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Posted by Herdy on November 28, 2025, 2:10 pm NST

With today's news, two additional colours are now available for the Varwolf:

Ghost | Rainbow

Additionally, the new features page teases an additional avatar related to Varwolves or the recently released questline to obtain them:

The method to unlock this avatar is currently unknown.

The news also mentions that the new Varwolf Transmogrification Potion is live. However, unique to any morphing potion, this can ONLY be used on a Varwolf to turn it into a Mutant Varwolf, not any other species:

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tnt plz give me the baby varwolf i need it

by noileh on November 28, 2025 2:12 PM NST JN Staff

"*Please note that the Varwolf Transmogrification Potion currently only works on Varwolves and NOT other Neopets!" oh, c'mon

by spongegrundo on November 28, 2025 2:16 PM NST

Glad to see them doing something different with rainbow. Rainbow ones are mostly lame but they could have been so much more. With they'd made a cloud rainbow and do some way cooler designs.

by grgarveylevin on November 28, 2025 2:16 PM NST

Love the Blackligh... I mean, Rainbow Varwolf. And ugh, the Transmog only being usable in a Varwolf, it's such a terrible handling of it.

by ferinsy on November 28, 2025 2:18 PM NST

I feel like the ruff on the Ghost one could be a better colour that would match better. The Rainbow is kinda like, rave or something, I love it on its own, but as a Rainbow Neopet colour it's just a little weird lol. Hopefully they make the potion work on other pets at some point... I know this would be a cheese to get a Varwolf without doing the quest required, but like, morphing/transmogriphication potions should all work the same.

by amethyst43217 on November 28, 2025 2:24 PM NST

I LOVE that rainbow one!

by kyrette on November 28, 2025 2:29 PM NST

Nah, the ghost turning the Varwolf down arrow into a scary face is a really nice touch.

by herdy on November 28, 2025 2:29 PM NST JN Staff

They're doing whatever they can to make this per feel exclusive so more people will be tempted to buy premium for it or use the nc items, it's very, very clear. Making a pet exclusive / expensive didn't work in the past (see draiks and krawks that had to become more common), it won't work now as well. Oh well, disappointed but not surprised I guess. =w=

by silvia on November 28, 2025 2:31 PM NST

That Rainbow one is so cool!

by kacheekfan96 on November 28, 2025 2:31 PM NST

Guys, TNT really didn't announce any Premium sales promotion?

I'm not talking about the NC Center. The Premium subscription itself.

by allanmennezess on November 28, 2025 2:33 PM NST

Sorry for being blunt, but the Transmog potion only working on Varwolves is just plain stupid and I sincerely hope that this is just a coding oversight instead of intended behaviour. That restriction on a Transmog (or any other Morphing Potion) completely defeats the purpose of a MORPHING potion.

Why not just create a Mutant Paint Brush instead? A Mutant Petpet Paint Brush already exists, so it isn't that far-fetched.

by isegrimm on November 28, 2025 2:34 PM NST

Varwolf transmog being only for Varwolf makes sense to me because it keeps the Varwolf species more limited, which is TNT's goal with this pet (premium or the scary cave seem to be the only other options). Do I agree with it? Idk, but it seems incredibly intentional and not an oversight.

by coryldork on November 28, 2025 2:52 PM NST

The Rainbow is really nice, but kinda with it was an entirely *new* "Dark Rainbow" colour or something. Would have liked to have a regular rainbow scheme, too!

by dave on November 28, 2025 2:56 PM NST JN Staff

I've always enjoyed having both blacklight AND rainbow elsewhere, so I LOVE the rainbow varwolf! Shame I can't get one unless they give non-premium players another slot

by venusmores on November 28, 2025 2:57 PM NST

@allanmennezess: We just had a Premium sale in July/August, so I'm not putting money on another one this month.

by dave on November 28, 2025 2:57 PM NST JN Staff

If they want the Mutant Varwolf to be only available through a Varwolf I'd rather the potion be something like a Varwolf Mutox Syrup than a Transmogrification Potion.

by pikachu315111 on November 28, 2025 3:04 PM NST

@dave A new "Dark Rainbow" color would have been great. I feel that way about a lot of the new colors/outfits, honestly... Like the new Usul, that could've been a brand new Jinjabread PB or something?? Would be so nice to have a couple new paint brushes but instead everything's just NC outfits, dumped in capsules.

by biediep on November 28, 2025 3:05 PM NST

The news page says it "currently" only works on extant varwolves which says to me that it will probably be changed later, they just want to keep it exclusive for now.

