Sun Darter Hatchling

WoW Secret Finding

Updated: 14/03/2018

General Information
Welcome to the WoW Secret Finding Discord PDF about the Sun Darter Hatchling!
Here's some general information:

• This is another WoW secret similar to Kosumoth and the Riddler's Mind Worm.
• It was solved on 16/06/17 and took approx. ~16 hours.
• The pet is looted from Oddly-Colored Egg which is found at the back of a cave in
Winterspring.
• The cave is called “Cavern of Consumption”.
• This cave contains many puzzles which can be solved by using consumable items on your
character.
• You do not need to be a certain class/spec, nor need certain professions.
• Upon entering the cave, you will have a debuff applied which silences you, preventing most
ability casts and disabling the use of toys.
• Failing a puzzle will either block you from progressing or port you to the cave entrance.
• Ensure to stay on the path while making your way through the cave. There are a lot of anti-
cheat mechanisms built in and straying off the path could trigger this, porting you to the start.
• Logging out inside the cave will port you back to the entrance upon logging in.
• The pet is cageable and tradeable, however it is one loot per character.
Required items
As each puzzle is solvable using consumable items, we highly recommend you collect these
items before heading to the cave:

• 1x Major Fire Protection Potion (Link)

• 1x Major Arcane Protection Potion (Link)
• 1x Major Frost Protection Potion (Link)
• 1x Major Holy Protection Potion (Link)
• 1x Major Nature Protection Potion (Link)
• 1x Major Shadow Protection Potion (Link)
• 10 x Noggenfogger Elixir (Link)
• 1x Scotty's Lucky Coin (Link)
• 1x Dire Brew (Link)
• 1x Ethereal Oil (Link)
• 1x Gordok Ogre Suit (Link)
• 1x Winterfall Firewater (Link)
• 10 x Pygmy Oil (Link)
• 1x Perky Pug (Battle Pet) (Link)
• 1x "Little Princess" Costume (Link)
• 1x Scroll of Intellect (Link)

Location
The images below show the location of the cave, both on the map and ingame. The cave resides
in the north of Winterspring. Flying out into the sea and looking back will help you spot it easily!
Quick guide
Following this section of the guide will obtain you the pet as fast as possible. A full guide is found
later if you would like more information.

1. Enter the cave and use the 6 Major Protection Potions. Run through the fire barrier and the
fel barrier.

2. Use Noggenfogger Elixirs until you obtain the skeleton transformation effect. Run past the
Diligent Watcher.

3. There will be 2 barriers, make your way to the vines (not the blue barrier) and use a charge
of Scotty's Lucky Coin. You can now walk through the vines.

4. There will be a pool of water in this room which contains some stones. Collect one, use it and
run out the room.

5. You will now have a buff that allows you to walk through the blue barrier.

6. On the other side of the blue barrier is a stone golem. Use the Dire Brew and walk past him.

7. There will be 3 paths to choose from, make your way up the ramp and to a barrier which is
transparent and slightly purple. Use Ethereal Oil to pass through it.

8. Inside this room, there will be a stone. Use Gordok Ogre Suit and Winterfall Firewater.
Interacting with the stone will give you a buff: Mark of the Second.

9. Leave this room and head to the path which is blocked by a gate (note: The path to the egg
may now be open, do not enter it yet).

10. Use Pygmy Oil until you transform into a gnome. Walk through the gate.

11. Summon Perky Pug and use "Little Princess" Costume. Interact with the cube and select
<Place arm beneath cube>. You can now leave this room, and head towards the egg room.

12. Before you can cross the water, cancel (right-click) the Winterfall Firewater buff and use
Scroll of Intellect. You can now interact with the egg and receive the pet.
Full guide
1. Elemental Gates

The first puzzle you will meet are the 2 elemental

barriers: Fire and Fel. Using a Major Fire Protection
Potion will allow you to walk through this barrier, as
you will be protected from fire. Passing through the
fel barrier follows similar logic. As fel magic is chaos,
and chaos contains all schools of magic, using all
the Major Protection Potions (i.e. having all 6 buffs)
will allow you to pass through the fel barrier.

2. Diligent Watcher

Past the barriers, you will find a stone gargoyle

(named “Diligent Watcher”) guarding the path
ahead. If you attempt to cross its path, it will port
you outside of the cave. The only way it will allow
you to pass is if you are in a skeleton form, gained
from Noggenfogger Elixir. This could be because it
stops you from breathing, and the watcher does not
allow living things through.

