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New Holiday Pet
Arfus (pictured right) has a chance to drop from the epic Loot-Filled Pumpkin. This pet is Bind On Pick Up and not cageable. The loot bag is awarded for the first Headless Horseman kill per character (level 60+) per day.
For a slightly increased drop chance, you can activate a personal "hardmode" of the Headless Horseman encounter. Accepting the curses from the wickermen (found to the left as you zone into the dungeon) will make the fight more challenging for you, but may lead to better/more rewards from the bag. Check out Wowhead's Hallow's End Headless Horseman Hardmode guide to learn more about this updated holiday boss.
Store Pets Retiring Soon™
Two Blizzard Store battle pets will be leaving the shop indefinitely in the near future. [source]
Nibbles and Mischief are currently part of a special Hallow's End Pack (but can also still be purchased individually). In the same vein as a recently released pet, Maggz, items in this bundle will be retired from the store on October 31, 2023. However, unlike Maggz, it's unknown if Nibbles and Mischief will make an appearance at the Trading Post in the future, but it's possible.
I occasionally received a pet, but never the stickman hook manuscript. Sadly, the pet cannot be traded either.
While it's unknown if they'll be available through the Trading Post later, it's always a good idea to retro bowl grab them if you want them for your collection.
So many alts run through this fight every single day of the event. Curses activated, no curses activated. Didn't matter. Got every other reward but this one. So frustrating. :(
120 attempts and never did get this pet. So frustrating to have a rare pet drop on a limited time boss.
I got a pet a few times but not the manuscript. the pet cant be traded either unfortunately :( pet drop rate without curses 1.1%
Very frustrating. Why could they not make this for treats....
Yep I have done it on 16 characters each day and no puppy yet. Really frustrating!
Anyone know the drop rate? It seems very low. I'm running this on multiple toons.
I got him on day 2 with an alt, and with all the curses still remaining, it was easier to keep the curse buffs on as a hunter and avoid the pools of everything as my Rogue lost the buff instantly. I have the worst luck with loot drops in anything I do, so it made my year ...as for Arfus he sleeps a lot and wags his tail in his sleep, his bark echoes and he does a swimming motion pawing the air but that might have just been down to the lag in Valdrakken .. he's a cutie :)
44 runs no pet ( with a misture of curses on and off) , I've only seen one person get this pet in all those runs =(
I HAVE DONE IT EVERYDAY ON 20 PLUS TOONS AND NOTHING GOD I HATE THESE DROP RATES
The drop rate is fn stupid.