No information about fishing in Wrath was released by Blizzard prior to beta testing: Fishing did not feature in the BlizzCon 2007 professions session (except as an introductory joke). Like other professions, very little was added during Alpha testing. What has been added may still change.
Grand Master Fishing
The next rank of Fishing skill now allows you to advance your fishing skill beyond 375 to 450. This rank is called "Grand Master". Grand Master fishing can be trained from fishing trainers in Northrend, specifically:
- Angelina Soren (Horde) in Vengeance Landing, Howling Fjord:
- Location: On the docks next to the sea, with an umbrella.
- Instructions: Zeppelin from Undercity (tower in Tirisfal Glades) to Vengeance Landing. You will arrive at a standard Zeppelin Tower. Run/jump down the tower. Just to your east you will see a small wooden dock, with a single Forsaken-style ship moored. The trainer is found on this dock, next to an umbrella.
- Byron Welwick (Alliance) in Valgarde, Howling Fjord:
- Location: By the water, with an umbrella, behind the flight master.
- Instructions: Boat from Menethil Harbor (Wetlands) to Valgarde. On arrival, run down the wooden dock. The raised area on your left contains several trainers, and the flight master. Byron Welwick is on the south-east side, next to the water. You can save 30 seconds by jumping off the boat when it arrives in the bay next to Valgarde, and swimming ashore.
- Fishy Ser'ji (Horde) in Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra:
- Location: In the inn area, next to the beer kegs, on the lower level of Warsong Hold.
- Instructions: Zeppelin from outside Orgrimmar. You will arrive inside Warsong Hold itself. Jump and run down to the lowest level (where the orcs are using a large map of Northrend to plan battles), and then into the inn area.
- Marcia Chase (Neutral) in Dalaran (illustrated right):
- Location: Near the Eventide Fountain, on the Prison side of the city.
- Instructions: See the Dalaran Fishing Guide.
- Old Man Robert (Alliance) in Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra:
- Location: With the other profession trainers, on the south-west side of Valiance Keep, between the large garrison building and the sea wall.
- Instructions: Boat from Stormwind Harbor (the pier at the north end) to Valiance Keep. On arrival at Valiance Keep, run off the boat and up the steps, with the inn on your right. On your left there is a boat moored in the middle of the Valiance Keep. Turn left and run across the boat. In front you will see the garrison building. The trainer is outside the garrison building, on the left side, near the sea wall, standing under a gazebo (open-sided tent).
Grand Master fishing costs 35 gold to learn (reduced by up to 20% by reputation), and requires 350 fishing skill. There is no level requirement.
Northrend's fishing trainers also teach Master rank fishing, for just 1 gold, with no level requirement: Cheaper than learning from the book, Master Fishing - The Art of Angling. Fishing trainers in old Azeroth continue to only teach the first 2 ranks of fishing (Apprentice and Journeyman). However, low level anglers can train from Northrend trainers. Marcia Chase in Dalaran can only be safely reached using a portal or summon, but other trainers can be visited alone.
In the last beta, the number of catches required for each skill point is approximately:
- 375-430: 12.5 catches per skill point.
- 430-450: 14.5 catches per skill point.
Death Knights only start with one secondary profession, First Aid (currently at 270/300). So expect Death Knights to develop their fishing skills from nothing, like everyone else.
Locations
Many zones in Northrend can be fished. The table below summarises the skill required to cast. Tentatively: the existing method to calculate the skill required to stop get aways (skill to cast plus 95) still appears to apply.
| Minimum Fishing Skill | Zones | |
|---|---|---|
| To cast | To avoid get aways | |
| 380 | 475 | Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord. |
| 405 | 500 | Crystalsong Forest. |
| 430 | 525 | Dalaran and Sholazar Basin. |
| 480 | 575 | The Frozen Sea. |
Icecrown, Storm Peaks, Wintersgrasp and Zul'Drak do not contain any fish.
The Frozen Sea is the deep sea that surrounds Northrend. It is not formally a zone. However it has different skill requirements and catches from nearby zones: It does not follow the old Azeroth pattern, where seas share the characteristics of the nearest zone. The Frozen Sea is also the toughest known area to fish: 75 skill points higher than the hardest Outland waters. However, the next rank of fishing allows your personal skill to rise by 75 to 450.
