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Fishing and Cooking Mastery Guide..................................................... 4 Fishing .............................................................................................. 4 Alliance Fishing Trainers ................................................................... 4 Horde Fishing Trainers...................................................................... 5 Leveling Fishing............................................................................... 6 Fishing in Pools ............................................................................... 6 Fishing Pools in Azeroth ................................................................. 7 Fishing Pools in the Outland ........................................................... 8 Fishing Pools in Northrend .............................................................. 8 Find Fish......................................................................................... 9 Rare Catches.................................................................................. 10 Fishing Equipment .......................................................................... 10 Poles .......................................................................................... 10 Other ......................................................................................... 11 Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza ..................................................12 Achievements ................................................................................ 13 Grand Master Fisherman ............................................................... 13 The Scavenger ............................................................................ 13 Master Angler of Stranglethorn ......................................................13 One That Didn't Get Away ............................................................. 13 Deadliest Catch ........................................................................... 14 Outland Angler ............................................................................ 14 Fish Don't Leave Footprints ........................................................... 15 The Coin Master........................................................................... 15 The Old Gnome and the Sea .......................................................... 15 The Fishing Diplomat .................................................................... 15 Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box ..................................................15 Old Man Barlowned ...................................................................... 15 The Lurker Above......................................................................... 16 Northrend Angler ......................................................................... 16 1000 Fish.................................................................................... 17 Old Ironjaw ................................................................................. 17 Old Crafty ................................................................................... 17 Fishing Dailies ................................................................................ 17 Cooking ........................................................................................... 18 Cooking Trainers ............................................................................ 18 Leveling Cooking ............................................................................ 20 Levels 1-50 ................................................................................. 20 Levels 50-150 ............................................................................. 20 Levels 150-225............................................................................ 20 Levels 225-300............................................................................ 21 Levels 300-350............................................................................ 21 Levels 350-400............................................................................ 21 Levels 400-450............................................................................ 21 Achievements ................................................................................ 22 Grand Master Cook ...................................................................... 22 Kickin' It up A Notch..................................................................... 22 Second That Emotion.................................................................... 22 Our Daily Bread ........................................................................... 22 Sous Chef ................................................................................... 23 The Outland Gourmet ................................................................... 23 The Cake Is Not A Lie ................................................................... 24 The Northrend Gourmet ................................................................ 24 Critter Gitter ............................................................................... 25

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Dinner Impossible ........................................................................ 25 Captain Rumsey's Lager................................................................ 25 Leveling Fishing & Cooking Together (Ideal) ..........................................25 Levels 1-225 .................................................................................. 25 Levels 225-325 .............................................................................. 26 Levels 325-450 .............................................................................. 26 Resources ........................................................................................ 27

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Fishing and Cooking Mastery GuideFishing and Cooking are great professions that anyone can learn and get max level with. As a level 450 Cook you can collect every recipe in the game and cook just about anything from stamina food for raids to food that will increase your fishing level. Fishing has tons of mini-game style challenges like the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza and all sorts of rare fish/objects you can fish up around Azeroth and beyond. This guide will talk about leveling both Fishing & Cooking from level 1 all the way to 450. It will teach you where to get all the awesome fishing gear the pros use, and how to win the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza to get your +40 Fishing Pole. I hope you enjoy all the information I've compiled in this guide and have great luck fishing in Azeroth!

FishingKeep in mind it's much easier to level Fishing along with Cooking. You can go to certain places to fish from one level to the next collecting the raw materials you need to quickly and efficiently level Cooking at the same time. For these instructions see the final section of this guide titled Leveling Fishing and Cooking. There are Fishing Trainers in all 4 of each faction's major cities. Find the trainer that is nearest to you on the list below and use the link to find a map of where they are at. Next to them, there should be a Fishing Supplies merchant where you can buy a Fishing Pole and your first Baubles.

Alliance Fishing TrainersTrainer Arnold Leland Astaia Grimnur Stonebrand Erett Lee Brown Diktynna Matthew Hooper Paxton Ganter Warg Deepwater Harold Riggs Donald Rabonne Androl Oakhand Myizz Luckycatch Brannock Juno Dufrain Byron Welwick Teaches Level 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 300-375 350-450 Location Stormwind City Darnassus Ironforge The Exodar Elwynn Forest Azuremyst Isle Redridge Mountains Dun Morogh Loch Modan Wetlands Hillsbrad Foothills Teldrassil Stranglethorn Vale Feralas Zangarmarsh Howling Fjord

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Old Man Robert Marcia Chase

350-450 350-450

Borean Tundra Dalaran

Horde Fishing TrainersTrainer Drathen Kah Mistrunner Armand Cromwell Lumak Lau'Tiki Uthan Stillwater Clyde Kellen Kil'Hiwana Lui'Mala Katoom the Angler Myizz Luckycatch Juno Dufrain Zurjaya Angelina Soren Fishy Ser'ji Marcia Chase Teaches Level 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 1-300 300-375 300-375 350-450 350-450 350-450 Location Silvermoon City Thunder Bluff Undercity Orgrimmar Durotar Mulgore Tirisfal Glades Ashenvale Desolace The Hinterlands Stranglethorn Vale Zangarmarsh Zangarmarsh Howling Fjord Borean Tundra Dalaran

