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Rare Spawns - An Introduction

Rare spawns are an old feature in World of Warcraft, dating back even to the early days of WoW. However, most of these were simply rare pets with a unique ability (back in the OLD days of Vanilla pet...

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Getting Started - What You Need to Know

Before going out to get that sparkly new pet you saw in the last battleground, there are a few things to note:1): First off, make sure that you have all of your Macros and Addons set up properly. Clear...

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Ban'Thalos

Ban'Thalos is one of the new "Challenge Tames" introduced in patch 4.2, and it has the added benefit of being a spirit beast, making it only available to BM specced hunters.Ban'Thalos is one of the...

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Deth'Tilac

Early today, at about 12PM Server Time (US-Alexstrasza) I finally tamed Deth'Tilac. Deth'Tilac is one of the 4 new challenge tame spiders that came in Patch 4.2 located in the Molten Core (the...

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Karkin & Skarr

Today must be my lucky day! (See a Video of me helping a friend below)Earlier today I tamed Deth’Tilac. I’d been camping for Karkin and decided to check Deth’s spawn point and lo and behold I tamed...

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Ankha and Magria

Ankha and Magria are the two new Spectra Sabres that were added in Patch 4.2. You will find them patroling up and down the regrowth, and are part of the Firelands Daily phase, meaning you much be in...

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Solix

Solix is one of the new Challenge Tame Spiders added in Patch 4.2. He and Deth'Tilac are the only two unique spiders of the lot, as Kirix, Skitterflame and Anthriss all share skins with common spiders...

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A Note on the Non-Unique Challenge Tames

I've seen a lot of Hunters lately going after the three Non-Unique challenge tames, namely Kirix, Skitterflame and Anthriss. I wonder why Blizzard put these tames in the game, made them so difficult,...

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Kirix

KirixKirix is the first of the Challenge Tames I picked up in the Molten Front. And he is by far the hardest, unless you know the right strategy. After that he becomes quite easy.NOTE: Kirix is not a...

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Skitterflame

Skitterflame is one of the new, yet Non-Unique Challenge tames added in Patch 4.2.  Please read my thoughts on these three Spiders, Skitterflame, Kirix and Anthriss here.Skitteflame shares his skin...

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Anthriss

Anthriss is the last of the Challenge Tames that I've yet to tame, so I unfortunately cannot speak from experience. And I doubt I ever will, for two reasons.The first is that Anthriss spawns in a very...

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Karoma

Karoma is one of the most sought after pets in WoW right now. It was introduced with 4.0, is a Spirit Beast and appears to have a 6 to 12 hour spawn timer. He spawns in one of 6 locations randomly, and...

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Sambas

I love this Lion. Being Alliance, he matches the Alliance Guild Mount so he's pretty much the perfect pet. At least on my server he appears to be the most sought after Cat, even beating Skarr.Sambas is...

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Terrorpene

Terrorpene is a tricky character. There are actually quite a few creatures in the game with this skin but only Terrorpene is tamable. Although not technically a "Challenge Tame" I label him under...

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Olm the Wise

Olm the Wise is a great pet, and I hardly see any hunters out there with him. Although he shares almost the exact skin as Ban'Thalos (minus the green glow) he is not an Exotic beast and therefore can...

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Ghostcrawler

Ghostcrawler is one awesome looking pet. As you can see, he's a spectral crab. I see very few of these guys on my server, probably because no one ever quests in the new underwater zones. But if you are...

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Taming Pets in Mists of Pandaria

Mists of Pandaria (MoP) is now Live!With that comes many new changes, including one that I absolutely love, and another that I'm starting to warm up to.The first is that each pet is capable of learning...

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A Good Day: Savage & Patrannache!

Today (technically yesterday, but I haven't been to sleep yet) was a big day for me. At about 2 A.M. I snagged Savage, the only White Siberian Tiger in the game, and about 26 hours later (i.e. 4 A.M....

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Taming Savage: Map and Coordinates!

Savage is one of the first new Rare Hunter Pets you'll experience in MoP and he is probably the only one I'm going to keep. Savage is the only White Pandaren Tiger (there are grey tigers which look...

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Coming Soon: Glimmer, Patrannache and Videos

Hello all,It's been a busy few days. Not hours ago I just tamed Glimmer (the 85 Rare Water Strider in the Jade Forest) after 2 days of trying. Unlike Savage, both Glimmer and Patrannache seem to patrol...

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Chromaggus: Taming Guide

Chromaggus. For some of us the name will induce terror filled nightmares of endless wipes, for others it will be the hours of grinding for transmog gear.But, one change that came when Cataclysm was...

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Glimmer

Glimmer is one of two level 85 rare hunter pets tamable by hunters in The Jade Forest, the other being Savage. Unlike Savage, who does not appear to walk through any phased areas, Glimmer's path is...

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Don't Patrannache Me!

Patrannache was by far the most challenging of the tames I've performed since MoP came out. With my early success with Savage I had thought that all of the tames would be as simple. They were...

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Quick Post - Bloodtooth Map

I'm writing a quick post for a map of Bloodtooth. I'm working on a post for him as well as videos for all of the new MoP tames but I really need to take a break and level my hunter.SO....Just to help...

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