"Fishing for Jed" means farming the Upper Blackrock Spire rare Jed Runewatcher by resetting the instance until he spawns. Enter UBRS, check his spawn area near the start, and if he is not up, everyone leaves, the leader right-clicks their portrait and picks Reset all Instances, then you go back in. Classic caps you at five instance entries per hour.
- Where: Upper Blackrock Spire, opening orc section a short run past the entrance.
- What he is: a rare elite that is not present in most instances — no spawn timer you can wait out, only rerolls.
- Instance size: UBRS is a 10-player instance in Classic, but the front section is clearable with far fewer geared characters.
- Hard limit: five instance entries per hour per character. That is your real ceiling on attempts.
- Access: in Classic Era someone in the group needs the Seal of Ascension to open the way in. Entry requirements differ between Classic versions, so check yours.
- Form the group and make sure whoever holds the key is with you.
- Zone in and run straight to the first orc area. Rares carry the silver dragon border on their portrait and show on target frames — you will know instantly.
- If Jed is up, pull carefully: he hits like a proper elite and the packs around him link.
- If he is not up, everyone exits the instance and stands outside.
- Party leader right-clicks their own portrait and chooses Reset all Instances. This fails while anyone is still inside.
- Re-enter and repeat. Count your entries — hitting the cap locks you out with "you have entered too many instances recently".
- Many groups rotate the leader so resets and entries spread across more than one player's counter, which keeps the run going longer.
Where exactly does Jed Runewatcher spawn?
He appears in the early stretch of Upper Blackrock Spire among the orc packs you meet shortly after entering, which is the whole reason this farm is popular — you never have to clear deep into the instance. Pull up a map on a database site for the pin, but in practice you are checking one small area and leaving.
How many resets can I do before I get locked out?
Five instance entries per hour per character, and some Classic versions also apply a daily cap. The counter is rolling, not on the hour, so your oldest entry frees up sixty minutes after it happened. Trying to squeeze past it just wastes the trip out and back.
Is this the same as the Fishing profession?
No. "Fishing" here is player slang for rerolling a rare spawn, not casting a lure into water. If you actually landed here looking for the profession, that is a completely separate grind with its own trainers, pole upgrades and skill-up zones.
What does Jed Runewatcher drop?
A short table of blue-quality gear, which is why people farm him at all. Loot tables differ between Classic Era, Season of Discovery and Anniversary realms, so check a current database for your specific version before committing an evening to it rather than trusting an old forum post.
If the reset grind is not how you want to spend your playtime, PewPewShop can help — vetted human players (no bots, no cheats, long zero-ban record) run Classic Dungeon Boost from EUR 10.5, and coaching or leveling help for Classic characters starts from EUR 2.99 if your main is not ready for Blackrock Spire yet.