http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ El's Extreme Anglin' Forums Topic: Darkwood Fishing Pole sighting? en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:01:10 +0000 http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-1088 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:30:32 +0000 Cleigh 1088@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just fished one up in Sun Rock Retreat, standing on the log that sticks out into the pond. Took about 10 casts or so.</p> <p>Data has been submitted to Wowhead. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-972 Fri, 30 May 2008 14:52:25 +0000 golbez 972@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Omg... Is it really rare? :O I almost sold it... good thing I checked this awesome site.. I was just fishing at the stonetalon pond... </p> <p>Here the <a href="http://image.bayimg.com/fajidaabm.jpg">SS</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-940 Sat, 24 May 2008 08:43:07 +0000 el 940@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Mulgore significantly extends the possibilities, since it is a starting area. It is possible this is a patch 2.4.2 change.</p> <p>I note from Wowhead, that the pole has been caught in the <a href="/fish/?s=Redridge Mountains" title="Fish Finder - Redridge Mountains.">Redridge Mountains</a>, which does fit the earlier pattern (all 55 base skill areas). </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-937 Sat, 24 May 2008 01:22:12 +0000 atls 937@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I have no doubt that this will be met with skepticism. </p> <p>However, I found this item on 5/23/08 in the pond right outside of Bloodhoof village in Mulgore. </p> <p>I think this corraborates El's opinion that the item now drops from any random inland waters. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-929 Thu, 22 May 2008 07:51:44 +0000 Leort 929@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>If in doubt, just use the armory to search for the item, don't bother looking for someone holding the item...</p> <p><a href="http://www.wowarmory.com/item-info.xml?i=6366" rel="nofollow">http://www.wowarmory.com/item-info.xml?i=6366</a></p> <p>Shows the item.</p> <p>If an item has been seen on ANY server, it will then appear in the armory. There could be any number of items we have not yet found. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-772 Sat, 03 May 2008 16:02:45 +0000 el 772@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Given this is still a very rare catch (by all accounts, somewhere between <a href="/fish/?s=Mr. Pinchy" title="Fish Finder - Mr. Pinchy.">Mr. Pinchy</a> and <a href="/fish/?s=The 1 Ring" title="Fish Finder - The 1 Ring.">The 1 Ring</a>), proving it <em>cannot</em> be caught in one body of water is very tricky indeed. If the drop rate is down below 0.1%, you'd have to cast many thousands of times in each location.</p> <p>Generally Azeroth's fish catches follow a very simple pattern. In fact, with a few exceptions, there are only 6 variations in the whole of Azeroth. These 6 geographic variations are multiplied by an inland/coastal split, and in 2 of the 6, a further 4-option variation by time of day. This is the genius of the original design: They managed to create <em>apparent</em> complexity while retaining a very simple design. It's a very old-skool Elite-style approach to game design, but I guess works well here because it allows the game to be rebalanced very easily.</p> <p>Now there are several location-specific variations - mostly obviously in <a href="/fish/?s=The Barrens" title="Fish Finder - The Barrens.">The Barrens</a>. However, <a href="/fish/?s=Hillsbrad Foothills" title="Fish Finder - Hillsbrad Foothills.">Hillsbrad Foothills</a> and <a href="/fish/?s=Ashenvale" title="Fish Finder - Ashenvale.">Ashenvale</a> never traditionally had any such variations. So, while it is possible they specifically divided an area like Hillsbrad up into local areas just to add the Darkwood Fishing Pole, I doubt this. More likely, the pole has simply been added to the "catch table" for all the inland open water in set of zones. I'm still not sure about the reports of catches from pools: It is impossible to verify the source (this is not shown in the combat log), which means that catches that appear to be from pools may not be (bobber actually just missed, lag delayed the disappearance of the pole, etc), which means lots of reports are needed. It would also completely inconsistent with the way pools generate loot: All the random items are in trunks, not floating about in the water.</p> <p>But then, until reading this thread, I never knew about the Broken Wine Bottle (thanks Calabar). So keep on looking, and see what you find. