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Comment by Cymorth

This is the effect you get from drinking it - https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=53806

So yup i belive you may be correct, if so im making loads of these for my tauren for those instance fights where Taurens are waaaay to big an fill the screen. may work out cheaper than all those Noggenfogger pots ;)

Be nice to get some fun type potions made by Alchemy, why let the engineers have all the fun ;)

But its also used for making other pots so probably need to keep my noggenfogger's stocked up still

Comment by 98874

Probably another item fun for all classes except Druids and, to a lesser extent, shaman.

Comment by 45512

Because shapeshifting probably removes the effect or precludes one from using it.

Comment by 177743

If its a shrink effect i doubt it will be removed by shapeshifting, none of the other things in the game that cause your character to become smaller are dispelled by shapeshifting... that i know of...

Comment by 21795

This describes what Pygmy Oil does (and the fish you need to make it). If you drink enough Pygmy Oil, you become a Pygmy. This is alters visual appearance, voice and emotes, but with no immunities or obvious combat benefits (aside from size) we could find. Yet.

Comment by 149470

Often, on Medieval maritime maps of Europe, Greenland (or parts of the Arctic Circle) were filled in with generic coastline, much like Northrend is now. Over this unknown area was sometimes written:

Pygmiae hic habitant

(Pygmies live here)

so with Northrend, we will find these mysterious northern pygmies.

Comment by sdkphoenix

Noggenfogger shrink effect works when I use it and switch into kitty or bear. All shapeshifting removes is polymorph and movement imparing effects.

Comment by Darkharmony

All it really does guys is makes you in to a gnome with a voodoo mask on. With each one you drink you shrink a little bit. After 5 you shrink in to a gnome.

Comment by Larrylaffer

What I don't understand is why "Drink it"? Why not "Drink me" like the Noggenfogger and the other "chew on this and something will happen to you" items?

Comment by 98874

This fish is used by Alchemists to make Pygmy Oil. Each fish makes 1-2 oils. Drinking Pygmy Oil makes you a little smaller for 10 minutes. After drinking 6-10 oils in a row, you gain a buff described as "Pygmified!", which turns you into - you guessed it - a Pygmy for 10 minutes! The buff currently changes appearance, voice and emotes: You become just like a gnome. There are no obvious combat benefits yet, such as immunity to polymorph. For Druids, shapeshifting removes the Pygmified buff (thanks zolani). This may become an alternative to cooked Deviate Fish (Pygmy Suckerfish are probably easier to catch).

Comment by 17624

NOte that this oil is useful for a number of elixirs and similar that you can expect to see in fairly heavy use for raid work. Hence, Pygmy Suckerfish, and this resulting oil, are likely to become fairly popular sellers on the AH.

Comment by 29050

Drinking Pygmy Oil does indeed make you smaller, but not really small - at least not if you stop at one. Each oil you drink will make you incrementally smaller. This skrinkage lasts for 10 minutes.

Drink a number of Pymgy Oils, and you turned into a Pygmy! This is basically a gnome with the old witchdoctor style mask. The number of oils required to drink for this buff varies, but it usually 8-10. Pygmification last for 10 minutes. You are able to mount while pygmified, unlike many shapeshifting buffs.

Pygmy Oil is also a reagent in a number of alchemist made items, including flasks and an alchemists stone.

Pygmy oil is made by alchemists, who create 1-2 oils per Pygmy Suckerfish. Most if not all alchemists should be able to create these oils, as it's trained early in Northrend.

Pygmy Suckerfish are freshwater parasites, and are sometimes found attached to fish caught in open inland water in Northrend (except in Dalaran).

Alice (in Wonderland) drank from a bottle marked "Drink me." The more she drank, the smaller she became. She also ate a cookie marked "Eat me." which had the opposite effect - the more she ate the larger she became. Something to watch out for!

Comment by Quaeras

This crafting spell goes green at 385.

Comment by inmanjm

Alice (in Wonderland) drank from a bottle marked "Drink me." The more she drank, the smaller she became. She also ate a cookie marked "Eat me." which had the opposite effect - the more she ate the larger she became. Something to watch out for!

There's already an item marked "Eat Me" in game: Deviate Fish.

Comment by 248374

Screenshot uploaded.

