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Open WaterInland: Dalaran (Underbelly)525<1%596Sewer Carp

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Giant Sewer Rat

  1. Lunaire, November 2008:

    Fished up this "beauty" today, and here are the stats for those interested :)

    Dalaran, Cantrips & Crows: 968 catches

    Sewer Carp: 54,6%
    Magic Eater: 25,2%
    Empty Vial: 6,5%
    Drowned Rat: 5,9%
    Partially Eaten Fish: 4,5%
    Leaded Vial: 1,9%
    Crystal Vial: 0,8%
    Enchanted Vial: 0,3%
    Imbued Vial: <0,1%
    Giant Sewer Rat: <0,1%

  2. Marlburo, November 2008:

    at about 600 casts right now....stats will come

  3. Rutilcaper, November 2008:

    Been happily fishing in the sewers all day, and I've had 3 lost catches, even at 450 skill with +25 rod, +100 lure and +5 hat. I'm terrified that this is the rat and I somehow keep missing it.

    What gives? I thought I had more than enough skill to prevent get-aways. And for that matter, is the type of fish determined when the bobber hits (thus giving credence to my fears) or after you successfully catch it?

  1. Walnut, November 2008:

    Got him after 1380 casts.

    Sewer Carp: 731
    Magic Eater: 384
    Empty Vial: 107
    Partially Eaten Fish: 68
    Drowned Rat: 55
    Leaded Vial: 21
    Crystal Vial: 7
    Imbued Vial: 3
    Enchanted Vial: 3
    Giant Sewer Rat: 1

    When I was around 900 casts an ally pala came and got him after 2 casts..
    http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowscrnshot111408113309ah2.jpg

  2. Belleflop, November 2008:

    456 Cast

    Sewer Carp: 282
    Magic Eater: 111
    Empty Vial: 19
    Partially Eaten Fish: 13
    Drowned Rat: 18
    Leaded Vial: 11
    Crystal Vial: 1
    Giant Sewer Rat: 1

  3. Lunaire, November 2008:

    To Rutilcaper: I also had some fish that i catched, but didnt get.. I use fishing buddy, and a double right click on the bobber both loots and re-casts immediately. Also i have an addon for auto-confirming BoP loot. So i've seen the lott window show briefly, but then the recast came so fast, that i didnt see what i fished.. And nothing in my bags.. So i dont know, it might be possible, but who knows :p

    At least its 525 to prevent getaways, so you're over that with a good margin.

    Wish you luck, this is an awesome pet! ^^

  4. Robodin, November 2008:

    Dare I say it?

    12 casts :)

    Had been chilling out a bit after 6 dungeon runs in one go, fishing in the fountain to get a few coins, when I decided to try my luck in the Underbelly. And voila, 12 casts later, I got it :D

  5. Moogle Stiltzkin, November 2008:

    My friend Sadcap fishing beside me got it. He spent only 1-2 hour fishing. I spent 14 hours but no catch, but i saw 2 big sewers rats dropped in that interval.

    Picture uploaded

    http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sadcapbigsewerratrw6.jpg

  6. Cayena, November 2008:

    Got my Giant Sewer Rat today after 539 casts. Now only Ironjaw to go!

  7. Kahless, November 2008:

    Don't hate me but, I caught him on my very first cast in the sewers.

  8. Minnow, November 2008:

    I spent 4-5 hours fishing yesterday, and then half an hour this morning before I got him!

    This is for time spent fishing in the Cantrips and Crows area. I spent more time near the Arena guys, but decided to go back... this doesn't show the information for the Arena area.

    Sewer Carp 302 60.2%
    Magic Eater 108 21.5%
    Empty Vial 42 8.4%
    Drowned Rat 23 4.6%
    Partially Eaten Fish 17 3.4%
    Leaded Vial 6 1.2%
    Crystal Vial 1 0.2%
    Giant Sewer Rat 1 0.2%
    Enchanted Vial 1 0.2%
    Imbued Vial 1 0.2%

  9. GormanGhaste, November 2008:

    Took me 1200+ catches off the pier in Cantrips and Crows--got her right before maintenance started today!

