The Howling Beast armor is the ultimate transmog for hunters who like the “wear what you kill” style of armor. I’m going to tell you up front that you need to get a gold medal in all 9 of the Mists of Pandaria challenge mode dungeons in order to earn it. If you’ve been thinking about getting this set, you will have to do so before the 6.0 patch drops and it is removed from the game. My guess is that means you have until about July-August, but that’s just a wild guess. It may seem insurmountable, but it’s definitely not. I previously wrote a couple of challenge mode guides at WoW Insider you may be interested in — Hunter specific, and a general getting started guide. In short, gear is not the barrier. Practice and finding a good team is. Check out OpenRaid if you don’t have any friends interested.
A unique feature of the challenge mode armor sets is they all have visual effects that activate when you attack. In the case of Howling Beast, this manifests as flames coming out of the shoulders and a laser sight coming out of the helm.
- Helm: Helm of the Howling Beast
- Shoulders: Shoulderguards of the Howling Beast
- Chest: Chestguard of the Howling Beast
- Tabard: n/a in these screenshots, but Guardians of Hyjal is a good match
- Shirt: n/a
- Gloves: Grips of the Howling Beast
- Belt: Cinch of the Howling Beast
- Legs: Legguards of the Howling Beast
- Boots: Boots of the Howling Beast (Scaled Icewalkers are shown in these screens for a less bulky boot)
- Weapon: Hellscream’s Warbow is featured in these screens, but other good matches are Arrowsong and High-Strung Bow.
I’ve put this set together in a Wowhead item comparison so you can quickly view it on other races in 3D (click the little triangle above the item icons).
Want to see it in action? Click here for an animated gif of the armor effects, and click here for a 360 rotation.
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I really wish there were a way for me to get a team set up without resorting to OpenRaid. My guild is all gung-ho, but getting them organized for anything is impossible, as we have four RP events a week and a standing flex raid. Everyone’s booked up. Sigh.
Just sharing – I did boost my Hunter after some impressive hard time at dummies on PTR characters… my favorite character now. Hands down. I can’t wait for Warlords and Lone Wolf!
Trophy Gatherer matches well too! Wasn’t a big fan of the set when it first came out but after getting it, I really like it.
Malevolent Gladiator’s Longbow goes nicely with it, as well.
Naturally, one of the few really great looking hunter sets (IMO) is one of the hardest to get.
I like the Far Seer’s Helm better it adds a full head wolf helm
GOD, I’ll never get it, I don’t have the time to level before WoD…
I wish I was able to get this 🙁