Red Helper Box

Red Helper Box summons and dismisses Winter's Little Helper, a small gnome companion dressed in rather skimpy festive red garb. If summoned outside of the Winter Veil festival period, she will complain loudly before forcing you to dismiss her. However, she can be used for pet battles at any time of year.

The Red Helper Box is one of the four possible pet items you can receive as gifts under the big tree in Ironforge and Orgrimmar during the Feast of Winter Veil seasonal event.

Even if you did not obtain this pet in a present, they can often be found in the Auction House throughout the year at highly inflated prices.

There is also a green variant of this pet summoned from a Green Helper Box.

''During the majestic Winter Veil celebration, these faithful companions spread joy throughout the land. The rest of the year, they are busy.''

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As of patch 5.0.5, although the Winter's Little Helper will cause you to dismiss her if summoned outside of the Winter Veil period, this automatic dismissal does not completely dismiss the pet; if the player leaves the ground on a flying mount, then lands and dismounts, the Helper will re-appear and make a complaint before once again causing the player to dismiss her. The continued presence of the 'dismiss' button in the Pet Journal also reflects that she has not yet been entirely dismissed. This process can be repeated indefinitely. However, manually dismissing the Helper before she has time to force an automatic dismissal will properly dismiss the pet.

Entering a pet battle with Winter's Little Helper in the primary Battle Pet Slot will sometimes cause her to make one of her usual complaints; however, thankfully it does not cause her to despawn.

• Mounting while accompanied by Winter's Little Helper will cause the Helper to mount up on her own miniature reindeer. She will, however, despawn if one uses a flying mount to leave the ground.