Imp in a Ball

• Imp in a Ball
• Binds when picked up
• Toy
• Use: Adds this toy to your Toy Box.
  
  Ask a question, then right click to receive your answer! (30 Sec Cooldown)
• "It foresees a deduction of your trader's tender balance."

Imp in a Ball.

The Imp in a Ball is used to summon an NPC of the same name who will whisper your fortune, similar to a Magic 8 Ball.

Source

This item can be obtained from the following sources:

• The TCG loot card Fortune Telling.
• The Black Market Auction House, where it's randomly listed by Landro Longshot for an opening bid of 15,000.
• The Trading Post, where it costs 350 [Trader's Tender].

In Burning Crusade Classic, it was available as a quest reward from  [70] Imp in a Ball for those who purchased the 6-Month Subscription Bundle from 18 May 2021 to 25 January 2022.

Notes

TCG artwork by Glenn Rane.

• Summons an untargettable "Imp in a Ball" directly in front of the caster. It makes the same imp noise that you hear when a warlock summons an Imp minion. The imp shakes up and down for a few seconds, and then whispers you a fortune.
• Casting time is instant. The cooldown is 30 seconds. The Imp lasts for a slightly shorter duration and then fades away.
• The number of different fortunes seems to be very large.
• If you are in a party or raid, the Imp will speak in your party instead of whispering you.
• An imp in a ball can be found hovering above a pool in the Serenity Falls in the Jade Forest. Another ones can be seen in Karazhan Catacombs in Deadwind Pass and in the Barracks in Orgrimmar.

Quotes

• 4 8 15 16 23 42
• Are you my pal, Danny?
• Ask me again later - I'm trying to scratch my nose and it's hard to concentrate.
• Be quiet 'bout what you hear and see around here, <race>.
• Concentrate (on releasing me from this infernal prison) and try again later.
• Do you ask this question to everything that's trapped in a ball?
• Hahahaha, you're kidding right?
• Hey! You try arranging furniture with some jerk shaking your house!
• I ask myself that question every day...
• I can make that happen. Just sign below the dotted line...
• I can't see why not, although, I can't see a lot of things right now.
• I see that happening sometime between tomorrow and the next decade. Definitely.
• I suppose.
• I would bet your soul on it.
• I'm gonna have to give this one the big N-O.
• I've consulted my fellow imps, and we think YES, except for that one imp.
• Inconceivable!
• Indeeeeed!
• It pain me to say this, but "Yes".
• It won't matter, you'll be dead by tomorrow.
• It's as sure as the warts on my backside!
• Jump three times and dance for ten minutes and it will definitely happen!
• Looks good for you...and bad for me.
• My sources say "no". Before the torture, that is.
• Not on your life!
• Not unless you're some kind of super-person. And don't kid yourself, you're not.
• Please insert 25 silver pieces and try again.
• Please... Is Kil'jaeden red?
• Sure, but you're not going to like it.
• That's about as likely as me getting a date with a succubus.
• That's about as likely as me getting out of this ball.
• The answer is yes in here, and I don't see why it would be any different out there.
• The odds are 32.33 (repeating of course) chance of success.
• The outlook is positive, but I'm still negative.
• The outlook is very bad - for YOU that is! Haha, take it!
• Three words - "ab - so - lutely"!
• Two words - imp-possible!
• Unfortunately... yes.
• What happens in the twisting nether, stays in the twisting nether.
• When Blackrock freezes over!
• Yes is my answer...
• Yes, but I hoped I would never have to answer that.
• Yes, but if anyone asks... It wasn't me who told you.
• Yes, but not in the way you imagine.
• Yes, it will rain. That's not what you asked? Too bad!
• Yes, No, Maybe so.
• Yes, now stop pestering me!
• Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes already!
• You need Arcane Intellect, because that answer is obvious! NO!
• You remember the time you tried to drill that hole in your head?

Trivia

• "32.33 (repeating of course)" is a reference to the Leeroy Jenkins video.
• "4 8 15 16 23 42" refers to the numbers from the TV series Lost.
• "Are you my pal, Danny?" is a line from the movie Caddyshack.
• "Be quiet 'bout what you hear and see around here, <race>," is also said by Chort in the Blade's Edge Mountains.
• "What happens in the twisting nether^[sic]..." is a play on the saying "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas".
• "When Blackrock freezes over" is a play on the saying "When hell freezes over".
• "Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes," is a line from Pride and Prejudice.

Other versions

• BC Classic

  

  • Imp in a Ball
  • Binds when picked up
  • Unique
  • Use: Ask a question, then right click to receive your answer! (30 Sec Cooldown)

Patch changes

• Patch 10.1.7 (2023-09-05): Flavor text added.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added to the Toy Box.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Added.
  

External links

Retail	BC Classic
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