Quest

Fishing For Something Bigger

A World of Warcraft quest in Mechagon Island. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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tcmvl2019-06-25T23:10:31-05:00+265via Wowhead

there are 3 different locations marked on the map where you get the items. suction tube drops from troggs, other 2 need to be fished in the marked locations.

Silentfart2019-06-27T01:04:13-05:00+58via Wowhead

Use your fishing skill for Anodized Sentry Fish (78,77) and Jarmouthed Goby (78,34) in the marked locations. It takes a few tries.

tiinie2019-06-27T09:41:34-05:00+52via Wowhead

The troggs are the [npc=151602]. Just so people don't spend 10 mins running around the big marked spot, looking for things that aren't there like i did.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-60

ZoneMechagon

LocationMechagon Island

Quest ID55298

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55298))

What to do

StorylineMechagon Fishing, step 1 of 4

Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP

Description

There's a huge fish lurking these waters, and it's been causing lots of problems! It eats other fish, fishermen, and a lot of expensive gear. I saw it swallow a beautiful Zigby 300 Fishing Rod along with its owner just the other day! I've got a plan, but I've lost a lot of my equipment in the waters around here. Can you help fish up some of these items for me?

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inMechagon Island 36.7, 47.6/way #1462 36.7 47.6
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mechagon Island 77.7, 49.3/way #1462 77.7 49.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mechagon Island 32.5, 57.6/way #1462 32.5 57.6
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mechagon Island 47.6, 37.1/way #1462 47.6 37.1
Objective areaMechagon Island 36.9, 47.3/way #1462 36.9 47.3

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 Mechagon Island map

A Gulper Ate the Rolly about 10 yards
Grounded about 320 yards
Drill Rig Construction about 490 yards
We Can Fix It about 490 yards
My Father's Armies about 500 yards
Rescuing the Resistance about 530 yards
The Resistance Needs YOU! about 530 yards
Do Not Drink about 580 yards
That New Mount Smell about 630 yards
Chopped Bots about 630 yards

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

Getting there

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

Prospectus Bay, MechagonHorde · about 930 yards east
Overspark Expedition Camp, MechagonAlliance · about 970 yards east
Whitegrove Chapel, DrustvarAlliance and Horde · about 3,000 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 960 yards east
Objective areaabout 180 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 300 yards north-east

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.

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Money25 gold74 silver

Experience8,150 XP

ReputationRustbolt Resistance +75

Other quests on the Mechagon Island map

Reward details

Reputation: Rustbolt Resistance +75

The Rustbolt Resistance holds the line against King Mechagon and his evil plans.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Mechagon that reward Rustbolt Resistance reputation: Secretest Fish (+25), More Power (+75), Grease The Wheels (+150), Right Bot for the Job (+150), Toys For Destruction (+150), The Nuts and Bolts of It (+150).

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.

Storyline

Mechagon Fishing

Part 1 of 4.

Next: Tidying Up

1Fishing For Something Bigger
2Tidying Up
3Build A Bigger Fish Trap
4Let's Fish!

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Tidying UpMechagon · Level 10-60
Ionized Minnows are a scourge of these waters. They strip the ocean floors of any food, making it difficult for other species to survive. These fish have little to offer other than being a food source for larger fish.

The storyline at a glance

Mechagon Fishing has 4 steps, from Fishing For Something Bigger to Let's Fish!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mechagon Island (4).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Junkyard Architect Unlock 30 of the following Junkyard Tinkering blueprints in Mechagon.
Junkyard Collector Unlock 20 of the following Junkyard Tinkering blueprints in Mechagon.

Other storylines on the Mechagon Island map

Making a Mount12 steps, starts with Shop Project
Expedition to Mechagon19 steps, starts with The Legend of Mechagon
Welcome to Mechagon18 steps, starts with Rumors of Mechagon
Allies of the Alliance: Mechagnome12 steps, starts with Urgent Care
Junkyard Tinkering3 steps, starts with Junkyard Tinkering and You
Quickcharge Experiments4 steps, starts with Batteries Not Included

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.