"The Lick King" and Arfus Pet Decrypted on Retail WoW

Live Posted 2023/09/26 at 6:50 PM by Squishei

Update: WoW Classic Senior Game Producer Josh Greenfield confirmed on Twitter that Arfus is not a cross-promotion reward and will be obtainable on modern WoW separate from its Wrath Classic appearance.The Lick KingThe Lick King - Owner of the Arfus Pet

Category: Feats of Strength - Promotion

Arfus PetUnlock?on the 3.4.3 PTR development notes

Titan Rune Dungeons – Defense Protocol Gamma Adjustments

We’ve added achievements for each defense protocol gamma dungeon, including a meta achievement for completing all of them. As a special thank you from the WoW Classic Development Team, we’ve also added a special reward for this meta achievement that is new to Wrath of the Lich King Classic; the adorable ghostly pup, Arfus!

Developers’ notes: For some time, Arfus has been an unofficial mascot to the WoW Classic Dev team, and we thought it would be nice to get a model made for him and added into Wrath Classic so we could share our love for this good ghostly boy with all of you. Please note that the model visuals and sounds we have in the current build are not complete and we should have the completed version in our next PTR build early next week. The WoW Classic Dev team wants to express our sincere gratitude for joining us on the 3.4.3 PTR, as well as for playing Wrath of the Lich King Classic with us! THANK YOU!

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Comment by WillowFaeCute puppy but still no substitute.
Roll back the disservice Shadowlands did to our boy.Comment by CyynaOof, hopefully not a cross promotion, as usually those are easy to achive, but it would be worth it imo.Comment by Toupygawish we could use retail boosts in the classicComment by TehLucarioOof, hopefully not a cross promotion, as usually those are easy to achive, but it would be worth it imo.Comment by MPDieselJI’m keeping my fingers crossed we don’t HAVE to kill the Lich King on WotLK to get this in retail. Shot in the dark, but that’s where I feel it’s going.Comment by LandaiI thought the entire point of Classic was for people to play the game how it was when it was current content.

I get doing hardcore realms and the seasons of mastery as different events but does the classic community even know what it wants anymore? Make up your damned mind.

Anything that’s on wow classic for collectibles should be obtainable in the retail servers.Comment by kammo12So I have to start from scratch to get this promo pet? That's a pass for me, I'm a tad disappointed, it's an adorable petComment by ToxictimboI’m keeping my fingers crossed we don’t HAVE to kill the Lich King on WotLK to get this in retail. Shot in the dark, but that’s where I feel it’s going.Comment by AlaskanDruidCould be part of the stuff you get for buying the (blizzard refusal to announce) virtual blizzcon ticket.Comment by abrakablackaEarning this is more than likely going to be the same way we earned the retail mount from wrath, when we finished the DK intro starting zone. Doing the achievement (all gamma dungeons) in wrath gets us the pet in both wrath and retail.Comment by VerzoAs someone who plays both retail and classic, I am very excited for this. Finally something to show in retail for playing ClassicComment by ApplicationWill this be available on retail?Comment by Josephcurwen"it's too hard"
-boost to 70,
-+50% xp
-random dungeon finder available
-wow token
-easy and solved game (some classes are overpowered one button rotation)
...
profit.

or you could, you know, don't do it and keep playing retail...
I wouldn't be surprised if its a trade shop item in the future.Comment by deathlavitzA pet as a requirement to kill all the raids on lich king classic, pass. Won't even do that for a matching mount transmog set and title. Some cross promotions are nice, some time investment for a cool item that doesn't increase player power. Months of time investment for a pet, that's insanity.

This has to be sourced some other way, or limited to just classic versions of wow. I don't think Blizzard is that crazy.Comment by swiftpwnsAre you ^&*!ing kidding me? I will just pay for boosts thenComment by SublimeChaosA pet as a requirement to kill all the raids on lich king classic, pass. Won't even do that for a matching mount transmog set and title. Some cross promotions are nice, some time investment for a cool item that doesn't increase player power. Months of time investment for a pet, that's insanity.

This has to be sourced some other way, or limited to just classic versions of wow. I don't think Blizzard is that crazy.Comment by TofkeA pet as a requirement to kill all the raids on lich king classic, pass. Won't even do that for a matching mount transmog set and title. Some cross promotions are nice, some time investment for a cool item that doesn't increase player power. Months of time investment for a pet, that's insanity.

This has to be sourced some other way, or limited to just classic versions of wow. I don't think Blizzard is that crazy.Comment by EsploratoreThank god I'm not much of a pet collector, so if it ends up being a cross promotion I can afford to skip.

I disagree with the comment above saying that it takes just a month to hit max level and get 4,5k GS by playing super casually, and if it is there's definitely more casual categories around, like mega and hyper casuals, especially among main retail players who are once in a blue moon doing something in classic.Comment by TrietI’m keeping my fingers crossed we don’t HAVE to kill the Lich King on WotLK to get this in retail. Shot in the dark, but that’s where I feel it’s going.Comment by MaizouThis better not be something like "Defeat Arthas on Wrath Classic."

I don't WANT to play Classic, and things like this would force me to. Pet Collectors matter too.

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