The Secret Fish

Di Kiingy Aggiornato: 02/11/2021

[This Is A User-Submitted Guide!]

[Wowhead only updates official guides, so information might not be up-to-date.]

Part 1. Secret Fish of Mechagon.Pesce Segreto di MeccagonDanielle LancialenzaconfirmedLocation Map:Danielle LancialenzaThe Coastal Dwellers:Merluzzo Fulminante EnergizzatoBarbo DentellatoTestacciaio ImbullonatoThe Area Specific:Pinnacciaio SaporitoPuzzopesce da FondalePescemolla SaltafossiAnguilla di Caverna OmbrosaCarpa MalamelmaPesce Pagliaccio SputantePesce Palla MeccanicoThe Reward:Occhiali dei Pesci SegretiPart 2. Secret Fish and Where to Find Them.Pesci segreti e dove trovarliOcchiali dei Pesci SegretiThe Fish!The Common:Snark MimetizzatoFauci IngannevoliPescegatto IncospicuoPesce Imitatore InvisibileMinibalenaPinnasalina CollezionabileGhiozzo ViaggiatoreOsmero InvisibileIf you're still missing these after you catch the others, the best places to catch these are on the floating islands, like the ones scattered around Outland Nagrand (45.9, 59.9). Stand on the edge of the island and the fish will spawn in an arc around your character, shown here in green (Dalaran island used for an example): https://i.imgur.com/vrIYGgB.jpgThe Zone Exclusive:Merluzzo Sangue MarcioPesce Storico di GiadaSogliola TonantePesce Pagliaccio del Kirin TorSgombro MeccanizzatoDelizia della ReginaManapinna AnticoRoguezsPesce PrigionieroPesce di Fiordo SpinatoLiscavile MortoPadwarleNeryssaTortolliano da AcquarioPlatessa dell'Aria RarefattaQaccyPungyoGuardingo del PozzoPesciolino AnnegatoBobins666Note: With the exception of the Tank Deweller (Fish 19) if a specific sub-zone is given, these are just confirmed locations and are not the only locations within the zones where they can be caught. For the Tortollan Tank Deweller, I was only able to catch it once I was in the very specific sub-zone (where the name changes above the minimap).Platessa dell'Aria RarefattaAsmundr

To everyone who is having trouble looting some fish. You need to approach the places like Neverest and Nordrassil on foot without a flying mount (There is a small path just before the Neverest peak) Then the 100% dropchance Fishes don't bug out and are lootable once more (Thin Air Flounder and Well Lurker) Alternatively just use the goggles when standing at those places when they are off CD.

The Time Scheduled:Pesceluna ElusivoAssorbisole DoratoNote: We're not sure on the exact day/night switch over time, the above is best guess based on the times we've been catching them. Keep in mind your displayed servers time may not be actual the time the servers day/night cycle is running on. It definitely isn't if you're on an Australian realm.The Dead:FenixInfinitoFantasma VelatoPescevitreo OcchiutoGalleggiante SilenziosoSalmone SpiritualeBest place to catch these is in Broken Isles Dalaran on the floating island directly behind the southern bank. Suicide by flying up and dismounting. This zone has ghost flying and if you stand on the edge of the island the fish will spawn in an arc around your character, shown here in green: https://i.imgur.com/vrIYGgB.jpgThe Buffed:Pesce Specchio VerdeDipinto di VerdeVescica Piena di Vernice VerdeSishrotThe Sporadic:Pinnascarto RimossoCromieL'altro postoLacritThe Reward:Oceano Ultra Compresso

Commenti

Commento di rvnender

Seems like it's going to be a fun little side thing for fisherman. Thanks for the guide!

Commento di JackBurton76

How do i know which fish from part 1 i have left to catch?

Commento di steelmaggot

are we safe to delete the rare fish caught?

also, used the floating island for the last commons. hour+ and i have 7 kirin to clowns, nothing else

Commento di nevanger

Got the Bottom feeding stinkfish in the pond the carp is supposed to come from....still waiting on carp atm.

Commento di oFrisk

Just caught Elusive Moonfish @ 20:14 (server time - Xavius)
No sign of the Golden Sunsoaker :/

Commento di Kaylizzle

Just got Bottom Feeding Stinkfish and Bolted Steelhead from Foul Manifestation's pool where Sludge-fouled Carp is said to be found, in about 5 casts.

Commento di TheNewNemesis

You can also use a Personal Time Displacer to get to the alternate mechagon for the 30th fish.

