TheWoWDBJust in case you didn't *quite* get the quest, try jumping into the lake he is fishing in. You should see some "water plants". They will sparkle the same way a chest or other quest objective does.
Interacting with the water plants will cause a Forsaken Spy, a Caldemere Snapper, or a Northern Barbfish to spawn. What you want to spawn is the northern barbfish. It seems there is a 33.33~% chance for either of the three to spawn. Luckily there is a 100% drop rate - if a northern barbfish spawns, after you kill it and loot it it you have 100% chance at getting a northern barbfish in your bag.
Quest
I'll Try Anything!
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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There is an interesting issue with the NPCs spawned in this quest: they can all drown. Yes, drown.
This applies to all three of the possible spawns, the Forsaken Spy, the Caldemere Snapper, and the Northern Barbfish. Just root them (trap and fear probably work, too), and leave them alone. Takes about a minute.
This may not be the most useful information, but it's funny to just root the spawns, move on to more plants, and go back in a minute once the NPC has drowned. The corpses are lootable if they die in this manner.
Can't confirm this. Did this Quest together with two guildies a few minutes ago. Took us about 40min and 100 plants. Droprate seems to be anywhere around 25%. For 12650xp this Quest is definately not worth the effort. The next Quest is really easy and done within 2min. So those two will take you about 15min for 30750xp, decide yourself if you want to do it ;)
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11329
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11329))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 106 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
I never want to see another barrel of salted fish as long as I live! Filling barrels day in and day out, and there are still more to be filled! I wish I hadn't used up all that bait I bought from Nat Pagle. Worked like magic, it did. Now I'm lucky if I can catch a fish an hour! I hear the northern barbfish make pretty good bait, but who's crazy enough to dive into a freezing cold lake and hack up the water plants in search of them? Not me... but maybe, just maybe, I can persuade you to...
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-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 60.3 18.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 60.3, 18.7
/way #117 60.3 18.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 65.6, 19.9
/way #117 65.6 19.9
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 Howling Fjord map
- Honor the Flame about 180 yards
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 1,770 yards
- To Northrend about 2,430 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Howling Fjord, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Valgarde Port, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
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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Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+250).
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
Howling Fjord
Part 106 of 162.
Previous: The Yeti Next Door · Next: A Tailor-Made Formula
- 101In Service to the Light
- 102Sleeping Giants
- 103The Slumbering King
- 104Down to the Wire
- 105The Yeti Next Door
- 106I'll Try Anything!
- 107A Tailor-Made Formula
- 108Apply Heat and Stir
- 109Field Test
- 110Time for Cleanup
- 111Parts for the Job
- 112Warning: Some Assembly Required
Showing steps 101 to 112 of 162.
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.
- The Yeti Next Door
Maybe if the sentries won't help me, you will? I'm the foreman of the mine just across the bridge. My men are mining ore for the weapons our expeditionary force will need to carve a path into the Grizzly Hills. A giant yeti has invaded the mine, blocking the tunnel we need to expand!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Tailor-Made Formula
We've been spraying down the vrykul village of Halgrind for weeks now and the vrykul just won't drop dead. Let's face it, <name>, by now our Plague has been exposed to humans, dwarves, dogs, livestock... you name it. As our strains adapt to their hosts, more impurities get thrown in the mix.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Howling Fjord map
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.