News and Updates

Patch 10.0.7 is live this week and there are new battle pets to collect and battles to overcome. [source]

New Pets
19 new pets have been added in the latest content patch.

The majority of pets can be found on the new zone, The Forbidden Reach. Kill rares, loot treasures, and even head into the Zskera Vault to find new companions to join your adventures.

Check out new pets in 10.0.7!

The final pet included in this patch is the Volatile Self-Driving Toolbox (pictured right). This pet is a new reward from the Recruit-A-Friend program. We'll be adding this pet to our database as soon as possible.

In the meantime, we'll see you on The Forbidden Reach!

New World Quests & Achievements
Want to challenge your newly found pets? 10.0.7 brings an excellent quality of life change. Each Dragon Isles zone will now have one Pet Battle World Quest up per day, instead of only one active for the entire island.

Additionally, there are 8 new World Quests to complete on the Dragon Isles, plus four Pet Battle "Bosses" on The Forbidden Reach. Completing all of these will award the achievements Battle on the Dragon Isles II and Global Swarming.

The Forbidden Reach "Boss" pet encounters have an additional reward — a collectible pet that corresponds with the elemental pet you defeat!

Independent of the other Dragon Isles Pet Battle World Quests, one of four possible elemental Pet Battle World Quests will be active each day on The Forbidden Reach.


These are unique battles as the elite pet NPC has three difficulty/quality levels: Legendary, Epic, and Rare, with each NPC starting at Legendary.

Players can temporarily lower the difficulty by defeating nearby pets (example pictured right) that are empowering the elemental elite. These are single enemy encounters, and each defeated pet lowers the quality by one.

Everyone in the same phase will see the same difficulty, and each player can assist in lowering the quality of the "Boss" pet by defeating nearby enemy pets. Weakening the "Boss" to Rare and then completing the World Quest will reward a pet.

Difficulty regenerates over time, so don't linger around too long (roughly 10 to 20 minutes) without completing the World Quest, otherwise you'll need to go through the process of weakening the elemental again. Or you can always test your pet team against the elemental NPC in its most difficult state.

Coming Soon: New RAF Rewards
Blizzard recently announced that new rewards would be coming to the Recruit-A-Friend program in the upcoming content patch (releasing March 21). [source]

Starting in Patch 10.0.7, a recruited friend that adds at least one month of game time to their account will earn you the new Volatile Self-Driving Toolbox pet. More rewards can be earned for additional game time, however only one month is necessary to collect this battle pet.

The release of a new pet (and other items) will mean the current RAF rewards will be retired soon. This includes the existing RAF pet reward, Rikki (pictured right). It's unknown if they'll be made available again in the future, or if we'll be able to collect them through some other avenue (such as the in-game Trading Post feature).

Note that any recruited friends that are currently active will continue to earn you rewards for the existing set of rewards (includes Rikki). If their subscription lapses at any point after 10.0.7, any new game time added will apply to the next set of rewards (includes the new pet).

Be sure to recruit a friend soon if you don't want to miss out on Rikki. Alternatively, learn how you can recruit yourself for the rewards.

We're eager to find out what the Volatile Self-Driving Toolbox pet looks like, and we'll include it in the WarcraftPets database as soon as possible.

March's Trading Post Pet
Speaking of the Trading Post — Available this month from this in-game feature is the Pandaren Monk (pictured right)!

This pet was previously a Blizzard Store item, however it was recently retired and instead included in the Trading Post. It now costs 650 Trader's Tender, but don't wait too long to purchase this pet. Once this month ends the Trading Post rewards will change and it's unknown when the Pandaren Monk will be for sale again.

UPDATE: The Time-Lost Vorquin Foal is now available to collect, while Garrlok won't be available until February 1st. Happy collecting!

There are new pets to collect in the upcoming 10.0.5 content patch (release date January 24th, 2023). [source]

Trading Post
A new feature, the Trading Post, is being added on February 1st, 2023. [source]

Players will be able to earn Trader’s Tender by logging into the game and completing in-game activities. This currency can be used to purchase various rewards that rotate monthly.

Among these items are new battle pets! At the moment, only one pet has been confirmed, Garrlok (pictured right), an adorable baby ogre.

