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Comment by Keelerak

The first Cataclysm companion mini-pet. I´m curious about horde equivalent

Comment by 114875

Withers will shrink the longer you leave him out. So far I've seen 4 stages of it.

1st is when you summon him, he is pretty big for a mini-pet. About up to the jaw of my worgen in terms of height.
2nd he shrinks a little bit, isn't very noticable.
3rd he shrinks down to your knees
4th he shrinks to the size of normal mini-pets.

He will grow back up if you dismiss and recall him.

The horde version from what I hear is a wizard hat that works like the orb of deception.

He will also grow back when you drag him into water.

Comment by Adraunn

Without addons being usable in beta, it's extremely hard to describe what quest route to take to end up with the quest that gives you Withers as a pet. My recommendation is to hit up every NPC with a quest in Lor'danel and work your way around.

Don't get discouraged!

You will run around from various areas and even hit up a couple different quest hubs. If some of you recall the flight that took you to Moonwell and flew through a dancing troll village, you end up there on your quest journey. When you've reached that area then you know you're close to being done with the 30 or so quests. When you're finally back in Lor'danel to turn in, you'll see a couple more quests pop up. One of those will be Remembrance of Auberdine and voila! You have your shrinking treant.

EDIT: From my testing on a few characters, you cannot skip any of the quests that begin in Lor'danel. You pretty much need to pick up all you can, do them, come back and repeat. Keep going till you're back over near the now destroyed Auberdine, do the quests there, head back to Lor'danel, and you'll head up North to a set of quests in that area. Like I said, once you've hit that troll village and do the vehicle (SUPER FUN) quest on the back of a giant, you'll be close to finished. If nothing else, at least you get a good chunk of Darkshore Quests done. =)

Comment by TexAg06

Hey... Look! It's Old Man Withers! I remember him... dude, he's totally ancient!

Comment by Ackis

The NPC was invisible for me, but I could see his name.

I opened up my keybindings, scrolled to the target section and bound "Interact with target" to a key.

I did a /tar apo to select him, and then press my newly bound key which brought up the vendor window.

The pet is BoP.

Comment by Paulosio

This pet is a withered treant who starts out quite large but shrinks over time while you have him at your side.

1 special feature of this pet is that when you take him into water you get an emote that says "withers absorbs the water, growing back to full size". The pet regrows to full size when this happens. Dismissing and resummoning also has the same effect.

Comment by 257686

Sold by Apothecary Furrows at Darkshore(57.9,32.8) for Horde players

Comment by Steensborg

Funnily enough this pet will also do the regrowth thing when you enter lava...

Due to the recent cataclysm trees developed new ways to strengthen their survivability it seems

Comment by DeathMaster

Becomes bigger than a Tauren with Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit, in its initial state. Pretty awesome.

Comment by Thomasucci

Horde players can buy Withers for money (30silver) but alliance have to do the chain quest as mentioned on this page, also the wizard hat effect continues if you remove it, i got a female goblin!

Comment by 709104

Unique Features: This pet gradually grows smaller in size after being summoned and will regrow once it is brought to a source of water.

How to obtain it
Alliance: This pet can be obtained by completing the quest Remembrance of Auberdine. In order for this quest to be visible, players must first complete a series of chain quests in Darkshore. The quest hub for these quests can be found in Lor'Danel which is in northern Darkshore.

Horde: This pet can be purchased from Apothecary Furrows for 30 silver. Furrows can be found within a cave southeast of the Darkshore Alliance quest-hub Lor'Danel. If you are unable to locate him you may need to wait for him to respawn as the Alliance can kill him.

- All information taken directly from Warcraft Vanity.

Comment by TheLittleOne

I would just like to point out that this pet is Bind on Pickup. I made the mistake of thinking otherwise, since you can purchase multiple Withers at once from the vendor as Horde. I thought that it'd be possible to make the run on my level 80 and pick up an extra for my alt and grab a few to throw on the auction house. Noooope!

