One Single Chimera – Updated!
Ghostcrawler just posted an interesting if somewhat frustrating teaser on the WotLK Beta Hunter forum:
I really hate to mention this, but there is currently a single chimera that is tamable and he might even be a rare spawn. I feel bad making you run all over the world trying to find him. Next patch there will be many more.
So off we go to search! First person to send me a screenshot of this bad boy as a pet gets a … well, gets their screenshot posted here.
[Update] Glassdragon found him! It’s Nuramoc, the rare level 70 chimera from Netherstorm. I’ve added the pic above — but be sure to click on the small version to see him in his full-sized glory! (Nuramoc, not Glassdragon, although he’s in there too.)
Chimeras are a Cunning pet (that is, they use the Cunning talent tree) and their family skill is Froststorm Breath. Like devilsaur skill, there only seems to be one rank so far:
Froststorm Breath (Rank 1): Your pet simultaneously breathes frost and lightning at an enemy target, inflicting Frost and Nature damage and slowing the target. (40 Focus, Instant, 30 yd range, 10 sec cooldown)
Wow — those two heads are really handy!
Ah, also, they eat meat.
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hey Maina i really have been askingthe question alot and i was wondering if you could answer. I know how to take a screenshot but im not sure were it goes after wards or how i put it on a website for that matter think you can help ive wanted to take a screenshot so you could help me name a pet i have and hey mabye ill even find the chimera your talking about but to do that i need to know how to well like i said earlyer where it goes and how to put it on so can you help me?
Haha, good luck finding it!
asking* and this* not the sorry
Deidare: Did you not get my e-mail about that? I wondered why you hadn’t said anything, but if you didn’t get the e-mail then that would explain it. :>
My bet is on The Razza!
How ’bout that purple/silver one that sometimes rezzes in Netherstorm? He’s rare elite.
@Mania haha oh lol you sent me an e-mail well that would exsplain it im sorry my lab tops the one with the e-mail and i dont use it often so when i get to it ill read it.
According to Wowhead, there are two Chimera’s flagged rare. The Razza, as Maree mentioned who is a Rare Boss in the arena outside DM, and The Evalcharr, a rare in Ashzara. If its one thats already in game, its most likely The Evalcharr as I doubt a boss would ever be tameable.
Hm, on second thought, he said a single Chimera that he *thinks* may be rare. That implies to me that its a named/unique, but could possibly not be rare.
3 other possibilites come to mind.
Brumeran, a named Chimera in Winterspring that’s the objective of a horde quest
Chimaera Matriarch, I *believe* this is a unique mob, and only one will spawn at a time.
Lord Lakmaeran, a tough boss during the AQ questchain, but I doubt its him for the same reasoning as The Razza.
Okay, I went Wowhead hunting, and found 3 rare chimeras.
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=20932 Nuramoc Wolfington mentioned,
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=11497#same-model-as The Razza I mentioned, and
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=8660#comments The Evelecharr (something like that)
Happy hunting!
Darsh beated me to list all the chimeras =P
Drash, you say bosses aren’t tameable, but Ghamoo-ra(from BFD) is tameable. So he’s worth a look.
*nods at Darsh* I was thinking the same thing about named/elites.
Unfortunately I’m not at all sure I can check the Razza. And the Evalcharr doesn’t seem to be up.
Man if you cant tame razza…. i mean look at him hes prettey cool but Ghostcrawler did say that they mite fix the stuff in a patch right so hey mabye he will be tamable
I’m in front of Evalcharr now and still not tameable.
Glassdragon found it! It’s the outland rare in Netherstorm. Pictures incoming.
haha yes!
vilewing chimaera in shadowmoon valley is now tameable check it out looks sweet should be pics of them on wowhead
what is its family skill?
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?spell=54644
I don’t know if they’re listed elsewhere but I thought I’d mention a couple rare beasts we couldn’t tame before that I’ve come across:
- Swiftmane, a zhevra in the Barrens
- Ironeyes (or something), a basilisk in Shimmering Flats
- Ooze, cool-looking yellow worm in Dustwallow
- Hissperik (or something), a nice blue-and-black basilisk in the Desolace
- Antilas, a hippogryph in Azshara
- And, finally, I remember seeing a rare chimera in Azshara called The Evercharr or something like that. So get on that.
Oh, nevermind you found it. Nice!
let me re phrase my question a bit :P , what are the specifics of its family skill?
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?spell=54644
well your guess is as good as mine i havent tested it yet
7sec CD breath,30yds just critted for 8k >< :SSSSSS
O_O does it do any slowing yet?
I’ve added the other info that Glassdragon sent me to the post (faimly skill and diet). I need to get this stuff up on Petopia now as well.
