Rare pet

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This article lists and describes rare hunter pets. If you were looking for rare small pets (also known as vanity and non-combat pets), see rare small pet.

This article defines a rare pet as possessing one or more of the following:

• A rare or unique skin (appearance). In this case, rare or unique means the skin is only possessed by one or a very few difficult to find or acquire mobs.
• A special ability unique to a pet of its level (example: Kresh is the lowest level turtle who possesses the Shell Shield ability)

Since pet stats have been normalized, every pet of a particular type (i.e. cat, boar, bear, etc.) will have exactly the same movement speed, health, and attack speed. There are a few caster stats pets out there which have low strength and high intelligence (making them arguably less effective, especially at higher levels), but primarily pets of one type are all the same as far as stats go. Pets do often possess different special abilities (such as Charge or Bite). For more pet details and information on taming pets, see Pet (Hunter).

Though some of these pets are difficult to acquire, some hunters consider having a unique or especially good looking pet to be a big part of their enjoyment of the class, and go out of their way to get the perfect one.

Bats

The only rare bat pets are the two white bats, both rare spawns, in Tirisfal Glades and Razorfen Kraul.

Ressan the Needler Location: Roams the southwestern border of Tirisfal Glades Respawn time: 1.5-2.5 hours Level: 11 Rare Innate skills: None Blind Hunter Location: Razorfen Kraul Level: 32 Rare Elite Innate skills: None

Ressan the Needler and Blind Hunter

Bears

For the most part, bears have generic skins. However the diseased bears of the Western Plaguelands have a unique, decayed look to them.

Diseased Black Bear Location: Western part of the Western Plaguelands Level: 51-52 Innate skills: None

Diseased Black Bear

Boars

There are several unique boar skins, particularly those from Razorfen Kraul.

Rotting Agam'ar Location: Razorfen Kraul Level: 28 Elite Innate skills: Charge 3	Rotting Agam'ar
Agam'ar Location: Razorfen Kraul Level: 24-25 Elite Innate skills: Charge 3	Agam'ar
Raging Agam'ar Location: Razorfen Kraul Level: 25-26 Elite Innate skills: Charge 3	Raging Agam'ar
Plagued Swine Location: Northwestern corner of the Eastern Plaguelands Level: 60 Innate skills: Charge 6, Gore 8 Notable as the only pet with the highest rank of charge, and as the highest level boar.	Plagued Swine

Carrion Birds

The only rare skinned carrion birds are the two-headed variety found in some Outland zones.

Bonestripper Buzzard Location: Hellfire Peninsula Level: 58-59 Innate skills: None Bonestripper Vulture Location: Hellfire Peninsula Level: 61-62 Innate skills: None	Bonestripper Buzzard and Bonestripper Vulture
Trachela Location: Terokkar Respawn time: Normal Level: 65 Innate skills: None Description: Two headed, white with black bands on its wings and body Note: There are rumors that this mob is immune to frost traps.	Trachela

Cats

Another very popular pet, there are several extremely rare and striking skins for cats. The white lions are very rare pets for Alliance players to get, since one can only be spawned by a Horde quest, and the other, while also a quest spawn, must be done at Level 60+ for taming purposes.

Araga Location: Southwestern Alterac Mountains Respawn timer: Unknown Level: 35 Rare Innate skills: None Description: Had several stripes on her tail, though these seem to have been removed in a previous patch.	Araga
Humar the Pridelord Location: (62,33) in the Barrens (the cliff above Ratchet) Respawn timer: 8-12 hours Level: 23 Rare Innate skills: None	Humar the Pridelord
Echeyakee Location: Can only be spawned by a Horde player on the quest  [16] Echeyakee, near some kodo bones in the northeastern Barrens. Level: 16 Spawned Innate skills: None Sian-Rotam Location: Can only be spawned by a player on the quest  [60+] Shy-Rotam, at Frostsaber Rock in the farthest north point of Winterspring. Level: 60 Spawned Innate skills: None	Echeyakee and Sian-Rotam
Rak'shiri Location: Near Frostsaber Rock in the farthest north of Winterspring Respawn time: 10-12 hours Level: 57 Rare Innate skills: Dash 3 Shy-Rotam Location: Can only be spawned by a player on the quest  [60+] Shy-Rotam, at Frostsaber Rock in the farthest north point of Winterspring. Level: 60 Spawned Innate skills: None	Rak'shiri and Shy-Rotam
Frostsaber Pride Watcher Location: Near Frostsaber Rock in the farthest north of Winterspring Level: 59-60 Innate skills: None	Frostsaber Pride Watcher
Ghost Saber Location: Occasionally be summoned when Cat Figurines are opened, in the Ruins of Mathystra in northeastern Darkshore. Level: 19-20 Spawned Innate skills: Claw 3	Ghost Saber

