http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:48:02 +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-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/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/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/old-crafty/page/6#post-8552 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:38:37 +0000 Umasi 8552@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I started fishing for him behind the waterfall in Valley of Honor, not bugged at all by anyone.<br /> 571 casts later, right when my eyes were starting to drop, I here the achievement noise. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-8537 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:32:51 +0000 DokBrown 8537@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I wouldn't think the Orb of Deception would have any bearing on if you're catching fish or not. But I've never tried it, so I'm no expert on the matter! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-8535 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:34:24 +0000 Compton 8535@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hey all,</p> <p>I have been working on Crafty for a while now and I have run into a problem recently. I have been using the Orb of Deception to get into Org but once I get back to the Valley of Honor and I start fishing when I click the bobber the loot box is empty. Any ideas? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-8310 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:08:14 +0000 Waurlocke 8310@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Ugh.<br /> 2600 Casts.<br /> Couldn't even look at him, damn fish stole about 14 hours of straight fishing, just glad the bugger is sitting in my bank next to my blue overalls. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-7284 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:43:55 +0000 Snafu 7284@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, to add my two cents...the Valley of Honor is a much better place to fish than The Valley of Spirits. I fished the Valley of Spirits pool for awhile, but was eventually ganked. It wasn't a bad spot, really...I've caught about 300 fish there in previous attempts but I wanted to give the other place a try. I went to the Valley of Honor waterfall during "off-hours" without any problem. I'm a lvl 80 ret pally, and I entered through the western gate. Just saddle up and go for it. I stayed there for a few hours over a couple of days, logging in and out when I had the time to play. I always used Elixer of Camouflage, and so the Hunters couldn't track me. I also used Blackened Worg Steak which allows you to track humanoids; I liked watching the traffic go by me on the minimap. No one touched me there, although I do think a lvl 80 orc saw me. (Thank you from a fellow fisherman.) He was fishing too and may have heard my bobber. I couldn't hear his (and I tried to) but being under the waterfall may have been the reason why. Just for the sake of posterity, and since it seems that there are people who are into this sort of thing, here's what I caught this time around:</p> <p>Longjaw Mud Snapper: 530<br /> Bristle Whisker Catfish: 211<br /> Brilliant Smallfish: 146<br /> 17 pound Catfish: 4<br /> Lesser healing potion: 3<br /> Bloated Mud Snapper: 2<br /> Infantry Tunic of the Monkey: 1<br /> Short Bastard Sword of the Monkey: 1<br /> The One Ring: 1<br /> Old Crafty: 1</p> <p>For a total of 900 casts.</p> <p>It may not be as easy for others to get to the waterfall as it was for me, but it's worth it if you're planning on staying there for a while. I swore I wasn't going to leave until I caught the bugger, so I'd have kept on fighting and/or corpse hopping my way in if I'd had to. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-7156 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:08:56 +0000 Pipre 7156@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>NineTailedFox <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-3843" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>Okay, so I came up with an easy way to do this - if you can wait until you are in Northrend and complete the quest chain that leads to the cinematic in Dragonblight, then you get a quest as Alliance to report back to Stormwind. That gives you the Fate, Up Against Your Will quest. This creates a portal to Orgrimmar. BUT, this Orgrimmar appears to be a separate Orgrimmar from the one with Horde in it- so it isn't your server's Orgrimmar! There are NO horde there and the guards do NOT attack you! So you can fish all you want!</p></blockquote> <p>This method no longer works. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-7151 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:59:32 +0000 blackdragonchjt 7151@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Sorry peeps, on the 17th cast and i got old crafty. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-7072 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:34:52 +0000 bombcar 7072@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, I got it. Only about 150 casts, too, and I died once. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-7023 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:34:05 +0000 Patience 7023@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Got really lucky on Old Crafty. Fished in the Valley of Spirits, hiding behind the big rock there. Didn't have Fishing Buddy at the time so I just had my stopwatch on. Caught him in under 16 minutes, roughly 50 catches. I think it took me longer to get into place to start fishing than it took actually catching him. Was level 30 at the time. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-7022 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:07:21 +0000 stormbear 7022@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I had Croc in the City, with a Croc in my bag and snagged Old Crafty within 100 casts.</p> <p>I started fishing him up around midnight Eastern and got it within an hour. Got ganked twice and one ganker got an achievement - "Defender of the City." </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-5436 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:30:40 +0000 Gottalot 5436@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Confirmed catch of Old Crafty in Orgimar after relaese of patch 3.1.</p> <p>Hi. Yesterday (16/4 - 09) I catched Old Crafty in Orgimar with the daily quest "Crocolisks in the City".<br /> It took me about 35min - 50min (Due to girlfriend issues I dont have exact time) to ctach it. 8 babycrocs<br /> where thrown back. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-5099 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:51:11 +0000 Cherel 5099@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Today on my server, was the crocolisk daily, so I decided to head to Orgrimmar to take another shot at Old Crafty. 2 ganks and about an hour later, I got him. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-5063 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:25:35 +0000 Longveins 5063@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Tonight after reading about the fishing quest "bug" to get Old Crafty I noticed people were not looting the fish on the way to catch the Croc. I don't have fishing dailes yet on my priest but I decided to try and throw back everything but Old Crafty. 5 casts and I had him. </p> <p>I hope this works for you... Enjoy </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-5042 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:11:31 +0000 Jindar 5042@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I consider myself especially lucky - couple weeks before Achievements were instated, I took my troll mage (Jindar, for those curious) to Org to learn fishing, hearing it was good for the alchemy and cooking he already had.</p> <p>He caught Old Crafty on his 25th catch ever, and the catch itself gave him his 20th skillpoint. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty/page/6#post-5033 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:20:08 +0000 Azaguth 5033@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>There's a patience requirement. Can you believe I spent 3-4 hours per night trying to get ironjaw on my horde character for a week straight before staying up all night for a 14 hour fishing session before getting Old ironjaw?</p> <p>Sometimes the RNG just hates you. Learn to love it. :P</p> <p>Good luck. </p>