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-764 Fri, 02 May 2008 04:42:33 +0000 LucyInTheSky 764@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Fished for an additional ~2 hours at the same lake, catching:</p> <p>120 <a href="/fish/?s=Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish.">Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish</a><br /> 76 <a href="/fish/?s=Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper.">Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper</a><br /> 1 19 <a href="/fish/?s=Pound Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Pound Catfish.">Pound Catfish</a><br /> 2 22 <a href="/fish/?s=Pound Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Pound Catfish.">Pound Catfish</a><br /> 1 Mana Potion</p> <p>That's a total of 501 catches so far, not a single Darkwood Fishing pole. Combine these results with the posts on wowehead, which show the pole being caught in the river to the <strong>east</strong> of Tarren Mill, and I am beginning to believe that the information we've got right now, that the pole was caught in the lake south of Tarren Mill, is not accurate. I believe it's catchable in the river, only. I will be moving to the river now: Not wasting any more time fishing up crap that's not even good for skilling up cooking. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-736 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:54:22 +0000 LucyInTheSky 736@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Fished for ~3 hours tonight at the lake south of Tarren Mill, catching exactly:</p> <p>200 <a href="/fish/?s=Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish.">Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish</a><br /> 100 <a href="/fish/?s=Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper.">Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper</a><br /> 1 <a href="/fish/?s=Bloated Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Bloated Catfish.">Bloated Catfish</a> (Moss Agate Inside)</p> <p>Those numbers aren't approximate. I really did get precisely those numbers. Thought it'd have been a nice place to stop &#38; report my findings.</p> <p>Anyway, no joy with the Darkwood pole. I already have Big Iron and Seth's Graphite. Frankly, I don't know why I'm even bothering. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-733 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:32:18 +0000 Aiea 733@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I found this pole in Hillsbrad Foothills in a floating debris node near Southshore on Garona. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting/page/2#post-555 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:06:19 +0000 blouled 555@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hello !</p> <p>Just fished one today on the french server "Les Sentinelles", while fishing there to get catfish to raise my cooking skill.</p> <p>it dropped after a long while (an half-hour) juste south of the waterfall, in the river east of southshore.</p> <p>Character is druid level 70 night elf, 330 skill at the time (+23 for BIFP and truesilver line), no bait.</p> <p>I came here to check how common was it, since i had never found it before. </p> <p>Quite pretty, golden fixtures even if not as good as the BIFP.</p> <p>btw, keep on the great work, this site rocks ! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-539 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:25:59 +0000 Calabar 539@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I wonder if the darkwood pole can be fished up from the Sludge Fen in the Barrens. I used to fish there from time to time trying to fish up a broken wine bottle (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=6651;source=live). If so that might motivate me to level up fishing on all my alts. But from the zones El listed the Barrens might be too low level. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-525 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:44:24 +0000 Ramini 525@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, a few hours of fishing later and I'm 225 fishing so capped my alt.<br /> Redridge:<br /> Fishing off the docks at lakeshire:<br /> 200 Fish Caught<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=Bristle Whisker Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Bristle Whisker Catfish.">Bristle Whisker Catfish</a>: 135 (67.5%)<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=Longjaw Mud Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Longjaw Mud Snapper.">Longjaw Mud Snapper</a>:61 (40.7%)<br /> <a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/Ramini/WoW/?action=view&#38;current=WoWScrnShot_041008_182539.jpg">Fishing Buddy Screenshot</a></p> <p>Fishing at the Stonewatch Falls in the east:<br /> 150 Fish Caught<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=Bristle Whisker Catfish" title="Fish Finder - Bristle Whisker Catfish.">Bristle Whisker Catfish</a>: 86 (57.3%)<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=Longjaw Mud Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Longjaw Mud Snapper.">Longjaw Mud Snapper</a>:65 (32.5%)<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=17 Pound Catfish" title="Fish Finder - 17 Pound Catfish.">17 Pound Catfish</a>: 1 (0.7%)<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=Healing Potion" title="Fish Finder - Healing Potion.">Healing Potion</a>: 1 (0.7%)<br /> -<a href="/fish/?s=19 Pound Catfish" title="Fish Finder - 19 Pound Catfish.">19 Pound Catfish</a>: 1 (0.7%)<br /> <a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/Ramini/WoW/?action=view&#38;current=WoWScrnShot_041008_211903.jpg">Fishing Buddy Screenshot</a></p> <p>No sign of the pole but probably due to unluckiness. However since I only caught random stuff in the small pool perhaps only small bodies of water can have the armour fished up? I've only ever found armour in small lakes before and that lake near tarren mill is one. Going to try there as soon as I can level fishing again. