Last week we talked about some cats that will be changing their appearance come Cataclysm.
Quite a few pets are changing their look, in fact. No looks will be lost in the overall scheme of things. (And we’re up to something like 130 new looks now!)
But just so you’re not surprised about the changes, let’s take a look at the pets that are changing. Today: worms!
Disclaimer: This info comes from the Petopia database of Cataclysm pets. That data 1) could change since it’s from beta and 2) could be wrong since I screw up sometimes.
| Pet | Old Look | New Look |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Borer |  |
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| Ice Heart Jormungar Feeder |  |
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| Ice Heart Jormungar Spawn | |
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| Ravenous Jormungar | |
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Deep Borer
Before Cataclysm, the Deep Borer was a color-changing worm. In the wild (that is, Maraudon), they came in blue or grey variations. Once they were tamed, they could be either color – randomly choosing one each time you called your pet.
In Cataclysm, though, Deep Borers will be blue worms, period. They will not change color when you call them. If you already have one tamed, it will be blue. Period.
If you’d prefer to keep a grey worm, grab a Dredge Crusher or Dredge Striker from Silithus.
If you are after a color-changing worm after Cataclysm, check out the Dredge Worm of Blackrock Depths. It changes between brown and grey.
I’m excited about this change myself. I’ve always wanted a blue worm and I found it somewhat unfortunate that I could only have one part-time.
Jormungar
Before Cataclysm, all tameable jormungar worms were purplish. (Except, arguably, the Disembodied Jormungar – which is ghostly purplish.)
Cataclysm adds four new looks for jormungar worms. Three of those new colors ended up on existing jormungar. (The fourth, a gorgeous dark charcoal, is on the newly tameable Rattlebore.)
If you have one of the worms above tamed, you will log in after Cataclysm launches to find yourself with a shiny new worm.
If you’d prefer to keep a purplish jormungar, you have lots of choices. My favorite is the Tundra Crawler of Borean Tundra just because they are so enormous in the wild that they’re hard to miss. (They shrink when tamed, of course.)
LOL! We’ve gained 30-40ish looks since the last tally! God, that’s amazing. I love this build so much. xD
I must put in a link for the new pink worm here, just because it’s so nifty-looking, despite not qualifying as a changed color (since it’s totally new).
/want white jormungar O_O
Oh wow, I so want a Ice Heart Jormungar Spawn. With all the new pet looks, 25 pet slots isn’t going to be enough.
Those Tundra Crawlers hold a special place for me – as I recall, they were one of the first screenshots I sent you when the Wrath NDA was lifted :)
What happened to the illustrious Rattlebore, that giant jormungar worm that was supposed to get the dark/black skin??? :-(
Nimizar: I’d forgotten that! Heh! No wonder I always liked them. ;)
Darkcrow: Since you couldn’t tame Rattlebore before, no one is going to log in and be surprised to see him change. That’s why I didn’t list him in the table. But don’t worry – he is still going to be big and black.
Awwwww thats sad news! I want that model so bad. Why would they introduce so many unused models and then put it on a non-tameable pet? Thats cruel
@Darkcrow
Rattlebore WILL be tamable when he gets the new look. He just isn’t tamable NOW, so he’s technically not going to change as a pet, since no one will have tamed him before the new look.
Those Jurmungar are sharp looking. They have fantastic expressions too, considering they haven’t got a face. Take the green one for example, he lends himself well to one of those “O rly?” type pictures.
Worms both of the traditional and Jormunger variety, do have a lot of personality and expression . Which is rather bizarre, when you think about it. The new Jormunger skins really tempt me, but they are nothing compared to Thor I went out first day after patch and camped him until I found him. My guildies are still disturbed by how cute he can be. :D
Hehe, I agree Mr. Perfect. The Jormungar *do* have expressions, even though they lack real eyes. Actually for me the dark scale on either side of the head look like eyes at first glance, so that’s always how I see them.
i like my jormungar just how it is, he was the first pet i tamed in wrath and i leveld with him all the way to 80
maybe i´ll get one of the new colours too but only if i have some space left in my stable
It’s so cool that we can see pet models, rather than just family, level and spec on the new Armoury :)
If I recall correctly, Ouroborous will be moulting and coming out a lovely blue colour :)
I love your pet names, Nimizar.
Are the ghost worms still ghosts? http://www.wow-petopia.com/look/jormungarlarvaghost.html
/wipessweatfrombrow
I was initially worried that my beloved Phaeton (snazzy chariot and sports car of worms, formerly Grubthor) was going to change. I’m not quite as attached to him as some of the people in the previous thread on changing cats are to their pets, but I’d still hate to have him go.
@Mania: I’d be impressed (or perhaps disturbed) if anyone managed to guess the inspirations for them all :)