http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/tags/old-crafty Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:24:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/7#post-10704 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:40:03 +0000 Leonan 10704@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hello</p> <p>Today is my lucky day. I fished in Valley of Honor, cords: (61,31;39,98) hidden near waterfall. </p> <p>Rest of stats :)</p> <p>Longjaw Mud Snapper: 168<br /> Bristle Whisker Catfish: 61<br /> Brilliant Smallfish: 48<br /> 17 pound Catfish: 3<br /> 19 pound Catfish: 1<br /> Old Crafty: 1</p> <p>I must recommend this fishing spot, i think its the best one. Also when you are fishing here remember to use Blackened Worg Steak to see incoming enemies, who will be probably hunters :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-ironjaw-and-old-crafty-at-level-5#post-10594 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:00:22 +0000 NastyPope 10594@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Okay, out of boredom while waiting for the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby to begin:</p> <p>The first time I made the trip to Orgrimmar, in order to keep from getting too much experience, and leveling up to 6, I paid way too much to have a warlock and 2 other 85s fly to Orgrimmar and summon me. Shortly after that, my girlfriend got the 2-seat rocket, so every time after that, I just had her fly me in.</p> <p>I know I could have just paid to turn off experience, but I consider that cheating. ;) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-ironjaw-and-old-crafty-at-level-5#post-10593 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:06:59 +0000 NastyPope 10593@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I no longer remember what motivated me to do this, but last December, I decided to take my level 1 Draenei Shaman, Slöth, get her to level 5 (the lowest level at which you can learn fishing), and then attempt to get both Old Ironjaw AND Old Crafty before reaching level 6.</p> <p>I caught Old Ironjaw - TWICE - within my first 100 skill points, on 27 Dec. 2010. The details of getting into Orgrimmar at level 5 (multiple times, as I did have to train all the way up to Illustrious Grand Master) are unimportant, as I'm sure everyone has their stories, but over time, I fished at three different spots. The third spot, in the Goblin Slums, got me the least attention and harassment from Hordies, and is where I finally caught Old Crafty today, 12 Nov. 2011, with a fishing skill of 474.</p> <p>Now, I'm sure I'm not the FIRST person to ever get both achievements at level 5, but I'm sure there can't be many who've had the ambition (or boredom) to do it. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/7#post-10533 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:49:17 +0000 Random2310 10533@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Yes! Finally caught Old crafty after ~10-15 deaths and 65 casts. I am a level 35 priest (cloth armor) so basically anything kills me in 1 hit. You do not have to be a high level character to accomplish this achievement but I imagine it helps. My fishing skill was only at 150. I followed the guide and went to Ratchet and then followed the Southfury River North to Ogrimmar. The hardest part was getting into position. I went through the West Gate into the Valley of Spirits but it took awhile to find adequate water to fish in (a lot of the water in this area is too shallow). I technically caught Old Crafty in the Goblin Slums portion of Ogrimmar which is connected to the Valley of Spirits. I positioned myself near the Western wall underneath this slight over hang to hide me from the flying dudes. There was this pipe spewing oily stuff into the water to my right. I never was killed by any players, only guards. After I was in position, I was able to fish peacefully until I caught him. If you die, run back to your corpse but don't resurrect right away. If you are weak like me, take the time to explore the area and plan ahead where you want to go after you resurrect so you can move the maximum distance before you die and avoid guards. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-10213 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:39:27 +0000 Renetta 10213@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I got old ironjaw on the first (!) cast. But I have paid dearly for that kind of luck with other things such as the turtle or the one that didn't get away. In fact I cannot even get the vendorfish right now, leave alone anything bloated (I got some before they counted). </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-10212 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:14:52 +0000 pepeu 10212@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just caught my second Old Crafty. The first one was with my warrior after 320+ casts. (later that very same day I got Old Ironjaw after 287 casts) Today, I thought I was going for the same with my druid and, I got it the very first cast! I couldn't believe it! Diplomat and Old Crafty in one throw. I was suddenly one of those you just hear about or is mentioned to point out that these are just by pure luck. I stood behind the waterfall for about half a minute, double and triple checking my bag to see that it really was there. Now, I'm trying for the Old Ironjaw with this character, but no luck just yet. I hoped that I would get that one as well on my first cast. That would have been über epic! :OD </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-10207 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:13:10 +0000 Dethblo 10207@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I renounce my claim of luckiest fisherman. Several months after snagging Crafty with just 54 casts I just spent 2504 casts and several days to land Ironjaw. Grats WoW. You pwn me. