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The Celestial Tournament

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Article maintained by:
Aranesh

Last updated 2022-10-31

The Celestial Tournament is a special instance and by most seen as the pinnacle of pet battle challenges.
You can do it once a week and inside, you will face three pet battle masters, followed by the four Celestials to fight against. The three masters change every week and there's a total of three sets of them rotating through.

Doesn't sound that hard, but what makes it tricky is that once you're in, you cannot heal your pets anymore! That makes planning ahead very important.
Xu-Fu can scan this section for the most suitable strategies according to your preferences and show the required pets.
It is recommended to check the tables week by week since you won't have to face all 9 tamers in one run.
The tool will use every pet only once due to the restriction of no healing.

Active:
US: Week 1 with Taran Zhu, Wrathion and Chen Stormstout
EU: Week 2 with Shademaster Kiryn, Wise Mari and Blingtron 4000






Predator#21481

wrote on 2023-06-28 10:25:58

i play wow Since 2013 and for Years i avoided this, but Today, i got the last Pet. So thank you for this Guide this made it possible for me to get those. (edited)

Gráinne

wrote on 2023-06-28 12:19:12

Congratulations! It's a wondetful achievement!

Layla_Spellwind

wrote on 2023-06-10 20:03:41

I am forever greatful to the people behind this site. (And everyone who uses it.) This is one of those things I just assumed I would never ever get done. Today, I have my Xu-Fu pet, after so many years of wanting him.
I love Ban-Lu. But I'd far rather have both.
Much love to you all. <3

Thiondar

wrote on 2021-09-28 05:16:52

Today I could do the Clestial Tournament two times and got 2 coins.
Didn't think about it, as I did my first tournament some years ago and only got Xu-Fu.
Wanted to do it a third time, but this was not possible.
Strange.
I don't know if this was an error, a feature or just luck.

Thiondar

wrote on 2021-10-01 03:57:58

Something seems to be wrong..
Yesterday I did the Clelestial Tournament again.
Then tried to do it a second time.
There WAS the quest, but after accepting, it was not in my quest log and I couldn't start.
The NPC had still the "!" above its head.

Needs more investigation.
Could the old gods be the source of this behaviour?
Or is it something from the maw that irritates the celestials?

Verrrrry strange!

Nivyii

wrote on 2020-12-07 23:31:50

Works like a charm! Xu-fu now is mine!

meganbtoo

wrote on 2021-07-16 18:00:33

Me too. So so happy.

Arcuballis

wrote on 2021-06-20 21:56:49

I know a million people have said it but thank you SO much. It's taken me this long to finally start the tournament (embarrassing, I know) but thanks to this site I know it'll be a breeze! Already got my kitten. Just 9 weeks and the last three shall be mine. :D

Djinni

wrote on 2021-05-04 15:34:19

Love this new layout and setup! Awesome work!

Abaddon#1244

wrote on 2020-12-22 10:14:47

Thank you for you work on this amazing tool :D
Is there any way to get the TD Scripts along with the rematch strings in a single "go" ?

Aranesh

wrote on 2021-02-20 04:43:56

Unfortunately no. Those are two separate addons that don't support "cross-import" (yet?)

Shammie

wrote on 2021-01-07 11:09:08

this site is the muttz nuts now got all 4 celestial pets with these strategies thank you so much you are great & brilliant. (edited)

Celestia

wrote on 2020-12-26 16:24:05

Thank you for all the hard work for this guide (and all pet guides). I just did my first time through the tournament and all these battles worked! Proud new owner of Xu-fu!

Axedra

wrote on 2020-11-10 03:20:36

I used this amazing tool for week 2 yesterday, but found a bug because the tactic used for shademaster kiryn is basically empty! https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?Strategy=10216. Another thing is that the yu'la tactic https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?Strategy=154 doesn't work in the shadowlands pre-patch, mr bigglesworth can't bring yu'la down by himself anymore.

