In World of Warcraft you can get a bee mount starting today. We will tell you step by step how this works.
The Patch 8.2.5 of World of Warcraft is live and has brought many revelations. The patch introduced, among other things, a big CGI cinematic to conclude the war campaign, but also new mounts for collectors. One of them is the Honey Harvester, a bee as a mount. This article explains how you obtain the bee.
Step 1: Preparation
Before you begin, you should meet several requirements to be able to complete the task. Make sure that …
- … you play an Alliance character at level 120.
- … you have completed the quests in Stormsong Valley.
- … you own the bee pets “Hummelbummel” or “Seebriesenhummel”.
- … you have unlocked flying in Kul Tiras and Zandalar (not strictly necessary, but helpful).
You can buy the Seebriesenhummel for 250 of the current pet tokens from the faction “The Stormwatch” if you have at least a respectful reputation. Alternatively, you can find the bee at the auction house if another player decides to sell it.
The Hummelbummel, on the other hand, is obtained at the end of a 7-day repeatable quest in Stormsong Valley and is associated with significantly more farming work. We recommend buying the Seebriesenhummel.
Step 2: Unlocking the Swarm Mother
If the above-mentioned conditions are met, head to Stormsong Valley to “Ingmar the Beekeeper” (Barry the Beekeeper). You can find him at the coordinates 69 / 64, where he stands near the river. He is overwhelmed with bees, so he is hard to miss.
Now summon your Hummelbummel or Seebriesenhummel so Ingmar can say a few words. Afterwards, you will see green steam clouds that you can follow. They will lead you halfway through the area to a cave at coordinates 63 / 27. Here, the Swarm Mother appears and blocks your access.
Now you need to search for jelly spawns. These can spawn pretty much anywhere in Stormsong Valley. They are small, yellow honeycombs of varying sizes placed on the ground.
The first time you find jelly, bring it back directly to the Swarm Mother. Afterwards, speak again with Ingmar, who will then contact the Swarm Mother. From now on, you can enter the bee cave and start collecting reputation.
Step 3: Grinding for Revered Reputation
How to collect reputation? Basically, collecting reputation now consists of flying through Stormsong Valley and looking for jelly deposits. You can carry an infinite amount of jelly with you and then hand it in at the cave, so you don’t have to return repeatedly.
Additionally, there are some new rare mobs and events that grant reputation for the faction. For example, you will find an ettin north of the cave at the coast and small flower fields everywhere in Stormsong Valley. When they are active, this will be indicated on your minimap (either as a star or a treasure chest). Events and rare mobs often drop large amounts of jelly or quest starters that you can hand in to the Bee Queen for a large chunk of reputation.
Note that there are two different “reputation bars” for this task. One belongs to the swarm and fills relatively quickly through various tasks. The second belongs to the little Honey Harvester that you feed with jelly. This reputation with the Honey Harvester does not appear in your reputation window, but you can only see it on-site in the cave. Only when you have collected maximum reputation with both factions can you complete the final questline and obtain the mount!
One last tip: For collecting jelly, it is recommended to set the “Ground Clutter” point in the graphics settings to 1. This way, numerous plants, branches, and bushes will not be displayed, making it much easier to spot jelly deposits from a distance.
There is no time gating: The good thing about the task is that there are no “time gates”. If you want, you can collect jelly all day long and possibly complete the task in just a few days. This is what sets the grind for the bee apart from other mounts, where you can only make a certain amount of progress per day.
Will you get this bee? Or are you not interested in such a long grind?
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