Trying to consolidate Northrend pet information...
Albino Snapjaw, Hawksbill Snapjaw, Leatherbill Snapjaw, Loggerhead Snapjaw: No one really knows where these snapjaws come from, but a logical guess would be to assume they come from the Northrend fishing daily (probably have to catch a snapjaw for a daily fishing quest).
Baby Blizzard Bear: The Big Blizzard Bear came from Blizzcon and is a mount. No information on the baby.
Baby Shark: Sold for 60s in Lake Wintergrasp by Morgan Day.
Chilly the Penguin, Mr. Chilly: A reward for creating a Blizzard.com account, presumably only in the Beta, not in Northrend.
Cobra Hatchling, Proto-Drake Whelp, Tickbird Hatchling, White Tickbird Hatchling: Hatch from a Mysterious Egg which requires revered status with The Oracles. Each egg takes 7 days to hatch and can be any of the for pets above or Aged Yolk - basically a failure. Note, if you gain reputation with The Oracles, you lose reputation with the Frenzyheart. The Frenzyheart sell a Disgusting Jar at revered. So far no pets have been found in the jar, so I would probably go for Oracles reputation at the start of Wrath. However, the developers have stated that they want to make it easy to switch rep between the Oracles and Frenzyheart, so it most likely won't be an insane grind like switching from Scryer to Aldor.
Ghostly Skull: Skull that follows you around. Sold for 40g in Dalaran Sewers by Darahir.
Giant Sewer Rat: Caught by fishing in the Dalaran Sewers. Reportedly takes hundreds of casts.
Kirin Tor Familiar: Reward from Higher Learning achievement (sort of). To get access to Archmage Vargoth, you must have the Higher Learning achievement and it is presumed you will learn it from him or he will sell it to you.
Pengu: Requires exalt with The Kalu'ak. I would guess you either just buy it or it is a random reward from the Nurtured Egg.
Tiny Green Dragon, Tiny Red Dragon: No information yet.
White Tiger Cub: No information yet.
In addition to these pets, Wowhead also lists a lot of "Summon" spells that could turn out to be pets of some sort - no real information on any of these.
Summon Baby Murloc (Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple), Summon Baby Pink Elekk, Summon Blue Racer (snake?), Summon Bronze Whelpling, Summon Cockatoo, Summon Cottaintail Rabbit, Summon Dart Frog, Summon Eagle Owl, Summon Elven Wisp, Summon Faeling, Summon Green Water Snake, Summon Island Frog, Summon Ribbon Snake, Summon Scarlet Snake, Summon Snowy Owl, Summon Spotted Rabbit, Summon White Plymouth Rock (??).
Hopefully I can keep this updated as I get more information. Most information was culled from WowHead, a little came from the great site, WarcraftPets.com.
Nov 11, 2008
Nov 7, 2008
Shall I Switch?
Currently I'm a 375 Enchanter/Tailor. I picked them initially because they offered the greatest bonus to me as a mage. I could enchant my rings and I could tailor the Spellfire set. As we go into Wrath, I hear more and more about how there won't be as many reasons to continue with the professions I've chosen. Almost all high-level items made via crafting will be Bind on Equip (BoE) in Wrath. So no more Spellfire sets, no more high-end blacksmithing weapons. Instead, each profession gets it's own little perks.
Blacksmiths can add sockets, leatherworkers get furs for their bracers, tailors get embroiders for their cloaks, enchanters keep ring enchants, scribes get shoulder enchants better than the faction enchants, alchemists get increased effect and durtion from flasks and elixirs, jewelcrafters get BoPickup gems and trinkets, and engineers get their own aresenal of fun. (Most of this was culled from this great WowInsider Post)
Now, to break it down for me, as a mage.
Blacksmithing - add two sockets, one to bracers, one to gloves. Socket with 2xRuned Scarlet Ruby = +38 spell power.
Leatherworking - add "fur" to bracers. Add Fur Lining - Spell Power = +67 spell power. Minus out a bracer enchant = +37 spell power.
Tailoring - Early theorycrafting puts the gained DPS at about 24.4 for Lightweave Embroidery. And you have to give up a nice cloak enchant such as Greater Speed. As of now, this profession seems to be the weakest.
Incription - Enchanting the shoulders with Master's Inscription of the Storm adds 61 spellpower and 15 crit. Subtracting out Greater Inscription of the Storm, we get a net gain of +37 spell power.
Alchemists get increased effect and duration of flasks and elixirs along with Mercurial Alchemist Stone, +50 haste, +59 spell power, +40% effect from potions (however, you lose a trinket spot, so net effect is yet to be seen) - it is quite powerful when you hit level 75 though.
Jewelcrafters get their BoP gems and trinkets. Three Runed Dragon's Eyes gives you three +13 (after subtracting out rare quality gems), or +36 spell power (plus BoP trinkets - like this sweet Twilight Serpent, which not only increases hit by a great amount, but it has an on use effect and two sockets, which have a bonus of +7 spellpower. Not too shabby.
