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Comment by 22974

These are a drop from the invaders coming from the crystals spawning in zones that are under attack by Scourge. Doesn't seem to be that rare drop.

Having one in your inventory gives you "Haunted" buff and a dark untargetable ghost follows you around. You can throw the memento to other people to give the item and the ghost to them. Putting the memento into bank and taking it away makes the ghost disappear and reappear in case you need to summon it again without having to throw the memento away to someone else and potentially lose it. You also do a wave emote to your ghostly friend when you lose it; either by throwing the memento to someone else or putting it to bank.

Important note about this item is that it does not become soulbound to your character which allows you to sell it in auction house which can potentially be an insanely expensive item in future if you cannot gain them anymore after this event from anywhere. Pet collectors and many other people will be ditching out big money for these. The memento is also unique so you need to store them on your alts or in circulate them from alt to alt through mail box to store multiples. It can be a very good and profitable idea to farm this during this event and store for the future.

Comment by 5326

The "pet" summoned by having this item in your inventory cannot be targeted and has no name above it, however using a Paladin's Sense Undead ability the mob is named 'Scourge Haunt'.

Comment by evilerthanyou

The throwed balls' speed is slightly slower than an epic mount. Therefore I and my mate was able to attach around 20 flying memento balls behind me:)

Comment by K21Nova

20.8.2016 @ Legion pre-patch 7.0.3: As of right now, if you do not have a non-combat (battle) pet out, the item (still) gives you a 15 second buff called Haunted when it enters your inventory, either by someone throwing it to you, or by you taking it out from your bank, and then periodically while it stays in your inventory.

The black, translucent haunt will then appear, and start following you. After 15 seconds, the buff will run out, and the haunt will die and disappear. If you bring out a non-combat pet while the haunt is following you and the buff is active, the haunt will disappear without dying, but the buff will remain and run down to zero. If the item enters your inventory, or tries to proc while you have a non-combat pet out, you will not get the buff, and the haunt will not appear.

Future patches may, obviously, change the behavior of the haunt, so bear that in mind.

Comment by 180903

The aforementioned whispers are not from this object but from the quest object-- dual-plagued brain and whatever the Alliance equivalent is.

Comment by Ellyndria

Be careful in throwing this to other players. Because they are unique, if you throw it to someone who already has one in their inventory, yours will dissapear.

Comment by Vexan

Also catching this or removing from the bank triggers the /cower animation.

Comment by 236846

I wonder if something more sinister is going to happen with these as the invasion continues- seems like a rather odd drop...

Comment by Beldin

This is rather a nice companion for a rogue to have: shadow of death and all that. Stealthing makes the ghost disappear, but coming out of stealth does not make it reappear. It only reappeared when I relogged.

Comment by Wispur

Can anyone confirm or deny the rumors that this disappears if it it changes hands (including being placed in the bank) more than 3 or 5 times or so?

Comment by bokou

Be wary, you can only do this a few times before your memento disappears.

can anyone else confirm this?

Comment by Ne0nguy

This has been categorized as a combat pet.
I am wondering if it will begin to attack anything after a certain event happens.

Comment by Steve2

I used to throw my momento to my friend who also has one to 'refresh' my ghost when it dissappears for one reason or another, like taking out a diff cosmetic pet. I still am using the same original one I got, never dissappeared on me, and I've done it a few times atleast.

Edit: To be specific. Whenever I threw it to my buddy who already had one, his char would automatic throw one back.

I have heard that each time you use the momento it has a chance of dissappearing, so I must admit I have stopped using this method. I've decided to just leave it in my inventory, sometimes I have the shade, sometimes I don't. It would be cool if it showed up with a bit stricter rules, like re-spawning when a diff cosmetic pet is put away, but I like the flavor.

Comment by 156365

I have one in my inventory, but can't see a wraith, although the buff is up. Is there a problem with hunters having their pet out?

Comment by Matores

As far as my personal experience could test... the shade does not dissapear when the wearer of the 'Haunted Memento' goes stealth.

Tested 3 times in Warsong and I found that rogues are more easy to track because they have a shade behind them ;).

May be someone else can confirm this, because the whole three times i was with the "Detect Invisibility" Buff.

Thanks in advance.

~Yukika.

Comment by sirmarkus

Can anyone tell me about those whispers?
Like: My master has got a message for you.

A lot of my friend keep getting them, but i only had them for like 1 day and i cant get them back.
they seem to be from the sade, but he doesnt talk to me anymore.

also why is it that some of teh sahdes are so large and mine always seems to stay small?
Dran Female char. saw a gnome with a huge shade.

Comment by Sh0dan

The best things I find about the shade is that it isn't targettable and doesn't follow you close enough to clog up the screen, so it never becomes a nuisance.
Also, in my opinion, this makes a great flavor item for a death knight with its undead theme and background. I intend to roll a DK on an RP-PvP server (on which I only have a level 64 hunter made specifically to unlock DKs and a bank alt), and I managed to get one for free thanks to a mage who was farming the undeads (though the level 69 undeads *were* soloable, given enough time). Later on I found one for 5g on the AH, which I may sell in the future.
On my main's server I kept one for my shadow priest and warlock, which I also think are a good match for the shade (although to a lesser extent), one in case I decide to make a DK there too, and another to sell. I foresee these selling for *a lot* if they never become available again, so grab them while you still can!

