Several of the major announcements fromGamescom opening nightwere not about new titles, but new content for old titles. On top of the first DLC forDoom Eternal, there was also the official release date announcement forWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands. The newest expansion promises to delve into the minutia and details of Azeroth’s never before explored afterlife.
While the vastness of the new expansion is certainly exciting, many veteranWorld of Warcraftplayers have stuck to digging into the specifics of new content. With every new patch, explorers, secret hunters, and dataminers diligently plumb the game’s depths to discover what new items can be obtained. But sometimes getting one of the new additions is such a puzzling task that it requires a lot of trial and error by several community members.
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Some of the bigger efforts by players to uncover the hidden secrets (and glitches) ofWorld of Warcraftare truly astounding. While it is unlikely they will get more than a passing mention in theupcomingWorld of Warcraftanimated series, if that, their efforts go a long way to helping people play the game. Case in point: the secret hunters trying to find out how to unlock the secret battle pet Jenafur. This battle pet was datamined from a previous patch, and for almost a full year, players have been trying to figure out how to get her.
Jenafur is a secret companion that players can unlock inWorld of Warcraft. This is not the sort of companiontheWorld of WarcraftCompanion Appis named for, but rather a battle pet, like the kind that can be used by Hunters and Warlocks. At first glance, it may seem like Jenafur would be a Hunter pet, but some of her abilities, which seem to tie her to the Old Gods of Azeroth, give rise to doubt, and make her all the more intriguing.
The step by step guide to unlocking Jenafur is not yet complete, and what is currently there is pretty cryptic. The start of the quest seems to be talking to the ghost night elf Amara Lunastar, who mentions she has not been able to care for her cat. Then players have to head to Kharazan and that’s where the next steps fall apart. There are several food items that can be found and placed in Kharazan after talking to Amara, but the order, pattern, or anything about how they must be placed is unknown. Keep in mind, this is all the data compiled byWorld of Warcraftdata hunters after 11 months, andWOWplayers can accomplish amazing things when they put their minds to it.OneShadowlandsbeta tester hit level 50 after just three hours, and that’s on the lower end of the spectrum of crazyWOWaccomplishments.
The fact that several secret hunters still haven’t uncovered much after many months of searching speaks to the obscure nature of the quest. One wouldn’t think that it’s more difficult to find a cat inWOWthan toget an alpaca battle mount, but that’s the way it is. The guide to Jenafur is still being updated, so players can see quickly if any new progress is made.
World of Warcraftis available for PC, with theShadowlandsDLC coming on October 27th 2020 for PC.
