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Comment by Adoxe

He could just steal the other snail's speed for himself.

Comment by Voxxel

Reward: Zoom / Zoom – the pet is automatically added to your journal upon completion. Blizzard hotfixed the pet in Patch 7.1, Zoom is not cageable anymore and you can have only one per account.

This achievement takes place in the Stonedark Grotto, a cave located in Highmountain, north of Bloodtotem camp and west to Torok's Bluff.

The snail race recurs every few minutes, you need to hold up the competitor snails to let Zoom win the race.
Beware, you can block not only other snails' but also Zoom's advance. Size-enlarging toys, like Gamon's Braid or World Shrinker can help on this task.

This was my way to complete the achievement:

► Zoom! – YT video guide

There's another method, found by Megrathea, using Gastropod Shell to eat up competitor snails. This is an easier way – if you happen to have that toy. This toy is a rare drop from Gastropods in the Throne of Thunder raid instance.

There are probably other "workarounds" too.

Comment by Lazey

Interesting side note... you can get unlimited (?) numbers of Zoom pets while fishing for coins in "new" Dalaran. Each time you catch a Boomboom Brullingsworth's Coin you get another Zoom directly into your pet journal so it makes sense to cage them if have 3/3 so you can get more ;-)

I don't know if you have to do this achievement first so you can hook up this coin and get more snails. I already got my original Zoom from the race before I started fishing for coins.

Looks like it's not tied to this single coin, had the effect with other coins too. Maybe it's not even connected to fishing in Dalarans Wishing Well and only a beta bug that puts a pet Zoom randomly in my journal when I did the achievement?

After one more day I must say it has to be a bug, got more Zoom pets into my journal even when I was offline. Damn, I liked the idea of a additional source from his trainers' coin ;-)

Comment by Nabril

Is this in Legion?

Comment by varenne

Zoom!
Achievement takes place in Stonedark Grotto Highmountain cave. There you'll find a race track, the point of the achievement is to help a snail named Zoom to win this race. You can do it by slowing other snails, just stand in front of them. They will not slow down if you run, you have to stand still, after the slow wears off they'll gain a speed buff so watch out and block them.

Short Notes:
Stand in front of other snails to slow them.
Don't run, running doesn't slow.
After slow wears off the snail will get a speed buff and start moving very fast. Intercept buffed snail.

Reward is Zoom pet.

Video of the achievement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspJQ_Zu7E0
Stonedark Grotto coordinates: 42.6, 25.4

/way Highmountain 42.6, 25.4 Stonedark Grotto

You can fast travel to Stonedark Grotto from Thunder Totem if you have done quests in the area. There will be a Bogrogg the Stonescreamer npc on the first floor of Thunder Totem near the middle exit tunnel.
A video how to fast travel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBE5kRawnA

Comment by Megrathea

Came across a far easier strategy while questing and got the achievement accidentally though it involves a rather rare toy..

Used Gastropod Shell and ran Jerry over the other snails but stayed clear from Zoom. Jerry ate them and they dissapeared leaving Zoom the only one to finish the race at his own snail pace. Upon crossing the finish line got both achievement and pet.

Comment by NessieMo

Apart from being utterly adorable, Zoom is a useful rare H/H battle pet with 1969 health at level 25.

Definitely worth taking a few minutes out to complete the race. While it's not ideal in some ways, for instance it's note entirely obvious when the race will be starting, and the mechanics of slowing other snails didn't seem to work as well as I'd expected, with snails sometimes turning 90 degrees and at other times walking straight through me, it was actually very easy to achieve a win first time.

Comment by suzums

As of live, the Gastropod Shell method seems to be the only viable method of obtaining this pet. Currently the snails will just pass right through you, never slowing down enough for Zoom to catch up.

Comment by Heilkraft

Just did this without the Gastropod Shell Toy. I think the trick is to stay ahead of them while FACING them. It was a lot easier this way.

