Professor Yakkington

Professor Yakkington is the companion of Nicholas Sandford (pre-Searing) and Nicholas the Traveler (post-Searing).

Professor Yakkington is a collector NPC in Regent Valley (pre-Searing), but is no longer a collector in his (post-Searing) journey around the world of Tyria with Nicholas the Traveler.

Locations

 * Prophecies
 * Ascalon (pre-Searing)
 * The Secret Garden
 * Guild Wars Beyond
 * Hearts of the North
 * (during The Wedding)
 * (during The Wedding)


 * Other &mdash; the location varies from week to week.
 * See Nicholas the Traveler for the most recent location; they travel together.

Dialogue

 *  *Yakkington sniffs at your pockets a bit, and then nuzzles his head underneath your hand for a pet.* 

Trivia

 * Professor Yakkington is one of three pre-Searing characters that can be regularly found at level 20; the others are Nicholas Sandford and Lieutenant Langmar.
 * He was added to pre-Searing Ascalon in the April 9th, 2009 game update.
 * He was updated on April 23rd, 2009 to become a collector in pre-Searing Ascalon. At the same time he was also added as a traveler in the post-Searing world.
 * You can get a Miniature Yakkington from the Gift of the Traveler (post-Searing).
 * His dialogue is always the same, even when you are in non-human form like Siege Devourer or Junundu. However, at Gwen and Keiran wedding ceremony he is silent.
 * Facts (according to the dialogue):
 * Professor Yakkington is afraid of snakes and the dark. In pre-Searing, Nicholas puts Enchanted Lodestones around him, which glow in the dark according to the lore.
 * He likes to get pampered; he won't move an inch unless he's had his daily sweets, such as Mandragor Root Cakes.
 * Professor Yakkington also enjoys eating Red Iris Flowers.
 * Enjoys playing "Catch the bone".
 * His lucky number is 5.
 * He was found alone by Nicholas in Traveler's Vale, because his mother abandoned him.
 * He is 6'8" and weighs about a ton.
 * He has a strong dislike for Crispin Bryllis.
 * He once became sick from a fight with a rot wallow but Nicholas was able to fashion an antidote using rot wallow tusks.