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A Staggering Effort

A Staggering Effort is a quest for level 10-90. It rewards 1 reward item, 1 reputation reward, 9,500 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

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Description

I've fished sandy carp in Orgrimmar's local waters for years now. Recently, I have noticed my bait is not working as well as it used to. I suspect it has something to do with all the tauren that moved into the Valley of Wisdom.

I spoke with one of their local fisherman and it just turns out their appetite has changed. They are biting on stag eyes these days. You should be able to find plenty of stags north of Orgrimmar, just outside the northern gate.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
Skill+2 Classic Fishing
ReputationOrgrimmar +250

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Top Comments

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zinseng+25via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I picked up the quest and read it, headed into Azshara, got my stag eye, came back threw it on my pole and then re-read the quest to make sure it didn't specify a part of Orgrimmar that I'd need to fish in. As I thought, the only reference to the waters were that it was fished in "Orgrimmar's local waters" so I plopped my fat tauren butt next to the fishing trainer for a quick turn in and proceeded to fish.
After a few mins of not catching the Sandy Carp, I came to WoWhead, reviewed the posts, tried fishing my spot a couple more times, and then with two mins remaining decided to head into the center of town.
I saw a couple of ppl fishing near the druid area, by the bridge/waterfalls, so I tried throwing a cast or two.. caught on the second cast, with 24secs left on the Stag Eye. (I had spent eight mins total by the fishing trainer in those two sets of water.) It does seem to be the sweet spot.

(Sweet spot: 44,44 - for those who would rather just have the coords than figure out where the druids are.)

To clarify, you definitely have to fish in the Valley of Wisdom for this quest, other Orgrimmar waters will not yield a Sandy Carp.

Edited for clarity.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP9,500
MoneyGold28g 9s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeMiscellaneous
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Quest Line

Where this quest fits

Also counted by Fish or Cut Bait: Orgrimmar

Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

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