Beta Build 8905: Core Hounds?!
Miyari, Content Manager (and apparently “Bearorcat Overlord”) from Wowhead just let me know that they found what they believe to be a new tameable pet family in today’s beta patch:
Core Hounds.
We don’t have many details yet because the servers aren’t up, but core hounds appear to be an exotic Ferocity pet. And you’d better believe that as soon as the realms are up I’ll be begging for screenshots! *grin* (Actually Miyari volunteered to send some as soon as she has them as well. Now that’s service!)
You can keep an eye on Wowhead’s data on the Core Hound pet family page.
And thank you very much to Miyari and Wowhead for the personal heads up. I really appreciate it.
[edit] (My laptop crashed while I was updating.)
Apparently the Core Hound family skill is Lava Breath. I thought BRK was kidding. (What is it with all the * Breath skills?) Oh, and they eat meat.
Lava Breath (Rank 5): Your pet breaths a double gout of molten lava at the target for 47 to 63 Fire damage and reduces the target’s casting speed by 50% for 10 sec. (25 Focus, Instant, 30 yd range, 10 sec cooldown)
[edit #2] Information is starting to come in:
- Xardion tells us that the Spawn of Uvuros can be tamed.
- The Kurken can be tamed and there is already a line for him in place. (Thanks to Lyonheart for the screenshot above.)
- Hounds of Culuthas are, as expected, still demons.
- Oddly, both Wrath Hounds and Lesser Wrath Hounds are also still demons (and cannot be tamed).
- Uvuros can be tamed (although not by me!)
I’d really appreciate info or screenshots from anyone who can get to the Core Hounds in Molten Core. Thanks!
[edit #3] The Core Hound family is up on Petopia. Note that I don’t yet have any actual data on whether the red core hounds can be tamed or not, so they are listed as untameable only until someone corrects me. [Update: I modified my database so I can list them with an unknown state. That makes it a lot easier for people to tell what I don't have data on yet.]
And BRK already has a Core Hound movie up.
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I can already imagine the quantity of “loot” related names. ;)
Sounds nice. Too bad they don’t list the family skill on wowhead.
Loot da dog!
These things are gonna be a pain to tame, I imagine.
Like rhinos at first, they may not have one yet. We’ll see soon enough.
I really hope this includes the furry ones!
I wonder if they will include the Kurken and Omen in the list of what qualifies as a Core Hound. It would make sense to me!
And this might actually be the first exotic I’m excited about getting.
Yay, exotic puppy! Always loved dog/wolf pets, and I’m glad to know they will a place, in some form at least, as exotic pets.
Seems like the family specific ability will be Lava Breath (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?spell=58611)
Want.
Thanks, Byne. I was just typing that up when my laptop went down. For some reason it doesn’t like it when I leave the WotLK login screen up for too long.
wow core hounds (even though i dont who what they are as i wasnt 60 pre bc i was around 42) that will be awsome just because of the name and the special ability… to much liek dragonhawk ability (but i like fianlly they have a anti caster ability that dosnt come from a caster pet lol) but me i like tribale, big, exentric, and RP style so rhinos are the closest besides normal wolves and a owl on your shoulder
If the Kurken/Omen skin falls under the core hound list, I have a feeling Omen himself won’t be tamable, as his boss status might prove a problem (aside from the fact that you can only summon him during the Lunar Festival, of course). It’d be interesting to see someone try to tame a boss, though, hehe.
Still, I hope the Kurken at least is tamable, and if not, that there will be core hounds with the same skin in Northrend (they’ve got white fur, so it fits!).
Now, to devise a way to get to Azuremyst Isle on my blood elf hunter in the event that Kurken is indeed tamable…
Ideally I’d love to see everything built on that skeleton count: Core Hounds, the Kurken, even the Hounds of Culuthas. But I may be pushing things a bit with that last one … :>
Will this include the Spawns of Uvoros in SMV as well?
