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Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 14th, 2025, 11:37 pm
by Escalus
For those who missed getting the pets last time, it's now back up. In the new Plunderstore you can purchase past & present Pets, Mounts & Mogs you missed out on.

Just in case anyone wanted to know!

Happy Hunting!

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 8:06 am
by Jwb
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Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 9:19 am
by Killerkarl
Taking a long time to get in a match this morning.

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 11:58 am
by Troodon9999
Not a fan of Plunderstorm but can put up with it long enough to get pets and other stuff lol.

There are two new pets (Parley, 2000 plunder; and Sparklesnap, 2000 plunder); also you can buy the 3 pets that came out last time if you missed them (*Happy, 250 plunder; Bubbles, 500 plunder; and Glamrok, 1000 plunder). Total 5,750 plunder to get all pets (or only 4,000 if you already have the 3 pets from last time).

*Note that Happy is a non-combat pet.

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 12:01 pm
by Jwb
I did my Plunderstorm and it wasn't too bad. It took me 9 rounds to get to the 4000 I needed for the two pets. It could be done much faster by someone who is actually good at the game.

For me, I just landed outside of the canyon on the south side next to the castle, then ran into the canyon killing and looting whatever I could, then ran into the storm. Relatively painless way to get two new pets.

Good luck!

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 12:07 pm
by Troodon9999
Thankfully they removed faction grinding and now you just directly buy whatever you want with plunder you get in the game. (You also won't lose any if you die; whatever you manage to get before you die is yours to keep.) Even if you're terrible like me it doesn't take too long to get enough plunder for whatever you might want. Better you are, faster it will be of course.

They must have thought better of the costs because they're actually lower than what Wowhead initially announced.

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 12:13 pm
by Killerkarl
Now that you buy everything the easiest way is to just do it once a day in order to get the bonus for completing the quest for the first time. 1000+ plunder quickly each day will let you buy everything before it is over.

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 15th, 2025, 8:52 pm
by Gráinne
I am not forgiving the devs for Plunderstorm, but I admit that picking up the pets was pretty easy this time. I had them both within an hour, and so I'm done.

My method for optimising throughput is is:
1. Ideally land on a Rare. My preference is the Moonkin in the NorthEast corner. But the Rare is optional.
2. Put on Autorun and just steer. Run towards Plunder. Run straight through mobs - they won't get you, or hurt you much. Run away from any players you see. Most important: Never, NEVER stop - stay on Autorun. Only steer.
3. Keep running until you die. or until the Storm comes close enough to run into. By then, you will have got 500+ Plunder, there won't be a lot of free Plunder left, and you will have spent only a couple of minutes..
4. Requeue.

Re: Plunderstorm is Back!

Posted: January 17th, 2025, 10:30 am
by Rioriel
I’ve no idea what’s going on, but ran around in 4/5 games just stabbing tarantulas and raptors and managed to buy the three cheaper pets in about half an hour. Back at it later to just smash through the two 2k ones. Only saw two other players during it. Probably some mad tactic to maximise gaining the currency, but just diving in and running round for a bit, and repeat a dozen times… perfect.