Decided to get some of these pygmy suckerfish and make some of these Oils to see what it did. When I read about it before WotLK came out officially I thought it was going to make you smaller like the noggenfogger did. But, of course to my disappointment it doesn't. However, to make up for the loss of smallness you get turned into a pygmy. Which, from the screen shot I uploaded of the Female Pygmy, its not a bad effect, but not totally worth dropping noggenfogger for. Unless you're a gnome lover. :) Nice to give Alchemists something fun, the mad alchemist potion was nice and all, but us alchemists want stuff to play with too!

Haven't tested this on a gnome yet, but it may just leave you a gnome and change your appearance to the pygmy outfit.

Comment by 43740

Minor correction:

It is true that the fish is caught "attached" to another fish.

However, it can be caught in saltwater as well as fresh. So, pretty much anywhere you can fish.

Though I do not know if you can fish one in the Dalaran fountain.

Comment by Cicero

The worst part about this item, other than that alchemists now have to fish their materials up instead of herbing them, is that it doesn't fit in an herb bag. If you want to stockpile these for making flasks, you'll have to waste your regular bag space.

Comment by 137927

I've actually found that making the oils, at least on my server, is a really good money maker. I usually buy 2 stacks of the fish and get around 3-4 stacks of the oil. Since the Oil sells for about the same price as the fish, I end up making my money back and then some. Of course I keep a stack for flasks.

Also, I love the /dance the Pygmy does. It's so... erotic at times. Not sure if that's the female gnome dance or not though.

Comment by 269569

Noggenfogger does work when shapeshifting to kitty or bear, but you have to drink around ten of them to get the right effect.

Comment by Therulnig

These are an alchemist's best consistent source of money.

On most servers I've seen - the Suckerfish sell for roughly the same as the Oil, but you get 2 oils per fish 90% of the time.

This is a much better ratio for profit than any elixir you can make.

Comment by 95264

Once you are a Pygmy you can refresh the buff by drinking another oil.

Comment by 47599

No person in their right mind would rather be a gnome than a kickass ninja or awesome pirate. :)

Comment by 166824

Plus, if you use a Savory Deviate Delight after you transform, you'll stay female as long as you keep refreshing the transform buff.

Comment by Ongaku

Indubitably ;)

Comment by 257010

I think the "Pygmy" effect may in fact have a reference to the WoW Machinima series: "Snacky's Journal"... I believe it was in the third episode that Snacky and Angie went to a Fishing Contest in Booty Bay and ended up being captured by a group of "Pygmy Gnomes" which all had witchdoctor garbs on, although that is just my opinion. Haha.

Comment by Janick

Yes, I can confirm that ferals cannot have fun with this, it cancels shapeshifting if you're currently in a form, and moving to a form cancels the effect.

Comment by 37055

They would probably be called snow gnomes, or "snowmes"

Comment by 37055

It's more likely a reference to real pygmies, which are members of human groups (tribes) whose adult males are less than 150cm tall. Given that gnomes are characterized by their height, its only natural they be considered pygmies in World of Warcraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy

Comment by 166285

Anyone know what the maximum "stackage" is for this?

Comment by 274131

Attempting to use an Orb of Deception while transformed fails with "A more powerful spell is already active."

This comment should be voted down. The correction below is accurate.

Comment by 104965

This actually changes your "gender" opposite to what you currently are. So after turning into a gnome with this oil as a male, using a Savory Deviate Delight or Orb of the Sin'dorei will turn into the female version. You turn back into your original gender after the costume fades though.

Comment by Raous

Does this stack with Noggenfrogger?

Comment by 66849

This does stack with Noggenfogger, yes - but drink the Noggenfoggers and get the "small" buff first, since if you drink Pygmy Oils first, Noggenfogger might replace your "Pygmy costume" with the dull skeleton form.
I tried to eat a Small Feast after I had turned small from Noggenfogger Elixir and turned into a gnome from Pygmy Oil but even though the feast buff doesn't replace your Noggenfogger buff, it still doesn't make you any smaller.

But with Noggenfogger and Pygmy buff you're still pretty damn small!

Comment by 89086

Goes great with using https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=34029#.

Comment by 105927

Stacks with both Small Feast and Baby Spice to make you extra small.

