Ulduar Achievements, New Turtle Mount, More on PTR
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Juggynaut on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 26 Comments Tags: Achievements, Mount, Patch, Ulduar, content patch, mmo champion, patch 3.1, ptr, public test realm, turtle, turtle mount
Juggynaut on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 26 Comments Tags: Achievements, Mount, Patch, Ulduar, content patch, mmo champion, patch 3.1, ptr, public test realm, turtle, turtle mount 
Whether or not you find it productive to spend time on the Public Test Realm, it is usually pretty interesting to at least hear about what Blizzard has in store for the future of World of Warcraft. MMO-Champion once again delivers on that front by looking at the latest build of Patch 3.1 on the PTR. With their all-seeing eyes, they've discovered some significant (and not so significant) class and profession changes, new mounts including a turtle, and a plethora of Ulduar Achievements.While the list of class changes is somewhat short, there are some very interesting ones. Paladins have had a few talents rearranged, Death Knights have a slew of changes, and other classes get some minor tweaks, but the the most interesting to me are for Shamans, especially elemental ones which are mostly aimed at PvP. Check them all out on MMO-Champion.
The new mounts mentioned sound fun, but I mostly just want the turtle:
- Blue Skeletal Warhorse - Summons and dismisses a rideable Blue Skeletal Warhorse. This is a very fast mount.
- White Kodo - Summons and dismisses a rideable White Kodo.
- Venomhide Ravasaur - Summons and dismisses a rideable Venomhide Ravasaur. This is a very fast mount.
- Coralshell Turtle - Summons and dismisses a rideable Coralshell Turtle. This is a very fast mount, both on land and in water.
Lastly, more and more new achievements are being implemented. With Ulduar being a huge instance with 14 bosses and 11 "hard modes," there were bound to be a ton of them, and the list doesn't even look to be comprehensive as there are no Heroic mode achievements included. Keep in mind that many of the numbers are placeholders and will likely be changed before 3.1 goes live.
***Also beware that the achievement details may spoil some content!***
- The Siege of Ulduar (Defeat the bosses of The Siege area of Ulduar on Normal Difficulty.)
- The Antechamber of Ulduar (Defeat the bosses of The Antechamber area of Ulduar on Normal Difficulty.)
- The Keepers of Ulduar (Defeat the Keeper bosses of Ulduar on Normal Difficulty.)
- The Descent into Madness (Defeat the bosses of The Descent into Madness area of Ulduar on Normal Difficulty.)
- The Secrets of Ulduar (Defeat every boss in Ulduar on Normal Difficulty.)
- Unbroken (Defeat Flame Leviathan on the first try without anyone repairing their vehicle on Normal Difficulty.)
- Three Car Garage (Defeat Flame Leviathan while in each of the following vehicles on Normal Difficulty.)
- Take Out Those Turrets (Destroy a Flame Leviathan Defense Turret on Normal Difficulty.)
- Shutout (Defeat Flame Leviathan without causing a System Shutdown on Normal Difficulty.)
- Orbital Bombardment (Defeat Flame Leviathan with 1 Orbital Defense System active on Normal Difficulty.)
- Orbital Devastation (Defeat Flame Leviathan with 2 Orbital Defense Systems active on Normal Difficulty.)
- Nuked from Orbit (Defeat Flame Leviathan with 3 Orbital Defense Systems active on Normal Difficulty.)
- Orbit-uary (Defeat Flame Leviathan with 4 Orbital Defense Systems active on Normal Difficulty.)
- A Quick Shave (Defeat Razorscale without allowing her to fly into the air more than once on Normal Difficulty.)
- Minimal Casualties (Defeat Razorscale without any friendly NPCs dying during the fight on Normal Difficulty.)
- Iron Dwarf, Medium Rare (Defeat 1000 Iron Dwarves with Razorscale's Flame Breath within 2 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- Shattered (Defeat Ignis the Furnace Master while shattering 77 Iron Constructs within 5 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- Hot Pocket (Survive being thrown into Ignis the Furnace Master's crucible on Normal Difficulty.)
