Operation Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall have begun!
Four year anniversary pet and feat of strength achievement
by Adam Holisky 
Nov 22nd 2008 at 9:00AM
This is a nice little way for Blizzard to thank all of us for spending years in the game. With over 11 million people playing WoW, and Wrath becoming a hit overnight, there's definitely a lot of celebrating to do over at Blizzard HQ.
The little bear that you get looks a like a small version of the BlizzCon Polar Bear Mount those of us lucky enough to attend BlizzCon this year got. It's a perfect traveling companion for you as you adventure around Northrend.
Edit: The pet is active on US, EU, and Oceanic servers.
Thanks to Mangowire for sending us the pics you see below.
Filed under: Blizzard, Achievements
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
asdfate Nov 22nd 2008 9:06AM
Nothing in my inbox...
CJay Nov 22nd 2008 9:25AM
Is this US realms only? And us EU players having to wait for our 4 year anniversary as I've had no pet today nor anyone else i know in game
Flint Nov 22nd 2008 9:08AM
Oh.
My.
God.
Not only is this the most awesome minipet ever, but now my hunter will have a bear minipet as well alongside his bear pet and bear mount.
This is awesome.
Yay for Blizz!
Alex P Nov 22nd 2008 9:47AM
You must really like bears.
Flint Nov 22nd 2008 9:55AM
I'm not actually _that_ huge of a bear fan normally, but in WoW I've managed to become a bear maniac. It all started as a bear being the best choice of pet at the time when I started my hunter, then the bear mount coming up and looking more awesome than any other mount, and now this. Gotta keep the style up.
Need to grind my Timbermaw to exalted one day...
Draenors Nov 22nd 2008 10:17AM
Bears are soulless, godless, rampaging killing machines.
Oldgirl Nov 22nd 2008 10:36AM
Godless??? They're bears...
Gormaggus Nov 22nd 2008 12:12PM
Watch any Comedy Central, Oldgirl? :P
shadowshiftr Nov 23rd 2008 4:09AM
Gotta admit, this is one REALLY cute mini-pet. Grats to Blizzard on 4 years of WoW and here's to another 4 years (at least)!
Shadowshiftr @ Alleria (US)
http://www.lifeofexile.com/wowmonkey
Cyrus Nov 23rd 2008 10:32AM
Note that the pet is also bind on account, so any alts that you don't log on with today or that you create in the future can still get the pet.
I was a little confused when I learned the pet on my main and still saw it in my inventory, so I just deleted the thing. Fortunately, on an alt I noticed the "account bound" text before deleting it.
Matdredalia Nov 28th 2008 3:08AM
My brother & husband both play hunters, and both have bear pets stashed.....
So...I pull up on my bear mount dragging a Panda Bear along, while my brother & husband bust out their pets, and both of them bust out their Baby Blizzard Bears.
We're like a mix-maxxed version of the Brady Bear Bunch.
Dzenan Nov 22nd 2008 9:08AM
I wonder will I get it since my account isn't active now, but I'll buy prepaid gamecard in about 5-10 days... :(
PeeWee Nov 22nd 2008 8:20PM
Unless you log on during the anniversary, I wouldn't count on it.
Nindle Nov 22nd 2008 9:09AM
EU realms...no sign of a pet..
Rollo Nov 22nd 2008 9:21AM
EU realms opened several months later, didn't they?
Juneau Nov 22nd 2008 10:05AM
And Oceanic realms didn't?
Epiphanize Nov 22nd 2008 9:09AM
Great the see Blizz doing this. This is something I loved about CoH and they always rewarded you for playing the game for a set amount of time, or being around for game anniversaries.
Ricardo Nov 22nd 2008 9:09AM
Is this for everyone or just for those who've been playing for four years straight? I haven't received anything :(
Also, if you have multiple characters, where will you receive the mini-pet?
Wulf Nov 22nd 2008 2:22PM
If it's anything like the Collector's Editon pets, then you'll have one in all your characters' mailboxes on all the realms.
SkwidSpawn Nov 22nd 2008 9:16AM
Also, nothing on Cenarius US as of 0616 server time.