Comments

Comment by 560276

Possibly a personal Path of Frost/semi-mount hybrid? Would be interesting, my guess is it will work similarly to River Boat except allowing you to fish.

Comment by Savario15

I would be excited for this to make it so that I don't have to get or make Elixir of Waterwalking, but that flavor text dampens that feeling.

I think this will last about 10-15 minutes, which means that it'll be good for getting to one or two extra or hard to reach pools, and then fade. I hope I'm wrong, but we'll see.

Comment by uriahworld

This item has NO Cooldown!
Raft scales with character size (if you use costumes, etc.)
Grants Anglers Fishing Raft buff which makes the raft appear whenever you're on the surface of the water (just like the quest version).
Mounting up will drop the buff, but you can reapply it (no CD).

Comment by 548722

You can macro this together with fishing and never have to worry about refreshing water walking again!

/use Anglers Fishing Raft
/cast Fishing

Comment by Professori

Seems to have bug if you join battleground while having this buff your jump doesn't work at all. Getting killed won't fix it. Tried 3 times and every bg same thing. Right click buff or mount before joining battlegrounds!

Comment by 1031642

Just be careful, you will take fall-damage while this buff is active,
when falling from great heights into water.

Edit: Can be used in Zones/Instances other than Pandaria.
Just tested within Orgrimmar and several non-MoP Instances.
It works very similar to Elixir of Water Walking.

Edit 2: You can also make a cozy Cooking Fire in the midst of the ocean to grill your catch.
or deploy your Nat's Fishing Chair it will float on the water and you can still sit & fish in it.

Comment by Kratfrotz

This raft is so sweet!

Comment by iceeagle

In case someone was wandering, this is not consumed on use.

Comment by Acoleski

The raft is purchased from Nat Pagle for 700 gold at exalted.
REQUIRES: The Anglers - Reverd AND 525 Fishing.

The raft works just like any water walking spell out there. Except for the speed bonus. Continuously tap spacebar to gain the raft speeding bonus. 270% top without any speed buff/enchants.

Hunters ~~Camouflage~~ will remove the raft when you go stationary and gain the ~~Camouflage~~ stealth buff. Having the ~~Glyph of Camouflage~~ will instantly remove the raft.

Transformation items and druid/shaman form listed below are still usable with the raft:

ITEM
Super Simian Sphere (Just adds a nice pink buble effect.)
Cursed Swabby Helmet (The 200% swim speed will not increase while on the raft.)
Rime of the Time-Lost Mariner (Turns the raft into a translucent bright pink.)
Moonfang's Paw
Burgy Blackheart's Handsome Hat
Elixir of Wandering Spirits

SPELL:
Ghost Wolf

Off-Topic: Personally I like to use Nat's Fishing Chair with the raft. It makes a neat raft with a fishing chair on it.

Engineers can use their nitro boosts while this raft is active to go even faster. Also stackable with the raft speed increase. Got up to 675% with both nitro boosts and raft. Aspect of the Cheetah and Pack does not seem to stack. Sadly does not work anymore.

Still works as of 5.2.
Still works as of 5.3.
Still works as of 5.4.
Still (somewhat) works as of 7.1.5 - Nitro Boosts and other movement increase buffs seem to not stack with the raft anymore sadly. Costumes still work.
Still (somewhat) works as of 7.2.5 - -||-

Comment by Tordenflesk

rarely works

Comment by Skyeraid

This raft is so worth the gold! With all the lakes and rivers there are in game, this item has such potential for fun in rp or just screwing around! And if you spam the spacebar enough (I've gotten up to 270%) It goes faster than a land mount with a waterwalking potion or buff. And the buff does not come off when you run to shore, it reactivates the moment you hit the water (or really you have to go in deep enough water for the raft to appear, you still run on shallow water though).

You can cast spells on it as well, I've sat on the raft once and buffed and healed a pallie on the side when he finished fighting a turtle. Damage spells don't knock you off either, only the moment you get hurt, so riding off a high waterfall is a bad idea. (And ever since that river boat quest reward... I've wanted my own boat that can be used outside of the Thousand Needles, and hopefully one a tad less... ugly. This more than fits the bill!)

Comment by digomaciel

Can use it in Rated Battlegrounds?

Comment by 455223

Can also work with the shaman Ghost wolf form to achieve at least 351% (from what I have seen) move speed.

Edit: Definite upgrade for a shaman over the old water walking/ghost wolf combo.

Comment by 1020023

Best MOP mount.

Comment by Lucidic

I have tested the following and they all stack:

-Travel Form
-Cat Form
-Feral Swiftness
-Movement speed enchant
~~-Druid PvP feral set bonus~~ (This was patched to not stack with Feral Swiftness, so boooo)
-Dash
-Stampeding Roar
-Darkflight

When in Travel Form with feral swiftness, movement enchant, and Darkflight I can break 700% movement speed.

Does not work in battlegrounds, so we still can't beat horde to blacksmith.