Aranesh

wrote on 2020-11-10 05:15:59

Hey!
Thanks for the note :) The empty strategy should not have been published, I unpublished it so it doesn't interfere with the tool anymore. Not really a bug, more a... result of a user not following the strategy creation rules ^^'
If there is a particular fight in a section that you want the tool to use, give it a favourite (the green heart at the top) - it will then always be used no matter what.

I've also marked and unpublished the Yu'la strategy so we can test it properly internally. Thanks!

Interef

wrote on 2020-01-18 08:42:06

Lol, how i can exit when won to deliver quest?

DragonsAfterDark

wrote on 2020-01-18 12:41:59

Same as with a dungeon. You can right click either the dungeon eye on your mini-map, or your character portrait, and select 'Leave Instance'.

TeoDaTank

wrote on 2020-09-26 23:21:16

Just to add to this, if you are AFK too long in here, or get DC'd and come back, your "Leave Instance' will be gone. You'll have to hearth to return.

Wolor

wrote on 2020-06-23 21:04:16

So I finally attempted the tournament today. Your strategies are spot on. Had to use some other groupings beside the 1st options but worked amazingly well. Thank you. Xu-Fu now belongs to me. (edited)

Bearcat#1358

wrote on 2020-06-20 19:08:47

I love your site and your strategies. I did my first round of the Celestial Tournament last night and sailed through without a hitch. I am so happy to finally have my very own Xu-Fu!

theredone wrote on 2020-06-12 16:08:44

I do not have a lot of pets to do these without pets dying and oftening needing that pet for another battle.. log out.. switch toons.. revive/heal.. log back over.. you are where you left off.

Thanos#1804

wrote on 2020-06-16 07:12:25

that works... wow. I'm gonna try it now.

JestersTear

wrote on 2018-10-24 23:59:31

You need 2 Scourged Whelplings, 2 Anubisath Idol and 2 Darkmoon Tonks to use this strategy guide.

Dentarthurdent wrote on 2019-09-06 03:20:54

Funny, I don't have 2 of any of those, and have still used this guide with success 10 times so far (2 coins to go for my final pet).

Toenail

wrote on 2019-06-12 00:57:29

just did my first trip in there. did the 3 masters for Elekk adventure at the same time. As pointed out in this thread, Mr.Bigglesworth soloed Yu'la pretty easily. i didn't know i would get 2 more coins for first completition, i must have missed that. Now i just have to decide which pet to get first lol thanks all.

Eekwibble

wrote on 2019-06-12 12:08:21

If the answer is anything other than Xu-Fu, you're on the wrong site.

Sovietll wrote on 2019-04-19 01:02:11

I think the devs have been upping the Celestials - I find Yu'la is crazy damage, but figured out 3 snails ( lvl 25 acid goo and dive for sure ) take down Chi Chi very effectively. Any advise for Yu'la is very appreciated!

Gráinne

wrote on 2019-04-19 04:51:26

I always just used Mr. Bigglesworth for Yu'la. Easy.

NIteowl1970

wrote on 2018-09-24 15:32:51

Any updates on the blank page at the end of setting up the planner? I add all of my options, then get a page with some instructions and an edit button, but no list of pets

Aranesh

wrote on 2018-09-24 17:37:34

I'm afraid not. I have very little time to work on Xu-Fu right now and still a whole bunch of smaller fixes to go through before I can focus on another bigger feature like the dungeon guides, sorry.

NIteowl1970

wrote on 2018-09-24 19:39:15

With the kind of quality work that you put into this planner, I would love to see what your doing as a dungeon guide. Is that published? If so, where can I see it?

Aranesh

wrote on 2018-09-25 02:52:52

So far it's only a concept in my head :S
I use this devlog to keep track of all my tasks and such, if you're curious about what's upcoming and what I'm working on:
https://www.wow-petguide.com/index.php?m=DevLog
It's a lot of text though ^^

FeminaForte

wrote on 2018-08-24 08:23:47

I am so sad, the planner is broken and I have lost my teams from rematch with the new patch. My backup is also broken.

I can't make new teams with the planner, or check out individual strats.

Do you think it will be possible to fix your fantastic planner again?

