Post by Exuro on May 24, 2006 18:37:23 GMT 1
This is a pretty good guide on how to level your Fishing and Cooking skills up to 300 - I have cleaned it up a bit, and present it here for your enjoyment:
Go to your Fishing Trainer and Cook Trainer and pick up Fishing and Cooking skills.
Buy a Fishing Rod and a stack of Shiny Baubles (a lure that adds +25 to your fishing skill).
You're now ready to begin.
Best place to start is in Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore:
* Go speak to Harn Longcast and buy Brilliant Smallfish and Longjaw Mud Snapper recipes off of him. Now start fishing in Stonebull Lake.
* Equip your Fishing Rod and then apply the Shiny Bauble lure to it, as this will make catching fish easier. You'll want to catch about 60 Brilliant Smallfish and this should take about 40 minutes. You'll find that by the time you have caught 60 Brilliant Smallfish, you'll also have about 30 Longjaw Mud Snappers. Once you have 60, cook them. You can either build your own fire or jog back to Harn Longcast and use the fire in front of him. Cook the Brilliant Smallfish, then at level 50 start cooking Longjaw Mud Snappers (after learning the recipe you bought earlier).
* You'll need to go and catch Longjaw Mud Snappers now and the best place for these is the pond in Orgrimmar by Lumark the Fishing trainer (I know you've been catching quite a few where you are, but the 'drop rate' is a lot better in Orgrimmar).
* Between levels 50 and 75 go learn Journeyman Fishing and Journeyman Cooking.
* You'll now need to catch about 30 Longjaw Mud Snappers to get your Cooking up to 100.
Now go to Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad and buy Bristle Whisker Catfish recipe off of Derak Nightfall:
* Go to the river to the East of Tarren Mill and fish for Bristle Whisker Catfish. Depending on your Cooking level, you're going to need about 80-100 of these to get it up to 175.
* Between levels 125 and 150 go to Shadowprey Village in Desolace and buy Expert Cookbook from Wulan. You'll need to go to Booty Bay and buy a book for your Fishing level. Speak to Old Man Heming and buy the book Expert Fishing: The Bass and You.
* Once you're up to 175 Cooking, go to Shadowprey Village in Desolace. Speak to Wulan and buy Mithril Head Trout recipe and start fishing on the pier there. You're going to need about 60 of these to get your Cooking up to level 225.
At this point you should now have level 225 Fishing and level 225 Cooking. If your character is not yet Level 35, then this is as far as you can go. If you are Level 35+ then you have two quests to complete before you can continue:
First quest: Cooking
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Cooking
Go to Gadgetzan in Tanaris and speak to Dirge Quikcleave. He is in the tavern. He'll want you to bring him 12 Giant Eggs, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. You should actually be able to buy the eggs and clam meat off of the AH, but in case you can't here's where to find them:
* Now according to the quest Giant Eggs drop off of Rocs in Tanaris or any large bird. The best place I found for the eggs, was the Owlbeast in The Hinterlands. Only needed to kill about 20 of these to get my 12 eggs. They are about level 43ish, so if you're not that high a level, get help or wait till you can handle them. The clam meat comes from clams, naturally!
* To save you swimming around the sea looking for clams, you're better off killing turtles at Steamwheedle Port or Raventusk Village. The drop rate is quite high and you'll have your clam meat in no time. The levels are 41ish for Steamwheedle Port and 49-50 for Raventusk Village. The Alterac Swiss is the easiest part. Go to Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands and buy them from the Innkeeper. Hand them all in and you'll get your Artisan Cooking.
Second Quest: Fishing
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Fishing
You need to go and find Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. He is standing on a small island to the West of Theramore (58,60). He'll ask you to catch four rare fish for him. This quest is actually really easy and the only hard part is the amount of travelling involved. The fish you need to catch are:
* Feralas Ahi - If you ride out West from Camp Mojache and fish the Verdantis River where the small bridge is by the Ogres, you'll soon catch one.
* Sar'theris Striker - Ride a little South out of Shadowprey Village and you're there. Make sure the area comes up as Sar'theris Strand.
* Savage Coast Blue Saffin - Just outside Grom'gol Base Camp. Make sure the area comes up as Savage Coast.