7.2k crit just a few seconds ago really really nice skill :P hope it doesnt get nerfed plzzzzzzzzzz noooooooooooo
No slowing, just insane amount of damage ^^
That is awesome.
Hey, it WAS the silver/purple one in Netherstorm!
Coolness!
I was wrong :c
Anyhoo, It’s pretty cool.
BM ’till the day I die… or stop playing WoW, whatever comes first!
Cant wait till it is on Petopia!
Many Gratz Glassdragon!!!
I’ll be very happy when Wrath is finally out and I can work towards getting one of these guys for my hunter. (Draenei + exotic pet = win.)
However, I think I’ll stick with one of the blue-and-white ones like the Evalcharr or a Chillwind. Nuramoc’s unique purple coloring is nice, but the Outland chimera model is overall rather ugly.
I really hope they make more Chimeras tameable, they look like a good pet
Ha! I thought it might be Nuramoc. I hate that guy.
Nuramoc. Man he’s messed me up getting motes or mining nodes.
Hope we get better pet skins.
Sign, seems blizzards idea of “exotic” is plan jane mobs that are currently ingame and their only exoticness is that they’re normally untamable.
where is the totally new pets like the new wolfs?
*drool* :O it’s so cool! I wonder what other exotic pets there will be. Talbuk lol! XD (joke)
I think Basalisks will be an exotic pet, & have something like Crystal Gaze like the ones in STV, & maybe even Diemetradons! :O
It is a cool pet, been having a lot of fun with it. Until now I have stayed away from the Cunning pets as I am usually only interested in raiding/dps pets.
The Froststorm Breath can hit incredibly hard, and has a pretty long range.
@Concrete:
I am sure there will be. I am actually liking the Wooly Rhino models, it would prolly be a tanking pet, and it looks cool.
I just hope that there are 2-3 Exotic Pets per tree, giving hunters a bit of variety.
Thank god for more stable slots, cause mine are all reserved already. :)
If I remember right, its already been stated that next build more chimeras will be made tameable. I think Numa was more of an easter egg for observant hunters. Further, and bad news for any non-beast masters, is that they will be implimenting the fifty one point beast master talent soon, so exotics will only be tameable by them. But for the moment I think they wanted testing for their first couple of exotic pets.
Yeah, the chimera loosk really cool, and he is deffinately powerful…it looks like he is too powerful to me. Yeah, I still like the old pets and the old pets look like they won;t be needed if the other “exotics” are as powerful. I kinda thought Blizzard would try to even the pets’ “usablity” a little bit with the expansion, but it looks like they are just making some families even more powerful. What’s the point in having more than a pet or two if the pet or two that you have are amazingly powerful. I realize that all pets are supposed to have their own uses some for PvP, some for PvE), but when something this powerful comes along, why do you really need to swap out. Ah well, I’ll just keep my spider and get my bum kicked. And I was really hoping fror an even playing field
Ah chimeara’s, eh? I might just grab one of these babies. Get me all, or almost all flying pets. :D I really hope the birds that look like the tauren flight form become tamable…I’d love to have a matching pair of “druids”. I’m sure there will be new models available and not just old pets suddenly made tamable. I do agree that the white chimearas are probably the prettiest…and will probably be what I’m getting. I’m all ready leveling another hunter so I can tame more beasts.
Glass, how much exactly does froststorm hit for? I like numbers :]
Just tamed on the Northrend Beta Realm at 11:37pm EST. Good luck to those hunting him! Going to post pics soon.
Dweezil, the chimaeras look strong, but also keep in mind they’re probably going to be “Exotic” in the actual release. Exotic will be something more BM exclusive. Most people still won’t play with Chimaeras or Devilsaurs because again, it comes down to your playing style on which pet you choose. =)
@Gogey:
Some really nice crits, low 4k, but thats without Cornered or Feeding Frenzy active, so that could go 7k or more in theory. Normal regular crits are around 3k more or less.
Pics! /wave Mania
http://i36.tinypic.com/14kjdqt.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/96ma2x.jpg
I think, as always, there will be a period of time right after Wrath releases when EVERYONE will have an exotic pet except for the hard core MM an Survival specced people. As the months roll on, you’ll see a decrease in the number of devilsaurs/chimeras/what have you, until it balances back out again. Thats the way it always goes. When felguard were introduced, you couldn’t so much as move in Stormwind without seeing seven.
those are pics btw, sorry it said something about a spam filter when I posted. O_o.
And more on topic, ain’t no way frost storm will go live with that kind of damage, not being 40 focus, 10/7 second cooldown, and 30 yards. That is insane, but would be great.