FeminaForte

wrote on 2018-08-24 12:13:49

After reloading and sweet talking the planner for a while I got access to the individual strats.
You saved my bacon again, thank you.

Asura#21981

wrote on 2018-08-02 22:33:52

https://i.imgur.com/FZbWpXB.png
is it still working? seems broken for me, can't go anywhere from there on

Aranesh

wrote on 2018-08-04 03:53:20

Hey! I just tested the planner and it was working fine for me :-)
Are you using an old planner ID perhaps? That might be the reason for it. Worst case you might have to do the planning part again :/ Sorry about that

Fortifeyed wrote on 2018-08-04 07:58:17

I'm having same issue. Tried to access my strategies on both explorer and safari, both browsers return the same screen.

Tater#1754

wrote on 2018-08-05 17:48:24

I'm having the same problem. Went through planning and my overview page just has a button to edit setup.

Liady

wrote on 2018-08-06 16:05:11

I am also having the same issue. I just went thru the planning phase and get the same screen as show above once i try to get to the overview. I am using chrome (is this the wrong browser?). I'm willing to accept user error, but would love a shove in the correct direction. Thanks for all your hard work and effort, this site has been very helpful with so many of my battles up to the celestial tournament.

TerakRall wrote on 2018-08-06 22:49:55

Same exact problem! Glad it's not just me.

Aranesh

wrote on 2018-08-07 13:39:52

Definitely not a user problem. It's a bug in the page :/ And one that eludes me so far. Sorry for the trouble - best check the strats individually for now

Tanda

wrote on 2018-06-06 09:03:13

For some reason, even when I updated my pets' collection everywhere here, this planner is still showing I"m missing Darkmoon Tonk, which I have for a long time on lvl 25. Planner however marks is as "Missing"

Aranesh

wrote on 2018-08-04 03:52:28

Is it perhaps required 2 times in the same strategy? That's most often the case when this happens

Proshvam

wrote on 2018-06-03 15:01:27

On the main Celestial Tournament dungeon page, is there a way for the list of your pets compared to what is needed to show what specific breed of that pet is needed, if it calls for it in the strategies? I'm not sure how plausible it is, but I know one of the zandalari pets needed Speed and mine did not have it unfortunately.

I'm using the list as a guide to what I need to obtain/level up still and think it would be a nice addition, if possible. Thanks for all you do!

Aranesh

wrote on 2018-06-03 15:08:49

Hey!

Unfortunately this tool is way older than the newer parts of the page, which include breed requirements and such. It will be a larger undertaking to update the celestial tournament and right now my focus is on getting ready for the next addon. Meaning, it will probably not happen anytime soon, sorry :/

Zamaza

wrote on 2018-05-15 20:39:41

Celestial tournament planner stopped working for me this week. I am getting errors like Warning: mysqli_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, boolean given in /kunden/426045_85652/webseiten/Petguide/classes/ct.php on line 2464

Zamaza

wrote on 2018-05-17 14:28:28

Fixed now!

Tullemus

wrote on 2018-02-16 07:11:58

Alternative 3 was a fail - my ankleender died before it could start the fight - guess it needs to be faster than Xu-Fu - this rendered this option a total fail as all these pets got killed. Devised another setup With:

Darkmoon Zeppelin 222 - decoy, flyby, explode - zepp dies
Ikky 111 - Black claw, flock - ikky dies
Stonegrinder 121 - Scrreching gears finished off Xu-Fu

Fred wrote on 2017-12-02 17:59:07

I don't understand how you can have 4 occurences of Scourged Whelpling since you can only have 3 occurences of a pet.

atrex wrote on 2018-01-28 11:07:30

That's how many times they show up in the tourney throughout all the battles. ;-)

Les3007

wrote on 2018-01-17 10:18:50

Hi there, I'm new to the site which looks great btw, and can't wait to start building a team for the Celestial Tournament, and though it's probably obvious, I can't find which actual breeds to use in the lists of pets you suggest, I've got lots of the listed pets but some are low level & don't really want to spend time levelling the ones which are wrong breeds.
Thanks Les

Rawana wrote on 2017-12-02 16:35:01

Thank you so much for this awesome guide and planner! Perfect tool to help get the celestial pets <3

Aelfraed wrote on 2017-08-07 19:05:05

12 weeks 12 coins 4 pets 1 achievement. You ROCK. Thankyou.