Does anyone else find it a little peculiar that you can purchase mutliple Withers at once but physically only have use for one? Its not a big deal, but I did waste 1g20s. I'm not sure if this was a tiny slip up on Blizzard's part or not. It is most definitely a slip up on my reading comprehension, that's for sure. ;]

Comment by 656282

Has anyone else noticed that this pet seems to "get lost" more than the other ones? I'll bring him out and just be running along the ground and then all of a sudden he's gone. Today, I took him through the drain pipe in Zangarmarsh and he just decided to hang out in the middle of the pipe. I didn't notice until I was going back out. He didn't follow me, then disappeared.

Comment by Adreikor

Note: You HAVE to loot an item off of "Jor'kill" ...the item he has gives the quest for Withers.

I didn't see this mentioned and had to go back and kill him.

Comment by 712922

Yo guys. I was completely confused by this, couldn't find the quest giver and didn't realise he was phased until you open him up through other quests.

Found this and then it took me like an hour to do the quests. Should it take that long to do them? Oh I see that I did the kill 50 murlocs quest that you don't need. Argh!

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Comment by 714636

As posted above Withers return to original size when exposed to water (or lava). But this is only the case when your character gets in deep enough to start swimming (Enters deep enough liquid to count as no longer walking/riding/etc.). This, unfortunately, means smaller pools and other shallow fonds of water like some fountains isnt enough to make him grow. That he is scripted to react to the "swimming", rather than the actual water, is probably also the reason he reacts to other liquids... like Lava, poisonous water, etc.

Funny tree when you think about it...Standing next to a shallow pool or stream wont help him, but submerge him in Lava or a diseasefilled hole of pus, and he will be a happy camper... :-)

Comment by 718472

Quest Guide for Mr. Withers - Total of 37 quests

1. Dentaria Silverwing - The Last wave of Survivors - Lor'Danel - Turn in - Dentaria Silverwing, Lor'Danel

2. Ranger Glynda Nal'Shea - Threat from the Water - Lor'Danel - Turn in - Ranger Glynda Nal'Shea, Lor'Danel

3. Serendia oakwhisper - The Boon of the Seas - Lor'Danel - Turn in - Serendia oakwhisper, Lor'Danel

4. Johnathan Staats - A Taste for Grouper - Lor'Danel - Turn in - Johnathan Staats, Lor'Danel

5. WizBang cranktoggle - Buzzbox 723 - Lor'Danel - Turn in - Buzzbox 723, Mists Edge

6. Buzzbox 413 - No Accounting for Taste - Mists Edge - Turn in - Wizbang Cranktoggle, Lor'Danel

7. Wizbang Cranktoggle - Buzz 723 - Lor'Danel - Buzz 23 (Same place as Where you get quest items.)

8. BuzzBox 723 - A Cure in the Dark - Darkshore - Turn in - Wizbang Cranktoggle, Lor'danel

9. Tharniun Treewalker - The Corruption's Source - Cliffspring Fall's - Turn in - Tharnarium Treewalker, Lor'Danel

10. Zen Foulhoof (in Cave Cliffspring Falls) - Bearer of Good Fortune - Turn in - Tharnariun Treewalker, Lor'Danel

11. Quest (inside cave,Cliffspring Falls) - A Troubling Prescription - Turn in - Tharnariun Treewalker, Lor'Danel

12. Ranger Glynda Nal'shea - The Final Flame of Bashal'Aran - Lor'Danel -

13. Cerellean Whiteclaw - A Love Eternal - Lor'Danel - Turn In - Cerellean Whiteclaw, Lor'danal

14. Volcor - The Lost Companion - Lor'Danel - Keeper Karithus (at Grimclaw)

15. Arya Autumnlight - Solace for the Highborne - Bashal'Aran - Turn in - Arya Autumnlight, Bashal'Aran

16. Serphine - Twice removed - Next to Grimclaw - Turn In - Serphine, Next to Grimclaw

17. Keeper Karithus - Unsavory Remedies - Next to GrimClaw - Turn In - Keeper Karithus, Next to Grimclaw

18. Keeper Karithus - Ritual Remedies - Next to GrimClaw - Turn In - Keeper Karithus, Next to Grimclaw

19. Keeper Karithus - The Ritual Bond - Next to GrimClaw - Turn In - Keeper Karithus, Next to Grimclaw

20. Keeper Karithus - Grimclaw's Return - Next to GrimClaw - Turn In - Serenda Oakwhisper, Lor'danel

21. Ranger Glynda Nal'Shea - The Shatterspear Invader's - Lor'Danel - Turn In - Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze, Ruins of Mathystra

