Everything you’ll need to collect before starting the Felcycle mount secret journey (that we know of, so far)

As part of the World of Warcraft 20th Anniversary, a Secrets of Azeroth bonus event was released that rewards Incognitro, the Indecipherable Felcycle and the Feat of Strength achievement Ratts’ Revenge. All you have to do is solve this secret first — and the community is still searching for the answers. So far, there are solutions for the first eight steps of the puzzle, and we’ll update this guide as we learn more.  But we already know solving this secret will take a lot of questing, collecting, and exploring. You’ll need to have certain pets, mounts, toys, and even transmog appearances to complete certain steps, and you may need to complete quests to unlock areas, phases, or game features.

Though this quest isn’t timegated — it will remain in the game even after the anniversary event ends — and there are no class or race restrictions, some of the items you need may be seasonal, locked behind expansion content, or only be available to a particular class. You may find there’s quite a lot you need to unlock before you can make much progress. To help out, we’ve compiled a list of things you’ll need to track down before finishing this quest, so you can be ready to snap up this secret as soon as it’s solved.

Zones and game features to unlock

To start on your path to the Indecipherable Felcycle, you’ll want to unlock:

• The Garrison in Warlords of Draenor
• Tanaan Jungle in Warlords of Draenor
• The Heart of Azeroth artifact in Battle for Azeroth
• Visions of N’Zoth in Battle for Azeroth
• Access to covenants in Shadowlands (note that the Maw skip is currently broken)
• Access to Azj-Kahet in The War Within

You can skip some of these unlocks if you have someone who can summon you to the zone in question, but others don’t have a shortcut.

Everything you need to complete the anniversary secret

These are the items required to complete each stage of this secret, as well as any specific constraints to collect them, and whether they can be purchased on the Auction House (if you would rather spend the gold instead of the time). In some cases the required items will come from a previous step of the secret, and you will need them in your bags to progress.

Prologue

• Detective Title — Earned by completing the Azeroth’s Greatest Detective Achievement.
• Tricked-Out Thinking Cap Toy — Earned either by completing the Azeroth’s Greatest Detective Achievement or the Secrets of Azeroth event from Dragonflight, starting in Valdrakkan.
• Torch of Pyrreth Toy — Earned either by completing the Azeroth’s Greatest Detective Achievement or the Secrets of Azeroth event from Dragonflight, starting in Valdrakkan.
• Idol of Ohn’ahra Toy — Earned either by completing the Azeroth’s Greatest Detective Achievement or the Secrets of Azeroth event from Dragonflight, starting in Valdrakkan.

Torch 01 – Love

• Peculiar Key — earned during the prologue, this will be required to enter Karazhan Catacombs to access Ratts’ Lair.

Torch 02 – Pray

• Perky Pug Battle Pet — Earned by completing the achievement Looking For Multitudes.
• One of the following Perky Pug Costumes:
  • “Dogg-Saron” Costume — purchased from a Vashti the Wandering Merchant.
  •  “Yipp-Saron” Costume — purchased during the Hallow’s End event.
• One of the following items that will apply an Old God appearance to your character:
  • Twitching Eyeball Toy — Earned during Battle for Azeroth (patch 8.1.5) campaign content.
  • All-Seeing Eyes Toy — Crafted from items collected in Battle for Azeroth (patch 8.3.0) Visions of N’Zoth invasion zones.
  • Gift of N’Zoth Appearance — Earned during Battle for Azeroth (patch 8.1.5) campaign content.

Torch 03 – Hate

• Key of Shadows object — Earned in the previous stage.

You’ll also want as many of these unique objects you can collect:

• Lucky Charm — purchased from Lenny “Fingers” McCoy, or from the Auction House
• Lucky Dragon’s Claw — purchased from Griftah
• Lucky Duck — reward for completing the quest Friend on the Mend
• Lucky Horseshoe — purchased from Farrier Roscha
• Lucky Rat’s Tooth — purchased from Lenny “Fingers” McCoy, or from the Auction House
• Lucky Shirt — purchased from Lenny “Fingers” McCoy, or from the Auction House
• Lucky Tortollan Charm — purchased from Griftah

Torch 04 – Doom

Ability to summon a demon:

• Be a Warlock, or
• Scroll of Fel Binding consumable, purchased from Vashti the Wandering Merchant

Torch 05 – Muffin

You will need to win a pet battle against Jeremy Feasel using a team of three pets, consisting entirely of “secret” pets. Some pets are unique, others will allow you to collect up to three of the same pet by using alt characters.