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-08-09 09:00:43

Congrats! :D

Telepatra

wrote on 2017-11-07 23:27:43

12 coins 10 weeks ;) You get the first 3 coins all in the first week, then the remaining 9 coins are acquired one per week thereafter :)

Anonymous wrote on 2017-08-01 18:23:10

Thanks for this great & powerful tool. It would be wonderful if there were some sort of accompanying addon to easily select pets and view notes in-game.

Unfortunately, the top strategy for the Wise Mari fight does not work for me. I have a p/p gryphon, a h swamp croaker, and both breeds of scourged whelpling. Following the instructions, verbatim, I lose 3/4 attempts. I often don't even get to the second flock, and otherwise die long before the "slicing wind until dead" step.

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-08-02 07:39:01

Hey! The best addon I can recommend is Rematch. It does pretty much what you ask for :-)

At some point I will have to revisit the Celestial Tournament but for the moment I would like to ask you to try one of the other strategies for Wise Mari

Anonymous wrote on 2017-08-10 19:54:49

Thanks for responding. Even without regular updates, it makes your site feel vibrant and rich.

I do use rematch and it's fantastic - I also think it's awesome the way your site exports into rematch formats. When I mentioned addon support, though, I was really thinking more along the lines of a tool that could take a tournament ID from your site and import the whole thing at once. Perhaps even taking inventory of available pets and generating the match-ups dynamically. I haven't really experimented w/ the "notes during battle" feature of rematch, but it does seem like it would require a whole lot of copy/paste work to get the site data into it.

Still, as is the site helped me get where I need to be and I thank you for it!

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-08-11 06:34:51

You are very welcome, thank you for the praise :-)

I do have bigger plans for automations and exports like that. Maybe not exactly along the lines of your idea, but similar ^^ I'm about ...80% done with a login system, where you can register an account (through battle.net verification, much like "login with facebook", but using battle.net). This grabs your pet collection from the armory. That's the first step I'm working on.

Next step will be the more exciting one. I will rework the strategy alternatives, so instead of being numbered in a specific order, the page crosscheckes the alternatives with your pet collection and gives you the one you have the pets for on top. Then I could also redo the tournament planner because it could just do everything automatically and in the end spew out a long rematch import link and a list of strategies.

Well, that's the plan for now :-) My time for developing features is limited so progress is a bit slow, but I'm getting there eventually ^^

Ascar wrote on 2017-03-22 10:01:49

The tournament planner is really great, thank you!

Only one minor thing: My personalized planner redirects to a page without the id in the URL (firefox), therefor bookmarking doesn't work. I had to copy the URL from the previous link with the ID attached to bookmark it correctly.

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-03-24 04:14:37

Hey Ascar! That is not optimal, I realize. It happens due to a recent change I made in the page structure.
The truth however is, I'll not fix this now. Everything I'm working on is towards a "Xu-Fu 2.0" version that will ultimately get rid of and completely replace the tournament planner. Hope it's not too inconvenient for you until then!

Tsaavik wrote on 2017-07-12 10:56:36

For now:
If you click on 'overview' and then highlight the url very quickly you can grab a copy before it refreshes (I recommend using ctrl-c, it is faster then right click). If your not fast enough you can also look through your browser history, chrome records both the url with CTID and the redirected one.

p.s. You can also look through the source code for the CTID if you're so inclined.

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-07-14 08:12:48

That's also a way to do it :) Thanks for the assist Tsaavik!

Neon wrote on 2017-05-03 04:26:29

Really great tool, managed to get myself Chi-Chi super fast, thanks to everyone here on the website and the people that have sent their strategy suggestions aswell!