Chimerae look nice, but they’re not my cup of tea. Or Devilsaurs for that matter. I really want a moth though. I’m really hoping that they’ll make the low level blue ones tameable too.
Glasshunter, how in the world is your chimera doing that much damage?
*Glassdragon
Ugh I’m sleepy.
The only times I’ve ever seen Nuramoc was when he’s bugged. Three times. >.>
But I’m not really interested in that outlands model, or any of them tbh, what I can’t wait for is to tame a blue-white chimera, <3 them.
But first Devilsaurs and now Chimera’s.
And Wooly rhino? If they are tameable, awsome :D
Really love how much Epic damage they do. But I doubt I’m gonna get a Chimera. Devil saurs are more of what I like. Wooly Rhinos eh? Wow, surprised Mania hasn’t seen/posted about them yet!
Now were got chimeras any chance well will get to tame wyverns as well?
Sympathy for the Devil - Exotische J - August 3rd, 2008 @ 3:30 am UTC
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Point 18
I’ve just checked and Vilewing Chimera are still not tamable.
Kristy-
That’s because most of the wooly Rinos are, right now, Elekks. The Elekks and Kodos are being used as place holders for the larger beasts until their models are ready.
This is as of the last time I had heard anything, which was a bit ago, admittedly.
I want to tame an Elekk.
Trample Rank 1
60 Focus 10 yd range
Instant 30 sec cooldown
Your pet enrages, trampling all enemies within range.
Did anyone manage to find and tame Numaroc on the European test server “Coldarra” already? I’ve patrolled his spawn locations a couple of hours now, but no chance. I’m also wondering if there are two different builds of the last patch, as the MMO-Champion talks of build 8719 while the EU build is 8714. Could it be that this single chimera doesn’t spawn in Europe atm?
Regarding the spawning of rares in general, do I need to farm other mobs in the known spots for a while until such a mob pops up, or does it spawn regardless if anything is getting killed in these areas? Thanks!
I myself have also been trying to find him on coldarra, i’ve been searching most the day, and killing every mob around where he reportedly spawns. So much that i dinged 74 ><. no luck yet though, and im very close to giving up. the only time i would suggest trying is after a server restart
According to the popular WoW databases the respawn time of Numaroc shouldn’t be very long, though. Even if someone else tamed or killed it just a few minutes before you, it should be back within a couple of hours.
Sei, “place holders” eh? Okay…
Wooly rhinos showed up with at least first cut real models late last week (look more like clefthoofs than kodos). The elekk and oversized Peanut models running around Northrend are placeholders for mammoths.
My, hello, new pvp pet.
nobbie,
There was a blue post stating that the new build was going to be 8719, it was later edited and corrected to 8714. MMO-Champion probably didnt update thier news.
@Dweezil …
I really do hope that these pets are powerful. There really needs to be a reason for them. While I really have come to dislike the new pet talent trees for a similar reason to the whole “that pet is still better than this pet” thing, exotic pets need to have a reason for being the 51 point talent. The extra 5 points really are not worth it for anything more than survivability of the pet, which is just not worth the 5 points in my opinion.
If the pets are average, you will see a lot of 51/20/0 hunters running around with Chimera and Devilsaur for a while, then in about a month you will see more Raptors, Wind Serpents, Ravagers and Wolves running around again. If they are what they should be and get a health/armor/damage modifier and a decent (yet not overpowered) ability, then we will see a lot of them. That being said, you are going to see alot more Gorillas, Turtles, Bears and Crocodiles running around as well. Overall the pet changes are great, I just wish they’d rework the pet talent trees into less of a pigeon holed “one family” talent spec system.
Honestly I could see froststorm going live with that damage it hits about 2k average in the right conditions crits for 8k and slows? Completely OP BUT it can be RESISITED. Its a Frost/Nature spell which means with the right gear and a druid it will become completely useless. Insane damage? Yes. OP? A little, but the fact that it can be resisted lowers that. Thats one reason I never got into wind serpents, unreliable.
Well this is cool, but i wonder if Hydras are next, anyone think its a possibility?
Hydras, basilisks, diemetradon, and pterodaxx’s all seem like possibilities, but we will have to sit back and see what happens.
SOO RAD I WANTED A DEVILSAUR BUT NOW I WANT THIS SOO COOL MANIA!!
I can Confirm that this is available in the EU Beta also. I camped all night and got one at 4:10 this morning… in need of sleep now, I’ll send Mania the pitures, if she wants to host.
The Horde have a Chimera now Glassdragon!
Got fingers and toes crossed we’ll be able to tame the ZA bears
Just finishing an edit for a video it’ll be up soon with footage of the beast in action!