Engineering gets their sweet Visage Liquification Goggles which have consistently been upgradeable to the latest tier equivalent in Burning Crusade via v2 or v3. These liquification goggles are amazing and probably wouldn't go out of style for a long time and would probably only be replaced if there were a tier set that surpassed it with set bonuses.
So right now, I'm seriously considering dropping Tailoring and leveling Engineering. I won't miss the cloak enchant as I am currently in love with haste and while not having a flying carpet will be tough to deal with, I will be able to craft an amazing pair of goggles and my own flying and riding vehicles. Add to that the availability of another pet that has eluded me thus far, and I'd be sitting pretty. It'll be very tough to drop tailoring after all that I've spent on rare recipes, but I feel that Engineering will be more beneficial to me in Wrath and now is the time to start working on it.
Blacksmiths can add sockets, leatherworkers get furs for their bracers, tailors get embroiders for their cloaks, enchanters keep ring enchants, scribes get shoulder enchants better than the faction enchants, alchemists get increased effect and durtion from flasks and elixirs, jewelcrafters get BoPickup gems and trinkets, and engineers get their own aresenal of fun. (Most of this was culled from this great WowInsider Post)
Now, to break it down for me, as a mage.
Blacksmithing - add two sockets, one to bracers, one to gloves. Socket with 2xRuned Scarlet Ruby = +38 spell power.
Leatherworking - add "fur" to bracers. Add Fur Lining - Spell Power = +67 spell power. Minus out a bracer enchant = +37 spell power.
Tailoring - Early theorycrafting puts the gained DPS at about 24.4 for Lightweave Embroidery. And you have to give up a nice cloak enchant such as Greater Speed. As of now, this profession seems to be the weakest.
Incription - Enchanting the shoulders with Master's Inscription of the Storm adds 61 spellpower and 15 crit. Subtracting out Greater Inscription of the Storm, we get a net gain of +37 spell power.
Alchemists get increased effect and duration of flasks and elixirs along with Mercurial Alchemist Stone, +50 haste, +59 spell power, +40% effect from potions (however, you lose a trinket spot, so net effect is yet to be seen) - it is quite powerful when you hit level 75 though.
Jewelcrafters get their BoP gems and trinkets. Three Runed Dragon's Eyes gives you three +13 (after subtracting out rare quality gems), or +36 spell power (plus BoP trinkets - like this sweet Twilight Serpent, which not only increases hit by a great amount, but it has an on use effect and two sockets, which have a bonus of +7 spellpower. Not too shabby.
Engineering gets their sweet Visage Liquification Goggles which have consistently been upgradeable to the latest tier equivalent in Burning Crusade via v2 or v3. These liquification goggles are amazing and probably wouldn't go out of style for a long time and would probably only be replaced if there were a tier set that surpassed it with set bonuses.
So right now, I'm seriously considering dropping Tailoring and leveling Engineering. I won't miss the cloak enchant as I am currently in love with haste and while not having a flying carpet will be tough to deal with, I will be able to craft an amazing pair of goggles and my own flying and riding vehicles. Add to that the availability of another pet that has eluded me thus far, and I'd be sitting pretty. It'll be very tough to drop tailoring after all that I've spent on rare recipes, but I feel that Engineering will be more beneficial to me in Wrath and now is the time to start working on it.
Nov 6, 2008
Tiddly's Titles
I added a box over to the right there that shows my titles earned thus far. I'm up to 8 now, but have mostly been sticking with Bloodsail Admiral Tiddlywinks. Every once in a while I switch it up to Ambassador or Diplomat, but it's fun to have a bunch of titles to play with. I'm working on Salty right now, trying to get all the pre-Wrath achievements completed there. Chef is done until Wrath and Explorer should be easy when Wrath comes out. The Loremaster title is still going to give me some issues as I'm still not on good terms with the goblins (was working on it two nights ago before being pulled into Molten Core) and the Seeker should come with Wrath (and closely with The Loremaster).
Nov 5, 2008
Bah, Hydraxian Rep
I joined a group for a quick clear on Molten Core last night and just barely edged my reputation with the Hydraxian Waterlords up to Honored. Now I can pick up the quest Hands of the Enemy and from there I will be able to provide a Aqual Quintessence for future Molten Core runs. It'll be about four to five full clears to get to Revered and from there, exalted will take a good 20 runs. Not fun. I might never be able to hit Exalted, but it's worth going every so often when a group forms. Maybe some day I'll get lucky and get that darn Exalted status.
Nov 4, 2008
OT: Good News
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Nov 2, 2008
Oct 28, 2008
Well Read
Just completed Well Read which gives me all my General achievements complete until November. I also completed To All the Squirrels I've Loved Before with the exception of the Steam and Borean Frogs (Wrath) and I also have The Keymaster complete with the exception of the Violet Hold Key (Wrath).
With regards to Quests, I'm at 179/200 daily quests complete (should get that done tomorrow) and I'm up to 2,037g out of 10,000g from The Bread Winner. For my Classic Quests, I'm sitting at 565/730 for the Loremaster of Kalimdor. The Burning Crusade quests are complete.
