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Comment by voldyton

Rogues can unlock this pet by completing the quest Fit For a Pirate.
This is the post-Broken Shore continuation of the Rogue campaign, which begins at the Rogue Order Hall.

Comment by bettomendes

Does it do anything special at all?

Comment by kodora1316

I was hoping for a unique model after all the work that goes into getting this pet. Maybe an eye patch? A tiny cracker? Perhaps a little peg leg or a hook? But no, just another re-used model.

Missed opportunity.

On the upside, if you /whistle at Crackers he'll land on your shoulder. Cool!

BFA update:

OH MY GOD THEY DID IT! And it's a mount!
Sharkbait's Favorite Crackers
Crackers will go perfectly with Sharkbait, who actually has a little hook leg. I'm so happy with the new model! :D

And if you feel like spending money you can add Cap'n Crackers.
Add Petey from Pirate’s Day and you’re all set!

Comment by Iblys

Awarded during the Champions of Legionfall questline for rogues. If you summon it and /whistle at it he will sit on your shoulder.

Comment by Freeasacar

Once added to your pet collection any class can summon him and /whistle at him to have him successfully sit on their shoulder, although the pet isn't trade-able so it still takes some considerable effort on a Rogue to unlock. Once he's on your shoulder he stays there and not much can get him off (similar to the Black Ice toy and your finger) besides right-clicking off the buff it gives you, summoning him as your active companion pet, or dying. You can even engage in a pet battle using him and he'll still appear on your shoulder, effectively cloning him for it's duration. As an Outlaw Rogue I couldn't ask for a better travelling companion.

EDIT: I was wrong in saying "not much can get him off" your shoulder. In fact a variety of things make him fly off, including:
- Some portals, in particular the portal to Aegwynn's Gallery in the center of Dalaran and the Dalaran Hearthstone, most others he's fine with though for some reason.
- Knocking on any of the secret doors to the Rogue order hall.
- Landing a flying mount on the ground. He's fine if you dismount it in the air and drop to the ground however.
- Rarely he'll fly off when phasing into a new zone when you fly over the border.
- When you log out with him on your shoulder and log back in he'll usually fly off.
- As I said in my original post dying removes him of course.
There is, however, some sort of way to make him "stubborn" while on your shoulder which causes none of the above besides dying to remove him. I've been unable to pinpoint what exactly this is, it might have a random chance to happen when you log in with him on your shoulder for some reason, or that could've been a coincidence for me and something else I did before I logged out made him "stubborn". If Blizz could patch him to make him stubborn all of the time that would be pretty good even though I doubt it'll happen. In the meantime I'll keep trying to find my own way to put him into that mode.

ANOTHER EDIT: All of the above issues appear to have been fixed in the 7.3 patch. The two ways he'll dismount now is if you die or if you transform into something else like the Sandstone Drake mount, Heart of the Nightwing mount, or the Underlight Angler fish form. Let's just hope he doesn't randomly decide to break again in a future patch.

Comment by Reignac

Next time you see Tethys he has a hozen named Nanners as a replacement for Crackers.

Comment by Aisenfaire

Summon Crackers.
Target it.
/whistle

Crackers will then sit on your shoulder and you get the buff Crackers. He makes chirping sounds occasionally.

He stays on when mounted and in combat, ~~but he goes back to flying in the air when you dismount from a taxi gryphon~~ now fixed (thanks for the update, Freeasacar!).

Comment by Galbrei

After you whistle to get him on your shoulder you can summon another different pet to follow you and crackers will remain with you. He'll also stay if you get Pepe on your head. In short, you can have 3 birds following you at any given time as a rogue.
Birds, pirate's best friends.

Comment by Dualwielder

For anyone else hoping to make an efficient macro to summon, target and whistle to get Crackers to sit on your shoulder, you are in for a disappointment. Companion pets are notoriously tricky in macros, and there is currently no way (that I am aware of) to have a macro target Crackers for you. You can however still make a /whistle macro, if you are tired of typing it out.

Comment by Metushelah

can non rogues use him too?

Comment by kaleestraza

A bit oversized on BE females unfortunately. His wing clips through my face :(

Comment by BrLightwarden

A question for those with a Magic Pet Mirror and Narcissa's Mirror--is it possible to apply a different appearance to Crackers and still have him sit on your shoulder? i.e., I'd want a Dark Phoenix Hatchling to perch on me instead.

Comment by Astrowla

This is clearly a toucan (axebeak) and NOT A PARROT.

Comment by Taydenger

If you have shoulders on, the animation for Crackers sitting on your shoulder doesn't work.

Comment by Metushelah

Any new similar pets in BFA that sit on your shoulder instead of crackers?
I am being lazy levling up a rogue for it

Comment by hopylv

In BFA reality:
When you complete Rogue campaign, go to Maiev Shadowsong and obtain quest Champions of Legionfall , can leave uncomplited.
Return to class hall and then Lord Jorach Ravenholdt will provide this quest The Pirate's Bay

Comment by Shape430

Absolutely love this pet on my pirate themed rogue. My only complaint is the he doesn't scale with race/gender. So if you play a smaller sized toon like myself, he tends to clip through your head a lot :/.

Comment by RelMayer

If someone doesn’t want to lvl-up the rogue to have a parrot (btw this is a toucan) that can sit on your shoulder, then <Feathers> appeared in "Battle for Azeroth".
It is mechanical, but we do not have others like that yet.

Comment by Fleety

For those of you retrospectively trying to acquire this pet post-Legion I've got bad news. You're going to have to complete a fairly large chunk of the Rogue Order Hall campaign. You are definitely going to have to complete (most of) Saga of the Shadowblade.

I hit a problem but thanks to Boxofbeer and xTsukima's on The Pirate's Bay I sorted it out: "For people going back and doing all the Class Halls now that the Breaching the Tomb achievement is account wide. Once you finish Loot and Plunder! and seem stuck at a dead end, pick up Champions of Legionfall (you do not need to start, less complete, this quest) from Maiev Shadowsong at Deliverance Point on Broken Shore (/way #646 44.6 63.4 Maiev Shadowsong).

The Pirate's Bay will then be available from Jorach Ravenholdt in the Chamber of Shadows, and you can continue your journey." I completed Loot and Plunder! and went astray trying to work out why Jorach wasn't offering me Jorach's Calling...I eventually went back to Lillian Voss and Tethys (at /way #630 57.6 63.6 Crackers) and Crackers was offering me Fit For a Pirate, you complete this immediately for the pet.

Fit For a Pirate is the 40-something-th quest in this chain. It won't take you forever, it's not an open ended grind like Golden Eye, but it's good to know what you face. I do think you need to be max level (for Legion, that's lvl 50 in Dragonflight).

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Crackers

Item Level 1
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Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Right Click to summon and dismiss Crackers.
Requires level 1 to 70 (70)

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