Crab

There are currently no unique crab pets available. However, since very few hunters use crabs as pets, having one at all could be considered rare.

Crocolisk

White crocolisks such as the Deviate Crocolisk and Deadmire deserve mention, though normal white crocolisks can now be tamed at high level in the Netherstorm in Outland. There is also the Sewer Beast, an especially difficult-to-find rare spawn, in the canals of Stormwind. It has only a slight change in coloration from other crocolisks.

Dragonhawk

Dragonhawks are rare creatures in and of themselves. The only ones available to low level adventurers are caster pets. There are general mob dragonhawks in Shadowmoon Valley, and a more difficult to acquire skin in The Botanica and Tempest Keep.

Bloodfalcon Location: The Botanica Level: 69 Elite (70 Elite in Heroic) Innate skills: Fire Breath 2 Phoenix-Hawk Hatchling Location: Tempest Keep Level: 70 Elite Innate skills: Fire Breath 2	Bloodfalcon and Phoenix-Hawk Hatchling
Eclipsion Dragonhawk Location: Shadowmoon Valley Level: 67-68 Innate skills: Fire Breath 2	Eclipsion Dragonhawk

Nether Ray

Unfortunately, most species of nether ray are cursed with caster stats. In addition, they can only be found in scattered parts of Outland. Non-caster nether rays are located in the instances Slave Pens and Underbog.

Gorillas

There is only one rare gorilla skin, and that is Uhk'loc from Un'Goro Crater.

Uhk'loc Location: The back of the cave Fungal Rock in northeastern Un'Goro Crater Respawn timer: 5 hours, 20 minutes. Level: 52-53 Rare Innate skills: Bite 7

Uhk'loc

Hyenas

The only rare hyena skin is from the Scarlet Monastery

Scarlet Tracking Hound Location: Scarlet Monastery Library Level: 33-34 Elite Innate skills: Dash 1 Description: Blood red coat, purple-red legs, and light orange spots on its back

Scarlet Tracking Hound

Owls

There are a few owls which can only be found in Outland dungeons.

Avian Darkhawk Location: Sethekk Halls Level: 67 Elite (70 Elite in Heroic mode) Innate skills: None Description: Dark brown with bright turquoise eyes	Avian Darkhawk
Avian Warhawk Location: Sethekk Halls Level: 68 Elite (70-71 Elite in Heroic mode) Innate skills: None Description: Bright red and purple in a striped pattern Skettis Kaliri Location: Terokkar Forest Level: 70 Innate skills: Dive 3 Description:Bright red and purple in a striped pattern	Avian Warhawk and Skettis Kaliri
Avian Ripper Location: Sethekk Halls Level: 67 Elite (69-70 Elite in Heroic mode) Innate skills: None Description:Bright orange with fainter yellow stripes	Avian Ripper

Raptor

There are quite a few distinct raptor skins, though most can be found on typical mobs. Outland raptors have quite a sinister appearance. They are fairly easy to get once you reach the zone they are in, so they haven't been included here.

Deviate Stalker Location: Entrance to the Wailing Caverns Level: 15-17 Elite Innate skills: None Takk the Leaper Location: Around the Sludge Fen in the Barrens Respawn timer: 4-6 hour Level: 19 Rare Elite Innate skills: None

Deviate Stalker and Takk the Leaper

Ravager

Ravager skins are widely varied, seldom with more than one mob for a particular skin. However, there are as of yet no rare spawns or particularly difficult to find ravagers, so each is about equally "rare".

Scorpid

There are currently no unique or rare scorpid pets available.

