Wizard101 Druid's Hoard Pack Review

Wizard101's newest pack is here, and it's based on their latest expansion - Wizard City Underground! The Druid's Hoard Pack has items themed for different areas you visit throughout the latest quest line, including the catacombs themselves, Avalon, and Valencia! Take a look at what you can expect to find in the pack and whether or not it's worth your crowns.

Druid's Hoard Pack: What's Inside

The Druid's Hoard Pack's primary items are themed after the encounter with the Renegade Druid in Avalon during the final quests of the Wizard City Catacombs storyline. Avalon is a pretty popular world, so it was a solid choice. Other items are themed for Valencia and the catacombs themselves.

Badger Mounts & Sproutling Pets

There are three mounts you can get from this pack: the Attack Badger, Battle Badger, and Combat Badger. All of the mounts give a 40% speed boost. The mounts also come in a 7-day and 1-day version (the 1-day versions give only a 20% speed boost).

The pack also has three pets - the Summer Sproutling, Spring Sproutling, and Winter Sproutling. Each comes with a slightly altered version of an existing spell. None can be offered for hatchmaking.

Mount and Pet Grade: C
The community rates these items as:
Great 25% | Good 25% | Average 28.1% | Poor 21.9%

Druidic Gear & Wands

This pack offers a lot of the usual variety of gear - hats that are okay if you're going for a more offensive setup, robes that are only good if you're looking for defenses, and wands that are pretty good. In keeping with recent pack trends, the boots have no resistance, but are still good offensive options.

The wands all have interesting may cast abilities that are definitely worth taking a look at. The stats are very good, too. They offer critical and block along with damage and piercing. What's interesting about these wands is that all three have the exact same stats (just different may cast abilities and colors). That means any school can use any of the wands.

Gear and Wand Grade: A-
The community rates these items as:
Great 4.1% | Good 28.6% | Average 34.7% | Poor 32.7%

New Furniture & Other Items

In addition to the usual stuff, this pack contains some extra goodies that make the filler content a little more bearable. First, there are spellements for Daybringer and Nightbringer. Additionally, there are some nice items to be won. Check out that Valencian Fountain! Here's a look at the new furniture items available in the pack.

Other Item Grade: B
The community rates these items as:
Great 20% | Good 25% | Average 27.5% | Poor 27.5%

Pack Analysis

Like with some other new packs, the big-ticket items tend to show up in the third and fourth slots (meaning you have the potential to get two nice items per pack), with furniture and other items showing up in the rest of the slots. With some quality filler content, there's a good chance you'll get worthwhile items with your purchase.

Click to enlarge pack opening samples

Here's the rarity of some of the more notable items in the set:

• Epic: Permanent mounts
• Ultra-Rare: Wands, Robes, 7-day mounts
• Rare: Hats, Boots, Pets, 1-day mounts
• New furniture items range from Common to Rare

The Verdict

If you're looking for a pretty good wand or want a druid outfit (it's definitely a cool looking set), this pack might be worth a try. However, its mounts offer no unique stat bonuses and most of the furniture will end up showing up in the Bazaar. Give it a try, but no reason to go all in on this one.

Overall Grade: B
The community rates these items as:
Great 2.6% | Good 34.2% | Average 31.6% | Poor 31.6%

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Compare to:
Grizzleheim Lord Pack (B-) | Pandamonium Hoard Pack (B-) | Nimbari Hoard Pack (B) | Yuletide Gingerbread Pack (C+) | Elven Nightmare Pack Pack (C-) | Deckaversary Hoard Pack (B) | Wysteria Lore Pack (C+) | See All Packs

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Have you gotten anything good from the Druid's Hoard Pack?

Thanks for reading and see you in the Spiral! 

Credits: Thanks to Mama Wolf on Twitter for the Spring Sproutling pet and stat screenshots!