@sylvia, what "nc items" are you talking about? There's no NC items that make being a varwolf any easier, and if they wanted it to be Premium Perk exclusive they would have just... left it PP exclusive without an F2P questline.

by plaguemd on November 28, 2025 3:14 PM NST

Um. No. Yuck. Please have the potion work normally. Pet exclusivity is such a weird high horse to sit on. Related items are already going to be as expensive as all get out for a long while; even if normal morphing potions were released I was expecting them to be multiple millions of NP. But coding these so you need the premium perk to change existing pets is scummy. I don't get it, it's such a roller coaster of TNT wanting to do cool stuff for its players and them finding little ways like this to extract money from us. Please just stop trying to keep varwolves paywalled and make them a normal pet.

by flyingspacedolphin on November 28, 2025 3:15 PM NST

@plaguemd There's an email going around (from TNT themselves) saying there will soon be an NC item that'll basically give you only the rarest prizes of the new hunt daily.

So basically, pay real money if you want any chance to actually win the required food items to create a Varwolf, or get Premium, lol.

by biediep on November 28, 2025 3:18 PM NST

I am honestly a big fan of the Rianbow Varwolf! I love the different direction TNT took with it!

by jessalynn on November 28, 2025 3:23 PM NST

The only Varwolf I would even slightly consider is the halloween one ... but I already have the best canine; halloween lupe!

Rainbow colors to me r revolting; u can thank the 70's for that...
Now have a beautiful rainbow(s) appear in the sky after a ran; breathe taking!

I think morphing potions for specific species & colors, awesome ... but it would be nice to have a mutant PB to pair with the mutant P2 PB.

Now where r those two new avvies?!

by oceanblueh2o_7 on November 28, 2025 3:24 PM NST

Want a rainbow Var. I wasn't interested in owning a Var until I saw that!

by bodhi on November 28, 2025 3:24 PM NST

I was so hoping for Varwolf MPs so I could change an existing pet into one, and now even the Transmog wouldn't work. I guess changing an existing pet into a Varwolf costs $8 for the forseeable future

by hollyfrosty on November 28, 2025 3:24 PM NST

Wouldn't having both rainbow and "black rainbow" colors be waaay to similar to Subeta? I do love the rainbow varwolf though

by bonju on November 28, 2025 3:26 PM NST

Please allow me to clarify...

On the rainbow varwolf ... the tribal looking art on the upper legs / extremities and body is awesome! But the the lower legs / extremities n tail striped rainbow reminds me of pokadots n strips; ewwww. The upper part does not mesh with the lower. And the white face n belly should have flowed with the tribal looking art, as with the lower extremities and tail. I think the over all flow of complete tribal looking art would make it awesome looking!!!

N i also detest tie-dye.

by oceanblueh2o_7 on November 28, 2025 3:39 PM NST

okay, i see the nc item thing, very easy to overlook in the emails, but fair enough.

but also like... in the most extreme "everyone who wants one buys them" case, those nc items are going to sell for, what, a month before the value of the food items craters into oblivion?

like i won't deny there are some issues with this rollout but a lot of the backlash seems to be that not everyone can have what they want in 3 days for zero NP.

by plaguemd on November 28, 2025 3:40 PM NST

and the two different colored eyes are too cool!

by oceanblueh2o_7 on November 28, 2025 3:41 PM NST

god, these are such low quality... the rainbow looks hideous, i know it's supposed to be blacklight, but, just, no. it looks chaotic. and ghost is so low-quality. i'm not sure but it looks like they shrinked down the outline? it's much thinner than usual, and i can see jpeg crust. while the outline on the ruff doesn't have the crust and is slightly thicker

by metallica on November 28, 2025 3:43 PM NST

Love the rainbow wolf!! If only the other rainbow pets looked like that, I might actually want one! I'm having such a hard time deciding what kind of Varwolf I'd want

by aneon on November 28, 2025 3:50 PM NST

It feels like they're just trying to keep the Varwolf behind some kind of paywall and I'm not impressed with how this has been handled at all.

by wednesday793 on November 28, 2025 4:05 PM NST

Ahh I might have to use a side Premium perk to make space for a rainbow AND an Anniversary Varwolf! But that also means they'd be stuck on sides. Decisions, decisions.

by whatevermaycome on November 28, 2025 4:14 PM NST

The transmog thing is gross, considering how expensive it is just to make a Varwolf right now due to item scarcity—even Krawk and Draik transmogs never had that restriction. The avatar implications also aren't filling me with confidence.

