Savory Whimsyfin Delight in WoW Forever: Recipe, Fishing Spots and Is It Worth Gold?

Quick answer: Savory Whimsyfin Delight is a new WoW Forever food. The recipe (Cooking 85) is a rare drop recorded from mobs in Redridge Mountains, and the fish is caught in Redridge: Wowhead logs catches on the river and the eastern lake, where players report School of Whimsyfin pools. Per Blizzard's beta notes it now gives an orc version of the Ninja and Pirate outfits from Savory Deviate Delight; the Murloc and Ogre forms from early beta were placeholders. It is fun, but regional median prices suggest weak margins: Wowhead's sample shows 46 recipe drops in 189,492 kills (about 1 in 4,100 on average), the recipe is listed at about 4 gold in US markets, and at the US regional median the cooked food is listed below the raw fish (a few individual markets differ).

Checked November 13, 2026 against Wowhead's WoW Forever database (Whimsyfin, Savory Whimsyfin Delight and the recipe, all marked "New in Forever", added in patch 1.60.1). Prices are median listed (asking) prices from our own auction house tracker, captured Nov 13; the three Whimsyfin items had usable data on 7 US and 6 EU Forever markets; the method is in our auction house prices report. Prices move daily, so treat every gold figure as a snapshot.

What is Savory Whimsyfin Delight in WoW Forever?

It is Forever's answer to Savory Deviate Delight, the Barrens costume food from Classic. Same idea, new zone, orc-styled costumes.

• Item: Savory Whimsyfin Delight, item level 10, stacks to 20, sells to vendors for 5 copper. Tooltip text: "Use: Eat me." with a 10 second cooldown.
• Recipe: Recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight, requires Cooking (85). On Wowhead's skill colors it is orange at 85, yellow at 125, green at 145 and gray at 165.
• Reagents: 1 Whimsyfin + 1 Mild Spices.

What does it turn you into? Blizzard answered this in its beta development notes (Kaivax, updated October 2): "Savory Whimsyfin Delight now uses an orc equivalent of the Ninja and Pirate outfits from the Savory Deviate Delight." The developers added: "The prior transformations were placeholder, but we may reintroduce similar ones in the future!"

That matters because top-rated Wowhead comments from September still describe the old placeholder: Ogre forms on female characters and Murloc forms on male ones. Those reports came from the beta before that change. If you read "WOMAN = OGRE, MAN = MURLOC" somewhere, it is out of date.

Wowhead also ran a news post titled "Enjoy More Fun Transformations in WoW Forever with the Savory Whimsyfin Delight" when it appeared in the beta.

Where does the Savory Whimsyfin Delight recipe drop?

Very rarely, from Redridge mobs. Wowhead's Forever loot table has the recipe recorded from 20 different Redridge mobs, with 46 recipe drops across 189,492 logged kills. That sample averages about 0.024%, or one recipe per ~4,100 kills.

Mobs with the most logged drops:

Mob	Level	Logged drops / kills	Rate
Dire Condor	18-19	7 / 15,602	0.045%
Great Goretusk	16-17	5 / 18,560	0.027%
Black Dragon Whelp	17-18	5 / 21,506	0.023%
Greater Tarantula	19-20	4 / 10,452	0.038%
Blackrock Sentry	21-22	4 / 3,677	0.109%
Tarantula	15-16	3 / 8,190	0.037%
Redridge Thrasher	14-15	3 / 10,339	0.029%

Don't read too much into the gaps between mobs. Seven drops is a tiny sample, and no mob stands out enough to camp. Kill what you are already questing on.

Should you farm it? No. At a US median listing of 3.99 gold, the sample implies roughly 1 gold of gross value per 1,000 Redridge kills, before auction house fees. Plain grinding pays far better: see our hyper-spawn grind spots and skinning while leveling guides. If you want the recipe, buy it. US markets had 78 listed on Nov 13; check your own market before you buy.

Where do you fish Whimsyfin in Redridge?

Wowhead Forever logs 20 Whimsyfin catch locations in Redridge, in two clusters, shown in blue on the map above. These are where players caught the fish, not confirmed school spawn points:

• South river (13 spots): roughly 60-68, 69-72, the river south and east of Lake Everstill.
• East lake (7 spots): roughly 74-76, 57-63, near Stonewatch Keep.