I’d like to think that they will, as the Spawns of Uvoros look identical to the Core Hounds in MC save for a palette swap. Blizzard can be tricky like that, though, so you never know. :/
Ah, thanks! I was having a hell of a time remembering what those Shadowmoon mobs were called. Yup, we’ll check them out too as soon as we can get in.
is this gonna be another tanking pet? hmmm, anyway i love the chains and plate these guy have, slow casting plus it is a range spell, finally one good pvp pet skill on casters. (not saying nether ray’s skill isnt good, but it is 1min CD.)
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes and a million times yes
Hell yea! the best part is the red/black core hounds of mc will be relatively rare as they are immune to a freeze trap and hit like a truck, even at 70
another question,
why we still hear nothing from hydra yet? >.<
mirozik: Looks like they use the Ferocity tree.
I have wanted a core hound since the first time I saw one pathing through Molten Core. Best news all week =)
mania /raidwarning realms seem 2 be up, atleast i could get on my account to char selection, didnt try 2 log on
Hounds of Culuthas are considered demons. However, they could be switched out and made into beasts, and they have an ability sort of like lava breath already.
Mania’s Arcania » Liveblogging Beta Build 8905 - September 5th, 2008 @ 9:29 pm UTC
[...] course you’ve read about Core Hounds already. I’ll be adding information about Core Hounds to that post instead of this one to [...]
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Yea, they changed the silithids from unset to beast, so it wouldn’t be a stretch for them to make some demons beasts. I am still hoping for a kurken tame…. *Laughs*
lol mania i guess im lucky cause on the demon houns i said “are core hounds tameable?”
lianardo: This is a core hound
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk112/Meh_110/screenshot_163.jpg
:>
yeay, the Kurken is available!
Sweet!:)
meh: ya i looked it up on wowhead since they are now on the pets list and the thing i like most ALL THE NEW PETS HAVE THERE NORMAL HEAD IN THERE INTERFAC BUTTON!!! (sorry for the long line of caps i liek the look of them) so now seeing that i think i still might stay servival even after the next patch unless kodos are counted ase rhinos
Has anyone checked the Summoned Wrath Hound in BEM to see if it was made a beast? Would make it much easier to get an original Core Hound skin compared to one in MC, I’m sure ^_^ (although one wouldn’t get the adventure of going back to MC ;P)
Ankihe: There wasn’t one around when I went by, but the Wrath Hounds and Lesser Wrath Hounds are still demons, so I don’t have much hope.
Omen is a boss (dynamic level) and classed as a demon. They’re not going to let you tame him.
But the Kurken, as the picture shows, is on the list.
Now, we just need basilisks and pterrordax.
and hydras.dont forget hydras.i still want a giant green ooze,but thats probubly stretching it more then the core hounds and that one redmagehunter wolf combined (despite the sapBEAST mobs in stonetalon)…
They did it! They touched the one nerve that would trigger my betrayal!
I swear to everything Marksman-y that it’ll only be like… a dirty, secret affair on the side, though. :)
Rad corehounds are tameable,unfortunatly they are immune to traps so you will need a healer with you. i get to about 50% of the tame before i die to them,they hit hard.hopefully i can talk a priest or pally into helping.
plz check “Lunchbox” (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=25968)!
Question: Its the Beast (boss in UBRS) or Chromaggus (second to last boss in BWL) tameable? Golamagg’s dogs could be nice too.
P.S. Ironic, the family its called ”Core hounds” and the dogs from Mc cant be tamed
Man… If the Kurken is classified as a core hound, then I’m at a loss as to why clefthooves and kodos can’t fall under the Rhino classification.
Stoneblade: I’m sure some of the MC core hounds can be tamed (as Tabmow mentions above you) but I’m not sure which ones yet.