* Misty Reed Mahi Mahi - Directly East from Stonnard. Just avoid the Murlocs.
You should catch these fish within 5 to 10 casts at each location. So it won't take long. The best order I've found to do this quest in, assuming you don't already have all the flightpath, is to go from Dustwallow, ride to the Great Lift and then head West through Thousand Needles to Camp Mojache in Feralas - From Feralas, ride North West into Desolace and onto Shadowprey Village - From Desolace, fly to Thunderbluff - Fly to Crossroads - Fly to Orgrimmar - Get Zeppelin to Grom'Gol Base Camp - Ride North to Duskwood - Ride East to Deadwind Pass - Ride through Deadwind Pass to Swamp of Sorrows.
Now go back to Nat and get your Artisan Fishing.
There is apparently a bug with this quest, if go away from Nat BEFORE getting your fishing level to 226, the quest can bug and you'll be stuck on 225 for good. Didn't happen to me, but I've seen a few posts from people who it's happened to.
Ok, so you're now at level 225 in both cooking and fishing and you've done your Artisan quests. Time for the home stretch:
* Go to Steamwheedle Port and speak to Gikkix. You'll want to buy the following two recipes: Spotted Yellowtail and Poached Sunscale Salmon.
* Now go to Raventusk Village in the Hinterlands and fish for Spotted Yellowtails. You'll need about 30 to get your Cooking from 225 to 250.
* Now go to Bloodvenom Falls in Felwood and fish for Sunscale Salmon. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 250 to 275.
* Now go to Camp Mojache in Feralas and speak to Sheendra Tallgrass and buy the recipe for Mightfish Steak. Whilst you're there buy about 40 Hot Spices and 40 Soothing Spices as you're going to be making the food that you will want as a level 60 (without going into instances that is). It gives a +10 stamina buff for 15mins which is always helpful.
* Now go to Scalebeard's Cave in Azshara (its one of the islands to the East) and fish for Mightfish. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 275 to 300. You may need to bring some lures with you at this point, as your cooking will level up faster than your fishing and Azshara is a 250+ fishing zone. Once your cooking is a 300, keep fishing till you've maxed out that too. It will take 7 to 10 catches to get one skill up at this point, so take your time.
And you're done!
Go to your Fishing Trainer and Cook Trainer and pick up Fishing and Cooking skills.
Buy a Fishing Rod and a stack of Shiny Baubles (a lure that adds +25 to your fishing skill).
You're now ready to begin.
Best place to start is in Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore:
* Go speak to Harn Longcast and buy Brilliant Smallfish and Longjaw Mud Snapper recipes off of him. Now start fishing in Stonebull Lake.
* Equip your Fishing Rod and then apply the Shiny Bauble lure to it, as this will make catching fish easier. You'll want to catch about 60 Brilliant Smallfish and this should take about 40 minutes. You'll find that by the time you have caught 60 Brilliant Smallfish, you'll also have about 30 Longjaw Mud Snappers. Once you have 60, cook them. You can either build your own fire or jog back to Harn Longcast and use the fire in front of him. Cook the Brilliant Smallfish, then at level 50 start cooking Longjaw Mud Snappers (after learning the recipe you bought earlier).
* You'll need to go and catch Longjaw Mud Snappers now and the best place for these is the pond in Orgrimmar by Lumark the Fishing trainer (I know you've been catching quite a few where you are, but the 'drop rate' is a lot better in Orgrimmar).
* Between levels 50 and 75 go learn Journeyman Fishing and Journeyman Cooking.
* You'll now need to catch about 30 Longjaw Mud Snappers to get your Cooking up to 100.
Now go to Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad and buy Bristle Whisker Catfish recipe off of Derak Nightfall:
* Go to the river to the East of Tarren Mill and fish for Bristle Whisker Catfish. Depending on your Cooking level, you're going to need about 80-100 of these to get it up to 175.
* Between levels 125 and 150 go to Shadowprey Village in Desolace and buy Expert Cookbook from Wulan. You'll need to go to Booty Bay and buy a book for your Fishing level. Speak to Old Man Heming and buy the book Expert Fishing: The Bass and You.
