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Kommentar von 49735

The flavor text of all these coins are at least double as funny/interesting if you know who the persons are who threw them into the fountain.

Calia's Coin for example. She is Arthas little sister and an arranged marriage with Daval Prestor was organized. She should marry him as she was around 17 years old. But as a quite well know fact Lord Prestor is Deathwing, former Aspect of the Earth, leader of the black dragonswarm and now enemy of all life, in disguise. Luckily for her due to certain events Deathwing had to flee and so the marriage was cancelled.
Her current whereabouts are unknown, but it is to be expected that she is alive.

Kommentar von 82808

Bosses, small pets, quest givers, all of them stopped by in Dalaran to throw a wish into the lucky fountain...

Kommentar von lifedragon

Blizzard should add a coin case so people like me who like to keep items that are historical or important to lore can keep them.

Kommentar von 64424

It is assumed by some players and lore hounds that Princess Calia is currently living in Theramore under the guise of Calia Hastings

Whether or not either she or Jaina will have any importance in any happenings before the Lich King encounter will remain to be seen, but I wouldn't get my hopes up though.

Kommentar von tehMurloc

In my opinion it's not very ethic to fish up coins people have thrown in the fountain =)
Well, it's only my opinion

Kommentar von Earo

Hmmmm.... *your fish has got away*

*Uses magnetic hook*

Kommentar von 172202

WHAT?
No "Hogger's Copper Coil"
Blizzard, I am very disappointed in you....

Kommentar von Sulticune

Nobody has said where the fountain actually is... It's in The Eventide zone, in the south of Dalaran. Right near the Grand Master Fishing Trainer.

Kommentar von Artinz

Has anyone else noticed that you can sell a copper coin (1c) for 62 copper (62c)?

Kommentar von Korvboll

If you're using loot filter when fishing like me, you might want to add this to automatically delete all copper coins as soon as you get them.

#(.*)Copper Coin$

I guess you still get the achievement for fishing them up, as the add-on doesn't instant delete it, but I haven't tried that.

Anyhow, when you already have all the copper coins for the achievement I don't see why you would want to fill you bags with them, so I just auto-delete them :)

Kommentar von 250997

The fountain is at 52, 65 and you need 430 fishing skill to fish there.

Kommentar von Aejis

..... I think Murky's coin should be gold... or at least silver, there isn't a more legendary char then a dancing baby murloc that sings =(

Kommentar von blupache

Incidentally, it's perfectly safe to sell/trash these coins once you've fished them up - they still register for the achievement. Ditto the silver coins.

You could sell/trash the gold coins, but tossing them into the fountain increases your chance of fishing up more coins, so... not a good idea if you're after the achievement.

Kommentar von gorocz

He is talking about Lord Prestor, that's Deathwing's human form in The Day of the Dragon book not about Lady Prestor.

Kommentar von nfw73

In case you are wondering, while you can mail/trade copper and silver coins, they do not count toward the achievement unless you actually fish them up.

Kommentar von Whiterock

So, if a simple footman scribe some text on copper coin and drop it there, the coin will worth 62 times more!
But if a king scribe the text on silver coin, the value of coin will be decreased by 38%!
Also look at poor gold coins they loose 98,75% after some Arthas or Jaina scribe on it.

Kommentar von Danai

The Fountain is located in the eventide district next to the fishing trainer. Yes ya do hafta have 430 fishing skill....however, with that minimum skill, you may catch one fish outta every ten. Your best bet is 350+ fishing skill, + 100 lure and the +20 (Shat quest) or +25 (horde quest in Hinterlands) fishing rod. Good Luck :)

Kommentar von 17780

And in case it wasn't mentioned... you're not tossing the copper/silver coins into the fountain. You're able to toss the gold coins into the fountain and it gives you a 2 minute buff that increases your chance to fish up additional coins.

Not sure if anyone else was wondering about this, however before I fished up my first gold one I kept wondering why I couldn't toss the coins back in the fountain like everyone was saying.

Kommentar von 290071

Lady Prestor was Onyxia... she has her own coin https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=43634
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The coins are probably the best part of lore titbits that even interest a non-RP player like me.
While some are hilarious, others are morbidly sad.

Kommentar von ryokuga

just wondering, any1 know what varessa is talking about?

Kommentar von 188301

my god that wishing well must have been powerful!...i should have made that wish, instead of wishing to find more coins...

Kommentar von Ramzal

Anyone remember the last coin they needed to fish up for this achievement and how aggrivating it was to get it?
Squire Rowe is being really stingy with his coin for me.

Kommentar von flymolo21

I went from lvl 305 to 423 getting this and silver in the city. Using Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole and 100+ lure. I just need 2 more gold coins to get coin master. Really simple way to lvl fishing.