Sorry for the double post… remembered Chromaggus is a dragon xD
But Magmadar no…
RED CORE HOUND FROM MC TAMED.
http://digitalkore.net/~matthew/images/wow/wotlk/corehound/
Ancient Core Hound, 62+. Didn’t try the core hound packs for obvious reasons. Duo’d it with the druid in my party, restoration spec’d. Throwaway pet to get you into a resable spot near the first Core Hound, there’s a safe spot along the edges away from the other core hound that pats to the bridge and the maniac surger. Damaged it to start to keep aggro, then tamed away.
Yes, completely tameable. Thank you, Blizzard. I will love you forever for this.
A lot of people state No Omen because he’s a boss. While I’m inclined to agree, I do want to point out that there’s currently a Devilsaur boss that’s tameable.
Seconding the call for Basalisks!
And we need some arctic Crab skins!
Mythan, keep in mind that it’s not just that Omen is a boss, he’s also a Demon.
Omen is boss level, the Devilsaur is 60 elite. Totally different things.
I was holding out for hydra ; ; oh well i guess havin 1 of 100000 other kurkens won’t be horrible
MC Core Hound – Woot!!!
http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowscrnshot090608020829de0.jpg
Alanonymous: Was that an Ancient Core Hound or one of the others, do you know?
By the way, I just changed the way Petopia lists pets that I don’t have tameable data on so it’s easier to see what I need. Look for the red ? on the pages that list the new pets, like the Core Hound page.
From where he is standing in the picture, that would be an Ancient Core Hound.
Thanks, Cuphat. I don’t know MC at all.
Core Hounds (not Ancient) are found in packs of 5. Whether those are tameable is anyone’s guess – they aren’t that special, but they all have to die together, so who knows.
Core Rager, I think can safely be flagged untameable. If I recall, there are two in the instance – they are boss adds for Golemagg. I highly doubt raid boss adds will be tameable.
Man, another late night spent typing and reading, when I should be sleeping. -_- hehe. Anyways damn, a friend of mine wants me to get a Core Hound. But I don’t know. The white Devilsaur, a white lion, a (currently) blue rhino, the albino eagle and… a (MAYBE) Silithid/Wasp/Worm/Core Hound. O_o lol I MIGHT not get that beautiful, albino eagle.
WotLK Beta Build 8905: Naxxramas 10/25 und The Violet Hold zum Testen ge - September 6th, 2008 @ 5:00 am UTC
[...] bleibt die corehound news? BigRedKitty Mania
OMG! I about flipped out when I saw the Core Hound skill. Lava Breath is EPIC in PvP…with skills like that, it may become very difficult to justify keeping Darktooth….
Oh yeah baby!
This has gotta be the first exotic I am actually going gaa-gaa over … thinking of naming mine Cerberus (Cerberos) or Orthrus (Orthros) … lol, I wonder how many people are going to do the same!
Oh my God, yes finally, Core Hounds for the win!
Thank you Blizzard for listening to us about exotic pets. This one will definitely have a space in my stable.
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?pet=45#comments
somebody posted this on wowhead, so the ancient corehound seems tameable
Now all we need is a tameable pony/zhevra
While i am glad you guys get your favorite beast as an exotic, im still sticking to Silithids…i just love them.
And btw, witch Core Hound skin looks better the MC one or the white doggy-like one?
@ BloodGod
It’s all a matter of personal taste imo. Personally, I am more attracted to Kurken’s look (pictured above).
@ Niabi
Same here, it looks like an actual beast and not a burning demon…
Anyway im a little worried that the red skined core hound will be verry exclusive since Hunters wont bother to go MC for one.
Hmmm I have a question! Did they shrink Devilsaurs?? In Big Red Kitty’s Core Hound video that Devilsaur wasn’t much bigger than that Troll… :-(
What about the Beast, from UBRS?
so who ISNT going to be beastmaster the way things are going?
not only best dps, better pets, and with the aspect of the viper increasing % base mana on hits they regen mana faster since they shoot faster. yay for keeping it 99% of hunters beastmaster.
