Quest Log

Fish Ink

Fish Ink is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 3 of 42 in the Legion Inscription storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dalaran at 41.1, 36.8. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

You know, herbs aren't the only ways to obtain ink. Other materials can be inkified.

Slightly related! I've been tinkering with the idea of creating my own type of Darkmoon card. Surely if those troggish carnival people can do it, then so can I.

To do so, we'll need some special reagents. Go down to Azsuna and collect some oils for me, then mill them into a suitable ink.

Rewards

Money20

Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Dalaran 41.1, 36.8 /way #627 41.1 36.8
Go to Azsuna 64.1, 57.0 /way #630 64.1 57.0

Known issues

Top Comments

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SecretMeatJul 10, 2016+182via Wowhead

Because reading wasn't my thing today...
Combine (5) Oily Mak'rana Chunk + (5) Hatecoil Scale Patch + (5) Salteye Oil to create the required completion item: (1) Piscine Pigment.
Hopefully this helps others that are too impatient to read the first line of quest text. *derp*

bubastiSep 30, 2016+102via Wowhead

All the guides and lame "watch my dumb video" posts is it asking too much for someone to post something like
For Oily Mak'rana
"Best place to "farm" it since it doesn't have a high drop rate is going between 63.12 , 64.17 and 63.27 , 61.97. Both of them are Mak'rana Elder and by the time you kill one the other one spawns. In case it does not spawn there is plenty of Mak'rana Warrior around." By Jinxxie (1,129-3·20) 20 days ago (Patch 7.0.3)
For Salteye Oil Kill Salteye Murlocs (will fill in location later)
For Hatecoil Scale Patch Kill Hatecoil "Drop rate is pretty fast - got them all within 5 minutes up at the Crumbled Palace (46, 39)" Thank you By Shokra (727-4·10) 12 days ago (Patch 7.0.3)
Some of us had no idea wth to kill some of us (who me?) thought we had to fish. I mean it is fish oil right?
Anyway more so than the other crafter quests in this nightmare for crafter expansion this one is exceptionally fishy to me.

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Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

SecretMeatJul 10, 2016+182via Wowhead

Because reading wasn't my thing today...
Combine (5) Oily Mak'rana Chunk + (5) Hatecoil Scale Patch + (5) Salteye Oil to create the required completion item: (1) Piscine Pigment.
Hopefully this helps others that are too impatient to read the first line of quest text. *derp*

bubastiSep 30, 2016+102via Wowhead

All the guides and lame "watch my dumb video" posts is it asking too much for someone to post something like
For Oily Mak'rana
"Best place to "farm" it since it doesn't have a high drop rate is going between 63.12 , 64.17 and 63.27 , 61.97. Both of them are Mak'rana Elder and by the time you kill one the other one spawns. In case it does not spawn there is plenty of Mak'rana Warrior around." By Jinxxie (1,129-3·20) 20 days ago (Patch 7.0.3)
For Salteye Oil Kill Salteye Murlocs (will fill in location later)
For Hatecoil Scale Patch Kill Hatecoil "Drop rate is pretty fast - got them all within 5 minutes up at the Crumbled Palace (46, 39)" Thank you By Shokra (727-4·10) 12 days ago (Patch 7.0.3)
Some of us had no idea wth to kill some of us (who me?) thought we had to fish. I mean it is fish oil right?
Anyway more so than the other crafter quests in this nightmare for crafter expansion this one is exceptionally fishy to me.

BoxofbeerOct 29, 2016+87via Wowhead

All materials can be found in Azsuna.

[item=129058] it's a drop from naga mobs, can be found around 51 61 spot, Oceanus Cove

[item=129060] it's a drop from mak'ranas, can be found around 62 60 spot, east from Shackle's Den

[item=129059] it's a drop from murlocks, can be found around 50 38 spot, El'dranil Shallows

Combine all that you got to obtain [item=136811]
Fish Ink, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq9mdCCjDFk
There are many inscription profession quests in Legion, 33 total, check out under the spolier, if missed something.
Spoiler