Commento di TheNewNemesis

Also I got a moonfish at 8:37pm server time.

Commento di Elfshine

Thank you so much for putting together these guides. Part 2 must have been a bear! As a person with 35 years of writing and editing experience, I can say it is well written, clear, and concise.

I have 1 out of 30, so off I go!

Commento di xandra

I used the horse arena at the Norwington Estate, Alliance in Tiragarde Sound, after 20 min got 4 of the common and the Golden Sunsoaker before boredom set in. Nice part is the trash fish are actually usable for cooking. Stand in the middle of the arena, all spawns were within it and the two entrances. Easy to see them. most were on the short fence.

Commento di Cowbello

For Horde, a great place to spend a bit of time fishing is in Zuldazar, in the middle of the big bridge linking the port area of Darazalor to The Mugambala (Darazalor map, 39.77 81.75). The fish all spawn on the bridge, and sometimes on the low wall edging the bridge, but not over the side. Also because you're inspecting a linear area, it's easier on the vestibular system than a circular area.

Guards patrol the bridge, so it's probably out for Alliance.

Commento di Quintette

I've just tried getting the secret fish whilst in ghost form and failed miserably. Druid's dead wisp form will not carry you to the islands around Dalaran and you'll drop just short of the edge, all the way down into the water. I've ported back to the graveyard, tried again and again, flying in as high as I could, but as soon as I got close to the edge of the island, there was no forward movement possible anymore and my wisp just slided down right before the edge. This applies both for the island south of Dalaran and the island where Conjurer Margoss is located. Save yourself the frustration and do the first part of the fishing chain on a class that has a spirit mount whilst dead.

Edit: decided to give it a try on the Broken Shore at Deliverance point in the lesser crowded area near the Pet Battle Master quest giver. Caught most fish in wisp form at first try. Only the salmon took me a couple more tries.

Commento di EizN

Elusive Moonfish 06:58pm servertime in sweden so definetly earlier than 9:30 at least :)

Commento di Volstatsz

I found Barbo Dentellato, Testacciaio Imbullonato, and Puzzopesce da Fondale in the sludge pond where you find Carpa Malamelma.

Commento di kam95

fished all "common" rare fishes in Borean Tundra: The Flood Plains. around 25-30 minutes for all of them (actually the Invisible Smelt is the one who took the most of the time). coords: /way 59.28, 48.39

Commento di issues0815

Honestly - best spot overall to catch ANY non-zone-specific fish (including day & night fish) is this spot in Zuldazar https://imgur.com/a/V9Nixiz (/way 45.76, 54.55). Fishy bubbles can only spawn in 2 small areas. Never miss a bubble again!

Commento di Virkatjol

I got 2 golden sunsoakers within 3 minutes at 2:55pm Ysera server time. While on the Isle of Thunder /way 43 44

still trying to fish up the IoT fish though. :D

Commento di papajim90220

I got 2 fish Pesce Prigioniero and Minibalena at the same time

Commento di Randolini

Found this tree log you can stand on to make the fish bubbles spawn at the other side of it. Team up with a friend and you spawn bubbles right by eachother and don't have to move at all. Nice way to get Pesce Storico di Giada and other not-zone exclusive fish. It's in Jade Forest, Pandaria (/way 41.55, 62.47).
https://imgur.com/a/XXMnRDZ

Commento di mosstone

Note: if you are flying when the secret fish spawns, there is a chance that the globes will be unclickable. Staying on the ground until you hear the water splash will ensure that the secret fish is clickable

Commento di Donnaterassi

While on part one, can anyone confirm that you can accumulate more than one turn in, before heading back to Danielle?
Or is it catch one - turn one in - repeat?

Commento di Leannis

Can confirm two things:
1) You can have a cast with 2 special fish looted together
2) Bolted Steelhead drops from the same zone as Tasty Steelfin (little red circle by the waterfall)
Probably an extremely lucky cast, but I just hooked both of these two along with an ionized minnow.

Commento di tlorsa

(This regards only the "Secret Fish and Where to Find Them" portion.)

Very helpful guide. A few things also helped me discern the fish bubbles from their surroundings.

Pozione Nera Come l'Inchiostro potions bring darkness to the world and change the way light behaves, creating something similar to dynamic lighting and causing light effects to stand out more prominently. The fish bubbles are consequently more visible because they have a light effect resembling a light reflection. The degree of visual enhancement ranges from mild to dramatic depending on the color and pattern of the terrain/clutter surrounding the bubble and lighting in the immediate area.