Meh, Core Hounds look great but ill still stick to a Wasp for a DPS pet even if im BM or not.
They are simply adorable!
Nice ive always wanted one of thouse…lol
nice
Ahhh I’m soo torn now I’m gonna have to whip up a new beastmaster hunter so I can go tame every thing lol.
Wow. Been hoping for this since I first saw one way back in the Molten Core days.
Has anyone tried to tame Magmadar in MC? I’d be interested in seeing that, and if he is tameable I think I will try when Wotlk goes live. I so wish I had a beta key.
OMG THIS HAD MADE MY DAY BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS!!
THE KURKEN SHALL BE MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all i can say is its about dang time…anyway, still holdin out for hydras or at least basilisks… also..anyone no if the old world silithid wasps count as wasps? always wanted one of those =]
Summoned Wrath Hound is *NOT* tameable, because it’s still a demon, I’ve checked it today. Seems to be a bug in animation/attack behaviour, because it starts to attack, then stops, starts again, stops again, and finally attacks the enemy with lava breath. If you disable lava breath it’s attacking behaviour is normal as expected (no stops). That’s a bit disappointing.
Magmadar and Omen are both ?? Bosses. You can’t tame a boss.
zifero: I checked the old world silithid wasps last night, but unfortunately they are still unclassified.
Peter: Thanks for the info on the Summoned Wrath Hound!
Good question Rikaku, I’d like to know too about The Beast in UBRS as that one would be more easy to get to and tame then going for a trip in Molten Core.
Blizzard is making this really had for me. I want to be a Marksman, really I do. first the silithids, then rhinos, and now core hounds. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out.
exactly what I was thinking Shinryu, not that I mind running into MC, but I’d like to just shadowmeld my way to the beast and just go from there. So, anyone got some beta info on The Beast” =)?
AWESOMENENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSS
OMG THATS SO FREAKIN COOL
I’ll reiterate again that The Beast (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=10430), Omen (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=15467), and Magmadar (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=11982) are ALL level ?? Boss. Unless you, as a hunter, can somehow become a ?? Boss level’d character, there is absolutely no way for those to be tameable.
WoWHead’s got The Beast listed as ?? level too, so no taming him I’m guessing. A pity, I’d thought of that too and I already have one friend I could draft into helping me run the instance up to that point and could easily find a handful of instance-level alts for kicks and giggles.
Yes!! I can finnally get one!!!!!!!
Is there any news on phase hunters? I really wanna tame one. >>
Dogs from packs are tamable too:
http://picasaweb.google.hr/paxymus/CoreHound#5243107116003429330
Was getting too late and FD got resisted twice so didn’t continue all the way to Magy.
it kinda stinks that all the newer pets can only be tamed by bm hunters, leaving mm hunters, like myself, the old pet families (other than wasp) :(
Its our fifty one point talent….. its the meat of the talent, or at least half of it. I understand a certain amount of jealousy, but if its bothering you that bad, then either respec or make a hunter specifically to be beast master, but don’t buzz kill those of us who are excited about exotics.
And moths. Don’t forget moths.
Is kurken the only white core hound? I really don’t feel like going to Azuremyst isle, especially as horde, as I expect a lot of high level allies to be going there as well if kurken is the only white tameable one.
*hopes for northrend core hound*
Has anyone checked http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Beast to see if he’s tamable? Would be easier to get to him than get attuned to MC…
Ah ok, bummer, no beast for us then. Well it was still interesting to see. Think I’m going to stick with Kurken tho, just because the white glow is just so cool.
Man, next we’ll have hippogryphs and gryphons, and if that happens well… *faint*
I wait only El Pollo Grande http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=659
I doubt Gryphons and Hippogryphs will become tamable…
Thou there are still plenty of other familys left, like: Basilisks, Mana Wyrms, Hydras.
the corehounds in MC are tameable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kptax6e_Dq8
although i believe u already know that ;X
I took some shots of Kurken – are any of you the other hunters here? Just curious!
http://hooha.org/BlogDetail.php?pg=119
Kurken doesn’t take long to tame at all as he’s a quick respawn. Of course he’ll only lvl up to 65, so the SMV hounds might be a better better if you don’t want to bother with leveling.
