Willkommen auf Xu-Fu's Pet Guides!

What a boring topic for a news post, right?
Well, if you don’t care about the ads here, skip this one, there’s nothing pet related in this news post!
But if you are curious about the ads on Xu-Fu’s, or maybe even bothered by them, then I encourage you to read on. There's indeed some news at the end of this post ;-)

1 The big question upfront, why ads!?

Simply put, to pay for the server and the occasional giveaway. Over the years, visitor numbers here have steadily grown to a point where a cheap server simply didn’t cut it anymore. After a couple of server moves, the current one is beefy and so far runs very smoothly, but it comes at a price of course. The ads are paying for it though, with some extra which goes into giveaways and, quite honestly, myself - thank you for the occasional bonus!

With ads, I've always been trying to strike a balance between not having to pay for running the page (after it became a noticeable amount), but also not annoying visitors with an overload of ads. My intention has never been to monetize the **** out of this community but lately that balance was very much off, with way too many ads that impacted the user experience and made Xu-Fu a bit meh. Why? Because of a change of heart about monetization? No, pretty far from it. But to explain, I'll have to go into a bit of a history.

2 My history with ads

Feel free to skip this entire section if you just want the interesting news. I just rarely have a chance to talk about my experiences with ads and ad providers and this place is as good as any :D
It's a whole different world of the internet that I only experienced thanks to Xu-Fu's. And it's a weird world, I can tell you that. So here is a ton of oversharing - hopefully some of it interesting! Also, the companies I call by name here, I've collaborated with, and even if I say some critical things about them, the experience was mostly very positive.

2.1 Google AdSense

Xu-Fu is a hobby for me. It's fun, I enjoy coding new features, creating the tools that you all are using to make your pet battles easier. I love that part of the "work". I do not enjoy researching advertisement providers or writing ad placement code or doing SEO optimisation. Big yuck. And because of that, for years there were no ads on the page at all. I did add some very simple ones via Google AdSense at some piont, which is most peoples first (and often only) choice when starting out. It's easy enough to create some ad units and put the code on your page but the money share you get is abysmal. Low effort, low return. Fair enough!

But the more Xu-Fu grew, the more attention it got from dedicated ad management companies. They use tools to monitor internet traffic, like Amazons Alexa Rank (which doesn't exist anymore) or Semrush. With that, they find pages with growing traffic, check their ad setups, look up an email address, and spam them. And by spam, I mean spam. Most of these are cold sales emails and I get about 3-5 of those per week. Still. Since around 2018.
Here's two very typical examples if you're curious how those look like:

Example 1

Example 2

Some are much more lengthy but what they have in common is, they are very impersonal and full-on business-talk. Clearly aimed at webpages that exist solely for the purpose of monetizing them, which... the majority of webpages nowadays are. Well, Xu-Fu is not, so I've been ignoring these emails, until I've got contacted by a company called Venatus.

2.2 Venatus

Their sales person at the time was a gamer, played WoW, knew about pet battles, actually had a look at Xu-Fu's and understood what the page was about. And what made me actually read his email was, he addressed me with "Aranesh"! That was a first!
They clearly did their research and showed a genuine interest. It was the first time I answered to one of those emails and after some back and forth, we started working together.

It was a very slow process. Everything was new to me, but long story short we moved ads from Google AdSense over to Venatus some time 2019. Honestly, nothing to complain until a few years later. Then around 2022, the ads started to not bring much return anymore. Page visits increased, ad performance decreased. The people I previously interacted with had changed as well and maybe they've grown so much that Xu-Fu wasn't an interesting enough client anymore, being quite small in comparison.
I don't know what happened honestly but in the meanwhile, two other companies had established contact with me already, also having done their research really well and even chatting to me on Discord. They were similarly casual and understanding of fanpages vs. business webpages. I just had a long binding contract with Venatus and had to wait until that expired. When that happened, it was a pretty smooth transition. Going chronologically, next up in 2023 was:

2.3 Playwire

As the name suggests, they focus a lot on gaming and more "modern" online tech. They are one of the largest ad platforms in the UK and have some big names under them, like Scopely or Crunchyroll. I signed with them after Venatus and had been with them for almost a year. Funny anecdote, a few months ago I was doing a city-trip here in the UK with my partner and while sitting in an almost empty café for breakfast, we overheard a sales pitch next to us. Someone was praising their advertisement platform to a group of people, laptop with a powerpoint and all. He hammered the point how easy the system is and how little work is needed from the webpage coders. Yup, it was a Playwire rep :D

The "low effort" implementation is very true, I had the same experience. It took maybe 30 minutes to set everything up in terms of coding. But the same thing was also the reason why I moved away from them again.
All other ad platforms that I worked with have a similar tech where you log into their backend and create an "ad placement". A snippet of code that defines the type of ad, the size and shapes but also things like refresh rates, video, display, sound and so on. Then you take that snippet and put it within your webpage where you want it to be shown. You "place" it.