Kamboozle wrote on 2017-04-24 07:23:49

Admittedly, there is a way to heal pets on these fights. All you need is a pet with Bleat.
Wrathion (Week A), Wise Mari (Week B), Goldbloom(Week C), and Yu'la all start off with non-damaging moves. So you can fight them, use Bleat, then Forfeit and your pets remain healed.

Anonymous wrote on 2017-04-15 02:30:16

Hey guys, I wouldn't say I'm new to pet battling but I'm definitely far from great. Does anyone have a planner ID that has a great success rate, or is it set up in such a way that whatever I choose, I will be able to find success most of the time?

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-04-15 09:44:15

The latter is the case! The different fights are to check against the pets you have. Some strategies are a bit more luck based than others, but they usually are noted as such and you can always change them in the planner tool anyway.

Vij wrote on 2017-03-11 06:58:26

You have my biggest gratitude for all the guides you have here! I did my first tournament today and it went really well! Thanks!

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-03-12 07:57:42

Great to hear, thanks for the feedback :D

Patch wrote on 2017-02-15 17:52:57

Hi, justed wanted to thank you for collecting and maintaining all these helpful guides, I won a lot of fights and the Celestial Tournament thanks to you and it's a (ingame) dream come true <3

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-02-17 06:01:18

Hey Patch! Awesome news, thanks for leaving the comment, it makes me very happy to hear!

Ibglitrbug wrote on 2017-02-13 09:06:16

just wanted to ask is it normal for the second week you do this you only get one charm cause the first week i got three and was able to get a pet wanted to see if i needed to put in a ticket ? thanks for all your work this has helped tons

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-02-13 13:09:20

Hey Ibglitrbug! What you encounter is indeed normal. You only get 3 coins for the very first time. Then it's one per week, so you have to do it 3 times for each additional pet.

Greg wrote on 2017-01-14 10:10:37

I have not had any success using Masked Tanuki 2,1,1 Fox 1,1,2 and chicken 1,1,2 vs Sully "The Pickle" McLeary. It starts with 3 Tongue Lashes and then Survival finishing off with Tongue Lash. I have not been able to live long enough to get the Survival cast. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is is breed dependent for this? Right now my Masked Tanuki is P/B.

Jen wrote on 2017-01-04 01:59:07

Just FYI, the calendar seems off as I have Week B trainers up and it's saying it should be Week C

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-01-07 10:17:05

Hey!
I'm sorry for that. I just looked into the tournament and it was the correct week for me. Perhaps the weeks differ between regions, can you please tell me which region you play on (EU / US / Asia)?

Anonymous wrote on 2017-01-10 20:00:57

I'm in US (Oceanic), says it should be Week A, but I'm week C now. Doesn't matter much I just select appropriate one. I thought all the regions would be on sync but apparently not.

Aranesh

wrote on 2017-01-11 06:12:43

In the past it was sync, definitely, I checked. But perhaps an update or Legion shifted this. In any way, I changed the output a bit to say clearly which week it is for EU and for US :-)
Thanks again for the info!

Fimon wrote on 2016-12-22 07:43:04

Hello,
I have finally enough 'good' level 25 pets to try the Celestials Tournament and I prepared my team with your tool for the first time.
I saw that if you choose the same pet for strategies of different weeks, he is showed multiple times in the overview list ... Is it normal ?
(My Planner ID was 167213314)

Additionally, I would like to suggest to add the possibility to check that your character has the needed pets (including rarity/level) against a selected team (I like the job you did in the Legion Ready-Checker).

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-12-27 08:11:50

Hey Fimon!
Hope you're finding everything working well so far!

The duplicate entries in the overview are indeed intended. It shows you that you are using this particular pet multiple times - so it needs to survive, or you need to have the pet several times for the tournament.

Your suggestion will be implemented indeed, it's what I'm working towards currently. Still in a very early stage and far from working, but I want to use the Legion-Checker mechanic everywhere :-)

Ravynsur wrote on 2016-11-29 17:24:08

Xufu!!!!!! I love you! You have made this journey so much easier with the planner. If I could kiss you I would. Great guides and wonderful tool you made available! Keep up the great work, I've been telling everyone about you :)

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-12-13 09:47:17

How could I overlook this comment for so long?
Thank you Ravynsur :D You are very welcome and I hope this page will provide you with many more helpful strategies!

