WOW Achievement: Discombobberlated

One of the profession achievements which rewards a toy is the fishing achievement, Discombobberlated. This achievement rewards the toy, Reusable Oversized Bobber.

A quick way to complete this achievement is to go to Legion Dalaran and first visit Marcia Chase <Fishing Trainer & Supplies> near the fountain, to purchase Oversized Bobber.

Then enter the Dalaran Underbelly and make your way to The Black Market area.  Be aware that this area is sometimes PVP but if you want to counter that, to make sure you are not attacked, you can buy a bodyguard for 5 gold for 5 minutes from Raethan <Underbelly Guard Captain> near the entrance.

Once at the black market area you will see some green pools called Shimmering Whorl.  Using the Oversized Bobber fish in these pools and you will fish up the Sightless eyes,

From each successful cast you will get between 6 and 9 Sightless eyes and these will all count towards completing the achievement making it take far fewer than the 100 casts required if you were catching one fish at a time.  To complete the achievement took less than 5 minutes.  

Enjoy your new toy. :)

New WOW Twitch drop

From February 1st to February 5th 2023 Blizzard introduced a new Twitch drop which you could get if you link your battlenet account and your Twitch accounts and then watch 4 hours of Dragonflight content from selected streamers. The drop is an old trading card toy the Goblin Weather Machine - Prototype 01-B (Activate your personal weather maker (30 sec cooldown)).

This toy creates a personal, localised weather just for you including sun, rain, snow and if you are lucky even a rainbow. 

If you don't get the toy right away in WOW after you claimed it on Twitch this also happened to me. It didn't appear on live WOW for about 24 hours and I was a little worried that I would need to do a ticket, but the next day when I logged in the package was ready to open in the toybox. 

I would usually watch HazelNuttyGames but on this day my timing wasn't right and so to get this I watched Krakenlatte, shout out to her. It's a fun little toy I hope you managed to get it before the deadline and may the sun always shine on you :)

WOW: Soulshapes for Everyone

Soulshape is a signature ability for members of the Night Fae Covenant.  There are many different forms to collect, 72 in total, 50 Soulshapes and 22 Crittershapes.  They drop from treasures, bosses, random mobs and you can get them from quest rewards and buy them from rep vendors as well as many other ways to.  They are all over every activity in the Shadowlands.  

There were concerns that the Soulshape ability and all the shapes you had collected would disappear with Dragonflight.  However, with the Dragonflight Pre-patch there is a new quest from Lady Muunn in the Night Fae Covenant Hall which rewards the toy Seeds of Renewed Souls. 

This toy will not give you the Soulshape ability to jump forward, Flicker, or have increased movement speed but, you will still change into your chosen soulshape or crittershape and these can still be changed by speaking with Lady Muunn or Choofa in the Covenant Hall.  

Your other characters, who have not been Night Fae, will also be able to use the toy to become a Soulshape although they will not get a choice of forms and will only change into the starter form, the Vulpin.

Non Night Fae character Blackandblue as a Vulpin Soulshape

Brewfest 2019

Brewfest 2019 runs from September 20th to October 6th 2019, it is a festival based on specialty drinks and food like pretzels and sausage, with a little ram racing too.  There are a few things which are new for 2019 including the sausage eating contest and a new Brewfest themed hearthstone, along with various pets, mounts and toys from previous years.

The currency for Brewfest is Brewfest Prize Tokens and they can be collected from the introductory quests Welcome to Brewfest!, Chug and Chuck!, There and Back Again and Brewfest Chowdown as well as on a daily basis from the holiday dungeon, Coren Direbrew, the Ram Riding, Brewery Announcements, Bark For...!, and the Hozen, Alemental or Dark Iron invasions.  You can use these tokens to buy the new toys and transmog items.

New 2019 Toys
Brewfest Reveler's Hearthstone (200 Brewfest Prize Tokens)

"Return home in the most jubilant way possible!"

Brewfest Chowdown Trophy - Proudly display your Brewfest Chowdown Trophy!  

