
Happy Year of the Ox! Wishing you good health, prosperity, and happiness. May RNG be in your favor.
Happy Year of the Ox! Wishing you good health, prosperity, and happiness. May RNG be in your favor.
List of Shadowlands battle pets that depend on certain active Calling(s) or WQs.
Note that even if you complete the Calling or WQ, it can still be active for other people. Callings last for 2-3 days, so treasure chests will "reset" daily, meaning additional chances.
Best way I've found to see what's active, even if I'm not personally on the quest, is Wowhead's "Today in WoW". Lower left shows which Calling is currently active.
➨ Available only during "Do 3 WQs with your Trainee" Calling:
Lucy - drops from Dirty Glinting Object
Notes: This object is "dug up" by the Trainee that you're assigned to for this Calling. There are different named Trainees for each Covenant though, and it's random which one you're given each time. Only one named Trainee per Covenant can find the object for you. If they find one, they'll emote/say something. Your Trainee will stick around with you for the duration of the quest, so DON'T turn it in if you want more time to search for objects.
➨ Available only during "Collect 3 Coins of Brokerage" and "Do WQs, loot treasures, kill rares in X zone" Callings:
Bastion
Gilded Wader - drops from Silver Strongbox
Maldraxxus
Skittering Venomspitter - drops from Sprouting Growth
Bubbling Pustule - drops from Slime-Coated Crate
Revendreth
Burdened Soul - drops from Secret Treasure
Trapped Stonefiend - drops from Bleakwood Chest
➨ Available during the A Stolen Stone Fiend WQ (Revendreth):
Dal - After completing the World Quest, speak with Penkle located behind the building to receive a Cage Key. Use the key to unlock the cage next to Penkle and collect this pet.
➨ Available during the Muck It Up WQ (Revendreth):
Primordial Bogling - Drops from the Bog Beast rare that has a chance to spawn during this WQ. If you complete the quest, stick around for the rare.
➨ Honorable mention goes to the Swarming Souls WQ (Revendreth):
Wrathling - Drops from the Manifestation of Wrath rare that has a chance to spawn during this WQ. If you complete the quest, stick around for the rare. HOWEVER this pet can also drop from a normal rare spawn, Prideful Hulk, so it's not exclusive to this WQ.
Just to round out my Covenant guides, I'm making this post to briefly explain the way the other 3 Covenants work for the 8 shared battle pets. Night Fae guide can be found here. Other Covenant-specific-earned and/or crafted pets won't be mentioned.
As a disclaimer, I'm combining these 3 into one post because Necrolord is straight forward, and I didn't test Kyrian and Venthyr much because of how annoying the testing experience was for that content on Beta. Night Fae had a lot of help in the way of testing - NPCs, vendors, abilities to skip time, etc. Meanwhile, Kyrian and Venthyr did not. These won't be very detailed sections, I'm afraid.
If there's anything I've missed or is incorrect, please let me know, thanks!
There are ~8 pets that are shared across the four Covenants, obtained in different ways depending on which Covenant you're in.
This overview explains how to obtain these battle pets as a member of the Night Fae.
Many thanks to @patf0rd for their help testing.
If there's anything I've missed or is incorrect, please let me know, thanks!
The Covenant (or Sanctum) Feature that yields these pets is called The Queen's Conservatory. Think of it as a "talent" for your hall/sanctum, and it can be upgraded multiple times. Each Tier upgrade unlocks additional content and provides bonuses.
Once the feature is unlocked, you'll gain access to what I like to think of as a private garden atop one of the gigantic Ardenweald trees. In addition to growing plants, your ultimate goal is to help the dead (Spirits) grow enough to be able to transition back into the realm of the living (reincarnation).
You'll start out with a modest number of pods and plots to work with. As you apply upgrades more pods and plots will become available.
Each Tier upgrade costs an increasing amount of Reservoir Anima and Redeemed Souls, and will take an increasing amount of time to complete.
For the pets, you'll want The Queen's Conservatory, Tier 2 (Initial Growth) at the very least. This unlocks at least one Wildseed pod that is attached to two Catalyst plots. More is better, of course! Additional information on why this is the case listed below.
List of all Shadowlands battle pets that require a specific Covenant to obtain, and any additional requirements.
AFAIK, all of these pets can be summoned on any toon regardless of Covenant status, except Renown pets. Renown pets can only be summoned by members of their associated Covenant.
