WoW Forever Secrets and Hidden Items Every Player Should Hunt Down

Quick answer. The best WoW Forever secrets are the Druid snake form from the full Embrace of the Viper set and the Mage-only Coldflame Saber. Close behind come the Cozy Sleeping Bag XP buff, the library book rewards, the Savory Whimsyfin Delight transformation and the knockback gun Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot. On top of that, thousands of item stats stay hidden until someone on your realm loots them.

WoW Forever secrets are everywhere, and that's on purpose. The game hides item stats until players find them, tucks weapons behind scrolls and dungeon drops, and buries secrets that were never switched on during the beta. KingBoost has been tracking WoW Forever since the first beta build, and this guide covers every secret worth chasing, how to get each one and the mysteries players still haven't solved.

Hidden item stats

Thousands of WoW Forever items keep their stats off your computer until someone on your realm meets them. For a hidden item, the game only knows its icon, its slot and its set name. The name, stats and effects arrive from the server once a player loots it, sees it at a vendor or links it in chat, and until then the tooltip reads Retrieving item information.

That means no finished BiS lists at launch, and it applies to old favorites as well as new gear. Hundreds of returning Classic items have new stats.

Read every tooltip instead of trusting your Classic memory. Link unknown items in guild chat so everyone's game learns them.

The Druid snake form

Druids can turn Cat Form into a hooded serpent. It's purely cosmetic, and every Druid race gets its own snake color. The snake slithers flat on the ground in Prowl, swims as a snake and fights exactly like a cat.

How to get it:

1. Reach level 20 and complete the Druid class quest for Cat Form, which also teaches Prowl and sends you to Moonglade.
2. Run Wailing Caverns in The Barrens and collect all five pieces of the Embrace of the Viper set: Armor of the Fang, Belt of the Fang, Footpads of the Fang, Gloves of the Fang and Leggings of the Fang.
3. Equip all five pieces and shift into Cat Form.

Removing any piece turns you back into a cat. Bear Form and Travel Form don't change, so there are no snake tanks.

The Coldflame Saber

Mages have a secret melee weapon. The Coldflame Saber is a level 21 Mage-only sword with +7 Intellect and up to 32 spell power. Its melee hits deal 98 extra Fire damage to frozen targets, which has players theorizing about a battle mage playstyle built around Frost Nova, Fingers of Frost and weapon imbues.

How to get it:

1. At level 6, learn Comprehend Scroll from your Mage trainer. This unlocks Comprehension, the Mage skill for deciphering scrolls found in the world.
2. Decipher scrolls until you find the rare Scroll of the Saber. One beta player deciphered 119 scrolls before it appeared.
3. Defeat Baron Silverlaine in Shadowfang Keep until he drops the Blade of Silverlaine.
4. Use the Scroll of the Saber on the blade. A 10 second Imbue Blade cast turns it into the Coldflame Saber.

Both drops are random, so expect several Shadowfang Keep runs on top of the scroll hunt.

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The Cozy Sleeping Bag

The Cozy Sleeping Bag is a portable XP buff. Roll it out, rest inside for at least one minute, and you earn an experience bonus that stacks up to three times. The bag has a one hour cooldown. Paired with Camping and cooked food, it's one of the best leveling tools in WoW Forever.

How to get it:

1. Reach level 14.
2. Alliance players start at the burned-out remains in Westfall at /way 37.1 50.1. Horde players start in The Barrens.
3. Follow the chain through Westfall, The Barrens, Stonetalon Mountains and Loch Modan.
4. Finish at Thoradin's Wall between Hillsbrad Foothills and the Arathi Highlands. Use the cart at /way 87.3 49.6 on the Hillsbrad side to climb the wall.
5. Turn in Eagle's Fist, accept This Must Be The Place and click the scroll beside the bag to claim it.

The chain also rewards eight Student Fodder, which restore health over a few seconds.

Library books

WoW Forever scatters 40 known library books across Azeroth. Hand them to your faction's librarian to unlock gear rewards.

Books sit in quest hubs, ruins and dungeons from the starting zones to Blackrock Depths. Each unique book counts, so turn them in as you go rather than saving them up. Addons like Books on Map Forever mark every known book on your map.

Savory Whimsyfin Delight

The new cousin of Savory Deviate Delight turns you into an Orc Pirate or Orc Ninja for one hour, and the transformation lasts through combat. Savory Deviate Delight is back as well, with its Human Pirate and Human Ninja looks.

How to get it:

1. Get the Recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight, a random drop from any mob in Redridge Mountains.
2. Fish Whimsyfin from fish schools in Redridge, especially at the small lake by the murloc village in the east. Open water doesn't catch them.
3. Cook it at 85 Cooking.

Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot

This goblin gun is famous for one thing: its shots knock players back hard enough to send them flying off ship decks into the sea. Its stats are fine for a level 30 hunter, but players buy it for the knockback.

How to get it:

1. Reach level 30 and Honored with Booty Bay.
2. Visit Gezzy Gunks in Booty Bay.
3. Buy Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot for about 2 gold 80 silver.

The Tanning Rack

Leatherworkers in WoW Forever need a Tanning Rack for 48 recipes, and you won't find one in any town. You build it yourself and place it at a camp.

How to get it:

1. Reach 140 Leatherworking.
2. Get Blueprint: Tanning Rack from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep, or buy one on the auction house.
3. Craft it from 5 Medium Leather, 3 Fine Thread and 2 Simple Wood.
4. Place a campfire, then set up the rack beside it. Anyone at your camp can use it.

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Merchant's Favor and Waylaid Crates

Waylaid Crates found around the world hold supply orders. Fill a crate with the goods it asks for and return it to your faction's trading company, the Azeroth Commerce Authority for Alliance or Durotar Supply and Logistics for Horde, to earn Merchant's Favor. The currency buys exclusive profession recipes, crafted gear, pets and the Pack Kodo mount for 6,000 Merchant's Favor.

Unsolved WoW Forever secrets

Not every secret has been cracked.

• The Burnt Page at Thoradin's Wall. Inside the building where you claim the Cozy Sleeping Bag, a readable Burnt Page sits in a metal bucket above a burnt tapestry. Players believe it starts a hidden chain tied to the Keystone Fragment.
• Partners in Crime. First Mate Band drops from Mr. Smite in The Deadmines at level 17, but it belongs to a two-ring set, Partners in Crime. Its partner, Band of the Better Half, requires level 60, and nobody has confirmed where it drops. Wearing both grants +22 Strength and a chance to go Angry for +50 Strength, so the little Deadmines ring stays useful all the way to the level cap.
• Secrets switched off during the beta. Many hidden items, recipes and discoveries were disabled during testing, especially in the first 30 levels, so launch brings secrets nobody has seen yet.

What to do first

• Start the Cozy Sleeping Bag chain at level 14 so the XP buff speeds up the rest of your leveling.
• Pick up library books as you quest and turn them in early.
• Druids should farm Wailing Caverns for the Embrace of the Viper set before outleveling it.
• Mages should learn Comprehend Scroll at 6 and decipher every scroll they find.
• Strength classes should keep First Mate Band from The Deadmines for the level 60 set bonus.
• Leatherworkers should grab the Tanning Rack blueprint in Shadowfang Keep.
• Check every tooltip for changed Classic items.

The biggest secrets sit behind dungeon drops, long quest chains and plenty of farming. WoW Forever leveling gets you to each unlock level fast, and a WoW Forever dungeon carry farms Wailing Caverns and Shadowfang Keep until the Fang set or the Blade of Silverlaine drops.

FAQ

WHAT ARE THE BEST SECRETS IN WOW FOREVER?
The Druid snake form, the Coldflame Saber, the Cozy Sleeping Bag, the library book rewards and the Savory Whimsyfin Delight transformation.

HOW DO YOU GET THE SNAKE FORM IN WOW FOREVER?
Equip all five Embrace of the Viper pieces from Wailing Caverns and shift into Cat Form.

HOW DO YOU GET THE COLDFLAME SABER IN WOW FOREVER?
Find the Scroll of the Saber through Mage Comprehension, loot the Blade of Silverlaine from Baron Silverlaine in Shadowfang Keep, then use the scroll on the blade.

WHERE DOES THE COZY SLEEPING BAG QUEST START IN WOW FOREVER?
At the burned-out remains in Westfall for Alliance and in The Barrens for Horde, from level 14.

HOW MANY LIBRARY BOOKS ARE IN WOW FOREVER?
40 known books, with rewards at 10, 20 and 25 books handed in.

WHY CAN'T I SEE ITEM STATS IN WOW FOREVER?
Many items stay hidden until someone on your realm loots them, sees them at a vendor or links them in chat. Until then, the tooltip reads Retrieving item information.

WHAT DOES SAVORY WHIMSYFIN DELIGHT DO?
It turns you into an Orc Pirate or Orc Ninja for one hour.

HOW DO YOU GET BOOTY BAY BRUISER'S BUCKSHOT?
Reach level 30 and Honored with Booty Bay, then buy it from Gezzy Gunks in Booty Bay.

DOES KINGBOOST HELP WITH WOW FOREVER SECRETS?
Yes. KingBoost covers WoW Forever leveling and dungeon farming for set pieces and rare weapon drops.