Patch 10.2.6 Fathom Twitch Drop: WoW's Plunderstorm Crab Pet

Key Takeaways

What it was: Fathom, a jewel-encrusted crown-wearing crab battle pet, was a Twitch Drop reward tied to the launch of Plunderstorm in Patch 10.2.6.
How to earn it: players watched four hours of any World of Warcraft stream on Twitch during the drop window to unlock the pet.
The window: the drop ran from March 22, 10:00 a.m. PDT to April 5, 10:00 a.m. PDT, 2024.
Account setup: a linked Battle.net and Twitch connection was required, and the first region logged into after claiming decided where Fathom landed.
Delivery: rewards could take up to 24 hours to appear in-game, and unclaimed drops expired seven days after being claimed if no Battle.net account was linked.
Availability now: the drop closed on April 5, 2024, so Fathom is no longer obtainable through this promotion.

Here is how the promotion worked while it was live, and where the crab stands today.

The Fathom Drop and Plunderstorm

Blizzard timed the Fathom Twitch Drop to celebrate Plunderstorm, the limited-time pirate battle royale that arrived with Patch 10.2.6 on March 19, 2024. The reward was Fathom, a purple-and-gold crab that piles plundered treasure onto its shell and wears an off-kilter crown. Its in-game flavor text leaned into the theme: "Weighed down by all the loot he has plundered. He could share the burden he carries but it turns out he's a little shellfish." Fans were quick to compare the loot-hoarding crustacean to Tamatoa from Disney's Moana, though that resemblance was a community observation rather than anything Blizzard stated.

How Players Earned Fathom

The requirement was simple: watch four hours of World of Warcraft content on Twitch while the drop was active. Any eligible channel in the World of Warcraft category counted, and watch time carried over if you switched streams. The drop opened on March 22 at 10:00 a.m. PDT and closed on April 5 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, giving players roughly two weeks to bank the hours. There was no way to speed things up by running several streams at once, since only one channel counted toward progress at a time.

Linking and Delivery Rules

Earning the pet was only half the process. To receive it, players had to connect their Twitch account to Battle.net through the account connections page. A few details tripped people up, and they were worth knowing before the timer ran out.

Relinking: anyone who had changed a password or altered their Twitch or Battle.net account had to relink, and switching to a new Twitch account triggered a seven-day cooldown before another link could be made.
Region delivery: the first Battle.net region a player logged into after claiming was where the pet was delivered, so region-hoppers had to log in on their main region first.
Delivery time: it could take up to 24 hours for the reward to show up in-game after being claimed on Twitch.
Claim expiry: an earned drop expired seven days after it was claimed if the Twitch account was not linked to a Battle.net account.

With those steps handled, the crab arrived in the pet journal ready for battle-pet duty.

Can You Still Get Fathom?

Not through this promotion. The Twitch Drop was strictly limited, and it closed on April 5, 2024. Once the window ended, the four-hours-of-viewing path to Fathom disappeared with it, and Blizzard has not reopened this particular drop since. If you missed it, the pet is not currently earnable in a repeatable way, which is worth keeping in mind before chasing outdated guides that still describe it as active.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did players earn the Fathom pet?

By watching four hours of World of Warcraft content on any eligible Twitch channel between March 22 and April 5, 2024, with a linked Twitch and Battle.net account.

How did you link Battle.net and Twitch accounts?

You signed into Battle.net's account connections page, clicked the Connect link for Twitch, and followed the prompts to sign in and link the two accounts.

What devices could earn and claim drops?

A PC or Mac web browser worked, as did the Twitch app for Android or iOS. Twitch apps on game consoles, smart TVs, and other TV platforms did not support drops.

Did you have to watch the same channel the whole time?

No. Progress accrued across any eligible World of Warcraft channel, so you could split the four hours between streams. Watching several channels at once did not speed things up.

Did the reward arrive automatically?

Not quite. You had to claim the drop on the channel you were watching or through the Drops Inventory menu on Twitch, after which it synced to your linked account.

Did Twitch Drop rewards expire?

Yes. An earned drop expired seven days after it was claimed if the Battle.net account had not been linked, so linking early mattered.

Which regions were eligible?

North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Last reviewed 2026-07-02 against Patch 10.2.6 Plunderstorm. Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.