You will now recieve a more detailed "fail" message when your skill is too low to cast, which tells you the skill required.
Fish
There are plenty of fish available to catch. Read more about Wrath's fish here.
Pool Changes
Many fish can be caught from pools. About 90% of the catch from a school is the named fish, so pools should be more efficient if you want to catch a single named fish. Read more about Wrath's pools here.
Equipment
A new epic quality fishing pole has been added:
- Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole
- Bonus: +30 fishing skill, underwater breathing.
- Requires: Kalu'ak (Tuskarr) Exalted reputation, Fishing (300).
Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole can be purchased from quartermaster Tanaika (in the Tuskarr village of Kamagua, in the Howling Fjord) or Sairuk (in Moa'ki Harbor, Dragonblight). You must have Exalted reputation with the Kalu'ak faction. The pole costs about 100 gold (including reputation price reduction). Revered reputation can be reached by completing regular quests in the 3 zones where the Kalu'ak are based (Borean Tundra, Dragonblight and Howling Fjord). Daily quests can then be completed for 500 reputation each. Known daily quests are:
- Planning for the Future - Collect 12 Snowfall Glade Pups, from Trapper Mau'i in Moa'ki Harbor (Dragonblight).
- Preparing for the Worst - Collect 8 Kaskala Supplies, from Utaik in Kaskala (Borean Tundra).
- The Way to His Heart - Reef Bull led to a Reef Cow, from Anuniaq in Kamagua (Howling Fjord).
Each quest takes less than 5 minutes to complete. If you have finished all the regular quests (and reached Revered), it will take about 2 weeks to reach Exalted by doing daily quests.
One further curiosity can be found in the spell list: "Summon Drostan's Fishing Chair - Right Click to set up a comfy fishing chair." Perhaps this is a seat for those of us who do not play cards?
Quests and Factions
There are 2 known fishing-related quests. The quests copy the Azuremyst Isle quest, Red Snapper - Very Tasty! - neither quest uses fishing skill:
One fishing-related quest can be found at Redwood Trading Post, Grizzly Hills, "A Bear of an Appetite": Catch 6 Northern Salmon using a fishing net. The fish are caught from School of Northern Salmon, which are found along the eastern coast of the Grizzly Hills. These schools look like School of Red Snapper.
The Way to His Heart is a beautiful quest, which starts from Anuniaq in the Tuskarr village of Kamagua (Howling Fjord). You must complete the Scalawag Isle quests first (thanks BigFire). The quest uses at least 5 Tasty Reef Fish, which can be found in School of Tasty Reef Fish. These pools are in deep water off the south side of the Isle of Spears. These schools are not fished with a pole: Use Anuniaq's Net, provided. "The Way to His Heart" becomes a repeatable daily quest, which gives reputation with the Kalu’ak (Tuskarr).
The Tuskarr (Kalu’ak) best fit the role of a “fishing faction”. But the Tuskarr are not the only faction that fish. The Murlocs of Northrend are very civilised. And they enjoy fishing too. With a pole, line and bobber. Just like the rest of us. RwlRwlRwlRwl...? Oh; I think I’m in love.
Appendix: Old Beta Skill-Up Table
In an earlier beta version, the number of catches required to gain fishing skill was dramatically reduced between skill 1 and 375, and remained low from 375 to 450. This did not appear on live realms. The current live skill-up values are listed above:
| Current Fishing Skill | Average Number of Successful Catches to Gain a Point of Skill | |
|---|---|---|
| From | To | |
| 1 | 175 | 1 |
| 175 | 215 | 1.2 |
| 215 | 240 | 1.5 |
| 240 | 280 | 1.8 |
| 280 | 290 | 2 |
| 290 | 300 | 3 |
| 300 | 345 | 3.5 |
| 345 | 375 | 4 |
| 375 | 450 | 4.2 |
Learn More
- Support Us: Order Wrath of the Lich King at Amazon.
- Fishing Pre-Preview (WorldWide Invitational) - Wrath fishing preview, as seen in Paris, June 2008.
- WotLK Fishing and Achievements - Forum discusion.
- Also in Wrath of the Lich King: Essentials, Introduction to Northrend, Fish, Pools, Dalaran Fishing, and Dalaran Cooking.
