Patch 4.1 PTR: New pet collecting, food, drink and tabard achievements
by Anne Stickney 
Feb 24th 2011 at 9:00AM
For players who have been collecting tabards and pets since the launch of the achievement system, there hasn't been a lot to look forward to. Once the Lil' Game Hunter achievement had been obtained, there were no additional achievements for collecting more pets. Along with a host of new pets and mounts, in patch 4.1, two new pet collecting achievements have been added: Petting Zoo, for collecting 100 pets, and Menagerie, for collecting 125 pets. As of right now, it doesn't look like any new pets will be given as rewards for these achievements, but as with all things on the PTR, that may change.
In addition to the pet collecting achievements, there is now an achievement for learning the Vial of the Sands mount, a new achievement called Cataclysmically Delicious for dining on 100 different kinds of food, and a new drinking achievement called Drown Your Sorrows for drinking 50 different types of beverages. To top it all off, there's even a new achievement for the tabard collectors out there called Thirty Tabards, which you complete upon equipping 30 unique tabards.
There are also some new achievements for Dungeons and Raids involving the new ZA and ZG 5-man dungeons, as well as new statistics trackers for the new Cataclysm raid bosses. All in all, it looks like achievement hunters will have a fair amount of new material to chase after and complete.
In addition to the pet collecting achievements, there is now an achievement for learning the Vial of the Sands mount, a new achievement called Cataclysmically Delicious for dining on 100 different kinds of food, and a new drinking achievement called Drown Your Sorrows for drinking 50 different types of beverages. To top it all off, there's even a new achievement for the tabard collectors out there called Thirty Tabards, which you complete upon equipping 30 unique tabards.
There are also some new achievements for Dungeons and Raids involving the new ZA and ZG 5-man dungeons, as well as new statistics trackers for the new Cataclysm raid bosses. All in all, it looks like achievement hunters will have a fair amount of new material to chase after and complete.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
MattKrotzer Feb 24th 2011 9:06AM
The Menagerie is for guests only.
Zenith Feb 24th 2011 9:22AM
Here's hoping for a mini curator pet :p
Nathanyel Feb 24th 2011 9:29AM
Here's hoping for a new reward pet at all...
emberdione Feb 24th 2011 5:15PM
Exceptional comment sir.
A mini-curator would be *awesome*.
Ellesmere Feb 24th 2011 5:29PM
@Nathaniel, We'll probably get one, but knowing Blizz's penchant for making you buy pets, you'll probably have to buy it.
Something like:
JoeSnuffy has earned the achievement [Menagerie]!
JoeSnuffy has earned the achievement [I need to go get my wallet so I can purchase the mini pet I earned for getting the Menagerie achievement]!
jsin1276 Feb 24th 2011 9:07AM
More achievements means more money and time to spend in WoW and I love it.
Juanin Feb 24th 2011 9:20AM
More importantly, this:
Renowned Guild Tabard
Binds to account
Tabard
Item Level 1
You champion the causes of your guild. All guild reputation gains are increased by 100%.
Cannot be disenchanted
Sell Price: 62 50
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/69210/renowned-guild-tabard/
monk Feb 24th 2011 10:44AM
Out of all the notes, the guild tabards are easily Numbers One and Two on my "Awesome Changes/Additions" list.
Syggy Feb 24th 2011 2:39PM
"Binds to Account"
YesYesYesYesYes!
mibu.work1 Feb 24th 2011 9:27AM
YES! MORE TROLL CONTENT!
MattKrotzer Feb 24th 2011 10:17AM
Because there's just not enough troll content.
Amaxe Feb 24th 2011 11:05AM
Any post or article on the internet is fodder for troll content
Neirin Feb 24th 2011 11:07AM
If all blizz was going for when picking new 5 mans was racial diversity we'd see nothing but gnome instances for a quite a while, and I know that's not a future any of us wish to contemplate for long. This isn't even "more" troll content since it's just updated old content.
mibu.work1 Feb 24th 2011 11:56PM
I'm just happy there is more troll content because, for all the times we've fought trolls, done troll dungeons, and reported to troll villages, we still know next to nothing about them.
I mean, the troll dungeons we've had over time (Zul'ferrak, Sunken Temple, Zul'Gerub, Zul'Aman, Gundrak Keep, Drak'Theron) we've mostly encountered trolls going AGAINST type and summoning their gods by force before consuming them. The ONLY time we've fought a troll divinity that wasn't perverted by the trolls around it was Ghaz'rilla, and even that one was a servant of the old gods.
We've defeated the greatest hero the trolls ever had (with little to no explanation, I might add), and took his stuff, and it was pretty much the first time in WoW that the quests were 'those guys have shiny things, kill 'em at take the shiny things' as a story device instead of a mechanic or incentive.
What I want is a developed troll story line with an epic raid or dungeon that tells us either what trolls HAVE done (like the wars against the Slithid), or what they're doing that's new, WITH an explanation.
Manadar Feb 24th 2011 10:26AM
I've sampled most of the dishes in Azeroth. Gief achievement for 200/300 imo.
wonda Feb 24th 2011 10:10AM
I reckon the achieve should be called Dirty Tabards ....as if you've got 30 then that's some amount of washing to do :)
egburr Feb 24th 2011 10:23AM
*sigh* I already have over 125 pets. Those achievements will be complete the instant I login after the patch. Not very challenging there...
The eating and drinking and tabards, if I don't get those on login, I won't be far away. The challenge there will be figuring out _which_ foods, drinks, and tabards I'm missing.
Now, as for the Vial of the Sands, that ought to be a feat of strength, not an achievement. I've spent a completely ridiculous amount of time farming for the recipe, to the point that I truly despise archaeology altogether. I have all of the mats and money needed to make the mount. I've heard there are a few people on my server with the recipe, but nobody seems to know _who_ they are, so I can't even find anyone to make it.
Dragonrose Feb 24th 2011 11:48AM
You can always ask on trade and hope one of those people is online, in a city, with trade on.
Ominous Feb 24th 2011 12:07PM
Look in the auction house. You'll see people selling it, from time to time. Ask one of those. As a rule, that's a good way / a good first step to find someone to make whatever you might need.
(cutaia) Feb 24th 2011 12:11PM
The pet achievements are honestly long overdue. If they had simply released them when they made sense, you'd have done nothing different and still had them by now. So, who cares that you're not being challenged by these new achievements? It's more that you're finally being rewarded for accepting the challenge long before it was even offered.