Playwire works differently. All you need is to add one tiny script to initiate it and they do the rest. They inject the ads where it makes sense, between articles, or comments, on the sides and so on. That gives them almost full control. Of course, we had a back and forth during the implementation and I pushed back against simply maximizing ad space. Popups, sound, and any kind of anti-adblocker tech were always a no-go for me and they did adhere to that but over time the ad load grew quite a bit, too much for my liking. There even were a few bugs where you could end up having a page with *just ads*, 40-50 of them in one long stack below each other. And all I could do was raise the issue and wait for them to fix it.
I also couldn't create different ad setups based on user settings (like I had before), another sore point.

All that being said, they were super nice about everything and their system is really good for page owners who want to make the most money out of their domain with little effort.
But that's not Xu-Fu, so with a bit of a heavy heart, earlier this year, I moved to:

2.4 NitroPay

Nitro are focused even more on the gaming space, exclusively to my knowledge. They are owned by Overwolf which also owns CurseForge, likely familiar to most readers. Their implementation is much more traditional and after switching over, I now have full control over all ad placements again, yay! And that's also the reason for this lengthy news post and the little announcements below. In terms of ad tech, it really was a journey with many learnings and hopefully some of it interesting to you!

3 So what's new? (or, how can I get rid of ads?)

Thanks for indulging me in talking a bit about tech and the stuff that happens in the background. Now on to what's changed for you, and what you can do about ads (outside of using an adblocker which is totally fine with me!):

3.1 Option to reduce ads

Go to your Settings and scroll to the section Advertisement. There, you can reduce the amount of ads shown to you. It won't remove all of them, but a good chunk of them, about half. No questions asked! This existed in the past and I had to remove it due to Playwire's setup but now it's back. If you're bothered by ads, this is for you. And if you aren't and are fine keeping them on, thanks!

3.2 Ko-Fi Connection

In addition, Xu-Fu is now connected to Ko-Fi and if you make any donation of any size, you'll get the option to remove ads entirely forever. Just make sure that the email address you use for the donation is also registered to your account here and it'll work :-)
And, it's retroactive! So if you made a donation in the past, same thing applies. You can still decide to opt into ads if you wish so but again, that's entirely up to you. Since it's brand new, if there's any issues with this implementation please send me an email to [email protected], thanks!

That's it! That's the news. I hope you enjoyed the tech blabber :D
Wishing you all a wonderful day and week!
Aranesh

The War Within: Patch 11.0.5 has come to the PTR!

Here's everything we have so far for pet collecting,

though there doesn't appear to be any new pet battling content,

and any changes made will be logged in the comments below.

Enjoy!

1 Currencies

1.1 Timewarped Badge x 8,800

1.2 Bronze Celebration Token x 20+

2 Drop (1)

Lil' Kaz



Currently No Flavor Text

Zone: Blasted Lands

Drop: Lord Kazzak

Family: Humanoid

Abilities: Cataclysms Edge (New), Feuerschild, Donnerknall,
Schwächender Schlag, Raserei, Shadow Bolt Volley (New)

3 New Vendor Pets (5)

Craggles



This boarlet escaped Coldridge Valley in search of adventure and maybe a nice apple if she can find one.

Zone: Tanaris

Vendors: Bobadormu & Grannadormu

Cost: Timewarped Badge x 2200

Family: Beast

Abilities: Anstürmen, Hieb, Kopfstoß,
Hornkeil, Vollstopfen, Schlammlawine


Karazhan Syphoner



Rarely captured alive, syphoners are some of the most dangerous of the mana wyrms. This one happened to have been distracted while binging on a particularly juicy spell book in the Karazhan library.

Zone: Shattrath City

Vendor: Cupri

Cost: Timewarped Badge x 2200

Family: Magic

Abilities: Schwanzschlag, Kraft entziehen, Manawoge,
Biss, Absorbieren, Ätherisch


Lil'Doomy



Currently No Flavor Text

Zone: Tanaris

Vendor: Historian Ma'di

Cost: Bronze Celebration Token x 20

Family: Humanoid

Abilities: Cataclysms Edge (New), Großes Spalten, Chaosnova,
Anstürmen, Schwächender Schlag, Fluch der Verdammnis


Misty



There are many creatures lurking in the Cape of Stranglethorn who would be glad to kill you. Misty is just curious to see the rest of the world.

