This pages summarises the fish that can be caught in The Barrens. Parts of this zone vary (for example, contain different fish or have different skill requirements), so be sure to scan the whole page before casting a line.
About The Barrens
Skill Required: 1 to cast, 75 to stop fish getting away.
Recommended Level: 10-20.
Territory: Horde.
The Barrens
Detailed mapping of hard to find areas within the zone is shown below.
Notes: The Barrens contain three oasis, from which Deviate Fish can be caught. For more detail, read the Catching Deviate Fish topic.
Skill Required: 1 to cast, 75 to stop fish getting away.
| Water/pool type | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Source | |||
| Floating Wreckage Pool | Tightly Sealed Trunk | 60% | Sample: 157. | - |
| Rumsey Rum Light | 20% | Sample: 157. | 1-3 items per catch. | |
| Stranglekelp | 20% | Sample: 157. | 1-3 items per catch. | |
| Oily Blackmouth School - Coastal | Oily Blackmouth | 80% | Sample: 205. | - |
| Rumsey Rum Light | 5% | Sample: 205. | 1-3 items per catch. | |
| Stranglekelp | 5% | Sample: 205. | 1-3 items per catch. | |
| Tightly Sealed Trunk | 5% | Sample: 205. | - | |
| Open Water - Coastal | Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore | 50% | Via Thottbot. | - |
| Raw Slitherskin Mackerel | 30% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Oily Blackmouth | 15% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Dented Crate | <1% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| <1% | Via Thottbot. | - | ||
| Small Chest | <1% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Open Water - Inland | Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | 40% | Sample: 1364. | - |
| Deviate Fish | 30% | Sample: 1364. | Oasis only. | |
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | 16% | Sample: 1364. | - | |
| Raw Brilliant Smallfish | 13% | Sample: 1364. | - | |
| 17-32 Pound Catfish | <1% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Deviate Scale | <1% | Sample: 1364. | Oasis only. | |
| Lesser Healing Potion | <1% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Lesser Mana Potion | <1% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Bloated Mud Snapper | Infrequent catch. | - | ||
| The 1 Ring | Infrequent catch. | - | ||
| School of Deviate Fish - Inland | Deviate Fish | 85% | Sample: 221. | Oasis only. |
| Rumsey Rum Light | 2% | Sample: 221. | Oasis only. 1-3 items per catch. | |
| Stranglekelp | 2% | Sample: 221. | Oasis only. 1-3 items per catch. | |
| Tightly Sealed Trunk | 2% | Sample: 221. | Oasis only. | |
The catch rate is the approximate proportion of all catches from the water/pool type that are the named fish.
The Barrens (The Sludge Fen)
Notes: The Sludge Fen is on the far northern side of The Barrens.
| Water/pool type | Fish | Catch Rate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Catch | Source | |||
| Open Water - Inland | Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper | 35% | Via Thottbot. | - |
| Old Wagonwheel | 20% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish | 15% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Acidic Slime | 10% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Oil Covered Fish | 10% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Raw Brilliant Smallfish | 10% | Via Thottbot. | - | |
| Broken Wine Bottle | Infrequent catch. | - | ||
The catch rate is the approximate proportion of all catches from the water/pool type that are the named fish.
Detailed Mapping
Other Tomes
- WoWWiki (recommended for travel and background information)
- Thottbot
- Wowhead
- Allakhazam
Learn More
- Valuable Fish - This chapter will help you catch fish of value.
- Pools and Wreckage - This chapter will help you fish among schools and floating debris.
- Catching Deviate Fish - How to catch Deviate Fish, which may be cooked to make Savory Deviate Delight.
Comments
These remarks have been written about this subject by El's readers in the forums. Hopefully you will find them useful.
Topic: Deviate Scales in The Barrens
By Yohaun, on 09 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.
By el, on 12 May 2008:
Thanks Yohaun. It was listed on the detailed page, but missing from the Fish Finder.
