Dark Whelpling

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The Dark Whelpling item summons and dismisses a Dark Whelping, a dragon whelpling small pet that follows you around, meaning it is a non-combat pet and will not aid you in battle.

Contents 1 Source 2 Notes 3 Orb of the Blackwhelp 4 See also 5 Patches and hotfixes 6 External links

Source

Dark Whelpling drops from Scalding Whelps in the Badlands and from Searing Whelps in Dustwallow Marsh. The Badlands is the place of choice as the Dustwallow Marsh whelps are mixed in with a lot of other mobs that don't drop the pet. On the flip side, you will probably be dealing with more competition at the Badlands on more populated servers.

Notes

The drop rate of this pet is less than 0.1% (one in every thousand kills) and takes an incredible amount of patience and determination in order to get one. Due to the difficulty of obtaining one, and thus their rarity, they can sell for fairly large amounts of gold on the Auction House, at least as far as pets are concerned.

The chances of getting at least one—at a 0.1% drop rate—are listed below:

Kills	Chance
100	10%
200	18%
300	26%
400	33%
500	39%
600	45%
700	50%
800	55%
900	59%
1,000	63%
1,200	70%
1,400	75%
1,600	80%
1,800	83%
2,000	86%
2,200	89%
2,400	91%
2,600	93%
2,800	94%
3,000	95%

Orb of the Blackwhelp

In-game, players who finish part of a chain quest (Meeting Note) can purchase a single Orb of the Blackwhelp until used up of it's 4 charges. These orbs allow the player to transform himself into a larger black whelp. When a player uses Noggenfogger Elixer in this form they can do a mini-me with their pet Dark Whelpling. Though this form is broken through combat or even falling Players like to use this item to "mess around."

See also

• Tiny Crimson Whelpling
• Tiny Emerald Whelpling
• Azure Whelpling

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 2.4.3 (7/15/08): Undocumented change
  

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External links