Comment by timo4545

For some reason this, and presumably other "misc" achievements are hidden in the achievements screen.

Did anyone else experience this being hidden for them?

Comment by CaesarRomanus

I just completed the achievement without using the snail toy.

The trick was to walk backwards and try to keep the other snails lumped together, so you can slow more than one at the same time.

Comment by minicurse

For anyone having trouble doing it solo, you can do in a group, i just did with a friend and we got zoom to win no problem without the toy

Comment by mactek

This is MUCH easier to solo if you use size-enhancing toys such as Gamon's Braid, Vrykul Drinking Horn, etc. I was able to just stand on top of all 4 and slowly move backwards. No need to move side-to-side. Only zoom could move at full speed.

Comment by duranox

i used the gastropod and accidentaly ate Zoom, still worked tho after i ate the 3 others.

Comment by Leechesx

How to do this ach easy as pie way:

1. Put on RP walk mode
2. Stand on top of the snails (ALL OF THEM, EVEN ZOOM)
3. Eventually they'll all be slowed down, ZOOM CANNOT BE SLOWED and will eventually be in front
4. They'll start trying to go around you, move (still RP walking) ontop of them and stand still
5. When you see the effect around them, that means they're slowed, again, zoom can't get this. Don't worry about standing on him.

Comment by Bizarre

If you can convince one or two other people to come with you, this is trivial as a group.

Comment by Karadine

The key to this achievement (solo, no Gastropod cheat) is not specifically in slowing down the snails, but instead in forcing them to the outside part of the track. Zoom can then win easily because he's taking the shorter inner track.

To do this, face the snails as they are moving, put your body in slightly to the right (inner track) side. The snails will maneuver to avoid you, and you want them to go toward the outer track (left, when facing them).

Don't focus on keeping them slowed, in fact slowing them can be bad because they get a speed boost after being slowed. Instead you want to "nudge" them incrementally to the outside part of the track. Eventually, you should be able to manage to get all 3 snails in a tight clump, and when you do, as you approach the finish line, you can keep them all slowed, and turning to avoid you.

Comment by Tracber

these snails are buggy as hell and ignore all my attempts to slow them down. seems impossible to do other than getting the cheating toy

Comment by SkiRed

After a run of defeats, I eventually found the best method was:

1. Camera angle from above.
2. Face the snails as the race starts.
3. Run a few paces backwards.
4. Stand still and block a snail.
5. Take a quick step sideways.
6. Stand still and block another.
7. As soon as you've blocked (the snails starts 'smoking'), quickly repeat from 3 above.
8. Eventually they all herd together making the sideways blocking movements much easier.
9. If one escapes quickly forwards, again repeat from 3.

Comment by TheJawa

Bust out a Fragment of Desire, watch it confuse the hell out of the snails, and watch Zoom cruise to an easy victory.

Comment by Jijonbreaker

Upon inspection, it appears that when K'ute casts Light of the Naaru, all the snails will go towards him. They only seem to be able to move again once they reach K'ute. You could use this to drag all the snails in front back towards where Zoom is, allow Zoom to touch K'ute, and then use K'ute as a lure for the other 3 to drag them away from the race.

Comment by Arugadh

A combination of Gamon's Braid (especially if you're a small race like dwarf or gnome) and Fragment of Desire worked perfectly.

For those who don't understand how to do this, first mark Zoom with a target marker so you can tell which one he is. Then use Gamon's Braid at the start of the race to increase your size and "blockability". Walk backwards, doing your best to body-block the non-Zoom snails, herd them together, and slow them down. Stay in front of them, stand on top of them, do your best to herd them together & foul them up while keeping away from Zoom.

Right before the last turn of the course, whip out Fragment of Desire. Keep body-blocking the non-Zoom snails. Zoom will start to pass you & the others, Desire will zap the other snails & confuse them, & Zoom will get past you & win.

Comment by Tig3rE

Help Zoom to win the snail race in the Stonedark Grotto and you will receive the achievement Zoom! with Zoom as your reward and Zoom as your pet.