This trophy is sold by Britta Steinheart (alliance) and by Etga (horde) just outside the Brewfest festival ground for 5 Chowdown Champion Tokens.  You can collect these tokens by winning the new Chowdown Minigame.   

In this minigame you need to take a seat for the Chowdown with three other players and compete to eat sausages, eat 10 plates before your opponents to win.  You get three buttons to eat, drink and request more food.  Eating increases your bar, drinking will reduce it and if the bar fills you will choke interrupting you for a few seconds.  Requesting more food gets you another plate containing 2-5 sausages.  Clear 10 plates before your opponents to win.  

New 2019 Transmog

Garland of Grain (150 Brewfest Prize Tokens)

Tabard of Brew (200 Brewfest Prize Tokens)

Bottomless Brewfest Stein (10 Brewfest Prize Tokens), this can not be transmoged but is a really nice new stein to add to the purple, green and others from previous years.  Unfortunately you can only drink from it during Brewfest.

Enjoy your beer and sausage!

Pirates' Day 2019

There was nothing new for Pirates' Day 2019 which was on 19th September.  However if you joined Dread Captain DeMeza in Booty Bay for a drink you could get a pirate costume which lasts for 12 hours.

There is a quest to complete, You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat - Pull 33 Razor-Sharp Shark Teeth, which rewards 5x Emergency Pirate Outfits so you can be a pirate even when it is not pirates' day.  From Dread Captain DeMeza you can also purchase Petey, a bird which sits on your shoulder, for 10g and Big Bag of Booty, a huge bag of gold which will explode into smaller piles of gold that can be looted, for 300g.

There is a rare shark in the bay called Ol'Eary and killing him you have a chance to drop the toy Slightly-Chewed Insult Book - Shout a filthy pirate insult at everyone within earshot! that has a cooldown of 30 minutes.

"Yer ship has more holes than a sponge, ye slack-jawed cockroach!"

And why not visit the beach party for a drink and some jokes round the corner from Booty Bay.  The pirates there are having fun riding around on their Sea Ponies.  I think Blizzard should give us a Sea Pony as a toy next year that would be cool, I wanted to ride one :) 

Blizzard did offer a special 50% discount for Pirates' Day in the shop for the Dreadwake mount, which I already had, and the battle pet Cap'n Crackers which I didn't so I got him for only £4.50.  He is a little green parrot sporting a pirate hat and he looks really cute.

Other pets that look good with your pirate transmog could be Captain Nibs or Barnaby both from island expeditions.

Happy Pirate Day.  Aaarrrrrrrrrrr!

Pepe: The Tangerine Traveler

One of the costumes you can collect for your Pepe, the little orange and white bird which sits on your head, is the traveller costume where Pepe wears a cute pair of goggles and a back pack.  Finding Pepe like this also rewards an achievement The Tangerine Traveler - Find Pepe wearing his tiny, adorable goggles.

This Pepe can be found in Legion Dalaran.  When you find him click in him to interact with him and he will appear on your head.  Once clicked he will respawn immediately so he should always be somewhere around.
Here is a route around Dalaran to try and find him which covers all the current known locations.
We start at Krasus' Landing...

1. On a rock to the left of Aludane Whitecloud, the flight master, at Krasus' Landing.

Now got down the stairs and into the Violet Gate in front of of you.

2. On a barrel in the right hand room of the Violet Gate.
Leave the building and enter the shop opposite The Hunter's Reach.
3. On the counter between Dagna Flintlock and Aemara in The Hunter's Reach.

Leave the shop and continue clockwise.  
4. Inside the flower cart just outside the arch leading to Violet Hold.

Go through the archway into the area infront of the Violet Hold, then turn left.
5. On a barrel behind Archmage Timear close to Violet Hold.

Leave the Violet Hold area and enter the Dalaran Visitor Centre slightly left and across the street.

6. On the green pile of books on the right behind the counter in the Dalaran Visitor Centre.

Leave the shop and go right.