The following pets have been validated, there may be more eligible pets:

• Baa’l pet — reward at the end of a long secret added in Battle for Azeroth (patch 8.0.1). Note that the Trading Post reward Baa’lial does not count towards this secret.
• Bugbiter Tortoise pet — purchased using hidden items discovered in The Waking Shore (there is conflicting information about this pet — use with caution and have a back up just in case).
• Bumbles pet — reward for completing the Let’s Bee Friends achievement, which requires a minimum of 10 days to complete.
• Glimr pet — reward from completing the quest Guardian of the Smallest.
• Gurgl pet — reward from completing the quest Gurgl and the Bandit.
• Jenafur pet — reward at the end of a complex secret added in Battle for Azeroth (patch 8.2.5).
• Nelthara pet — reward from an L70 Evoker (Augmentation) only quest Our Destiny. The learned pet can be summoned by any class.
• Snowclaw Cub pet — reward from a trading game secret added in Dragonflight (patch 10.0)
• Spyragos pet — reward from completing the quest A Dragon’s Day Off.
• Sun Darter Hatchling pet — reward for completing a secret dungeon gauntlet, added in Mists of Pandaria (patch 5.0.1)
• Taptaf pet — reward for completing the hidden quest Taptaf the Pig!
• Terky pet — reward for finding the hidden treasure White Murloc Egg
• Wicker Pup pet — crafted from items collected in Battle for Azeroth (patch 8.0.1), in Drustvar

A hotfix at the end of November is reported to have added an additional six pets to the eligible list, but these have not been identified at time of writing. These are yet to be verified but are believed to include:

• Francois pet — acquired in Tiragarde Sound if you can sufficiently impress Francoise with your bank account balance.
• Gizmo the Pure pet — reward from the Guest Relations Side Story ‘A Loud and Smelly Case’, starting with the quest A Hozen On My Back.
• Hungering Claw pet — one of the possible rewards from the Kosumoth the Hungering Legion world quest, before the WQ will appear you need to complete precise attunement requirements.
• Lil’ Abom pet — crafted by collecting components that are only available during a Night Fae Assault on Perdition Hold in the Maw.
• Renny pet — reward for successfully playing hide and seek with Renny the Vulpin around the Shadowlands and completing the achievement.
• Tobias pet — reward for completing the Community Rumor Mill achievement during the Dragonflight Secrets of Azeroth event.

Torch 06 – Altars

This step has several sets of items that are required: some need a specific item, others will let you choose from a list of valid items. While it is possible to “share” completion credit, an individual player will need all items for a single altar to get credit.

• Blood Altar
  • Any mount with “Blood” in its name, it may need the name to start with “Blood.”
  • Any pet with “Blood” in its name, it may need the name to start with “Blood.”
  • Throbbing Blood Orb Toy — looted from Looted Bleeding Hollow Treasure, requires Garrison Campaign: The Bane of the Bleeding Hollow before it will appear.
• Corrupt Altar
  • Any mount with “Corrupt” in its name, it may need the name to start with “Corrupt.”
  • Any pet with “Corrupt” in its name, it may need the name to start with “Corrupt.”
  • Transmogrify your cloak to any cloak with the appearance of Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption.
  • Also, one of the two following options:
    • Ring of Broken Promises toy — reward from the quest Broken Promises, requires an uncommon drop from mobs in a cave on the Darkmoon Island
    • Accursed Tome of the Sargerei toy — looted from treasure Tome of Secrets in Tanaan Jungle
• Lust Altar
  • Sister of Temptation Pet — drops from Mother Shahraz in Black Temple.
  • Steamy Romance Novel Kit Toy — crafted by scribes using a Legion Inscription technique.
  • Moroes’ Famous Polish Toy — optional item, reward from the quest Feeling A Bit Morose, linked to the Warlords of Draenor Garrison.
• Sin Altar
  • Sinheart Pet — reward from reaching Renown 27 with the Venthyr covenant in Shadowlands.
  • Bondable Sinstone Toy — looted from the treasure Taskmaster’s Trove, not a guaranteed drop.
  • Transmogrify your cloak to any cloak with the Venthyr Sinstone cloak appearance.
• Void Altar
  • Any pet with the Void attribute, some examples include 
    • Lesser Voidcaller pet — learned form the Crystal of the Void item, dropped by High Astromancer Solarian in the Burning Crusade raid The Eye.
    • Voidwiggler pet — learned form the Tiny Grimoire item, dropped by Darbel Montrose in the Arathi Highlands warfront.
    • Sir Shady Mrrgglton Junior pet — purchased from Sir Finley Mrrgglton using Delve currency.
  • Transmogrify your cloak to any black cloak with the appearance of Cloak of the Black Void.
  • One of the two following options:
    • Shadowy Disguise Toy — complete the Pet Battle Challenge: Blackrock Depths Achievement, or
    • Void Totem Toy — reward from the quest Shadowy Secrets, linked to the Warlords of Draenor Garrison.

Chest

• Starry-Eyed Goggles — earned during Hate secret solve

Torch 07 – Watchers

• Fledgling Warden Owl Pet — requires Revered renown with The Warders faction from Legion.

Torch 08 – Enigma

• Relic of Crystal Connections — earned during Muffin secret solve
• Ancient Shaman Blood — earned during Altar secret solve
• Warden’s Mirror — earned during Watchers secret solve