22. Gorbold Steelhand - An Ocean Not So Deep - Lor'Danal - Turn In - Gorbold Steelhand, Lor'Danel

Note: Gary is in the ocean on a rock at the Wreckage of the SilverDawning, just off the coast of mists edge.North - East of Lor'Danel.

23. Sentinel Tysha Moonblade - Shatterspear Laborers - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Sentinel Tysha Moonblade, Ruins of Mathystra

24. Balthule Shadowstrike - Remnants of the Highborne - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Balthule Shadowstrike, Ruins of Mathystra

24 Quest drop from Shatterspear Overseer - Over Seer's Orders - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze, Ruins of Mathystra

25. Sentinel Tysha Moonblade - Denying Manpower - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Sentinel Tysha Moonblade, Ruins of Mathystra

26. Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze - War Supplies - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze, Ruins of Mathystra

27. Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze - Swift Response - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Alanndarian Nightsong, Far back of Shatterspear Warcamp, dead on ground Next to ruins

28. Alanndarian Nightsong - One Bitter Wish - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze, Ruins of Mathystra

When You finish #28 You get Shatterspear Torturer's key, Unlock the Cage near Rit'ko and you will get next Quest which is a escort quest:

29. From Tortuers's cage - Timely Arrival - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze, Ruins of Mathystra

30. Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze - Strategic Strikes - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze, Ruins of Mathystra

31. Balthule Shadowstrike - On The Brink - Ruins of Mathystra - Turn In - Balthule Shadowstrike, Ruins of Mathystra

32. Mathas Wildwood - The Looting of Althalaxx - Ruins of Mathystra - turn In - Mathas Wildwood, Ruins of Mathystra

33. Lieutenant Morra Starbreeze - The Front Line - Ruins of Mathystra - turn In - Huntress Sandrya Moonfall, Shatterspear Vale

34. Kerlonian Evershade - The Ancient's Ire - Shatterspear Vale - turn in - Kerlonian Evershade, Shatterspear Vale

35. Huntress Sandrya Moonfall - Ending the Threat - Shatterspear Vale - turn in - Huntress Sandrya Moonfall, Shatterspear Vale

Note: After you kill Jor'kil the Soulripper he will drop a quest "Hellscream's Missive", Quest will be called "Disturbing Connections"

36. Hellscreams Missive - (Disturbing Connections) - Shatterspear Vale - turn in - Ranger Glynda Nal'Shea, Lor'danel

37. Rememberance of Auberdine This quest will just appear after you finish the above ones, the quest reward will be the pet "Mr. Withers" !

Comment by Bldhntr

Hes a worgens porta-potty

Comment by 760682

I had Withers out and when I changed specs he went back to his normal, bigger size!

Comment by sunsmoon

In order to get this quest, you must complete:
Information located in parenthesis are notes about the quest, such as quests you can skip. Quests preceded by dashes are part of a direct chain started by the above quest.

1a.) The Last Wave of Survivors
1b.) Threat from the Water

2a.) The Boon of the Seas
2b.) Buzzbox 413
----- No Accounting for Taste
----- Buzzbox 723

3a.) A Cure in the Dark (Run back to town after you get this quest and get 3b.)
3b.) The Corruption's Source
3c.) A Troubling Prescription (SKIPPABLE)
3d.) Bearer of Good Fortune (SKIPPABLE)

4a.) A Love Eternal (SKIPPABLE)
4b.) A Lost Companion
4c.) The Final Flame of Bashal'Aran (SKIPPABLE)
4d.) Solace for the Highborne (SKIPPABLE)

5a.) Unsavory Remedies
5b.) Twice Removed
5c.) Ritual Materials
----- The Ritual Bond (If you are leveling through, I'd recommend getting the STAG buff for 10% movement speed.)

