Druid Cat Form quest fixed: the relics can be looted again
· ForeverDB
For about a day, Druids on the Forever beta couldn't finish the level 20 Cat Form quest because a relic in the Stormrage Barrow Dens gave a “no loot” error, and hundreds queued at it. Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield says a fix went out on September 28, and players confirm it works.
In WoW Forever, Druids don't buy Cat Form from the trainer. They earn it at level 20 with a quest, “The Great Cat Spirit”, which sends them to collect three relics in the Stormrage Barrow Dens. Over the weekend one of those relics broke: when more than one player clicked it at the same time, everyone got a “no loot” error. Druids queued in the cave for hours, and players reported that some were clicking the relic nonstop to stop others from getting it (forum thread, another).
Fixed on September 28
Senior game designer Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield replied on X to a player who said the quest had been bugged for 24 hours:
We sent a fix out for this about an hour ago or so, and it should be resolved now. Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield, Blizzard senior game designer, on X
Players in the forum thread confirmed from about 20:00 UTC on September 28 that they could loot the relic. One tip from them: keep clicking until the loot cast starts. It was a server-side fix, so you don't need to update your client. Wowhead reported it too.
What the client files show
- Three quest records (98342, 98396 and 98404) share one completion flag, so they are versions of the same quest and you only do one. Wowhead lists two as “The Great Cat Spirit” and one as “The Great Windborne Cat Spirit”. The Windborne version most likely belongs to the new Skyborne race (our reading).
- Three new quest items fit the three relics: Relic of the Fang, Relic of the Claw and Relic of the Silent Shadow. The client doesn't say which quest uses them.
- Finishing the trial gives a 5-minute buff, Blessed by the Great Cat Spirit or, in the Windborne version, Blessed by the Great Windborne Cat Spirit.
- The Stormrage Barrow Dens is one of the new areas in the Forever client. See the datamine page.
Still unconfirmed
Player report, not confirmed by Blizzard.
A player said on X that if you abandon the quest while collecting the relics, you can't pick it up again and are left without Cat Form. Blizzard hasn't commented on that, and we don't know whether the September 28 fix covers it. Until we know more, don't abandon the quest.
For the rest of the Druid's early levels, see our Druid leveling guide and Druid abilities and talents.