- Stokin' the Furnace (Defeat Ignis the Furnace Master in 2 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- Nerf Engineering (Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor without him recovering any health from XS-013 Scrapbots on Normal Difficulty.)
- Nerf Scrapbots (Defeat 1000 XS-013 Scrapbots within 12 seconds using XE-321 Boombots on Normal Difficulty.)
- Nerf Dark Bombs (Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor without any raid member dying from a Dark Bomb on Normal Difficulty.)
- Must Deconstruct Faster (Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor in 20.5 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- Heartbreaker (Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor after destroying his heart on Normal Difficulty.)
- I Choose You, Runemaster Molgeim (Defeat the Iron Council with Runemaster Molgeim as the last member alive on Normal Difficulty.)
- I Choose You, Stormcaller Brundir (Defeat the Iron Council with Stormcaller Brundir as the last member alive on Normal Difficulty.)
- I Choose You, Steelbreaker (Defeat the Iron Council with Steelbreaker as the last member alive on Normal Difficulty.)
- But I'm on Your Side (Defeat the Iron Council while under the effect of a Steel Boot Flask on Normal Difficulty.)
- Can't Do That While Stunned (Defeat the Iron Council without allowing Stormcaller Brundir to cast Chain Lightning or Lightning Whirl on Normal Difficulty.)
- Overload Overlord (Defeat the Iron Council without any raid member being struck by Overload on Normal Difficulty.)
- With Open Arms (Defeat Kologarn without destroying either of his arms on Normal Difficulty.)
- Disarmed (Destroy both of Kologarn's arms within 12 seconds and then defeat Kologarn on Normal Difficulty.)
- If Looks Could Kill (Defeat Kologarn without any raid member being hit by Focused Eye Beams on Normal Difficulty.)
- Rubble and Roll (Defeat Kologarn with 6000 Rubble creatures alive on Normal Difficulty.)
- Cheese the Freeze (Defeat Hodir without any raid member being hit by Flash Freeze on Normal Difficulty.)
- I Have the Coolest Friends (Defeat Hodir without any friendly NPC dying on Normal Difficulty.)
- Getting Cold in Here (Defeat Hodir without any raid member having more than 3 stacks of Biting Cold on Normal Difficulty.)
- Staying Buffed All Winter (Possess the effects of Toasty Fire, Storm Power and Starlight at the same time on Normal Difficulty.)
- Don't Stand in the Lightning (Defeat Thorim without being affected by Lightning Charge on Normal Difficulty.)
- I'll Take You All On (Defeat Thorim, the Ancient Rune Giant and the Rune Colossus on Normal Difficulty.)
- Who Needs Bloodlust? (Defeat Thorim while under the effect of Aura of Celerity on Normal Difficulty.)
- Siffed (Force Thorim to enter the arena and defeat him while Sif is present on Normal Difficulty.)
- Lumberjacked (Defeat Elder Brightleaf, Elder Ironbranch and Elder Stonebark within 2 seconds of each other on Normal Difficulty.)
- Con-speed-atory (Defeat Freya within 2 minutes of engaging a creature in the Conservatory of Life on Normal Difficulty.)
- Deforestation (Defeat 2 Ancient Water Spirits, 2 Storm Lashers and 2 Snaplashers within 120 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- Getting Back to Nature (Defeat Freya while she is affected by Attuned to Nature on Normal Difficulty.)
- Mind the Mines (Defeat Mimiron without anyone in the raid triggering a Proximity Mine on Normal Difficulty.)
- Strike Out (Defeat Mimiron without anyone in the raid being hit by a Rocket Strike on Normal Difficulty.)
- A-bomb-inable (Defeat Mimiron without anyone in the raid being hit by a Bomb Bot on Normal Difficulty.)
- Set Up Us the Bomb (Complete the following Mimiron achievements on Normal Difficulty.)
- I'll Form the Head! (Force Mimiron to combine the parts of his greatest creation within 20 minutes on Normal Difficulty.)
- Shadowdodger (Defeat General Vezax without any raid member being hit by Shadow Crash on Normal Difficulty.)