However, there are a number of datamined pets with their source listed as the Trading Post (pictured and listed below, Crushhoof and Watcher of the Huntress not pictured). We may see them in future reward rotations.

• Buttercup
• Buzzworth
• Crushhoof
• Drazka'zet the Wrathful
• Egbob
• Lil' Maka'jin
• Pippin
• Watcher of the Huntress

Which pet are you looking forward to the most?

New Primal Storm Event
An in-game event, The Storm’s Fury, is another addition in 10.0.5, and there's a new pet!

Every 5 hours players can join in the efforts to push back the Primalists in Thaldraszus. Earn 105 Essence of the Storm from this event, plus 1500 Elemental Overflow, to purchase the Time-Lost Vorquin Foal pet (pictured right).

Happy holiday wishes from all of us at WarcraftPets! Have a safe and wonderful season, and a joyous Feast of Winter Veil!

Thank you for continuing to support WarcraftPets over the years. We wish everyone a prosperous and pet-filled 2023!

About the Artist:  Ooghra (Erin Gomez) is a long-time pet collector and WarcraftPets user. She's a talented graphic artist and we've previously featured her amazing creations in our 2016 April Fool's and Pet Battle Royale series!

Tis' the Season

Looking for the perfect in-game gift for friends, family, or even yourself? Blizzard's annual Holiday Sale is going on right now — adopt battle pets at a discounted price! [source]

Two battle pets, Lil' K.T. and Pandaren Monk (pictured below), will be retiring from the Blizzard Store on January 2, 2023. This means they will not be purchasable from the shop soon.

     
Although Lil' K.T. and Pandaren Monk will be disappearing from the Blizzard Store, these pets will make an appearance in the upcoming Trading Post in-game feature, so they won't be gone forever.

This week's hotfixes include updates to Jingles, Bakar Companion, and Ohuna Companion. [source]

A Festive Pet
Blizzard has released a fix for Jingles' holiday accessories. Previously, only some players received a version of this pet with a candy cane and wreath. Hopefully with this latest update, all players will get to enjoy this baby raptor's festive appearance.

"Jingles should now have a chance to show up with his wreath and candy cane on summon, instead of being locked into an appearance."

The Hunt For Pets
Included in this week's hotfix are sources for two mysterious Dragon Isles pets — Bakar Companion and Ohuna Companion.

     
"The first three Centaur Hunts each week now have a chance to award a Bakar or Ohuna battle pet."

Make sure to join in the Centaur Grand Hunt Events for a chance at these good boys/girls!

Blizzard recently made some changes to the new pet collecting achievements introduced in Dragonflight.

• Many More Mini Minions (1200 unique pets required, down from 1250)
• Proven Pet Parent (1400 unique pets required, down from 1500)
• What Can I Say? They Love Me. (1600 unique pets required, down from 1750)
• Good Things Come in Small Packages (2k pet achievement removed) - pet reward: Mister Muskoxeles (pet removed)

These changes come after an Annie Fuchsia interview with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas. During the interview it was noted that achievements that are not yet obtainable shouldn't be included unless they can actually be earned by players.

Now that these achievements require a lower number of unique pets, more players will reach the necessary requirements for the following pets sooner:

• Crystalline Mini-Monster (pictured above, left)
• Secretive Frogduck (pictured above, right)
• Violet Violence (pictured right)

If Blizzard sticks to their philosophy of not adding unobtainable achievements, it could be some time before we see the 2k pet collecting achievement again. But we can't help but wonder if it will be updated and have a new reward. We'll have to wait and see.

From December 9th 12:00am PST through December 13th 02:59pm PST, watching a Dragonflight Twitch stream four at least four hours will reward the adorable Cenarion Hatchling! [source]

To be eligible, make sure to connect your Twitch account to your Battle.net account.

How to:
1. Go to https://www.twitch.tv and make an account if you don't already have one.

2. Go to https://account.battle.net/connections and find the section for Twitch. Select "+Connect" and follow the instructions to connect your Bnet account to your Twitch account.

3. Make sure you're logged into your Twitch account and start watching live Dragonflight streams during the time period noted above.

Happy collecting!