Zone: Tanaris

Vendors: Bobadormu & Grannadormu

Cost: Timewarped Badge x 2200

Family: Beast

Abilities: Zerschmettern, Ausflippen!, Bananenbeschuss,
Brüllen, Vorherrschaft, Fasswurf


Specter



Found by Taunka as a newborn pup Specter is fiercely loyal. Yet he is beginning to live up to his name as he stalks into the world.

Zone: Dalaran - Northrend

Vendor: Auzin

Cost: Timewarped Badge x 2200

Family: Beast

Abilities: Gesichtsbiss, Ducken, Schleichen,
Bellen, Heulen, Blendender Tanz

4 Returning Vendor Pets (5)

For a limited time, you will also see some returning Anniversary items that can be also purchased with Bronze Celebration Tokens when you visit Storekeeper Reginald in the Celebration Pavilion and peruse his inventory.

Blizzardbärenbaby

Original Source: WoW's 4th Anniversary

Zone: Tanaris

Vendor: Storekeeper Reginald

Cost: Bronze Celebration Token x ??


Hassfunken junior

Original Source: Originally available during the 10th Anniversary, as a rare drop from Ragnaros on the Molten Core LFR special raid.

Zone: Tanaris

Vendor: Storekeeper Reginald

Cost: Bronze Celebration Token x ??


Klein Nefarian

Original Source: WoW's 15th Anniversary

Zone: Tanaris

Vendor: Storekeeper Reginald

Cost: Bronze Celebration Token x ??


Geschmolzenes Kernhündchen

Original Source: WoW's 10th Anniversary

Zone: Tanaris

Vendor: Storekeeper Reginald

Cost: Bronze Celebration Token x ??


Welpling von Onyxia

Original Source: WoW's 5th Anniversary

Zone: Tanaris

Vendor: Storekeeper Reginald

Cost: Bronze Celebration Token x ??

5 Future Trading Post (1)

Bluedoo



Bluedoo's magic and skills in accupuncture will help any in need of relaxation.

Source: Trading Post

Cost: Trader's Tender x ??

Family: Magic

Abilities: Hieb, Gegenschlag, Kraftsog,
Rückkopplung, Verprügeln, Arkaner Sturm

6 Pet Updates

• Achievement Added

:

Family Battler of Khaz Algar meta achievement & Flauschi also added as reward.

• Pets Removed

:

The pets, Ätzender Schlammling, Übelspinnling, and Bullenwurm der Kaheti, who had no sources were removed from the journal.

• Mikah

:

Name changed to > Jade Cragviper & flavor text updated.

• Herr Muskoxeles

:

Achievement for collecting 1800 pets officially added.

• Rubinäugiger Hirschpanzer

:

Name corrected on achievement & flavor text added.

• Coppers

:

Has been updated to a battle pet from a companion pet.

Here's everything going on for you and your pets for this week in WoW!

1 Weekly Event Hiatus

Warning! Weekly events are currently suspended due to The War Within expansion release. The next Pet Battle Bonus Week will be the week of October 8th.

2 Squirt in the NA Garrison on 9 September

Squirt the Wandering Trainer will be in the NA Garrison on 9 September. Our strategies for this leveling event can be found here.

3 Darkmoon Faire until Saturday 11:59 pm!

You can find all our Darkmoon Faire pet information in our article here.

If you're looking for our Darkmoon Faire strategies for Christoph VonFeasel and Jeremy Feasel, those can be found here for the general strategies, and here for An Awfully Big Adventure.

Also, don't forget to pick up your WHEE! buff to get a 10% experience & reputation bonus!

4 World of Warcraft x Discord Quest Collaboration for Parrlok until 8 September

Currently, this promotion does not appear available to Mac users.

Offer Details: Until 8 September, streaming 15 minutes of World of Warcraft and receive a Parrlok Pet!

Check out Parrlok's pet page for details on how you can get this little guy!

5 Support a Streamer for Watcher of the Huntress!

World of Warcraft is partnering with Twitch to host Support a Streamer during the launch of World of Warcraft: The War Within! Twitch viewers will be rewarded for gifting subscriptions to participating streamers.

Starting August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT until September 26 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, support your favorite eligible streamers, and you can receive the Wächterin der Jägerin pet to join you in your adventures in the depths of Azeroth.

1. Log in to your Twitch account (if necessary, first create a Twitch account for free at Twitch.tv).
2. Visit any Twitch channel streaming World of Warcraft.
3. While the channel is live streaming World of Warcraft, purchase a cumulative of two (2) subscriptions of any tier to earn the reward.

