[Fishing] Feralis Loot Table

  1. theodice <Angler>, 4 years ago:

    I've recently rerolled on the Borean Tundra server... a new server closed to transfers for 3 months. The gates to AQ are closed and the war effort is on. I've been eagerly fishing spotted yellowtail for war effort turn-ins. My favorite place to fish for them has been in Feralis, since I can fly to shadowprey village and safely get to the dock to feathermoon at level 25 to fish for them with 225 fishing plus the 75 lure.

    I've noticed something very quirky fishing on that dock. If I'm fishing close to shore, where the water is a lighter color I catch plenty of clams and winter squid... if I go further down the dock where the water is a darker color I don't catch any clams or winter squid, but I catch more mightfish. The loot table here on the website only shows one loot table for coastal fishing in feralis. I was wondering if anyone knew what the differences in spotted yellowtail catch % is between the two ocean water types there. Thanks!

  2. Azaguth <Salty>, 4 years ago:

    I also have noticed a difference in the loot table in a few different zones between light and dark coastal water. The function of the color of the water is to indicate the depth of the water, and, naturally, deeper (darker) water yields different fish than shallow (lighter) water.

  3. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 4 years ago:

    As far as I am aware, the catch is determined based on the name of the water in which the bobber lands. I've never found any conclusive evidence regarding the color of the water (except where it is named differently).

    There are quirks between the coastal waters and the ocean waters, although normally Azeroth's oceans mirror the zone you are closest to, so the ocean is the same as the coast.

    The most obvious factor that would explain what you are seeing is time of day. This analysis of variation by time of day was mostly done at Feathermoon Stronghold.

    You can also see from that analysis that there is quite a lot of variation within whole hours of fishing - particularly for fish that are only about 10% of the catch.

  4. theodice <Angler>, 4 years ago:

    For what it's worth I discovered this mostly by accident during a 4hr fishing session. All of my fishing took place between 5PM and 9PM server time (6-10 eastern) so I'm not sure if the timer would have been a factor. I fished the nodes around the dock, then started fishing on the dock fishing the "shallow water"... about 400 casts and the squid/mightfish seemed on par with the loot table. After the nodes respawned I fished the nodes, then came back to the dock, but this time further along the dock away from shore. In made about 200 casts in the deeper water without a single clam or squid. I then moved closer to shore and began to catch clams and squid again.

  5. Azaguth <Salty>, 4 years ago:

    el wrote:

    As far as I am aware, the catch is determined based on the name of the water in which the bobber lands.

    This may be what's going on, bobber landing in a different named area than I am standing.

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