- Heavy Murloc Egg
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Grunty.
Grunty showing off his rifle.
Grunty firing into the air.
Grunty the Murloc Marine is a murloc companion. This baby murloc wears Terran Marine armor and wields a gauss rifle, which he'll occasionally fire around at perceived enemies.[1]
Source[]
This pet was given out as a code to those who visited the Blizzard booth at the gamescom 2009 event and the BlizzCon 2009 event whether in-person at the event, as purchasers of the DirecTV pay-per-view,[1] or as purchasers of the internet streamed video.[2]
The pet was delivered by in-game mail to every character on a player's Battle.net account that has been attached to a Grunty code, much like Collector's Edition companions. If you merged your World of Warcraft account with your Battle.net account after purchasing the stream, you will not get the pet.
Letter[]
The letter delivered with Grunty is from Master Handler Sylvester:
Thank you for your attending BlizzCon 2009! As a special gift of appreciation, we would like to present you with this small, heavily-armed friend. May he lead you to new adventures across the face of Azeroth and beyond!
Previously, the letter's subject was "Special Delivery".
Pet Journal[]
Only the rarest of murlocs is able to successfully cross dimensional barriers. Fewer still return with the kind of advanced armor and weaponry possessed by Grunty.
Battles[]
Humanoid: Recovers 4% of their maximum health if they dealt damage this round.- +50% damage from -33% damage from
+50% damage from 
-33% damage from 
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 4 |
|---|---|---|
  [Gauss Rifle] |
  [Stimpack] |
  [Launch]
|
| ▲▼ | ▲▼ | ▲▼ |
 [U-238 Rounds] |
 [Shield Block] |
 [Lock-On]
|
| Level 10 | Level 15 | Level 20 |
In Heroes of the Storm[]
The Grunty hero in Blizzard DOTA.
Grunty Murky in Heroes of the Storm.
- Grunty was a hero in early versions of Heroes of the Storm (then known as Blizzard DOTA). His description read: "Grunty was sucked into a magic vortex and whipped across the dimensions when he battled a 25-man raid one Tuesday night. Deposited in the Koprulu sector, Grunty often finds himself among the zerg as murlocs are the only creatures the zerg have ever refused to infest."[3]
- In Heroes of the Storm, Murky has a skin named "Grunty Murky."
Notes and trivia[]
- If Grunty gets near a Zergling or Zeradar companion, he'll either kill them or be killed by them.
- The pet battle abilities Gauss Rifle and Stimpack are only available to Grunty. U-238 Rounds was originally only available to Grunty as well, but a few other pets with this ability have since been added.
- He can assist the player in Failoc-alypse by dropping nuclear bombs.[4]
Videos[]
Gallery[]
BlizzCon 2009 card
Patch changes[]
- Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Added.
References[]
- ^ a b
Frost 2009-05-11. BlizzCon 2009 Exclusive Pet. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. “Everyone who attends BlizzCon 2009 or purchases the BlizzCon Pay Per View event via DIRECTV will be joined by a new World of Warcraft in-game companion, Grunty the murloc marine. This tiny terror is fully armored and comes equipped with a gauss rifle, which he'll occasionally fire into the air to make sure no invisible spacecraft are swooping in to attack.”
- ^ 2. Re: Live streaming | 2009-05-11 by Nethaera | Original link
- ^ Grunty profile - Blizzard DOTA
- ^ YouTube - Fail-ocalypse (0:06)
External links[]
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