Please note that the campaign will begin on August 26, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (PDT). Any subscriptions purchased before the above start time will NOT be counted towards the campaign. Any subscriptions purchased while the channel is not live streaming World of Warcraft with the category set to “World of Warcraft” also will NOT be counting towards the campaign.

6 Trolli Candy x WoW Promo for Gummi!

World of Warcraft has collabed with Trolli gummy worms for in-game content, and for pet collectors that will mean Gummi!

While only someone from the United States can submit a receipt, (as it requires text confirmation via a USA phone number, and a USA address), the codes that are e-mailed can be used globally!

The promotional candy is available in most stores, from what people have said on various forums/sites, just make sure it has one of the promo images on the front for XBOX/WoW/Diablo.

You'll need to submit an image/images of your receipt to https://www.trolli.com/xbox

I purchased each of my items separately, but apparently people have submitted receipts with multiple purchases on the same receipt and received multiple codes.

You will need to allow up to 48 hours for the submissions to process, as it appears to be done manually.

7 SteelSeries x WoW Collection for Lil' Flameo

For a cool $159.99 USD, the Aerox 9 mouse comes with Miniflammeo as an in-game reward. All the gaming peripherals that are part of the SteelSeries x WoW collection will launch on 9/24, as per the SteelSeries Twitter page.

8 Upgrade TWW to Rare Edition to Reunite Squally's Siblings!

Players who upgrade to the Epic Editon of The War Within can summon Squally from their Collection and tackle the "Gryphons of a Feather" quest. Track down Squally's three siblings, Flash, Gale, and Thundo, within the Dragon Isles to add them to your bevy of battle pets.

9 September Trading Post

For the September Trading Post we have the clawfully honest Claudius for 330 Trader's Tender

10 Seasonal Pet: Qiraji Guardling

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere also marks when the seasonal pet, Qiraji Guardling, becomes available. This pet can be found in Silithus, near The Scarab Wall and The Scarab Dais in the southwest.

Don't forget: you need this pet to complete the Kalimdor Safari achievement.

It will be available this year until 22 September

11 A Champion's Tour: Ruby-Eyed Stagshell

Warning! The achievement for the Rubinäugiger Hirschpanzer pet currently appears to be bugged. No pun intended.

You will need to be in War Mode to see the PvP quests

If you want, you can check Remte's Pet Reports on our Discord to see what PvP WQs are up for the day! EU is ahead of NA, and our World Quests follow theirs.

12 Worm Theory: Lil' Bonechewer

To begin working on the Worm Theory achievement for Klein Knochenkauer, you will need to unlock the area with the Rak-Ush Swarmery quest chain. It begins with Beautification Project at /way #2255 76.0 82.4 Kish'nal

NA: < 11 hours remain as of 4 September @ 9 pm Pacific: Worm Sign, Sealed, Delivered

13 Maw Assaults

Maw Assault - Venthyr:
There are no pets offered for collection from the Venthyr Assault

At mid-week reset this transitions to Maw Assault - Night Fae:
Energieerfüllter Ätherwyrm (A Shady Place ??? up) &
Invasiver Brummer (Assault Cache)

14 Aqir Assault: Uldum

Uldum - Aqir Assault until mid-week reset:
Skikx'traz rare has a chance to drop Tunnelgräber der Aqir &
Lord Aj'qirai rare has a chance to drop Moderhauch

15 Horrific Vision: Orgrimmar

This week's Horrific Vision is Orgrimmar, and these are the pets you can see from drops and chests!

Anomalus
C'Thummel
Leerenvernarbtes Jungtier
Leerenvernarbte Kröte
Achievement: Miefer

16 Vol'dun Assaults

Vol'dun Assault - Many Fine Heroes: Neu zusammengebaute Mechanospinne (Horde) & Neu zusammengebauter Gorillabot (Alliance)

Time: Friday 6 September. Begins @ 5 pm Pacific/CEST - Ends @ 12 am

17 Battle for Azeroth Islands & Salvage

17.1 Battle of Azeroth Islands: Havenswood, Snowblossom Village, Whispering Reef

Havenswood

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Baron von Wuffhausen
Krätzel
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Faulender Ghul
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Todesstachelskorpid
Schnapper
Zunderweberspinnling
Sandpanzerrassler
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken


Snowblossom Village

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Krätzel
Feuerstachelbrummer
Schnaub
Distelstrauchknospe
Todesstachelskorpid
Klippenhufkitz
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Hüfchen
Schnapper
Steinhautbaby
Nadelpfeiljunges
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Tinti
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken
Zunderweberspinnling
Abenteuerlustiger Hopfling


