and you should get the pet it'll be a wasted wish. Yes this did happen to me and because there was no mail I'm sure it was the pet that I missed.
I have never gotten a mail for the gift, but there are many many credible reports that this one will be mailed to you. Not sure why they decided not to mail the pet :/.
Bug with Mr. Pinchy
Teisemanden, April 2008:
Hey fellow anglers.
So, i was just doing a little bit of 'fun fishing'. you know: nothing to do, look for some highland mixed school. and dang, i catch Mr. Pinchy. I press the name in the check and it says:
1 charge.
and i look in the inventory and it says:
3 charges...
has this happend to others? and if so, are blizzard aware?
damn i was scared that they nerfed Mr. pinchyPetre, April 2008:
I don't think I understand 'press the name in the check'. Could you be more specific about which frame you were clicking or hovering over to get this 'error'?
Oberweiss, April 2008:
I'm fairly certain that this is a bug. A similar issue exists with mana oils (their tooltip while in the bank will say "1 charge," but when you put it in your bags it will say the actual number of charges).
Longhunter, April 2008:
i won Mr P and waited the CD and got him again soooo now what do i do with extra to bad they are bop or they would sell for a ton on the ah
Petre, April 2008:
Making the BoE would eliminate the need for people to learn to fish to get the pet, and therefore remove it's current 'status symbol' status.
Regardless, Mr. Pinchy does have some useful abilities, check out the Mr. Pinchy page here on El's for more info on what he can do for you.Calabar, April 2008:
I have two level 70 characters with maxed out fishing, with two more 70s slowly raising their fishing skills. Calibos got his pet on his second Mr. Pinchy. Now I only fish those pools with Cashara. I don’t think I could stand it if Calibos caught another Mr. Pinchy and got more pets before Cashara got one of her own.
Still, I agree that having the magic crawdad pet bind on pickup is a good thing. Unlike raid dropped pets and mounts, at least its something everyone can try for if they put in enough time.
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...
Mr. Pinchy fishing route
smoo, August 2008:
Hello there. :)
I found this site because I am interested in fishing Mr. Pinchy. I read all the information, but sadly I was missing something. Maybe I didnt read carefully enough.
I checked all three pools (with find fish), and fished all the highland mixed schools. But none of them are respawning, which makes me kinda stuck. :) There is the respawn timer between 30-90 minutes - but is there a way to continuously(? i dont know how to write it exactly) fish pools (with a "downtime" of 5 minutes or sth.), or do I have to wait for 30 minutes sometimes (which would make me go away and do several other tings).
In short:
Is a waiting period of 5 minutes for new pools possible, or is it alway sth like 30-90 minutes (presuming(?) that you can fish all pools without disturbance)?greets
smooPetre, August 2008:
When no one else is fishing these pools I usually have a down time of about 10 minutes I'd guess. With more people fishing you have more downtime. Pools, unfortunately, don't respawn more quickly as they are fished up more quickly. I'll usually clear all the pools, make a quick pass through terokkar to fish the more valuable pools there and then start over again.
el, August 2008:
It's possible the timing of spawns has changed, or there is an unknown aspect, such as faster respawning on high-population realms. There have been some subtle changes made to Highland Mixed Schools over the last 18 months, including an increase in the average number of catches per pool, and a reduction in skill required to fish there. So a subtle timing change is possible - and very hard to confirm on busy live realms!
Caught Mr. Pinchy at level 62
Gummo, August 2008:
...and got the pet on the first wish, too.
chubtohd, August 2008:
/sigh i hate you :)
gratz man...my 7th Mr Pinchy came and went without a pet this past week...you lucky punk :)
thanks for the screenshot!
el, August 2008:
After catching over 30 Strange Engine Parts, I think little Noor deserves a reward, and a Magical Crawdad is just perfect. Congratulations!
Undocumented Furious Mr. Pinchy change?
Gummo, August 2008:
Helgie in this thread got a Furious Mr. Pinchy (unless she was talking about Benevolent Mr. Pinchy) that was level 62, the same level as her toon; my 62 rogue got a Furious today, and got a 70 Furious Mr. Pinchy.
Image here; a nice horde killed him for me.
el, August 2008:
Interesting. I thought that Furious Mr. Pinchy matching your character's level made a lot of sense, since you (well, obviously not you) would have a chance of dealing with it.
stormbear, September 2009:
Snagged Mr. Pinchy after about 400 casts and got the magical crawdad on the first try. Much easier that grinding for the wintersaber mount.
Fishing Luck
Zero, September 2008:
First let me say this site is awesome and got me addicted to fishing.
I just recently started fishing and enjoy it. I just maxed out fishing mid last week. I did the fishing contest in STV for the first time yesterday. I fished up my 40 fish and realized that I forgot to set my hearth to BB. Thank god I was very close and just rode in and won. Also got the rare fish that gives the +5 line. I was pretty happy.
This morning I log in and decide to go after Mr. Pinchy. Got him on my second pool. And got the pet on the first wish :)
Hope everyone can feed off my luck a bit.
