These miscfit...err misfit...pets don't really have an epic tale to tell, unless of course you consider feats of strength, pure RNG luck, being at the right place at the right time, having the right professions in game, or having a sizable wallet to be an epic situation. Then I suppose the story of acquisition told would solely belong to the owner of the pet, and not the general populous.
Here is your list of miscellaneous pets that are acquired by means other than what was originally implemented within each expansion pack.
Collector's Edition
Frosty - Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition
Lil' Deathwing - Cataclysm Collector's Edition
Lurky - Burning Crusade Collector's Edition, EU only
Mini Diablo - Original WoW Collector's Edition
Mini Thor - Starcraft II Collector's Edition
Netherwhelp - Burning Crusade Collector's Edition
Panda Cub - Original WoW Collector's Edition
Zergling - Original WoW Collector's Edition
BlizzCon
Deathy - 2010
Grunty - 2009
Murky - 2005
Trading Card Game
Bananas - King Mukla loot card, Through the Dark Portal
Dragon Kite - Kiting loot card, March of the Legion
Ethereal Soul-Trader - Ethereal Plunderer, The Hunt for Illidan
Hippogryph Hatchling - Thunderhead Hippogryph loot card, Heroes of Azeroth
Landro's Lil' XT - Landro's Lil' XT loot card, Worldbreaker
Rocket Chicken - Robotic Homing Chicken loot card, March of the Legion
Spectral Tiger Cub - Spectral Kitten loot card, Scourgewar
Tuskarr Kite - Tuskarr Kite loot card, Scourgewar
Coming Soon
Landro's Lichling - TCG "War of the Ancients" Coming April 2011
Landro's Lil' XT - TCG "Worldbreaker" more info coming soon
Nighsaber Cub - TCG, "Twilight of the Dragons" Coming July 2011
Landro's Lil' XT - TCG "Worldbreaker" more info coming soon
Nighsaber Cub - TCG, "Twilight of the Dragons" Coming July 2011
Holiday
Clockwork Rocket Bot - Drop, Winter Veil Present 2007, no longer available
Curious Oracle Hatchling - Orphan's Week, Quest: Back to the Orphanage, Wrath of the Lich King required
Curious Wolvar Pup - Orphan's Week, Quest: Back to the Orphanage, Wrath of the Lich King required
Egbert - Orphan's Week, Quest: Back to the Orphanage/Back to the Orphanage, Burning Crusade required
Father Winter's Helper - Drop, Winter Veil, Gaily Wrapped Present which is found in Orgrimmar or Ironforge, must be level 20+ to loot, BoU, 1 in 4
Frigid Frostling - Drop, Satchel of Chilled Goods, Midsummer Fire Festival, The Slave Pens, Lord Ahune, Wrath of the Lich King required, BoP, 1 in 20
Mr. Wiggles - Orphan's Week, Quest: A Warden of the Alliance/Horde
Peanut - Orphan's Week, Quest: Back to the Orphanage/Back to the Orphanage, Burning Crusade required
Peddlefeet - Love is in the Air, 40 Love Tokens, various vendors
Pint-Sized Pink Pachyderm - Brewfest, 100 Brewfest Prize Tokens, Dun Morogh, Belbi Quickswitch; Durotar, Blix Fixwidget
Searing Scorchling - Drop, Midsummer Fire Festival, The Slave Pens, Lord Ahune, 1 in 65, Burning Crusade required, BoP, no longer available
Sinister Squashling - Hallow's End, Drop: Treat Bag/Crudely Wrapped Gift/Headless Horseman, 1 in 20, Burning Crusade required
Spirit of Summer - Midsummer Fire Festival, 350 Burning Blossoms, Midsummer Supplier/Merchant, various zones
Spring Rabbit - Noblegarden, 100 Noblegarden Chocolates, Noblegarden Vendors (Alliance)/Noblegarden Merchants (Horde), Drop: Brightly Colored Egg, 1 in 100
Tiny Snowman - Winter Veil, Gaily Wrapped Present, 1 in 4
Toxic Wasteling - Love is in the Air, Drop: Shadowfang Keep, Heart-Shaped Box, Apothecary Hummel, 1 in 65
Whiskers the Rat - Orphan's Week, Quest: A Warden of the Alliance/Horde
Winter Reindeer - Winter Veil, Gaily Wrapped Present, BoU, 1 in 4
Winter's Little Helper - Winter Veil, Gaily Wrapped Present, BoU, 1 in 4
Wolpertinger - Brewfest, Quest: Catch the Wild Wolpertinger! Alliance/Horde
Feat of Strength
Baby Blizzard Bear - Logged in during WoW's 4th Anniversary, no longer available
Jade Tiger - Logged in for a WoW China event, Limited to servers in China
Kirin Tor Familiar - Higher Learning (Dalaran)
Murkimus the Gladiator - Participated in 200 matches in the 2009 Arena Tournament. No longer Available.