Whispering Reef

Schattenfederküken
Salzpanzerjungtier
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Tiefenlichtgischtrenner
Feuerstachelbrummer
Todesstachelskorpid
Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnapper
Hüfchen
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges

17.2 Battle of Azeroth Islands Salvage: Crestfall, Molten Cay, Whispering Reef

Crestfall

Käpt'n Fips
Schnaub
Geisterhafter Welpling
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Krätzel
Todesstachelskorpid
Feuerstachelbrummer
Zunderwelpe
Zunderweberspinnling
Zungenwatscher
Lederschwingenkreischer
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Hüfchen
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnapper
Sandpanzerrassler
Nadelpfeiljunges
Schattenfederküken
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer


Molten Cay

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Krätzel
Zunderwelpe
Zungenwatscher
Todesstachelskorpid
Zunderweberspinnling
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges


Whispering Reef

Schattenfederküken
Salzpanzerjungtier
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Tiefenlichtgischtrenner
Feuerstachelbrummer
Todesstachelskorpid
Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnapper
Hüfchen
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges

Here's everything going on for you and your pets for this week in WoW!

1 Weekly Event Hiatus

Warning! Weekly events are currently suspended due to The War Within expansion release. The next Pet Battle Bonus Week will be the week of October 8th.

2 Squirt in the EU Garrison on 3 September & KR/TW on 4 September

Squirt the Wandering Trainer will be in the EU Garrison on 3 September & KR/TW on 4 September. Our strategies for this leveling event can be found here.

3 World of Warcraft x Discord Quest Collaboration for Parrlok

Currently, this promotion does nnot appear available to Mac users.

Offer Details: Streaming 15 minutes of World of Warcraft and receive a Parrlok Pet!

Check out Parrlok's pet page for details on how you can get this little guy!

4 Support a Streamer for Watcher of the Huntress!

World of Warcraft is partnering with Twitch to host Support a Streamer during the launch of World of Warcraft: The War Within! Twitch viewers will be rewarded for gifting subscriptions to participating streamers.

Starting August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT until September 26 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, support your favorite eligible streamers, and you can receive the Wächterin der Jägerin pet to join you in your adventures in the depths of Azeroth.

1. Log in to your Twitch account (if necessary, first create a Twitch account for free at Twitch.tv).
2. Visit any Twitch channel streaming World of Warcraft.
3. While the channel is live streaming World of Warcraft, purchase a cumulative of two (2) subscriptions of any tier to earn the reward.

Please note that the campaign will begin on August 26, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (PDT). Any subscriptions purchased before the above start time will NOT be counted towards the campaign. Any subscriptions purchased while the channel is not live streaming World of Warcraft with the category set to “World of Warcraft” also will NOT be counting towards the campaign.

5 Trolli Candy x WoW Promo for Gummi!

World of Warcraft has collabed with Trolli gummy worms for in-game content, and for pet collectors that will mean Gummi!

This pet appears to be an NA-only promotion, but it's unclear whether the codes can be used in other regions. There are a few people on standby to test out the code, so keep your fingers crossed and find yourself an NA friend just in case!

The promotional candy is already available in-stores, just make sure you save your receipt from your purchase for September 1st!

6 SteelSeries x WoW Collection for Lil' Flameo

For a cool $159.99 USD, the Aerox 9 mouse comes with Miniflammeo as an in-game reward. All the gaming peripherals that are part of the SteelSeries x WoW collection will launch on 9/24, as per the SteelSeries Twitter page.

7 Upgrade TWW to Rare Edition to Reunite Squally's Siblings!

Players who upgrade to the Epic Editon of The War Within can summon Squally from their Collection and tackle the "Gryphons of a Feather" quest. Track down Squally's three siblings, Flash, Gale, and Thundo, within the Dragon Isles to add them to your bevy of battle pets.

8 August & September Trading Post

For the August Trading Post we have one new pet: the very cautious Worgli der Besorgte for 300 Trader's Tender!

And coming in September we have the clawfully honest Claudius for 330 Trader's Tender

9 Seasonal Pet: Qiraji Guardling

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere also marks when the seasonal pet, Qiraji Guardling, becomes available. This pet can be found in Silithus, near The Scarab Wall and The Scarab Dais in the southwest.

Don't forget: you need this pet to complete the Kalimdor Safari achievement.

It will be available this year until 22 September

10 Darkmoon Faire Begins Sunday!

You can find all our Darkmoon Faire pet information in our article here.

