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The reveals during BlizzCon 2023 were spectacular, but we're most excited about the next expansion, plus three new promotional pets (a couple of which are available right now)!

Warcraft Rumble

Blizzard's newest IP, Warcraft Rumble, is now available to download and play on iOS and android. As a special incentive, there are rewards for playing during the first two weeks following the mobile game's official release. And one of the rewards happens to be a new WoW battle pet! [source]

To earn Gnomelia Gearheart (pictured right), players will need to complete the first zone in Warcraft Rumble. There are 5 encounters, with Hogger as the final one (because of course he wouldn't settle for less than being the final boss). The starting zone acts like a tutorial on how to play the game, so even if you're not familiar with mobile action strategy games, defeating Hogger is doable.

Don't wait too long to try out Warcraft Rumble. Per the article linked above, the promotion is only active for two weeks (likely ends around November 17, 2023, however a specific date has not been announced).

"Incentives available for two weeks after the official launch of Warcraft Rumble to all players who play Warcraft Rumble during that time period and defeat Hogger at the end of the tutorial."

The War Within

The next WoW expansion, The War Within, has been announced and is available for pre-purchase. And what would a new expansion be without a special edition pet? [source]

Squally (pictured right) is one of the many rewards for purchasing the Epic Edition of The War Within. This adorable baby storm gryphon is added directly to the Pet Journal upon purchase.

It's unknown if a Collector's Edition of the expansion will be released, but if so, it will likely include this pet as well.

Cataclysm Classic

The final promotional pet revealed during this year's BlizzCon is tied to WoW Classic.

Classic will be moving onto the next chapter of WoW in the coming year, and players that invest in the next expansion can collect a new pet for both Classic and Retail. [source]

Lil' Wrathion (pictured right) can be collected by purchasing the Cataclysm Classic Blazing Heroic Pack. The pet is available in Classic immediately after purchase, however Retail collectors will need to wait until Patch 10.2 to receive their version of Lil' Wrathion.

We'll add this whelpling, as well as the other two new pets, to our database as soon as possible, thank you for your patience.

Guardians of the Dream is live this week, and there are many new pets to collect! [source]

New Pets
Patch 10.2 brings us 29 new collectible pets. Here is a quick summary:

• 9 purchasable from vendors
• 9 wild pets
• 6 drops
• 3 achievement rewards
• 2 quest rewards

Note that many of the pets sold by vendors in the new zone will require reaching various Renown levels with the new faction, the Dream Wardens.

Check out new pets in 10.2!


Three additional pets, Aura, Mitzy, and Time-Lost Salamanther (pictured above), are currently not listed in the Pet Journal. However, datamining has revealed that they will likely be from the Trading Post in the future. We'll be adding these three to WarcraftPets when they're released, we can't wait!

New Achievements
There are a few new achievements that are either pet-related or reward a new pet.

• Emerald Dream Safari
• Friends In Feathers (rewards Blueloo)
• Don't Let the Doe Hit You On the Way Out (rewards Ivy)
• Ducks In A Row (rewards Sergeant Quackers)

The first achievement is straight forward: capture the new wild pets in the Emerald Dream. Unfortunately, it doesn't reward a pet.

'Friends In Feathers' does have a pet reward, however players will need to wait for a specific World Quest ("Claws For Concern") to pop up in order to complete the achievement.

The final two achievements require two encounters in the new raid, Amirdrassil, on Normal difficulty or higher.

New Twitch Drop

With the launch of 10.2 also comes new Twitch Drops! [source]

Starting November 7, 2023 (10:00 a.m. PST) to November 14, 2023 (10:00 a.m. PST), players can add Dottie (pictured right) to their collection by linking their Bnet account to their Twitch account, and then watch any World of Warcraft Twitch stream for at least four hours.