Fishing LuresThere are all sorts of 'buffs' that you can put on your Fishing Pole to increase your effective Fishing Level. The low level ones are the Shiny Bauble and Nightcrawlers. You might be asking, should I use these? Absolutely! It will increase your ability to catch useful fish and other extras from where ever you're fishing. Here's a list of the various buffs that you can get for your fishing pole. Lure Shiny Bauble Nightcrawlers Aquadynamic Fish Lens Bright Baubles Flesh Eating Worm Sharpened Fish Hook Aquadynamic Fish Attractor Glow Worm + Fishing 25 50 50 75 75 100 100 100 Required Fishing Level 0 50 50 100 100 100 100 100 Source Vendors Vendors Quest Reward Vendors Drop Level 70 Fishing Dailies Vendors & Engineers Level 80 Fishing Dailies

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Leveling FishingFinally it's time to start leveling fishing. The thing about fishing is that you don't really have to do anything specific to level, except fish. Before Patch 3.1 you were limited to where you could fish based on your fishing level, this is no longer the case. Instead, you are limited to what you can catch based on your fishing level. To determine if a place is appropriate for you to fish in, take the average level of the nearby mobs and multiply it by 5, that is about where your fishing should be if you expect to catch decent fish. Otherwise, just cast a few out and see how it works out. For example, if you're in Tanaris and there are level 40-45 mobs, you probably want to have at least 40*5 = 200 level Fishing before fishing off the dock in Steamweedle Port. Now that you've found your Fishing Trainer and purchased some Shiny Baubles, you probably don't need to go anywhere at first. Just start casting right next to the Fishing Trainer (they are usually next to fishable water). Watch your bobber and when it bounces, right click it to receive your loot. You might find it helpful to enable auto-looting in your Interface Options to make fishing easier. WARNING! If you have auto-looting enabled and you catch a rare fish like Old Crafty who is Bind on Pickup, a dialog will popup asking if you're sure you want to loot this fish. If you cast your next line out before you click Okay in the loot dialog, you will lose your fish and NOT GET CREDIT! So if you are using Auto-Loot and hoping for that lucky fish, be careful not to cast until you receive your all of your loot. You will notice that your levels start coming quickly, every catch for awhile, and eventually every 2 catches. This is because WoW determines whether you will level your fishing skill based on how many fish you catch at each level. For example, from levels 1-75 you need to catch 1 fish to level. From levels 75-145 you need to catch 2 fish to level. By the time you are in the 300s you need to catch 10-11 fish per level. Here's how it breaks down: Skill Point Span 1-75: 74 76-145: 70 146-190:45 191-225:35 226-265:40 266-300:35 301-340:40 341-375:35 Totals: 374 Level Fish Needed Per Skill Point Total Fish to Approx. Time Needed (3 fish skill up per minute) 74 25 minutes 140 47 minutes 135 45 minutes 140 47 minutes 200 67 minutes 210 70 minutes 420 140 minutes 402.5 134 minutes 1721.5 574 minutes

1 2 3 4 5 6 10.5 11.5

table from http://www.wowwiki.com/Fishing

At level 300 you will need to find an Outland Fishing Trainer, see the table above to find your nearest (all of them are in Zangarmarsh). When you cap at level 375 you will need to head to Dalaran and talk to Marcia Chase near the Fountain (by the Alliance Bank) to open up levels 375-450.

Fishing in PoolsFishing Pools are visible areas in the water where you have a higher chance to catch certain fish or special objects. They are similar to Mining Veins, in that, if you continue to fish from them they will eventually disappear and respawn at another time. To fish in these pools your bobber must land within the circular region that defines the pool which can be admittedly difficult to determine. It's desirable to fish from certain Fishing Pools to catch a

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certain fish, for example you might see a Borean Man O'War School off the coast of Northrend, if you fish into one you will have a significantly higher chance to catch Borean Man O'War. Here's a list of the most popular Fishing Pools, their locations and plunder. Fishing Pools in Azeroth Name Bloodsail Wreckage School of Deviate Fish Floating Wreckage Main Catch [Mithril Bound Trunk] [Deviate Fish] [Mithril Bound Trunk] [Tightly Sealed Trunk] Coastal or Inland Coastal Inland Coastal Zones Located Stranglethorn Vale The Barrens Stranglethorn Vale

Floating Debris

Abundant Firefin Snapper Pool Firefin Snapper Pool Sparse Firefin Snapper Pool Teeming Firefin Snapper Pool

[Firefin Snapper]

Oil Spill Abundant Oily Blackmouth School Oily Blackmouth School Sparse Oily Blackmouth School Teeming Oily Blackmouth School

[Firefin Snapper]

[Oily Blackmouth]

Patch of Elemental Water School of Greater Sagefish

[Elemental Water] [Essence of Water] [Globe of Water] [Raw Greater Sagefish]

The Barrens Darkshore Coastal & Inland Loch Modan Silverpine Forest Westfall Stranglethorn Vale Hillsbrad Foothills Wetlands Azshara Coastal Feralas Tanaris Arathi Highlands Desolace Dustwallow Marsh Stonetalon Inland Mountains Stranglethorn Vale Hillsbrad Foothills Wetlands Azshara Coastal Feralas Tanaris Arathi Highlands Desolace Dustwallow Marsh Coastal Inland Azshara Stranglethorn Vale Alterac Mountains Loch Modan Silverpine Forest Ashenvale Stonetalon Mountains Hillsbrad Foothills