- I Love the Smell of Saronite in the Morning (Defeat General Vezax without being affected by Saronite Vapors on Normal Difficulty.)
- Never Stand Near the Faceless Dude (Defeat General Vezax without allowing him to regain health from Mark of the Faceless on Normal Difficulty.)
- Crazy Cat Lady (Defeat Auriaya while doing something cool on Normal Difficulty.)
- Supermassive (Defeat Algalon the Observer while destroying 4 Black Holes within 10 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- Observed (Defeat Algalon the Observer on Normal Difficulty.)
- He Feeds On Your Tears (Defeat Algalon the Observer without any raid member dying on Normal Difficulty.)
- She's Not Bad for an Old God (/Kiss Sara in Ulduar on Normal Difficulty.)
- Drive Me Crazy (Defeat Yogg-Saron without any raid member going insane on Normal Difficulty.)
- He's Not Getting Any Older (Defeat Yogg-Saron within 22 minutes on Normal Difficulty.)
- They're Coming Out of the Walls (Defeat 200 Guardians of Yogg-Saron within 12 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
- In His House He Waits Dreaming (Experience all 5 visions of Yogg-Saron's mind on Normal Difficulty.)
- The Undying, Part Two (Within one raid lockout period, defeat every boss in Ulduar on Normal Difficulty without allowing any raid member to die during any of the boss encounters.)
Reader Comments (26)
Wow lots of new things great post btw!
I love the throw back to the official forums with all of the "nerf [X]" and "Can't do that while stunned" achievements
Holy god, lots of new achievements. Exciting!
Looking at the talents for ret paladins, I now have no idea where I'm going to spend all my points. I feel like i put all my points where I want them and am left with about 5 left over...
Stokin’ the Furnace (Defeat Ignis the Furnace Master in 2 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
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Is it really possible to deafeat a boss in 2 seconds? If it is.. Wow..
I find it hilarious that the fastest land mount in the game is going to be a turtle. And exciting, since I like mounts and always wanted a riding turtle.
Dang, that's quite a slew of new achievements. O_O
Wow, turtle mount on land AND in water.. I thought the water mounts were still a ways off. excitement!
Stokin’ the Furnace (Defeat Ignis the Furnace Master in 2 seconds on Normal Difficulty.)
Pretty sure that should say 2 minutes
hopefully the water mounts can go past the fatigue point
"The Undying part 2" =D
A lot of the achievements have filler data in them. The bosses aren't tuned right yet, so it's impossible to know how quickly downing them will be possible. You aren't going to be downing bosses in seconds, or leaving 6000 enemy mobs up (can you imagine the lag?!). or "doing something cool"(look at the Crazy Cat Lady achievement).
The page has a disclaimer, but it isn't strong enough. it should say THESE NUMBERS ARE ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS AND WILL BE CHANGED.
Jebus... that a lot of stuff.
thats*
Lol juggy... turtle mount:)) look prety cool. nice post btw.
My personal favorite of the ulduar achievement list would have to be
He’s Not Getting Any Older (Defeat Yogg-Saron within 22 minutes on Normal Difficulty.)
The undying part 2... Metallica much ^^
nice list of achievements, definitely something to get busy with ^^
Didnt know there were 5 visions :S
wow... this raid just sounds more and more epic...
killing thousands of mobs in seconds... immense
can't wait for patch 3.1, it's looking better all the time :)
Holy crap that's a butt load of achievements. I've barely done any normal raids, and only 25man OS o.O all those look wayyy out of my league :'(. I read a few, scrolled down and said "HOLY %$)(! SCREW READING THOSE!" ._.
Anyway, good post. Thanks for the info Juggy (you're the master) :P
22 fricking minute fight? and thats the minimum
Blizzard has heard the plea of the masses, "WE WANT A WATER MOUNT!"
Woot for the turtle mount!
for get the water mount i want a freakin multi passenger flying mount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://thottbot.com/test/s64731
can't wait for that turtle! definately gonna make travel easier...especially for those of us who get those lag spikes that send us and our mount into the water...can't wait to get myself a better computer....