Aurora wrote on 2016-10-27 17:54:46

Maybe you should also mention that there are some opponents which enable some healing for pets that will be used twice and didnt die. You can use a pet with an ability like a skunk using bleat to heal all 3 pets. This works with Lorewalker Cho, Dr. Ion Goldbloom, Wrathion, Shademaster Kiryn, Yu-La and Chi-Chi because their first attack doesnt deal damage.

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-10-29 06:18:52

That is true, but it should not be necessary for my strategies. I wanted to make this as easy to use and follow as possible.

Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-02 03:20:20

Does the breed of the pets listed here matter at all?

Nova wrote on 2016-10-24 05:25:50

They does, most of the time you go for (speed, damage). When you are a "next level" pet brawler you care only about the stats.

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-10-27 04:11:04

Breeds do matter a lot, but for the guides here they do not, because the strategies have been created to work with every breed. There are very few exceptions and those are clearly marked :-)

Auguso wrote on 2016-10-26 14:34:40

Also, chen stormstout, blingtron 4000 and Ion Goldbloom should also have their 2 pet strategies (for awfully big adventure) posted, seeing as they also work on a normal celestial tournament run

Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-02 02:55:07

Does the breed of the pets listed here matter at all?

Anonymous wrote on 2016-10-02 01:53:04

Does the breed of the pets listed here matter at all?

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-10-02 02:51:12

Hey! The simple answer is: No. Almost all my strategies work with any breed. Every exception to that rule is specifically marked on top of the battle table :-)

Radiccus wrote on 2016-08-20 04:23:02

The old wowhead 18 pet celestial tourney guide worked well until it came to the celestials. With your guide I was able to down all 4 celestial pets on the first try. with Zao and Yula i even used lvl 23 pets. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

Nikeeta wrote on 2016-08-04 20:05:02

I've tried to complete the celestial tournament at least 10 times with no luck.
Thanks to you, I now have my own Xu-Fu pet. Over the moon :)

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-08-05 02:55:30

Great to hear it and congratulations! :D

Ziggler wrote on 2016-07-24 22:38:53

Strategy against Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen with Tranquil Mechanical Yeti, Clockwork Gnome & Szechuan Chicken fails...

Oomm wrote on 2016-08-01 06:43:58

I can confirm that it does fail. I switched to one of the alternative strategies.

Heleen wrote on 2016-07-31 21:14:31

Thanks for this website! It's really helpful and easy to use.

Anonymous wrote on 2016-06-05 22:11:08

Something seems to be wrong. I go to the link where it is just for one boss in like the celestial tournament and I am only seeing the 1st option where earlier I could see multiple options.

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-06-06 03:33:24

Sorry for that! I changed a few things and broke the alternatives panel. It's back now!

Staurolite wrote on 2016-05-19 20:25:57

I finally got enough pets leveled up to complete the Celestial Tournament. And now I have my very own Chi-Chi! Thank you so much for your guide and strategies! Your site is very well organized and a pleasure to use. :)

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-05-20 05:39:25

Hey there! Thank you very much for the praise. I'm really glad it all worked out fine for you!!

Chaola wrote on 2016-05-02 19:54:41

Managed to finish the tournament for the first time and all this thanks to your guide! I will name my Xu-Fu, Xufu then! xD Thanks a tons for this ;)

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-05-10 00:32:45

Great to hear it, it's a pleasure :D

Murry wrote on 2016-04-17 05:07:37

Hi, everytime i write my ID number, nothing happens. Weird, but anyway i love you site Xufu :-) keep up in such a good work ;-)

Aranesh

wrote on 2016-04-18 06:34:01

Hey Murry! Thanks for pointing that out. It was a tiny typo in the code that made the search not work properly. It should be good now.
Thanks also for your kind words! I'm glad you like the page :-)

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