This markedly reduced time-to-locate, visual friction, and eye scanning for me throughout the entire achievement.

Collecting the dead-only fish on the floating island behind the southern Dalaran bank was a good tip, and I collected all within about 25 minutes (including several duplicates before getting the final fish). I found that applying the Protanopia filter from Interface->Accessibility improved the black/white/gray contrast just enough to make the bubbles more easily discernable from the numerous similarly-colored foliage splotches covering the island's surface.

(The other filters may work better for other people. I also found that a pair of contrast-enhancing gaming glasses that block a portion of blue light helped, but not as much as the Protanopia filter.)

Commento di Paladinva

For the Displaced Scrapfin, you can also find it without Chromie by using the Personal Time Displacer.

Commento di matthewgeraldfre

Thank you for the guide and the great commentators on all the fish. I had a lot of fun with this achievement. I did it in two weeks working on it for two to three hours a day. thank you!

Commento di Sinvanor

Dunno if it's total coincidence, but while waiting around to get the prison fish from Tol Barad, I was super lucky and got elusive moonfish, deceptive maw, invisible smelt and collectable salffin and inconspicuous catfish.

In a lot of other places I just harvested for a while and got white fish, but no rare ones. And boom, Tol'Barad and suddenly I got 5 of the needed secret fish.

Commento di Anumet

Way 1 of catching bubbles: hear the splash, fly up about 30yrds then come down to get the spawn appearing below you. (I found I didn't always hear the splash, so it's not 100% fool proof.)

Way 2 of catching bubbles:
The bubbles will spawn on a horizontal surface near you. Standing on a limited horizontal surface - such as a roof, a bridge, on top of a giant coral etc. will make it far easier to limit where the bubbles show up/ make it easier to catch all. If you can stand at one end of the surface and see all of it, you'll save yourself a lot of camera-turning. Note: The horizontal surface can't be TOO small - or no bubbles will spawn.

Commento di trbox

Thanks for the great guide!
Got my goggles now, so starting the second part now.

Unrelated to the guide itself, I'm so disappointed that the whole second part is done with no fishing at all. Takes away a lot of the fun for me.

Commento di Kibagami

Today I found what I believe to be the best spot to find the 8x non-zone specific fish as well as the Pesceluna Elusivo (nighttime) and the Assorbisole Dorato (Daytime)

Zone: Tol Barad (pvp area)
Exact location: /way 39, 59 right in from of the Warden's Vigil entrance you will see a big rock right next to 3x trees, stand on top of it and face the entrance of the Warden's Vigil. As long as you stand on the dark area in the middle of the rock and not too close to the edge of the rock, the secret fish should spawn 99% of the time somewhere on the road in front of the Warden's Vigil entrance. If you see the secret fish spawn behind you near the swamp area it's because you are standing to close to the edge of the rock.

The reason why I think this spot is better then other spot is because the Pesce Prigioniero always come with one of the non-zone specific rare!
In 2 hours of farming that exact spot I got 27x Pesce Prigioniero and every single one came with an extra rare fish!
The only 2 non-zone specific rare fish I didn't got in those 2 hours was the Assorbisole Dorato (because it was nighttime) and Pesce Imitatore Invisibile (probably just bad luck, will try again tomorrow while I farm for Assorbisole Dorato)

Edit: After another hour of farming that same spot today I finally got the remaining 2 fish and with it my achievement :)

Commento di Foulbark

The islands off of Broken Isles Dalaran are great, especially if you are also farming for the fountain coins achieves!

Commento di icecoldangel8402

I just completed this over the last 3 or 4 days. I got all the fish except 3 done on part 2, then noticed the last fish on the list was in alt mech land.... the toon I had collected them on had not done much of Mechagon island questing. So I went in on my toon that had and I had the Personal Time Displacer on the second toon so I grinded out the goggles (Part 1) on him and collected the Displaced Scrapfin on him to get my toy. My point is...

While part 1 Secret Fish of Mechagon (goggles) are personal achievements to each toon, part 2 Secret Fish and Where to Find Them (Hyper-Compressed Ocean) is an account achievement in other words you can collect the list of fish between multiple characters.

Commento di BruhMoment768

Can confirm that the 3 "coastal" fish can be fished anywhere in mechagon, not just the coast.

Commento di Kaino

Caught the Ancient Mana Fin 10 yards from the Meredil flightmaster, at about 9pm server time

Commento di Ryunokoe

So why is there an hour cooldown on an item you need to find these fish that lasts only like 30 seconds?
#BlizzardAsFuk

Commento di mitchmaker

Just got the Moonfish at 19:04 servertime

Commento di DLuniz

Is it possible to get repeats of secret fish?