All my exploration is complete with the exception of Medium Rare. Not quite sure when I'll be able to complete that one. It's a pretty tough one to do as some of the mobs don't spawn for days.
Left for the Classic Dungeons & Raids - LBRS, Dire Maul, Onyxia, AQ40.
Left for Burning Crusade Dungeons & Raids - Heroic Slave Pens, Heroic Underbog, Heroic Mana-Tombs, Heroic Auchenai Crypts, Heroic Durnholde, Heroic Sethekk Halls, Heroic Black Morass, Heroic Mechanar, Heroic Botanica, Heroic Magister's Terrace, Tempest Keep, Hyjal, Black Temple and Sunwell Plateau.
Cooking Profession is done until Wrath. Fishing I still need to win the Booty Bay contest (but can't do so until I'm on good terms with them again), catch the rare fish, find Old Ironjaw, and fish up Gahz'ranka and the Lurker Below. First Aid is done until Wrath.
Working my way to 25 exalted reputations now. For classic reputations I need Zandalar, Hydraxian and Brood of Nozdormu. For Burning Crusade I need Keepers of Time, Lower City, Ashtongue Deathsworn, Scale of the Sands, and I need to defeat Capt. Skyshatter.
I won't even go into what I need for PvP because it's a lot!
Total achievement points: 2625
With regards to Quests, I'm at 179/200 daily quests complete (should get that done tomorrow) and I'm up to 2,037g out of 10,000g from The Bread Winner. For my Classic Quests, I'm sitting at 565/730 for the Loremaster of Kalimdor. The Burning Crusade quests are complete.
All my exploration is complete with the exception of Medium Rare. Not quite sure when I'll be able to complete that one. It's a pretty tough one to do as some of the mobs don't spawn for days.
Left for the Classic Dungeons & Raids - LBRS, Dire Maul, Onyxia, AQ40.
Left for Burning Crusade Dungeons & Raids - Heroic Slave Pens, Heroic Underbog, Heroic Mana-Tombs, Heroic Auchenai Crypts, Heroic Durnholde, Heroic Sethekk Halls, Heroic Black Morass, Heroic Mechanar, Heroic Botanica, Heroic Magister's Terrace, Tempest Keep, Hyjal, Black Temple and Sunwell Plateau.
Cooking Profession is done until Wrath. Fishing I still need to win the Booty Bay contest (but can't do so until I'm on good terms with them again), catch the rare fish, find Old Ironjaw, and fish up Gahz'ranka and the Lurker Below. First Aid is done until Wrath.
Working my way to 25 exalted reputations now. For classic reputations I need Zandalar, Hydraxian and Brood of Nozdormu. For Burning Crusade I need Keepers of Time, Lower City, Ashtongue Deathsworn, Scale of the Sands, and I need to defeat Capt. Skyshatter.
I won't even go into what I need for PvP because it's a lot!
Total achievement points: 2625
Oct 27, 2008
What a Weekend
Wow, quite an action packed weekend in the world of Azeroth. The scourge invasion has been taken to another level with the appearance of floating Necropoli and Phosphorex and I had a great time battling back the invaders and looking for our Undead Slaughtering gear (unfortunately no cloth drops of the 6 we've seen). The best part of the Scourge invasion is the return of the Argent Dawn Quartermasters. And with those quartermasters returns the Tabard of the Argent Dawn. This puts me at 16 tabards, quite a nice count on my way towards 25.
Also this weekend, Tenris Mirkblood popped up in Karazhan so the Gold Team quickly assembled to bring him down. What a surprise to find a cute little Vampiric Batling on him! I had no idea he would give me pet #78, but I'm not complaining. I love the little guy.
When Phosphorex and I had a lull in our scourge killing, we quickly hit up Heroic Ramparts and Blood Furnace. With the help of a couple Honor Hold Favors, I have reached exalted with my 23rd faction and I was able to pick up a new enchanting recipe and a new tabard. Now I just need some more Lower City and Keepers of Time rep to achieve The Burning Crusader and 25 Exalted Reputations in one fell swoop.
The weekend also took me to Kalimdor as I work on the Loremaster achievement. Some work was also put in on fishing in Ironforge for Old Ironjaw. This evening, back to Kalimdor after doing my dailies and fight back the scourge when they appear.
Also this weekend, Tenris Mirkblood popped up in Karazhan so the Gold Team quickly assembled to bring him down. What a surprise to find a cute little Vampiric Batling on him! I had no idea he would give me pet #78, but I'm not complaining. I love the little guy.
When Phosphorex and I had a lull in our scourge killing, we quickly hit up Heroic Ramparts and Blood Furnace. With the help of a couple Honor Hold Favors, I have reached exalted with my 23rd faction and I was able to pick up a new enchanting recipe and a new tabard. Now I just need some more Lower City and Keepers of Time rep to achieve The Burning Crusader and 25 Exalted Reputations in one fell swoop.
The weekend also took me to Kalimdor as I work on the Loremaster achievement. Some work was also put in on fishing in Ironforge for Old Ironjaw. This evening, back to Kalimdor after doing my dailies and fight back the scourge when they appear.
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