Murkimus the Gladiator - Participated in 50 3v3 Arena Tournament games in 2009. No longer Available.
Onyxian Whelpling - Logged in during WoW's 5th Anniversary, no longer available
Plump Turkey - Complete the Pilgrim meta achievement, Pilgrim's Bounty (holiday)
Spirit of Competition - Win 1+ battlegrounds during the 2008 Olympics event, no longer available
There are two new pet collecting achievements that *should* be released along with patch 4.1 for collecting 100/125 pets. The achievement names/pets awarded are not yet known.
Promotional
Essence of Competition - Special promotion, Limitied to servers in China, no longer available
Golden Pig - Unknown promotion, Limited to servers in China
Gurky - Fansite contest giveaway, Limited to EU servers, no longer available
Lucky - Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2007, Limited to servers in Korea, no longer available
Mini Tyrael - Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008
Mr. Chilly - WoW/Battle.net Account Merger, no longer available
Poley - iCoke promotion, Limited to servers in China
Purple Jade Leopard (No link, sorry!) - Billing Campaign, Limited to servers in Taiwan, no longer available
Silver Pig - Unknown promotion, Limited to servers in China
Tiny Green Dragon - iCoke Promotion, Limited to servers in China
Tiny Red Dragon - iCoke Promotion, Limited to servers in China
Warbot - Mountain Dew Game Fuel, Limited to US and Oceanic servers, no longer available
Blizz Store
Core Hound Pup - Authenticator Account Link
Gryphon Hatchling - Digital Download, comes with a plush.
Lil' K.T. - Digital Download
Lil' Ragnaros - Digital Download
Lil' XT - Digital Download
Moonkin Hatchling (Alliance) - Digital Download
Moonkin Hatchling (Horde) - Digital Download
Pandaren Monk - Digital Download
Wind Rider Cub - Digital Download, comes with a plush.
Profession
Clockwork Gnome - Archaeology, Cataclysm required, BoP
Crawling Claw - Archaeology, Cataclysm required, BoA (one use)
De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion - Gnomish Engineering, BoU
Elementium Geode - Mining, Elementium Vein/Rich Elementium Vein, Twilight Highlands/Deepholm/Uldum, BoU
Enchanted Lantern - Enchanting, Made by Horde only, can be sold/used cross faction, BoU
Fossilized Hatchling - Archaeology, Cataclysm required, BoP
Lifelike Mechanical Toad - Engineering, BoU
Lil' Smoky - Engineering, BoU
Mechanical Squirrel - Engineering, BoU
Personal World Destroyer - Goblin Engineering, BoU
Pet Bombling - Engineering, BoU
Tranquil Mechanical Yeti - Engineering, BoU
I'd really like to take a moment to recognize a few sites that enabled me to put together all of these companion lists, as well as point you in the direction of where you can find some of these purchasable pets (if your wallet allows you to partake in some of this RL bound collecting that is).
Warcraft Pets - The Vanity Pets index on this site was incredibly valuable with putting this together. Without it, it would have taken me months to compose a complete list. Warcraftpets.com is pretty good about keeping up to date on the latest and greatest pet editions to the game, and it allows you to keep a profile of all the pets you have/have yet to collect. I highly recommend this site for all pet collectors.
Wowhead - Not only is this my go-to site for all of the links within these lists, Wowhead's comment section is a wealth of information (usually). If you don't find the information you seek right off the bat while looking at the item in question, check the comments section. Usually you can find the answers you seek there.
MMO-Champion - This is my source for all things data-mined and PTR. If you don't already check MMO Champ on a regular basis, it may be something for you to look into.
Blizzard Store - Head on over to the Blizzard Store in order to purchase a variety of virtual pets. Some even come with plushies!
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game - This is the source for those wonderful TGC loot cards that any collector would love to get their hands on. If your luck is poor at obtaining the illusive loot cards via buying packets, you can always try your hand at getting the item of your desires through eBay.
Many thanks to these sites for all of the hard work that has been put out. Without your contributions this list would probably have never been made and all of us collectors would be left in the dark. /salute!
That is all for this month's theme. Next week we'll move onto a different collection for you all to consider getting interested in. Until then, happy hoarding hoarders!
World of Saz 2011
World of Saz 2011
This has been a great series Saz, which I've enjoyed every bit of! Thanks so much for putting it together.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sol, I'm glad you've enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteI shall do what I can! Thank you for the kind words and thanks to your cousin for the referral ; )
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