School of Sagefish School of Lesser Safefish

[Raw Sagefish]

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Schooner Wreckage Pool

Stonetalon Eel Swarm Speckled Tastyfish Pool

Waterlogged Wreckage Pool Muddy Churning Waters

Ashenvale Hillsbrad Foothills Coastal & [Watertight Trunk] Stonetalon Inlands Mountains Wetlands Azshara Feralas [Stonescale Eel] Coastal Stranglethorn Vale Tanaris Stranglethorn [Speckled Tastyfish] Coastal Vale* Alterac Mountains Arathi Highlands [Iron Bound Trunk] Coastal & Inland Desolace Dustwallow Marsh Stranglethorn Vale [Zulian Mudskunk] n/a Zul'Gurub

table from http://www.wowwiki.com/Fishing_pool

* Speckled Tastyfish Pool is only available during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Fishing Pools in the Outland Name Bluefish School Brackish Mixed School Highland Mixed School Mudfish School Pure Water Steam Pump Flotsam Zangarian Sporefish School Main Catch Zones Located [Icefin Bluefish] Nagrand [Golden Darter] Terokkar Forest [Spotted Feltail] Zangarmarsh [Golden Darter] Terokkar Forest [Furious Crawdad] [Figluster's Mudfish] Nagrand [Mote of Water] Nagrand [Heavy Supply Crate] Zangarmarsh [Steam Pump Debris] [Zangarian Sporefish]Zangarmarsh

table from http://www.wowwiki.com/Fishing_pool

Fishing Pools in Northrend Name Borean Man O'War School Deep Sea Monsterbelly School Dragonfin Angelfish School Fangtooth Herring School Glacial Salmon School Glassfin Minnow School Main Catch [Borean Man O' War] [Deep Sea Monsterbelly] [Dragonfin Angelfish] [Fangtooth Herring] [Glacial Salmon] [Glassfin Minnow] Coastal or Inland Coastal Off Coast Inland Inland Inland Inland Zones Located Borean Tundra The Frozen Sea Borean Tundra Dragonblight Howling Fjord Grizzly Hills Crystalsong Forest

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Imperial Manta Ray School Moonglow Cuttlefish School Musselback Sculpin School Nettlefish School

[Imperial Manta Ray] [Moonglow Cuttlefish] [Musselback Sculpin] [Nettlefish]

Coastal Off Coast Inland Inland

Borean Tundra Dragonblight Grizzly Hills The Frozen Sea Borean Tundra Dragonblight Sholazar Basin

table from http://www.wowwiki.com/Fishing_pool

Find FishWith Pools scattered all over the place it can be hard to pick them out with your eye. The best way to find them is with an ability called Find Fish. You learn this ability from a Weather-Beaten Journal. These are fished up from several Fishing Pools, mostly Floating Wreckage, Bloodsail Wreckage of Floating Debris. On all of my fishing characters I have went to Hillsbrad Foothills and ran along the southern coast until I see Floating Wreckage. It is well worth your time, it makes it a ton easier to find other Fishing Pools and it shouldn't take more than 20-30 minutes to pull up a Watertight Trunk and get your Journal.

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Rare Catches Fishing EquipmentThere's a ton of cool fishing gear that you can collect, most of it has +fishing on it and has a fun look to it. This stuff is especially helpful to have when leveling fishing but equally as fun to have when you're maxed out. Let's start with fishing poles, beyond the regular pole there are poles that add as much as 40 fishing skill. Here's a list of all the fishing poles and how to get them, I highlighted some important poles for emphasis: Poles Minimum + Fishing Fishing Level 0 3 5 20 25 20 20 30 1 1 10 100 225 100 200 300+ 300+ 300 300 Minimum Character Level 1 10 1 1 35 42 62 60 60 68 1

Pole Fishing Pole Blump Family Fishing Pole Strong Fishing Pole Big Iron Fishing Pole Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000 Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole Jeweled Fishing Pole

Source Fishing Supplier Alliance Quest: The Family and the Fishing Pole Fishing Supplier Shellfish Traps in Desolace (Tradeable, check your Auction House) Fishing Quest: Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme Horde Quest: Snapjaw, Mon! Outland Quest: Rather Be Fishin' Bag of Fishing Treasures from Northrend Dailies Bag of Fishing Treasures from Northrend Dailies Exalted with The Kalu'ak Win the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza

Bone Fishing Pole 30 Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole Arcanite Fishing Pole 30 40

Fishing Skill 10 When you reach level 10 Fishing pickup a Strong Fishing Pole from a Fishing Supplier. This pole will work great until you reach fishing skill 100. Fishing Skill 100 As soon as you pickup fishing start looking around for a Big Iron Fishing Pole on the Auction House, for when you hit level 100, this is a solid Fishing Pole that you can pickup or farm