Z-
Shawn, October 2008:
I think we're supposed to hate you now, Zero =)
Congratulations on all the great luck!
Graknak, August 2009:
Amazing! I was doing the Revenge is Tasty cooking quest, trying to get my chocolate cake recipe and figured it was worth a shot to fish abit.
After 4 pools i decided to check this website for the droprate and after seeing <1% my hopes quickly started to drop.
I figured i'd try 1 more pool and first cast, Mr. Pinchy, first wish ever: Crawdad!
The site brought me luck i guess :D
Abit odd tho, as i never figured getting the salty title would be sooner for me then the chef title (only the cake left).
Good luck to all!(Oh and this ain't my first try, it was my first try again since 2 months tho. Before that i've fished days trying to get it and not even a Mr. Pinchy back then)
Mr Pinchy..... and a Inventory Full :(... don't do it! aargh
Bal, February 2009:
Hi all... First Post...
Caught my first Mr Pinchy ever... and with great excitement... clicked to see the results!....
Ready to write down my first wish to post....Bang... Inventory Full.... and no warning... an automatic loss of whatever it was!...
So be warned... and up to now... any Inventory full ...always gave me the option of dropping something... but it didn't tonight !
Maybe it's out there somewhere...but I never heard of it before!
So be careful!
NEWS....... Mr Pinchy... sent it back to me in the MAIL!..... so all was not lost...
#1 Wish Potions
Balreask / Anachronos (EU)
elvesrashore, April 2009:
Finally caught my crawdad box after 4 Pinchy catches, and 3 lost due to Blizz crashes... hooray!!
Confirmation: I fished Pinchy up post 3.1 patch, and he did NOT have a loot confirmation box, the same as the other BoP fishies.... I was on auto loot and picked him up just fine....
Kamaria, April 2009:
Ah yes , Mr. Pinchy is a slippery little bundle of joy.
First time I caught him, I was reaching for the screenshot button, and accidently moved my character.Fun times. :)
A little bit of fun with Mr Pinchy [video]
rylin, May 2009:
Mr Pinchy dropped on my 1st and 2nd wish, I had one more to go. I was putting items on the auction house when I saw that my 3rd wish could be granted. I clicked it and out cam a furious Pinchy. I hit the "[" key on my Mac to record what happens next. (On the Mac version of wow there is a built in screen recorder that does an amazing job)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V6J5rygaqE
texasbelliott, May 2009:
Poor Furious Mr. Pinchy. He's simply misunderstood.
Anyone else have other fun Mr. Pinchy moments?
I remember once in Karazhan, I noticed that my wish was ready on my first Mr. Pinchy. I clicked it and out came the benevolent Mr. Pinchy. The raid was in the dance hall before Moroes, and well BMr.P decided that he would take it on himself to break up the dance party. Off he went, pincers clicking and legs a blur as he charged in to the middle of the room, Leeroy style.
The raid was just stunned, and before we knew it he had died and the raid was wiped. Everyone had to laugh, I only wish I'd have been fast enough on the trigger like Rylin to record it. :-)
Illuthas, May 2009:
I remember having almost the exact same thing,we were buffing up for Moroes and I thought I should try my Mr.Pinchy in case I got a buff,I got the benevolent Mr.Pinchy.
Caring as I was,I stood back so he wouldnt attack Moroes and we started the encounter,sadly though he thought he should attack the shackle'd mobs so he wiped the raid :(
Mr: Pinchy after getting Magical Crawdad
Gihelle, March 2008:
So, I'm doing my hourly clean on Highland Mixed schools and fished my third Pinchy.
Simple and short question: is it worth to get after getting a Magical Crawdad box? Only one of five wishes would actually interest me (healing/mana pots, which I turn into Injectors on my Engineering alt). My bank is bloated too, so I won't have enough space to keep it as a token of fishing pride.
Any ideas?
heraklen, March 2008:
Me for sure wont fish for more Mr Pinchy whenever I get the pet.
(I'm using my 2'nd Mr Pinchy , 4th wish )Only reason to continue is if you want to get Stam-food for your guild or sell it , otherwise I think you should leave the pools alone so someone else might get lucky :-)
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 :)
Confirmed minimum fishing skill for Mr. Pinchy?
smoo, August 2008:
Hello there!
I wonder if there is a confirmed minimum fishing skill for Mr. Pinchy? Not the fishing skill to fish the school but for Mr. Pinchy himself. I only have 375+20pole+75lure, without the hat, boots, gloves, or enchant on the pole. Have been fishing for about 20 hours now, and was just wondering. Anyone got some infos?
greetings,
smooel, August 2008:
Skill doesn't influence what fish you catch, only where you can fish. Mr. Pinchy does not require any fishing skill to use.
At 470 effective skill about a third of your catches will get away - you're aiming for 500 to stop get-aways: You'd save yourself some time by using +100 lures, rather than +75.
I feel your pain: My first pair of Pinchies took over 1,000 catches. But I've also had 2 out of the same pool. I'm afraid it's down to luck...