Note: There are 8 pets (marked with an asterisk* in each list) shared and available across all Covenants. How they're obtained will vary for each Covenant.
KYRIAN (13)
requires Inside the Park Home Run achievement
requires Itsy Bitsy Fighters achievement
requires Itsy Bitsy Fighters achievement
requires The Hoot of the Issue achievement
requires Charmed, I'm Sure achievement
requires Curse of Thirst achievement
TL;DR - Need to do for Kyrian pets:
-------------------------------------------------------
NECROLORD (11)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
requires Honored with Stitchmasters faction (Necrolord sub-faction)
TL;DR - Need to do for Necrolord pets:
-------------------------------------------------------
NIGHT FAE (16)
requires Friendly with Marasmius faction (Night Fae sub-faction)
requires Friendly with Marasmius faction (Night Fae sub-faction)
requires participation in at least 3 different Star Lake Amphitheater performances
requires Friendly with Marasmius faction (Night Fae sub-faction)
requires Friendly with Court of Night faction (Night Fae sub-faction)
requires Friendly with Court of Night faction (Night Fae sub-faction)
TL;DR - Need to do for Night Fae pets:
-------------------------------------------------------
VENTHYR (13)
requires Revered with The Ember Court (Venthyr sub-faction)
TL;DR - Need to do for Venthyr pets:
Giveaway has ended. Keep this post up for for posterity's sake.
WINNERS:
@KerynWeylan - NA
@stormcrowned- EU
Congrats!
------------------------------------
10 years ago I officially joined the WarcraftPets admin team. To celebrate a decade of volunteering I'm giving away one(1) Gryphon Hatchling code (NA-region) and one(1) Blizzard Store pet (EU-region).
The Gryphon Hatchling battle pet was part of a plushie-pet bundle sold from the Blizzard Store. They've since discontinued it, and it's unknown if/when either will be made available again.
Consolidating details on Shadowlands battle pets. All info from Beta and is subject to change.
Full list of New Shadowlands battle pets: https://www.warcraftpets.com/wow-pets/new/
Full list of Datamined Shadowlands battle pets: https://www.warcraftpets.com/wow-pets/unlisted/
Total Shadowlands Pets
135
Notes: *For Now* (see this Muffinus Tweet)
Family Breakdown
Dragonkin - 0
Mechanical - 1
Aquatic - 3
Humanoid - 8
Elemental - 12
Magic - 14
Undead - 19
Critter - 22
Beast - 22
Flying - 34 (+1?)
Notes: The question marks indicate the number of pets that are missing/hidden in the Pet Journal but could still be available in the future.
Wild Pets
Total: 25
Ardenweald - 6
Bastion - 8
Maldraxxus - 6
Revendreth - 5
Polished Pet Charms Needed
5250 PPC
- to buy twenty vendor pets @ 250 each + one item @ 250 for a crafted pet
Note: This value is if you acquire 8 shared Covenant pets only from the Kyrian Covenant, assuming the 3 missing Kyrian vendor pets can be unlocked later and purchased with charms
OR
3250 PPC
- to buy twelve vendor pets @ 250 each + one item @ 250 for a crafted pet
Note: This value is if you acquire 8 shared Covenant pets from any other Covenant other than Kyrian
Other Currency Needed
20 Argent Commendation (pre-patch)
99+ Infused Rubies
1000 Sinstone Fragments
25 Malleable Flesh
14000 Reservoir Anima (or 6000 Anima if you acquire eight pets from any other Covenant other than Necrolord)
120 Grateful Offering
Notes: Might need more than 99 Infused Rubies. I haven't been able to confirm, but testing on Beta leads me to believe that Venthyr members will need to buy Hand Crafted Mirror Repair Kit (20 rubies each) to repair broken mirrors for one of the battle pets.
Pets with Multiple Appearances
Crawbat (3 colors)
Dredger Butler (4 colors - can only collect 1)
Invertebrate Oil (2 colors)
Iridescent Ooze (3 colors, possible color-changer)
PHA7-YNX (3 colors )
It's done. They've solved it. Well, one person, actually (thank you for saving us Paul!). Jenafur's been found. BFA can finally come to an end. And yet, it feels like a bittersweet end.
Normally, if I don't enjoy a Secret, I simply don't participate. I've yet to obtain Lucid Nightmare or the Crimson Tidestallion. However, both of those involve mount rewards. I'm not a big mount collector, but I *am* a pet collector.