If you're looking for our Darkmoon Faire strategies for Christoph VonFeasel and Jeremy Feasel, those can be found here for the general strategies, and here for An Awfully Big Adventure.

Also, don't forget to pick up your WHEE! buff to get a 10% experience & reputation bonus!

11 Claws for Concern for Blueloo!

This WQ will be up from Thursday reset until Sunday reset

While the Claws for Concern World Quest is up, you will be able to work on the Friends in Feathers achievement for the pet Blaulu! Normally, you can only rescue 6 Moonkin Hatchlings at a time, so you can either do the WQ across three characters, or you can also join a raid group and rescue all 18 Moonkin Hatchlings in one go on one character!

Remember! You won't see the WQ on your map unless you are IN the zone.

12 Maw Assaults

Maw Assault - Kyrian:
Schlitzohr (A Sly Fox Progress),
Sündensturzkreischer (Treasure IS up),
& Kupferrückenätherwyrm (Assault Cache) until mid-week reset

At mid-week reset this transitions to Maw Assault - Necrolord:
Minimon (Crafted Treasure)
& Futter (Assault Cache)

13 Uldum N'Zoth Assault

13.1 Pyre of the Amalgamated One

The Uldum - N'Zoth Assault: Pyre of the Amalgamated One Bonus Objective will spawn the Amalgamation of Flesh Rare, which has a chance to drop the Bösartiger Lauerer

The Bonus Objective itself is not a guaranteed spawn during the assault. If you'd like to know if it's spawning for the day, Remte posts Daily Reports in the Xu-Fu's, Warcraft Pets, & Secret Finder's Discord.

13.2 Vision of the Twisting Sands

While the N'Zoth Assault is up in Uldum, you can access the Vision of Twisting Sands for the Leerenvernarbter Käfer pet! The entrance can be found just to the east of Ramkahen, and you will need to have completed Descending Into Madness to gain access to this area.

14 Horrific Vision of Stormwind

This week's Horrific Vision is Stormwind, and these are the pets you can see from drops and chests!

Anomalus
Leerenvernarbte Katze
Leerenvernarbter Hase
Leerenvernarbte Ratte
Achievement: Miefer

15 Vol'dun Assaults

Vol'dun Assault - Many Fine Heroes: Neu zusammengebaute Mechanospinne (Horde) & Neu zusammengebauter Gorillabot (Alliance)

Time: Sunday 1 September. Starts @ 11 pm Pacific/CEST - Ends @ 6 am

16 Battle for Azeroth Islands & Salvage

16.1 Battle of Azeroth Islands: Jorundall, Molten Cay, Rotting Mire

Jorundall

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Donnerschuppenwelpling
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken
Krätzel
Schnapper
Schnaub
Sandpanzerrassler
Zunderwelpe
Zungenwatscher
Todesstachelskorpid
Zunderweberspinnling
Käpt'n Fips


Molten Cay

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Krätzel
Zunderwelpe
Zungenwatscher
Todesstachelskorpid
Zunderweberspinnling
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges


Rotting Mire

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Nadelpfeiljunges
Schattenfederküken
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Lederschwingenkreischer
Krätzel
Schnapper
Zungenwatscher
Donnerschuppenwelpling
Käpt'n Fips
Barnaby

16.2 Battle of Azeroth Islands Salvage: Dread Chain, Elemental, Skittering Hollow, Verdant Wilds

Dread Chain

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Nadelpfeiljunges
Schattenfederküken
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Lederschwingenkreischer
Krätzel
Schnapper
Sandpanzerrassler


Elemental

Kichernde Flamme
Verspielter Frostkin
Lachender Steinkin
Schelmischer Zephir
Steinhautbaby


Skittering Hollow

Sandpanzerrassler
Krätzel
Blutsauger der Voru'kar
Todesstachelskorpid
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Schnaub
Distelstrauchknospe
Feuerstachelbrummer
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges


Verdant Wilds

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Zungenwatscher
Feuerstachelbrummer
Zunderweberspinnling
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken

Welcome, Pet Battlers & Collectors, to The War Within!



The latest expansion brings us over 80 new pets,
so check out our War Within Compilation Article to collect them all!

If you've already hit 80 and you're looking for strategies on how to take down the pet battle
world quests, you can find those here.

We also have another set of family achievements to tackle with the
Family Battler of Khaz Algar,and those can be found here.

Keep in mind, the family achievements do not currently have a meta achievement or pet reward, but we'll update the article as soon as that changes!

As always, we at Xu-Fu's wish you all the best in your pet battling and collecting endeavors, and happy battling!

Xu-Fu's Treasure Hunt has concluded!

