Wizard101 Zafaria Hoard Pack Review

Wizard101 has unveiled their newest card pack in the Crown Shop - the Zafaria Hoard Pack! This pack contains three new Warthog mounts, three lion cub pets, new gear, new house guests, and more! Let's take a look at what's inside the pack, including the level 130+ gear, and see if it's worth your crowns or not.

Zafaria Hoard Pack: What's Inside

This pack contains exactly the types of items you might expect - all sorts of things themed for the world of Zafaria. Outside of the primary items, there are also one or two new pets, furniture items from the Zafaria furniture sets, and new spellements for some low-level spells. Here's a look at what you can expect from the pack.

Warthog Mounts & Lion Cub Pets

This pack, following what seems to be a new trend lately, offers three new mounts. These Warthog mounts are all almost identical outside of the color different for their saddles. Each one offers a standard 40% speed increase.

The pack also offers three new pets which are sets of lion cubs. These adorable companions have some of the cutest dance moves you've ever seen and make a great addition to any pet collection. They each provide cards at Baby.

Mount and Pet Grade: C
The community rates these items as:
Great 20% | Good 25% | Average 5% | Poor 50%

Zafarian Gear & Wands

The pack includes the usual three gear sets. Every school is included in these sets, which is a nice change from some past packs. The gear is fairly standard with the hats and boots being focused on offense (continuing a trend of boots losing resistance) and the robes being defensive. Take a look at the three gear sets for level 130+ here.

The wands offer a lot of damage and will likely be a highlight of this pack for many wizards. While they don't have the often-desired piercing, they do give both critical and block on top of the increasingly-relevant pip conversion. Take a look!

Gear and Wand Grade: B-
The community rates these items as:
Great 15% | Good 15% | Average 15% | Poor 55%

Furniture, Spellements, House Guests, and More

On top of the above items, this pack also offers spellements for spells like Dark Sprite and Scorpion. The pack has a number of Zafarian furniture items. Some of these are past Grub Guardian items, some are from the Zafarian Furniture Sets, and others come from vendors. The house guests are brand new.

Other Item Grade: B
The community rates these items as:
Great 8.3% | Good 25% | Average 25% | Poor 41.7%

Pack Analysis

This pack has a lot of filler, but newer items have a chance to show up in a few more spots than usual. The new Mythdactyl and Void Basilisk (in first-generation forms rather than hybrids) and the Skeletal Brigand are all new pets that appear frequently in the pack - they common, in fact. I did notice an unusually high number of 1-day and 7-day mounts, as the rarity of them has been lowered. Usually, 7-day mounts are ultra-rare and 1-day mounts are rare. Here, both 7-day and 1-day mounts are uncommon.

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: Robes, Wands
• Rare: Hats, Boots, Lion Pets
• New furniture items range from Common to Rare

The Verdict

Ultimately, there's very little about this pack that I find compelling. The mounts aren't particularly innovative or exciting and all they've done between the three of them is change the color of the saddles. The pets are alright. The gear looks similar to a lot of other options out there and doesn't offer any amazing or very competitive stats. While there's some slightly higher-value filler items in this pack, it's just overstuffed with them.

If something in the pack catches your eye, give it a try! If not, there are definitely some more valuable packs to check out.

Overall Grade: C
The community rates these items as:
Great 13% | Good 17.4% | Average 17.4% | Poor 52.2%

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Compare to:
Druid's Hoard Pack (B) | Grizzleheim Lore 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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Thanks for reading and see you in the Spiral!

Credits: Thanks to Michael Wildflame for the Drum Jungle Robe image