How much different stuff can you collect in World of Warcraft? A player answers this question with “Yes” – and even impresses Blizzard.
The true endgame of World of Warcraft is not raiding, Mythic+, or PvP – but collecting transmog. Because as every somewhat experienced fan knows: “Item level fades, transmog endures.” Therefore, for many, a main task in the game is to have as much variety as possible and to be able to show off a new transmog outfit for every raid night.
But one player collects more than just “a bit.” He has collected a whopping 90% – of all transmog in the game. Even Blizzard is impressed.
Meanwhile, another person has collected all achievements in the game:
Who has collected so much? The player FearForge_Studios posted a screenshot of one of his addons in the WoW subreddit, listing how many templates he has already collected in the game. The impressive number: 90.37%. That’s a massive 28,789 different items available to him in his wardrobe and the collection solely from dungeons and raids.
That’s so much that even the official WoW account can only post “Daaaang” underneath.
According to the player, it took over 15 years to make this collection. This is the first time he has reached a value of over 90% in ATT, even though this will likely drop again with the next patch – or at the latest with the next expansion.
Event fuels collecting frenzy, was best time for completionists
How did he collect so much? The fact that he has collected over 90% of the available items from dungeons and raids as transmog rewards in some expansions is mainly due to the recent “Collector’s Bounty” event. Here, enemies not only dropped rare mounts more often, but also double the amount of transmog rewards.
Additionally, it has been possible for a while now to unlock transmog even if your character cannot equip the found item. In that case, the template is still unlocked in the wardrobe. This way, cloth wearers (like mages) can also pick up plate armor (for warriors) and add it to their collection.
The combination of these two circumstances allowed for massive expansion of one’s wardrobe, just as FearForge_Studios has done.
What is this addon? The addon that tracks progress in the collection is called “ALL THE THINGS”, or short ATT. ATT has already been presented in a post, but be warned: It is both a curse and a blessing. On one hand, it shows you in great detail absolutely every item in the game with its source – but at the same time, it painfully reminds you how little you have actually “completed” in WoW.
Did you use the event to significantly grow your transmog collection? How much percent of ATT have you been able to fill in so far? Or do you have no great interest in all the different outfits available in the game?
Something that shouldn’t be missing from any collection – but a real one – is this nostalgia item that someone got for just one euro.