Players on Wowhead report fishing School of Whimsyfin pools there. One player describes the camp this way: about two schools are up at a time, and a new one spawns when one is fished out, so you can bounce between pools when the spot is crowded. Some spots sit close to hostile Murlocs, so bring a character who can handle level 18-ish mobs.

Skill: Wowhead does not list a minimum skill on the school itself. One beta player reported needing about 150 Fishing to fish the schools without fails. That is player-reported. The 1-150 route is in our WoW Forever fishing leveling tool.

Can you catch Whimsyfin in open water? One player asked the same question on Wowhead without a confirmed answer. Fish the pools players report.

Is Savory Whimsyfin Delight worth gold in WoW Forever?

At regional median prices, not in the US and barely in the EU, though a few individual markets differ. Here is the Nov 13 auction house snapshot (median listed prices; check your own market, they vary):

Item	US median	EU median	US listed
Whimsyfin (raw)	7.0s	5.0s	3,830
Savory Whimsyfin Delight	5.95s	5.73s	3,790
Recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight	3.99g	4.89g	78
Mild Spices	0.11s	0.14s	16,169

The math, if each listing sells at the median after the 5% auction house cut, versus selling a fish you caught (recipe cost and expired-listing deposits not included):

• US: selling a raw Whimsyfin would net about 6.65 silver. Cooking it first would net about 5.65 silver and costs a Mild Spices. Cooking loses about 1.1 silver per fish once you count the spice.
• EU: raw would net about 4.75 silver, cooked about 5.44 silver. Cooking gains about 0.56 silver per fish after the spice, roughly half a gold per hundred.
• Bought mats: buying the fish and spice to cook and resell would net about -1.46 silver per craft in the US and about +0.31 silver in the EU, after the 5% cut.

Either way, these are pennies. The most valuable item in the chain is the recipe.

Compare that with the Barrens original: our Tanaris fishing guide found Savory Deviate Delight at about 2 silver with almost 10,000 listed. Today's snapshot puts it at 2.5 silver US. Whimsyfin Delight is listed at more than twice that.

What about eating raw Whimsyfin?

Raw Whimsyfin is also edible ("Eat me.", 10 second cooldown) and plays a random effect, much like Classic's Deviate Fish. Wowhead commenters on the beta logged:

• a two-minute dancing debuff called "Party Time!"
• a 30 second sleep
• a shrink effect that lowers Strength and Stamina by 8
• a heal over time, or a direct heal for 451 to 585
• a 30 minute +5 Spirit buff

Those are player reports from the beta, not an official list. Don't eat one in a fight.

Who should bother with Savory Whimsyfin Delight?

• Cooking levelers: it is orange from 85 and can give points until it turns gray at 165 (skill-ups get less reliable after yellow at 125), and the fish costs you only time if you fish it yourself. Check where it fits in our WoW Forever Cooking calculator.
• Collectors and roleplayers: the orc Ninja and Pirate outfits are the point. Buying the recipe is cheaper than hunting a drop that averaged one per ~4,100 kills in Wowhead's sample.
• Gold farmers: skip it. Better routes are in our WoW Forever gold farming guide, and if you are still choosing a profession pair, read best professions to pick in WoW Forever.

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FAQ

Where does the Savory Whimsyfin Delight recipe drop in WoW Forever? It is a rare drop recorded from 20 Redridge Mountains mobs. Wowhead's Forever sample shows 46 drops in 189,492 kills, about one per 4,100 kills on average.

What Cooking skill does Savory Whimsyfin Delight need? The recipe requires Cooking 85. It stops giving skill-ups at 165.

What does Savory Whimsyfin Delight turn you into? An orc version of the Ninja and Pirate outfits from Savory Deviate Delight, per Blizzard's October beta notes. The Murloc and Ogre forms reported in September were placeholders that Blizzard replaced.

Where do I fish Whimsyfin? In Redridge Mountains. Wowhead logs 20 catch locations on the river south and east of Lake Everstill and the lake near Stonewatch Keep, where players report School of Whimsyfin pools.

What Fishing skill do I need for Whimsyfin? Wowhead lists no minimum on the school. One beta player reported about 150 Fishing to fish it without fails.

Is Savory Whimsyfin Delight profitable? At regional median prices, not in the US and only by fractions of a silver in the EU; check your own market, because a few differ. On Nov 13 it was listed at about 6 silver in US markets, less than the raw fish at 7 silver. The recipe is listed at about 4 gold, far less than the time it takes to farm.