TheWoWDBIn general, you only get ONE CHANCE at this quest per week per character and you have an exact 1 hour time window to complete this quest. Disbanding and picking it back up does not work. The quest has a 1 hour time indicator and you get a buff called [spell=456024].
For each unique fish out of the 20 available you catch out of the while this buff is up you gain 1x [currency=3055], and if you caught all 20 (in 1 week or spanning over multiple weeks) you get the achievement The Derby Dash and the mount [item=223286]. For completing the quest you gain 10x [currency=3055] and you can choose between 2x [item=224752]/2x [item=225770]/2x [item=225771].
For this week (other weeks below):
- Nibbling Minnow - [object=451670]
- All over Khaz Algar
- Arathor Hammerfish - [object=451678]
- Exclusively Hallowfall - Inland rivers
- Get a [item=219005] beforehand
- Queen's Lurefish - [object=451680]
- Hallowfall and Azj-Kahet exclusively
- Get a couple Regal Dottyback beforehand
General tips and notes:
Fully focus on getting Arathor Hammerfish first. It has an extremely low chance to be fished up from a highly contended pool. Focus only on [object=451678], you will probably find 4 or 5 [object=451680] before even fishing up the Arathor Hammerfish. When you find a [object=451678] pop a [item=219005] and pray. Pop the lure regardless and fish in open waters if you're running out of time
When you find a [object=451680] you can increase your chances to fish up a Queen's Lurefish by tossing a Regal Dottyback into the water. I found that along the northern rivers/lakes of Azj-Kahet you're most likely to find a [object=451680]. I would definitely recommend doing this. A [object=451680] is not required when using Regal Dottyback if you have high enough fishing (275ish+) but a [object=451680] does guarantee it.
Lastly Nibbling Minnow has a high chance to be fished up from a [object=451670], which can be found all around Khaz Algar and has a high chance to be fished up from open waters with enough fishing skill (300+). Definietly save this one for last!
Fish and how to find them for other weeks (click the quest):
- Hallowfall Fishing Derby || Bismuth Bitterling / Whispering Stargazer / Regal Dottyback
- Hallowfall Fishing Derby || Bloody Perch / Roaring Anglerseeker / Spiked Sea Raven
- Hallowfall Fishing Derby || Dilly-Dally Dace / Dornish Pike / Kaheti Slum Shark
- Hallowfall Fishing Derby || Crystalline Sturgeon / Specular Rainbowfish / Sanguine Dogfish
Happy fishing!
Quest
Hallowfall Fishing Derby
A World of Warcraft quest in Hallowfall. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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[npc=226846] is the host of the Hallowfall Fishing Derby, so she will only be available on Saturdays while the event is active for 24 hours.
/way #2215 44.22 61.59 Captain OathmytShe's a trainer for [skill=2876], the [currency=3055] vendor, and gives the quests for the Hallowfall Fishing Derby that will reward 25x [currency=3055] when turned in.
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Every Saturday, [npc=226846] offers players one of these five quests that will reward 25x [currency=3055] for completing and turning it in that day:Hallowfall Fishing Derby
Hallowfall Fishing Derby
Hallowfall Fishing Derby
Hallowfall Fishing Derby
Hallowfall Fishing Derby
- After accepting a quest, you'll be buffed with [spell=456024] for 60 minutes. You can not refresh that buff or get a new one that day on any character of your Warband, so you have exactly one hour to catch all the required Trophy Fish (and finish other things we can achieve while we have the buff).
- You can pause in between, the buff timer will not continue when logged out. (keep in mind that with the start of Sunday, everything incl. the vendor/quest turn-in will be gone)
- The Trophy Fish required to complete these quests are no special (or extremely rare) quest items. They are regular catches we see in Khaz Algar waters all the time, but to get credit for the quest, you have to catch them with [spell=456024] active!
- This means, for the completion of a quest you should focus on getting the three required ones by fishing in the zones & pools mentioned in the following table or your Fishing Journal (when the character caught one of them before), but it's not urgent to turn in the quest, you have the full Saturday to do that.
FishMouseover for Zone(s) and PoolsFlagged Hidden QuestID[item=220152][spell=444802][quest=82935][/toggler][toggler name="Fishing Derby Achievement" closed=true]
- Tied to the Hallowfall Fishing Derby event, we have the The Derby Dash achievement with the [item=223286] reward... something you can use the remaining time of your [spell=456024] on when you got all the required Trophy Fish for your Fishing Derby quest.
- Basically, you travel around and try to catch every fish once and turn in your Derby Quest (at least once) while the buff is active.
- While most catches are straight forward, Awoken Coelacanth not only needs a very high Fishing skill, but also some preparation. Please read the comments there, it would only bloat this one more and they did a good job explaining it.
- There's no guarantee that they will never change that, but right now, activities for this achievement don't have to happen in a single attempt on the same day. The progress will not reset, so you can continue with some missing fish on another Saturday.
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- One of the major reasons to do the Fishing Derby is to acquire the special [currency=3055] currency that is required to purchase items from [npc=226846].