* Once you're up to 175 Cooking, go to Shadowprey Village in Desolace. Speak to Wulan and buy Mithril Head Trout recipe and start fishing on the pier there. You're going to need about 60 of these to get your Cooking up to level 225.
At this point you should now have level 225 Fishing and level 225 Cooking. If your character is not yet Level 35, then this is as far as you can go. If you are Level 35+ then you have two quests to complete before you can continue:
First quest: Cooking
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Cooking
Go to Gadgetzan in Tanaris and speak to Dirge Quikcleave. He is in the tavern. He'll want you to bring him 12 Giant Eggs, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. You should actually be able to buy the eggs and clam meat off of the AH, but in case you can't here's where to find them:
* Now according to the quest Giant Eggs drop off of Rocs in Tanaris or any large bird. The best place I found for the eggs, was the Owlbeast in The Hinterlands. Only needed to kill about 20 of these to get my 12 eggs. They are about level 43ish, so if you're not that high a level, get help or wait till you can handle them. The clam meat comes from clams, naturally!
* To save you swimming around the sea looking for clams, you're better off killing turtles at Steamwheedle Port or Raventusk Village. The drop rate is quite high and you'll have your clam meat in no time. The levels are 41ish for Steamwheedle Port and 49-50 for Raventusk Village. The Alterac Swiss is the easiest part. Go to Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands and buy them from the Innkeeper. Hand them all in and you'll get your Artisan Cooking.
Second Quest: Fishing
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Fishing
You need to go and find Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. He is standing on a small island to the West of Theramore (58,60). He'll ask you to catch four rare fish for him. This quest is actually really easy and the only hard part is the amount of travelling involved. The fish you need to catch are:
* Feralas Ahi - If you ride out West from Camp Mojache and fish the Verdantis River where the small bridge is by the Ogres, you'll soon catch one.
* Sar'theris Striker - Ride a little South out of Shadowprey Village and you're there. Make sure the area comes up as Sar'theris Strand.
* Savage Coast Blue Saffin - Just outside Grom'gol Base Camp. Make sure the area comes up as Savage Coast.
* Misty Reed Mahi Mahi - Directly East from Stonnard. Just avoid the Murlocs.
You should catch these fish within 5 to 10 casts at each location. So it won't take long. The best order I've found to do this quest in, assuming you don't already have all the flightpath, is to go from Dustwallow, ride to the Great Lift and then head West through Thousand Needles to Camp Mojache in Feralas - From Feralas, ride North West into Desolace and onto Shadowprey Village - From Desolace, fly to Thunderbluff - Fly to Crossroads - Fly to Orgrimmar - Get Zeppelin to Grom'Gol Base Camp - Ride North to Duskwood - Ride East to Deadwind Pass - Ride through Deadwind Pass to Swamp of Sorrows.
Now go back to Nat and get your Artisan Fishing.
There is apparently a bug with this quest, if go away from Nat BEFORE getting your fishing level to 226, the quest can bug and you'll be stuck on 225 for good. Didn't happen to me, but I've seen a few posts from people who it's happened to.
Ok, so you're now at level 225 in both cooking and fishing and you've done your Artisan quests. Time for the home stretch:
* Go to Steamwheedle Port and speak to Gikkix. You'll want to buy the following two recipes: Spotted Yellowtail and Poached Sunscale Salmon.
* Now go to Raventusk Village in the Hinterlands and fish for Spotted Yellowtails. You'll need about 30 to get your Cooking from 225 to 250.
* Now go to Bloodvenom Falls in Felwood and fish for Sunscale Salmon. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 250 to 275.
* Now go to Camp Mojache in Feralas and speak to Sheendra Tallgrass and buy the recipe for Mightfish Steak. Whilst you're there buy about 40 Hot Spices and 40 Soothing Spices as you're going to be making the food that you will want as a level 60 (without going into instances that is). It gives a +10 stamina buff for 15mins which is always helpful.
* Now go to Scalebeard's Cave in Azshara (its one of the islands to the East) and fish for Mightfish. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 275 to 300. You may need to bring some lures with you at this point, as your cooking will level up faster than your fishing and Azshara is a 250+ fishing zone. Once your cooking is a 300, keep fishing till you've maxed out that too. It will take 7 to 10 catches to get one skill up at this point, so take your time.
And you're done!
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