3. Water & Vines

 The path is now split. Down one path, a barrier similar
to the elemental barriers, however, coloured blue.
There is also a passage blocked by a wall of vines.
This puzzle is solved by firstly passing through the vine
wall and collecting a Water Stone (which exist behind
the vines) which allows you to pass through the water
barrier. Using a Scotty's Lucky Coin charge will
transform your character, and attune yourself to the
vines, allowing you to pass through them. In this room
you will find a pool of water with items inside: Water
Stones. Collecting one and using it will grant you a
15min buff: “Wet”. This allows you to pass through the
water barrier and continue deeper into the cave.

4. Stone Golem

The stone golem awaits you after the water

barrier. To attune yourself and solve this obstacle
has a quite simple solution. Using a Dire Brew
will allow players to pass the golem safely. This
could be because dwarves used to be made of
stone before the curse of flesh.

5. Triple Path

The path is now split into 3, with a puzzle

guarding each room. Making your way down the
ramp will lead you to the final room, where the
pet resides. Going up the ramp will lead you to
the Stone room and the Cube room. You must
both visit and complete each room at the top of
the ramp before you can obtain the pet. We
recommend you start with the Stone Room.

Picture Reference
Down the ramp, towards Egg Room.
Up the ramp, towards Stone and Cube Room
Stone Room
Cube Room
6. Stone Room

Heading up the ramp and taking a right will bring you to the
Stone Room. This room is guarded by an Ethereal Barrier.
Therefore, drinking Ethereal Oil will allow your character to
pass right through, into the room.

In this room, there will be a Strange Stone with a hole in it. The goal here is to
make your characters arm fit the hole by using consumables to increase your
size. You can do this by using a Gordok Ogre Suit and Winterfall Firewater. This
will increase your characters size enough for you to solve the puzzle. If done
correctly, interacting with the stone will grant you a buff.

6. Cube Room
Now head towards the Cube Room. This room will contain a
singular Wisdom Cube locked behind a gate. The holes in this
gate are quite large, allowing a small character model to fit
right through! Drink Pygmy Oil until you transform into a
gnome, and pass right through the gate. Interacting with the
cube inside the room will present you with the following riddle:

I am the Wisdom Cube.

> What wisdom do you hold?
I have been imparted with the knowledge of the timeless ones.
> What is your purpose?
I am capable of granting the sign of the first.
> What do you require?
My creators seek a most amusing heir.

Here is the solution to the riddle.

“timeless ones” → Blizzard Developers

“sign of the first” → The 2nd buff needed
“creators” → Most likely referencing Muffinus, a Blizzard
developer known for his odd attraction to Pugs.
“most amusing heir” → A Pug with a princess hat on, of course!

Summon your Perky Pug and use "Little Princess" Costume. This will give it a
lovely hat. Interact with the cube and you will notice a new dialog option:
<Place arm beneath cube>
Select this, and you will granted another buff.
You can now leave this room, and head towards the Egg Room.
6. Egg Room

This is the final room; it has no entry puzzle, rather it unlocks when you solve either the Stone Room or the
Cube Room. It contains the pet across a body of water (which will port you outside of the cave upon
touching it) along with a plaque on a pillar. Here is what the plaque reads:

"The greatest of achievements begins with the

smallest leap of the mind"

The “achievement” here is solving the cave and obtaining the pet. To solve the final puzzle, we must solve
this riddle; what is “the smallest leap of the mind”? The answer is a rank 1 Scroll of Intellect. Using this scroll
(you may have to right click/cancel some of your buffs. It is safe to do so at this point) will allow you to cross
the water.
Some have reported failing the puzzle even though they have a Scroll of Intellect buff on them. We
recommend following the below route, hugging the right wall, to avoid this.

You are now safe to loot the pet! Congratulations!!

Credits
Created and Maintained by: Puzzle Solvers: Discord Staff:
Super Aeriyth Digga
Sinnie Distort
Manta Eipril
Pet World First: Nethernion Kaleiha
Kriellya Trevor Kiro
CairdeCruan Lupen
Leorina Moonsprite
Semi Denjo
Vilynn Sky
Geleia Super
Kriellya Rainy
Wanheda Iranda
Jasmine

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