I sort of like the rainbow, but it doesn't fit in the slightest with other rainbow pets. I kind of wish we got a normal rainbow option and this as an additional NP body paint option instead.

Also, ghost looks fine, but who deep-fried that PNG when saving out the vector as a raster image?

by dragonair23 on November 28, 2025 4:31 PM NST

I do believe the avvie has to do with he conversion of the three ingredients or fed to varwolf...

by oceanblueh2o_7 on November 28, 2025 4:33 PM NST

Rainbow Varwolf being a Lisa Frank Tiger is PERFECTION.

by vomher on November 28, 2025 5:02 PM NST

Have they started taking inspiration from Subeta? It's Blacklight!

by gumdrops on November 28, 2025 5:17 PM NST

the fact that the news and item description says it's for varwolves ONLY means that was the intention. kick rocks tnt. please up the drop rates for the rotten food i need to lure the varwolf out. i will not cave to purchasing premium

by labardoodle on November 28, 2025 6:01 PM NST

man that rainbow is ugly

by purslane on November 28, 2025 6:05 PM NST

the rainbow....... is.... terribly ugly....
it looks like a sparkle dog which i'm not a fan of even in the nostalgic sense. it's like someone's niece colored it in in a coloring book and they brought it to life...

it's just not cohesive at all. you have the usual rainbow colors on the front legs and tail only? and then the rest of the body is a darker rainbow pallete with the muave. they should have left out the front leg/tail colors, or incorperated the bright rainbow throughout.

horrible.

meanwhile faerie, darigan and baby varwolves are still mia.

by inkpot on November 28, 2025 6:45 PM NST

dangit now I NEED the scene kid Varwolf

by peachpuff on November 28, 2025 7:49 PM NST

@oceanblueh2o_7 I agree, Halloween Lupes are wonderful.

by mistyraider on November 28, 2025 7:52 PM NST

Omg the Rainbow colour is a Sparkle Dog

by muggledude on November 28, 2025 8:03 PM NST

Why don't they just let a boring colored one loose so everyone can get one.. THEN rob us blind!

by rosemarie2003 on November 28, 2025 8:04 PM NST

Anyone else not getting to do the new daily twice a day? I don't get any prompt as premium to do it a second time...it did the first time but since then it's only worked once a day for me...seems like a potential (additional) bug we can add to the list of issues with this mini-quest...

by swimmer913 on November 28, 2025 8:09 PM NST

Do nottttt like the potion at all, if they want to release a transmog potion but they want them to remain linked to current obtain methods, they should release it later, like normal

LOVE the rainbow one though omg

by mercy_graves on November 28, 2025 8:19 PM NST

I was so hoping they'd release Darigan soon. I loved the pet style for it and have been waiting for a regular paint brush so I can still dress her up! I thought they'd be one of the first ones out since it was a first pet style. Apparently not!

by aliteraltrashcan on November 28, 2025 8:19 PM NST

Not a fan of these colors

by oshichi on November 28, 2025 8:25 PM NST

I LOVE the rainbow.... as a different paint brush. Should have made it regular rainbow to match, and then released a new brush color.

Ghost... I like the partial transparency on it and the eyes in the mane, but it's missing the aura altogether???? Sloppy...

Gross that the potion is varwolf-only (for now? it sounds like it may change? It had better...)

This whole release has been a huge mess, I was okay with early release no-trade for premium, that's a perk, but the fact that they're still no trade and it's so convoluted to get one for "free" (ha) is not a good look. I'd say do better TNT, but we know they won't.

by goldennightfox on November 28, 2025 9:03 PM NST

It shows they don't really care about the game. First, they released Mutant colour to entice the players, but forgot that a Transmogrification potion is needed. After they realized this and didn't want the players to use the potion on other species, their "fix" is to make it only work on Varwolf. They didn't even know that the potion should be called "Varwolf Transmogrification Potion" instead of "Mutant Varwolf Transmogrification Potion".

by stormmonarch on November 28, 2025 9:10 PM NST

The rainbow reminds me of an alebrije

by thrixxy on November 28, 2025 9:13 PM NST

That rainbow varwolf would look great with the new emo usul capsule items.

by sakaarson on November 28, 2025 9:28 PM NST

Seriously, nobodies talking about an avatar solution??? My guess is you need to feed that item to your varwolf, multiple times???

by okimsorry on November 28, 2025 9:30 PM NST

...So you're probably going to need more then 1

by okimsorry on November 28, 2025 9:30 PM NST

The rainbow color bothers me so bad because we could totally just have a black light color with that one.