  10. Narius, November 2008:

    I must say that this one was much easier than the notorius Mr. Pinchy, took about 300 catches or so while fishing off of the pier by the fishing vendor in the sewers.

  11. Kiena, November 2008:

    After more hours than I dare admit, having been named the insane fishing lady of my guild, approximitely 2800 casts (my fishing buddy somehow reset in the middle, so no exact number), I finally got my sewer rat. I even opened a ticket and talked to a GM, asking for any potential bugs with this catch - the GM was very nice and told me there were no problems, and wished me good luck without mentioning what a sorry person I am for having fished for, I think it was 6 or so hours at that time, and that was way before I actually got it.
    Random really is random. Mr Pinchy I got quite quickly - twice - and the pet on the first try, but this just seemed hopeless. But the beauty of fishing - while my guild officially thinks I'm insane with all of the fishing, I have gotten lots of time to talk to everyone :)
    Most of the time was spent fishing at Cantrips and Crows.

  12. Pespi, November 2008:

    I obtained my Giant Sewer Rat after about 600 casts.
    I fished from the rowing boat at Cantrips and Crows on the 2nd day of WotLK.

    I haven't noticed anyone else on my server with it yet but good luck to all those trying ^_^

  13. Atenhara, November 2008:

    Caught it on my second attempt after 20 minutes with 557 fishing. I didnt keep track of how many casts it took me, maybe a hundred at most.

  14. Diendond, November 2008:

    Woot! Caught this in exactly 8 minutes!

  15. Ravennaraven, November 2008:

    Got him took 3:30 min to catch spread out over a couple of tries, made sure auto loot was off so i would not lose him like i did with mr, pinchy :-(

  16. Arek, November 2008:

    The worst part about these rare catches is all the time I have to browse on here and see all the people who have caught them so easily...

    Grrrr...

    1500 on the sewer rat with no luck...
    2800 on the dark herring with no luck...

  17. Mala, November 2008:

    ~150 catches for the rat

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Giant Sewer Rat

  1. Marlburo, November 2008:

    These are my stats fishing in "Cantrips & Crows" for the Giant Sewer Rat. It seems like my stats are always on the high side, not sure if I am unlucky or not; but the stats are 100% accurate. I would however take them as the high end of the spectrum in terms of # of casts.

    Sewer Carp: 55.7% (1172)
    Magic Eater: 24.8% (521)
    Empty Vial: 6.9% (146)
    Drowned Rat: 5.5% (116)
    Partially Eaten Fish: 4.0% (84)
    Leaded Vial: 1.8% (38)
    Crystal Vial: .6% (12)
    Imbued Vial: .4% (8)
    Enchanted Vial: .2% (5)
    GIANT SEWER RAT: 0% (1)

    Total Cast: 2103

    On a personal note this was my last fishing achievement :P

  2. Shircon, November 2008:

    OMFG......FINALLY.......2026 catches.......and the stats read like this......

    Cantrips & Crows

    Sewer Carp = 1074
    Magic Eater = 474
    Empty Vial = 133
    Drowned Rat = 111
    Partially Eaten Fish = 89
    Leaded Vial = 49
    Crystal Vial = 17
    Enchanted Vial = 10
    Imbued Vial = 6
    Giant Sewer Rat = 1

    Circle of Wills

    Sewer Carp = 47
    Magic Eater = 11
    Crystalized Water = 1

    My Apartment

    Rottweiller totally fed up with his master fishing in WoW = 1

    HUZZAH to you sir.....

  3. Sharina, November 2008:

    Fished up the Giant Sewer Rat a few hours ago. He's HUGE!!!

  1. Arayllas, November 2008:

    Screw Blizzard and their miniscule drop rates... UGH!

    You would think, after taking 1,400 casts to FINALLY get Old Crafty, I would have a little better luck with the Giant Sewer Rat. Oh no! 1700 and counting.