7. On the steps that lead to the shop Curiosities and Moore.

Enter the shop Curiosities and Moore and up the stairs.
8. On the Curiosities and Moore balcony behind the flower pot on the left.
Jump over the balcony and continue clockwise, take the next passage on the right into the Chamber if the Guardian, centre of Dalaran.

9. On the ledge behind Adorean Lew in the Chamber of the Guardian.

Leave through the passage you just entered, the one clockwise from Adorean Lew, and cross the street.
10. Under the fruit cart near Applebough the treant fruit vendor.

Carry on clockwise and enter the shop just before the steps to the Violet Citadel, The Threads of Fate.

11. On the counter in The Threads of Fate at the back of the shop near the Cloth Merchant.

Leave the shop and go up the steps to the Violet Citadel.
12. At the top of the stairs leading into the Violet Citadel, on the left.

Go back down the stairs and turn left to go through the arch and down to the first landing on your way towards the Dalaran Underbelly.
13.  On the boxes to the right of Classic Larry, leading into the Underbelly.

Go back up the stairs to ground level and turn immediately left and go towards the gap in the wall. look right...
14. On the post at the Pet Cemetery.

Go back to the path around Dalaran and continue clockwise.
15. On the left of the steps leading into Simply Enchanting shop.

Continue past the enchanting shop and turn left into the Magus Commerce Exchange, enter the First Aid shop, first shop on the left.
16. On the far right of the counter in the First to Your Aid shop.

Leave the shop and see the jewelry shop directly opposite.
17. On the stairs leading into the Cartier & Co. Fine Jewelry shop

Enter the jewelry shop.
18. On the table next to Timothy Jones in the Cartier & Co. Fine Jewelry shop
Leave the shop and enter the Talismanic Textiles (cloth shop) opposite.
19. On the railing on the first floor of Talismanic Textiles.
Leave the shop and enter the one next door, Legendary Leathers (leather shop).
20. On the railing on the first floor of Legendary Leathers.

Leave the shop and enter the one next door, Like Clockwork (engineering shop).

21. Just to the right inside the door of Like Clockwork on a small table.

Leave the shop and enter The Agronomical Apothecary (Alchemy shop) opposite.
22. In the centre hole in the shelving unit on the right wall in The Agronomical Apothecary.

Leave the shop and go across the street to just outside Things of the Past (archeology building).
23. On a crate behind Mona Everspring outside Things of the Past shop.

Continue to follow the street and enter the last shop on the left before you leave the Magus Exchange, Tanks for Everything (blacksmithing shop).
24. On a barrel near Arcanomancer Vridiel on the right as you enter Tanks for Everything.

Leave the shop through the far door on the right and turn left and left again towards the Antonidas Memorial.
25. To the right of the far bench near the Antonidas Memorial, two benches past Li-An Skymirror.

Leave the area of the memorial and go up the steps on your left to enter the bank (Northern Bank)

26. On the bench on the far left near Teller Rames.

Leave the  bank and go back down the stairs.
27. On the side of the well infront of the Northern Bank.

Enter The Legerdemain Lounge, the central corner building by going up the short flight of stairs.
28. On a barrel behind Arille Azuregaze, behind the bar in The Legerdemain Lounge.
Leave the Lounge by the far door and cross the street.
29. On the sign outside the shop One More Glass.
Continue clockwise round Dalaran to the shop just before Krasus' Landing.
30. On the fence outside Magical Menagerie.

And the circuit is done if you did not find Pepe go round again he should be there somewhere although this list may not be complete it is all spots I have found mentioned as of today.

YouTube: WOW Achievement: Tangerine Traveler

Noblegarden 2019

It is Easter time and that means chocolates, bunnies and eggs.  It is also the time for the WOW Noblegarden holiday which runs on EU servers from 22-29 April 2019.  During this holiday you can collect Brightly Colored Eggs around Azeroth.

