Whimsyfin is a new fish in WoW Forever, and it comes with a recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight. Eating it transforms you for one hour. It is the same kind of joke Classic had with the Deviate Fish, but with its own recipe.
The three items
| Item | What it is | Item level |
|---|---|---|
| Whimsyfin | A fish. It can be eaten raw | 15 |
| Recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight | Uncommon recipe. Needs Cooking 85 | 18 |
| Savory Whimsyfin Delight | The food the recipe makes. Requires level 1 | 10 |
What it does
The Delight. The tooltip says "Eat me." Eating it gives you an effect that reads "You feel funny" and transforms you for 1 hour. What you turn into is not in the client (the spell leaves that value blank and the server fills it in), but Wowhead, which has tried it in the beta, reports that at first it turned you into a Murloc or an Ogre depending on body type, but on October 1 Blizzard said that was a placeholder: it now turns you into a ninja or a pirate, like Classic's Savory Deviate Delight, but in orc-style outfits. Blizzard may bring back something similar later.
The raw fish. Eating Whimsyfin uncooked uses the same spell as Classic's Deviate Fish, with the same "Eat me." In Classic that fish gave a random effect. What it gives in Forever is not in the client either.
Where to get the recipe
According to Wowhead's Forever database, Recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight drops from the Great Goretusk, the boar in Westfall (levels 16-17).
It is very rare: Wowhead has it recorded 2 times out of 161,360 of those boars. If you go for it, treat it as a lucky drop, not a grind.
Learning it needs Cooking 85.
Where to fish it
Not known yet, with data. The client does not say where anything is fished, and Wowhead's database has no fishing zone recorded for Whimsyfin. Some players mention spots in comments, but we do not use them as a source because we cannot check them. As soon as the database records it, we will add it here.
Frequently asked questions
What is Whimsyfin in WoW Forever?
A new fish. You can eat it raw or cook it with the Savory Whimsyfin Delight recipe, which transforms you for one hour.
Where does the Savory Whimsyfin Delight recipe drop?
From the Great Goretusk in Westfall, levels 16-17. It is very rare: 2 in 161,360 according to Wowhead.
What Cooking skill does it need?
Cooking 85.
What does the Delight turn you into?
Into a ninja or a pirate, in orc-style outfits, for one hour. Until October 1 it turned you into a Murloc or an Ogre, but Blizzard said that was a placeholder. It is not in the client (the server sets it): it comes from Blizzard via Wowhead.
Where do you fish Whimsyfin?
It is not recorded yet in any source we can check.
