3.1 Fishing Roundup Part 2
Patch 3.1 PTR is like Winter Veil come early! You can read all known 3.1 changes here. Or listen to Saturday’s (28th) Rawrcast Show. Latest discoveries:
- Arcanite Fishing Pole gives +40 skill bonus.
- Achievements added for fishing up the Sea Turtle (mount) and completing the new fishing daily quests [from data files].
- No changes to One That Didn’t Get Away (Baby Coralshell Turtle, Old Crafty and Mr. Pinchy now do not count towards the achievement).
- Junk items replace “your fish got away” messages: For example, Driftwood, Old Boot, and Sickly Fish. Skill-ups can be gained from catching junk. Learn more.
- Expert and Artisan Fishing now taught by trainers. Only level 10 required. More detail.
- Loot confirmation for Bind on Pickup catches has been removed (confirmed for Giant Sewer Rat).
- New fishing cursors (illustrated top right). Use unknown.
Additions from the patch notes:
- “A new (and very rare) special mount can now be caught from Northrend fishing pools.” [Presumably the
Coralshell TurtleSea Turtle.] - “The time needed to catch fish has been reduced.” [Maybe.]
Further updates to come. Thanks for all the forum contributions.
84, 29 March 2009:
I so hope that fishing cursor is they’re way of stopping people and mobs from hovering over and obscuring our bobbers.Kinda like how we can loot corpses under other corpses now…
Brandon, 21 April 2009:
I was dissapointed that they nerfed the damage on the Mastercraft Kalu’ak fishing pole. it was a nearly godly non-weapon, and i spent a lot of time to get it. Now it does 9 dps. whacking ppl to death with it was a fun way to defend your fishing hole, now….sigh