A screenshot with legendary loot at WoW caused a lot of commotion. Blizzard states that the image is a fake or the loot is bugged.
Legendary items in World of Warcraft are currently an important topic. Recently, it became known that even Blingtron 6000 can provide you with legendary items. This additional chance for legendaries was not well-received by all players. E
some players questioned whether these items should even still be called “legendary” when there are more and more ways to obtain them. An even greater outcry was caused by a screenshot that supposedly proves that you can even fish legendary items.
Legendaries from the water: Bug or fake?
When it became known that legendary items can also drop from Blingtron 6000, the WoW community on Reddit took notice. A new thread quickly garnered a lot of attention. This thread shows a screenshot in World of Warcraft from player Kristiansund. This player wants to highlight with the screenshot that he received the legendary trinket Archimonde’s Hatred Reborn as loot while fishing.
While many news sites jumped directly on this find, there was more skepticism about this information on Reddit. Would Blizzard really go so far as to throw legendary items into the water so that players with fishing skill 2 have a chance to pull something so valuable out of the water?
Reddit user andwithdot took a close look at the screenshot. He noticed details that seemed contradictory.
It stated in the WoW Armory that the character Kristiansund found the item 18 hours before posting the screenshot. However, the in-game calendar shows January 12, which could only have been about 6 hours prior to the Reddit post.
Furthermore, andwithdot found in the WoW Armory that Kristiansund received the legendary Archimonde’s Hatred Reborn before defeating Cenarius. However, the quest log (right in the image) shows the Cenarius quest as already completed. After this detective work and help from Blizzard, the story could be clarified.
The Confession
To confirm that this is a deliberate feature by Blizzard, an inquiry was made in the official WoW forum. In a blue post, community manager Aerythlea stated that Blizzard also believes the screenshot to be a fake. It was clarified that fish schools do not have legendaries as loot. Therefore, according to Blizzard, the loot in the screenshot must be a fake or a bug in the system.
Shortly thereafter, Kristiansund also spoke on this topic in the forum. He writes that this screenshot is indeed a fake. With the image, he wanted to prove something to a friend.
He did not expect this fake to cause such a stir. He also hopes that no other player spent hours fishing due to the image trying to find a legendary.
So it was fisherman’s tales: You cannot fish a legendary in WoW.
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