This companion actually requires the festival to be "in town", which happens on Sunday evenings starting at 9 PM (server time) and lasts roughly until 11 PM (server time).
The festivities occur on Turtle Beach in the Krasarang Wilds (northeast beach). You'll know you're in the right area and the right time if you see floating lanterns on the water just before the NPCs spawn.
The Pandaren will then come out from the jungle to the sand, set up bonfires, kegs, lanterns and set off fireworks near the giant turtle statue. At the same time, many little Wanderer's Festival Hatchlings will spawn on the beach, so be ready to battle and capture! :)
Thank you for these pictures - how lovely!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately being an Aussie this is going to be very hard for me to get ... I think 9pm Sunday server time is mid-afternoon on a Monday for me, when I'm at work :(
@Kintarah: One thing that you could try is buddying up with someone on a different server, one with a more convenient timezone for you. Since pets are account-wide, all you'd need to do is have the appropriate level pet-team and a summon to Turtle Beach during the festival. I'm not sure if there are any level restrictions to Pandaria, though, even with a direct summon.
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