[WoW] Pirate's Day '23

Pirate's Day was originally introduced into the game back in 2008, to commemorate the International Talk Like A Pirate Day, or ITLAPD. This Holiday always lands on September 19th, as that's the official date for the real life "holiday." And now.. *clears throat*

The Holiday itself be mighty short 'n sweet. It only lasts 24 hours 'n it only has one achievement. As o' 2016, thar be a wee bit more t' do since its inception. Since thar be so wee t' do fer this Holday, I be also goin' t' fill this guide wit' other trivial infromation so that it lasts longer than jus' a couple paragraphs. 

Now that that's out o' the way...

Yer one 'n only destination fer this Holiday be quite obvious... We be goin' t' Booty Bay!

When ye enter Booty Bay, point yerself toward the buildin' housin' the bank 'n land on the roof. Durin' Pirate's Day, the roof will be covered in the Dread Crew who will be launchin' fireworks, but they be nah yer target. Ye're lookin' fer Dread Captain DeMeza, the Scourge o' the South Seas.

When ye speak wit' DeMeza, ye 'ave the option t' drink wit' her. Once selected, ye will receive the Dread Corsair buff 'n be transformed into a pirate. This buff persists through death, mountin' up, 'n while logged out, but it does nah persist through shape shiftin' (Wit' the changes in how shape shiftin' works, this might no longer be the case, but I didn' test this out wit' a druid.) If ye lose the buff at any time, ya can jus' natter t' the commoners in any capital city fer a 1 hour replacement. No needs t' head all the way back t' Booty Bay t' drink wit' DeMeza, but why nah?

Afore we get into the new stuff, we be goin' t' do that trivial information bit I mentioned above. Thar are three other named NPCs nearby. Let's natter about 'em.

First Mate Hapana be DeMeza's first mate, as his name suggests, wit' his assault parrot, Nyuni. He can be interacted wit', but he only shoos ye away t' natter t' DeMeza, so he's nah mighty social. He offers no other dialogue option or buffs. An interestin' thing t' note be that he apparently has a tattoo on one arm wit' the word "MAGATHA" in a heart. Hapana Grimtotem? A past love o' Magatha Grimtotem? The world will ne'er know.

Cap'n Slappy be the in-game representation o' one o' the scallywags behind the ITLAPD, Mark Summers. The date o' ITLAPD was picked so that Summers could easily remember the date, which was his ex-proud beauty's birthday. He infroms ye' o' how he 'n Chumbucket created the Holiday, but DeMeza took off wit' it.

Ol' Chumbucket be the in-game representation o' the other scallywag behind ITLAPD, John Baur. Baur has appeared on the television show Wife Swap as well as an episode o' Jeopardy! He tells ye that today belongs t' DeMeza 'n her crew 'n lookin' like a pirate be only half the celebration, natterin' like one be the other half.


-NEW- 2023 brings us the first real update t' Pirate's Day since 2017, in the form o' a purchaseable armor saddle customization option fer our Highland Drake, purchased from DeMeza fer a whoppin' 50,000 gold. I've included it below in her vendor list.

The only actual quest fer Pirate's Day:

• You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat!. Simply jump down into Booty Bay's.. bay.. 'n scuttle the Hungry Shark and Scavenger Shark fer their Razor Shark Shark Tooth. Return the 33 teeth t' DeMeza fer yer reward.
• 5x Emergency Pirate Outfit.

The giant rare shark named Ol' Eary will spawn, roughly, every thirty minutes out by where the galleon travels t' Ratchet. Dread Cap'n DeMeza announces his arrival wit' a yell, "Yarrrrr! Thar be Ol' Eary, terror of the open seas! Now's our chance boys, git 'em!" The Toy he drops, the Slightly-Chewed Insult Book itself be a reference t' the Monkey Island series.

Dread Captain DeMeza be the vendor available fer this Holiday available t' everyone 'n she offers only a few things:

• Volatile Rum - 16s
• Petey - 10g
• Big Bag of Booty - 300g
• Through rough calculation, nah done by me, it looks like it's a net loss o' around 13g per purchase, or roughly a 4-6% loss. Credit to Jjanchan fer this post.
• Highland Drake: Pirate's Day Armor

Edward Techt be another vendor fer this shortened Holiday, he spends his time out on the beach o' the Wild Shore 'n only sells a single item, but only t' those who 'ave shown loyalty t' the Bloodsail Buccaneers through the quest Avast Ye, Admiral!.

• Jolly Roger - 10g

After finishin' off that quest, takin' out a giant shark, 'n partyin' down wit' the Dread Crew, jus' make sure that ye don't forget t' pick up the only achievement currently available fer this Holiday. Just 'ave a drink wit' ye ol' Cap'n DeMeza.

The Captain's Booty: Head down t' booty Bay 'n share rum wit' Dread Captain DeMeza durin' the Pirate's Day celebration.

AHEM! *clears throat*

Umpteenth Time

And we did it again. We almost went two whole expansions without an update. I was thinking about doing a holiday post, since Noblegarden just ended and Children's Week starts in just over a week, but I realized that's not worth it. Blizzard's Roadmap for Dragonflight includes a Holiday Revamp in 10.1.7, so if I was going to do some holiday-related stuff, I might as well just wait for that to come out instead. At least it would be fresh content to go over.

This draft of a post started back in April and now 10.1.7 is live on Retail and we're coming up on Pirate's Day and Brewfest, with Secrest of Azeroth just coming to a close. If ever there was a time to bring back the blog, it would be right now. So here we go again.

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