6a.) Grimclaw's Return
6b.) An Ocean Not So Deep (SKIPPABLE)
6c.) The Shatterspear Invaders

7a.) Remnants of the Highborne
7b.) Shatterspear Laborers
7c.) Reason to Worry (SKIPPABLE)
----- Swift Response (SKIPPABLE)
----- One Bitter Wish (SKIPPABLE)

8a.) Denying Manpower (can be completed alongside Swift Response)
8b.) War Supplies (can be completed alongside Swift Response)
8c.) Timely Arrival (can be completed alongside Swift Response, SKIPPABLE)

9a.) On the Brink
9b.) Strategic Strikes
9c.) Looting of Althalaxx (SKIPPABLE)

10a.) The Front Line
------- Ending the Threat
10b.) The Ancient's Ire (SKIPPABLE)
10c.) Disturbing Connections (looted off of the objective for Ending the Threat)

After turning in Disturbing Connections, Cerellean is now standing next to the Druid Trainer outside the Inn, next to Grimclaw, and will now allow you to do Remembrance of Auberdine.

Thanks whitehusky, Xaleen, LightsRAWR, flonne, suffragette, and Mykal for the help!

Comment by socalheel

one of the coolest companions in-game. love it.

Comment by shoover56

As of 4.0.6, this pet for the horde now has the Golden Yellow model instead of the grey model.

Comment by Lurelina

>:O
Withers isn't so...withered any more!
What happened to the corrupted purplish look we had goin' on here!
...But now that I think about it, I COULD have some fun on my druid healer with that glyph for old ToL form...
MAJOR EDIT:
:DDDDDD
4.1 and Withers is withered once more! Let us rejoice in this small victory!
Note: Teldrassil Sproutling also withered.
No clue why, but I am not complaining.

Comment by 680350

~~Since 4.0.6 it looks like a Tree of Life (the old one). Same goes for Teldrassil Sproutling.~~
It was just some kind of temporary bug, it's fixed now.

Comment by Subrosia

Re-textured as of 4.0.6. Withers no longer has the undead "withered" look to him . He now looks just like the old Resto Druid tree form while his portrait icon maintains the "withered" look. Kinda disappointing if you ask me, can't think of a reason for the re-texture. Nontheless, still one of my favourite companions.

Comment by SpakyTwo

Wish he wasn't BOE. I would just get on my horde and send to my ally toon. lol

Comment by 148693

Finally.. a moonkin-based *proper*-sized Treant friend ! ^^
/in absolute Love

Comment by 773139

Very cool little pet and relatively easy to get for horde. :)

Comment by 748859

So, since patch 4.0.6 I've seen people walking around with Withers, but he's not.. withered? He looks like a normal trent. What's the deal with this?
I originally figured keeping him out alot and pretty much taking care of him would make him.. 'un-wither'.. but I just wanted to clarify?

Comment by riaa

No need for any quests if you are on horde side at least! Just go to Darkshore and find the waterfall around the Cliffspring Falls. 57,31 and behind one of them is a secret cave entrance. In the back of this cave you will find Apothecary Furrows which you can buy this little guy from for 30s :)

Comment by kstewart

make sure you only buy one he soulbound

Comment by Erycius

RIP Googie Withers... :'(

Comment by D00m259

This guys name speaks the truth, he withers away and get smaller and smaller, pretty cool.
Edit: Found out on certain ground and in water he can grow back to size, awesome pet!

Comment by Saru23

IS he still available after the breaking?

Comment by 818553

Just for confirmation Withers is still avaliable after the shattering :) just got him

Comment by 958825

For me Withers does not seem to grow in water

Comment by sdhall775

I just got this on my level 73 rogue horde firetree there is a vender in a cave in darkshore. It is at 56.8 - 31.2 the vender is (apothecary furrows) and he sells it for (50silver) hope this helps! Any1 can get this pet!

