Blizzard has trolled players of World of Warcraft hard. For a year, they puzzled over a mystery that doesn’t even exist …
The “Secret Finding” community of World of Warcraft has already celebrated some successes. They found several hidden mounts and even the Belt of Timegold, but also various pets. But one riddle left players clueless for more than a year. Now Blizzard has revealed: Gotcha, the riddle you are looking for doesn’t even exist.
What is it about? It is about the “Pearl of the Abyss”. This is a toy that had already been discovered during data mining of World of Warcraft on the PTR of Patch 8.2. It was a toy associated with Nazjatar and had the (translated) description: “You feel compelled to place the black pearl on your head… why would one do that?!”
For almost a year, players have been searching for this toy and have invested a lot of time in it. Now Blizzard has said: The toy was just a placeholder; it never made it into the live version of the game.
Where does the information come from? Russ Petersen, the Lead Rewards Designer for World of Warcraft, revealed this on Twitter. There he explained: “The Pearl of the Abyss was never obtainable. I am not sure why it was mentioned in the Hotfix patch notes in September 2019, as it was removed from the toy box in June. Sorry for the confusion.”
This is why players are angry: What is particularly frustrating is that Blizzard clearly communicated that the “Pearl of the Abyss” was available in the game. It was specifically mentioned in the patch notes of a hotfix. Since then, players have been searching for this pearl, and collectively invested thousands of hours of playtime to solve one of the last mysteries of World of Warcraft.
That it took Blizzard almost a year – as Patch 8.2 has been live for that long – to finally correct this angers some players.
