BFA - Unlocking Vendors and Vendor Pets

[Quintessence]

BFA introduced a new mechanic where certain battle pets won't show up on listed vendors until you've completed a certain quest, achievement, or something else. Doing so essentially "unlocks" the pet on the vendor, making it appear, and allowing you to buy it. Otherwise, it's completely hidden.

Here's a list of Vendors that require "unlocking" plus specific vendor pets that also require extra steps before you can purchase them.

Unlocking Vendors:

Nigel Rifthold (vendor sells 5 pets)
Note: You do not have to do the quest chain to "save" Nigel before completing the process below.

• Head to Anyport (western coast of Drustvar)
• Buy 10 Tirasreli Gourmet Chocolate from Xun Xun Sweetflower
• Travel to 52,31 in Drustvar (west of Fallhaven, just above the "F" in the name)
• Climb up a hill and enter a tree house
• Loot the chest that's inside if you haven't already
• Click on the chest a second time (consumes the chocolates), Nigel will appear and be a vendor.

Shoak (vendor sells 4 pets)

• Horde - Complete Killing Cannibals, Just Say No to Cannibalism and Shoak's on the Menu to get this NPC to appear in Gloom Hollow, Nazmir.
• Alliance - Head to 55,36 and find Kajosh. Complete the quest chain. Shoak will appear in the Horde camp, Gloom Hallow (Alliance can interact with him, but you'll agro the camp).
  
  Alternatively, Blind Wunja sells the same pets as Shoak and Alliance can interact with her without agro'ing any Horde.

Jenoh ([H] vendor sells 5 pets)

• Complete the quest chain that starts with A Lost Flute

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Unlocking Specific Vendor Pets:

Ranishu Runt - sold by Jenoh (H)

• Complete Jenoh's quest chain, Charging the Batteries, and Ranishu Are Resources

Accursed Hexxer - sold by Shoak (H) OR Blind Wunja (A & H)

• Complete An Ancient Curse

Swamp Toad - sold by Shoak (H)

• Complete the Torga's Eternal Return storyline, which then opens the quest chain that begins with To Gloom Hollow

Lil' Tika - sold by Happy Holaua (H)

• Complete Lil' Tika

Lil' Ben'fon - sold by Happy Holaua (H)

• Complete Cala Cruzpot's quest chain

Child of Jani - sold by Happy Holaua (H)

• Earn Get Hek'd achievement

Mechanical Prairie Dog - sold by Dana Pull (A)

• Complete the quest chain that starts with An Explosive Opportunity

Greatwing Macaw - sold by Dana Pull (A)

• Complete the quest Rodrigo's Revenge

Smoochums - sold by Nigel Rifthold (A & H)

• Complete Abby Lewis' quest chain

Frenzied Cottontail - sold by Nigel Rifthold (A & H)

• Kill the Cottontail Matron rare elite

Drustvar Piglet - sold by Nigel Rifthold (A)

• Complete the quests at Carver's Harbor, Drustvar, ending with Cured Ham

[GormanGhaste]

Thanks for this guide!

Swamp Toad (Toad in a Box) unlocked for me after completing Krag'wa's Chosen and Vengeance of the Frogs, which is further into the Gloom Hollow questline.