Serpent

Serpent mobs are fairly rare. Most only appear in instances, and are elite. There is only one type of "normal" serpent, found in Shadowmoon Valley in Outland.

Razzashi Serpent Location: Zul'Gurub Level: 60 Elite Innate skills: Poison Spit 3 Description: Orange and yellow colored	Razzashi Serpent
Murk Spitter Location: Temple of Atal'Hakkar Level: 46-47 Elite Innate skills: Poison Spit 2	Murk Spitter
Deviate Viper Location: Wailing Caverns Level: 18-19 Elite Innate skills: Poison Spit 1	Deviate Viper

Spiders

There are a lot of spider skins, but only two rare ones.

Zarakh Location: Bloodmyst Isle Level: 19 Innate skills: None Description: Thin, spiky black legs, red and black body	Zarakh
Naraxis Location: Duskwood Level: 27 Rare Innate skills: Bite 4 Razzashi Broodwidow Location: Zul'Gurub Level: 61 Elite Innate skills: None	Naraxis and Razzashi Broodwidow

Sporebats

There are only three sporebat skins currently in game, and only one of those (Sporewing) is unique.

Sporewing Location: Zangarmarsh Level: 62 Innate skills: None Description: Golden coloring

Sporewing

Tallstriders

There are three rare Tallstriders, all with unique skins and all rare spawns or special named mobs.

Mazzranache Location: Horizontal line through central Mulgore Level: 9 Rare Respawn time: 20 minutes Innate skills: Cower 1 Description: Pink plumage Taming notes: Has poison before being tamed	Mazzranache
Lost Torranche Location: A floating island south of Terokkar Forest, only reachable by flying mount Level: 70 Innate skills: Cower 7 Description: Purple plumage with a teal neck and belly	Lost Torranche
Strider Clutchmother Location: Southern tip of Darkshore Level: 20 Rare Respawn time: Unknown Innate skills: None Description: Teal plumage with an orange neck and belly Taming notes: Has a kickback ability during taming	Strider Clutchmother

Turtles

There aren't any unique turtle skins. However, the turtle Kresh from Wailing Caverns is notable for being the lowest level turtle available with the Shell Shield ability.

Kresh Location: The river in Wailing Caverns Level: 20 Elite Innate skills: Bite 3, Shell Shield 1 Description: Blue skin, white/yellow shell

Kresh

Warp Stalker

The typical warp stalker is white with purple stripes. However, there is a species with a unique coloration available in the Netherstorm.

Warp Chaser Location: Netherstorm Level: 67-68 Innate skills: Warp Description: Blue with purple stripes and black spikes

Warp Chaser

Wind serpents

Wind serpents are another type of pet which often has caster stats. Because of this, a few skins that are common are in reality quite rare, since only a few rare spawns have normal pet stats. When looking for a wind serpent pet, check the Wailing Caverns - many non-caster versions of this pet can be found in this instance.

It's also worth noting Arikara here. While not a rare skin (it uses the easily accessible red wind serpent skin), it does have a special effect associated with it that remains after taming -- whenever the hunter calls the pet, dismounts, or zones in, Arikara will arrive with the same puff of smoke and rumble that occurred when he was summoned during the quest.

Hayoc Location: Dustwallow Marsh Level: 41 Rare Respawn time: Unknown Innate skills: None Description: White, non-caster Arash-ethis Location: Feralas Level: 43 Rare Respawn time: 5-11 hours Innate skills: Dive 2, Lightning Breath 5 Description: White, non-caster	Hayoc and Arash-ethis
Arikara Location: Thousand Needles Level: 28 Elite Respawn time: Spawned, Horde quest. Innate skills: None Description: Red, non-caster. Whenever called, hunter dismounts, or zones into an instance, Arikara appears in a puff of smoke with a rumble.	Arikara

Wolves

Wolves are a popular pet and there are many skins. However, only a few of these skins are unique.

Ironjaw Location: Near Firewing Point in Terokkar Forest Level: 63-64 Named Innate skills: None Description: Black and brown fur	Ironjaw
Old Cliff Jumper Location: Hinterlands Level: 42 Rare Innate skills: Bite 6, Dash 2 Description: Gray and black fur	Old Cliff Jumper

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