This section contains news about selected professions in the World of Warcraft. This page contains El's news. News gathered from other sources is on a separate page.
3.3 Saturday Kalu’ak Derby
In the latest test version of patch 3.3, the Kalu’ak Fishing Derby starts at 14:00 every Saturday, instead of Wednesdays.
3.3 Derby Rewards and Pool Skill Change
The rewards for patch 3.3’s new Kalu’ak Fishing Derby have been announced – read below for details. This is useful for contestants:
“Because of the increased concentration of fish [Pygmy Suckerfish], you have an increased chance to catch a shark from fishing pools.”
This pool skill change is more interesting:
“Don’t forget, in patch 3.3.0 you never catch trash from fishing pools, regardless of skill.”
Never catch junk from a pool, even at skill 1. Kalu’ak Fishing Derby rewards below. Read more »
3.3 Kalu’ak Fishing Derby (Update #2.2)
From 3.3 patch notes:
“The all-new Kalu’ak Fishing Derby, a test of fishing skill with a healthy dash of luck, has come to Northrend! Every Wednesday beginning at 8 PM players can try to catch the elusive Blacktip Shark. Elder Clearwater sits in Dalaran for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him this shark. This champion fisher will be rewarded in-kind for returning with the first catch. Those who aren’t able to return with the first catch will still receive just reward for getting the Blacktip Shark to Elder Clearwater before he takes his leave. It is said that these sharks’ favorite meal are the bite-sized Pygmy Suckerfish. Perhaps a hook in their waters will do the trick.”
Via Twitter (thanks DarkMime64):
“Up for grabs – a new heirloom ring!”
Read on for further quest information. Read more »
3.3 Techniques
On the patch 3.3 Public Test Realm, Dalaran’s Inscription Supplier sells a limited supply of recipes to create “techniques”:
- Technique: Glyph of Eternal Water – Inscription 250, for level 50 Mage – Your Summon Water Elemental now lasts indefinitely, but your Water Elemental can no longer cast Freeze.
- Technique: Glyph of Rapid Rejuvenation – Inscription 375, for level 15 Druid – Your haste now reduces the time between the periodic healing ticks of your Rejuvenation spell.
- Technique: Glyph of Quick Decay – Inscription 375, for level 15 Warlock – Your haste now reduces the time between periodic damage ticks of your Corruption spell.
All 3 should require Snowfall Ink and Resilient Parchment to make. Update: The recipes can now be learnt.
3.3 Kalu’ak Fishing Derby
Patch 3.3 (currently being tested) seems to introduce a new contest – the Kalu’ak Fishing Derby. Currently it is scheduled for Wednesday 20:00 (realm time). Winning the contest awards the “Master Angler” achievement. This means you can gain Salty by winning either the Stranglethorn or Kalu’ak contests. Update: The contest appears to not yet be available. Forum discussion. Also lurking in patch 3.3 is a new spell for Enchant Gloves – Angler (+5 fishing skill, requires Infinite Dust and 3 Ethereal Oil). Source unknown.
3.3 Cooking Skill-Ups Faster
Patch 3.3 (currently being tested) will make it even easier to skill-up after cooking skill 400: Almost all recipes that use Northern Spices will remain yellow (good chance of a skill-up) until skill 450. See Wowhead for a full list of recipes.
3.2.2: Runescroll of Fortitude
A new group scroll has appeared on the patch 3.2.2 PTR: Runescroll of Stamina is trained at 440 Inscription skill. The recipe is green (low chance of a skill-up) until at least 450. Each use of the recipe requires 1 Snowfall Ink and 5 Resilient Parchment, and makes 5 “Runescroll of Fortitude”. These scrolls require level 80 to use, but can be traded. Using the scroll increases Stamina by 165 for all party and raid members for 1 hour. This Stamina bonus acts like a normal scroll buff.
Archaeology: The Evolution of Inscription
The first details of Cataclysm’s new secondary profession, Archaeology, were revealed at BlizzCon. Many Archaeology techniques sound a lot like Inscription: Archaeology allows ancient glyphs to be filled. And you may recall that “deciphering” was an Inscription skill that briefly appeared during beta testing. Why is Archaeology a new secondary profession, and not a continuation of Inscription? Read more »
BlizzCon 2009 Fishing
Good to know “Old Crafty” is still plotting his escape from Orgrimmar:
“Big changes to fishing that I cannot talk about yet… We’re going to make it more fun!”
Perhaps based on Animal Crossing – you’d be able to see different types of fish, and cast so that the bobber lands near the fish you want (thanks Mike).
With the Cataclysm, maximum personal fishing skill will rise to 525, with a new “Illustrious” rank. And water appears to move more.
Cataclysm: Archaeology
WoW’s 3rd expansion will add Archaeology as a new secondary profession. Few details yet, but it will allow you to, “unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.”
You will be able to explore ruins around Azeroth and recover “notes” or artefacts that have been exposed by the cataclysm. Gather several similar notes in your journal (pictured below), and then decipher these in a “minigame” or quest (undecided). This will gives different rewards – vanity pets, instant travel to dungeon, titles, recipes for other professions.
Artifacts can be given to a cult, to gain a glyph that fits your Ancient Glyph slot. These glyphs are not part of Inscription. They are part of the Path of the Titans, a new customisation/progression system. Gaining all these ancient glyphs is “gated, not grindy”.
Below is a mock-up of the archaeology journal: Read more »