Comment by thelasko

THEYRE AFTER ME LUCKY CHARMS

Comment by 304014

Making this an alchemist can be a great income of gold, I usually buy 2 stacks of fish ( rougly 2-3g/stack).
And then procced to turnit into oil getting about 3 stacks oil from 2 stacks of fish and can then sell this for about 20g/stack.
Netting a profit of 54g.

This of course varies from server to server, but you could probaly sqeueeze in a profit with higher fish prices and lower oil prices =)

Comment by triggz

When someone uses the Noble Garden flowers to give you bunny ears, the mask is removed and you get the ears!

Comment by Norina

If you turn into a Pygmy and you are a male, your Patron title will be lost and you will get the Matron instead, until you remove the Pygmy Oil buff.

Comment by ChairmanKaga

If you're trying to screw around and shrink yourself for the lulz and you're a gnome to start with, this stuff is a depressing waste of money. The percentage scaling is so minute, it's virtually unnoticeable until you've drank 5 or 6. And when you hit the point of turning into a pygmy, you actually grow back to your normal height and gain the mask. /target Blizzard; /facepalm.

So if you're a gnome, stick to other proven options.

Comment by Manowas

I role a female Draenei, and I've found that if I use this in Culling of Strath, after the pygmy buff wears out or is removed, I transform into a human male. As if the insult of being turned into a female human wasn't enough.

Comment by Sharburg

Does anyone see the Alice in Wonderland reference at all here? Alice had a drink that said "drink me" and it made her smaller.

Comment by 131361

but does it make you smaller if you're already a gnome?

Comment by egarland

FYI. I just coverted 240 suckerfish into 358 pygmy oil so as you'd expect from a 1-2 it seems to average 1.5 oils per fish

Comment by Zuldim

As a male character, if you use Dire Brew after using enough of this to become a female gnome, you become a female Dark Iron Dwarf.

Comment by Senkrads

Also, it turns out that if one uses enough oil to turn in to the voodoo gnome like creature while inside of CoT:CoS and then remove the buff "Pygmy Oil" you will remain a human of your opposite sex till the run ends or if you die.

Comment by 392562

As a druid, shapeshifting will remove the Pygmy transformation. However, if you only want the shrinking benefits this is safe to use.

Comment by EightBitBus

If you're leveling alchemy, making this is almost a free 15 points. Stacks of the fish go for less than a gold on my server so I bought them and made these until they were grey. 15 points for roughly 2 gold.

Comment by Sluimerstand

In the Gormokk the Impaler encounter, if transformed into a Pygmy the Snobolds won't stay on your back but actually start running around. This may be a way to get Upper Back Pain (10 player) (or Upper Back Pain (25 player)), assuming when the tanks picks them up the Snobolds don't die from AoE.

Also, gaining and removing the Pygmy Oil buff while having the Human Illusion buff from CoT1 and CoT3 will turn you into a Human of the opposite sex.

Comment by 352479

Great thing for making big, easy to spot and easy to target moonkin smaller and increasing his PvP survivability...

Comment by Nordigo

Interestingly, when I ran over a toy train set I noticed my female belf as pygmified suddenly made the male belf /train emote

Comment by Tot9991

If you drink this oil 10 times you transform into a female gnome if you drink more than 10 times is has no effect

Comment by 538316

this drink has extremely hazardous ingredients that make you smaller and smaller
after drinking 8of them i became an uggly pygmy voodoo masked gnome terryfying since im a blood elf!
try it out

Comment by 267121

While making some of these for my potions of speed today, I noticed I would get x2 on some. I am elixir spec'd so I guess these somehow count as elixirs. I bought enough for 20 and ended up with 34.

Comment by 67850

Will not turn you into a gnome if you're below level 70.

Comment by 606954

hi i need help getting the oil if u no how to get it tell me plz thnx

Comment by FauxShizzle

My character is a blood elf female.

When i get the pgymy gnome buff and consume a savory deviate delight, i turn into a male (ninja or pirate).

An easy way to do the always hilarious Saturday Night Fever dance without the woes of a sex change!

Comment by LoKHor

There are pygmies in Cataclysm. They can initially be found in the second Goblin area (The Lost Isles).

