Dragon whelps (aka dragon whelplings, dragonlings, or broodlings) are the smallest member of the dragonkin species, representing the offspring of a brood. And as a result, are easily the weakest variation of dragons. In most cases however, where there are whelps, their larger cousins are always close by.

Types of whelps

Dragon whelps come in a variety of colors and are found in many different locations.

Black whelps

• Located: Badlands, Blackrock Spire, Blackwing Lair, Blade's Edge Mountains, Burning Steppes, Dustwallow Marsh, Redridge Mountains

Blue whelps

• Located: Winterspring, Blackwing Lair

Bronze whelps

• Located: Blackwing Lair

Chromatic whelps

• Located: Blackrock Spire

Green whelps

• Located: Swamp of Sorrows, Blackwing Lair, Temple of Atal'Hakkar, Bloodmyst Isle

Infinite whelps

• Located: Caverns of Time - Opening the Dark Portal

Nether whelps

• Located: Blade's Edge Mountains (Hatched from eggs in Singing Ridge)

Plagued whelps

• Located: Scholomance

Red whelps

• Located: Wetlands, Blackwing Lair

Twilight whelps

• Located: Obsidian Sanctum

Undead whelps

• Located: Icecrown

Proto whelps

• Located: Howling Fjord, Storm Peaks, Sholazar Basin, Icecrown

Mechanical whelps

Ley-whelps

• Located: The Oculus

As companions

Even smaller and weaker than dragon whelps, are dragon whelplings. These are pint-sized companion dragons that in most cases, are dropped by the dragon whelp versions of themselves.

Name	Color	Binding	Source
[Tiny Crimson Whelpling]	Red	Use	Dropped by level 23–27 Crimson, Flamesnorting, and Red Whelps in the Wetlands (Now drops off L25-30 Zone Drop)
[Tiny Emerald Whelpling]	Green	Use	Dropped by level 35–36 Noxious Whelps in the Feralas (Dreaming Whelps no longer spawn in Swamp of Sorrows)
[Dark Whelpling]	Black	Use	(24)Ebon Whelp - Wetlands, (46-47)Nyxondra's Broodling - Badlands, (49-56)Flamescale Broodling - Burning Steppes
[Azure Whelpling]	Blue	Use	(50-55) Zone Drop - Winterspring
[Proto-Drake Whelp]	Red	Use	Random drop from Mysterious Egg, obtained when reaching Revered with The Oracles in Sholazar Basin.
[Netherwhelp]	Teal	Account	Burning Crusade: Collector's Edition, a baby Nether Drake
[Frosty]	White	Account	Wrath of the Lich King: Collector's Edition, a baby Frost Wyrm
[Onyxian Whelpling]	Purple	Account	WoW's 5th Anniversary event (Nov. 22 - Dec. 6, 2009).
[Lil' Deathwing]	??	Account	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition.

All whelpling pets (except the Netherwhelp, Frosty, Lil' Deathwing, and Onyxian Whelpling) have a 1 in 1000 chance of dropping, according to Eyonix.^[1] The table below shows the cumulative probability of getting at least one after a number of kills.

Combat Dragonlings

Mimicked to represent dragon whelps, engineers have developed schematics to create a mechanized version of these tiny dragons known as dragonlings. Unlike whelp companions however, dragonlings will fight for you, are only temporary, and are restricted to engineers.

Types of combat dragonlings:

• [Mechanical Dragonling]
• [Mithril Mechanical Dragonling]
• [Arcanite Dragonling]

Notable whelps

• Awbee
• Singe
• Snarlflare