Kommentar von Zazkia

I ran a simulation that calculates how many casts you'd need to catch so many coins (23 coins, 0.5% drop chance each). This is the outcome:

Average #casts to catch 1 coins: 8.7743
Average #casts to catch 2 coins: 17.9234
Average #casts to catch 3 coins: 27.3724
Average #casts to catch 4 coins: 37.4446
Average #casts to catch 5 coins: 48.0021
Average #casts to catch 6 coins: 58.9107
Average #casts to catch 7 coins: 70.6945
Average #casts to catch 8 coins: 83.3394
Average #casts to catch 9 coins: 96.7289
Average #casts to catch 10 coins: 110.8176
Average #casts to catch 11 coins: 126.1243
Average #casts to catch 12 coins: 143.0095
Average #casts to catch 13 coins: 161.3664
Average #casts to catch 14 coins: 181.1567
Average #casts to catch 15 coins: 203.3504
Average #casts to catch 16 coins: 228.3796
Average #casts to catch 17 coins: 257.0426
Average #casts to catch 18 coins: 289.9285
Average #casts to catch 19 coins: 329.8509
Average #casts to catch 20 coins: 380.2981
Average #casts to catch 21 coins: 446.9429
Average #casts to catch 22 coins: 548.2495
Average #casts to catch 23 coins: 749.8641

As you can see, the statistics confirm that the last few coins take the longest. (This makes perfect sense, but I'm not going to bore you with mathematics.)

Kommentar von 108775

A Footman's Copper Coin- The Footman's cousin is a peasant from Warcraft III. If you've ever played that game, you know what a peasant's job is: lugging wood around carelessly...

Ansirem's Copper Coin- This is the coin of Archmage Ansirem Runeweaver, former leader of Dalaran who preceded Antonidas and was succeeded by Rhonin. His coin is a reference to his daughter, Catelyn. The coin must be quite old, as Catelyn left Dalaran many years ago, joining the Blackwater Raiders, where she earned the title of "The Blade".

Danath's Copper Coin- Since Danath's full name is Danath Trollbane, the coin is really fitting. His familiy and nation are well known for fighting the trolls of Lordaeron for decades. Probably that's the reason why his line is nearly extinct...

Eitrigg's Copper Coin- Eitrigg is an orc who was rescued from certain death by Tirion Fordring - the paladin was later stripped of his title and exiled for defending the orc. He lived in exile until the recent death of his son Taelan Fordring. Tirion committed himself to refounding the order of the Silver Hand. He now leads the Argent Crusade, an organization consisting of the old Knights of the Silver Hand and the Argent Dawn, against the Lich King and the Scourge. To this day he remains good friends with the orc veteran Eitrigg.

Falstad Wildhammer's Copper Coin- Falstad, High Thane of the Wildhammer Clan is a noble Gryphon Rider who was commanding a small flight of such riders during the Second War. As for the book he is talking about, see Day of the Dragon.

Inigo's Copper Coin- If you have ever wondered how Kel'Thuzad came back to life the second time, well, this guy is responsible. Turned into a lich for his services, you can find his phylactery with the initials "I.M." etched on the side, standing for Inigo Montoy, though he doesn't like to use that name anymore.

Kryll's Copper Coin- Kryll was a goblin serving Deathwing, who was trying to enslave his master using the black dragon scale in the communication crystal given to Rhonin by Deathwing. Before his plan could fall into place though, he was annihilated by the golem guarding the Demon Soul.

Molok's Copper Coin- The coin belongs to Molok, a dwarf gryphon rider who took part in the defense of Hasic, a human town in Hillsbrad during the Second War. The girl the coin mentions is Vereesa Windrunner. This Molok is not to be confused with Molok the Crusher.

Princess Calia Menethil's Copper Coin- Though she plays an extremely minor role in the Warcraft lore, she is actually a quite important person: the daughter of Terenas Menethil II, and the sister of Arthas Menethil. She is yet to appear ingame (though Calia Hastings is suspected of being Calia Menethil). She was betrothed to Lord Daval Prestor, the mysterious noble who was to replace the treacherous Lord Aiden Perenolde as the ruler of Alterac, but Prestor disappeared before any final arrangements were made.

Salandria's Shiny Copper Coin- A Blood Elf orphan from Shattrath City, Salandria is a bodeful little girl, who, during the quest chain of Children's Week is attacked by the guards in the Caverns of Time, only to be stopped by Zaladormu, who says she will not be punished for "things she might do or fail to do in the future". She also says when she get's the Toy Dragon: "someday I plan to own a real one." She might become an important character in a future expansion.