Coordinates: 46.2, 23.4 - Highmountain, Stonedark Grotto,
Flight point: The Witchwood - Rafat Smokehoof
Achievement: Zoom!
Pet: Zoom, Zoom

If you start in the "Witchwood", follow the road to the north. Before the small lake turn left and follow the path to the "Stonedark Grotto". In the cave goes so far, until you discover a small race track.

go to the four racing snails, so they make their way to the starting line. Now you have to help the little Zoom to win against Various and Sundry, Glip Gloop Haberdasher and Helix for Brains. He is cheered by Boomboom Brullingsworth.

Stand in front of the other racing snails to stop them. They will thereby slow down or change the direction briefly. You must stand, so you can slow down them. If you're just running in front of them, it does not matter.

I show you an alternative way to Zoom in this Video: https://youtu.be/MIYwSsCFLSg

Comment by Invaerne

I completed this today just by walking in the race area while some other guy was trying to do it, so it took me only a second. For real I wanted to help, but it was a little too late :P
A few minutes ago I helped my boyfriend do get this achievement with my Fragment of Desire pet :)

Comment by IcedoverSoE

The fragment of desire didn't work, however what did work easily? Gastropod Shell just mow the snails over with Jerry and sit back. Easy win.

Comment by slashtwo

Oh yea, of course Zoom can CRUSH the competition to line up at the start.

Comment by Sparanoid

Another trick is that you can use your Druid character to get this achievement easier if you don't have the toy. just use Bear form when the match starts.

Comment by archey01

Just pull out Jerry the Snail. He straight up eats the snails, just don't eat Zoom.

Comment by Pastoral

How do you get the quest?

Comment by Cullyn2004

I don't know if Blizz have changed something but I had no trouble doing this first try.
I just turned on walk mode (using the / key) and kept moving in front of the other snails.
They tended to turn in to each other slowing even further. If one got on the outside I just moved over a bit and herded it back in to the pack.
By the time we rounded the home home turn Zoom was well in front and charging to the finish line.
I used no other pets and no toys.

Comment by Tynael

I have used Graves and I don't know...but it helped me win the race. Graves sometimes roars and when he does that it seems that the other snails are somewhat panicking.
Worth a try.

Comment by Ajtaylor

The fragments of Desire was very helpful. I also found that your race/class has something to do with blocking the other 3 snails too. BE/and slender toons have a shorter stance base than a Tauren or Orc. My Orc simply straffed left and right coupled with FoD was simple to complete.

Comment by Quila

Easy to do
Just farm Gastropod Shell in throne of thunder and simply kill the enemy snails.

Comment by Rioma

This was super easy once I pulled out Fragment of Desire to stun the other snails while Zoom pulled ahead and was able to win by half the track!

Comment by Viix

The key to this achievement is to WALK and not run. Walking makes disrupting the competition snails easy peasy. Like others say add FOD to make it a mockery :)

Comment by Silverblue

You can literally just stand in front of the other snails and they try to go around you.

Comment by Msbehavin

Just did this on my druid with my husband's Belf Warlock. Sitting in bear form while he walked around helped tremendously. Can confirm we both got the achievement and the pet

Comment by lunawren

It took 3 tries, but what really made a difference was strafing side to side like a mad man in front of the other 3 snails. I tried just standing in front of them, walking into them, body blocking them... they just kept ignoring me. Once I strafed side to side like crazy in front of them (Q and E by default, so Q E Q E Q E Q E non stop) in bear form (I guess any model enlarging transformation would work) they just kept doing circles for the most part. The other 3 were still on the other side of the track by the time Zoom crossed the finish line.

Comment by HushGlowie

I completed this achievement by summoning a Fragment of Desire to stun the other snails, and using the Faintly Glowing Flagon of Mead to increase my size a little bit. Just walk over a snail until they have the debuff then switch to another one and repeat. Eventually Zoom will be so far in first place that you can take a moment to sit back and cheer for him!