The Brightly Colored Eggs all contain chocolate but they can also contain some transmog clothing (Spring Circlet, Spring Robes, White Tuxedo Shirt, Black Tuxedo Pants and Elegant Dress), a Spring Rabbit's Foot (Spring Rabbit pet), Spring Flowers, Blossoming Branch and a Cursed Rabbit's Foot. Also when collecting the eggs you can get polymorphed into a Noblegarden Bunny for 60 minutes.

The Brightly Colored eggs can be collected in 8 locations around Azeroth.  They are:

For the Horde

     - Tirisfal Glades, Brill

     - Mulgore, Bloodhoof Village

     - Eversong Woods, Falconwing Square
     - Durotar, Razor Hill

For the Alliance

     - Elwynn Forest, Goldshire

     - Azuremyst Isle, Azure Watch

     - Teldrassil, Dolanaar
     - Dun Morogh, Kharanos

There are also many achievements during the holiday including the achievement Noble Gardener which rewards the title #the Noble and is part of the meta achievement What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been which rewards the Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake.

To complete Noble Gardener you need to complete the following achievements:

- I Found One! - Find a Brightly Coloured Egg.
- Chocoholic - Eat 100 Noblegarden Chocolates.
- Desert Rose - Use Spring Robes to plant a flower in each of the deserts listed.
- Blushing Bride - Kiss someone wearing an Elegant Dress whilst wearing the Tuxedo.

- Hard Boiled - Lay an egg in Un'Goro Crater's Golakka Hot Springs as a rabbit.

- Spring Fling - Find your pet Spring Rabbit another one to love.
- Noble Garden - Hide a Brightly Coloured Egg in Silvermoon City/Stormwind.
- Shake Your Bunny-Maker - Use Spring flowers to place rabbit ears on players.

There are also a few achievements which are not part of Noble Gardener and  there can be a bit of RNG with these they are:
Dressed for the Occasion - Discover an Elegant Dress by opening Brightly Colored Eggs during the Noblegarden Celebration.
Sunday's Finest - Discover the White Tuxedo Shirt and Black Tuxedo Pants by opening Brightly Colored Eggs during the Noblegarden celebration.

New for 2019

In 2019 there are three new bunny ear helms for transmog, Yellow Spring Circlet, Brown Spring Circlet and Blue Spring Circlet to add to the Pink Spring Circlet and Black Spring Circlet from previous years.  These cost 50 Noblegarden Chocolates each, but, now you can match your transmog even better with this variety of colours :)

There is also a new toy, Noble Gardener's Hearthstone which has a nice animation with flowers bunnies and butterflies and you dressed for egg hunting with bunny ears and a basket looking at an egg.

This cost 250 Noblegarden Chocolates.  These can be purchased from Noblegarden Vendors in the egg collecting locations.

See other posts coming soon (Noblegarden: Desert Rose Achievement) and (Noblegarden: Hard Boiled Achievement)

Legion Fishing: Fisherfriend - Akule Riverhorn

Akule Riverhorn is located in Highmountain on a small boat in the river that surrounds Thunder Totem, to the west (32:42).

He says:
"The rivers call to me"
"How can I help?"
"I am collecting the hundreds, maybe thousands, of pieces from the shattered totem.  You might have some luck finding them with a fishing pole."

Rep token: Ancient Totem Fragment

Boss token: Water Totem Figurine

Boss: Tarn Riverhorn

The  Water Totem Figurine will spawn Tarn Riverhorn who jumps onto the boat.  Killing him will apply two totems giving 100% chance to fish up the Ancient Totem Fragments.

From my first 100 casts I got:

18x Highmountain Salmon

65x Silver Mackerel

13x Ancient Totem Fragment

4 x Water Totem Figurines (giving 69 Ancient Totem Fragments)

Akule Riverhorn sells the following items depending on your rep level:

Buddy - 10x Highmountain Salmon
Friend - Lures: Swollen Murloc Egg and Frost Worm
Good Friend - Lures: Funky Sea Snail, Trawler Totem (toy)
Best Friend - Crate of Bobbers: Floating Totem (toy)

Trawler Totem (use: summon a Trawler Totem, granting 4 fishing skill to all nearby players for 2 min.)