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/7#post-10139 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:52:02 +0000 Ceptamus 10139@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>Oberweiss <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty#post-1395" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p><cite>Amnon <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty#post-1394" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>I'm over 2000 catches over the last couple days and no luck on Old Crafty. I'm starting to lose my resolve...</p></blockquote> <p>A Horde friend of mine just caught Old Ironjaw, after 9 hours of fishing. It's certainly no easy task for most. :-/</p></blockquote> <p>I claim bragging rites on Old Crafty.. Brand new char, first ever cast I got him </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-9384 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:26:41 +0000 Morrow 9384@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>OLD CRAFTY</p> <p>Longjaw Mud Snapper 106 (58.56%)</p> <p>Bristle Whisker Catfish 37 (20.44%)</p> <p>Brilliant Smallfish 33 (18.23%)</p> <p>Lesser Healing Potion 1 (00.55%)</p> <p>17 Pound Catfish 2 (01.10%)</p> <p>19 Pound Catfish 1 (00.55%)</p> <p>Old Crafty 1 (00.55%)</p> <p>TOTAL CASTS (181) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9375 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:39:45 +0000 Zofian 9375@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I got Pinchy on my 3rd cast, preparing myself for a long run, and was pleasently surprised. Doubly so when I got the pet on the first wish. And I got 2 crocs on my first two croc dailies. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9356 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:49:55 +0000 Stalyn 9356@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, I caught Mr Pinchy on my first cast in the Lobster waters up near Skettis, and I caught the Sea Turtle while trying to fish out pools to spawn them closer in the Kaluak Fishing Derby. I got the Magical Crawdad on my second Mr Pinchy wish, and I got the sea turtle around 420-430 fishing skill. I had caught less than 500 fish in Northrend and already got the turtle :D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9354 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:54:19 +0000 Daco 9354@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Lucky in some things (got Mr. Pinchy fairly quickly) and not in some others (no Ironjaw, Sea Turtle or sewer rat). Finally got Salty today after probably 2500-3000 casts in pursuit of the rare fish. However my ultimate luck was winning the Kal'uak Derby on the first try, without really planning to.</p> <p>I had traveled to Coldarra to do the daily that prepares you for killing Malygos. I logged out there on a Friday night. The next day, I logged in to do the daily, by coincidence about 10 minutes before the derby started. I'd never done it before. When the continent-wide announcement went out, I decided "what the heck" and flew down to the nearest coast (after alt-tabbing out to remind myself what the derby entailed).</p> <p>The contest started and I fished nodes (with nobody else every appearing in the area). On the fourth node, I caught the shark. I used my Kirin Tor ring to travel to Dalaran and immediately ran for the NPC. Of course, on my slow computer it took seemingly forever for the NPCs in Dalaran to appear. He finally did, I turned it in, and immediately got two whispers from other players who were mere steps behind me in turning it in.</p> <p>Until then, I hadn't really thought about going for "Salty," even though I already had Mr. Pinchy and the fountain achievement. "One That Didn't Get Away" of course took the longest. And as of today I'm finally Salty Daco. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9350 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:32:57 +0000 Dethblo 9350@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Got 'im. I must be extremely lucky because I did it in one quick session. I'm Alliance and I died once riding in the side gate, but once I got to the valley of spirits I did /lie under the trainer's hut and no one messed with me. That is probably b/c I did it first thing in the morning after the servers came up from rolling restarts. I only saw one hordie the whole time. He was an 80 and saw me get killed by the guards, then mounted up and moved on. Here are my stats. I hope you have as much luck as I did!<br /> Elapsed time; 00:25:09<br /> Total casts: 54<br /> Old Crafty (1 : 1.9%) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-9339 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:49:07 +0000 Quitari 9339@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just got him after 2 days of fishing. 1078th fish I caught I'd list the percentages but I didn't find fishing buddy till about halfway through hehe. Thank you all of ya'll who posted the waterfall safe(ish) area. Only died once =D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/wratgate-and-fate-up-against-your-will#post-9280 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:10:16 +0000 el 9280@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Try at 04:00...? Ultimately there is only one place to catch Old Ironjaw - you cannot avoid The Forlorn Caverns.