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-514 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:42:53 +0000 Ramini 514@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Only inland reported so far?<br /> Wouldn't mind leveling my fishing in one of the places on my alt, shame the fish suck so much at inland places compared to coastal. Would like the rod though so I'll give it a go. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-508 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:18:41 +0000 Calabar 508@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I’ve spent several hours leveling my fishing in the pond next to Tarren Mill after reading this thread. I’ve been fishing the pools when they appear and the regular water when they’re absent. Thus far no luck. </p> <p>I did see a darkwood pole for sale in the AH on the alliance side of Blackhand. It was bid only at about 50s when I first saw it. I wasn’t on line when it sold. The last bid I saw was 20 gold. If there was a bidding war it most likely went for much more.</p> <p>Though I would very much like to have the pole, I’m not going to pay a lot for it. There’s only a ten level gap when it would be useful for a character. I can use a strong fishing pole until I can use the big iron fishing pole for any of my up and coming fishers. I have several BIFPs floating around on various bank alts. On the other hand, if I need to raise my fishing skill I may as well do so in an area where I might loot a darkwood pole of my very own. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-493 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:20:19 +0000 el 493@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>So far I've read reports that the Darkwood Pole can be caught from inland open water in <a href="/fish/?s=Ashenvale" title="Fish Finder - Ashenvale.">Ashenvale</a>, <a href="/fish/?s=Hillsbrad Foothills" title="Fish Finder - Hillsbrad Foothills.">Hillsbrad Foothills</a> and <a href="/fish/?s=Stonetalon Mountains" title="Fish Finder - Stonetalon Mountains.">Stonetalon Mountains</a>. Logically that means it should also be caught in inland open water in <a href="/fish/?s=Duskwood" title="Fish Finder - Duskwood.">Duskwood</a>, <a href="/fish/?s=Redridge Mountains" title="Fish Finder - Redridge Mountains.">Redridge Mountains</a> and <a href="/fish/?s=Wetlands" title="Fish Finder - Wetlands.">Wetlands</a> (which share the same skill requirement and catches). Anyone else had any luck catching it? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-439 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:07:52 +0000 maloki 439@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I actually came accross this piece of Fishing Pole yesterday. It took my breath away when I saw it drop, while fishing ofc. I was in Stonetalon Mountains fishing a wreckage off the Goblin place.</p> <p><a href="http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/maaxszon/Darkwood_Fishing_Pole.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/maaxszon/Darkwood_Fishing_Pole.jpg</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-437 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:02:18 +0000 Gummo 437@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Yes, it's a white pole, so you can sell it or pass it on to alt. If it's still a very rare pole, Krosa/mdsmith2483 could probably sell it for a ridiculous amount of money. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-431 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:16:40 +0000 Calabar 431@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Is this a white item just like the Big Iron Fish Pole? If so it would be worth trying for as I could pass it to each alt as they reached the minimum requirements. This pole requires level 15 and 50 fishing skill. The BIFP requires level 25 and 100 fishing skill. So it would be useful for the ten levels and 50 fishing skill gap between the two poles. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-415 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:26:14 +0000 mdsmith2483 415@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I was fishing from the boat in the center of the lake. From plain water. It was a catch by itself. First cast was a fish, second was the pole. (I guess specifying the boat confirms which lake by TM it is.) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/darkwood-fishing-pole-sighting#post-397 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:35:59 +0000 Kahless 397@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Wow. It actually exists!? It's not April 1st yet. ;)<br /> It must be a 2.4 change.</p> <p>After all this time I was sure it was a development item that was left out of the game but left in the database.<br /> I assumed past claims of people getting it were hoaxes or mistakes.</p> <p>I'm off to Hillsbrad to fish for it.<br /> I assume you mean the pond just south of Tarren Mill before the road?</p> <p>Hmm, I don't remember seeing Sagefish schools in this pond before.<br /> Can you clarify whether you got it from a school or from plain water?<br /> Did you reel it in with another fish? In place of a fish or in a trunk? </p>