When The Burning Crusade was released in 2007, a special pet came with the Collector’s Edition. If you want to redeem these pets today in WoW BC Classic or in World of Warcraft, you will find: That is no longer possible, at least not in Europe.
What are these pets? We are talking about the Netherwhelp and Lurky, a white baby murloc. The whelp is the pet that was included as a digital goodie in the Collector’s Edition of The Burning Crusade 14 years ago (in the title image on the left).
Lurky is a compensation for EU players after there was an issue with redeeming the Netherwhelp here. Anyone affected by this problem received the little murloc as an extra (in the title image on the right).
Why can’t I get the pets anymore? European players could only redeem their contents at that time with some extra steps. The reason for this was that the keys in the EU versions were merely upgrades from Vanilla to TBC, not a CE version. To unlock the pets nonetheless, players had to:
- take a photo of the collector’s card and the barcode of the Collector’s Edition
- print the account management page or write down the account name along with the email address
- send all this by mail to Blizzard HQ in France
However, this is no longer possible today, as a player noted on Reddit (via reddit.com). According to wowhead, the redemption was still possible earlier this year. However, the corresponding support article from Blizzard has also been removed without comment (via wowhead.com and battle.net). The support article can still be viewed via an archive page (via web.archive.org).
It is unclear why redeeming no longer works. wowhead suspects it is due to the closure of the Blizzard office in Versailles announced in 2020. Only the Collector’s Editions of The Burning Crusade are affected, while all others should still work without any issues.
If you have already activated your Collector’s Edition beforehand, you should be able to simply pick up your pets from an innkeeper in the capitals or from Landro in Booty Bay (via battle.net). However, some players report that this does not work reliably either.
If you still want digital goodies, you can opt for a Digital Deluxe Edition of BC Classic. This includes toys and unique mounts as well as a level boost. However, it can happen that other players may spit on you for spending money on the edition…
BC Classic – Strong Start Even Without Collector’s Edition
When Burning Crusade Classic launched on the night of June 2, 2021, and the Dark Portal opened for the second time, thousands of players were waiting to explore the shattered world once again.
The launch went surprisingly smoothly, even on large German servers. The servers ran stable and were not as shaky as 14 years ago, the areas themselves were not overly crowded, and thanks to layering and dynamic respawns, even quests could be completed quickly. Only a few trolls spoiled the fun with DDoS attacks.
If you want to see more about BC Classic, tune in on the evening of June 2 at Monsters and Explosions on Twitch. We will be playing the first expansion of WoW Classic live, and you can watch us once again wreak havoc in the shattered world:
WoW Burning Crusade Classic – We return to the shattered world
