Varwolf 2025

Whispers and ghost stories are spreading in the Haunted Woods about strange creatures vanishing into the night... A breeze floats out from a hidden cave deep within the woods, promising adventure and discovery... Do you dare seek out the truth behind the legends?

Back in 2005, the Varwolf was apart of a Neopets April Fools joke, however players fell in love with the design. Fast foward to 2025 and Neopians are now able to create their own in an all new event.

Over the next several days, search for clues around the Haunted Woods to find map pieces that will lead us through a Scary Cave to find a Varwolf.

Scary Cave

Upon meeting Pan Almas and accepting the questline on the Neopets Homepage, you will be taken to the Haunted Woods where you can find an all new Scary Cave.

You can choose to venture deeper into the cave, only to discover that you need something to help you navigate through it, returning you back to the begnning of the cave.

Luckily, Pan is there and they will give you three new clues to investigate to help aid us in the cave. These clues will lead you to various locations around the Haunted Woods, where you will find more information - and prizes!

After a moment of regaining his bearings, Pan begins to shuffle around the cave. He carefully sets out a collection of odds and ends, treating them like ancient, delicate treasures. "I've searched this cave high and low for clues to the whereabouts of our mysterious creatures, but this is all I've managed to find," he says, gesturing to three objects on the ground: a chewed-up apple, a stone with an epitaph etched onto it, and a bent and broken... tambourine? "I'm certain they must mean something, but I'm afraid I can't tell what..."

"Go on, have a look. Pick them up if you need to. I'm sure that someone savvy enough to find this place on their own will be able to catch something these old eyes didn't! Hoh hoh!"

Finding Map Pieces

Rotten Apple

The first clue Pan gives us in a rotten apple, which leads us to the Apple Bobbing daily.

Arriving at this location will give you a bit of dialogue and an all new Scary Cave Map piece! Return back to the Scary Cave once you have collected your piece to look at the next clue.

Etched Stone

The second clue Pan gives us is an Etched Stone, which leads us to the Forgotten Graveyard.

Arriving at this location will put you face to face with a Strange Spectre, who is looking for something. You will be tasked to solve this riddle by answering ROT.

Correctly solving the riddle will reward you with another Scary Cave Map Piece and take you back to the Scary Cave for your final clue.

Lost Tambourine

The third clue Pan gives us is a Lost Tambourine, which leads us to the Wanderers Camp.

Arriving at this location will have you and Pan speaking to one of the Wanderers, Gilly, who is wondering what you are in search of. You will be able to solve this puzzle by answering MAP.

Correctly answering will reward you with another Scary Cave Map Piece and will take you back to the Scary Cave.

Remaining Pieces

We can now take our three Scary Cave Map Pieces back to the ... Scary Cave... and Pan will tell us where we can find the remaining pieces, sending us on a journey around Neopia for them.

Prehistoric Battlegrounds

The first location clue Pan tells us about is a group of archaeologists and myth-chasers, who know a lot about Haunted Woods legends. However, Pan heard they were somewhere in Prehistoric Tyrannia. This should lead us to the Prehistoric Battlegrounds.

Upon arriving you will be met with one of the Professor Lambert, one of the Seekers. Pan will explain why you are there and Professor Lambert will offer little to no help and you will have to answer what you are trying to learn about. You will be able to answer with Haunted Woods Legends

Neovian Printing Press

Pan also notes we can find help at the Neovian Printing Press, where we will find Reginald and Willa.

You tell them about your search for Haunted Woods Legends, asking if they know any information and they hand you another Scary Cave Map Piece.

Wise Old King

Pan hints that we should head to Brightvale where someone calls the kingdom home, which leads us to the Wise Old King.

King Hagan asks why we are there, and tell him for his wisdom. You will then be prompted to complete the Wise Old King daily. You can submit any answers, but unfortunately there will be no map piece earned here. However King Hagan will lead us to our next clue by telling us about finding ingredients and needing several attempts to make a stew.

Brain Tree

After completing King Hagan's task and analyzing his clue, you and Pan continue your journey and end up at the Brain Tree.

Here you must complete a Brain Tree quest. To find the answers you will have to complete two Esophagor quests. Make sure to write down the answers that the Esophagor (guide) gives you to be able to answer the Brain Tree successfully.

Much like King Hagan, we will not get a map piece here but it will lead us to our next location.

Faerieland Bookshop

Our last location on our journey will take us to the Faerieland Bookshop, where we are greeted by the Library Faerie, Seshatia. We inform them about our journey trying to find more details about the strange creature we are trying to track down, seeking more information via any books they may have.

After small dialogue, Seshatia will ask us if we know what we are called is after and we will answer Ferment Forager.

Completing the Map

Once you have visited all locations, you should have approximately 5 Scarry Cave Map Pieces, however you may have received some duplicates. You can head to the brand new Haunted Woods Hunt daily to try and earn any missing pieces, or you will have to trade for or purchase the rest of the map pieces yourself.

After obtaining all 9 unique map pieces, you will be able to turn them into the Scary Cave. This will finally allow us to venture further into the cave where we will meet a Varwolf and be tasked to find it some food to try and lure it out!

Finding the Food

There are three key ingredients - and a special step - in order to create the food the Varwolf is looking for. You will need to either restock the Mound of Rotten Fruit, Hungry Fungus, and Putrid Pumpkin from the Haunted Woods Hunt daily, Spooky Foods Shop, or you will need to purchase them from other players using the Shop Wizard / Trading Post.

After obtaining all three items, head to the Cooking Pot and mix them together to create a Decaying Pumpkin Surprise.

Creating a Varwolf

Once you have created your Decaying Pumpkin Surprise, head back to the Scary Cave and make your way through the Hollow Grove. At the end of the path, you will finally be able to create your brand new Varwolf!