Stalvan's Copper Coin- Stalvan Mistmantle is an undead noble with a bloodied past. He worked as a personal tutor and developed an indecent attraction to one of his students, a young woman named Tilloa (anagram for Lolita). Tilloa gave hints that she had interest in him, until one day she appeared before him with a young man, holding hands, and insulting Stalvan by comparing him to an old uncle, which infuriated Stalvan. It is unclear exactly what happened, but it was called 'a massacre' by some of the people you talk to during your quest to uncover the legend of Stalvan. It seems that he has butchered Tilloa and her family with an axe. He then returned to Manor Mistmantle in Duskwood, until the darkness crept into Duskwood and consumed him. They say he still resides there, lonely and mad, hungering for more revenge on any person who dares come near.

Vargoth's Copper Coin- Archmage Vargoth can be found ~~troughout the world summoned by his~~ ~~staff~~ in Kirin Var Village, Netherstorm. As for the context of the coin, it suggests that Sanders had some cargo for Vargoth when he crashed near the coasts of Westfall.

Exceeded character limit, to be continued.

Kommentar von 108775

Alonsus Faol's Copper Coin- Archbishop Alonsus Faol, one of the founding members of the Knights of the Silver Hand, mentor of Uther the Lightbringer and head of the Holy Order of Northshire Clerics. His tomb can be found near the Scarlet Monastery. As for the text; "The philosophy of the Holy Light boils down to the three teachings, called the Three Virtues. These virtues — respect, tenacity and compassion — are each defined into a principle and a lesson. " (from wowwiki)

Attumen's Copper Coin- Unless you live under a rock, you know that this coin belongs to Attumen the Huntsman, the first boss of Karazhan, and that the saddle he mentions refers to the reins of his almighty mount, Midnight.

Dornaa's Shiny Copper Coin- the copper coin of Dornaa, who, just like Salandira, will screw up something in the future. She also has funny quotes. Note that only her and Salandria's coin is 'shiny'.

Elling Trias' Copper Coin- His wish did come true- he has fully dedicated his life to pursue his only true passion- and became the Master of CHEESE

Genn's Copper Coin- Genn Greymane (sometimes spelled "Graymane") was the King of Gilneas, a kingdom that removed itself from the Alliance of Lordaeron. From the coin it seems his opinion of Dalaran was very low.

Krasus' Copper Coin- One of the oldest coins in the fountain, Krasus threw it in during the Second War, when the Horde, using the Demon Soul, enslaved most of the Red Dragonflight. Krasus woved to free Alexstrasza and her brood, and so he did.

Landro Longshot's Copper Coin- He is the promotional vendor for the WoW Trading Card Game.

EDIT: Landro Longshot's Copper Coin - he doesn't wish he kept the coin because he's a greedy goblin. He wishes he kept the coin because on the TCG loot cards, the code is covered up by a scratch-off strip that reads "Scratch-Off Gently With Coin". =)

thanks SpooNFoy

Murky's Copper Coin- Murky is a non-combat pet available to those who attended Blizzcon 2005. As a baby murloc, and a reptile, when he gets cold he goes into torpor, which is induced hibernation. So the chilly waters are making poor Murky sleepy (As Wraithsight summarized in one of his comments).

Private Marcus Jonathan's Copper Coin- This coin must be pretty old too, since Jonathan is already the High Commander of Stormwind Defense, and no longer a Private. And he also has an elegant, bushy mustache.

Squire Rowe's Copper Coin- The copper coin of Squire Rowe, who apparently doesn't enjoy standing at the Stormwind Gates all day long. The text mentions Cersei, who is ~~a hot blood elf chick~~ a warlock in Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows... you can figure out the rest.

Vareesa's Copper Coin- Currently the best translation of this is written by Delterius in the Wowhead comments "I wish for my honor. I will make peace, and the people will survive. Orcs are..."
If this is true it would suggest she feels a need to make peace with the Blood Elves.
(Note that the name of the coin is misspelled, as it's supposed refer to Vereesa.)

Kommentar von Railander

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination.
Beyond it is another dimension.
A dimension of sound,
a dimension of sight,
a dimension of mind.
You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance of things and ideas.
You just crossed over into..."

EDIT: wow, why the hell did this comment end up here? I'm pretty sure I posted it in the twilight zone achievement from Obsidian Sanctum.

Kommentar von Scryus

The zone for this achievement is listed as Dragonblight, which is incorrect. It is located in the sanctuary of Dalaran in Crystalsong Forest, Northrend, and the fountain is in the sub-zone of 'The Eventide'.

The requirement is 430 effective fishing skill to begin fishing in the fountain, and approximately 525 effective fishing to stop the 'fish', or coins, getting away.