Comment by MMOSimca

You can use this in combat; it is only cancelled when you take a direct hit, so you can escape most mobs with it if you're near a body of water. It helps a ton in several daily hubs (Lake/Village for Lotus, Assassins/Mages for Shado-pan) to be able to drop combat whenever you want.

This item is a no-brainer. It's completely unique and has a lot of utility. You can go faster than a land mount and use it in combat.

Comment by QuickBASIC

If you have the buff active and are in Swift Flight Form touching the surface of the water will deshift you (normally you can skim the water in bird form and it only deactivates if you submerge).

Comment by jtbalogh

Do you lose the raft when moving or jumping?
Be careful how you move and turn with the MoveAndSteer keybind, Right-click or pressing both mouse buttons.
Pointing the camera with just the Left-click or Set a View keybind will _not_ fix this problem.

Solution:

Point the camera lower across the water with the MoveAndSteer keybind, Right-click or pressing both mouse buttons,

- so the raft stays afloat as you move
- so the raft appears automatically when you walk from the beach into the water
- so the raft appears automatically when you jump on the surface of the water
- so you can switch back to WASD keys or Toggle Autorun anytime and still be on the raft
- so you can Save a View with this camera angle to help remind you what angle was good to use
(if you save it under view #5, then set the view as a reminder in any macro with, /run SetView(5) )

Do not tilt the camera down from the air above too much ( > 45 degrees ), that is why,

- the raft submerges and dismounts
- the raft submerges and dismounts when you walk from the beach into the water
- the raft stays submerged and never appears when you jump on the surface of the water
- the raft submerges even when you switch back to WASD keys or Toggle Autorun or Set a View
(it remembers the last camera angle was tilted down with your mouse even if you just use the keyboard)
(tilting camera just with the Left-click is not enough, you have to first fix it with MoveAndSteer or Right-click)

Comment by Zerodivider

For a button that auto-dismounts in air, refreshes your raft buff, equips your rod, AND casts fishing:

#showtooltip Anglers Fishing Raft
/dismount
/use Anglers Fishing Raft
/equip Dragon Fishing Pole
/cast fishing

Replace 'Dragon Fishing Pole' with your pole of preference and this should help streamline fishing from Pools.

Still works in 5.1

Comment by JohnPombrio

Nice thing is that I can renew the raft's cooldown while I am still using it and it just stays solid so can be on it indefinitely. I don't have to go swimming while the raft resets itself. Nice, Blizz!
I think this was said i above post but I didn't quite get the lingo so ...

Comment by asloversgo

This makes for an awesome escape across water, as well. If you're fighting near a body of water and you need to flee, just try to snare the mobs after you, apply the raft, and paddle away. It has helped me on more than one occasion!

Comment by 671293

Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name
Catfish are jumpin'
That paddle wheel thumpin'
Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same.

-Doobie Brothers

***Before you downvote, play this song while on the raft and then come back**

Comment by Dust

In case anyone somewhat wonders, as I did, this does not count toward the We're Going to Need More Saddles achievement.

Comment by PleaTheFlea

Bonus: If you are on the raft, push (and spam) your jump button. It'll make the raft go faster!

Comment by Oldawa

Nitro Boosts + Anglers Fishing Raft = :D

Comment by Dust

Go to lower Valley of the Four Winds around 59, 62.

Que up www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvguf_0kUw

Mount your Anglers Fishing Raft and face south.

Spam your space bar to paddle down the raging river as fast as you can.

Sail over the huge, scary waterfall and land a thousand feet below.

Eeeeeeeiiiiiiyahhhhhhhh

Uhmm, ok so the raging river is really just a tiny, peaceful stream... and the huge, scary waterfall is really just a five-foot drop... but c'mon people. Work with me here. Imagination!

To the lannn..... annnnnd of the losssssssssssst.

Comment by Katixxia

Is this raft trolly for anyone else? It likes to stop working randomly for me and when i jump it 90% of the time I dont land on the raft in the water (buff is still active through all of this). Refreshing the buff while the one is still active doesnt work, i have to remove the buff and activate it multiple times to get it to work again.

TL;DR Troll raft is troll

Comment by 765950

so what percentage does this actually go if your jumping?

Comment by Monstaah

For hunters that have managed to get thier hands on Overgrown Lilypad and felt a little let down by Dash , combine with the raft for Super Cool 15 sec bursts, ideal for getting from Haywire to Skyclaw on the Isle of Thunder..

Comment by 1107695

I've wanted something like this for years, but I have to say I find the raft a pain to use.

It's very touchy. When I try turning with the mouse, I'm knocked off into the water, and sometimes it takes 30 seconds or more of jumping in the water for the raft to reappear. More than a few times, I gave up and went back to the shore to fish.

The duration seems arbitrary, too. If a time limit is required, why not just give it a 60 minute duration like the Pandaren charm?

Comment by Radiaw

You can use your on your belt while are you on Raft.

Comment by Bizerk

Didn't feel a need to buy this but with the 5.2 fishing day pool locations its pretty much required. Oh well.