  2. Arayllas, November 2008:

    Sewer Carp: (1080)
    Magic Eater: (450)
    Empty Vial: (128)
    Partially Eaten Fish: (95)
    Drowned Rat:(90)
    Leaded Vial: (22)
    Crystal Vial: (12)
    Imbued Vial: (5)
    Enchanted Vial: (1)
    GIANT SEWER RAT: (1)

    Total Cast: 1884

    I'm not sure if I'll ever fish again... lol

  3. Marlburo, November 2008:

    lol, try over 6k for the crushfish! Often times when my motivation for the actual fish starts to fade I just think, "I gotta these stats up so others who come to el's will know the truth!"

  4. Pwnica, November 2008:

    5300+ casts and counting for the Giant Sewer Rat. :( So discouraging, especially since each person (20+) I've seen catch him does so in under 1000 casts, with the majority of those catching him in under 300 casts. Agh!

  5. Mushroom, November 2008:

    Well over 4000 casts myself, no luck. The insulting part is when some random chump strolls up and catches the rat in less than 30 casts, I could puke.

  6. thelastrace, November 2008:

    I got mine within about 20 min or so after taking a small break from the Coin Master fishing. This makes up for the crap I went through for Pinchy and the One that Didn't get away.

  7. Pwnica, November 2008:

    Mushroom wrote:

    Well over 4000 casts myself, no luck. The insulting part is when some random chump strolls up and catches the rat in less than 30 casts, I could puke.

    I saw someone catch it on - literally - their second cast. I wanted to puke, as well.

  8. pinktoque, November 2008:

    I kept track this time, expecting to have 238230598698457047 casts and more Magic Eater and Sewer Carp than I could shake a stick at, but I was surprisingly lucky this go around. Maybe to make up for all of those previous unlucky situations trying to win in STV or "The One that Didn't Get Away?" ;)

    I fished off the dock in the Cantrips and Crows area, spread across two sessions. Here's my catch data:

    Session 1
    54 Sewer Carp
    23 Magic Eater
    7 Empty Vials
    3 Drowned Rats
    1 Leaded Vial
    1 Partially Eaten Fish

    Session 2
    37 Sewer Carp
    28 Magic Eater
    8 Empty Vials
    6 Drowned Rats
    3 Partially Eaten Fish
    3 Leaded Vials
    1 Giant Sewer Rat

    Totals
    91 Sewer Carp
    51 Magic Eater
    15 Empty Vials
    9 Drowned Rats
    4 Partially Eaten Fish
    4 Leaded Vials

    174 casts to get my Giant Sewer Rat

    Good luck!

  9. Blaquelight, November 2008:

    I haven't yet caught this little guy but I did want to make others aware that I was fishing right next to a guildmate at the Fountain in Dalaran and he pulled the Giant Sewer Rat from there so I guess you don't HAVE to be in the Underbelly to actually catch him.

  10. Mala, November 2008:

    Blaquelight wrote:

    I haven't yet caught this little guy but I did want to make others aware that I was fishing right next to a guildmate at the Fountain in Dalaran and he pulled the Giant Sewer Rat from there so I guess you don't HAVE to be in the Underbelly to actually catch him.

    If you fish the edge of the fountain, you're able to get underbelly fish.

  11. healmeplx, December 2008:

    I just go my.. about 2.400 catches in "Cantrips & Crows" area.
    450 fishing skill, +25 fishing pole, +100 and +75 lures.
    was worth it ;-)

  12. Arrowsflight, December 2008:

    17 hrs total fishing
    Sewer Carp 2646 : 54:.1%
    Magic Eater 1236 : 25.3%
    Empty Vial 347 : 7.1%
    Drowned Rat 271 : 5.5%
    Partially Eaten Fish 245 : 5.0%
    Leaded Vial 98 : 2.0%
    Crystal Vial 24 : 0.5%
    Imbued Vial 16 : 0.3%
    Enchanted Vial 9 : 0.2%
    Giant Sewer Rat 1 : 0.0%

    total casts: 4893

    And for what it does or does not matter, I had the 'haunted' buff on for the most part, and just took it off for say the last 3 hrs of fishing. Hubby thought it was a debuff lowering my chance of getting it ;p Who knows, but it's worth mentioning.

