Fishing for Blessings - Prexus's Favor  

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Who:
Rating:
*****
Information:
This Quest is Seasonal
Level:75
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Loot
Quest Items:
Related Zones:
Related Quests:
Era:Seeds of Destruction
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Wed Mar 18 23:18:05 2009
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Anniversary events tend to run from mid-March to mid-April (sometimes to mid-May) each year. They are not available during the "off season".

For an overview and list of EverQuest Anniversary events, see this quest entry.



This is an anniversary quest available only during anniversary season (a few weeks during March and April). It was introduced in 2009 as part of EverQuest's 10th anniversary.

This is one of 16 deity quests. For an overview of how rewards work and how these quests are linked with one another, see this writeup.

Below here are the details for this particular quest.



This task begins with the Primate of Prexus in Erud's Crossing (loc -1842, +712 - next to the dock when you zone in).

You say, 'Hail, Primate of Prexus'

Primate of Prexus says 'Hello Monkey! May the Ocean be calm and your catch nourishing. Is the ocean not [grand]?'

You say, 'Grand?'

Primate of Prexus says 'Yes. The way it caresses the skin and warms the blood. It is a [Blessing] to have the Ocean.'

You say, 'A blessing...'

Primate of Prexus says 'Prexus has spread his blessing over the Oceans. He gives travelers safe passage over its water, and makes sure the bounty of the ocean continues. He even blesses [Fishing] of the Oceans.'

You say, 'Fishing?'

Primate of Prexus says 'Yes. He blesses fishing. Fishing is just like hunting, part of the cycle of life. As long as you respect that the life of the oceans must continue, he does not begrudge any being the bounty of the oceans. Prexus has recently given an extra blessing to some of the fish of the Oceans. If you wish you can go fish some of these as an [offering] to Prexus.'

You say, 'I'll make an offering'

Primate of Prexus says 'May Prexus further bless your travels while you complete this offering.'

You have been assigned the task 'Fishing for Blessings - Prexus' Favor'.

Fish for 1 Blessed Barren Flounder - Erud's Crossing
Fish for 1 Blessed Gunthak Mackerel - Ocean of Tears
Fish for 1 Blessed Timorous Tuna - Timorous Deep
Fish for 1 Blessed Iceclad Cutlassfish - Iceclad Ocean
Fish for 1 Blessed Kunark Mullet - The Field of Bone
Fish for 1 15 lb. Blessed Saltwater Tuna - Abysmal Sea
Fish for 1 Blessed Grunion - Barren Coast
Fish for 1 Blessed Ovate Jellyfish - Gulf of Gunthak

Deliver 1 Blessed Barren Flounder to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Gunthak Mackerel to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Timorous Tuna to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Iceclad Cutlassfish to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Kunark Mullet to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 15 lb. Blessed Saltwater Tuna to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Grunion to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Ovate Jellyfish to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing

Your task 'Fishing for Blessings - Prexus' Favor' has been updated.

You caught a Blessed Barren Flounder!


Reward:
Celebratory Firework Caster (if this is your first deity task)
Fireworks Focus of Prexus
Platinum (scales by level)
The choice between seven different distillates (scales to level)
Submitted by: saroiny
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Locations
# Mar 08 2014 at 2:56 AM Rating: Good
1. Next to quest giver, got it in less than a minute.
2. 1550, -7900 (Translocator in Butcherblock ports to this location), 3 minutes
3. -4600, -3300 (used BB translocator again), 3 minutes
4. -5000, 9480 4 minutes
5. 2080, 1420 2 minutes
6. -740, -600 3 minutes
7. 1065, 390 5 minutes
8. 1410, -860 20 seconds


Edited, Mar 8th 2014 5:24am by Veludeus
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notes on locations
# Apr 09 2013 at 7:40 PM Rating: Decent
Erud's Crossing, got the quest and moved just a little way down the beach, , got it in about 5 min
Timorous deep, run to the first small island... got fish in 10 min
Ocean of Tears, just stepped off dock and fished.. about 7 min to get fish.
Gulf of Gunthak, fished on beach below the little guy who stands on the beach, took 55 min
Iceclad, druid ported me in... just ran to nearest water point, got it on 3rd cast...
Field of bone.... ran to small island with The Tangrin (big monkey) on it..... about 12 min
Barren coast, down north from the docs by sunken boat... 35 min
Abysmal Sea... on the fishing platform, back of boat... 40ish min.... also got lots to sell on my trader :)

long quest... so glad its done :)
In the Tackle Box
# Mar 25 2012 at 1:42 AM Rating: Decent
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Brought 200 bait, used 129, just a ballpark. As they say - "your mileage may vary"
Preloot?
# Apr 01 2011 at 9:19 AM Rating: Decent
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Can you "pre-fish"? In other words, can you catch the fish before haveing requested the quest?
Preloot?
# Apr 04 2011 at 10:02 AM Rating: Good
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Nope, can't prefish - the versions you catch are special "blessed" versions, and you need to catch to get the update on the quest.
Still possible?
# Mar 18 2011 at 7:29 AM Rating: Decent
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I'm either unlucky, very bad at fishing, or this is not possible anymore. I've been fishing for the first fish for about an hour, and I've leveled fishing to 74 from 10 so far and still nothing.

