Plunder Wonder

Since this achievement can be quite hard to get and many people reach level 40 renown before getting a win, i will share some tactics that i used to get my win. I am new to WoW, so i am sorry if i use the wrong terms and my explanation is hard to understand.

This achievement is likely obtainable for a limited time (a few weeks until Dragonflight Season 4 starts i think), but it is possible that it will return in the future.

Tip 1: Play Duos to get more plunder and have a higher chance of winning (fewer teams, assuming everyone has the same skill level there is a 1/30 chance of winning instead of 1/60).

Tip 2: Engage in every Battle unless the enemy players are 2+ levels higher than you are AND at full health, while some Battle Royales allow you to hide until the last deathmatch, this tactic is very unlikely to work in Plunderstorm. The winning team/players in the deathmatch are almost always level 10 and at minimum level 9. If you are not atleast level 8 when there are 3 squads left, you are probably not going to win unless you get very lucky.

Tip 3: Do not play at unusual playing hours like midnight or at a time when casual players might be at work/school. If you play a match at 4 in the morning on a monday, you are going to encounter much more hardcore players than if you play in the early evening on a wednesday, friday, saturday or sunday.

Tip 4: Party with the same person if you can. It does not have to be a person you already know, but if you queue up with a random player and they are of an average or good skill level send them a battle.net friend request by right clicking their player icon in the top left. It is about a 50% chance that they accept your friend request, but if they do you will have a more consistent chance of winning compared to queueing with randoms who are often very unreliable or only collecting plunder for cosmetics.

Tip 5: If possible, try to collect ground plunder and ability upgraders after enemy players die even if you are still fighting. Levels are very important and in many battles both players will run away from each other for a few seconds to heal. So if you have a chance to become one level higher than your opponent your chance of winning the battle increases by like 15-20% VS if they collect the plunder and level up from it.

Tip 6: Do not fight 1v1, but only fight 2v1. When you encounter an enemy team, do not split and fight 2 1v1 battles, instead both of you should only target the enemy player with the lowest health so you fight 2x 2v1 battles instead.

Tip 7: When farming mobs, do not fight the same PVE enemies concurrently. Stay within a distance of 10 seconds walk time of each other, but do not fight the same enemies as this is slower than fighting the mobs separately.

Tip 8: Try to use quick cast, easy to hit abilities instead of slower cast or slow moving abilities. You will likely not be able to use the vortex or mana sphere on an enemy player in the last battles of the match. My favorite loadout is the fire sword slam as my first ability and the shield throw as the second with purple shield and tornado or energy barrier as utility items. But use whatever abilities you are good with. Since Blizzard is still nerfing and buffing the abilities the meta can change. Also you should probably not have any movement items when it comes to the final battle(s) as these are not that useful and trying to outrun an enemy player is not really worth it since it means your damage output is lower and they will likely be able to get some hits in while you are trying to get away from them anyway.

Tip 9: When attacked by 2 players at once spam the g button to ping your location while running towards your teammate to alert them. If you see an enemy team ping one of the players to alert your teammate that you will attack them.

Tip 10: Watch your surroundings to prevent getting 3rd partied before you attack another team.

Tip 11: If you are very close to leveling up, try to defeat mobs to reach the next level BEFORE attacking an enemy team.

Bad abilities for endgame in my opinion: poisoned mackerel smack, mana sphere, vortex pull, freeze aura, movement abilities (ground spike is also kind of bad in the endgame, but not as bad as the previous ones in my opinion). If you have one of these in the endgame, try to switch them for a damage dealing ability even if the damage ability is at a lower level. Traps are okay, but not preferable.

Notable rewards from the Plunderstorm event:

Renown

Battle Pets

Mounts

Other

6

[npc=218977]

10

Silver Tidestallion

11

[npc=218646]

16

[item=170197]

20

Royal Seafeather

24

[item=216907]

30

[npc=218647]

39

Polly Roger

40

[item=219349]

Achievements

Place first in a match

Plunder Wonder

Collect one million plunder

Plunderkind

According to this Wowhead article the only lasting reward for winning is a feat of strength. There is no title, transmog, or anything special unlocked for winning. Just feeling good in the moment.

In your next Plunderstorm match you will be dressed differently in a tabard and eye patch but only for that match. At Renown 38 and 40 you will unlock these items permanently but it has nothing to do with being #1 in Plunderstorm.