Hello everyone!
World of Warcraft has some pretty cool holiday events that players can look forward to throughout
the year.
Maybe you really love chocolate, and you look forward to Noblegarden where you can scoff
as many chocolates as you want and collect the Swift Springstrider or a purple bunny
pet.
Maybe pink and purple isn’t quite your thing and you really look forward to Hallow’s
End so you can spend the entire event farming the Headless Horseman for his mount.
Regardless of your thoughts on Chocolate or undead mounts however, there is an event that
some could argue tops them all, I am speaking of course, about Brewfest.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or are perhaps roleplaying as a very dedicated
nun, you’ve probably participated in or at least heard of Brewfest.
It’s that time of year when we all ride around on rams, scoff our faces with sausages
to win competitions, drink gallons and gallons of beer until our character doesn’t know
how to walk straight anymore, and generally try our best to have a good time.
Though we’ve all heard of Brewfest, its origins are perhaps less well known, and that
is perhaps how its founder would like it.
Chenn Stormstout would rather we all celebrate the beer and the brew than we do him.
You see, Chenn, the pandaren brewmaster, travelled all over Azeroth seeking the most wondrous
of brews and he had heard that the brew crafted by the dwarf Grimbooze Thunderbrew was amazing.
With a name like that the brew had to be good, and Chenn asked if he could taste this delicious
drink.
Grimbooze, himself a connoisseur of the craft, agreed, but only if he could sample what this
strange pandaren had made.
So it began, the first informal brewfest.
Chenn and Grimbooze sat and drank like it was freshers week at Scholomance, even managing
to empty Chenn’s Jug of a thousand cups.
Despite their rigorous testing each of these brew barrons came to the same conclusion,
the brew of their companion was better than their own.
To settle this other people would need to test their brews and they could decide.
So Brewfest was born.
This festival of Brews takes place in September and it draws people from all over Azeroth
to take part in this annual appreciation of Brew, cheese, and pretzels.
As we enjoy the revelry we have a chance to earn the Brewmaster title, to adopt some cool
new pets like the Stout Alemental, and even a chance to earn some brewliant new mounts,
like the Brewfest Kodo.
Nobody wants to miss out the fun of Brewfest, and that includes those that we might not
always be able to see.
Many a drunk brewfest partier has woken up in the morning with an entirely predictable
hangover, and a vague memory of a small, unusual little critter they’d seen the night before.
Only visible to the drunk, these wiley critters are attracted to the scent of the festival
and they’re a sight worth getting drunk for.
They are Wolpertingers.
Besides being an incredibly satisfying word to say, Wolpertinger, these cute little fellas
are small, hare like creatures with the head, body, feet, and tail of a hare but with some
bird wings, antlers, and fangs mixed in.
Based on the Wolpertinger’s of German Folklore, Wolpertingers are said to live in the forests
of Bavaria in Southern Germany, with many inns having delicately made stuffed Wolpertingers
displayed inside.
They are rumored to be the offspring of a romantic entanglement between a hare and a
deer, and Bavarian store owners have enjoyed teasing tourists by selling them “authentic”
Wolpertinger taxidermies ever since.
They are odd and awesome and Brewfest is the only time they come out of hiding in World
of Warcraft.
There is one exception that we know of, but you still need to be drunk to see them.
The level 110 world quest in Stormheim “A Jarl’s Feast” is a giant toast to a Jarl
fallen in glorious combat and we’ve been asked to participate.
By drinking mead, starting toasts, and even getting involved in some fisticuffs we’re
honoring his memory.
The side effect of drinking mead of course is eventually you’ll begin to feel a bit
drunk, and when you’re drunk you’ll realize that there is another critter here who is
loathe to miss a party, a Stormy Wolpertinger.
You can’t really interact with these little guys, and you don’t see them again, but
it's nice to know they’re up here too, attracted by the scents and smells of the party.
The regular Wolpertinger’s found in Brewfest have a little more to offer us.
During Brewfest, US players can take part in the quest “Catch the Wild Wolpertinger!”
Goldark Snipehunter wants us to capture 5 of the fluffy little fiends.
He gives us a Wolpertinger net to catch them but we can still only see them to catch them
when we’re drunk.
We can either drink mead until we’re drunk, or we can wear the Synthbrew Goggles which
makes our vision seem alcohol impaired whilst saving us from the hangover.
Once you can see them, you’ll see them all over the Brewfest grounds, and throwing the
Wolpertinger net over 5 of them will be all you need to do.
Return back to Goldark and he’ll reward you with the Wolpertinger Tankard which you
can use to claim your very own Wolpertinger.
For EU players the process is a little simpler and we can buy him from the Brewfest vendors.
Our own adorable little Wolpertinger is a rather unique battle pet because only ourselves
and other people in our group or raid can see our Wolpertinger.
It is invisible to other players unless they are drunk.
This makes him quite a novelty for PVP because stealthed players can use their Brewfest bunny
to show where they are to their raid or group without other players being able to see him
and giving your location away.
Never one to miss out on a party, and given an opportunity by a scholomance student brewfest
prank run awry, the Wolpertingers have found their way to Hearthstone.
Here he is a common hunter minion card with 1 health, 1 attack and a cost of 1 mana.
His battlecry will summon a copy of the card, giving you two Wolpertinger’s for the price
of one.
Whilst not a card useful in all situations, for the early game the Wolpertinger could
be a good choice, giving you two minions for a cost of 1 mana.
Well, that’s all there is to know about the Wolpertinger, a critter who loves partying,
brew, and staying out of sight.
Kind of like a rogue on a rave, but a whole lot more cuddly.
Try him out when you see him in Hearthstone, and be on the lookout for them in Brewfest,
if you choose to have a few meads or you make use of the Synthbrew Goggles, who knows where
those Wolpertingers could be hiding.
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