Edited, Mar 18th 2011 9:31am by mikeylalala
Still possible?
# Mar 18 2011 at 7:49 AM Rating: Decent
19 posts
I finally caught it. I ended up getting Fishing to 89 before catching it.
Hail before doing turn-in
# Apr 10 2009 at 11:37 AM Rating: Decent
Be sure to hail him before you hand him the fish. I did the turn in without hailing him first and lost all my fish and had to do the quest over. Spent a whole afternoon trying to get back into Ocean of Tears. I'm still stuck in the water. Keeps crashing when I swim for a distance. Very disappointed that a quest would include such an unstable zone.
eaten fish
# Apr 04 2009 at 7:07 PM Rating: Good
17 posts
if you eat the quest fish, can you recatch them?
eaten fish
# Mar 19 2010 at 5:09 PM Rating: Decent
Yes, you can. :)
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Handy thing!
# Mar 23 2009 at 2:34 PM Rating: Decent
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Do the small quest for the Fisherman's companion and bring Catch-A-Lot bait. You will not regret it when trying to get these little buggers on your hook :)
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Handy thing!
# Mar 26 2010 at 1:18 AM Rating: Decent
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Actually the fishing companion would be the most useful of the two, as the bonuses from each do not stack. The fishing pole is +3% fishing, the bait is +2% fishing; the pole wins.
ending dialogue
# Mar 23 2009 at 6:49 AM Rating: Good
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Completion text:
You have given a blessed offering to Prexus.


I'd also like to note that you *can* eat the blessed fish, so ensure you have other food at the top of your inventory first.
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# Mar 20 2009 at 9:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Fishing for Blessing - Prexus's Favor

From Primate of Prexus in Erud's Crossing.

(Not finished)

You will need a fishing pole and bait and then go fishing for....

1) Blessed Barren Flounder (Erud's Crossing)
2) Blessed Gunthak Mackerel (Ocean of Tears)
3) Blessed Timorous Tuna (Timorous Deep)
4) Blessed Iceclad Cutlassfish (Iceclad)
5) Blessed Kunark Mullet (Field of Bone)
6) 15 lb. Blessed Salwater Tuna (Abysmal)
7) Blessed Grunion (Barren Coast)
8 ) Blessed Ovate Jellyfish (Gunthak)
9 thru 16) Turn in the above items to Primate of Prexux (Erud's Crossing)
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Task Text and Steps
# Mar 20 2009 at 11:25 AM Rating: Decent
Begins with Primate of Prexus (Erud's Crossing, loc -1842, 712) (next to dock when you zone in)

You say, 'Hail, Primate of Prexus'

Primate of Prexus says 'Hello Monkey! May the Ocean be calm and your catch nourishing. Is the ocean not [grand]?'

You say, 'grand'

Primate of Prexus says 'Yes. The way it caresses the skin and warms the blood. It is a [Blessing] to have the Ocean.'

You say, 'blessing'

Primate of Prexus says 'Prexus has spread his blessing over the Oceans. He gives travelers safe passage over its water, and makes sure the bounty of the ocean continues. He even blesses [Fishing] of the Oceans.'

You say, 'fishing'

Primate of Prexus says 'Yes. He blesses fishing. Fishing is just like hunting, part of the cycle of life. As long as you respect that the life of the oceans must continue, he does not begrudge any being the bounty of the oceans. Prexus has recently given an extra blessing to some of the fish of the Oceans. If you wish you can go fish some of these as an [offering] to Prexus.'

You say, 'offering'

Primate of Prexus says 'May Prexus further bless your travels while you complete this offering.'

You have been assigned the task 'Fishing for Blessings - Prexus' Favor'.

Task steps:

Fish for 1 Blessed Barren Flounder - Erud's Crossing
Fish for 1 Blessed Gunthak Mackerel - Ocean of Tears
Fish for 1 Blessed Timorous Tuna - Timorous Deep
Fish for 1 Blessed Iceclad Cutlassfish - Iceclad Ocean
Fish for 1 Blessed Kunark Mullet - The Field of Bone
Fish for 1 15 lb. Blessed Saltwater Tuna - Abysmal Sea
Fish for 1 Blessed Grunion - Barren Coast
Fish for 1 Blessed Ovate Jellyfish - Gulf of Gunthak
Deliver 1 Blessed Barren Flounder to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Gunthak Mackerel to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Timorous Tuna to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Iceclad Cutlassfish to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Kunark Mullet to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 15 lb. Blessed Saltwater Tuna to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Grunion to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing
Deliver 1 Blessed Ovate Jellyfish to Primate of Prexus - Erud's Crossing

Your task 'Fishing for Blessings - Prexus' Favor' has been updated.
You caught a Blessed Barren Flounder!

Bugged?
# Mar 20 2009 at 10:03 AM Rating: Decent
Is this bugged maybe? I have fished up the requested fish in Erud's Crossing and Iceclad but received no updates.
Bugged?
# Mar 21 2009 at 8:12 AM Rating: Decent
You can still catch regular Barren Flounder which will not update the quest. It must be a Blessed Barren Flounder. I caught one yesterday and did receive the update.

At first I caught the normal version and was all happy, then confused I did not get an update until I realized I did not catch a blessed fish. Maybe this happened to you?

Good luck and happy fishing.
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