The hunt for Jimothy officially kicks off in Midnight patch 12.1

The search is on for the world’s most famous spinally-deformed raccoon… in Azeroth. Among Midnight’s patch 12.1 content are several secret pets, and the World of Warcraft Secret Finding Discord channel is buzzing with leads as sleuthing players scour Silvermoon City for Jimothy himself.

If you’ve spent the summer on the side of the Moon that doesn’t get any internet, you might not be familiar with Jimothy. This curiously proportioned but otherwise healthy Seattle raccoon went viral after a video of his disturbingly endearing gait showed up online in mid-July. Over the past few weeks the internet has done its weird old thing and turned Jimothy into a mascot of sorts.

It was barely more than a week before the World of Warcraft team responded to an apparent deluge of requests with a teaser of an in-game Jimothy scuttling happily around Zul’Aman. There were a few more hints in developer interviews and teased models, but the launch of patch 12.1 revealed that we’d have to don our Tweed Jackets of Secret Location to locate this horizontally challenged trash panda.

Officially appearing in-game as J’imothy, the adorable omnivore’s pet journal entry describes how he encountered trouble while digging through trash in Silvermoon City. As usual, the WoW Secret Finding Discord channel activated and quickly scoured the Blood Elf capital.

No in-game clues have been found yet, but datamining is one of the arrows in the secret-finder’s quiver. Several clues have been found hidden in the game’s code in the form of spells and items that suggests our favorite ring-tailed chum got a bit too curious rummaging through magical garbage and ended up trapped in some sort of arcane prison.

No previous secret-finding experience is required to join the hunt for Jimothy, just join the Secret Finding Discord and head to the Jimothy channel . While some secrets are solved nearly instantly by the super sleuths in the community, others have taken many months to crack. Who knows how long it will be before everyone standing around the Great Vault is accompanied by their own stumpy little friend. Stay tuned to Blizzard Watch for the latest on this extremely important lanky raccoon saga.