Comment by Gamer0018

Its Strange That Withers Wont Grow When its in water

Comment by Lickmycritt

By SpakyTwo (812 – 1·11) on 2011/03/14 (Patch 4.0.6) Report
Wish he wasn't BOE. I would just get on my horde and send to my ally toon. lol

You mean you wish he wasn't BoP? Derp. And you can get him through a quest chain on your Alliance toon.. I've done it twice now.

Comment by Auron2009

With 5.0.4 (MoP) Withers seems to be much smaller than before, but he still changes his size. :)

Comment by 1026168

And I dub thee... "Thirsty"

Comment by Tenjen

it seems they reduced withers size to that of a regular pet now rather than dwarven or gnome sized.

he'll still get smaller and smaller but it wont be the same as when he was extra large :\

Comment by NecroBones

Can someone confirm? It appears as of 5.0 or 5.1, Withers is just small all the time.

Comment by skadimundr

I'm not sure when the change was made, but I just summoned Withers after patch 5.2, and he came out mini-sized, didn't grow in water, and didn't shrink. The water dialogue also didn't appear, despite going for a swim in the SW canals. :(

Comment by Heilkraft

Let blizzard know about the size and water issues so they can fix it like they did with the Soul-Trader's size.

Comment by RedRacer

HORDE: The entrance to the cave is through the waterfall. There are 2 red Vile Grell out side on the rocks. The cave inside will have cages with Uncorrupted Thistle Bears. Walk the path & take your first left. The Apothecary Furrows will sell him. You can't place this pet in a cage or buy one for a friend.

Comment by koda

I just finsih quest chain for him and when i finaly got him i cant add ? i got message "Cant add companion to your account" ?
pls help

Comment by Zephryllis

Has anybody gotten him as Horde since 8.0? I visited the cave after the BfA prepatch questline and it's just empty.

Comment by linthade

Not sure if this pet is going to be achievable anymore with the storyline changes in Darkshore? Anyone confirm?

Comment by Daniuls

Sadly it doesn't grow that big anymore.

I submitted a ticket 4/5-2019 regarding the issue.

The answer was:

GM Thorakleon here, I hope you are well :)

I understand you had a question about Withers. Perhaps I can clarify that for you.

While Withers used to be quite big for a pet, please know his size was reduced a while back.

The water effect is still around, though Withers is the same size as other battle pets when you first summon him, slowly getting smaller. When he fully dives on bodies of water he will regrow to his originally size, though the difference is more subtle than it originally was.

I hope however this information helps and wish you best of luck in your adventures!

Comment by Woodymakespizza

Confirmed still available for Horde as of 9.05... Speak with Zidormi, fly to tunnel behind waterfall by where Alash'anir is. Pay 50s.

Dont forget to speak with Zidormi again after.

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Withers

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up

Use: Teaches you how to summon and dismiss this companion.
Right Click to summon and dismiss Withers.
Requires level 1 to 60 (60)

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This item can be purchased in Lunarfall (12), Dalaran (6), Grizzly Hills (4), Ironforge (4), Isle of Thunder (3), Thunder Totem (3), Wetlands (3), Felwood (2), Krokuun (2), Kun-Lai Summit (2), Nazjatar (2), Sholazar Basin (2), Silithus (2), Stonetalon Mountains (2), The Cape of Stranglethorn (2), The Veiled Stair (2), Uldum (2), Valley of the Four Winds (2), Arathi Highlands , Ardenweald , Ardenweald , Ashenvale , Azuremyst Isle , Bastion , Boralus , Dalaran , Darkshore , Dragonblight , Dustwallow Marsh , Elwynn Forest , Fall of Shan Bu , Hellfire Peninsula , Highmountain , Howling Fjord , Icecrown , Maldraxxus , Mount Hyjal , Revendreth , Shimmering Expanse , Southern Barrens , Stormsong Valley , Stormwind City , Tanaris , Tarren Mill vs Southshore , The Jade Forest , Tiragarde Sound , Townlong Steppes , Twilight Highlands , Uldum , Vale of Eternal Blossoms , Winterspring , and Zuldazar .

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