Patch 3.2.2 PTR: Pandaren and Lil' K.T. pets revealed in latest build

by Lesley Smith Aug 28th 2009 at 5:00PM

Like Diablo's Cow Level, the Pandaren have almost mythic status within World of Warcraft since that memorable and almost plausible April Fool's Day prank. Blizzard has paid homage to that by tucking a pet Pandaren Monk into the latest build (10371) of patch 3.2.2 which has just gone live on the PTR.

Boubouille over at MMO Champion has once again been rooting around the patch files and he came across the first model of the aforementioned pet. Isn't he cute? Heavy on the Chinese aethetics, we have no idea how you'll be able to get this little guy. While datamining, Boubouille also discovered another hitherto unmentioned pet, Lil' K.T.. Yes, you too can have your own pocket-sized Kel'Thuzad, a tiny trophy-sized lich to call your very own! Again, we're not sure how you get one. Here's hoping he drops off his full-sized self in Naxx but who knows? For now we just have a spell note in the files

And as a note, please remember that Pandarens are not a playable race, nor is this an indication they will ever be added to WoW.

2n - 1 go left, 2n go right. I don't see enough DoTs! More DoTs now!

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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)

Anaughtybear Aug 29th 2009 12:28AM

"And as a note, please remember that Pandarens are not a playable race, nor is this an indication they will ever be added to WoW."

I just thought it should be said one more time, in the hope that panda-philes will shut up about them. You're getting your puppy furries, so be happy with that.

Shadamehr Aug 29th 2009 2:12AM

/Sigh ..... I wont get my hopes up, they'll be TCG pets for sure, all the best ones are :(

dark.phantom5 Aug 29th 2009 3:53AM

I was thinking 'Lil K.T. could be a loot card from the next TCG set, Scourgewar. (Naxx is supposedly the new raid deck, so it would make sense)

RoyKor Aug 29th 2009 4:12AM

Not a New Race !!!!! That Makes Me a Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Panda ! :(

Jeaz Aug 29th 2009 6:16AM

You know the Pandarens origin is NOT the April Fools joke, but from Warcraft 3.

Lesley Smith Aug 29th 2009 6:20AM

Actually it started as an AFD joke and was so well received, Metzen added them into Warcraft III.

Joester Aug 29th 2009 9:29AM

OMG I WANT!!!!

Kodiak Aug 29th 2009 11:38AM

I for one am extremely disappointed that when the Pandaren have finally been implemented into WoW (it was going to happen eventually, come on people) that it is as a silly reskinned Tuskarr pet.

I was really hoping that the Pandaren would be the Tuskarr of cataclysm as a neutral faction.

Well... sigh, maybe in the Emerald Dream some day...

xnn Aug 29th 2009 11:49AM

If anything, this might give pandaren lovers a bit of hope. This is the first time we're seeing anything pandaren in game.

Now, if later on we see any NPC that is pandaren, that might be a solid indication alliance could be getting them in a future expansion. They said they wanted new races to be things we were already introduced to. Then again... space goats didn't quite match that. /shrug

Either way, I'm not against the idea at all. I wonder what horde would get with it (possibly something dwarf sized?)

Almoderate Aug 29th 2009 6:00PM

The Pandaren would probably be from Brewfest, as others have pointed out. In fact, if you look at the icon for the Brewfest achievement, it's a picture of a Pandaren.

I'm wondering if the Lil' K.T. might be associated with the new Day of the Dead event.

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