(and no not had any sleep yet)
Asthock,
if you like, drop me an e-mail to nobbie@gamona.de, and we’ll host it on the German WoW fansite WorldOfWar.de, too (flash stream + file download).
[Hunter] WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion - Page 40 - Elitist Jerks - August 4th, 2008 @ 6:34 am UTC
[...] see this mentioned, but chimeras are confirmed to be another exotic pet. Mania’s Arcania One Single Chimera – Updated! It’s family ability is Froststorm Breath – Spell – World of Warcraft It apparently crits for [...]
Devilsaurs and Chimeras then so far.
I wonder what else
[Hunter] WotLK Talents & Abilities Discussion - Page 40 - Elitist Jerks - August 4th, 2008 @ 8:03 am UTC
[...] see this mentioned, but chimeras are confirmed to be another exotic pet. Mania’s Arcania One Single Chimera – Updated! Its family ability is Froststorm Breath – Spell – World of Warcraft It apparently crits for [...]
slowing the target ????
How many time ?
Reduce speed ( % ) ???
The frost part of the spell has not been implimented yet.
this is great.
this was the first on my list that i wished would be an exotic.
though Nuramoc is very very hard to find. while lvling 4 chars i have only seen him once. so im hoping that the regular Chimeras will be tameable too.
I like the devilsaur ability better. low focus cost and it stacks effectively resulting in a 15% AP buff. For a level 80 Devilsaur that is a huge buff meaning that instead of needing froststorm to proc in order to get high dps your getting insane dps on every hit.
This is gonna b awesome! ive always wanted 2 tame a devilsaur and a chimeara, now all i need are a wyvern, a dragon and a new snake and all my dreams hav come true!
Just a quick update:
We’ve uploaded Asthock’s video of “Nuramoc” as flash video (540×432) and WMV file download (720×576, ~54 MB) on WorldOfWar.de (Germany):
http://wow.gamona.de/index.php?unid=12506
Thanks again, Asthock, nice teaser! Now, if I can only get one myself :)
your all forgeting about kodos they need some love to
Well, I am personally hoping for Oozworm (Dustwallow Marsh), Kurkus (Amethyst Isle), and the Hippogryph (Ashenvale). I doubt I will get them, but I am hoping. If “exotic” is inclusive to only three families,I personally won’t go that far in the tree fopr the ability. I will stic with my spider (Zarakh look), pink tallstrider (Mazzranache look), and black lion (Humar). I’ll just add the rare silver gorilla (forget his name) and the blue scorpion as my two newbie pets. Just hope “exotic” gets a bit more variety than 3 families. Otherwise, it won’t be worth the talen points to me.
One of the possible exotic pets is the Proto-Drake since it has been listed as a beast and was tameable in the Alpha from all the reports.
Do not forget that there might be some exotics that we haven’t seen or heard of before due to them not being currently in the game.
On Seidouyumi’s subject – we’ve not heard anything about new tameable species from Northrend. I’d thought at around this point in TBC we already knew about Ravagers and the like. Is this because they’ll do a pass later and set various beasts as tameable (exotic or otherwise) or are the exotic families the “new” pet species in WOTLK?
And if the former, what new beasts are there out there on the beta that look as though they might be decent pets?
Hey, Mania when will the Chimaera be added to Petopia?
Gurluas: It’s up now — and terribly sorry about the delay. I got a little sick Saturday night.
I still need to go through and pull out the rest of the info Glassdragon sent me, plus the movie from Asthock, etc. Hopefully I’ll get to that tomorrow — today was just a mess.
Mania’s Arcania » Ghostcrawler’s Arcania: Talents, Exotics & Leveling - August 5th, 2008 @ 4:05 am UTC
[...] course since then we’ve also learned about the one chimera that can be tamed right now, but I am very much looking forward to seeing what’s in the next [...]
/prays for core hounds
@Dweezil:
The talent point isn’t just about exotic pets. It’s about giving your pets what essentially amounts to twenty extra levels worth of talent points on their talent trees. And that makes a huge difference. Find a pet talent calculator and see for yourself.
Chimaera eh? Very cool.
Not as cool as the Kurken tho – come on Blizz u know u want to!!
Lady Jess.. » I’ll Take That Chimaera Rare Please - October 25th, 2008 @ 3:22 am UTC
[...] have Nuramoc. From here on known as Vizzini, for his cunning. Thanks goes to Mania, because without an article I’d seen in August, I wouldn’t have even known this guy [...]
I know this is an old post, but I’m just so excited, this article was the only reason I knew Nuramoc existed, and as of tonight…he’s my new PvP buddy! Thanks Mania!!
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