This article is part of a series for new hunters on choosing your first pet.
Dun Morogh is the icy homeland of both Dwarves and Gnomes. It can also be easily reached from Stormwind via the Deeprun Tram. Of course, neither gnomes nor humans can be hunters, so most new hunters in Dun Morogh will be dwarves. In addition, there are a few creatures in Loch Modan that are also appropriate as first pets as well. Loch Modan is the second dwarven zone and can be reached by following the main road east out of Dun Morogh.
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As batgrl reminded us in a comment earlier today, you should stock up on mistletoe during the holiday event.
And a helpful tip to everyone while the seasonal stuff is still out - be sure to kiss the winter revelers in the inn and stock up on mistletoe. While you can’t use it on yourself it does make a lovely pet buff! I store mine up until I have a particularly squishy pet or a harder quest to run.
Mistletoe gives a +20 Spirit buff. As Wolfington tells us:
Spirit does in fact affect pets! It increases their health regeneration! Great for those, *chuckle*, “particularly squishy pets.”
In my very quick tests, the mistletoe increased my pet’s health regeneration by different amounts depending on the level of the pet (which means I don’t understand health regeneration at all and I need to do some research there). *grin* But particularly at higher levels it was a noticable increase.
This article is part of a series for new hunters on choosing your first pet.
Mulgore is the homeland of the gentle Taurens. It’s also the only newbie area that is pretty well isolated from all the other newbie areas. (It’s not too bad getting to Durotar — just a hike across the Barrens — but unlike most of the racial homelands there are no other newbie areas that can be reached by zeppelin, boat, or tram. So for new hunters, Mulgore can feel a bit isolated.) Luckily, there are some good choices for a first pet right in Mulgore.
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This article is part of a series for new hunters on choosing your first pet.
Teldrassil, the homeland of the Night Elves, is an island formed from the trunk of a huge tree. Teldrassil used to be fairly isolated but with the Burning Crusade expansion, it is now pretty accessible to young hunters from both the Night Elf and the Draenei races. (Draenei merely need to take the boat from the Exodar to Auberdine in Darkshore, and then another boat from Auberdine to Teldrassil.)
In addition, there are a few creatures in Darskhore that are also appropriate as first pets as well. Darkshore is the second Night Elf zone and is a very short boat or hippogryph ride away.
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This article is part of a series for new hunters on choosing your first pet.
Durotar is the homeland of both orcs and trolls — making it the only newbie area that supports two races of hunters. In addition, Durotar is easily accessible from the Blood Elf lands. (There is a teleporter in the back of Silvermoon City that takes you to Undercity; from Undercity you can take the zeppelin to Orgrimmar. No danger involved!) So it’s not surprising that Durotar has a plethora of pets that are just perfect for the young hunter!
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There are a lot of factors that go into choosing the perfect pet. In fact, when you are high level and trying to decide from almost 700 different possible pets, the choice can be downright complicated! But luckily, choosing your first pet is a lot simpler.
This series of articles sets out to answer the question “What should I tame first?”. It is aimed at players who are new to the hunter class — if you are an advanced hunter looking for a full-blown analysis of all the factors that go into choosing a pet, this guide may be a little basic for you.
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Mugungo from Dunemaul wrote to me this week to let me know about another good spot for level 70s who are trying to bring up a low-level pet.
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Most of the Brewfest clothing — the funny hats, the regalia, the boots and slippers — is bound on pickup so that you can’t buy it with tickets on one character and then give it to another. Presumably this cuts down on alt-farming the one-time quests for tickets to outfit your main. But either because of a bug or just because Blizzard likes dresses, the Brewfest Dress is not currently bound on pickup.
So if you want to save all your tickets on your main for the mount, but you also want the dress, you can buy the dress with an alt. Personally, I wish all the clothing was un-bound — I really want a funny hat.
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I’ve leveled an awful lot of hunters to 10 – almost 20 of them at last count! (Sadly, many of these characters don’t make it past level 10. I am easily distracted.) Generally speaking, I really enjoy the very directed feel of the first nine levels: at this point, the game is very clear about what you should be doing at every step of the way. But I also find these levels somewhat … challenging, because you don’t yet have a pet. And pets make a huge, huge difference in the playstyle of a hunter.
So while I was thinking about this, I wrote up a little guide of tips and tricks that I use during my first nine levels. As always, feedback is very welcome!
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So let’s say that you are a level 70 hunter and you want to try out a new pet. Maybe you leveled with the first bear you grabbed back in Dun Morogh and now you want to try something more exciting; maybe your guild is suggesting that your sporebat, while pretty, isn’t as useful as he could be; maybe you are just really sick and tired of the sound your croc makes when he wheezes. For whatever reason, you want to try something new — and because you want to try something out, not commit to days of leveling pain, you are looking for a pet in the level 69-70 range. Nothing below that, though! So … what are your choices?
Well, I suggest you slope on over to Petopia and use the Pet Database to look for tameable pets between level 69 and 70. There are 22 results! That’s a lot of choices! Right? Well … sort of. Let’s take a closer look.
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