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with a level 80 (or ask a friend too). Otherwise, if you're not Horde, there isn't another +20 Fishing Pole that is obtainable until the Outland. Fishing Skill 225 Once you reach level 225 Fishing I suggest doing Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme quest for your +25 Fishing Pole, this is about as good as you need until you're level 80. Fishing Level 300 and Level 80 Once you hit level 300 and your character is high enough to do Kalu'ak Dailies, start doing them for about 2 weeks to earn your Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole . It is a solid pole, as good as anything (other than the Arcanite Fishing Pole) Keep doing your Fishing Dailies while you do the Kalu'ak Dailies for a chance to get one of the rare Jeweled or Bone Fishing Poles. On a rainy Sunday Win the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. This is an elite chance to show how awesome you are and win the best Fishing Pole in the game. Read more in the section below. Other Catch a Brownell's Blue Striped Racer and turn it in for Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots (+12 stamina, +5 Fishing, Level 35 Requirement) Catch a Dezian Queenfish and turn it in for High Test Eternium Fishing Line (basically a +5 Fishing Pole Enchant) Catch a Keefer's Angelfish and turn it in for Lucky Fishing Hat (+15 Stamina, +5 Fishing) Item Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots Lucky Fishing Hat Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat High Test Eternium Fishing Line Spun Truesilver Fishing Line Enchant Gloves Fishing Captain Rumsey's Lager Underbelly Elixir Type Feet Head Head Pole Enchant Pole Enchant Glove Enchant Consumable Consumable Fishing Bonus +5 +5 +5 (reusable +75 lure) +5 +3 +3 +10 for 3 minutes Sometimes: +50 for 10 minutes (usable only in Dalaran) Source Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Very rare from Outland & Northrend Fishing Dailies Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Outland Fishing Quests Level 145+ Enchanter Cook Lootable in the Underbelly of Dalaran

If you want to max out your Fishing Skill you'll want to collect some of this gear. You should head to the Fishing Extravaganza (read below) and collect, at least, the 3 pieces from there. If you're lucky enough to recieve a Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat then that's great, but it's

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not necessary (if you really care about lures you should be using Glow Worms, +100 Fishing). The Spun Truesilver Fishing Line is weak compared to the easily obtainable High Test Eternium Fishing Line, so grab one of those for your best Pole. Find a Cook to make you a ton of Captain Rumsey's Lager (the mats are all easy to obtain). I skip the Underbelly Elixir because it's unreliable and must be used in Dalaran.

Stranglethorn Fishing ExtravaganzaThe Fishing Extravaganza is a Fishing Tournament (the only one in the game) that sends competitors out every week to see who can catch 40 Speckled Tastyfish the fastest. Only one person per realm can win each week. It takes place in Stranglethorn Vale every Sunday at 2pm server time. Here's how it works: Right at 2:00st all Fishing Pools turn into Schools of Tastyfish and everyone can immediately start catching Tastyfish. Pools will despawn after you catch a few fish, and you will have to find another one. It requires about 225 Fishing Skill to affectively catch Tastyfish. You should be at least level 40 to defend yourself from nearby mobs Once you catch 40 Tastyfish, race back to Booty Bay and accept & turn in the quest Master Angler at Riggle Bassbait. When the first person wins on your realm, no one else can turn in the quest. There will be an emote, that will let you know the tournament is over and you are unable to win. Here's some strategies that will help you win: Set your hearth to Booty Bay so that as soon as you catch your 40th Tastyfish you can hearth. Use your Find Fish skill (see above) Find an area with Fishing Pools before the event starts and be ready. Bind your Fishing ability to a key for rapid deployment. Ask a friend to help. Ask them to scout ahead for your next pool. If you're on a PvP server they can help keep competition down. Death Knights can help you run over water. Paladins can give you Crusader to increase your mounted travel speed. Bring water walking potions in case there's a sticky situation where it is helpful. Create this macro (#showtooltip Speckled Tastyfish) and place it on your hotbar. It will display how many fish you have caught BE PREPARED TO TURN IN THE QUEST - Don't wait until you win to decide which reward you're going to select. You might run out of time. There are some extra rewards for winning and participating in this contest. The most sought after reward is the Accomplished Angler achievement which gives the Salty title. Since the achievement system has been released, there has been a HUGE demand for winning this tournament. Be careful. The weekly winner gets to pick between either the Arcanite Fishing Pole (The best Fishing Pole in the game) or Hook of the Master Angler (a trinket that turns you into a fish!). There are 3 other regular rewards for catching rare fish during the 2 hour period the Tastyfish can be caught. All 3 are received at Fishbot 5000 by turning in the following fish.

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Catch a Brownell's Blue Striped Racer and turn it in for Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots (+12 stamina, +5 Fishing, Level 35 Requirement) Catch a Dezian Queenfish and turn it in for High Test Eternium Fishing Line (basically a +5 Fishing Pole Enchant) Catch a Keefer's Angelfish and turn it in for Lucky Fishing Hat (+15 Stamina, +5 Fishing) This gear is really good to optimize your Fishing, you don't need to be competitive to get the good stuff either. You can head to Stranglethorn at about 2:45st when the contest is over and the crowds have diminished, catch the rare fish, and get the above 3 items which will add a total of +15 Fishing to your entourage.