Comment by Kaze927

If soloing without the Gastropod Shell, another method to use is to use a Darkmoon Firewater (the purple one you fish up at Darkmoon Faire) to increase your size some, and the Suspicious Crate toy (run, don't use walk speed or it's too slow). After a few trial and error runs without either, this one worked well for me. The idea being there's greater surface area to block the other snails. It is wide enough to block all 3 for the most part (they obviously try going around). Hope this helps someone, and good luck!

Comment by Kflori

You don't need to face the snails, I did it without any help (pet or toy) I just walked slowly to block the snails and it worked perfectly

Comment by Farhunter

Normal Mode:
• Try to stand in front of the competitors to slow them down.
o You can use Gamon’s Brain or World Shrinker to increase your size.

Easy Mode (you need an easy to get pet):
• You can use the ‘Fragment of Desire’ pet (any level) to slow down Zoom competitors.
o You can get ‘Fragment of Desire’ from Black Temple or just buy it from AH.

Super easy mode (but you need a very hard to get toy)
• You can use ‘Gastropod Shell’ toy to eat the opponent snails and watch Zoom crawl to glory!
o Gatropod Shell is a rare drop from Gastropod in Throne of Thunder raid. (I don’t have this toy)

Here is a video:

https://youtu.be/FFhH6r_Hc88

Comment by Habutat

I think, the way this achievment was meant to be solved is simply to stand in the way of the other snails. They try to avoid you and turn left or right around you. At this moment, they loose speed and Zoom can easily win the race.

There is no special trick and you don't need any special pet (e.g. Fragment of Desire).

Comment by kellva

After trying several times, jerking back and forth, I put on slow walk and that worked. No other item was needed.

Comment by EatFish

Confirmed This work for group as well all get achiv, as long as someone has gastropod-shell easy win.

Might even be able to do it as 30 man raid. ^^

Good luck.

Comment by Herkimur

Fragment of Desire worked like a charm...although you have to get your Fragment to activate a confusion spell on the leaders...

Comment by XPhyle

Still obtainable in 8.3. Fragment of Suffering works to delay the others as well.

Comment by kyukket

Fragment of Desire worked like a charm today! just be sure to stay a little farther away from Zoom than the rest of the pack so he doesn't get caught in the effect...also, the FoD Confusion ability (or whatever) procced about 3 or 4 times during the race (i clicked back and forth between FoD and the other racers a lot, so don't know if that helped the procs)...once Z rounded the last bend and the others were still only halfway through, i put FoD away and went to watch Z cross the finish line! =)

Comment by Challio

Fragment of suffering will work, though it can fear zoom into running the other way, Consider running in front of the competitors and them summoning when zoom is in the lead.

Comment by Tiefflieger

This is a secret achievement, ie. you will not see it listed at "Quests" -> "Legion" unless you already have it.

Script to check if you have already completed Zoom!:
/run achievementId=10626 _,achievementName,_,achievementCompleted = GetAchievementInfo(achievementId) print(achievementCompleted and "Achievement completed:" or "Achievement not yet completed:", achievementName)

TomTom Coordinates: /way #650 42.60 25.44 Stonedark Grotto Entrance
/way #650 46.2 23.4 Snail Race

Some other helpful hints:

You need to stand in the way of the other (bigger) snails so Zoom can win
Only if you stand still you'll slow down the other snails
Zoom will not be slowed by you
Fragment of Desire will fear every snail including Zoom every now and then. Consider summoning it when Zoom already is well in the lead and is out of range for fear.

Comment by sillysauce

Will of Remornia doesn't seem to want to carve up any of the snails unfortunately.

Comment by sedna1666

The Fragment of Desire method still works perfectly in Dragonflight!

All you have to do is summon the Fragment of Desire pet, and maintain melee range with the other three nails. They will be slowed and confused, and zoom wins easily.

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