And Zoblek, you rock. I would love it if that chicken was tamable!
If i ever get a core hound it has to be the MC one, i wont settle for a Kurken or a green neon one like the rest of the server.
Will horde be able to get The Kurken?
OH.. MY.. GOD..
*Speechless*
..Hydras.. I want hydras. Blizzard, now. If we can get Corehouds, I want a freaking hydra.
MAKE IT HAPPEN D<
@Featherkitty – Only obstacle to Horde taming the Kurken far’s I know is getting there in the first place.
MAKE A HIPPOGRYPH TAMABLE!!!!!
You know, I thought 4 stable slots was going to be more than enough for us hunters … but I was wrong, I so very, very, wrong :-)
How about the big beastie with lots of eyes in Dire Maul? (forget the name!)
Immol’thar http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=11496 is demon
Looking at that picture it looks like Photoshop work is a foot!
Look closely at the edges of the collar spikes it looks grainy to me,I could be wrong I HOPE im wrong cause if this creature is tamable when all is said and done…..ITS GOING TO BE MINE SOMEDAY!
@BubbA StEvELaRiZ
He’s not the only one who posted pics of a tamed Kurken. This is real.
Just to add-
He has the sound for moving like a devilsaur (thump, thump!)
Also, it makes the screen shudder slightly (even after being tamed!)
Whether he will keep that attribute in final, I don’t know.
@Featherkitty: No, horde won’t have a hard time at all. keep in mind this is an exotic pet. Meaning you’ll need the 51 point talent. In other words, by the time you character is leveled high enough for the talent at it’s earliest, NOTHING in Azuremyst will even touch you XD
I’ll reiterate again that The Beast (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=10430), Omen (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=15467), and Magmadar (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=11982) are ALL level ?? Boss. Unless you, as a hunter, can somehow become a ?? Boss level’d character, there is absolutely no way for those to be tameable.
For some reason, wowhead lists them as tamable. So I went to wowwiki to read up on Skull type mobs. From what I’ve read there, they are considered 3 levels above the player, not that they actually are 3 levels above. So the only true way to find out is for one of the beta testers to treck through UBRS and try it themselves instead of just making speculations about it being tamable or not.
OMG!! I am sooooo taming this once WotLK comes out ( my dad won’t let me try and go in beta).
Horde can get Kurken as far as I know but of course, it being an exotic pet you’ll have to be level 60 to even apply and the NPCs in the area won’t be able to put up any kind of fight to stop you.
I’ve also noticed that sporadically the tamed Kurken keeps turning to look at you for a split second if you just stand around somewhere.
Maybe it’s aggroing then remembering it’s now your pet! ^.^
Mania’s Arcania » Core Hounds on Parade - September 7th, 2008 @ 6:54 pm UTC
[...] up, the header image in this post is from Miyari, the same Miyari from Wowhead that let us know about Core Hounds on Friday. In this pic, the Core Hound is using both Charge and Lava Breath at [...]
My Ancient Core Hound does the same. :)
I know a dear hunter friend of mine who is going to squeal in joy when I tell her about this.
Looks like I finally found a replacement for my temporary kitty…and BM spec is shaping up to be completely freakin’ awesome. I’d been debating going BM spec in the expansion and now it’s a clear choice. Just for the gorgeous Kurken, I’m so there X3
“I’ve also noticed that sporadically the tamed Kurken keeps turning to look at you for a split second if you just stand around somewhere.
Maybe it’s aggroing then remembering it’s now your pet! ^.^”
” My Ancient Core Hound does the same. :)”
All of my pets are doing this, from my cat to my devilsaur. I’ve reported it as a bug. :P
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