AchievementsThere are 330 achievement points from Fishing, across 33 achievements. The metaachievement (Accomplished Angler) requires a subset of all of these achievements and rewards you the title 'Salty.' To receive this title, you must complete all of the following Achievements: Grand Master Fisherman Reach Fishing Skill 350 and head to Marcia Chase in Dalaran, she will teach you Grand Master Fishing. The Scavenger Head to the following places and fish from the following Fishing Pools: Location Coast of Stranglethorn Vale Rivers in Stranglethorn Vale Hillsbrad Foothills or Wetlands Feralas, Azshara or Tanaris Zangarmarsh Master Angler of Stranglethorn You must win the Strangethorn Fishing Extravaganza, read the section above for tips and strategies. One That Didn't Get Away Catch one of the following extremely rare fish: 103 Pound Mightfish 22 Pound Lobster 32 Pound Catfish 68 Pound Grouper Rockhide Strongfish 15 Pound Mud Snapper Fish from Bloodsail Wreckage Waterlogged Wreckage Schooner Wreckage Floating Wreckage Steam Pump Flotsam

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29 Pound Salmon 52 Pound Redgill Dark Herring Steelscale Crushfish

Deadliest Catch At least 375 effective fishing recommended. Enter Zul'Gurub and head to Pagle's Point (on map) where you'll find Nat Pagle's Measuring Tape - accept the quest:

Return to Nat Pagle in Duskwallow Marsh and turn in the quest. Purchase a few Mudskunk Lures from him. Now head back to ZG and start catching some Zulian Mudskunks from the Muddy Churning Water (in the inner mote). Use the Mudskunk Lure and return to Pagle's Point (on map) to fish up Gahz'ranka and earn the achievement. Outland Angler You need to catch a fish from the following Schools:

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Location Anywhere in Zangarmarsh Lakes in Zangarmarsh Rivers in Terokkar Forest Above Allerian Stronghold Terokkar Forest Rivers in Nagrand Rivers in Nagrand Fish Don't Leave Footprints

Pool Sporefish School Brackish Mixed School School of Darter Highland Mixed School Bluefish School Mudfish School

Learn the Find Fish ability (see above for details) The Coin Master Catch all 53 coins from the Dalaran Fountain. People have reported this taking 5-6 hours of fishing. I don't recommend doing this all at once, instead spend 30 minutes each night for a few weeks. The Old Gnome and the Sea Fish from any school, you will complete this one doing Outland Angler and Scavenger. The Fishing Diplomat Catch any fish from Stormwind and Orgrimmar. Cross faction only need to sneak into the other city through brute force (soul stone or corpse run if you're in a hurry) Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box I'll sum this one up very easily: fish from Highland Mixed Schools above Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest until you catch Mr. Pinchy (reported 1/500 chance) and then pray (over 6 days) that one of his three wishes gives you the Magical Crawdad Pet (8% chance). There is tons more hearsay on this that you can read while you're fishing, if you really want the achievement, head to Terokkar Forest and start fishing from Highland Mixed Schools, then start doing tons more research to avoid the boredom. Old Man Barlowned Old Man Barlo is the Fishing Dailies NPC in Outland just north and east of Shattrath. Complete his 5 quests. Since you get a random one every day this will take at least 5 days to complete and possibly MUCH longer.

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The Lurker Above Head to Serpentshrine Cavern in Zangarmarsh with an Elixir of Water Walking and something that will slow your fall. You need both of these, even at level 80, because once you break the water's surface you will get attacked by tons of fish and die. You need about 300 effective Fishing Skill to catch him. Any class specific ability will work for slow fall, or a parachute type cloak or if you can't depend on either of those bring several Noggenfogger Elixirs and hope for the "You Feel Light..." effect. Here's a map in case you're not familiar with SSC:

Northrend Angler Catch a fish successfully from all of the following pools: Location Coast of Borean Tundra Coastal Icebergs Pool Borean Man O'War School Deep Sea Monsterbelly School

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Lake Indu'le in Dragonblight Inland Howling Fjord Insland Grizzly Hills Crystalsong Forest Coastal Northrend Coastal Icebergs Lake Kum'uya in Borean Tundra Inland Sholazar Basin 1000 Fish

Dragonfin Angelfish School Fangtooth Herring School Glacial Salmon School Glassfin Minnow School Imperial Manta Ray School Moonglow Cuttlefish School Musselback Sculpin School Nettlefish School

You will accomplish this achievement while working on the others or simply leveling fishing, 1000 fish isn't a lot. The following achievements are not required for Accomplished Angler: Old Ironjaw Ironjaw is a rare catch from inside Ironforge. If you're Horde, you're going to need to sneak into Ironforge and find a spot to fish where you won't get caught (at least not too often). Instead of trying to explain it here I'll refer you to this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d73ufEiUEFM Old Crafty Crafty is a rare catch from anywhere inside Orgrimmar. There used to be a great exploit, but it was fixed in patch 3.0.9, so I won't tell you about it :p. You'll need to find a hidden spot in Orgrimmar to catch this guy. Luckily it's not required for Accomplished Angler.

Fishing DailiesThere are 5 Daily Quests in the Outland which start at Old Man Barlo northeast of Shattrath. You receive a random reward from a Bag of Fishing Treasures for completing these quests. Among the notable drops are: 75% Sharpened Fish Hook (+100 Fishing Lure), 2% Recipe: Captain Rumsey's Lager (needed for the Cooking meta-achievement), 2% Spun Truesilver Fishing Line (+3 Fishing Pole Enchant), 1% Noble's Monocle (A rare head piece that can be wore by anyone, does not bind, I want one!), and 1% Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat (see gear list above). Bait Bandits Fish in Terokkar Rivers until you catch a Blackfin Darter. Crocolisks in the City Fish in either Orgrimmar or Stormwind until you catch a Baby Crocolisk. Felblood Fillet Fish in the Pools of Aggonar in Hellfire Peninsula until you catch a Monstrous Felblood Snapper. Shrimpin' Ain't Easy