Commento di Dualas

I caught Assorbisole Dorato at 07:13 EU realm time.

Commento di Audav

Is it possible to get zone-specific fish while dead? I tried to get the Nazmir fish while dead since I didn't have those either yet but I got all 4 pretty quick and didn't get to test long.

Commento di Audav

I caught a spiritual salmon while alive in bastion.

Commento di Erkenbrah

I caught the Elusive Moonfish on Isle of Thunder at 9:01am, US-Thrall

Commento di Dragonjts

Farming on either Dalaran's floating island also has the advantage of getting coins for Maestro delle monetine

Commento di ayavuz

catched all except the common ones and im farming in dalaran. any suggestion?

Commento di Akitagirl81

Confirmed while dead... if your bags are full, you still get credit for the fish when clicking the sphere, and it'll be in your mailbox later!

Also got the night fish while dead on a Dalaran island.

Commento di Catitude

None of the non zone specific on the floaty Isle next to Legion Dalaran. Most of 5 daytime hours spent over 2 days, no golden sunsoaker.. some coins, goldfish & 13x kirin tor clown
Approximately 30% of the bubbles were glitched & could not be looted no matter how many angles I tried, reloads I did and selling all of the bits as well.
The moment the sun went down I got yet another elusive moonfish. :( grrrr
Beyond frustrated I decided to try a Mushroom in Maldraxxus lol never made it to a mushroom. I spotted a round flat roof/platform when I landed at Theatre of Pain.
/tar 52.9, 52.5 there are 4 others around the perimeter. No mobs, zero foliage, and far less frustration.1st hour had only 4 bubbles glitched.
I caught 71x floundering soul, 6x Lost Sole, unseen mimmic, travelling goby, veiled ghost, deadeye wally, 2x quiet floater & Pesce Segretissimo.
I guess being in Maldraxxus counts as being dead? lmao :D I only need 7 more fish & this spot works for me. :) yay

Commento di Mondoblasto

Just wanted to note that while waiting around on Isle of Giants and Timeless Isle, I got BfA fish (the highest I can get), while on Isle of Thunder I got MoP fish.

Commento di Malholis

For what it's worth, it looks like the 'Dead' fish can now be caught in Shadowlands zones. Caught a Deadeye Wally in Revendreth.

Commento di Swormi

By the way, as of 9/1/21, I can tell you that while checking my mail in Oribos a fish bubble appeared and gave me a Veiled Ghost. I was definitely not dead.

Commento di Zyriah

Displaced Scrapfin can be picked up by using the Personal Time Displacer crafted from Pascal-K 1 N6 in Mechagon. It will send you to the same future that Chromie does during her daily quest.

Commento di Ashaniel

Advice i found on elusive moonfish page, go to Amberfly bog in Jade forest (55, 89) the bubbles give 2 fish each time. i was able to find a mushroom to stand on and force spawns next to me with the fly up and back down method.

Commento di caedafera

Best place (imo) to catch all the dead fish is in Shadowlands - Oribos: Ring of Transference. I camped on the SouthWest terrence, between Ardenweld and Venethyr (38.84 67.46). I spent maybe two hours total, but the only fish I got to spawn were the four "dead" fish, a WHOLE lot of Floundering Souls, and a few Lost Soles.

Commento di Ruckiss

As of dragonflight pre-patch flying into specific zones will still cause fish to bug and rare fish will be unclickable. after leaving and retuning on foot I was able to get ancient mana fin under water near the harbor.

Commento di PoeticDiscord

I caught all my dead fish in Oribos ( Ring of Transference) at /way 59.34 36.88 This location has a real great field of view. Sit on your ground mount so you can get to the bubbles quickly. The bubble noise isn't always obvious in Oribos. But since the location is so good, just spinning and you'll see the bubble easily.

It took about 80ish bubbles to catch all four, plus a tonne of floundering souls.

Commento di Stratt

Jade Forest /way 41.8, 79.8

backing into this corner and facing the balcony gives you a pretty good field of view - not perfect but I'd wager you have line-of-sight on 7/10 bubbles, plus 2 fish/bubble. Caught a lot of the uncommons here, including the Deceptive Maw.

Commento di lunarjpg

Chromie is finally up today, and I got the achieve after missing her for months! Thank you so much for your guide :D

Commento di Benderovah

Chromie is here today as of 06/17/2026

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