So Jenafur is/was different. I had to be invested in this damn cat. And at first it was interesting. Going from Amara to Crazy Cat Lady's house, eventually to Karazhan. This cat was taking us on an adventure! Then...we went no where for almost a year.
I've no problem with puzzles taking time, but from the start I had a feeling this one would be a struggle for the community. Not only was the reward obviously a battle pet (a not-so-enticing reward for most), BFA wasn't exactly a super popular expansion. I've noticed that most Secrets work due to brute-forcing and numbers. Have enough people trying enough theories at the same time, and someone is bound to come across the solution or part of it. This generally requires a lot of excitement about the Secret though, and a battle pet usually doesn't generate a lot of interest unfortunately.
In addition to lacking in numbers and interest, this puzzle was, to be blunt, implemented poorly. Once inside Karazhan players had an idea of what the next step was, but nothing was clear. It felt disjointed and missing cohesiveness. There weren't any indications if what you just did was the "right" thing or "wrong" thing. Which can make a puzzle VERY frustrating. Players knew what needed to be done, but had no direction on *how* to do it. Food, check. Something to do with music, check. Music staff? Maybe check. But what food, in what order, and where? We ended up at a dead end.
This went on for about a year. During that time there were hints dropped here and there, which initially gave players some direction. But then the hints just felt as if they were restating what we already knew.
There's also rumor/speculation that the Make-A-Wish girl had to "leak" the sheet music associated with this Secret to a friend, who then shared it with others, until it eventually made it to the Secrets community. Without this sheet music, it's possible we wouldn't have the solution today.
Speaking of sheet music, reading over how Paul solved this puzzle... it's just mind boggling to a layperson. I only have *very* basic understanding and knowledge of music, and I somewhat understood the whole food = notes, floor tiles = music staff. How they came to the final solution (which food to use and where to place) still boggles my mind though. So I'm just wondering how the hell someone with ZERO music knowledge was supposed to figure this puzzle out.
I'm also not fond of the fact that we needed external resources to aid in solving this Secret. I much prefer and enjoy puzzles that can be solved by just playing the game. The sheet music and hints felt necessary for this one, which just feels... not great.
I won't go into the whole controversy around the final hint and how it was presented by the girl herself. Let's just say I have many thoughts on it. If you really want to know and we're mutuals, I might discuss it with you. Maybe.
All in all, I'm glad this one is over and done with. It required what felt like a lot of external help, which doesn't feel great.
I feel guilty for saying this, but I really did not enjoy this Secret. Both as a participant and as an observer. Participating felt more than just frustrating, it felt futile. Observing was cringe-worthy at best.
I hope some lessons were learned while the community spent almost a year (with help!) trying to figure this one out, only to have someone that doesn't even play WoW solve it. My hope is that future Secrets are not implemented in this manner. Any "hints" should be readily available in the game, and if the Secret isn't a popular one, the need for many different eyes and minds should be minimized as much as possible. Even a layperson should be able understand/solve it in that type of situation.
Anyway, go get yourself Jenafur. She will emote occasionally, and very rarely turn shadowy and sprout tentacles (pictured above) all while whispering ominous messages to you. At this point I'm on her side. Destroy it all Jenafur, destroy it all.
It's been a while since I last posted, eh?
Shadowlands stuff! Finally! There's not a lot of new Pet Battle content (yet), but there sure are a TON of upcoming battle pets. Over 100, last I checked.
I've been compiling a list of pet models for WarcraftPets' graphic artist (to help make it a little easier on her workload), so I figured I'd make a list of Shadowlands pet models that are reused/reskinned vs. unique Shadowlands models. For the curious. Just some small trivia heh.
Here is a list of battle pet models and the number of new pets that will use it (plus an example image of what the model looks like). It's not a full list detailing every single upcoming pet. More like a summary.
At the very end is the number of unique-model pets.
► Approx. 182 attempts for K'uddly & Corrupted Tentacle
► Approx. 183 days for Wicked Lurker
Can't really figure out how many attempts since it's random whether or not the rare that drops this pet will spawn.► Approx. 104 OR 105 attempts for Rotbreath & Aqir Tunneler
The number varies slightly because it depends on which Minor Uldum assault starts at the beginning of every other week (Aqir or Amathet). For this year (2020 and includes first few days of 2021) it's roughly 104 attempts.