Comment by Datachange

For those FISHING that CONSTANTLY get frustrated by the "dismount" ....

Simply.... SIT!
And fish like normal!
Even works with FISHING BUDDY.

Enjoy your raft to the fullest now, my fellow anglers!

Comment by 46526

Random Fact: If you try to use this at Sunsong Ranch, you'll get an error "Spell cannot be cast on a stealthed target." And the buff disappears when you enter the phased area. Sadly, you cannot raft on your pond at Sunsong. :(

Comment by Reddervish

Neat. Just got the raft after 2 weeks of turn-ins with Nat and starting the Anglers' dailies after making L90.

The 10-minute timer on the raft is easy to deal with, as it gives a count-down and few second grace period after the 10 minutes. That allowed me to click the raft icon again before it dumped me in the water. I've added it to an action bar along with a couple other fishing related items to make it easier to toggle. Clicking the raft icon while fishing will cancel fishing, so try to time it between casts.

Comment by Elminnster

Since 5.3, I can´t reactivate the raft if I get hit. Makes soloing Gnathus much more difficult :/

Comment by Sequince

Sadly this appears to have been silently nerfed. You can no longer re-cast this if you're in combat. :( It was lovely while it lasted, At least it still works indoors where mounts don't.

Comment by NoxHearthstone

All Warlocks be told, if you use Burning Rush while on the Raft, you will go VERY, VERY FAST. And it stacks with the Raft's own stackable speed bonus.

It's simply amazing.

Edit: it seems to have been fixed already o_O

Comment by Ezom

My god this thing is buggy. Just dismounts for no reason then you can be jumping all over the place in water to get it to activate again. Very annoying.

Comment by nirv

I'm not sure what happened, but I used to be able to sit stationary with my Hunter's Camouflage ability. Now it seems that I have to be moving while camo'd or I fall into the water as soon as the stealth aspect of Camouflage appears.

Comment by Mousa

Jumping forward (like when you do while you mount a ground mount) will increase the swim speed of the raft for a good amount of seconds by around 20%-25%! Spamm jumping and you can end up at a 270% swim speed!
This is a chris craft for sure!

Comment by Eranthule

The ability to cast from this raft makes it useful for chasing Evermaw around the Timeless Isles. Great for those of us who don't have water walking (of some variety)

Comment by Zoeteklem

Environmentalist (i.e. Tree Hugger...) = Bipsi's Bobbing Berg
Global Warming skeptic (i.e. it took 200+ trees to make this one raft that will only last a few minuets..) = Anglers Fishing Raft

Comment by 749141

this is a very very fast mount and it stacks with other speed buffs to make it even faster this raft can be used ANYWHERE there is water. however it does have limitations cannot be used in combat and you will lose it if you take damage however it has no CD so there is nothing stopping you from popping it once you leave combat. Unless you are flying or are out of phase (meaning you're invisible). you will also lose the buff if you mount a flying mount or use an ability the turns you invisible

Comment by timreh

Has anyone tested the raft with ?

Comment by ThurnisHaley

You can do Survey (Archeology) on the raft! I just love love love my new raft!

Comment by ignis86

For those who were not aware, this works with the Druid mount glyph! So you can carry allies who don't have their own anglers raft! (great for helping someone get Evermaw!)

Comment by Pipkins

This was a nice addition to my smart mount macro:

#showtooltip
/use drake of the west wind
/use Anglers Fishing Raft
/use red skeletal warhorse
/script VehicleExit()
/dismount

This will mount a flying mount in a flyable zone, a ground mount in a non-flyable zone and your fishing raft when in water and unable to fly, with one click.

Comment by Nyatui

As a druid I wentTravel Form with the 2set feral pvpgearShapeshift Movement Speed and Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite my runspeed reached 1080% Im sure you could reach even higher with some potions and other stacking effects.

Comment by 926948

Particularly awesome if you're a hunter; you can keep shooting from the raft. This is particularly useful when chasing after Evermaw on the Timeless Isle!

Comment by BionicBrucey

I don't know if this will help anyone, but I wanted to be able to use the Anglers Raft Toy on my alts.

All I had to do in order to use the raft toy is learn the Pandaren fishing skill (you can do this in Stormwind or Orgrimmar at the fishing trainers).

If you go to your toy collection click the filter top right. Make sure you have the "Usable only" clicked OFF. You should now see the Anglers Raft Toy. It should you let you cast the 10 min buff as long as you have learned the Pandaren Fishing Skill (no need to level Panderan fishing or gain rep with The Anglers on your alts). GLHF!

View in 3D Find upgrades...Links

Quick Facts

Screenshots

Videos

Anglers Fishing Raft

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
Toy

Requires Fishing (525)
Requires The Anglers - Revered
Use: You can raft across water.
"Great for fishing, but takes on water... so don't stay out too long!"

Vendor Locations

This item can be purchased in Krasarang Wilds (2).

This item is available from The Anglers faction. Check out Wowhead's Guide to the Anglers!

Anglers Fishing Raft

Vendor Locations

Related

Contribute