Thriller Wolf

The **Thriller Wolf** is the ninth wolf. It was originally released as a part of the 2017 Halloween Event.

## Appearance

The Thriller Wolf's fur is coloured black, with a black afro. It has three long, sharp, white claws on each foot. Its eyes are completely yellow, and its mouth has six orange teeth pointing down out of its upper jaw. It wears a red and yellow baseball bomber jacket, with the block letter 'M' on its back and the left breast. A pair of navy blue pants makes up the rest of its clothing.

## Description

*No mere mortal can resist the evil of the Thriller Wolf!*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo unlocked to Mountains 2 or greater.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2017 Halloween Event.
	+ Purchase for 40 in the Second Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 40 in the Third Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 35 in the 2020 Halloween Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the 2021 Halloween Event.
	+ Purchase for 90 in the 2022 Halloween Event.
	+ Purchase for 90 in the 2023 Halloween Event.
	+ Purchase for 150 in the Badge Shop.
		- Thriller Wolf is tamed immediately upon purchase.
	+ Complete Thriller Wolf boss mission in the Fourth Anniversary Event (tips for completion are below).
* Once obtained, ride past 1200m in Mountains (Thriller Wolf match can be tamed).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 1200m.

## Tips for Boss Mission

The Thriller Wolf boss mission is not very difficult technically, with the player being required to navigate an angry Thriller Wolf through narrow sections where a tree blocks one half of it, clusters of trees with small gaps which the Thriller Wolf can fit through and mazes of small rocks and trees where there are some routes blocked off. The difficulty is the random nature of the paths that are blocked off, meaning that the player must have some kind of luck to be able to pass through successfully and tame the Thriller Wolf. It is recommended to keep a steady hand and make sure that the movements are precise to make it through small gaps, and look ahead to see which paths are blocked off in the maze sections.

## Baby Thriller Wolf

* Jump from animals 10% higher
* Taming animals is 10% quicker

## Trivia

* The Thriller Wolf is a direct reference to Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller'. This relates to Halloween in that the song is about horror themes. Thriller relates back to a wolf in that Michael Jackson transforms into a werewolf in the music video, which can be viewed here.
	+ The description is a reference to the last two lines of the song, which is "no mere mortal can resist / the evil of the thriller".
	+ The clothes that the Thriller Wolf wears are the same as what Michael Jackson does in the video.

## Notes

* The Thriller Wolf was first released on the 27th of October 2017 in version 1.12.0 as a part of the 2017 Halloween Event update.
* The description contained an error in which "Thriller Wolf" did not contain any capital letters.
	+ This was corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
* The Thriller Wolf's XP was changed on the 21st of June 2018 in version 1.18.0. The original XP was 25.
	+ It was changed again in version 1.27.0 on the 16th of June 2020, changing from 4 to 30.
* For a period of time, the Thriller Wolf was missing a shadow.
* The Thriller Wolf was re-released as a boss in the Fourth Anniversary Event.