A “new” puzzle in WoW Classic is currently keeping players busy. They are trying to figure out what this crazy parrot actually wants …
World of Warcraft Classic is a pretty old game – it actually has been around for 15 years. But now the community is on the trail of a possible puzzle that players might have overlooked all this time. There’s lively discussion about this topic in the WoW Classic subreddit, and many players are contributing their possible theories and solutions.
What is it about? The starting point is a parrot in the Burning Steppes. Near a cave in the north, you can find the parrot “Opus”, who keeps saying various sayings. Among these is the exclamation: “Opus wants some Cuergos Gold … with worm.”
Cuergos Gold with worm is a special item that can only be obtained at a single location in the game and only has a very low drop chance. The fact that the parrot talks about it from the other side of the world is suspicious for many players.
Where do you get the item? The aforementioned Cuergos Gold with worm can be obtained by players with a lot of luck in Tanaris. They first have to piece together parts of a treasure map from the pirates. Afterwards, they follow the map to a place guarded by several pirates. These drop a key to complete the quest. In the reward box for the quest, there is only an 11% chance of finding the drink “Cuergos Gold with worm”. It is unique but not soulbound, meaning it can be passed to other players or sold at the auction house.
This is how players proceed: Currently, there is a PTR for WoW Classic. Players are taking advantage of this to copy their character from the live server to the PTR, thereby creating several units of the item “Cuergos Gold with worm”. When copying the character, the inventory is also transferred, allowing players on the PTR to try out how to use Cuergos Gold with worm. So far, they have tried to give the drink to the parrot in some way or to drink it themselves while using emotes. However, this has not yet led to any results.
But players are not giving up.
There are also crazy puzzles in the current World of Warcraft – such as the swarm consciousness.
This fuels the puzzle search: There are many reasons why players do this. On the one hand, they find it extremely exciting to find another riddle in an old game that has been considered fully solved for over a decade. On the other hand, there is often talk of a developer who is said to have stated that “a puzzle in WoW has never been found” – whether this really refers to this parrot and its drink preference remains to be seen.
Additionally, there is the fact that Blizzard introduced an NPC named “Warp-Huntress Kula” years later, who shares a sentence exactly with Opus. Almost as if Blizzard wants to draw attention to the fact that something has not yet been discovered.
Anyone who wants to join the puzzle-solving can participate in the discussion in the WoW Classic subreddit. But beware, the search might lead you to the “arse of the world”.
Whether the puzzle will be solved – or whether there is even a puzzle – remains to be seen. The players are certainly eager and currently feverishly trying to solve the puzzle somehow.
Do you think it’s cool that players are still tackling such a puzzle? Or do you believe there is no puzzle at all, and the players are just chasing a false lead?
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