400+ Fishing, while using Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole (+20 Alliance) or Nat Pagle's pole (+25 Horde); A +100 Lure such as Aquadynamic Fish Attractor, or Sharpened Fish Hook; and the +2 Fishing Enchant on gloves is the best bet you have of getting these coins fast.

There are also various +fishing items such as the Lucky Fishing Hat/Weather-beaten Fishing hat from the Extravaganza and Outland's daily fishing quests from Old Man Barlow which can lower the personal skill you require to fish up the coins here.

- Scryus

Kommentar von 356406

well, statistically speaking it is not going to get more difficult, if the drop rate is 0,5% per coin and doesn't decrease when you catch coins...
the only thing that could, in theory, make it more difficult, would be that you have the 0,5% droprate on ANY coin, not just the ones you need, so you need to assume that you can catch any other coin instead of the one you need.

But again, according to the "laws" of statistics, your chance remains the same...

(if you have a potential or eksponential calculation instead, plz post it)

Kommentar von 357009

My exact casts and catches:

Total: 1001 casts
Fountain Goldfish: 537 - 53,6%
Bent fishing hook: 52 - 5,2%
Sewer Crap: 29 - 2,9%
Magic Eater: 9 - 0,9%
Partially Eaten Fish: 1 - 0,1%
Drowned Rat: 1 - 0,1%
Copper Coin: 187 - 18,7%
Silver Coin: 134 - 13,4%
Gold Coin: 51 - 5,1%

Skill 592

Kommentar von 348767

Your luck while fishing coins is decrease while You are fishing having any Marcia Chase quests! I suppose Old Man Barlo too.

Greatings!

Kommentar von 230081

No longer requires a specific fishing skill level. Got the "Silver in the City" achievement before hitting 350 fishing skill.

Kommentar von 353353

You know, copper coins in fountains are poisonous to Goldfish. So, why the hell are there still so many Goldfish?

Kommentar von chusabascal

I try and I try, but I can`t use my fishing pole in the fountain. Where should I fish from?

Kommentar von 450305

By Aldronel
¾ million casts to get this achievement? No flippin way I'll ever be that bored.

It would take you over a hundred days to do 750,000 catches, saying a catch aproximately takes 12 seconds.

750,000 catches times 12 seconds divided by 60 seconds, 60 minutes and 24 hours:

(750,000*12)
------------------ = 104 days
. 60*60*24

So yes, it takes 750 catches or 0.1 days equal 2.4 hours. But this is only statistics ^^. If you look at the odds there is a chance that you will never get this achievement along with for example and .

Kommentar von 450305

Here's a thought.
Wouldn't it be possible to trade the coins? No one has posted anything saying you can't, so if anyone would want to join me in the name of science, please /w me. I'll keep whatever coins I catch for the next couple of days.

- Holyhoof, Darksorrow realm.

Edit:
It has been tested. It does not work to trade the coins for the achievement.

Kommentar von Lissi

You know, it seems odd to me how many coins these people have thrown in. It seems to me that if they'd have saved their money...they might have been able to get their wishes themselves...

Kommentar von Espelyn

I caught the Salandria's Shiny Copper Coin with a 149 Fishing Skill.

Kommentar von 35553

All interesting... but for those grinding out the achievement like I was, you can destroy the coins once you fish them up for the achievement without losing credit. This way you don't have to run around with a whole bag of coins... wasn't listed anywhere else.

Kommentar von 567545

After 100 casts, here are my results:
2 Gold Coins
1 Silver Coin
1 Copper Coin

24 Weeds
20 Driftwood
15 Sickly Fish
15 Tattered Cloth
12 Tangled Fishing Line
1 Fountain Goldfish
1 Bent Fishing HOok

bleh...

Kommentar von Noctique

I've just gained this achivment, attempting to do all three in one day, so you can think how long I've been on as I started this morning..... (Time now 23:24)

Fountain Goldfish - 383
Bent Fish Hook - 31
Sewer Carp - 12
Magic Eater - 5
Copper Coin - 91
Silver Coin 58
Gold Coin - 26

Other junk - 941....

Total 1547 casts.

Gold still to go.

Silver was reached at 1415

Good luck to all those out there.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

A simple guide on what you need to know to complete this achievement:

http://www.%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*.com/professions/fishing/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/

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	Falstad Wildhammers Kupfermünze (1)
	Krasus' Kupfermünze (1)
	Etriggs Kupfermünze (1)
	Prinzessin Calia Menethils Kupfermünze (1)
	Vargoths Kupfermünze (1)
	Krylls Kupfermünze (1)
	Murkys Kupfermünze (1)
	Stalvans Kupfermünze (1)
	Vereesas Kupfermünze (1)
	Soldat Marcus Jonathans Kupfermünze (1)
	Alonsus Faols Kupfermünze (1)

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