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Fish in Zangarmarsh catching Bloated Barbed Gill Trout, open them for Giant Freshwater Shrimp. The One That Got Away Fish in the lakes of Nagrand for the World's Largest Mudfish (make sure you're minimap says you're on the lake). There are 5 Daily Quests in the Northrend, added in Patch 3.1. They start at Marcia Chase at the Fountain in Dalaran. There rewards are similar to the ones from Outland except they tend to be a bit more powerful. There's a chance to get Recipe: 2% Captain Rumsey's Lager, 2% Strand Crawler (rare pet), 2% Weather-Beaten Hat, 5% an Unusual Compass (novelty item) and 25% for some Glow Worms (+100 1 hour lure). There are 2 rare fishing poles (1/200 chance to drop): Bone Fishing Pole and Jeweled Fishing Pole, see the Fishing Gear section above for more information on how those poles compare to others. There's a very very small chance that you receive an epic gem such as a Runed Stormjewel (+23 spell power), but don't count on it. Blood is Thicker Head to Borean Tundra and kill a beast, this will cover you in blood (a buff). Walk into fishable water and a Fishing Pool will spawn that you can catch your 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy from. Dangerously Delicious Fish 10 Terrorfish from anywhere in Wintergrasp. Jewel Of The Sewers Head to the Underbelly of Dalaran (the sewers) and fish out Corroded Jewelry. Monsterbelly Appetite Fly south from Dalaran past Wyrmcrest Temple and into the North Sea, there are some pillars you can cast off of. Make sure your minimap says you are in The North Sea and you will eventually catch a Severed Arm. The Ghostfish Head to the center of Sholazar Basin and fish up a Phantom Ghostfish, eat it immediately.

CookingJust like Fishing, Cooking is best leveled together with Fishing. If you only cook your way to the 400s you will need to farm a lot of meat from places all over the world. This isn't a big deal, but you could be fishing off a dock, collecting the same needed materials while at the same time leveling your Fishing skill.

Cooking TrainersThere are Cooking Trainers (often called Cooks or Chefs) hidden in the back of most Inns. The main Outland Cooking Train is Jack Trapper in Lower City in Shattrath. Rank None Trainer Henry Stern* Kylene** Location co-ords Razorfen Downs Shattrath City

Lower City

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Zarrin Alegorn Tomas Stephen Ryback Gremlock Pilsnor Cook Ghilm Daryl Riknussun "Cookie" McWeaksauce Mumman Crystal Boughman Apprentice & Journeyman Celie Steelwing Eunice Burch Pyall Silentstride Aska Mistrunner Zamja Quarelestra Sylann Master Chef Mouldier Duhng Slagg Mudduk Jack Trapper Shandrina Wulan Dirge Quikcleave Gaston Master Baxter Naka Rollick MacKreel Brom Brewbaster Grand Master Katherine Lee Orn Tenderhoof Thomas Kolichio Awilo Lon'gomba Bethany Cromwell

Dolanaar Craftsmen's Terrace Goldshire Old Town Kharanos Gol'Bolar Quarry The Great Forge Odesyus' Landing Seat of the Naaru Lakeshire Wildhammer Stronghold The Trade Quarter Bloodhoof Village High Rise The Drag Falconwing Square Wayfarer's Rest Inn Tranquillien the Crossroads Hammerfall Grom'gol Base Camp Lower City Silverwind Refuge Shadowprey Village Gadgetzan Honor Hold Thrallmar Cenarion Refuge Valiance Keep Valgarde A Hero's Welcome Warsong Hold Vengeance Landing Sunreaver's Sanctuary Argent Tournament Grounds

Teldrassil Darnassus Elwynn Forest Stormwind Dun Morogh Dun Morogh Ironforge Azuremyst Isle the Exodar Redridge Mountains Shadowmoon Valley Undercity Mulgore Thunder Bluff Orgrimmar Eversong Woods Silvermoon Ghostlands the Barrens Arathi Highlands Stranglethorn Vale Shattrath City Ashenvale Desolace Tanaris Hellfire Peninsula Hellfire Peninsula Zangarmarsh Borean Tundra Howling Fjord Dalaran Borean Tundra Howling Fjord Dalaran Icecrown[55, 31]

[69.5, 71.5]

Expert Artisan

[58.2, 62.1]

table from http://www.wowwiki.com/Cooking_trainers

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Leveling CookingKeep in mind it's much easier to level Cooking at the same time as Fishing, so if you haven't leveled fishing already I strongly recommend you do. But in case you're not interested in Fishing and just want to Cook your way to level 450 here's a step-by-step guide how to do it. Levels 1-50 You can buy Mild Spices and Simple Flour from any Cooking Supplier. Stringy Wolf Meat and Chunks of Boar Meat can be farmed in any level 1-10 starting area.

Levels 50-150 You can find Bears in Ashenvale, Bloodmyst Isle, Darkshore, Dun Morogh, Elywnn Forest, Hillsbrad, Loch Modan and Silverpine Forest. You'll find Clam Meat off Murlocs near the waters of Westfall, Redridge, Ashenvale, and Azuremyst Isle.

Levels 150-225 You can find Raptors in Wetlands, Stranglethorn Vale and Arathi Highland for Raptor Eggs and Raptor Flesh.