Comment by 239844

can i die and Haunted Memento Ghost save?

Comment by metamorphisis

Does it drop like really often? like between 10-20 kills? and are the mobs hard to kill becaise people get in groups to kill them

Comment by 150928

This, my friends, is the perfect item for your Death Knight character :)
I hope blizzard will make the ghost faster, because i really wish to have my shadow buddy always with me.
If you think it is a good idea help me,
if you play on US make a post on suggestion forum, if you are from eu post a reply here

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=6848226611&postId=69139392063&sid=1#1

Comment by 254608

As of patch 3.0.3, the bankers/autioneers no longer dissapear when you give the item to them. :|

Comment by Havitech

Pet items like Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit and the pet leash don't work on the ghost that follows you around, but interestingly enough, they do highlight the shade when you hover your cursor over it while trying to apply the item.

Comment by 269661

Level 1.

Testing Procedure:
Bought a Rope Pet Leash in dalaran for companions.
Tried to use it on scourge haunt because it sempt like a companion.
Couldn't actually target it as we all know.
But when i right clicked the leash, and mouse-overed the scourge haunt, the UI mouseover target showed it as being level 1 undead, with no guild title area name such as
<___'s companion>
<___'s pet>
<___'s guardian>
<___'s minion>
or whatever that totem one is... i think its
<___'s creation>

Try it yourself!

Used this on a different post. I MADE IT.
I suppose since it's already on here I found a simpler way and a way without TCG cards.
Also I found this out without seeing this post previously.

Also this was to Havitech, but it was also kind of a comment alone.

Comment by BoJlk

Remeber if you lost it or sold it by mistake, Blizzard can restore it for you.
NOTE: only if has been less then 3 days since you lost it

Comment by szgeti

I've already had a few arena matches on my rogue where I've been able to get an easy opener against stealth teams because I could see someone's ghost following them around. If you're queuing matches, get rid of the thing.

Comment by 170332

Death Knights can actually use Death Coil on them by first using Death Coil before hovering the mouse over the memento. It will say "Scourge Haunt" for a few secs before disappearing. You can actually heal your memento.

Comment by 207575

While normally untargettable, you CAN use a Elune's Candle on a Haunt. Make sure you don't have a target selected, use the candle, mouse over the Haunt, then click. A red and gold firework should shoot at the Haunt. Lots of fun watching a ghost with fireworks exploding from him; and no, it doesn't hurt the haunt.

Comment by flymolo21

Was going to buy 1 but the cheapest was 99g the most was 250g only 3 of them on the AH on my server...prolly should have kept mine when I got them =/

Comment by suicidalkatt

This item is no longer obtainable outside the owners of it during the "Scourge Invasion" world event that took place just before the release of WoTLK. Check your AH for it and get lucky!

I personally enjoy the company of my ghost everywhere and he shares all my achievements :D!

Truly a unique item in World of Warcraft.

Comment by rubino7

what does happen if you summon your small pet? does the ghost disappear or does it keep following you?

Comment by 342713

Just wondering if anyone knows the worth of this item on the AH. Let me know if you've found a solid price tag.

Comment by magux

It´s just misses of Starcraft or do this one look like Dark Templar ?

Comment by 188301

its not working when i put it in the bank, ive tried two different bankers and its not working. meaning that this was fixed

Comment by 258092

Since the ghost spawns near me whenever I teleport or login, it sometimes spawns in some fairly strange ways. My favorite is when I log in when flying and see the ghost plummet impassively to the ground or find a perch I wouldn't have thought of. Even funnier when I take my ultrasafe transporter, end up far in the air, and we both fall!

Comment by 9515

i don't know who's crazy enough to pay for it, but on arathor the bloody things have been going between 900-1800g

Comment by 254037

I'm a lucky bastard, I got 2, 1 on my main and 1 on an alt. And no way i'm gonna sell it, I wanna have 1 extra in case I lose my memento. That ghost has followed me for half a year now and I never get tired of it. I love reactions from people about my ghost and I tell them to hug it! =)

Comment by 229235

I just accidently right clicked the haunted memento in my bag that I have carried since prerelease of WoLK and it disappeared entirely from my bag. I am a horde hunter and I was inspecting a gnome warlock & I believe it transfered to that character which was NOT my intent. I have turned in a GM ticket but do not know if they'll fix it or not. I am so upset !

Comment by ods25

curently going for 13k on my server hehe btw will the event ever come back?

Comment by 379270

I loved it when there were zombies running around the cities, I spent most of my time as a zombie turning everyone and everything I can :D good fun

Comment by 167920

These Haunted Memento's are going for over 8k on my realm. Freaking nuts.