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2010/cataclysm/cataclysm_models/pygmies.jpg

Comment by wuyhiof

Drank my pygmy oil and turned into that qute little thing on gunship in icc. Mistake.

Jumping over to the other ship was a problem. May be a coincidence, but i never did half-a-jump before. A pygmy-jump.

Comment by Shoddythetroll

Most likely the closest item to make you feel like a Gnome Hunter that can last for a long duration as long as you drink one while being a pygmy when the duration is running out.

Comment by 762842

Pygmy oil - eau de toilette™
(separates the men from the midgets) xD

Comment by weacom1

lol if u ever wanted to be a voodoo miget now ur chance

Comment by forbjok

Doesn't seem to do anything anymore (if it ever even did).
It gives a "buff" that says you feel a little smaller, but there is no actual difference in size.

Comment by 599432

As of today this is glitched... if you take upwards or 10(enough to get the pygmy buff) you will become large again. If you log out and back in you will notice...you become a block. A object with blue and white squares all over it :D you can run around and cast spells...however you have became shapeshifted and can not mount or change shapes....and yes using a noggenfogger elixir will make you into a smaller box. I will attempt to upload a picture of several of us running around as blocks in org...idk if wowhead will allow it though.

On a side note and a untested little Easter egg if you mind haha(that time of year) you will absorb some things...when doing the temple of hakkar as a block i was MCed and turned into the giant who goes around and attacks party...after losing the buff i remained as said giant until porting out of the dungeon...again other things are untested (IE polymorph) that could altar your block further. I would not expect blizzard to allow this much longer so get your fun in now. haha

small noggedfogger buff plus this as a healer in a BG has to be some pretty sick stuff haha (didnt try but i want to)

**This was hotfixed the morning I said this ...just forgot to say so later in that day :)**(on a side note they never accepted the picture so yea...)

Comment by 298971

I made a list of gimmick items which you can use to transform your character into a different form or race or even gender to play around with. I didn't add items like weapons that provide a procc with a transform effect that only lasts a few seconds even though I know about them. My intention was to list all items with controlable transformations. Feel free to let me know if I missed an item!
I want to thank all the people below my lists who pointed out items I missed! This list grows thanks to your effort as well! Thanks guys, you're great!

Item Name:	Transforms you into:	Duration:	Cooldown:
Fandral's Flamescythe	Molten cat while in cat form (Druids only)	Til shifting out of form	-
	Molten cat while in cat form (Druids only)	Til shifting out of form	2s
Glyph of Mutilate	Any human you pickpocket (Rogues only)	5m	-
Glyph of Arcane Barrage	Anyone else (Mages only)	2m	30m
Leyara's Locket	Druid of the Flame	5m	1h
Kalytha's Haunted Locket	Ghostly female Highborne	30m	15m
Blessing of the Old God	Qiraj	20s	10m
Burgy Blackheart's Handsome Hat	Gostly pirate gnome	Til unequipping the item	-
Orb of the Sin'dorei	Blood elf	5m	30m
Orb of Deception	Race of opponent faction	5m	30m
Bones of Transformation	Male Naga	20s	10m
Pygmy Oil	Voodoo gnome	10m	-
Deepstone Oil	Stony appearance	Til cancelled	1s
Stave of Fur and Claw	Furbolg	3m	1h
Carved Ogre Idol	Red Ogre	10m	10m
Magical Ogre Idol	Red Ogre	5m	30m
Savory Deviate Delight	Ninja or pirate	60m	-
Noggenfogger Elixir	Skeleton	10m	-
Gordok Ogre Suit	Ogre	10m	-
Super Simian Sphere	Gorilla in a bubble	5m	1h
Iron Boot Flask	Iron Dwarf	10m	1h
Muradin's Favor	Frost Dwarf	10m	30m
Vial of the Sands	Sandstone Drake	Til cancelled	-
Heart of the Nightwing	Obsidian Nightwing	Til cancelled	-
Potion of Illusion	Someone else	2m	-
Winter Veil Disguise Kit	Snowman	Til cancelled	-
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest	Blue dragon	Til cancelled	-
Dire Brew	Dark Iron Dwarf	Til cancelled	-
Wisp Amulet	Wisp	20s	10m
Time-Lost Figurine	Arakkoa	5m	30m
Lifegiving Seed	Random herb	Til cancelled	-
Frenzyheart Brew	Wolvar	5m	30m
Hook of the Master Angler	Fish	Til cancelled	-
Magic Eater	Basilisk, locust, whelp, or whisp	1m	1s
Underbelly Elixir	Wasp, Tuskarr	10m	-
	Moonfang the wolf	10m	1h
Rituals of the New Moon	Giant wolf	2m	10m
Rituals of the New Moon	Black wolf	2m	10m
Rituals of the New Moon	Red wolf	2m	10m
Rituals of the New Moon	White wolf	2m	10m
Orb of the Blackwhelp	Black whelp	15m	-
Faded Wizard Hat	Apprentice of a different race (Horde only)	30m	30m
Arcanite Ripper	Guitarist of the Tauren Chieftains	10s	1m
Arcanite Ripper (NEW)	Guitarist of the Tauren Chieftains	10s	1m
Vrykul Drinking Horn	Bigger and with saronite helm	10m	1s
	Gives you a wolf helmet	10m	1h
	Stony appearance	10m	1h
	Like a targeted player when using	10m	1h
	Mister Smite	30m	2h
	Makes you nearly invisible	10m	1h
	Doctor Theolen Krastinov	30m	2h
	Beach Clothes	30m	2h
	Mogu stature	5m	2h
	Forest Sprite	10m	10m
Demon Hunter's Aspect	Demon Hunter	5m	30m
	Panda cub	10m	-
	Skeleton mariner	10m	2h
	Ordon Fire-Watcher	Til cancelled	1h
	Celestial Defender	15m	2h