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Levels 225-300 You can get Giant Eggs off Owls or Carrion Birds in Blasted Land, Felwood, Tanaris, Owlbeasts in Hinterlands and Wintergrasp. Bear Flank drops off the Angerclaw Grizzlies and Bears in Felwood, Grizzlys in Western Plaguelands and Maulers/Bears in Wintergrasp. Sandworm Meat is collected off the same mobs killed during the prequest to earn the recipe (Dredge Strikers and Crushers)

Levels 300-350 Ravager Flesh can be farmed off the Ravagers in Hellfire Peninsula (probably the easiest) and Blade's Edge Mountains. Clefthoof Meat and Talbuk Venision can be gathered from the Clefthoofs and Talbuks in Nagrand.

Levels 350-400 Shoveltusks are found only in Howling Fjord, the best spot is west and north of the Ember Clutch (western side of the zone). Rhino Meat is best farmed in Borean Tundra north of Warsong Hold.

Levels 400-450 The recipes here were selected to avoid the need for Northern Spices. You can craft a ton of other stuff but it all requires at least 1 Northern Spice per craft. If you choose to cook up things with Northern Spices then you can select any of the recipes you learn by turning in Dalaran Cooking Rewards in Dalaran.

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AchievementsThere are 300 achievement points available for Cooking, many of them are part of the Hail to the Chef meta-achievement. Grand Master Cook Learn to be a Grand Master Cook (level 350-450 training in Dalaran) Kickin' It up A Notch Complete all 4 of the Outland Cooking Quests: Manalicious, Revenge is Tasty, Soup for the Soul and Super Hot Stew. You can do one of these every day, they start at Rokk in eastern Shattrath, he will give you one of them randomly. Second That Emotion You must eat a Bad Clams, Haunted Herring, Last Week's Mammoth and a Tasty Cupcake. You can usually find all 4 on the Auction House over a period of a week or so. Our Daily Bread Complete all 5 of the Daily Cooking Questsin in Northrend: Infused Mushroom Meatloaf, Convention at the Lederdemain, Sewer Stew, Cheese for Glowergold and Mustard Dogs!. You can get one of these at random every day.

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Sous Chef You should accomplish this while working your way through The Outland Gourmet and The Northrend Gourmet below. The Outland Gourmet The Outland Gourmet is one of the harder achievements to complete. Most of the recipes can be purchased from the Cooking Vendors around Outland. Others are rare drops from the Outlands Cooking Dailies that can take weeks if not months to get. Random Rewards from Outland Cooking Quests - These can be hard to get Delicious Chocolate Cake Stormchops Broiled Bloodfin Kibler's Bits Skullfish Soup Spicy Hot Talbuk Shattrath - Trainer Kylene (World's End Tavern) Fisherman's Feast Stewed Trout Hot Buttered Trout Hellfire Peninsula Buzzard Bites - Quest Reward: http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9356 Ravager Dog - Vendor Sid (Honor Hold) or Cookie One-Eye (Thrallmar) Zangarmarsh Feltail Delight - Zangramarsh - Vendor Doba (Harborage) or Zurai (Swamprat Post) Blackened Trout - Zangramarsh - Vendor Doba (Harborage) or Gambarinka (Zabra'jin) Sporeling Snack - Zangramarsh - Vendor Mycah (Sporegarr): Clam Bar - Zangramarsh - Vendor Mycah (Sporegar) Blackened Sporefish - Zangramarsh - Vendor Juno (Cenarion): Alliance Nagrand - Vendor Uriku in Telaar OR Horde from Nula the Butcher in Garadar Grilled Mudfish Talbuk Steak Poached Bluefish Roasted Clefthoof Alliance Blade's Edge Mountain Crunchy Serpent - Blade's Edge Mountaints - Vendor Sassa (Tolshey's): http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=21113 Mok'Nathal Shortribs - Vendor Sassa (Tolshey's) Horde Blade's Edge Mountain Crunchy Serpent - Blade's Edge Mountaints - Xerintha Ravenoak (Ruuan Weald): http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=20916 Mok'Nathal Shortribs - Xerintha Ravenoak (Ruuan Weald)

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Alliance Allerian Stronghold, Horde Stonebreaker Hold Blackened Basilisk Warp Burger Golden Fishsticks Spicy Crawdad The Cake Is Not A Lie You have to get this recipe from doing Outland Daily Quests. Cook one up to complete it. The Northrend Gourmet There's 45 recipes you must cook up. The hardest ones to get are the random world drop recipes, the next hardest are the Daralan recipes that require a ton of Dalaran Cooking Rewards to purchase. Random World Drop (bind on pickup) - these are very difficult to obtain all 4 of. Bad Clams Succulent Clam Meat from any Northrend clams Haunted Herring Fangtooth Herring fished in Howling Fjord Last Week's Mammoth Chunk o Mammoth (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks) Tasty Cupcake Northern Egg from Northrend birds Quest Northern Stew Chilled Meat from most of Northrend beasts Trainer Baked Manta Ray Imperial Manta Ray fished (Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord) Dalaran Clam Chowder - Succulent Clam Meat from any Northrend clams Grilled Bonescale Bonescale Snapper fished (Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord) Grilled Sculpin Musselback Sculpin fished in Borean Tundra Mammoth Meal Chunk o Mammoth (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks) Pickled Fangtooth Fangtooth Herring fished in Howling Fjord Poached Nettlefish Nettlefish fished in Sholazar Basin Rhino Dogs Rhino Meat (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks) Roasted Worg Worg Haunch (Howling Fjord) Sauteed Goby Barrelhead Goby fished in Sholazar Basin Shoveltusk Steak Shoveltusk Flank from Howling Fjord Smoked Rockfin Rockfin Grouper fished (Borean Tundra, Howling Fjord) Smoked Salmon Glacial Salmon fished in Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills Wyrm Delight Worm Meat(Dragonblight, Storm Peaks) Feast Chilled Meat, Chunk o Mammoth, Worm Meat, Shoveltusk Flank Dalaran - all of those require Northern Spices to cook Blackened Dragonfin Dragonfin Angelfish fished (Borean Tundra, Dragonblight) Blackened Worg Steak Worg Haunch (Howling Fjord) Cuttlesteak Moonglow Cuttlefish fished (Borean Tundra) Critter Bites Chilled Meat Dragonfin Filet - Dragonfin Angelfish fished (Borean Tundra, Dragonblight) Firecracker Salmon Glacial Salmon fished in Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills Hearty Rhino Rhino Meat (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks) Imperial Manta Steak Imperial Manta Ray fished (Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord) Mega Mammoth Meal Chunk o Mammoth (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks)