    (just caught it in the last 5 min on Icecrown server)

  13. Ruein, December 2008:

    I logged in December 25th at 8:00 AM. It was my first time in Dalaran and I decided to fish in the underbelly, next the the inn. At 380 fishing skill, (plus 1000 lure) I set out one cast. I got a, 'your first got away,' I set out another cast, and looted the sewer rat. I was excited, so I decided to look it up online. I had no idea how hard it was to get, so I was really lucky to get it the second cast! I guess it was my christmas present? :D

  14. Isa, December 2008:

    I haven't logged what I had to catch, but it were several 3 hour sits at night... Finally got it though. It's a bit disappointing how it doesn't do something funny as a pet. Even that common white rat's doing back flips!

  15. dezdemona, January 2009:

    This is my lucky day, i got my rare fish earlier within a few casts, finished the saltyachievement with two junknodes and figured i might aswell keep going with various fishing challenges... I got really lucky, i have no illusions of that.
    Anyway, i'm posting my stats if anyone wants to make some sort of chart, or just to give some of you a little hope :)

    All casts were caught at Cantrips and Crows
    22 Sewer Carps = 52,4%
    14 Magic Eaters = 33,3%
    2 Partially Eaten Fish = 4,8%
    1 Empty Vial = 2,4%
    1 Crystal Vial = 2,4%
    1 Drowned Rat = 2.4%
    1 Giant Sewer rat = 2,4%

  16. Arithin, January 2009:

    I got my rare fish (Dark Herring) earlier today, and logged in prepared to settle down and fish for the Rat. The Herring took me close to 6k casts, so I was all set to spend a lot of time on the Rat... Got him in about 50 casts today.

    Cantrips & Crows:
    49% Sewer Carp (155)
    25% Magic Eater (81)
    11% Empty Vial (35)
    6% Drowned Rat (19)
    4% Partially Eaten Fish (14)
    1% Leaded Vial (6)
    0% Enchanted Vial (1)
    0% Imbued Vial (1)
    0% Giant Sewer Rat (1)
    --Total: 313

  17. Selka, January 2009:

    Sewer carp-281
    Magic-116
    Empty Vial-37
    Part. eaten fish-24
    Drowned rat-18
    Leaded vial-3
    Enchanted Vial-1

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Locations in the Underbelly for catching the Giant Sewer Rat

  1. js98101, November 2008:

    Hi there.

    While attempting to catch a Giant Sewer Rat in the shallow water in the Circle of Wills (the area with arena masters in the Underbelly), I had someone come up and tell me I was fishing in the wrong place. He said I needed to be down below, where Cantrips and Crows is.

    Can anyone confirm or deny this please?

  2. el, November 2008:

    Anywhere that you are catching fish like Magic Eater should be good. Essentially any water "underground".

  3. js98101, November 2008:

    Thanks for the quick response el!

  1. Kahless, November 2008:

    I caught mine off the pier next to the Underbelly Inn.

  2. stormydawn, November 2008:

    I actually caught mine just now while fishing in the Wishing Fountain and not in the Underbelly at all. Maybe it's catchable anywhere in Dalaran?

  3. Zahana, November 2008:

    stormydawn wrote:

    I actually caught mine just now while fishing in the Wishing Fountain and not in the Underbelly at all. Maybe it's catchable anywhere in Dalaran?

    There's a bit of a glitch in the fountain where it thinks you are in the underbelly is your cast lands in just the right spot.

  4. el, November 2008:

    The problem with the fountain is that the boundaries are not very well defined. If your cast lands at the edge of the water, you gain an Underbelly fish. There is a topic about it here. (Zahana beat me to it.)

  5. Lanayru, November 2008:

    Lanayru, blood elf hunter on Azuremyst. I just caught my rat at about 3:00pm server after 170 casts.

