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Shadowlands Alpha: New Pets and Models

July 01, 2020
More pets were added in today's Shadowlands Alpha build, plus some interesting new models. [source]

New Pets
Today's patch included 7 new battle pets. This brings us to a current total of 77 datamined pets from Shadowlands Alpha!

PH Abomination and PH Skeleton Slime

Note that there are duplicates with placeholder(PH) names, however each has a unique ID which indicates separate pets. These will likely be updated in a future build. As with all things Alpha, not all are guaranteed to make it to release.

  • Bloodfeaster Spiderling
  • PH Abomination (pictured above, left)
  • PH Abomination
  • PH Hornet
  • PH Skeleton Slime (pictured above, right)
  • PH Skeleton Slime
  • PH Slime Tentacle


List of all datamined Shadowlands pets

Is It A Frog? A Duck?
Two new interesting models appeared in the latest Alpha build, however it's unclear if they will be tied to a collectible battle pet. [source]

frog duck
The first is named "Frog Duck" (pictured above), which looks like its name (we think it's more frog than duck).

piranha bowl
The second new model is an adorable little piranha in a bowl (pictured right). My, what big eyes you have!

We'll have to wait and see where these two models turn up, but we certainly hope they'll be part of our collections.

What do you think of the new pets and new models? What would you name your frog-duck if you collected one? And will this strange creature be as close to an actual duck as we'll ever get in World of Warcraft?
Posted by Quintessence

Pet Battle Changes In Shadowlands: Feedback Wanted

July 23, 2020
Shadowlands Beta
We're in Shadowlands Beta! There's more to test, including some Pet Battle content. Note that there are NO Beta keys, and access is still invite only.

Additionally, Blizzard recently posted a blog post regarding upcoming Pet Battle changes in the expansion. [source]

Pet Battles In Shadowlands
Some key notes from the blog post include:

  • No plans for a new pet charm currency in Shadowlands. Polished Pet Charms will continue to be the standard currency to buy vendor pets, consumables, and cosmetics.
  • New pet abilities and mechanics will be added in Shadowlands
  • Redesigned multiple abilities



Changed abilities include, but are not limited to the following.



What Blizzard plans on changing and why is detailed in their blog post. Keep in mind that this is still Beta, and these adjustments are subject to change as testing progresses.

They'll be monitoring how these changes impact older content as well as existing strategies for PVE encounters.

Those in Beta are encouraged to test old (and new!) Pet Battle content with the redesigned abilities, and to leave constructive feedback on the main Blizzard thread or on our forum thread.

What do you think of the proposed changes? Are there other abilities you feel need to be re-tuned?
Posted by Quintessence

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