The following items you cannot get anymore. Only to complete the list.

Item Name:
Transforms you into:
Duration:
Cooldown:

Gnomeregan Pride
Gnomeregan Infantry (Alliance only)
30m
4h

Darkspear Pride
Darkspear Warrior (Horde only)
30m
4h

Enchanted Moonstalker Cloak
Moonstalker
5m
-

Murloc Costume
Murloc costume
Til cancelled
-

Dartol's Rod of Transformation
Furbolg
3m
1m

Comment by 551649

Does what it says and then some....

If you drink it you will gradually become smaller. At 7 stacks my female draenei was at the same height as the south Stormwind personal banker (Kristin Cazarez) inside the guild vault area. At 10 stacks my female draenei was just a bit taller than gnomes.

I canceled the buff and drink it repeatedly it again, at 8 stacks the draenei became a female gnome with some kind of voodoo mask with the buff saying pygmified.

Comment by iZallen

Great. It turns you into a Football.

Comment by Kaztera

Some have said that when pygmified, it turns you into the opposite sex. I dont know if its random but i just drank 8 bottles and got pygmified and i stayed a female. Pretty cool transformation thought :-)

Edited to add: I dont know if this is a bug or not but i drank 8 bottles like i mentioned and got pygmified. I joined the LFD tool and when i got into a dungeon, Violet Hold, i still had about 8 minutes left on the buff but after the first group of mobs i lost the buff and was no longer pygmified :-(

Comment by Syluxx

Fun stuff in End Time to do with these:

Clear to Murozond, drink 4 oils for 4 stacks.

Use hourglass, drink another 4.

Repeat til' you got 20 stacks or so.

Enjoy toenail size!

Comment by 935405

Ok guys. get a grip. 70 comments? 16 screenshots? All because there is something that makes you small and changes your gender? My brain was hurting after the first 10 comments

Comment by Allakhazam

It's true drinking one of the oil's makes you smaller, but drinking 5 will make you Pygmified!

Pretty much this means it turns you into a gnome with a tribal mask for 10 minutes!
:D

EDIT: First time only took 5, second time I had to use 10. It takes different amounts to get to the Pygmified effect each time apparently.

Edited, Jul 25th 2009 8:07pm by Rueza

Comment by Allakhazam

When you drink a Pygmy Oil, you shrink in size a little for ten minutes. Kind of a waste, huh?

Comment by Allakhazam

Pygmy oil is more properly used as an ingredient for alchemists. See the "component in.." tab.

Comment by Allakhazam

Try drinking 6 and it turns you into a pygmy.

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