Archive for August, 2008

Zul’Aman Bear Mount Retired in Patch 3.0

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Blizzard mentioned quite some time ago that the Amani War Bear, the armored bear mount from Zul’Aman, will be retired when the Wrath of the Lich King expansion launches. Today they clarified that statement and let us know that the bear mount will cease to be available with the next major content patch to WoW, which will actually happen before Wrath launches.

Zarahym posted:

As an update to this, the Zul’Aman Bear Mount will be removed with the upcoming content patch, prior to Wrath of the Lich King:

And he linked to another post of his:

Will bear mounts still be available when the new content patch hits?

No. This item will no longer be available with the release of the next content patch. Mind you this patch will happen before the release of Wrath of the Lich King.

So keep that in mind! There is not yet an announced date for the next major content patch, Patch 3.0, but Blizzard has said that it will be on the Public Test Realms in the coming weeks. If you still don’t have the Amani War Bear but you plan to get it, you might want to do it soon!

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Zhevra Mount Revealed

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

As you may remember, the client data for a zhevra (or zebra) mount showed up in WoW back in patch 2.4.2. But we haven’t heard much about it … until now.

Today Blizzard announced their new Recruit-A-Friend program. And one of the rewards for recruiting a friend is … *drumroll* … a zhevra mount!

Here’s the relevant quote from the Recruit-A-Friend FAQ:

How can I earn the exclusive in-game mount?

For each person you refer who upgrades to a retail version of World of Warcraft and purchases two months of game time, you will be able to give a character on the account you sent the invitation from an exclusive in-game zhevra mount. This unique mount can be claimed through the website, is only available to Recruit-A-Friend participants, and can only be applied to a single character.

If you’re interested in this deal — and I definitely am! — make sure that you read the rest of the Recruit-A-Friend FAQ so you understand exactly how this works. There are other neat rewards as well, including triple experience, free summons, and even free levels! But mostly I just want that zhevra …

There are several different color variation of the zhevra mount available in the WoW client data, but from the FAQ I am guessing that we don’t get a color choice — we just get the black & white zhevra shown in the screenshot Blizzard has posted. We won’t know for certain, though, until the first recruits start signing up for two months of game time.

(Many thanks to Riri for cluing me in about this!)

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