This pages summarises the fish that can be caught in The Barrens. There are 3 different areas within this zone - The Barrens (Except Oasis and The Sludge Fen), The Barrens (Oasis) and The Barrens (The Sludge Fen):
About The Barrens
- 3 Areas with Different Catches:
- The Barrens (General) (75 Skill)
- The Barrens (Oasis) (100 Skill)
- The Barrens (Sludge Fen) (75 Skill)
- Recommended Level: 10-20
- Territory: Horde
The Barrens (Except Oasis and The Sludge Fen)
- Open Water Skill: 75 to fish open water without junk (pools can be fished effectively with skill 1).
- Notes: The Barrens contains 2 unusual areas of water - the 3 oases, and the Slude Fen. Slightly different fish can be caught in each area.
| Water and Area | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | Other Rare Catches | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Sample | |||||
| Floating Debris Pool - Coastal | Tightly Sealed Trunk | 60% | 157 | - | - | |
| Rumsey Rum Light | 20% | 1-3 items per catch | ||||
| Stranglekelp | 20% | 1-3 items per catch | ||||
| Lesser Oily Blackmouth School - Coastal | Oily Blackmouth | 80% | 205 | - | - | |
| Rumsey Rum Light | 5% | 1-3 items per catch | ||||
| Stranglekelp | 5% | 1-3 items per catch | ||||
| Tightly Sealed Trunk | 5% | - | ||||
| Open Water - Coastal | Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore | 50% | Thott | - | - | |
| Raw Slitherskin Mackerel | 30% | |||||
| Oily Blackmouth | 15% | |||||
| Dented Crate | <1% | |||||
| Message in a Bottle | <1% | |||||
| Small Chest | <1% | |||||
| Open Water - Inland | Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | 60% | Thott | - | Armor, weapons, and certain ("world drop") professions recipes | |
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | 25% | |||||
| Raw Brilliant Smallfish | 15% | |||||
| 17-32 Pound Catfish | <1% | |||||
| Bloated Mud Snapper | <1% | |||||
| Lesser Healing Potion | <1% | |||||
| Lesser Mana Potion | <1% | |||||
| The 1 Ring | <1% | |||||
The Barrens (Oasis)
- Open Water Skill: 100 to fish open water without junk (pools can be fished effectively with skill 1).
- Notes: The Barrens contain three oasis - The Forgotten Pools, Lushwater Oasis, and The Stagnant Oasis. Deviate Fish can be caught from these.
- Guide: Catching Deviate Fish - How to catch Deviate Fish, which may be cooked to make Savory Deviate Delight.
| Water and Area | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | Other Rare Catches | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Sample | |||||
| Open Water - Inland | Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | 40% | 2025 | - | Armor, weapons, and certain ("world drop") professions recipes | |
| Deviate Fish | 30% | |||||
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | 16% | |||||
| Raw Brilliant Smallfish | 13% | |||||
| 17-32 Pound Catfish | <1% | |||||
| Bloated Mud Snapper | <1% | |||||
| Deviate Scale | <1% | |||||
| Lesser Healing Potion | <1% | |||||
| Lesser Mana Potion | <1% | |||||
| The 1 Ring | <1% | |||||
| School of Deviate Fish - Inland | Deviate Fish | 90% | 221 | - | - | |
| Rumsey Rum Light | 3% | 1-3 items per catch | ||||
| Stranglekelp | 3% | 1-3 items per catch | ||||
| Tightly Sealed Trunk | 3% | - | ||||
Images and Maps
The Barrens (The Sludge Fen)
- Open Water Skill: 75 to fish open water without junk (pools can be fished effectively with skill 1).
- Notes: The Sludge Fen is on the far northern side of The Barrens, between Orgrimmar and the entrance to Ashenvale.
| Water and Area | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | Other Rare Catches | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Sample | |||||
| Open Water - Inland | Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | 35% | Thott | - | Low-level engineering parts, such as Coarse Blasting Powder | |
| Old Wagonwheel | 20% | |||||
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | 15% | |||||
| Acidic Slime | 10% | |||||
| Oil Covered Fish | 10% | |||||
| Raw Brilliant Smallfish | 10% | |||||
| Broken Wine Bottle | <1% | |||||
Learn More
- 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.
- Catching Deviate Fish - How to catch Deviate Fish, which may be cooked to make Savory Deviate Delight.
Comments about The Barrens
Below are readers' comments about "The Barrens":
Deviate Scales in The Barrens
Yohaun, May 2008:
Leveling up a new toon in a new guild and of course leveling up my fishing as fast as I can. I'm lvl 26 so I decided to just get to 225 by stocking up our guild on Deviate Fish as much as I can (after all, I *am* the Guild Fisherman in my new guild, and it's a lot of lowbies, so this will make the game more fun for them).
I got about a 1% drop rate of Deviate Scales in the Lushwater Oasis. I know that the page here on The Barrens says (in one part) that there are "other" things caught part of the time, but seeing how I NEVER pulled up anything else "random" (everything else was an actual fish of some sort) I thought this was odd. And it's not mentioned on the page here.
So fishing in The Barrens can help out Leatherworkers a little too in making those nice Deviate Gloves and Belts, which they're usually making around the same levels that you find yourself running about The Barrens a lot.
Oh, and the 2 I caught were NOT from pools.
el, May 2008:
Thanks Yohaun. It was listed on the detailed page, but missing from the Fish Finder.
Barrens Fishing Skill
el, August 2009:
I noticed that between skill 75 and 100 I was still catching some junk in the Lushwater Oasis, in The Barrens. The last junk catch was at skill 94. I think the skill required to fish without junk is 100.
It was always hard to confirm these low-level skill requirements, and it's been harder since patch 3.1. I wonder if this was always different, or a recent change? And whether some of the other similar zones (currently listed at 75 skill) are slightly higher?