A total of 1,765,950 coins were collected and donated, unlocking all of the prizes from Sir Finley Mrrgglton. It's been a really active week, here's some orbs stats to ponder:

• The largest contribution by a single player was a staggering 368,000 coins

• 73,545 items were picked up from strategies!

• Across all players, 2,311 Warriors were found or bought

• Of the very rare Xu-Fu warriors, 10 were found :D

• And two of them were sold by their owners :O

• 19,952 Chests were attacked, 11,066 of them successfully

• The most successful warrior was a Sha who won 2,617 battles!

• He also lost 1,748 battles, poor Sha...

That's a lot of activity, thanks everyone for playing! But now for the prizes :-)
Every player who donated at least 1 coin was entered into the draw, with each coin having a chance to win a prize, but limited to one prize per player.
And the lucky winners are:

Prize	Winner
The main prize, a War Within Epic Key	storms#2562
Wonderous Wavewhisker and Nether-Gorged Greatwyrm	qsdc#2719
Schatten and Zwielix	Azzerria
Vulpine Familiar	Laiiwen
Sunwarmed Furline	Brolin#2948
Glutkätzchen	Lamhaeldor#2183
Leuchtpfötchen	Nimia#2879

Congratulations! Watch out for a message from me :-)

And to everyone else, have fun with the new expansion!

Here's everything going on for you and your pets for this week in WoW!

1 Weekly Event Hiatus

Warning! Weekly events are currently suspended due to The War Within expansion release. The next Pet Battle Bonus Week will be the week of October 8th.

2 The Xu-Fu's Treasure Hunt is Back!

Xu-Fu's Treasure Hunt is back to celebrate the launch of The War Within!

The game will commence on Sunday, August 18, and run for a whole week right up to the launch of The War Within. Check out the FAQ for all the details on how you can participate and what prizes are available!

Best of luck, and happy hunting!

3 PvP Brawl: Comp Stomp

Jump into Arathi Basin for a head-to-head battle against AI opponents during Comp Stomp!

Pflichtbewusster Grunzling / Pflichtbewusster Knappe (Honor Level 5)
Enthusiast der Allianz / Fanatiker der Horde (Honor Level 20)
Kübelpanzer / Lord Knips (Honor Level 400)

4 Answer the Call of the Radiant Echoes

Confront the memories of Azeroth during the new pre-expansion event and collect Residual Memories to purchase new items to add to your Warband collection.

When: July 30 – August 26
Where: Dalaran (hub), Dragonblight, Dustwallow Marsh, and Searing Gorge
Currency: Residual Memories – Half forgotten memories can be glimpsed in the light playing across this iridescent powder.
Levels: 10-70

Players will be able to collect 3 pets from Remembrancer Amuul in Dalaran!

Unvergessenes Konstrukt
Unvergessene Flusspfote
Unvergessene Brut

Be aware! The journal and Wowhead have this pets showing as costing 25 Residual Memories each, however on the vendors they are 10,000 each.

5 World of Warcraft x Discord Quest Collaboration for Parrlok

Currently, this promotion doe snot appear available to Mac users.

Offer Details: Streaming 15 minutes of World of Warcraft and receive a Parrlok Pet!

Check out Parrlok's pet page for details on how you can get this little guy!

6 Support a Streamer for Watcher of the Huntress!

World of Warcraft is partnering with Twitch to host Support a Streamer during the launch of World of Warcraft: The War Within! Twitch viewers will be rewarded for gifting subscriptions to participating streamers.

Starting August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT until September 26 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, support your favorite eligible streamers, and you can receive the Wächterin der Jägerin pet to join you in your adventures in the depths of Azeroth.

1. Log in to your Twitch account (if necessary, first create a Twitch account for free at Twitch.tv).
2. Visit any Twitch channel streaming World of Warcraft.
3. While the channel is live streaming World of Warcraft, purchase a cumulative of two (2) subscriptions of any tier to earn the reward.

Please note that the campaign will begin on August 26, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (PDT). Any subscriptions purchased before the above start time will NOT be counted towards the campaign. Any subscriptions purchased while the channel is not live streaming World of Warcraft with the category set to “World of Warcraft” also will NOT be counting towards the campaign.

7 Trolli Candy x WoW Promo for Gummi!

World of Warcraft has collabed with Trolli gummy worms for in-game content, and for pet collectors that will mean Gummi!

This pet appears to be an NA-only promotion, but it's unclear whether the codes can be used in other regions. There are a few people on standby to test out the code, so keep your fingers crossed and find yourself an NA friend just in case!