</p> <p>This may be temporary, due to the sudden rush of people needing to visit trainers following patch 4.0.1. However, as cataclysm causes activity to move from Northrend to Old Azeroth, places like Ironforge will become busier.</p> <p>(Oh, and this topic was originally about Old Crafty - the Wrathgate quests won't help much with Old Ironjaw.) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/wratgate-and-fate-up-against-your-will#post-9270 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:28:22 +0000 Stalyn 9270@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The Forlorn Cavern on my server has at least 1 80 coming in every minute, I can't fish in there to save my life. Please insert other strategies to fish Old Ironjaw! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9141 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:22:26 +0000 Skrawny 9141@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hello all,</p> <p>First time posting, but I have been reading these forums for quite some time. I was reminded of a post I made on my guild forums to someone who was being snarky with me for "wasting my time" on the STV extravaganza. Instead of being a jerk back, I decided to write this in reply. It's all in fun, and a few months later, I won the STV tourney! Best of luck to you and I hope you enjoy,</p> <p>---------------</p> <p>Have you even tried to fish?</p> <p>Are you alive?</p> <p>Do you know why they call it [b]strangle[/b]thorn vale?</p> <p>I refuse to sink to your level of fishing ineptitude!</p> <p>Do you even know how to tell the difference between shellfish, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms?! This is one of the small skills required to even take part in this revered extravaganza! This jubilant expression of ability, strength and perseverance!</p> <p>I, a fisherman of four hundred and fiftieth level, long for the moment on Sunday afternoons, when the sluggish sun is drifting past its apex, shedding its vibrant rays upon the undulating brine. The tempered, Master Angler, Riggle Bassbait calls out, Nay! Sings the chorus that echoes in the hearts of all true Fisherpeople: "Let the contest, begin!"</p> <p>Our emotions swell, hearts beating with anticipation, rising synchronistically, we rush to our boats, our hands moving almost unthinkingly to our reels, baiting our hooks with a skill and ease as we have done thousands of times before. In West Philadelphia, born and raised. On a playground is where I spend most of my days. Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool. As we speed out through the surf, cleaving through the froth and spray, our vessels take on a life of their own, leading us to a not unknown bounty. In our wake trails the long-gone days of the landlubbers we once were. We float onward, up and away; we rise on hope and dreams.</p> <p>We fish. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9104 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:02:52 +0000 Torture 9104@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>For me the only lucky achievements I've had so far were getting the turtle mount in less than 100 casts while trying for the one that didn't get away, and the sewer rat which I got in 7 casts. I must say it was nice to get the turtle mount before getting the dark herring to simply not have to worry about farming that anymore but the day I went for the sewer rat I was expecting to be fishing for a few hours so was kind of a bummer in a way, lol. As for the fishing tournaments winning STV was pretty easy on my server when I went for it. However while going for the Kalu'ak derby win for the boots a week after my STV win (I'm horde by the way) an alliance member came to my node and after one cast hearthed to Dalaran and won that week. I'm not usually one to go to others nodes but anyways the next week while looking for a fresh node to fish in I came across an alliance members so one cast for me in his node and bam was a win. Not sure if the blacktip sharks RNG goes up if you do a practice like this but glad to have that knocked out of the way too. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9102 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:01:39 +0000 Lethality 9102@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>As a rogue ( the ONLY toon i do achievements on), I can say I think I am lucky, but maybe nto quite as much as some of you... lets see...</p> <p>I got my turtle mount after 372 casts in the Basin at lvl 80.<br /> I got the Giant Sewer Rat at 59 casts at lvl 80.<br /> Ole Crafty at 117 at lvl 80.</p> <p>NO IDEA how long it took me to get all the coins.... but it was LOTS of casts.</p> <p>still have not won either fishign tournament....<br /> still no magical crawdad...<br /> have not even tried for the crab pet yet... but will soon. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/luckiest-fisherman-in-the-game#post-9101 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:33:07 +0000 Snore 9101@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Got Giant Sewer Rat after 4 casts, Old Ironjaw after 200, Old Ironjaw after 450. Got all the three rare fishes from STV contest on the same day. Won STV contest on my first try ever, because I was lucky with pool spawns, got Mr Pinchy after 20 casts, then first wish pet, right after that I went Sethekk Halls and Raven Lord dropped.</p> <p>Sea Turtle after 4000 casts, then Dark Herring after -16 000- casts ^^ </p>