ItemCost
([currency=3055])Comments[item=228954]31 Silver 25 Copper[item=224717]500[item=224727]250[item=225763]50can also be fished directly[item=217375]100[item=226378]50[item=226376]50[item=226379]50[item=225771]10can also be fished directly[item=225770]10can also be fished directly[item=228421]10[item=225892]10[item=228423]10[item=224752]5can also be fished directly- One week before Early Access, we finally saw a reward for the Fishing Derby quests, your character will now get 25x [currency=3055]. The quest will be shared to all character of your Warband, so you can only get this once per week.
- For every unique fish caught with the [spell=456024] buff active, you will also receive 1x [currency=3055], so up to 20 per week.
- While the actual currency [currency=3055] can only be acquired on Saturdays, [item=226392] can be fished in Khaz Algar waters all the time and then be turned into the currency. But don't use them immediately, keep in mind that you can put them into your Warband bank to use them on characters without the currency to unlock the currency transfer (e.g. for recipe purchases).
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- Fishing Derby quests are shared between characters of your Warband, but that is not happening for [spell=456024]. This buff will only be applied to the first character accepting the quest. This is pointless because it is mandatory to get credit for Trophy Fish, loot currency on unique catches, and progress on the achievement.
- During Beta and on the second weekend on Retail, some characters never got the [spell=456024] buff, which excluded them from the event. This seems to be fixed by now.
- Originally, abandoning the Fishing Derby quest revealed a probably unintended way to use an army of alts to get more of the currency or ignore the 60-minute timer for the achievement. With the Derby Marks for unique catches being character-specific, you could accept the quest on one character, go for as many unique fishes to collect up to 20 Derby Marks. Then you abandonded the quest, switched to your next character, rinse, and repeat. This has been fixed, only your first character accepting the quest will get the buff!
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I'll share my experience as an apprentice angler :) Looked at the map this Saturday, saw a weekly fishing quest, decided to go for it.
Started at 18 fishing, +31 from gear:
[item=44050] as a fishing pole
[item=33820] as a hat, the use effect will enchant the fishing pole with +7
[item=202207] for convenienceThis week's quest: catch Nibbling Minnow Arathor Hammerfish and Queen's Lurefish
Before I started, went to the AH and bought 2x Regal Dottyback for the Queen's Lurefish and 1x [item=219005] for the Arathor Hammerfish. Then I activated Find Fish and got the quest.
Went to Azj-Kahet, flew around until I found a [object=451680], tossed in the 2x Queen's Lurefish, fished it in 3 throws.
Went to Hallowfall, flew around until I found a [object=451678], activated the lure, had to find another [object=451678], fished in in 7 throws.
Continued flying around fishing in [object=451670] pools until I fished Nibbling Minnow, took maybe 2-3 pools.I had 45 minutes left on the timer. Good luck everyone!
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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What to do
Algari AnglerthreadDescription
Life is always on the edge here, {name}. Nerubians, kobyss, hunger--there's always something ready to kill you. So we need to find times to relax, and challenge ourselves at something other than survival. Like fishing. My dad always spent Saturdays fishing, when I was growing up. He'd say, "Take some time for yourself, or you can't be effective for others." So every Saturday, I challenge people to the Hallowfall Fishing Derby. You have one hour to catch trophy fish. See what you can bring 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.
Turn-inTurn-inIn-game waypoint: /way #2215 39.1 57.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inHallowfall 39.1, 57.7
/way #2215 39.1 57.7 - Turn-inHallowfall 44.2, 61.6
/way #2215 44.2 61.6
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 Hallowfall map
- The Bell Tolls about 230 yards
- Mereldar's Light about 240 yards
- A Final Goodbye about 260 yards
- The Light's Call about 310 yards
- Nightwatch about 310 yards
- Economical Request about 310 yards
- Targeted Recon about 320 yards
- Spar Day about 320 yards
- The Bastion of Hallowfall about 320 yards
- Fishing is Good for the Soul about 350 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Hallowfall, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hallowfall:
- Mereldar, Hallowfall
- Light's Redoubt, Hallowfall
- Lightspark, Hallowfall
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Hallowfall map
Reward details
Pick one of these
“Sticky threads maintain structure while leaving nothing valuable behind.”
“Glossy thread maintains its shape while effortlessly maneuvering the water.”
Currency: Mereldar Derby Mark x 10
A record of a unique catch during the Mereldar Fishing Derby.
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
Hallowfall Fishing Derby
Part 1 of 5.
Next: Hallowfall Fishing Derby
- 1Hallowfall Fishing Derby
- 2Hallowfall Fishing Derby
- 3Hallowfall Fishing Derby
- 4Hallowfall Fishing Derby
- 5Hallowfall Fishing Derby
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
The storyline at a glance
Hallowfall Fishing Derby has 5 steps, from Hallowfall Fishing Derby to Hallowfall Fishing Derby.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hallowfall (5).
Other storylines on the Hallowfall map
- Hope in Solidarity
- The Guiding Star
- Gathering Shadows
- The Priory
- Bringing Light to Velhan's Claim
- Striking Steel
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.