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Mighty Rhino Dogs - Rhino Meat (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks) Poached Northern Sculpin Musselback Sculpin fished in Borean Tundra Rhinolicious Wyrmsteak - Rhino Meat (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks), Worm Meat (Dragonblight, Storm Peaks) Snapper Extreme - Bonescale Snapper fished (Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord) Spiced Mammoth Treats - Chunk o Mammoth (Borean Tundra, The Storm Peaks) Spiced Wyrm Burger - Worm Meat (Dragonblight, Storm Peaks) Spicy Blue Nettlefish Nettlefish fished in Sholazar Basin Spicy Fried Herring Fangtooth Herring fished in Howling Fjord Tender Shoveltusk Steak Shoveltusk Flank from Howling Fjord Tracker Snacks - Shoveltusk Flank from Howling Fjord Very Burnt Worg Worg Haunch (Howling Fjord) Gigantic Feast Chunk o Mammoth, Rockfin Grouper (fished), Deep Sea Monsterbelly (fished) Small Feast Nettlefish (fished), Rhino Meat, Glacial Salmon (fished) - posted by Glanco on wowhead.com Critter Gitter Make a batch of 10 Critter Gitter and head to Deeprum Tram. You can find 10 rats in less than 50 seconds. Dinner Impossible Make 5 Great Feasts and serve them up in each of the 5 Battlegrounds. Captain Rumsey's Lager You can find this recipe by doing Outland or Northrend Daily Quests. Cook up some Lager and earn the achievement.

Leveling Fishing & Cooking Together (Ideal)It's best to level fishing and cooking at the same time. It will be much easier to find the materials at each step of the way if you just grab your fishing pole and start casting. Instead of farming meat off beasts you'll find yourself leveling your fishing skill which is equally as useful later in the game.

Levels 1-225The best way to get started is to head to either the lake around Bloodhoof Village (Horde) or Crystal Lake in Elwynn Forest, catch yourself enough Brilliant Smallfish/Longjaw Mud Snappers to cook your way to level 50. Next you can head back into Orgrimmar/Stormwind and fish until level 75, this should yield enough Longjaw Mud Snappers to Cook to level 100. At Cooking Level 100 you can catch and cook Bristle Whisker Catfish in Hillsbrad Foothills. Once you're fishing is 150 and cooking 175 head to either Shadowprey Village in Desolace (Horde) or Stormgarde Keep in Arathi Highlands to catch Mithril Head Trout until level 225 for both Cooking and Fishing.

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Levels 225-325The next best place to go is Tanaris, fish off the docks in Steamweedle Port to level your fishing to 250 and cook the Spotted Yellowtail to level your cooking past 250 (you'll have a ton). With 250 fishing skill you can head up to Western Plaguelands and catch Sunscale Salmon and Nightfins to cook your way to 295 (this should max your fishing for now). One last stop in Eastern Plaguelands at Lake Mereldar to catch some Salmon and cook them up to reach level 300 Cooking.

Levels 325-450Head to Outland to learn Master Cooking and Master Fishing. Next up is Zangarmarsh where you can catch and cook Feltail Delight, Blackened Trout and Blackened Sporefish till level 350 Cooking. Once you're 350 Cooking & Fishing, head to Northrend and learn Grand Master Cooking & Fishing. You can make it to level 425 cooking Grilled Bonescales and Pickled Fangtooth from the inland water in Howling Fjord or Grizzly Hills. You can finish off Cooking & Fishing together collecting fish for Small Feasts from Sholazar Basin.

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ResourcesHere are a few resources that I highly recommend you check out. I have benefited a lot from them!

Resource

Description Both Horde and Alliance 1-80 Leveling Addon included to point you in the right direction at all times In-Game Talent Guide with Leveling Talent Builds for Every Class Talent and Gear Guides for Every Class Developed by a 2200+ Rated Arena Player Includes PvP Macro Guide Includes PvP Video Tutorials Detailed instructions on how to fight every class from any of your characters Includes recommended PvP Talent Specs Fastest and Cheapest Ways to Level Step by Step Instructions Both Horde and Alliance

Leveling & Class Guide

PvP Guide

Profession Guide

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