Among the other issues here.

Who the hell is making these decisions behind the scenes.

by solarboyaaron on November 28, 2025 10:42 PM NST

Dunno why everyone is hating on the best rainbow color they've ever put out.

Especially when there is a MUCH BIGGER issue here that TNT has made this entire species into a pathetic cash grab to the point of not even letting transmog potions DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO

by _wolfspirit on November 29, 2025 12:39 AM NST

That rainbow one gives me Lisa Frank vibes

by niasaj on November 29, 2025 1:23 AM NST

That updated ghost Varwolf with the aura has some really crunchy pixels around its outline...

by sakaarson on November 29, 2025 2:54 AM NST

So far I am loving the white ones, and the rainbow! Though I will agree it is more blacklight, I think that's why I like it so much.

by happyneopian on November 29, 2025 5:13 AM NST

I just want a Baby Varwolf pleeeease

by horses_46569 on November 29, 2025 5:29 AM NST

Love the Rainbow, hate the fact that I'd have to create a brand new 0 hours old pet for it.
Hope they "fix" the Trans. Potion soon...

by biediep on November 29, 2025 7:17 AM NST

They didn't even know that the potion should be called "Varwolf Transmogrification Potion" instead of "Mutant Varwolf Transmogrification Potion".
- stormmonarch

This bothers me more than it probably should, too. Just like how so many books now have "Book" at the end of their name for no reason, and new Booktastic books not being Booktastic-themed at all anymore. This TNT doesn't know their own game and I'm tired of it.

by biediep on November 29, 2025 7:22 AM NST

101 Skateboard Tips and Tricks Book
Alien Vending Machine for Beginners Book
Thrifting Secrets Book
Monotony for Beginners Book
Rock Facts! Book

Stooop adding "book" to the title!

by biediep on November 29, 2025 7:24 AM NST

I got the bug and am a map piece short when they're selling for several mil, i got three identical pieces from the free ones i did get, the food items are ridiculously expensive... i guess i just don't get one then, which is a big bummer... i don't care about stuff like stamps and avatars being behind huge NP sinks but the website is called neoPETS and the newest pet species is locked behind several hundred mil NP or an NC item (lol). doesn't feel great.

by tenshifos on November 29, 2025 9:54 AM NST

My ones gonna be rainbow once I get it, this and the emo/scene themed pet capsule really has appealed to my teenage self.
I always wanted a sparkle wolf, and was always too worried about how cringey they were, but now I'm 30, I can be cringe now.

by kaimactrash on November 29, 2025 10:48 AM NST

Hm, I wonder if TNT will allow us to wish for a Varwolf for the upcoming Dream Neopet Giveaway. Like, if they still want to be restrictive on who gets one, they can hold a separate mini "Dream Varwolf Giveaway" where they select 10 players who wished for their Neopet to be changed into a Varwolf (and then for those who didn't 50 are selected at random as normal).

Heck, while we're at it, would be nice if they gave out some Scary Cave Map Pieces and the ingredients to make the bait. If it were up to me, on one day it's an animation/image dedicated to the Varwolf and when you collect your gift you get one random map peice and one of the ingrediants (maybe let some players be really lucky and just get the bait wholesale). As for the Premium Bonus Prize, I'd also give them an additional map piece and ingredient; For them to get a Varwolf they need to use their once-a-year Species Change perk so if they want to use that for something else (or just want an extra Varwolf), they have to go through the same hoops just as us (and if they don't they're high value item so can be sold to make them a nice profit while also adding more of them to the market for everyone else).

by pikachu315111 on November 29, 2025 12:06 PM NST

* BLACKLIGHT RAINBOW:
Since a lot of posts are talking about it decided to add my two NP.

First, my thoughts on Rainbow Varwolf: I think it looks neat. It's a nice and simple way to make the Rainbow Colour a bit more unique. Rainbow is both a simple yet complex Colour, and despite having so many Colours to work with is usually very limited in what can be done with it. Most Neopets have the colors simply layed on them going top (usually red/orange) to bottom (usually blue/purple, sometimes repeating back to red/yellow). Up to this point the most unique Rainbow Neopets have been the Lenny (desinged to look like a Scarlet Macaw), Bori (shell alter color order), Cybunny (spots on mane different colors), Koi (fins have a pristmatic transparent effect), Moehog (colors look more slapdash added), Orgin (not only does it reverse the color pattern but dark purple mane & hair), Usul (only mane and bow are rainbow), and Vandagyre (ears are covered in clouds). However most you gotta look closely or they're still bright enough colored it doesn't really matter (like a few species like the Gnorbu, Hissi, and Lutari have the colors melting/blending into each, unique but barely noticeable). Of course Varwolf is also noticeable as it adds body patterns such as stripes and spots, something no other Rainbow Neopet really does.