...Luckilly every one of my toons has one :3

Comment by 436655

i use to have this but my friend said can i have it for awhile and hasnt gaven back for 1 year i really got used lol

Comment by crionor

Can you still get it?

Comment by 390996

Got a few of these, sold them for 800g each- Ah. Good times. Kept one for me, of course, they've got to be the coolest companion around.

Comment by 283311

Does this Item make you Haunted?

Comment by 223389

Four of them for sale in the auction house for about 600-800g on Frostmorne.

Comment by Ketho

Item: Haunted Memento
Spell: Haunted (Buff)
NPC: Scourge Haunt

Priest can Mind Vision on Scourge Haunt
Death Knight can Death Coil on Scourge Haunt
Paladin can Sense Undead
Hunter can Track Undead
Alchemy: Elixir of Detect Undead
Elune's Candle, Snowball, Baby Spice, Old Spices can be used on Scourge Haunt

Credits to: ChilledEssence, Ilekrevs, Steve2, Aerxas, 32ndShadowwind, Pomodorosan, Belyndara

Edit: Since Patch 3.3.0 (22 Jan 2010), Scourge Haunt can only be targeted by first casting the spell with no target, and then /tar scourge
(This also works with other NPCs that Blizz meant to be untargetable. You need to know/guess their name ofcourse)

Comment by 491253

This item does not expire, for those wondering.

Comment by stefcho

Just bought one for 1200g. After not seeing any for sale in some time, and/or for less than 8k, I figured it was a steal. Can't see the point in lowballing items like this when there's no other way to obtain them these days.

All in all, I came out of this transaction satisfied. Your results may vary.

Strelnikov, Kel'Thuzad (US).

Comment by 207382

going for 2000g on my server
I'm seeing the price rocketing up all the time, but I aint selling until it's 10k

Comment by 575227

Just sold mine, wich was kinda sad after 1.5 years of friendship ):. But I got 1500g for it :D

Comment by mcbrite

lawl, I just bought one on auction house for 100g... was the only one listed...

Comment by 568686

I check the AH for these every day. The price varies greatly and you can buy one for cheap and resell it for a nice profit later. On my server the lowest I've seen them go was 400g once and 600g another time. I resold both for a big profit.

Comment by 526302

lucky you, they go for 8k on my server, luckily i got one free from some unlicky player dumb enough to play catch with it and misclick. well, more free #$%^ for me, lol

Comment by Allakhazam

seriosly what does it do is it useless or does it have a perpose?

Comment by Allakhazam

When you have this in your bags, a little nontargetable ghost follows you around.
Dropped of a skeletal shocktrooper from the scourge invasion world event two weeks before wotlk launch.

Edited, Oct 26th 2008 3:03am by kartoffelheinz

Comment by Allakhazam

Just wish people wouldn't charge 1k gold for the things on AH. :(

Comment by Allakhazam

My friend was telling me that hers was harrasing her saying
"Drop your trinket and join the Lich King"
Anyone else had something like that?

Comment by Allakhazam

I've had this item sitting in my bag for weeks and it recently started talking to me... It says all sorts of odd things.

"I see you..."
"What it that bauble you carry?"
"Your little toy will not sace you!"
"The Light is no match for the Lich King's Might!

"There, I found you..."
"Your kingdoms will fall, night elf!"
"Your mighty castles will crumble and your loved ones will join the Lich King's ranks!"

"I see you..."
"Join us, Archeic (my name). Swear liegance to the Lich King. Give yourself to him and know peace... the peace you have been denied since your wailing, terrified birth."

"Greetings..."
"My master has a message for you..."
"It is this: Welcome."
"Welcome to a cold death."

"Ah, there you are..."
"There is no honor fighting us when the end has already been written. Azeroth... will... die."
"If you struggle, then before your death you will face pain and horror and the loss of all you love."

"Greetings..."
"The stench of that holy trinket you carry disgusts me..."
"Why don't you discard it..."

I think that's all he says. But each set is said within about 10 seconds of each other... so I assume they are said as a sort of set. It's very odd tho...

Comment by Allakhazam

I'm a pet collector so was thrilled to get my hands on one of these again. Unfortunately the lil ghosty doesn't come out if you have another companion pet out :(

Comment by Allakhazam

This item was also dropped for me during the second scourge invasion event that was pre-wrath. Very fun item indeed.

Edited, Oct 28th 2008 12:11pm by victoriancat

Comment by Allakhazam

If you have it on you, in some areas and dungeons, you will become possessed by your ghost and attack party members. This seems to be brought upon you by certain mobs you encounter that take advantage of the ghost.

Comment by Allakhazam

If you enter this item into the auction, the ghost then appears to remain with the auctioneer! Presumably until sold or returned. Does anyone know what use this is?

Comment by angiedoll

Drops off any invasion mob, not just the shade.

Comment by Tabithalis

Stealth changed so you can't throw at players anymore :(

Farmed a couple hundred for my raid to throw around and now we can't do anything with them

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