wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »Santie took some photos to help you
Purple Fish pond 2
Purple Fish Pond
This one should also mention that someone who joined me in fishing at this place also found the fish very quickly.
Good catch @Elebeth (no pun intended)!
So I guess, just for the sake of it, if anyone does catch in at daytime please post it here to confirm with screenshot proof.
Is the thing about the couple of friends also a requirement? I.e. do you need to be fishing in a group to get the purple?
[UPDATE] Just got the fish, it was night time and I was in a group with 2 other people. The fish dropped for all of us in the same hole NW of Morkul wayshrine. It didn't drop at the same time, first one of us got it, then another, and I had to suffer through 4 or 5 more throws before it dropped for me
antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »I've lost count of the number of hours I have spent looking for this stupid fish. I've been all up and down the coast west of Morkul. I've spent all day and all night (game time) and nothing. Spent a good several hours (real world time) straight and nothing. I've caught plenty of Dhufish, Longfin, wet gunny sacks and other green and blue fish even the odd blue ringed octopus, but never have I caught the crab-slaughter-crane fish. What am I missing?
The patch notes say look along the coast west of Morkul and that's it. Talking to Atorag and I find it's at night and try with a couple of mates - nothing else. So, is this fish only in the ocean or elsewhere? And only at night or anytime? Does the bait matter - worms or chub? And do you need to be in a group of 3 or 4 or can this be done solo.
I've spend so much on buying worms for this thing and still have nothing. I've managed to catch every other fish. How do I get this one?
nordsavage wrote: »caught it in sea water east of Morkul shrine.
Caught it in ocean, using worms, at night, in a group of 3. Took less than 10 minutes after we were grouped and fishing together. Try this and see if it works for you.
WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »Caught it in ocean, using worms, at night, in a group of 3. Took less than 10 minutes after we were grouped and fishing together. Try this and see if it works for you.
+1 this. I was up and down the coast for about an hour real time, sunset into night either solo or with another person, and no Slaughter-Crane-fish. Within a cast or two of grouping up with a third person, it showed up, and everyone had it within a few casts. I will note that I was using Worms, and also we were formally grouped rather than just having three people fishing from the same spot; I don't know if that makes a difference.
I caught it during daytime hours, it was NOT my first cast in the zone. However, it was my first cast after porting into the zone from somewhere else.
I caught it during daytime hours, it was NOT my first cast in the zone. However, it was my first cast after porting into the zone from somewhere else.
This is exactly where I caught it at. I was alone, caught it on my first cast. My buddy tried later and caught it on his second cast. His wife tried later, with both of us there, and caught it on her first cast. A truly lucky hole.
antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »
I caught it during daytime hours, it was NOT my first cast in the zone. However, it was my first cast after porting into the zone from somewhere else.
This is exactly where I caught it at. I was alone, caught it on my first cast. My buddy tried later and caught it on his second cast. His wife tried later, with both of us there, and caught it on her first cast. A truly lucky hole.
I hate you... I tried for literally days on my own with no luck. As soon as I was in a group of 3 - bang, bang, bang. We each caught it one after the other. This game is rigged!
wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »Santie took some photos to help you
Purple Fish pond 2
Purple Fish Pond
This one should also mention that someone who joined me in fishing at this place also found the fish very quickly.
Caught it at 22:15 in-game time, at the location shown in picture (NW of the Morkul Plain Wayshrine, by in a tidal pool-like shallow). Second catch at this location, after several hundred ocean catches on other parts of coast.
antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »Caught it in ocean, using worms, at night, in a group of 3. Took less than 10 minutes after we were grouped and fishing together. Try this and see if it works for you.
+1 this. I was up and down the coast for about an hour real time, sunset into night either solo or with another person, and no Slaughter-Crane-fish. Within a cast or two of grouping up with a third person, it showed up, and everyone had it within a few casts. I will note that I was using Worms, and also we were formally grouped rather than just having three people fishing from the same spot; I don't know if that makes a difference.
Yep looks like you need at least 3 people for this. Been trying for days solo with nothing. Grouped with 1 other person and still nothing. As soon as I was in a group of 3 we all caught it within a couple of minutes. After trying for days I couldn't believe how easy it turned out to be.
Come on guys. How to catch Wrothgars biggest fish and get the purple fish achievement was posted in the patch notes about a month ago.
I'm going to be somewhat vague here, so not to be a total spoiler.
The trick to catching the special fish has nothing to do with time put in, and everything to do with having a conversation with an NPC about the fish, then fishing in the closest hole to the person who informs you about the fish. The "quest giver" is an orc woman near her village on the NW shore of the ocean.
Every one of my guildies I have told this trick to has caught the special fish on their first or second casts. Just find the orc lady who talks about the fish outside her village on the shore, then fish in the closest hole after talking to her. that's all there is to it. The fish is in warm, shallow, ocean water. You won't catch it in the arctic waters in the NE.
Hope this helps. And a friendly reminder, they do throw us bones in the patch notes once in a while.
Come on guys. How to catch Wrothgars biggest fish and get the purple fish achievement was posted in the patch notes about a month ago.
I'm going to be somewhat vague here, so not to be a total spoiler.
The trick to catching the special fish has nothing to do with time put in, and everything to do with having a conversation with an NPC about the fish, then fishing in the closest hole to the person who informs you about the fish. The "quest giver" is an orc woman near her village on the NW shore of the ocean.
Every one of my guildies I have told this trick to has caught the special fish on their first or second casts. Just find the orc lady who talks about the fish outside her village on the shore, then fish in the closest hole after talking to her. that's all there is to it. The fish is in warm, shallow, ocean water. You won't catch it in the arctic waters in the NE.
Hope this helps. And a friendly reminder, they do throw us bones in the patch notes once in a while.
Ok, since someone else already posted it, here is where to find the orc woman talking about the fish.
(NW of the Morkul Plain Wayshrine, by in a tidal pool-like shallow)