The promotional candy is already available in-stores, just make sure you save your receipt from your purchase for September 1st!

8 SteelSeries x WoW Collection for Lil' Flameo

For a cool $159.99 USD, the Aerox 9 mouse comes with Miniflammeo as an in-game reward. All the gaming peripherals that are part of the SteelSeries x WoW collection will launch on 9/24, as per the SteelSeries Twitter page.

9 Upgrade TWW to Rare Edition to Reunite Squally's Siblings!

Players who upgrade to the Epic Editon of The War Within can summon Squally from their Collection and tackle the "Gryphons of a Feather" quest. Track down Squally's three siblings, Flash, Gale, and Thundo, within the Dragon Isles to add them to your bevy of battle pets.

10 August Trading Post

For the August Trading Post we have one new pet: the very cautious Worgli der Besorgte for 300 Trader's Tender!

11 Seasonal Pet: Qiraji Guardling

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere also marks when the seasonal pet, Qiraji Guardling, becomes available. This pet can be found in Silithus, near The Scarab Wall and The Scarab Dais in the southwest.

Don't forget: you need this pet to complete the Kalimdor Safari achievement.

It will be available this year until 22 September

12 Brightblade's Bones is up!

Until mid-week reset, the Brightblade's Bones World Quest is up, during which you can collect the Käferbeißerschildkröte! All the information on how you can collect this pet is found on the Bugbiter's page.

13 Maw Assaults

Maw Assault - Night Fae:
Energieerfüllter Ätherwyrm (A Shady Place NOT up) &
Invasiver Brummer (Assault Cache)

At mid-week reset this transitions to Maw Assault - Venthyr:
There are no pets offered for collection from the Venthyr Assault

14 N'Zoth Assault: Vale of Eternal Blossoms

Vale of Eternal Blossoms - N'Zoth Assault:
The Forgotten rare has a chance to drop K'nuffig &
Will of N'Zoth rare has a chance to drop Verderbtes Tentakel

15 Aqir Assault: Uldum

Uldum - Aqir Assault begins at mid-week reset:
Skikx'traz rare has a chance to drop Tunnelgräber der Aqir &
Lord Aj'qirai rare has a chance to drop Moderhauch

16 Horrific Vision: Orgrimmar

This week's Horrific Vision is Orgrimmar, and these are the pets you can see from drops and chests!

Anomalus
C'Thummel
Leerenvernarbtes Jungtier
Leerenvernarbte Kröte
Achievement: Miefer

17 Vol'dun Assaults

Vol'dun Assault - Many Fine Heroes: Neu zusammengebaute Mechanospinne (Horde) & Neu zusammengebauter Gorillabot (Alliance)

Time: Friday 23 August. Starts @ 11 am Pacific/CEST - Ends @ 6 pm

18 Battle for Azeroth Islands & Salvage

18.1 Battle of Azeroth Islands: Dread Chain, Un'gol Ruins, Verdant Wilds

Dread Chain

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Nadelpfeiljunges
Schattenfederküken
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Lederschwingenkreischer
Krätzel
Schnapper
Sandpanzerrassler


Un'gol Ruins

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Klippenhufkitz
Nadelpfeiljunges
Schattenfederküken
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Lederschwingenkreischer
Krätzel
Schnapper
Schnaub
Distelstrauchknospe
Zungenwatscher


Verdant Wilds

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Zungenwatscher
Feuerstachelbrummer
Zunderweberspinnling
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken

18.2 Battle of Azeroth Islands Salvage: Havenswood, Jorundall, Rotting Mire

Havenswood

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Baron von Wuffhausen
Krätzel
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Faulender Ghul
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Todesstachelskorpid
Schnapper
Zunderweberspinnling
Sandpanzerrassler
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken


Jorundall

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Donnerschuppenwelpling
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Nadelpfeiljunges
Lederschwingenkreischer
Schattenfederküken
Krätzel
Schnapper
Schnaub
Sandpanzerrassler
Zunderwelpe
Zungenwatscher
Todesstachelskorpid
Zunderweberspinnling
Käpt'n Fips


Rotting Mire

Moschusflankenkälbchen
Schnaub
Blutsteintunnelgräber
Spiegelpanzersandkrabbler
Feuerstachelbrummer
Sonnenschuppenjungtier
Distelstrauchknospe
Klippenhufkitz
Hüfchen
Nadelpfeiljunges
Schattenfederküken
Steinhautbaby
Falscher Knöchelhauer
Lederschwingenkreischer
Krätzel
Schnapper
Zungenwatscher
Donnerschuppenwelpling
Käpt'n Fips
Barnaby