Before the launch of Shadowlands, World of Warcraft held a special contest where voters could pick a free mount all players would receive. Now, one of the most popular runner-up mounts from the World of Warcraft contest is officially being added to the game.
The tree-like Wandering Ancient mount won the initial contest, but not by an overwhelming margin. Years later, the Gooey Slimesaber mount is joining the Soaring Spelltome–a fellow runner-up mount added to World of Warcraft after the contest–albeit under a new name: Jigglesworth Sr.
The Jigglesworth Sr. mount is unlocked by acquiring the new limited-time Feat of Strength meta achievement, Fates of the Shadowlands Raids. This achievement is unlocked by completing Castle Nathria, the Sanctum of Domination, and the Sepulcher of the First Ones raids on Normal or higher difficulty using the new Fated mechanics added in Season 4. This new system adds new mechanics, powers, and twists to the encounters. As only one of these raids is available each week, players will be able to get Jigglesworth Sr. starting the week of August 16.
World of Warcraft players had previously datamined textures and icons from the Gooey Slimesaber in previous builds of Shadowlands, so its inclusion is not a total surprise. The Soaring Spelltome was added to the game months ago as a reward for completing the Mage Tower challenge mode after it was re-added to the game. However, unlike the Spelltome, Jigglesworth Sr. will only be available for a limited time.
World of Warcraft players are excited to get their very own slime cat in-game. Though the Wandering Ancient mount won the Shadowlands vote by over 10%, the Gooey Slimesaber came in second in almost all the voting regions. The Shadowlands mount contest contestants were all interesting concepts, and players hope the two remaining mounts that have not been added–the Curious Caterpillar and the Nerubian Swarmer–make their debuts eventually as well.
However, there is some controversy surrounding the World of Warcraft raid reward. The Fates of the Shadowlands Raids achievement is unavailable to players who complete the encounters on the easiest Raid Finder difficulty; they must be cleared on Normal, Heroic, or Mythic. Many fans are upset at this choice, especially since similar achievements and rewards had been available on Raid Finder difficulty in the past. It remains to be seen if World of Warcraft will add another manner for the limited-time Jigglesworth Sr. mount to be acquired, but for now, it seems like casual players may have to venture into more difficult content if they want to get their hands on the sticky mount.
World of Warcraft is available now on PC. The Dragonflight expansion is set to launch later this year.
Source: World of Warcraft