    Fishing Skill: 556 (428 base, +28 from rod and lure, +100 fishing hook)

    Sewer Carp - 106 caught (62.4%)
    Magic Eater - 41 caught (24.1%)
    Empty Vial - 9 caught (5.3%)
    Partially Eaten Fish - 6 caught (3.5%)
    Drowned Rat - 4 caught (2.4%)
    Leaded Vial - 3 caught (1.8%)
    Giant Sewer Rat - 1 caught (0.6%)

    Total: 170.

  6. acrine, November 2008:

    Just got mine after only about 1 hour and 40 minutes, 276 casts.

    Location: Cantrips & Crows
    Sewer Carp: 151 (54.7%)
    Magic Eater: 64 (23.2%)
    Empty Vial: 19 (6.9%)
    Drowned Rat: 18 (6.5%)
    Partially Eaten Fish: 14 (5.1%)
    Leaded Vial: 5 (1.8%)
    Crystal Vial: 3 (1.1%)
    Enchanted Vial: 1 (0.4%)
    Giant Sewer Rat: 1 (0.4%)

  7. Aineko, December 2008:

    Got mine near the inn with the little dock.

  8. Jackskeleton, December 2008:

    got mine on the mini plank next to the dock after spending a good few hours. started in the circle of wills before reading up here bout cantrips and crows area. over all went from 398 to 415 in one sitting. mate went from 388 to 430 and didnt get it =s

    i have the
    Extreme Anger FC 5000. (+25)
    Weather-beating fishing hat +(5) (use: attach +75 lure)
    +100 lures

  9. killeth@hotmail.com, May 2009:

    I finally got mine too. I casted over 700 times. I even fished up a ROCK. My base skill is maxed at 450, i am using the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole (+30) and using the 1 hour (+100) Glow worm for a total of 580 fishing skill. I fished up in the "The Black Market" area right in front of Darhir facing the entrance to the area. If you are facing the entrance you'll be on the left side of the entrance. Hope that makes sense and helps somebody out.
    -Killeth
    -Kel'thuzad
    -Horde

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The sewers are leaking?!

  1. Tezuix, November 2008:

    Hi I was fishing up coins in the eventide or whatever it's called in Dalaran when suddenly i pulled up a giant sewer rat...

    this clearly is not the underbelly, and is in fact the opposite side of the city,

    anyone know what gives? and has anyone else managed to fish it up there?

  2. el, November 2008:

    The boundaries of the fountain are poorly defined. Sometimes if your cast lands "in" the brick at the side, the catches are the same as those from the Underbelly.

  3. teariki, November 2008:

    be interesting to see who pulls the first rat out of the fountain lol

  1. Walnut, November 2008:

    Tezuix wrote:

    when suddenly i pulled up a giant sewer rat...

    Tezuix reported it 8 hours ago ;)

  2. teariki, November 2008:

    wow im dyslexic and dumb.. *cringe*

  3. Tezuix, November 2008:

    thanks El =) i did notice the brick thing, and i also noticed that behind the waterfall and rock in the middle have the same catches as the bricks... i assume this would be the same as the underbelly...

    however it must have a lower drop rate as you can catch coins from these areas and I'm the first to report a rat in the fountain (correct me if i'm wrong) but hundreds of people have been fishing up coins for days and no rat, however the rat seems to come easily to those who fish in the underbelly?

    and teariki don't put yourself down xD easy mistake to make =D

  4. Augos-RH, November 2008:

    Is this something they may have snuck into tuesday's maintenance?

    I got my sewer rat this morning from Eventide as well. i didn't think to screenshot it till a few casts later, but fishing buddy recorded that cast in Eventide.

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3042816001_34a3b6fab7_b.jpg

    edit: and now that i think about it, it seems natural FB would record it as Eventide since that's how it shows up on my map label ( which i'm presuming is how the labeling system works)

  5. Tezuix, November 2008:

    the labeling system works by where you are standing rather than by where you are fishing... if the border between two places is right where you're fishing you can be fishing in one and standing in the other and it will record where you are standing =)

    also i doubt they put it in matenance, because if you fish around northrend you will notice they have become acutally VERY sloppy with fishing in general and all the fishing achievements are bugged in some way or other. so i think that it is just another case of this.

