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Even More Pets!
The number of new pets coming in Patch 8.1 just keeps on growing — there are 13 more, bringing the current total to 36 new pets!
This week's PTR build added pets from Island Expeditions, 2 of which can be purchased from a vendor for Seafarer's Dubloons. Read below for more information on this new vendor.
All pets listed here are from Island Expeditions unless stated otherwise.
- Albino Duskwatcher
- Baby Stonehide
- Crimson Octopode
- Firesting Buzzer
- Leatherwing Screecher
- Lord Woofington (pictured right, above)
- Needleback Pup
- Nightwreathed Watcher (Darkshore Warfront)
- Rotting Ghoul
- Scritches
- Shadefeather Hatchling
- Thunderscale Whelpling (pictured right, below)
- Tonguelasher
Check out all 8.1 battle pets
On top of newly added pets, we now have more information about the previously discovered baby raptor pets. One will remain wild, another will be a drop from a rarespawn, and the final 2 will be purchasable by each faction for a new currency (possibly obtained during the Darkshore Warfront). We're a little disappointed there won't be a fun story attached to these cute carnivores, but we look forward to collecting them nonetheless!
New Dubloon Vendor
A new vendor for each faction can be found near the Island Expedition area on the PTR. Captain Klarisa for Alliance and Captain Zen'taga for Horde.
This vendor sells cosmetic and reputation items in exchange for Seafarer's Dubloons. Wowhead has additional details on what can be purchased with Island Expedition currency.
It's unknown if all battle pets (existing and new) will appear on this vendor. At the moment, only the 2 pets noted above are for sale. Even so, it might be a good idea to save a few extra dubloons for Patch 8.1.
Blizzard is determined to have us running 1000s of Island Expeditions!
As someone who is crazy for expiditions, I am THRILLED with this news. I have been bemoaning my dearth of dubloons and nothing to spend them on most weeks. I eagerly await this update.
So if you set you war Research, on the Ship where you have to set your missions in Boralus. There is an option that lets you choose to obtain more Dubloons on Island Expeditions. I get on average 8-12 dubloons per sack of Dubloons. So it's not out of reach. I also do about 5 IE's a day. With nothing jazzy dropping. so excited to have something to save towards.
The prices are so high so that we can't buy everything the first day. They will almost certainly be dramatically upping the drop rate of doubloons when the patch goes live.
I do my 5 HCs per week, and have not used a single dubloon yet; I have ~130 dubloons total..
How the hell are people supposed to gather so many dubloons to but all the items at 100-200 each?
Woooho!
Already started to *collect* doublons on alts to buy those *new features* on release'day! :)