1
Sign This
[spell=201703]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEX9i9WcpSg
2
Smashing Herbs
[spell=192962]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTIiVfD4OS8
3
Fish Ink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq9mdCCjDFk
4
The Card Shark
[item=128978]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgcK1aV3aI
5
Our New Allies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6VZ__W1URo
6
The Price of Power
Glyph of Fel Touched Souls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYgIr07SdkI
7
Inscription of the Body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfqar5eiZ_Q
8
Opposites Repel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfwnLU061GE
9
Containing the Demon Within
Glyph of Fallow Wings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifqERmbHo4A
10
Scribal Knowledge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekj_iA41C_s
11
Runes of Power
Glyph of Crackling Flames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ux5rFyMEc
12
Control is Key
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw5xEz7esuY
13
The Burdens of Hunting
Glyph of Tattered Wings
https://youtu.be/cO4FN9ktS0g
14
Mysterious Messages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFKK9tg8FnA
15
Runes Within the Ruins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuAJfcu9tEg
16
Right Tool for the Job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuAJfcu9tEg
17
Not So Complex?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVqY0m-PYY8
18
Ancient Vrykul Mastered
[item=128980]
19
The Ink Flows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOyqY2mxzkE
20
Once a Scribe Like You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5cp1prh2So
21
An Odd Trinket
[spell=192855]
https://youtu.be/Kl9ZOq1nTQc
22
Halls of Valor: Vision of Valor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuXVCgjC4Bw
23
An Embarrassing Revelation
24
The Plot Thickens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B7btZqqYIo
25
The Legacy Passed On
[item=129211]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Fv35tglno
26
Demon Ink
[item=128712]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPPa7Hqorsg
Mass milling quests
27
Mass Milling Techniques
Mass Mill Yseralline Seeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFKddqx8zUw
28
Aethrem Crystal
Mass Mill Aethril
29
Bulging Nightmare Pod
Mass Mill Dreamleaf
30
Woody Seed Cluster
Mass Mill Foxflower
31
Fjarnsk
Mass Mill Fjarnskaggl
32
Roseate Essence
Mass Mill Starlight Rose
33
Sallow Essence
Mass Mill Felwort

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,150
Money	Gold	20g 22s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Dalaran	Turn-in marker at 41.1, 36.8, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Azsuna	40 mapped points

World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Azsuna map showing where to go for Fish Ink — **Azsuna** Objective area 40 mapped points

Coordinates

Turn-inDalaran 41.1, 36.8/way #627 41.1 36.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 61.4, 60.7/way #630 61.4 60.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 47.2, 38.4/way #630 47.2 38.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 48.1, 57.5/way #630 48.1 57.5
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 54.1, 43.1/way #630 54.1 43.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 62.0, 38.5/way #630 62.0 38.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Dalaran map

Chicken Scratch same spot
Facet-nating Friends about 10 yards
Truly Outrageous about 10 yards
An Eye for Detail about 10 yards
Swift Vengeance about 10 yards
Making the Cut about 10 yards
Lapidary Lessons about 10 yards
Get Your Mix On about 20 yards
There's a Scribe for That about 20 yards
Ancient Knowledge about 20 yards

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:

DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 250 yards east
Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north
Vengeance Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 1,300 yards west (on the Azsuna map)
Objective areaabout 2,400 yards west (on the Azsuna map)
Objective areaabout 2,100 yards west (on the Azsuna map)

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Legion Inscription

Part 3 of 42.

Previous: Smashing Herbs · Next: The Card Shark

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 42.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Smashing HerbsLevel 10-45
Now that the formalities are out of the way, let's have you do something actually useful. On the islands below, there's a plethora of new and exotic herbs that we've yet to experiment with. I'd like you to get some of those herbs and create some new pigments from them.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Card SharkLevel 10-45
We have the pigment, but we still require one more ingredient. Visitors at the Legerdemain Lounge will often play card games, and occasionally their cards are discarded. Go see if you can find some loose cards that players may have gotten rid of between matches.

The storyline at a glance

Legion Inscription has 42 steps, from Sign This to Demon Ink.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (18), Azsuna (15), Stormheim (4), Ironforge (2).

Other storylines on the Dalaran map

Legion Alchemy33 steps, starts with Get Your Mix On
Legion Tailoring33 steps, starts with Sew It Begins
Legion Leatherworking45 steps, starts with Skin Deep
Legion Blacksmithing42 steps, starts with Strange New Ores
Legion Engineering31 steps, starts with Aww Scrap!
Legion: Infinitely Different16 steps, starts with Time Crisis

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 14 comments

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First, The Shells

Fish Are Food, Not Friends

Fish Heads, Fish Heads...

Fish in a Bucket

Fish Out of Water

Fish Tales and Distant Sails

Fisherman's Tale

Fisherman's Tonic

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