Now, many are saying this should have been a new Colour instead of lumped in Rainbow. While part of me agrees with the sentiment, another part thinks we should be re-thinking how Colours are done. Which shouldn't be too hard, afterall Prismatics are a thing, something I wish they would bring over to the Base Experience. Nothing too extreme like what they've been doing, but I wouldn't mind if they gave some Colours an "Alt" version you can choose. Like for Rainbow they could make an "Alt" where Species do the blacklight rainbow the Varwolf did while the Varwolf receives a traditional version of Rainbow. For Fire the "Alt" could be blue & white flames. Split

by pikachu315111 on November 29, 2025 12:38 PM NST

Split could have different color combos for each species. Starry could be a black base with white stars. You get the idea. They could even bring in some of the Prismatics this way.

by pikachu315111 on November 29, 2025 12:38 PM NST

I mean, they could also make it so that you can stack paintbrushes for prismatic effects, because the basic color brushes are pretty low priced rn and it would probably raise them all the way back up if they implemented that.

by weirdee on November 29, 2025 12:43 PM NST

And they could implement this feature at the end of their half dead plot, if they wanted to tie the themes back together.

by weirdee on November 29, 2025 12:44 PM NST

there seems to be a new "varwolf howling at the moon" background as a reward for turning in the food to lure the varwolf out

by labardoodle on November 29, 2025 1:19 PM NST

Okay but how do I get the avatar lol

by stubbys on November 29, 2025 3:37 PM NST

If you have already made a new Varwolf and didn't get the avatar or background, try doing a second Brain Tree quest and return to Pan/The Scary Cave! This worked for me~

(I also wonder what will happen for those who haven't made a Varwolf yet that do a second quest???)

by erisxchaos on November 29, 2025 5:25 PM NST

I'm sorry that's complete BS to make it only work on Varwolfs. I don't even want one but this is so dumb. I'm so incredibly sick of TNT.

by brophyvirginia on November 29, 2025 5:34 PM NST

If you have already made a new Varwolf and didn't get the avatar or background, try doing a second Brain Tree quest and return to Pan/The Scary Cave! This worked for me- erisxchaos

That’s exactly how I got avatar!

by ej_mann87 on November 29, 2025 6:15 PM NST

I had to do a second Brain Tree Quest to even get Pan to change the dialog after I turned the map in. Can't say if I will now get the avie without having to do it again cause the food items are far too expensive.

Also...making us have to create a pet we then can't transfer or pound for an avie is terrible.

If I'm eventually able to get the items , I'll have to move a pet to a side to create a varwolf, then morph the poor thing into something else to be able to get rid of it.

by yekith on November 29, 2025 7:14 PM NST

erisxchaos: The background is for premium players only.

by stormmonarch on November 29, 2025 8:34 PM NST

Yikes! Mutant Varwolf is horrible.

by anydarnedthingeez on November 29, 2025 8:52 PM NST

THE RAINBOW IS SO GOOD OMG!

I didnt really care about Varwolves before but now I want one just for that color. I LOVE the more unique color variants of an otherwise "standard" color.

by zieloh on November 29, 2025 10:35 PM NST

While those are some neat new Varwolf colors (especially the Rainbow), I'll concede that the decision to have that Transmogrification Potion only work on Varwolves is a very confusing one. Why can't it just work normally like the others?

by jet5baby47 on November 29, 2025 10:37 PM NST

Hey JN, do you think you could update this post since the method for achieving the avatar is now known? thanks!

by zelda2727 on November 29, 2025 11:51 PM NST

+1 to Pikachu's ideas for alt-colours.
Especially if they're easier colours to draw like Starry or Striped.

by 1jediboy on November 30, 2025 12:52 AM NST

sparkle dog era?

by vampyrefay on November 30, 2025 12:59 PM NST

I love the Rainbow Varwolf. I wish black and the cloud effect(on Vandgyres and Cybunnies) were used more. I like when Rainbow doesn't look like a fb pride filter. I also wish the rainbow color was updated to look more gradient/blended.

I LOVE that they managed the transmogrification potion into Varwolf only- haha its not a shortcut to get the Varwolf! These will be harder to get and I honestly like that. Neopets NEEDS something like that.

by mzlish on December 1, 2025 6:45 AM NST

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