  6. Lanayru, December 2008:

    I have already caught the giant sewer rat and was fishing in the Dalaran fountain to finish those achievements off. While doing so, I actually caught a sewer rat from the fountain, though I cannot say whether or not it was actually close to the walls of the fountain. However, I can say that many of the casts that were near or on the edges of the fountain were nabbing up underbelly fish.

  7. Isa, December 2008:

    I like to think this is a deliberate bug. It's isn't of course, but it would be just the sense of humor Blizzard has. It would make for a Hell of an Achievement: Catch the Giant Sewer Rat from the Dalaran Fountain :)

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The rat is mine!

  1. Polikon, April 2009:

    Confirming the fact the rat is luck! At 260 skill i got him below 70 casts! (i fished there for a long time over skill but at 260 i got the rat! And yes its the size of a gnome

  2. Rhan, April 2009:

    I fished 1000 casts last night, gave up after that as obviously my luck had been drained from catching a sea turtle :P

  3. oxman112, August 2009:

    803 casts later and this baby is mine :P

  1. turkeyboy, August 2009:

    Im very glad to of got this pet...i had just started fishing with a skill of 50 and when i reached lvl 130 fishing (about the 70th bite) the rat dropped its pretty big so its good 2 no that after only about 70 bites u could get it also u dont have to hae a high level fishing

  2. Leny, August 2009:

    I got it at 450 skill, it took ~1000 catches,it was one of the things I really wanted from fishing (As I am a pet crazy gnome)

  3. Usagija, August 2009:

    I would love to get this pet! My boyfriend keeps calling him Master Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If I get it it'll be hilarious!

  4. renork, August 2009:

    Just got mine last night. Probably had about 500 casts in the sewers (430 on counter in circle of wills but also fished in inn area some previously).

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Giant Sewer Rat in the Dalaran Fountain?

  1. Extreme Angler Velen, April 2009:

    So i was fishing for the coins today in the Dakaran Fountain when i came across our furry little friend at first i was happy because i finally caught the rat, but then a friend of mine and a fellow fisherman pointed out that i shouldn't of been able to catch the rat in the Fountain. So i decided to post it here to see if this happened to anyone else..

    -Velen

    P.s I'll post up a screen shot as soon as i find it in my SS folder >.<

  2. Extreme Angler Velen, April 2009:

    Screen Shot Inc....

    http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9261/wowscrnshot041909223946.jpg

  3. Antonine, April 2009:

    The edges of the fountain count as the Underbelly. Don't worry, it wasn't a glitch. We've always known that you could catch a rat there in theory, it's just unlikely. Congrats, I've been wanting to see that happen in awhile!

    On another note, I wouldn't recommend showing the screen shot on the WoW forums. You could have easily caught it in the underbelly before heading up to the fountain to take the screenshot (as there's a significant amount of time between the catch and the shot)

  4. Gazsvyaz, April 2009:

    Yep. If youll notice sometimes you catch other underbelly fish in the fountain edges. sewer carp and picked clean bones, etc.

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How many times did you get that pet and miss it ?

  1. Taiah, May 2009:

    I'm not sure about everyone else, but sometimes when fishing my mind starts to wander and i pay less avid attention to what im doing.
    Sometimes this leads to getting a bite and not being quick enough to click it , or just missing it all together.

    When that happens i cant help but think " Aww damn, what if that was ironjaw and now ive missed out "

    Share your thoughts :)

  2. Thalen, May 2009:

    Wasn't me (really!), but a guildmate of mine missed the sewer rat twice, took him until his 3rd catch before he managed to land the thing!

  3. beerforme, May 2009:

    had both the rat and Ogrimmar fish in same day....mised both. couple days later got the rat again. still no fish from the horde.

    * dont move stuff in bags while fishin then hit "escape" to clear the screen.

  4. rylin, May 2009:

    just get the mods listed on this site and it will auto-confirm. I dont use it/them, but i'm sure they work or they would not be listed here.

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